Valentina Marcella is a historian of modern Turkey and currently a travel grant holder of the Istanbul-based İstanbul Araştırmaları Enstitüsü (Istanbul Research Institute). As İAE fellow she is working on a research project titled “Modern City Life: Istanbul’s Promises and Perils in 1930s Satirical Press”, focused on the representation of Istanbul’s urban life and lifestyles in… Continue reading Modern City Life: Istanbul’s Promises and Perils in 1930s Satirical Press
New Caricature Exhibition in Lisbon (The Bordalo Pinheiro Museum, 18. December 2024 – 9. March 2025)
Today we want to announce a new exhibition in Lissabon that is curated by a member of our working group, Paulo Jorge Fernandes (NOVA University of Lisbon). The exhibition is titled O Humor Unido Jamais será vencido: os cartoons da Revolução (1974-1976) / The Humour United will never be defeated: The Cartoons of the Revolution… Continue reading New Caricature Exhibition in Lisbon (The Bordalo Pinheiro Museum, 18. December 2024 – 9. March 2025)
Cartoon of the Day 5: On the Boards that mean the World, or Discussing the Lebanese Constitution of 1926
by Alexander Reindl, University of Heidelberg When France and Great Britain were given mandates over former Ottoman territories in the Levant by the League of Nations after the First World War, they were also obliged to lead the newly created units towards independence and to provide them with constitutions and a so-called ‘Organic Law’. Albeit… Continue reading Cartoon of the Day 5: On the Boards that mean the World, or Discussing the Lebanese Constitution of 1926
Upcoming Caricature Lecture with Elif Kiraz
THE UPCOMING LECTURE Caricatures and Satire in a Global Perspective “Situating Armeno-Turkish Humor in Ottoman Historiography: Normative Prints of Zvarcakhos ‘Joker’ in 1856” Elif Kiraz(Pre-Doctoral Researcher History M.A. İstanbul Bilgi University/The University of Edinburgh) Thursday, Dec 12, 2024, 4 pm CET, via ZoomRegister link for online participation
Cartoon(s) of the Day 4: Oxen, Bureaucrats, and Reforms
by Veruschka Wagner, University of Bonn / Bilgi University Istanbul One of the most popular and long-lived satirical magazines in the Ottoman-Turkish press was Karagöz (1908-1951). In terms of its longevity and popularity, it differs significantly from many other satirical magazines, which often only lasted a few months or a few years. This journal was named after one… Continue reading Cartoon(s) of the Day 4: Oxen, Bureaucrats, and Reforms
The Working Group at Kadıköy Çizgi Festivali (27-29 September 2024) – Event report from Anna Kollatz
From 27 to 29 September 2024, the Yoğurtçu Park in Kadıköy, Istanbul welcomed the annual Caricature Festival, hosted by Kadıköy’s Karikatür Evi (https://karikaturevi.kadikoy.bel.tr/). This year, the working group was invited to join the livid programme with a panel discussing research on (historical) caricatures, its challenges, beauty, and importance for today’s understanding of the past. Three… Continue reading The Working Group at Kadıköy Çizgi Festivali (27-29 September 2024) – Event report from Anna Kollatz
Cartoon of the Day 3: Looking Back on Summer Holidays
The summer holiday season is a wonderful time: one can travel, leave one’s familiar surroundings and get to know new people and places. But the holiday season can of course also be a time of worlds colliding: poor weather at the holiday destination? The food doesn’t taste the same as at home? Locals or other… Continue reading Cartoon of the Day 3: Looking Back on Summer Holidays
Meet our members!
We have decided to publish a list of our members in order to increase visibility and make reaching us easier. Name Institution Research Interests E-Mail Askvik, Emil University of Oslo Newspaper Cartoons in Turkey emil.askvik@gmail.com Çakmakçı, Murathan Bilgi University, Istanbul Turkish Caricatures of 20th Century murathancakmakci07@gmail.com Dziobek, Eberhard University of Heidelberg Egyptian Caricatures of 1920ies… Continue reading Meet our members!
New Publication from Rakel Pinhas Meşulam
Rakel Pinhas Meşulam, Humor on the Margins: Cartoons in the Turkish Jewish Newspaper Şalom (1947-2016), Libra Kitap, İstanbul, 2024, 310 p. This research draws from Şalom, the longest-published Turkish-Jewish newspaper since 1947, to trace the communication strategies of Şalom as a form of minority media. It offers a multilayered analysis of the newspaper’s front pages… Continue reading New Publication from Rakel Pinhas Meşulam
Meet Valentina Marcella
Interviewer: Which field do you come from? I have a background in Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies, and I hold a PhD in History. Since obtaining my PhD I’ve had experience in Urban Studies, Media Studies and Area Studies fields and I am currently lecturer in Turkish Studies at L’Orientale University of Naples, Italy. Within… Continue reading Meet Valentina Marcella