Workshop report

“Occidentalism & Cinema” The digital workshop Occidentalism and Cinema: East-West Dialectics in Audiovisual Culture conducted as part of the DFG research project Aesthetics of Occidentalism. Yücel Çakmaklı’s Islamic-Turkish Millî Sinema (“National Cinema”) (1964-2006) took place November 26-27, 2020, at the Institute of Media Studies at Philipps University of Marburg. F.l.t.r.: Dr. Simone Pfeifer, Dr. Robert […]

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Call for Papers: “Media Aesthetics of Occidentalism”

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE gefördert von der DFG/ funded by the German Research Foundation Place: Institute for Media Studies, Philipps- Universität Marburg, GermanyConference Language: EnglishConference Date: 26th – 28th January 2022Deadline for Abstracts: 31st May 2021Notification of Acceptance: By the end of July 2021 For German Version click HERE Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Dr. W.J.T. Mitchell, Chicago University, Chicago, USAProf. Dr. Meltem […]

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Workshop “Occidentalism & Cinema“

The digital workshop “Occidentalism & Cinema” will take place from November 26 to 27, 2020. In the workshop we want to understand how cinematic images are active in the production of such conservative politics that depict the West in a pejorative way (occidentalism). Experts will discuss the question of how the connection between conservative politics […]

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