Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program
@keymanmts.bsky.social
Promoting intellectual dialogue and scholarship to provide a deeper, interdisciplinary, and critical understanding of contemporary Turkey in connection with global social processes, problems or conflicts.
TOMORROW, Wednesday, Nov. 12 in person AND on Zoom: "Expanded Extractivism: Regimes of Confined Labour, Containment, and the Geographies of Displacement," with Ayşe Çağlar, Vienna University. Register for Zoom: bit.ly/47CuqBG
For in-person: bit.ly/4ovZIQl
For in-person: bit.ly/4ovZIQl
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
TOMORROW, Wednesday, Nov. 12 in person AND on Zoom: "Expanded Extractivism: Regimes of Confined Labour, Containment, and the Geographies of Displacement," with Ayşe Çağlar, Vienna University. Register for Zoom: bit.ly/47CuqBG
For in-person: bit.ly/4ovZIQl
For in-person: bit.ly/4ovZIQl
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program and Damir Imamović, University of Sarajevo Music Academy, for "Bosnian Love Songs Between Two Empires: Musical Tradition and Change from Ottoman to Habsburg Eras," on OCT. 8, from 12:30- 2:00PM at Kresge Hall, Room 1515 and via Zoom!
October 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program and Damir Imamović, University of Sarajevo Music Academy, for "Bosnian Love Songs Between Two Empires: Musical Tradition and Change from Ottoman to Habsburg Eras," on OCT. 8, from 12:30- 2:00PM at Kresge Hall, Room 1515 and via Zoom!
Join KMTS and MENA for a talk with Ayşe Çağlar, Vienna University, on Nov. 12, from 12:30-2:00PM in Kresge, RM 1515 and via Zoom, titled Expanded Extractivism: Regimes of Confined Labour, Containment, and the Geographies of Displacement.
October 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Join KMTS and MENA for a talk with Ayşe Çağlar, Vienna University, on Nov. 12, from 12:30-2:00PM in Kresge, RM 1515 and via Zoom, titled Expanded Extractivism: Regimes of Confined Labour, Containment, and the Geographies of Displacement.
Join KMTS and speaker Theodora Dragostinova, Ohio State University, for the Şarık Tara Memorial Lecture Series: "Between States and Borders: Rebuilding Family Life in the post-1918 Balkans" on November 5, 12:30- 2:00PM, at Norris University Center, 2-270.
September 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Join KMTS and speaker Theodora Dragostinova, Ohio State University, for the Şarık Tara Memorial Lecture Series: "Between States and Borders: Rebuilding Family Life in the post-1918 Balkans" on November 5, 12:30- 2:00PM, at Norris University Center, 2-270.
And The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) 9th Annual Workshop (October 10-12, 2025), Harris Hall, 108
For a full program:
greatlakesadiban.github.io/workshop/202...
For a full program:
greatlakesadiban.github.io/workshop/202...
September 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) 9th Annual Workshop (October 10-12, 2025), Harris Hall, 108
For a full program:
greatlakesadiban.github.io/workshop/202...
For a full program:
greatlakesadiban.github.io/workshop/202...
Please join the History Department for two events happening this October!
Talk by Jamal J. Elias: "Dreams of Khurasan: The Lives of Persian in the Ottoman World” On Friday, October 10, 16:00-17:30
Harris Hall, Room 108
Talk by Jamal J. Elias: "Dreams of Khurasan: The Lives of Persian in the Ottoman World” On Friday, October 10, 16:00-17:30
Harris Hall, Room 108
September 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Please join the History Department for two events happening this October!
Talk by Jamal J. Elias: "Dreams of Khurasan: The Lives of Persian in the Ottoman World” On Friday, October 10, 16:00-17:30
Harris Hall, Room 108
Talk by Jamal J. Elias: "Dreams of Khurasan: The Lives of Persian in the Ottoman World” On Friday, October 10, 16:00-17:30
Harris Hall, Room 108
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for "Industrial Islamism," on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, from 12:30PM-2:00PM at Norris Hall, Room 1-169B (Wildcat Room).
Registration: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/632607
Registration: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/632607
September 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for "Industrial Islamism," on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, from 12:30PM-2:00PM at Norris Hall, Room 1-169B (Wildcat Room).
Registration: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/632607
Registration: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/632607
Join KMTS and Coşku Çelik, Kadir Has University, for "Extractivism Across Production and Social Reproduction: Classes of Labour in Rural Turkey" on May 21 at 12:30PM via Zoom! Registration can be found here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Join KMTS and Coşku Çelik, Kadir Has University, for "Extractivism Across Production and Social Reproduction: Classes of Labour in Rural Turkey" on May 21 at 12:30PM via Zoom! Registration can be found here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join KMTS and Kaya Genç for the rescheduled event "The Lion and the Nightingale: The Turkish Government Against Turkey's Artistic Communities" happening on May 14, at 12:30PM CST in 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room! Register here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627900
April 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Join KMTS and Kaya Genç for the rescheduled event "The Lion and the Nightingale: The Turkish Government Against Turkey's Artistic Communities" happening on May 14, at 12:30PM CST in 720 University Place, Buffett Reading Room! Register here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627900
Join KMTS and KMTS Postdoctoral Fellow, Önder Eren Akgül, on May 7, 2025, for "The Order of Dispossession: Crisis and the Making of Global Capital in the Late Ottoman Empire," in Harris Hall, Room 108 from 12:30- 2:00PM CST. To register, please visit planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628115
April 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Join KMTS and KMTS Postdoctoral Fellow, Önder Eren Akgül, on May 7, 2025, for "The Order of Dispossession: Crisis and the Making of Global Capital in the Late Ottoman Empire," in Harris Hall, Room 108 from 12:30- 2:00PM CST. To register, please visit planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628115
Join KMTS and the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies on April 9, 2025, from 4:30PM- 6:00PM CST for "Ottoman Jewry: Leadership, Charity, and Literacy" A Conversation with Author Yaron Ayalon and Orit Baskin at University Hall, Room 201.
April 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Join KMTS and the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies on April 9, 2025, from 4:30PM- 6:00PM CST for "Ottoman Jewry: Leadership, Charity, and Literacy" A Conversation with Author Yaron Ayalon and Orit Baskin at University Hall, Room 201.
Join KMTS and Ali Yaycıoğlu, Stanford University, on April 30, 2025, from 12:30- 2:00PM CST at 720 University Place, in the 2nd Floor Buffett Reading Room, for “How to Write a Democratic History of the Ottoman Empire?” Registration can be found here planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627899
April 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Join KMTS and Ali Yaycıoğlu, Stanford University, on April 30, 2025, from 12:30- 2:00PM CST at 720 University Place, in the 2nd Floor Buffett Reading Room, for “How to Write a Democratic History of the Ottoman Empire?” Registration can be found here planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627899
Join KMTS and Coşku Çelik, Kadir Has University, for "Extractivism Across Production and Social Reproduction: Classes of Labour in Rural Turkey" on April 23, beginning at 12:30 PM CST, via Zoom!
To register, please visit planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627898
To register, please visit planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627898
April 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Join KMTS and Coşku Çelik, Kadir Has University, for "Extractivism Across Production and Social Reproduction: Classes of Labour in Rural Turkey" on April 23, beginning at 12:30 PM CST, via Zoom!
To register, please visit planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627898
To register, please visit planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627898
Join KMTS and Karabekir Akkoyunlu, SOAS University of London and Șebnem Gümüşcü, Middlebury College on April 10, 2025, from 12:00PM- 1:30PM CST via Zoom for “What is Happening in Turkey?” Register here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628139
April 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Join KMTS and Karabekir Akkoyunlu, SOAS University of London and Șebnem Gümüşcü, Middlebury College on April 10, 2025, from 12:00PM- 1:30PM CST via Zoom for “What is Happening in Turkey?” Register here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628139
KMTS upcoming Spring events are now live! For more information and to register, please visit our website: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu
April 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
KMTS upcoming Spring events are now live! For more information and to register, please visit our website: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu
Join KMTS and Chris Gratien for "An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier" on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 12:30- 2:00PM CST, in Harris Hall, Room 108, co-sponsored by MENA and SCH.
Lunch will be served!
For registration and more details: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627600
Lunch will be served!
For registration and more details: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627600
March 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Join KMTS and Chris Gratien for "An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier" on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 12:30- 2:00PM CST, in Harris Hall, Room 108, co-sponsored by MENA and SCH.
Lunch will be served!
For registration and more details: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627600
Lunch will be served!
For registration and more details: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627600
CALL FOR APLICATIONS / CEST Summer School – University of Turin, 24–31 August 2025
Turkey’s Culture Wars –– Culture, Politics, and Society Under Autocratization
For more information, please visit: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/news-and-ann...
Turkey’s Culture Wars –– Culture, Politics, and Society Under Autocratization
For more information, please visit: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/news-and-ann...
March 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
CALL FOR APLICATIONS / CEST Summer School – University of Turin, 24–31 August 2025
Turkey’s Culture Wars –– Culture, Politics, and Society Under Autocratization
For more information, please visit: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/news-and-ann...
Turkey’s Culture Wars –– Culture, Politics, and Society Under Autocratization
For more information, please visit: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/news-and-ann...
Join MENA Languages, the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program, and CLI on Wednesday, February 19 from 5-7PM in Kresge Hall, Room 1-515 for Turkish Shadow Theater and a Puppet Making Workshop! Turkish food will be served.
To register, please visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/turkish-sh...
To register, please visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/turkish-sh...
February 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Join MENA Languages, the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program, and CLI on Wednesday, February 19 from 5-7PM in Kresge Hall, Room 1-515 for Turkish Shadow Theater and a Puppet Making Workshop! Turkish food will be served.
To register, please visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/turkish-sh...
To register, please visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/turkish-sh...
Coming in Spring 2025! Pop Music, History, and the Nation (MENA 390-4-2, HISTORY 393-0-24) with Instructor and KMTS Postdoctoral Fellow, Kenan Sharpe, TTh 3:30- 4:50PM.
February 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Coming in Spring 2025! Pop Music, History, and the Nation (MENA 390-4-2, HISTORY 393-0-24) with Instructor and KMTS Postdoctoral Fellow, Kenan Sharpe, TTh 3:30- 4:50PM.
Join us on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, for an event with MESA Global Academy Fellow Dr. Begüm Burak titled "Online Censorship as a Tool of Failed Governmentality in Turkey" via Zoom beginning at 12PM! Registration can be found here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Join us on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, for an event with MESA Global Academy Fellow Dr. Begüm Burak titled "Online Censorship as a Tool of Failed Governmentality in Turkey" via Zoom beginning at 12PM! Registration can be found here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for TWO events with Kaya Genç, happening on Feb. 12, 2025! “The Lion and the Nightingale: The Turkish Government Against Turkey’s Artistic Communities” from 12:30-2PM at Harris Hall, 108, followed by a reception from 4:30PM-6:30PM at the Buffett Institute Reading Room.
January 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Join us for TWO events with Kaya Genç, happening on Feb. 12, 2025! “The Lion and the Nightingale: The Turkish Government Against Turkey’s Artistic Communities” from 12:30-2PM at Harris Hall, 108, followed by a reception from 4:30PM-6:30PM at the Buffett Institute Reading Room.
Please join Northwestern MENA on Monday, January 13 at 12:30 pm in University Hall 201, for a book talk by the Winter Quarter 2025 New Directions in Middle East and North African Studies speaker, Uğur Zekeriya Peçe of LeHigh University, co-sponsored by KMTS.
January 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Please join Northwestern MENA on Monday, January 13 at 12:30 pm in University Hall 201, for a book talk by the Winter Quarter 2025 New Directions in Middle East and North African Studies speaker, Uğur Zekeriya Peçe of LeHigh University, co-sponsored by KMTS.
Our upcoming events and deadlines for Winter 2025!
December 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Our upcoming events and deadlines for Winter 2025!
The CfA for the KMTS Early-Career Scholars Article Workshop for Spring 2025 are NOW OPEN until Feb. 14, 2025! For more information, please visit keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/events/works...
December 13, 2024 at 3:57 PM
The CfA for the KMTS Early-Career Scholars Article Workshop for Spring 2025 are NOW OPEN until Feb. 14, 2025! For more information, please visit keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/events/works...