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

Learning Program An Alternative View on Art and Children

Starting from the question “What do you think artis?”, this four-day teacher training delves into questions like “Why dochildren create art?”, “What is talent and is it necessary?”, and “Can everyonebe an artist?”. This creative discussion environment is designed for teachersand teacher candidates.

Conversation Between Life and Death: Transience

3 June 2026 - According to Freud, the fact that something is bound to change does not decrease its value; on the contrary, it adds a unique "rarity value" to it. At the root of human resistance to accepting this rational truth lies the soul's difficult mourning mechanism. In this event, we will discuss transience by tracing this exact tension.

Seminar State of the Art in Digital Technologies: New Wave AI, Promises, and Problems

23 May 2026 - What does the "New Wave Artificial Intelligence" promise us for the future, and what problems does it inherently contain? In this presentation, we will try to address how we should strike a balance between these two poles.

Seminar Against the Black Box: Context, Actor, and Practice in Communication Technologies

17 May 2026 - In this talk, we will develop a social-constructivist critique of communication technology by focusing on the triad of context, actor, and practice while examining the place of communication technologies in social change.

Learning Program An Alternative View on Art and Children

Starting from the question “What do you think artis?”, this four-day teacher training delves into questions like “Why dochildren create art?”, “What is talent and is it necessary?”, and “Can everyonebe an artist?”. This creative discussion environment is designed for teachersand teacher candidates.

Seminar Breaktime

7 May 2026 - Along with Turgay Tuna, a true lover and connoisseur of Istanbul who also studied in these very halls, we will retrace the steps of those schools that still leave a distinct mark on the social and physical landscape of Beyoğlu.

Conversation On the Borderline of Submission and Freedom: Love

6 May 2026 - In this talk, we examine the fragility of modern relationships through Zygmunt Bauman’s concept of Liquid Love. Is committing to someone a form of submission or the end of freedom?

Conversation Book That Spark Thinking on Production: “How I Failed to Meet Agnès Varda” - Ece Ger

5 May 2026 - In this session of the series, we are hosting writer Ece Ger, the author of How I Failed to Meet Agnès Varda and also the director of the film Meeting Jim.

Seminar Küratörlük-etik kurucu bir alan mı ya da felsefeciler küratör olsaydı?

30 April 2026 - Since the 1980s, the convergence between artistic production and philosophical thought has become increasingly pronounced. This seminar explores how contemporary art is shaped by its relation to ethics, examining the ethical stance of critical artistic practices alongside the boundaries of curatorial choice.

Seminar Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

18 April 2026 - The future of work, one of the prominent topics in the ongoing debate surrounding artificial intelligence, must be considered precisely in this context of social contradictions, relationships, hierarchies, and power relations.