International Conference:

Folklore Studies in Greece and Turkey

The conference programme is available in printable form, but only in Greek [.pdf, 150kB].

09.00: Turnout
09.30: Greetings
Coordinator: SILIA NIKOLAIDOU, University of Thessaly
10.00: EVANGELOS AVDIKOS, University of Thessaly:
Folklore Studies and National Identity in Greece and Turkey
10.20: ARZU ÖZTÜRKMEN, Boğaziçi University
Contextuallizing Turkish folklore in Republican history: a historical reappraisal
10.40: WALTER PUCHNER, University of Athens
Black-eye Karagöz and the History of Ottoman Shadow Theatre in the Balkans: Diffusion, Functions and Assimilations
11:00: Discussion
11:30: Break
Coordinator: ARZU ÖZTÜRKMEN, Bogazici University
12.00: XRISOULA HADJITAKI-KAPSOMENOU and CHARALAMBOS PASSALIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki:
Alluring feminine beauty as menace: Unnatural feminine creatures in Greek folk narratives
12.20: MARIANTHI KAPLANOGLOU, University of Athens
Social contexts of oral storytelling in Greece and Turkey
12.40: SÜHEYLA SARITAS, Balikesir University:
Critical perspectives on history and recent trends in turkish folk literature
13.00: Discussion

Coordinator: WALTER PUCHNER, University of Athens
17.40: ASPASIA THEODOSIOU, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus:
Performing in a selfish or professional way? ala turka, arabesk and Tsingani/Roma Musicians in Epirus
18.00: DAPHNE TRAGAKI, University of Thessaly:
The ‘nearby us Orient’ in music today
18.20: SONGÜL KARAHASAOĞLU, Istanbul Technological University:
Politics of Turkish music during the Republican era
18.40: Discussion
19.10: Break
Coordinator: SONGÜL KARAHASAOĞLU, Τεχνολογικό University Κωνσταντινούπολης
19.30: CHRISTOS PAPAKOSTAS, University of Thessaly:
‘A la Tourca’. Music and dancing representations of the national and the ethnic
19.50: ELEFTERIA GARTZONIKA, School Director of West Attica:
Cultural homogenization and education. The example of Greek traditional dance
20.10: FAHRIYE DINÇER, Yıldız Technological University:
Changing traditions in Turkey: Alevi rituals and beyond
20.30: Discussion

Coordinator: XRISOULA HADJITAKI-KAPSOMENOU, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
10.00: DESPINA DAMIANOU, Democritus University of Thrace:
From personal narration to legend. Greeks and Turks in the folk wrestling matches through the narrations of Greeks Minor-Asians
10.20: REA KAKAMBOURA, University of Athens:
Images of Turkish People: Greek refugees from Asia Minor narrate their uprooting
10.40: MELTEM TÜRKÖZ, Işık University:
Studying modern narratives: changing paradigms
11.00: Discussion
11.30: Break
12.00: Round Table; EVANGELOS AVDIKOS, WALTER PUCHNER, SONGÜL KARAHASAOĞLU:
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