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University of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College: Stephen Hales Lecture Series
University of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College: Stephen Hales Lecture Series
Title: Screening the Field or Fielding the Screen? Negotiating Ethnographic Ethics, Agency, and Media in Türkiye
Thursday, February 10, 2026, 18:00 GMT
In-person at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge
Collective Research Centre 1671: Heimat(en), University of Heidelberg
Collective Research Centre 1671: Heimat(en), University of Heidelberg
Title: "Searching for Home in the Intimate Politics of Amateur Musical Labor of Türkiye and its Diaspora"
Monday, July 7, 2025, 14:00 GMT +2
In-person at University of Heidelberg and online
Dr. Audrey Wozniak, Interview by Prof. Dr. Christiane Wiesenfeldt
Dr. Audrey Wozniak, Interview by Prof. Dr. Christiane Wiesenfeldt
Audrey discusses her ongoing research into musical community-making practices in the Turkish diaspora with Prof. Dr. Christiane Wiesenfeldt at the Collective Research Centre (SFB 1671) Heimat(en) at University of Heidelberg.
Bilkent University POLS Talks
Bilkent University POLS Talks
Invited speaker for Department of Political Science and Public Administration lecture series
Title: "Cultural Diplomacy Despite the State: Mobility and Agency of State and Amateur Musicians in Turkish Classical Music Choirs"
Tuesday, November 19, 2024, Bilkent University, Ankara
Orient-Institut Istanbul Musicology Lecture Series (Fall/Winter 2024/2025)
Orient-Institut Istanbul Musicology Lecture Series (Fall/Winter 2024/2025)
Title: "Kayıttayız (Now Recording): Reflections on Researching Musical Labor in Türkiye as a Musician"
Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 19:00 GMT +3
In-person at the Orient-Institut Istanbul and online
British Institute at Ankara
British Institute at Ankara
Title: "The Emergence of Music as a "Profession" in Turkey"
In the early 20th century, the choir’s introduction to Turkish classical music-making was seen to support broader social reforms aimed at modernizing self-Westernization. Turkish classical music choirs have since created new models of musical patronage, transmission, and sociality, as well as a new class of “professional” musician with economic power and cultural influence. Now, musicians instrumentalize the concepts “profesyonel” (“professional”) and “amatör” (“amateur”) as status markers to enforce a hierarchy that arbitrates which musicians have enough status to transmit a form of national culture. This lecture seeks to demonstrate longstanding modes of musical engagement that defy categorization within an amateur-professional dichotomy as well as how music’s professionalization serves a role within a broader nation-building project.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022, British Institute at Ankara
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