Centre for Adaptations

6th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference

The Intellectual Silk Road: Adaptation as Cultural Exchange

Venue: Yeni Yüzyil University, Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 29-30 September 2011

In recent years there have been movements to establish what might be described as ‘the new Silk Road,’ which will help improve trade routes between countries in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.

In October 2010 the Turkish and Chinese governments signed a new accord, establishing a framework for this new ‘Silk Road’ to be established. The significance of the Silk Road also extends to the cultural sphere: since 2007 the Turkish city of Bursa has hosted the Silk Road film festival, dedicated to showing short films and documentaries as well as feature films from countries once involved in trade on the Silk Road.

For more information visit the conference website

Please send proposals BY APRIL 30, 2011 at the latest to both addresses below:

Prof. Dr. Günseli Sönmez Isçi
Dean, Faculty of Science and Letters
E-Mail gunseli.isci@yeniyuzyil.edu.tr

Laurence Raw
Baskent University, Ankara
E-Mail l_rawjalaurence@yahoo.com