We are excited to announce a special talk by Mert \u00d6rsler on Friday, June 27 at 12:30 in FFB 011<\/p>\n
Title: Dizi and Power in a Global Age<\/p>\n
The wide reception of the Turkish televisual seriality called \u201cdizi\u201d in and, especially, outside its country of origin has led to the development of several notable hypotheses explaining the phenomenon, such as the one that might be referred to as the \u201csoft power hypothesis.\u201d \u201cDizi and Power in a Global Age\u201d will revisit this hypothesis that is now well recognizable in discourses around Turkish screen media to rethink some of its key implications. The primary goal here is to help bridge the gap between dizi scholarship and relevant social and cultural theory. While acknowledging the value of the hypothesis\u2019 rigorous skepticism, this presentation will maintain that the international dizi-viewing landscape is greater than a homogenous mass of uncreative and uncritical media receivers.<\/p>\n
Biography We are excited to announce a special talk by Mert \u00d6rsler on Friday, June 27 at 12:30 in FFB 011 Title: Dizi and Power in a Global Age The wide reception of the Turkish televisual seriality called \u201cdizi\u201d in and, especially, outside its country of origin has led to the [\u2026] <\/p>\n
\nM. Mert \u00d6rsler is a Ph.D. candidate in the Cinema Studies Institute (CSI) at the University of Toronto. He has received multiple Cinema Studies scholarships and, recently, the Mary H. Beatty Fellowship in his doctoral program, where he writes a dissertation on dizi. Mert taught one of the CSI\u2019s Summer 2024 undergraduate courses, \u201cThe Global TV Serial,\u201d as an instructor. His most recent essay appears in\u00a0Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema, and Media<\/em>\u00a0(2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"