Acting Workshop Directoral Explorations in Modern Turkish Theatre

February 22, 2025 - This workshop explores new trends in directing, stage approaches, and text-interpretation relationships in contemporary Turkish theatre.

Conversation Literature and Jazz A Journey into the History of Turkish Jazz with Murat Meriç

Conversation Collective Sharing and Workshop

22 May 2027 - In this session of the Literature Talks, we will summarise the historical transformation of human nature and the impact of literature on society, and seek answers to the fundamental questions of the series through collective sharing in a workshop format.

Conversation Postmodernism and the Collapse of Reality

21 April 2027 - In this session of the Literature Talks, we will discuss postmodernism through The Name of the Rose and One Hundred Years of Solitude, as well as the collapse of reality, intertextuality, and the transformation of the concept of truth.

Conversation Modernism and the Fragmentation of Consciousness

31 March 2027 - In this session of the Literature Talks, we will discuss the aesthetic rupture modernism created in literary history through Ulysses and Mrs Dalloway, as well as the stream-of-consciousness technique and the fragmentation of time.

Conversation The Industrial Revolution, Realism, and Society

10 February 2027 - In this session of the Literature Talks, we will discuss how literature turned from the individual towards society through Les Misérables and Crime and Punishment, and how the Industrial Revolution and class conflicts transformed literature.

Conversation The Birth of the Novel and the Modern Individual

20 January 2027 - In this session of the Literature Talks, we will discuss the birth of the modern novel with Miguel de Cervantes, and the effects of the printing press, urbanisation, and the rise of individuality on literature.

Seminar An Attempt at a Dialogue between Adorno and Caravaggio: Representation, Image and the “More” of the Work

7 January 2027 - In this session of the Philosophy Seminars, we will examine Caravaggio’s works from an Adornian perspective, discussing the problem of representation, the image, and the work’s conceptually inexhaustible “more”.

Conversation Shakespeare and the Discovery of Human Nature

22 December 2026 - In this session of the Literature Talks, we will examine human nature and psychology through Shakespeare, extending the discussion to Dante as well.

Seminar A Problem of Freedom: The Openness That Painting Holds

10 December 2026 - "How is free existence possible?" In this session of the Philosophy Seminars, we discuss the ontological domain art opens up from necessity to freedom, extending from Kant's disinterested gaze to Heidegger's artistic openness.

Seminar Painting and Philosophy: The Mimetic Anatomy of a Profound Relationship

19 November 2026 - Drawing on the final chapter, titled “The Truth of Mimesis,” of Oğuz Haşlakoğlu’s Commentary on the Politeia (Politeia Şerhi), this talk addresses the intricate relationship between painting and philosophy.

Workshop Creative Reuse in Filmmaking Workshop

7 November 2026 - Organized in collaboration between EkoFilm: Sustainable Production Platform and FfilmSchool, this program will bring film teams together at Akbank Sanat to explore re-use, resource stewardship, and sustainable filmmaking practices.