These scholarly works, which are also regarded as reader-author (thus readership) performances within the terminology of Bookperformance, not only transition Bookperformance from literary and artistic spheres to academic contexts but also facilitate the reintegration of academic insights into the realms of literature and art.
Ongoing Research
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“Bookperformance: The Ontology of Self-Reflexive Literary and Artistic Orientations and Resonance”
Ph.D. Research in Literary Studies, Arts, & Philosophy
Gent University, Gent
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“Bookperformance: Sounds Created in Resonance”
Ongoing research at the Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels
Conference Presentations
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“Bookperformance Manifesto: A Meta View On Life Through Literature and Arts”
International Conference: manifestoNOW!
July 22-24, 2024, Dresden
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“The Best of All Possible Wor-l-ds: Bookperformance”
SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing) Annual Meeting
July 1-5, 2024, Reading
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“The Best of All Possible Wor-l-ds: Bookperformance”
Transmitting the Intangible: Indigenous Perspectives on Sustaining Memory and Contemporary Culture
May 26-28, 2024, Oslo
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“The Best of All Possible Wor-l-ds: Bookperformance”
Recentering Form(s) in and of the Margins
April 24-26, 2024, Brussels
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“The Best of All Possible Wor-l-ds: Bookperformance”
ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) Annual Meeting
March 14-17, 2024, Montreal
Research Experience
- Research on Gertrude Stein’s Manuscripts
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Yale University, New Haven (Visiting Researcher), 2016
Previous Presentations
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“Reader – Author of Bookperformance”
NEMLA Annual Meeting, April 3-6, 2014, Pennsylvania
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“Gertrude Stein and the Phenomenon of Bookperformance”
ALA Annual Meeting, May 23-26, 2013, Boston
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"Bookperformance: The Power and The Possible in a Practical Theory”
International Literature Conference, Rheims University
May 17-18, 2013, Rheims
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“Bookperformance: A Practical Theory”
ACLA Annual Meeting, April 4-7, 2013, Toronto
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“Bookperformance & MyFace Book: Digital-Born Inspiration for Printed Texts”
NEMLA Annual Meeting, March 21-24, 2013, Boston
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“Bookperformance: The Best of All Possible Worlds”
RAP (International Reconfiguring Authorship Conference), November 15-18, 2012, Gent
Academic Qualifications
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“An Archetypal Journey, A Narcissistic/Self-Reflexive Book: The White Castle”
(Setting the Bookperformance Manifesto)
MA in Turkish Literature & Literary Theory (Full Scholarship)
Bilkent University, 2011, Ankara
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“Uni-verse-us: In Letters, Within Sounds, At Numbers, Through Colours”
(Formulation of Initial Thoughts Toward Bookperformance)
BA Graduation Project, American Culture & Literature (Full Scholarship)
Bilkent University, 2005, Ankara