SHORT BIO

Asli holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Master's degree in Critical Theory. During the latter, she became increasingly exposed to video art, which led to an ever-deepening interest in cinema and film theory. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam. Affiliated with the mediality constellation at ASCA, her research focuses on the aesthetics and politics of cinematic pedestrianism. Also a film critic, Asli has contributed to several edited volumes, festival catalogues, and popular magazines. At ASCA, she has co-organised the 2012 edition of the ASCA Workshop. She is a member of European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS).

RESEARCH FOCUS

The Image of Walking: Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism
This project aspires to be a critical and analytical study of the image of walking in cinema. The motivation of the project is two-fold: To analyse the aesthetics of the cinematic image of walking, and to move from aesthetics to politics by focusing on the particular case of the flâneuse.
Asli's research project is supervised by Prof. Patricia Pisters

PUBLICATIONS

Articles in Refereed Journals

"Women on the Move: The Politics of Walking in Agnes Varda". Deleuze Studies Journal , Volume 6.1 (2012): 103-116.

Translated Books

Shusterman, Richard. Canli Performans: Sanatin Tikanmis Damarlari icin Estetik Alternatifler , Ankara: De Ki Yayincilik. (Original title: Performing Live: Aesthetic Alternatives for the Ends of Art .) to be published soon

Chapters in Edited Volumes                                                                                     

"Probing (the) Province: New Landscapes of New Cinema from Turkey", in Cannes Film Festival, Contemporary Turkish Cinema Booklet , Gozde Onaran & Firat Yucel (eds.)

"Zamansallik ve Kacis," in Reha Erdem Sinemasi: Ask ve Isyan , Firat Yucel (ed.), Istanbul: Citlembik Yayinlari, 2009, pp. 87-107.

[An article that analyses body and temporality in the films of Reha Erdem, a contemporary Turkish director. The book is a monograph on his filmography.]

---- & John Wall, "Mobile Space: Orhan Pamuk's Postmodernist House of the Cosmos" in Mediations in Cultural Spaces: Structure, Sign, Body , John Wall (ed.), London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008, pp. 136-154.

Catalogue Entries

"The Cinematic Istanbul", in the catalogue of films set in Istanbul, published and prepared by Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency, December 2010.

[An introductory article that analyses the image of Istanbul as a cinematic city in local and international productions from a chronological and thematical perspective.]

Articles in Popular Magazines (Selection)

"Yeni Roman/Yeni Sinema: Alain Robbe Grillet'nin Olumsuz Kadin'i" (Nouveau Roman/Nouveau Cinema: L'Immortelle by Alain Robbe-Grillet), Altyazi , (Monthly Film Magazine), December 2010.

"Shirin Neshat: Tene Kazinan Direnis" (Shirin Neshat: Resistance engraved on flesh"), Altyazi , (Monthly Film Magazine), June 2010.

"Filmlerle İstanbul: Suç, Rüya, Hüzün" (Istanbul in Films: Crime, Dream, Melancholy), Altyazi (Monthly Film Magazine), April 2010.

"Facs of Life: Henuz Cekilmemis Filmler Tarihi" (Interview with the directors Graeme Thomson and Silvia Maglioni on their Deleuze documentary, Facs of Life), Altyazi (Monthly Film Magazine), October 2009.

"Synecdoche, New York" (Review), Altyazi , July 2009.

"Mobile Space: Orhan Pamuk's Postmodernist House of the Cosmos", Eastern Mediterranean University Research Newsletter , Spring 2008.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

"The Aesthetics of Mo(ve)ment: From the Cave of Forgotten Dreams to Early Cinema", New University of Lisbon, NECS Conference, 2012.

"The Flâneuse Possible?", Kadir Has University, New Directions in Turkish Film Studies Conference, 2011.

"L'année dernière á Istanbul: Tanpinar's memory-space and the ritournelle" University of Amsterdam, Third International Deleuze Studies Conference, 2010.

"Temporality of the Body in Reha Erdem's Films" in "Reha Erdem Panel," Kadir Has University, New Directions in Turkish Film Studies, 2010.

"Becoming-Woman in Shirin Neshat," University of Cologne, Second International Deleuze Studies Conference, 2009.

"New Becomings Through Avant-Garde," Ege University, Cultural Studies Symposium: Redefining Postmodernism, 2009.

"On the Edge of the Möbius Strip: A Deleuzian Reading of My Name is Red," Cardiff University, First International Deleuze Studies Conference, 2008.

"Tourists/Vagabonds: Mobility as the Sole Criteria of Social Stratification in the Age of Globalisation," Girne American University, International Semiotics Congress, 2008.

"Mystery of Mirrors," Ege University, Faculty of Letters, Students Seminar, 2004.

--- & Idil Aydogan & Funda Civelekoglu, "From Primitive Man to the Conditioned Human: Clockwork Emotions," Ege University Eighth International Cultural Studies Symposium, 2003.

SEMINAR & WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION

Fifth International Deleuze Camp, Copenhagen Business School, July 2011

ASCA International Workshop, University of Amsterdam, March 2011

Fourth International Deleuze Camp, University of Amsterdam, July 2010

Third International Deleuze Camp, University of Cologne, July-August 2009

Renaissance Art and Architecture, Istituto Michelangelo, Florence-Italy, June-August 2004

CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP & READING GROUP CONCEPTION

Fifth NECS Graduate Workshop: Cinematic Scale (13-14 December 2012, Amsterdam). Co-organiser
Deleuze Reading Group: Film-Philosophical Encounters (2012-2013 Academic Year, Amsterdam). Co-organiser
International ASCA Workshop and Conference: Extremely Close and Incredibly Slow (28-30 March 2012, Amsterdam). Co-organiser

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