INVITED TALKS

“Cross-Cultural Collaboration: An introduction & guided conversation for all, hosted by the LMDA BIPOC Affinity Group.”  Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) Digital Conference, Virtual, February 2024.

“Theater in Southwest Asia and Turkey,” BIPOC Affinity Group, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA),Virtual, September 2023.

“Critiquing the Critics: The Reception SWANA Theater in North America,” No Summary: Conversations with Artists Who Don’t Fit in a Box, organized by Golden Thread Productions and Association for Theater in Higher Education, Virtual, August 2023.

“An Overview of Theater in Turkey from Ottoman Era to the Contemporary.” Summer Language Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Virtual, June 2023.

“Intersection of the Archive, Theater Criticism, and Performance.” Theatre and Thought in the European Tradition Symposium, Austin, April 2018.  

CONFERENCES 

Panels Organized

“Revising Theater History, Curricula, and Repertories: Theatre Aesthetics from Türkiye.” Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE) Annual Conference, Virtual, August 2024.

“MET Focus Group Emerging Scholars Panel” Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE) Annual Conference, Atlanta, August 2024.

“Launching The Middle East Theatre Handbook: A digital guide to teaching and producing MENA in the academy,” Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE) Annual Conference, Austin, August 2023.

Select Presentations

“CreatAthon: Middle Eastern North African Theatre Handbook: A Digital Guide to Teaching and Producing MENA in the Academy.” Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE) Annual Conference, Atlanta, August 2024.

“Reimagining Glamour in Performance: A Case Study of Podacto Productions.” American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Conference, Montreal, March 2024. 

“Human Rights Narratives in the Stage Adaptation of Can Dündar’s #WeAreArrested.” Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference, Denver, December 2022. 

“Redefining Embedded Criticism: A Study of Royal Shakespeare Company’s Marketing Network.” American Society For Theater Research (ASTR) Annual Conference, New Orleans, October 2022. 

“Subversion and Censorship: Archiving Sadece Diktatör (Just a Dictator) in The Public Space and Public Sphere.” Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE) Annual Conference, Detroit, August 2022. 

“Towards a New Model of Theater Criticism: A Case Study of The Reviewing Landscape in England.” American Society For Theater Research (ASTR) Annual Conference, San Diego, October 2021.

“Reclamation of the Stage and the Theatrical Realm: The Adaptation of It Felt Empty at Talimhane Tiyatrosu.” Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE) Annual Conference, Virtual, August 2021. 

“Theater Criticism and Meaning-Making: Leyla Nazlı’s Silver Birch House At Arcola Theater.” American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Conference, Virtual, April 2021.  

“Watching cross-cultural performances: How to Hold Your Breath in Istanbul.” International Playwriting Symposium 2019: Zinnie Harris, Lincoln, UK, November 2019. 

“Politics of Adaptation in Zinnie Harris’ This Restless House.” Comparative Drama Conference, Orlando, April 2019.