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
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
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
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
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
In her talk “From Dissertation to Dialogue: Podcasting as Public Scholarship,” 🎙️ Gracie Bain reminded us that the average dissertation reaches 1.6 readers—hers has over 800 listeners (and counting)! That’s what it means to adapt scholarship beyond borders. #AdaptationStudies #PublicScholarship
May 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In her talk “From Dissertation to Dialogue: Podcasting as Public Scholarship,” 🎙️ Gracie Bain reminded us that the average dissertation reaches 1.6 readers—hers has over 800 listeners (and counting)! That’s what it means to adapt scholarship beyond borders. #AdaptationStudies #PublicScholarship
From fakes to fondants! 🍰
In Liam Burke’s talk “Everyday Adaptations in Popular Culture,” we asked the big questions:
Is it a cake? Is it an adaptation? Is it both??
Turns out, adaptation is all around us—and sometimes it’s edible. #AdaptationStudies #IsItACake
In Liam Burke’s talk “Everyday Adaptations in Popular Culture,” we asked the big questions:
Is it a cake? Is it an adaptation? Is it both??
Turns out, adaptation is all around us—and sometimes it’s edible. #AdaptationStudies #IsItACake
May 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
From fakes to fondants! 🍰
In Liam Burke’s talk “Everyday Adaptations in Popular Culture,” we asked the big questions:
Is it a cake? Is it an adaptation? Is it both??
Turns out, adaptation is all around us—and sometimes it’s edible. #AdaptationStudies #IsItACake
In Liam Burke’s talk “Everyday Adaptations in Popular Culture,” we asked the big questions:
Is it a cake? Is it an adaptation? Is it both??
Turns out, adaptation is all around us—and sometimes it’s edible. #AdaptationStudies #IsItACake
In her talk “Being an Artist in Adaptation Studies,” Kim Waale said: “Labor increases the value of the fake” — and shared her journey from painting to mixed media to adaptation, showing how adaptation studies reshaped her art. #AdaptationStudies #ArtAndAdaptation
May 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In her talk “Being an Artist in Adaptation Studies,” Kim Waale said: “Labor increases the value of the fake” — and shared her journey from painting to mixed media to adaptation, showing how adaptation studies reshaped her art. #AdaptationStudies #ArtAndAdaptation
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
We marked the publication of our book with Turkish coffee and künefe at a Turkish restaurant in Philly—perfectly fitting for the occasion! #BookLaunch #AdaptationStudies #Palgrave
January 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We marked the publication of our book with Turkish coffee and künefe at a Turkish restaurant in Philly—perfectly fitting for the occasion! #BookLaunch #AdaptationStudies #Palgrave
🎉 We’re thrilled to invite you to the launch of Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema, and Media (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec 2024)!
📅 Date: Jan 15, 2024
⏰ Time: 15:00 GMT / 10:00 EST
📍 Join via Zoom
tedu.zoom.us/j/7095579612
Spread the word!
#AdaptationStudies #PalgraveMacmillan
#BookLaunch
📅 Date: Jan 15, 2024
⏰ Time: 15:00 GMT / 10:00 EST
📍 Join via Zoom
tedu.zoom.us/j/7095579612
Spread the word!
#AdaptationStudies #PalgraveMacmillan
#BookLaunch
January 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🎉 We’re thrilled to invite you to the launch of Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema, and Media (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec 2024)!
📅 Date: Jan 15, 2024
⏰ Time: 15:00 GMT / 10:00 EST
📍 Join via Zoom
tedu.zoom.us/j/7095579612
Spread the word!
#AdaptationStudies #PalgraveMacmillan
#BookLaunch
📅 Date: Jan 15, 2024
⏰ Time: 15:00 GMT / 10:00 EST
📍 Join via Zoom
tedu.zoom.us/j/7095579612
Spread the word!
#AdaptationStudies #PalgraveMacmillan
#BookLaunch
Bring your kid to work day! 🐾 Nana is stepping in as TA for our reality TV class—she’s paws-itively ready to analyze some What Not to Wear 📺
November 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Bring your kid to work day! 🐾 Nana is stepping in as TA for our reality TV class—she’s paws-itively ready to analyze some What Not to Wear 📺
4- Signs that you're succeeding in Adaptation Studies!
November 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
4- Signs that you're succeeding in Adaptation Studies!
3- Adaptation Studies' Four Superpowers!
November 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
3- Adaptation Studies' Four Superpowers!
2- Two ways to think about adaptation studies. We choose to opt for the 2nd one!
November 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM
2- Two ways to think about adaptation studies. We choose to opt for the 2nd one!
Our 1st mentorship workshop is over! Thank you for all attending! Here are some highlights from Thomas Leitch's keynote speech: "Positioning Yourself as an Adaptation Scholar"
1-Embrace your marginalization rather than seeking to mitigate it.
1-Embrace your marginalization rather than seeking to mitigate it.
November 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Our 1st mentorship workshop is over! Thank you for all attending! Here are some highlights from Thomas Leitch's keynote speech: "Positioning Yourself as an Adaptation Scholar"
1-Embrace your marginalization rather than seeking to mitigate it.
1-Embrace your marginalization rather than seeking to mitigate it.
With my students at Philly Film Festival 💜 We watched Sean Baker’s Anora and Pablo Larraín’s Maria!
November 17, 2024 at 10:43 PM
With my students at Philly Film Festival 💜 We watched Sean Baker’s Anora and Pablo Larraín’s Maria!
Join us for the first @adaptationtoday.bsky.social mentorship workshop: "Building Professional Pathways in Adaptation Studies" with Thomas Leitch, @grossmjj.bsky.social, Barton Palmer, and Lina Aboujieb! Don’t miss out, REGISTER! 👉 adaptationtoday.com/professional...
November 17, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Join us for the first @adaptationtoday.bsky.social mentorship workshop: "Building Professional Pathways in Adaptation Studies" with Thomas Leitch, @grossmjj.bsky.social, Barton Palmer, and Lina Aboujieb! Don’t miss out, REGISTER! 👉 adaptationtoday.com/professional...