Doç. Dr. Emrah Atasoy
@atasoyemrah.bsky.social
Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. Assoc Prof of Anglophone Literature and Culture. Former researcher at Harvard, Oxford, Penn State, and Hacettepe Universities. Utopia, dystopia, futuristic narratives. RTs/likes not endorsements.
Babam İzzet Atasoy vefat etmiştir. My dad has just passed away.
October 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Babam İzzet Atasoy vefat etmiştir. My dad has just passed away.
Review (2025) of our book Entangled Futurities (Routledge 2024) by Sarah Lohmann in Science Fiction Studies journal! online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article-... @sarahlohmann.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @rhifirth.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
Review: Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities, edited by Heather Alberro, Emrah Atasoy, Nora Castle, Rhiannon Firth, and Conrad Scott
Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities is a collection published as part of the ROUTLEDGE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES series. This collective labor...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Review (2025) of our book Entangled Futurities (Routledge 2024) by Sarah Lohmann in Science Fiction Studies journal! online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article-... @sarahlohmann.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @rhifirth.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
Review of our edited book in the journal Anglia (DeGruyter2025).Heather Alberro, Emrah Atasoy, Nora Castle, Rhiannon Firth, and Conrad Scott (eds). 2025. Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown. Routledge. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Heather Alberro, Emrah Atasoy, Nora Castle, Rhiannon Firth, and Conrad Scott (eds). 2025. Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities. London: Routle...
Article Heather Alberro, Emrah Atasoy, Nora Castle, Rhiannon Firth, and Conrad Scott (eds). 2025. Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities. London...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Review of our edited book in the journal Anglia (DeGruyter2025).Heather Alberro, Emrah Atasoy, Nora Castle, Rhiannon Firth, and Conrad Scott (eds). 2025. Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown. Routledge. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
As the section editor for Utopian/Dystopian Studies, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction at Literary Encyclopedia, I am looking for potential contributors to write on the following:
Coverage of important sci-fi/ speculative fiction writers and specific works: Philip K. Dick;
Coverage of important sci-fi/ speculative fiction writers and specific works: Philip K. Dick;
August 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
As the section editor for Utopian/Dystopian Studies, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction at Literary Encyclopedia, I am looking for potential contributors to write on the following:
Coverage of important sci-fi/ speculative fiction writers and specific works: Philip K. Dick;
Coverage of important sci-fi/ speculative fiction writers and specific works: Philip K. Dick;
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Teaching utopia? I’ve started a public Zotero group for sharing syllabi, reading lists, & teaching materials on utopia: www.zotero.org/groups/60695.... Whether you’ve taught More or Morris, Bloch or Bogdanov, Le Guin or Lewinsky—your contributions are welcome! #utopia #teachingresources
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July 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Teaching utopia? I’ve started a public Zotero group for sharing syllabi, reading lists, & teaching materials on utopia: www.zotero.org/groups/60695.... Whether you’ve taught More or Morris, Bloch or Bogdanov, Le Guin or Lewinsky—your contributions are welcome! #utopia #teachingresources
Review of our book Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown (Routledge) is out in the journal Apocalyptica, University of Heidelberg, Germany heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/apo...
July 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Review of our book Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown (Routledge) is out in the journal Apocalyptica, University of Heidelberg, Germany heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/apo...
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Very glad to be able write a review for @thetls.bsky.social of an impressive and unusual new book on George Orwell www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...
24 hours to 1984
Finding a truly original way to tell the story of Eric Blair’s life is tough. Figuring out an original and meaningful strategy for engaging with his
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July 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Very glad to be able write a review for @thetls.bsky.social of an impressive and unusual new book on George Orwell www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...
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My latest article has just been published in the journal Utopian Studies. 'Speculative Queerness: Non-Normative Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities in David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future' can be accessed here:
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Speculative Queerness: Non-Normative Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities in David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future
ABSTRACT. This article explores how David Cronenberg’s outwardly dystopian science fiction film Crimes of the Future (2022) can be interpreted as an implicitly utopian queer text. After surveying some...
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June 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
My latest article has just been published in the journal Utopian Studies. 'Speculative Queerness: Non-Normative Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities in David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future' can be accessed here:
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/utopian...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/utopian...
It was a pleasure and privilege to attend the 25th Conference of the Utopian Studies Society/Europe: Ageing, Intergenerational Relationships and Utopia at the University of Valencia, Spain. @eutopiauni.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social #valencia #utopia #dystopia
July 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It was a pleasure and privilege to attend the 25th Conference of the Utopian Studies Society/Europe: Ageing, Intergenerational Relationships and Utopia at the University of Valencia, Spain. @eutopiauni.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social #valencia #utopia #dystopia
Keynote II: Prof Barnita Bagchi, “Ageing and Intergenerational Relationships in Utopian and Dystopian World Literature” University of Valencia, Spain @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @eutopiauni.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Keynote II: Prof Barnita Bagchi, “Ageing and Intergenerational Relationships in Utopian and Dystopian World Literature” University of Valencia, Spain @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @eutopiauni.bsky.social
25th Conference of the Utopian Studies Society/Europe: Ageing, Intergenerational Relationships and Utopia. USSE25 at the University of Valencia, Spain @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @iaswarwick.bsky.social #utopia #dystopia
July 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
25th Conference of the Utopian Studies Society/Europe: Ageing, Intergenerational Relationships and Utopia. USSE25 at the University of Valencia, Spain @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @iaswarwick.bsky.social #utopia #dystopia
I am looking forward to attending the 25th International Conference of Utopian Studies Society/Europe hosted by the University of Valencia, Spain, 2-4 July! Delivery of a presentation and chairing two sessions. @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @iaswarwick.bsky.social @eutopiauni.bsky.social #utopia
June 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I am looking forward to attending the 25th International Conference of Utopian Studies Society/Europe hosted by the University of Valencia, Spain, 2-4 July! Delivery of a presentation and chairing two sessions. @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @iaswarwick.bsky.social @eutopiauni.bsky.social #utopia
Looking forward to attending the 25th International Conference of the Utopian Studies Society/Europe: Ageing, Intergenerational Relationships and Utopia, 2-4 July 2025 at the University of Valencia, Spain: esdeveniments.uv.es/124223/detai... @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
25º Conferencia Internacional de la Sociedad Europea de Estudios Utópicos: envejecimiento, relaciones intergeneracionales y utopía
Click here for the final programme (with links) Over the past couple of decades, scholars have explored representations of later life in literature and the media, and the results seem to point to an o...
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June 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Looking forward to attending the 25th International Conference of the Utopian Studies Society/Europe: Ageing, Intergenerational Relationships and Utopia, 2-4 July 2025 at the University of Valencia, Spain: esdeveniments.uv.es/124223/detai... @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
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👇 Just saw that @fieryparticle.bsky.social 's new piece came out via @theconversation.com, so in addition to talking about Orwell when we meet, we can also talk about writing about Orwell for The Conversation as @atasoyemrah.bsky.social & I recently did that too theconversation.com/nineteen-eig...
June 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
👇 Just saw that @fieryparticle.bsky.social 's new piece came out via @theconversation.com, so in addition to talking about Orwell when we meet, we can also talk about writing about Orwell for The Conversation as @atasoyemrah.bsky.social & I recently did that too theconversation.com/nineteen-eig...
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Dr @atasoyemrah.bsky.social compares Orwell’s ‘1984’ with Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ to explore how we can use fiction as a guide to overcome the issues within reality. | iai.tv/articles/orw...
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Orwell, Huxley and the path to truth | Emrah Atasoy
From a global conflict to a growingly dishonest political culture to the rise of Big Pharma; it’s fair to say that we live in troubling times. But for George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, these issues…
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June 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Dr @atasoyemrah.bsky.social compares Orwell’s ‘1984’ with Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ to explore how we can use fiction as a guide to overcome the issues within reality. | iai.tv/articles/orw...
#socsky #langsky
#socsky #langsky
Herkesin bayramı kutlu olsun. Sağlıklı, huzurlu bir bayram dileğiyle…
June 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Herkesin bayramı kutlu olsun. Sağlıklı, huzurlu bir bayram dileğiyle…
ViraVerita dergisindeki çalışmamdan: "Sosyal medya etkisinin çok büyük olduğu bu dijital ve hakikat ötesi çağda, eleştirel düşünme becerisi, hayal gücü ve yaratıcılık daha çok önem kazanmıştır; çünkü “başka dünyaları hayal etmeye belki de her zamankinden daha çok ihtiyaç vardır” (Kayışcı 2021)."
June 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
ViraVerita dergisindeki çalışmamdan: "Sosyal medya etkisinin çok büyük olduğu bu dijital ve hakikat ötesi çağda, eleştirel düşünme becerisi, hayal gücü ve yaratıcılık daha çok önem kazanmıştır; çünkü “başka dünyaları hayal etmeye belki de her zamankinden daha çok ihtiyaç vardır” (Kayışcı 2021)."
My new article in Turkish “Visions of the Future: Utopian and Dystopian Studies Worldwide and in Türkiye” was published by the journal ViraVerita: dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/virav... our @uk.theconversation.com article was briefly mentioned! @jwassers.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
Gelecek Tahayyülleri: Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Ütopya ve Distopya Çalışmaları
ViraVerita E-Dergi | Sayı: 21
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June 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My new article in Turkish “Visions of the Future: Utopian and Dystopian Studies Worldwide and in Türkiye” was published by the journal ViraVerita: dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/virav... our @uk.theconversation.com article was briefly mentioned! @jwassers.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
Our @theconversation.com article “Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled times” is the most read from Warwick @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social in May 2025! @jwassers.bsky.social theconversation.com/nineteen-eig... 11,670 reads since 12 May 2025!
June 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Our @theconversation.com article “Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled times” is the most read from Warwick @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social in May 2025! @jwassers.bsky.social theconversation.com/nineteen-eig... 11,670 reads since 12 May 2025!
ViraVerita dergisinin “Düşlerden Kabuslara Başka Türlü Bir Dünyanın/Yaşamın İmkanları: Ütopyalar ve Distopyalar” temalı 21. Sayısı yayımlandı. Ben de “Gelecek Tahayyülleri: Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Ütopya ve Distopya Çalışmaları” başlıklı bir yazı ile katkıda bulundum. dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/virav...
June 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
ViraVerita dergisinin “Düşlerden Kabuslara Başka Türlü Bir Dünyanın/Yaşamın İmkanları: Ütopyalar ve Distopyalar” temalı 21. Sayısı yayımlandı. Ben de “Gelecek Tahayyülleri: Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Ütopya ve Distopya Çalışmaları” başlıklı bir yazı ile katkıda bulundum. dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/virav...
“Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled times.” Published: May 12, 2025 Emrah Atasoy, University of Warwick, @jwassers.bsky.social, University of California, Irvine theconversation.com/nineteen-eig... @theconversation.com
Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled times
In an era when all sorts of systems of control limit our freedoms, many don’t quite fit the template that Orwell or Huxley imagined – but combine elements of both.
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May 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled times.” Published: May 12, 2025 Emrah Atasoy, University of Warwick, @jwassers.bsky.social, University of California, Irvine theconversation.com/nineteen-eig... @theconversation.com
Glad the @uk.theconversation.com article @jwassers.bsky.social & I co wrote on the value of reading Huxley as well as Orwell to make sense of our troubled times is now out in Thai (Thailand) language too: www.bbc.com/thai/article... @annalouwalker.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
"1984" และ "Brave New World" หนังสือสองเล่มที่ควรอ่าน เพื่อทำความเข้าใจว่ารัฐควบคุมผู้คนอย่างไร - BBC News ไทย
บทความนี้กล่าวถึงความสำคัญของการอ่านหนังสือสองเล่มคือ "1984" ของจอร์จ ออร์เวลล์ และ "Brave New World" ของอัลดัส ฮักซลีย์ เพื่อทำความเข้าใจโลกที่มีปัญหาในช่วงกลางทศวรรษ 2020
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May 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Glad the @uk.theconversation.com article @jwassers.bsky.social & I co wrote on the value of reading Huxley as well as Orwell to make sense of our troubled times is now out in Thai (Thailand) language too: www.bbc.com/thai/article... @annalouwalker.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
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Glad the short piece @atasoyemrah.bsky.social & I co wrote on the value of reading Huxley as well as Orwell to make sense of our troubled times is now out in Spanish too laopinion.com/2025/05/23/1... cc @princetonupress.bsky.social @boingboing.net & @greatdismal.bsky.social (who gets a shout out)
"1984" y "Un mundo feliz", dos libros que deben leerse juntos para entender mejor nuestros turbulentos tiempos - La Opinión
Todo tipo de controles limitan hoy nuestras libertades de expresión, identidad y religión. Las visiones de Orwell y Huxley ofrecen un análisis de esto
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May 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Glad the short piece @atasoyemrah.bsky.social & I co wrote on the value of reading Huxley as well as Orwell to make sense of our troubled times is now out in Spanish too laopinion.com/2025/05/23/1... cc @princetonupress.bsky.social @boingboing.net & @greatdismal.bsky.social (who gets a shout out)
Our @theconversation.com article published by BBC in Spanish @jwassers.bsky.social laopinion.com/2025/05/23/1...
"1984" y "Un mundo feliz", dos libros que deben leerse juntos para entender mejor nuestros turbulentos tiempos - La Opinión
Todo tipo de controles limitan hoy nuestras libertades de expresión, identidad y religión. Las visiones de Orwell y Huxley ofrecen un análisis de esto
laopinion.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Our @theconversation.com article published by BBC in Spanish @jwassers.bsky.social laopinion.com/2025/05/23/1...
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Delighted to see that our @theconversation.com article “Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled times” got translated into Spanish and published by BBC! @jwassers.bsky.social @annalouwalker.bsky.social www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
"1984" y "Un mundo feliz", dos libros que deben leerse juntos para entender mejor nuestros turbulentos tiempos - BBC News Mundo
Vivimos en una época en la que todo tipo de sistemas de control limitan nuestras libertades de expresión, identidad y religión. Combinar la visión de Orwell con la de Huxley ofrece un análisis más pro...
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May 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM