Seda Öz
@ssedaozz.bsky.social
PhD in English, Scholar of Film Adaptation @UofDelaware 🎞️ 🎬
http://www.sedaoz.info
Media Reviews Editor, Adaptation
Secretary, Literature/Film Association
Founding Editor, Adaptation Today
http://www.sedaoz.info
Media Reviews Editor, Adaptation
Secretary, Literature/Film Association
Founding Editor, Adaptation Today
Finally read my friend @kmecholsky.bsky.social’s “The Narcissistic Scandal of Adapting History.” So jealous of his work. It’s half academic essay, half New Yorker piece. He argues adapting history isn’t about the past but about securing our place in the future.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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The Narcissistic Scandal of Adapting History
This chapter examines a phenomenon it calls “historical–poetic interpolation,” the process of seeking analogies in the historical past by rereading history and literature that reflec...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Finally read my friend @kmecholsky.bsky.social’s “The Narcissistic Scandal of Adapting History.” So jealous of his work. It’s half academic essay, half New Yorker piece. He argues adapting history isn’t about the past but about securing our place in the future.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
If you missed Jane Hiddleston talk on "Anti-colonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean," we got you. Check the Youtube Channel: youtu.be/X7cBSWHq4Agg
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you missed Jane Hiddleston talk on "Anti-colonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean," we got you. Check the Youtube Channel: youtu.be/X7cBSWHq4Agg
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🔆 LFA/AAS Joint Conference (ONLINE ONLY): Adaptation and Collaboration, 19-20 Feb 2026
✍️ Submit your proposal here by 1 December 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✍️ Submit your proposal here by 1 December 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🔆 LFA/AAS Joint Conference (ONLINE ONLY): Adaptation and Collaboration, 19-20 Feb 2026
✍️ Submit your proposal here by 1 December 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✍️ Submit your proposal here by 1 December 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Happening on Thursday. Join us!
🌍 Join us for the 2nd talk of our World Literature Webinar Series!
📢 Dr. Jane Hiddleston (University of Oxford): “Literature and the Ecological World: Anticolonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean.”
🔗 Free registration: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #Ecocriticism #PostcolonialStudies
📢 Dr. Jane Hiddleston (University of Oxford): “Literature and the Ecological World: Anticolonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean.”
🔗 Free registration: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #Ecocriticism #PostcolonialStudies
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Happening on Thursday. Join us!
Did you miss the first 'World Literature Webinar Series' of this year? "Telling Lives Across Borders: Life Narratives in the World Literary Context" by Helga Lenart-Cheng can be watched here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=di2f...
#worldliterature #lifenarratives
#worldliterature #lifenarratives
Telling Lives Across Borders: Life Narratives in the World Literary Context by Helga Lenart-Cheng
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October 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Did you miss the first 'World Literature Webinar Series' of this year? "Telling Lives Across Borders: Life Narratives in the World Literary Context" by Helga Lenart-Cheng can be watched here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=di2f...
#worldliterature #lifenarratives
#worldliterature #lifenarratives
Happening next week! Register to join.
📣 Join us for the first talk in our Fall World Literature Webinar Series!
Prof. Helga Lenart-Cheng: Telling Lives Across Borders
Oct 29 | 2PM NY / 7PM Paris / 9PM Istanbul
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#WorldLiterature #LifeWriting #Webinar
Prof. Helga Lenart-Cheng: Telling Lives Across Borders
Oct 29 | 2PM NY / 7PM Paris / 9PM Istanbul
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#WorldLiterature #LifeWriting #Webinar
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Saw Sirât with my students at the Philadelphia Film Festival. Oliver Laxe proves that astonishment still belongs to cinema. We might just be entering a new age of the “cinema of attractions.” ✨🎬
#filmadelphia #Sirat #CinemaOfAttractions #FilmStudies #WorldCinema #contemporarycinema #PFS
#filmadelphia #Sirat #CinemaOfAttractions #FilmStudies #WorldCinema #contemporarycinema #PFS
October 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Saw Sirât with my students at the Philadelphia Film Festival. Oliver Laxe proves that astonishment still belongs to cinema. We might just be entering a new age of the “cinema of attractions.” ✨🎬
#filmadelphia #Sirat #CinemaOfAttractions #FilmStudies #WorldCinema #contemporarycinema #PFS
#filmadelphia #Sirat #CinemaOfAttractions #FilmStudies #WorldCinema #contemporarycinema #PFS
🌍 Join us for the 2nd talk of our World Literature Webinar Series!
📢 Dr. Jane Hiddleston (University of Oxford): “Literature and the Ecological World: Anticolonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean.”
🔗 Free registration: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #Ecocriticism #PostcolonialStudies
📢 Dr. Jane Hiddleston (University of Oxford): “Literature and the Ecological World: Anticolonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean.”
🔗 Free registration: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #Ecocriticism #PostcolonialStudies
October 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
🌍 Join us for the 2nd talk of our World Literature Webinar Series!
📢 Dr. Jane Hiddleston (University of Oxford): “Literature and the Ecological World: Anticolonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean.”
🔗 Free registration: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #Ecocriticism #PostcolonialStudies
📢 Dr. Jane Hiddleston (University of Oxford): “Literature and the Ecological World: Anticolonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean.”
🔗 Free registration: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #Ecocriticism #PostcolonialStudies
📣 Join us for the first talk in our Fall World Literature Webinar Series!
Prof. Helga Lenart-Cheng: Telling Lives Across Borders
Oct 29 | 2PM NY / 7PM Paris / 9PM Istanbul
🔗 Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #LifeWriting #Webinar
Prof. Helga Lenart-Cheng: Telling Lives Across Borders
Oct 29 | 2PM NY / 7PM Paris / 9PM Istanbul
🔗 Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #LifeWriting #Webinar
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
📣 Join us for the first talk in our Fall World Literature Webinar Series!
Prof. Helga Lenart-Cheng: Telling Lives Across Borders
Oct 29 | 2PM NY / 7PM Paris / 9PM Istanbul
🔗 Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #LifeWriting #Webinar
Prof. Helga Lenart-Cheng: Telling Lives Across Borders
Oct 29 | 2PM NY / 7PM Paris / 9PM Istanbul
🔗 Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#WorldLiterature #LifeWriting #Webinar
🎤 What did you miss in Istanbul?
In the latest @adaptationtoday.bsky.social podcast, we sat down with @reraddatz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social to revisit the AAS conference, panels, workshops, cake cuttings, and everything in between.
Spoiler: you’ll want to join us next time.
In the latest @adaptationtoday.bsky.social podcast, we sat down with @reraddatz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social to revisit the AAS conference, panels, workshops, cake cuttings, and everything in between.
Spoiler: you’ll want to join us next time.
THE LATEST from @adaptationtoday.bsky.social: a conversation about the highlights of the AAS İstanbul conference, led by host @reraddatz.bsky.social and featuring conference co-organizers @ssedaozz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social!
AAS 2025 Conference: Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth
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September 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🎤 What did you miss in Istanbul?
In the latest @adaptationtoday.bsky.social podcast, we sat down with @reraddatz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social to revisit the AAS conference, panels, workshops, cake cuttings, and everything in between.
Spoiler: you’ll want to join us next time.
In the latest @adaptationtoday.bsky.social podcast, we sat down with @reraddatz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social to revisit the AAS conference, panels, workshops, cake cuttings, and everything in between.
Spoiler: you’ll want to join us next time.
📣 Calling film reviewers!
I’m looking for folks to review upcoming and newly released adaptations. Want to call dibs before they hit wide distribution?Email me at sedaoz@udel.edu Titles up for grabs:
Frankenstein
The Roses
The Running Man
Wuthering Heights
The Odyssey
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I’m looking for folks to review upcoming and newly released adaptations. Want to call dibs before they hit wide distribution?Email me at sedaoz@udel.edu Titles up for grabs:
Frankenstein
The Roses
The Running Man
Wuthering Heights
The Odyssey
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September 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
📣 Calling film reviewers!
I’m looking for folks to review upcoming and newly released adaptations. Want to call dibs before they hit wide distribution?Email me at sedaoz@udel.edu Titles up for grabs:
Frankenstein
The Roses
The Running Man
Wuthering Heights
The Odyssey
academic.oup.com/adaptation
I’m looking for folks to review upcoming and newly released adaptations. Want to call dibs before they hit wide distribution?Email me at sedaoz@udel.edu Titles up for grabs:
Frankenstein
The Roses
The Running Man
Wuthering Heights
The Odyssey
academic.oup.com/adaptation
Join us for Musical Adaptation in Practice -an @adaptationtoday.bsky.social event exploring how composers and performers bring stories to life through sound, puppets, and live performance.
Dec 12, 12PM EST
Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AdaptationStudies #FilmMusic #TheaterAdaptation
Dec 12, 12PM EST
Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AdaptationStudies #FilmMusic #TheaterAdaptation
September 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Join us for Musical Adaptation in Practice -an @adaptationtoday.bsky.social event exploring how composers and performers bring stories to life through sound, puppets, and live performance.
Dec 12, 12PM EST
Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AdaptationStudies #FilmMusic #TheaterAdaptation
Dec 12, 12PM EST
Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AdaptationStudies #FilmMusic #TheaterAdaptation
Some films return when you need them most. Tonight I revisited #CinemaParadiso. I cried with gratitude: for the art, for the work, for the privilege of doing what I do. This is why I teach film. Because cinema still hits like nothing else. Cinema haunts. And heals. #FilmStudies #WhyWeWatch
September 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Some films return when you need them most. Tonight I revisited #CinemaParadiso. I cried with gratitude: for the art, for the work, for the privilege of doing what I do. This is why I teach film. Because cinema still hits like nothing else. Cinema haunts. And heals. #FilmStudies #WhyWeWatch
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Psst: Our US case study is about to start, and we are looking for people from the US who love to talk about everything Hollywood. 🤩
Sounds like you or someone you know? Then share this information and register on our website:
hollywood-memories.com/en/participa...
Sounds like you or someone you know? Then share this information and register on our website:
hollywood-memories.com/en/participa...
August 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Psst: Our US case study is about to start, and we are looking for people from the US who love to talk about everything Hollywood. 🤩
Sounds like you or someone you know? Then share this information and register on our website:
hollywood-memories.com/en/participa...
Sounds like you or someone you know? Then share this information and register on our website:
hollywood-memories.com/en/participa...
Bringing the whole crew this time—my students and I are showing up as one big group!
Adaptation, seriality, film, media, literature, and cultural studies scholars, come to the fifth annual online To Be Continued conference, Sept. 18-19! Presenter and (free) registration information can be found on this flyer. Hope to see you there! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
TBC5 flyer 2025 final.docx
To Be Continued 5 Defining, Producing, Performing, Consuming, and Theorizing Serials and Adaptations A Zoom Symposium, 18–19 September 2025 Organizers: Julie Grossman (Le Moyne College), Thomas Leitch...
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August 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Bringing the whole crew this time—my students and I are showing up as one big group!
Ankara friends! We’re doing a casual book event this Friday at TAA (Cinnah) at 6PM. Come say hi, catch up, and hear a bit about our new book on adaptation.📚🎬 Everyone’s welcome!
#AnkaraEtkinlik #BookLaunch #AdaptationStudies #KitapTanıtımı
#AnkaraEtkinlik #BookLaunch #AdaptationStudies #KitapTanıtımı
June 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Ankara friends! We’re doing a casual book event this Friday at TAA (Cinnah) at 6PM. Come say hi, catch up, and hear a bit about our new book on adaptation.📚🎬 Everyone’s welcome!
#AnkaraEtkinlik #BookLaunch #AdaptationStudies #KitapTanıtımı
#AnkaraEtkinlik #BookLaunch #AdaptationStudies #KitapTanıtımı
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Interested in adaptation studies? @adaptationtoday.bsky.social sponsors mentorship programs: adaptationtoday.com/professional... If you'd like to provide feedback for our future planning, pls fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Adaptation Today Mentorship Program! At Adaptation Today, we believe that the future of academia lies in collaboration, inclusivity, and the sharing of knowledge across all levels of…
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June 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Interested in adaptation studies? @adaptationtoday.bsky.social sponsors mentorship programs: adaptationtoday.com/professional... If you'd like to provide feedback for our future planning, pls fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social
Thank you so much! 💙 It was a joy to host @adaptstudies.bsky.social in Istanbul. We’re deeply grateful to every participant whose presence, energy, and scholarship made this such a meaningful and unforgettable gathering. 🌿✨
Deep thanks to @ssedaozz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social and the wonderful Bilge team for hosting @adapt in Istanbul. What a memorable conference and experience!
June 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thank you so much! 💙 It was a joy to host @adaptstudies.bsky.social in Istanbul. We’re deeply grateful to every participant whose presence, energy, and scholarship made this such a meaningful and unforgettable gathering. 🌿✨
Registration for AAS Istanbul is officially open! 📝 ✨ We’re at the desk, the lanyards are ready, and so is she 🐾
Come say hi to our very official conference cat. She’s waiting for you! #AAS2025 #IstanbulCats @adaptstudies.bsky.social
Come say hi to our very official conference cat. She’s waiting for you! #AAS2025 #IstanbulCats @adaptstudies.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Registration for AAS Istanbul is officially open! 📝 ✨ We’re at the desk, the lanyards are ready, and so is she 🐾
Come say hi to our very official conference cat. She’s waiting for you! #AAS2025 #IstanbulCats @adaptstudies.bsky.social
Come say hi to our very official conference cat. She’s waiting for you! #AAS2025 #IstanbulCats @adaptstudies.bsky.social
Join us for the Adaptation Today Spring Mentorship Workshop II
📅 April 25, 2025 | 💻 Online Event
🔹 Talks on adaptation in fine arts, pop culture & podcasting
🎨 Kim Waale | 🎬 Liam Burke | 🎙️ Gracie Bain
📍 Register now: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AdaptationStudies #FilmStudies #PublicScholarship
📅 April 25, 2025 | 💻 Online Event
🔹 Talks on adaptation in fine arts, pop culture & podcasting
🎨 Kim Waale | 🎬 Liam Burke | 🎙️ Gracie Bain
📍 Register now: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AdaptationStudies #FilmStudies #PublicScholarship
March 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Join us for the Adaptation Today Spring Mentorship Workshop II
📅 April 25, 2025 | 💻 Online Event
🔹 Talks on adaptation in fine arts, pop culture & podcasting
🎨 Kim Waale | 🎬 Liam Burke | 🎙️ Gracie Bain
📍 Register now: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AdaptationStudies #FilmStudies #PublicScholarship
📅 April 25, 2025 | 💻 Online Event
🔹 Talks on adaptation in fine arts, pop culture & podcasting
🎨 Kim Waale | 🎬 Liam Burke | 🎙️ Gracie Bain
📍 Register now: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AdaptationStudies #FilmStudies #PublicScholarship
Thrilled to host this conversation on Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema, and Media! 🎬📚 Tune in to the latest Adaptation Today podcast episode and join the discussion. ✨🎙️✨ #Adaptation #TurkishCinema #TurkishLiterature #Podcast
Very happy to say that the new episode of the Adaptation Today podcast has just been released! This time @ssedaozz.bsky.social is hosting a wonderful conversation about adaptations in Turkish literature and cinema.
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Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema and Media
Adaptation Today · Episode
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February 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thrilled to host this conversation on Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema, and Media! 🎬📚 Tune in to the latest Adaptation Today podcast episode and join the discussion. ✨🎙️✨ #Adaptation #TurkishCinema #TurkishLiterature #Podcast
📢 What a conference!
Thank you to everyone who joined us from across time zones for another fantastic year of the Literature/Film Association & @adaptstudies.bsky.social
Online Conference! Your insights and discussions made this event a success. See you next year!
#AdaptationStudies #Aging
Thank you to everyone who joined us from across time zones for another fantastic year of the Literature/Film Association & @adaptstudies.bsky.social
Online Conference! Your insights and discussions made this event a success. See you next year!
#AdaptationStudies #Aging
🚨 Join us this Thursday & Friday for the 4th Literature/Film Association and @adaptstudies.bsky.social Online Conference: Adaptation and Aging! 🚀
📅 Feb 20–22, 2025
🌍 Open to the public—register now! ⬇️
🔗 www.adaptation.uk.com/cfp-adaptati...
#AdaptationStudies #Aging #FilmStudies
📅 Feb 20–22, 2025
🌍 Open to the public—register now! ⬇️
🔗 www.adaptation.uk.com/cfp-adaptati...
#AdaptationStudies #Aging #FilmStudies
CFP: Adaptation and Aging - The Fourth LFA/AAS online conference (20-22 February, 2025) - The Association of Adaptation Studies
Adaptation and Aging: The Fourth LFA/AAS Online Conference 20-22 February, 2025 (Online) REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Download Program Here How old are you? How do you feel about getting older? And how will...
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February 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
📢 What a conference!
Thank you to everyone who joined us from across time zones for another fantastic year of the Literature/Film Association & @adaptstudies.bsky.social
Online Conference! Your insights and discussions made this event a success. See you next year!
#AdaptationStudies #Aging
Thank you to everyone who joined us from across time zones for another fantastic year of the Literature/Film Association & @adaptstudies.bsky.social
Online Conference! Your insights and discussions made this event a success. See you next year!
#AdaptationStudies #Aging
The CFP for the Literature/Film Association Conference 2025 is here: GHOSTED! PRESENCE, ABSENCE, AND ADAPTATION. 👻
Fittingly, we’ll be in Savannah, GA—one of America’s most haunted cities. Will your paper make an appearance… or mysteriously vanish? 👀
Check it out: 🔗 litfilm.org/con.../liter...
Fittingly, we’ll be in Savannah, GA—one of America’s most haunted cities. Will your paper make an appearance… or mysteriously vanish? 👀
Check it out: 🔗 litfilm.org/con.../liter...
a box of ghost goodies sits on a table next to a book
ALT: a box of ghost goodies sits on a table next to a book
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February 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The CFP for the Literature/Film Association Conference 2025 is here: GHOSTED! PRESENCE, ABSENCE, AND ADAPTATION. 👻
Fittingly, we’ll be in Savannah, GA—one of America’s most haunted cities. Will your paper make an appearance… or mysteriously vanish? 👀
Check it out: 🔗 litfilm.org/con.../liter...
Fittingly, we’ll be in Savannah, GA—one of America’s most haunted cities. Will your paper make an appearance… or mysteriously vanish? 👀
Check it out: 🔗 litfilm.org/con.../liter...
🚨 Join us this Thursday & Friday for the 4th Literature/Film Association and @adaptstudies.bsky.social Online Conference: Adaptation and Aging! 🚀
📅 Feb 20–22, 2025
🌍 Open to the public—register now! ⬇️
🔗 www.adaptation.uk.com/cfp-adaptati...
#AdaptationStudies #Aging #FilmStudies
📅 Feb 20–22, 2025
🌍 Open to the public—register now! ⬇️
🔗 www.adaptation.uk.com/cfp-adaptati...
#AdaptationStudies #Aging #FilmStudies
CFP: Adaptation and Aging - The Fourth LFA/AAS online conference (20-22 February, 2025) - The Association of Adaptation Studies
Adaptation and Aging: The Fourth LFA/AAS Online Conference 20-22 February, 2025 (Online) REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Download Program Here How old are you? How do you feel about getting older? And how will...
www.adaptation.uk.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
🚨 Join us this Thursday & Friday for the 4th Literature/Film Association and @adaptstudies.bsky.social Online Conference: Adaptation and Aging! 🚀
📅 Feb 20–22, 2025
🌍 Open to the public—register now! ⬇️
🔗 www.adaptation.uk.com/cfp-adaptati...
#AdaptationStudies #Aging #FilmStudies
📅 Feb 20–22, 2025
🌍 Open to the public—register now! ⬇️
🔗 www.adaptation.uk.com/cfp-adaptati...
#AdaptationStudies #Aging #FilmStudies
We're live on the @adaptstudies.bsky.social website and YouTube channel, with our podcast launching soon at @adaptationtoday.bsky.social ! 📢 Don't forget to order for your libraries and stay tuned for more. #AdaptationStudies #AASIstanbul
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Publication Announcement: Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema, and Media (Edited by Seda Öz and Taner Can, 2025) - The Association of Adaptation Studies
Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema and Media explores key trends and methodologies in adaptation in the Turkish context
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January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We're live on the @adaptstudies.bsky.social website and YouTube channel, with our podcast launching soon at @adaptationtoday.bsky.social ! 📢 Don't forget to order for your libraries and stay tuned for more. #AdaptationStudies #AASIstanbul
www.adaptation.uk.com/publication-...
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