Topics

The following topics are to be discussed during the symposium:

 

“Carrying Our Country to the World: Turkey's Diplomatic Fashion Shows in the United States”

"Identity in the Making: Turkish Immigrants in New York and New Jersey"

 "Bedouins and The Wild East Show in 1893 The Chicago World’s Fair"

 "Literature by Turkish Immigrants to America"

 "An American in Istanbul: Nature, Literature and Local Allegiances"

  "In Retrospect: Cultural Acquisitions and Partnerships in American Studies"

 The Gilt-Edged Mission”: Reflections on the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions’ First Century of Involvement in Anatolia

  “Watercolor Identities”

  “Negotiations of Turkish-Americanness in Joseph O’Neill’s Postethnic Literature”

  “A Case for Smart Power from Istanbul”

  “The Assimilation Process of Turkish – Americans”

  “we are all androgynous:’ Staging America in Turkey”

“ A Poet and Intellectual in USA: Seyfettin Başçıllar”