School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

Seda İzmirli Karamanlı

Key information

Roles
Near and Middle East Section PhD Student
Qualifications
BA, MA (Bogazici University), MPhil (SOAS)
Email address
678574@soas.ac.uk
Thesis title
Theodosia Sophroniades: An Ottoman Greek and Circassian Female Intellectual Espousing Women’s Rights In Late Ottoman Istanbul
Internal Supervisors
Dr Yorgos Dedes & Dr Ceyda Karamursel

Biography

My field of research pertains to the exploration of non-Muslim women's writing in the Ottoman Empire, analysis of Ottoman women's periodicals during the turn of the 20th century, investigation of Armeno-Turkish and Karamanlidika literature, examination of Orientalism and Occidentalism, engagement with diverse literary theories, and the study of rewriting in contemporary Turkish literature.

Key publications

Selected articles

Orhan Pamuk’un Yeni Hayat Romanına Psikanalitik Bir Yaklaşım – İzmirli Karamanlı, Seda, 2021, Folklor/Edebiyat (27), 1, pp 181-192

A Review on Hançerli Hikâye-i Garîbesi, İntibah and Zehra – İzmirli Karamanlı, Seda, 2020, Journal of Language and Literature (4), 2, pp 621-636

Memet Fuat’ın Eleştiri Üstüne Görüşleri veya Öznel Bir Yaratıcılık Olarak Eleştiri – İzmirli Karamanlı, Seda, 2018, Edebi Eleştiri (2), 2, pp 115-128

Conference paper

A Comparative Analysis of Pierre Corneille’s Polyeucte and Abdülhak Hamid Tarhan’s Liberte as An Allegoric Emulation – İzmirli Karamanlı, Seda (2018). In: Department of Turkish Language and Literature Graduate Symposium, 11-12 October 2018, Bogazici University.

Book section

Maurice Donnay’ın La Douloureuse Oyunundan Bir Perde – İzmirli Karamanlı, Seda (2019). In Altuğ, Fatih, (eds.), Kuyruklu Yıldız Altında Bir İzdivaç: Eleştirel Basım. Istanbul: Iletişim Press, 281-288.

Other

Motherhood: A Form of Emancipation in the Turkish Minority Press in Bulgaria (1878-1944) – İzmirli Karamanlı, Seda (2021). The British Library, Asian and African Studies Blog.

Research interests

Non-Muslim Women’s Writing in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Women’s Periodicals at the Fin de Siècle, Armeno Turkish and Karamanlidika Literature, Orientalism and Occidentalism, Literary Theories, Rewriting in Modern Turkish Literature

Publications