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SUMMARY:Memory\, Migration an Exile in Istanbul\, 1940
DESCRIPTION:In this lecture\, Prof. E. Efe Khayyat engages the themes of me
 mory\,  migration and exile based on the life and writings of the prominen
 t  intellectual and professor\, Eric Auerbach. In 1935\, Auerbach was  exp
 elled from the University of Marburg by the Nazis and fled to  Istanbul wh
 ere he began teaching at Istanbul University. Auerbach wrote  his most wel
 l-known work "Mimesis" (1946) during his Turkish exile\, yet  the book was
  published first in Switzerland. The lecture is based on  Prof. Khayyat's 
 book "Istanbul 1940 and Global Modernity" (2019)\, in  which he offers a n
 ew reading of Auerbach by putting his writings into  conversation with two
  other prominent authors in Turkey\, Ahmet Tanpinar  and Halide Edip.\\r\\
 nProf. E. Efe Khayyat teaches Comparative  Literature at Rutgers Universit
 y. His main research areas are critical  theory\, politics of literature\,
  media history and political theology. He  is a member of the founding boa
 rd of Harvard University's Institute for  World Literature. Currently\, he
  is a visiting fellow at Cambridge  University.\\r\\nThis lecture is organ
 ised by the Seminar of Sociology  and the Seminar for Middle Eastern Studi
 es. It is part of the event  series of the exhibition "Cok Basel! Transnat
 ional Memoryscapes Switzerland - Turkey [http://www.cok-basel.ch]".
X-ALT-DESC: In this lecture\, Prof. E. Efe Khayyat engages the themes of me
 mory\,  migration and exile based on the life and writings of the prominen
 t  intellectual and professor\, Eric Auerbach. In 1935\, Auerbach was  exp
 elled from the University of Marburg by the Nazis and fled to  Istanbul wh
 ere he began teaching at Istanbul University. Auerbach wrote  his most wel
 l-known work &quot\;Mimesis&quot\; (1946) during his Turkish exile\, yet  
 the book was published first in Switzerland. The lecture is based on  Prof
 . Khayyat's book &quot\;Istanbul 1940 and Global Modernity&quot\; (2019)\,
  in  which he offers a new reading of Auerbach by putting his writings int
 o  conversation with two other prominent authors in Turkey\, Ahmet Tanpina
 r  and Halide Edip.\nProf. E. Efe Khayyat teaches Comparative  Literature 
 at Rutgers University. His main research areas are critical  theory\, poli
 tics of literature\, media history and political theology. He  is a member
  of the founding board of Harvard University's Institute for  World Litera
 ture. Currently\, he is a visiting fellow at Cambridge  University.\nThis 
 lecture is organised by the Seminar of Sociology  and the Seminar for Midd
 le Eastern Studies. It is part of the event  series of the exhibition &quo
 t\;<a title="Opens internal link in current window" href="http://www.cok-b
 asel.ch">Cok Basel! Transnational Memoryscapes Switzerland - Turkey</a>&qu
 ot\;.
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