Dates: 2-4 June 2025 (Monday-Wednesday) with PGR pre-conference Sunday 1 June.

Venue: İstanbul Bilgi University santralistanbul Campus

Conference spaces: E1-301 (main hall); E1-303A, E1-304, E1-305 ( for parallel sessions and workshops)

İstanbul Bilgi University https://www.bilgi.edu.tr/en/

santralistanbul Campus: https://www.bilgi.edu.tr/en/life-at-bilgi/campuses/

Contact:

adaptationconference@bilgi.edu.tr

 aas.2025.istanbul@gmail.com

Conference co-chairs:  

• Professor Feride Çiçekoğlu, PhD. (İstanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey)
• Professor Sibel Irzık, PhD. (Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey)
• Assoc. Professor Colleen Kennedy-Karpat, PhD. (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey)
• Seda Öz, PhD. (University of Delaware, USA)
• Professor Özden Sözalan, PhD. (İstanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey)
• Assoc. Professor İnci Bilgin Tekin, PhD. (İstanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey)

Academic Committee

• Deborah Cartmell, PhD. (Leicester University, UK)
• Feride Çiçekoğlu, PhD. (İstanbul Bilgi University)
• Julie Grossman, PhD. (Le Moyne College, USA)
• Sibel Irzık, PhD. (Sabancı University)
• Assoc. Professor Colleen Kennedy-Karpat, PhD. (Bilkent University)
• Thomas Leitch, PhD. (University of Delaware, USA)
• Kyle Meikle, PhD. (University of Baltimore)
• Seda Öz, PhD. (University of Delaware, USA)
• Allen Redmon, PhD. (Texas A&M University-Central Texas, USA)
• Özden Sözalan, PhD. (İstanbul Bilgi University)
• İnci Bilgin Tekin, PhD. (İstanbul Bilgi University)
• Christina Wilkins,PhD. (University of Birmingham,UK)

Keynote speakers:

• Dr. Ahmet Gürata, Department of Cinema and Digital Media, İzmir University of Economics, Türkiye
• Dr. Iain Robert Smith, Department of Film Studies, King’s College London, UK

Special Events:

• The conference will feature a variety of social events, including a welcome reception, conference dinner, and a special screening of the film Don’t Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989), written by Prof. Feride Çiçekoğlu and newly restored by MUBI. A post-screening discussion with Prof. Çiçekoğlu will offer insights into the restoration process and the film's enduring relevance.