The 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations under Scrutiny: A Holistic Analysis of an Ottoman Public Festival

Özyeğin University's Department of Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to ‘The 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations under Scrutiny: A Holistic Analysis of an Ottoman Public Festival’ as a part of our talk series, Critical Approaches in Social Sciences. Dr. Sinem Erdoğan İşkorkutan will join us as the speaker together with Dr. Feray Coşkun as the moderator.  

Abstract

This talk will focus on the 1720 imperial circumcision festival held at Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Ahmed III. It will aim at presenting the methodological and theoretical framework of the study whilst also illustrating the variety of sources used during the enquiry. At the same time, through a discussion of some peculiar examples on the planning, staging, and representation phases of the festival, the talk will intend to show the complexity of the rites that formed the event as they pose us new questions related to socio-cultural and art history of the period.

 The event will take place online via Zoom on the 25th of March between 12:30 and 14:00. 

 Topic:  Sinem Erdogan Iskorkutan Talk

Time: Mar 25, 2022 12:30 PM Istanbul

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Note: The event will be in English. 

Dr. Sinem Erdoğan-İşkorkutan

Sinem Erdoğan İşkorkutan earned her Ph.D. degree from Boğaziçi University, Department of History in 2017. She is working on early modern Ottoman visual culture with a special interest in arts of the book and court ceremonies. Her first book, The 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations in Istanbul: Festivity and Representation in the Eighteenth Century is published by Brill in 2020, which presents the first holistic examination of an Ottoman public celebration through an inter-disciplinary approach. She published various articles on early modern Ottoman history and art history, and co-edited a special journal volume on Ottoman celebrations and festivals in 2019. With her projects, she received various grants, awards, and scholarships such as The Barakat Trust Fund Publication Grant, The Istanbul Research Institute Grant for Postdoctoral Study, TUBITAK National Ph.D. Scholarship, Gingko Library Travel Grant, ARIT Grant for Turkish Scholars, and Boğaziçi University Scientific Research Fund Doctoral Dissertation Award. Since February 2021 she has been working as an adjunct lecturer at Özyeğin University, Department of Social Sciences. Currently, she is working on her new research project on the mediating roles of urban painter/designers and illustrated manuscripts in the first half of the eighteenth century.