Wednesday, 25 April, 2018

09:00 Registration

09:30 - 10:00
Opening Speeches
FilizYenişehirlioğlu, Koç University, VEKAM
Bahar Gürsel, Middle East Technical University

10:00 - 10:30Keynote Speech

US Elections Campaigns Archived but Alive: The Value of Political Ephemera
Philip J. Davies, De Montfort University

10:30 - 10:45 Break

T6. HISTORIOGRAPHY AND EPHEMERA

SESSION I:

Chair : Gönül Güneş, Hacettepe University

10:45 - 11:05
The "Eph’ Orou Zois" Impact of the "Ephemeris" Primary Sources of Ego - Documents as a Researching Tool of the Science of History
Maria Athanasios Ntisli, Medeniyet University

11:05 - 11:25
The Importance of Stocks and Bonds as Ephemera in the Historiography of Economics (with Examples from the Ottoman Era to the Republic)
Serdar Sarısır, Ankara University

11:25 - 11:45
An Assessment of Ephemera’s Value as  Historical Sources with Reference to the Example of Bursa: What is the Function of Old Tickets, Postcards, Leaflets, Advertisements and Invoices in Urban History Studies / How to Utilize Them?
İsmail Yaşayanlar, Düzce University

11:45 - 12:05
Relating Ephemera to Web-Based Information through Historical Methodology
Selçuk Türkmen, Middle East Technical University

12:05 - 12:15 Q&A Session

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Break

SESSION II

Chair : Bahar Gürsel, Middle East Technical University

13:15 - 13:35
The Utilization of Ephemera in the Comparison of  the Contents, Design, and Marketing Strategies of Local Perfumery Products  and their European Counterparts during the Ottoman and Early Republican Eras
Aybala Yentürk, Nejat Yentürk

13:35 - 13:55
The Use of Postcards and Banned Postcards in the Ottoman Empire 
Hüseyi̇n Baha Öztunç, Gaziosmanpaşa University

13:55 - 14:15
World War I Ephemera: Propaganda Posters and Leaflets
Birten Çelik, Middle East Technical University

14:15 - 14:35
A Glance at Ottoman-Japanese Relations and the Topic of Ertuğrul Frigate through the Lens of Ephemera: Save My Letters Ayşe
Ekrem Saltık, İstinye University

14:35 - 14:45 Q&A Session

14:45 - 15:00 Break

SESSION III

Chair : Elif Ekin Akşit Vural, Ankara University

15:00 - 15:20
The Imagined Images of Women in Post-WWII Turkey: The Example of Hafta Magazine (1949-1959)
Fatma Dokuyucu, Hacettepe University

15:20 - 15:40
The Perception of Women in the Visual Materials Used at Sewing Courses from 1913 to the 1940s
Mine Demir, Bartın University

15:40 - 16:00
The Manileña Beauty Queen
Katherine Galang Lacson, University of Cote d'Azur

16:00 - 16:10 Q&A Session

16:10 - 16:25 Break

SESSION IV

Chair : Oktay Özel, Bilkent University

16:25 - 16:45
Historiography, Oral History and Ephemera: The Example of Bread Tickets Handed out at the Queues in Turkey between 1942 and 1947
Hicran Karataş

16:45 - 17:05
An Analysis of the Value of Almanacs and Calendars as Resources for Historiography: The Case of 1455 Türkenkalender
Zeynep İnan Aliyazıcıoğlu, Karadeniz Technical University

17:05 - 17:25
Emirgan Archives: Creating the Memory of a Village on the Bosphorus
Ayşe Aldemir Kilercik, Sabancı University, Sakıp Sabancı Museum

17:25 - 17:35 Q&A Session

Thursday, 26 April, 2018

09:30 - 10:00Keynote Speech

Ephemera from an Archivist’s Perspective
İshak Keskin, İstanbul University

T1. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND EPHEMERA

SESSION I

Chair : Bülent Yılmaz, Hacettepe University

10:00 - 10:20
Unidentifiable / Undefined Documents: Ephemera
Seher İnceoğlu, İstanbul University

10:20 - 10:40
The Concept of Ephemera with Reference to Invitation Card Examples
Fatih Rukancı, Hakan Anameriç, Ankara University

10:40 - 11:00
A Review of the Definitions of Ephemera of  the Institutions in Istanbul which Hold Ephemera
Aykut Kaya, Uludağ University

11:00 - 11:20
The Ontological Definition of Ephemeral Archive Documents
Özkan Güner, Marmara University

11:20 - 11:40
The Earliest Ephemera Studies in Turkey
Mehlika Karagözoğlu Aslıyüksek, Marmara University

11:40 - 11:50 Q&A Session

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

SESSION II

Chair : Hakan Anameriç, Ankara University

13:00 - 13:20
Permanence of Daily Life: The Model of Ephemeral Library
Serkan İpekçi, Girne American University

13:20 - 13:40
The Significance of Ephemera as  Sources of Information for Urban Archives, and the Example of APIKAM
Mehmet Ali Akkaya, Çankırı Karatekin University

13:40 - 14:00
Responsibilities towards the Ephemera Collections within the Scope of Preserving Local Cultural Values in Archives and Libraries
Hüseyin Odabaş, Çankırı Karatekin University

14:00 - 14:20
The Ephemera of the Women’s Movement in Turkey: To Establish a Permanent Identity for Ephemeral Documents
Aslı Davaz, Women’s Library and Information Center Foundation

14:20 - 14:30 Q&A Session

14:30 - 14:40 Break

14:40 - 15:10 Keynote Speech

Three Processes Through Collecting to Museology: The Nature, Function and Reality of Ephemera
Sinan Niyazioğlu, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

T3. COLLECTORS, MUSEUMS AND EPHEMERA

SESSION III

Chair : Billur Tekkök Karaöz, Başkent University

15:10 - 15:30
The efforts to Institutionalize the Cultural Heritage of the Population Exchange: The practices of collecting, preserving and utilizing the printed ephemera in the population exchange museums in Turkey
Meltem Yaşdağ, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums

15:30 - 15:50
The Changes in Photograph Envelopes in the Historical Process
Mert Rüstem, İzmir Karşıyaka Municipality, Hamza Rüstem Photography Museum

15:50 - 16:10
İsmail Hakkı Tevfik Okday
Cüneyt Gemicioğlu, İstanbul University

16:10 - 16:30
The Place of Ephemera in the Collection of İş Bankası Museum
Ayşegül Okan Sağlam, Türkiye İş Bankası Museum

16:30 - 16:50
Paper Conservation and Restoration and the Ephemera in Ankara University’s Museum of the Faculty of Agriculture
Elif Saraç, Simin Şay, Ankara University

16:50 - 17:00Q&A Session

17:00 - 17:10Break

T2. URBAN STUDIES AND EPHEMERA

SESSION IV

Chair : Lale Özgenel, Middle East Technical University

17:10 - 17:30
Studying the Modern City and Urban Life Nineteenth-Century Istanbul with Reference to the Philanthropic Activities of Non-Muslims and Levantine Bankers
Bengi Su Ertürkmen, Gazi University

17:30 - 17:50
The Great Fire of İzmir, 1922: Reading the Traces of Spatial Memory via Ephemeral Sources
Gülnur Çevikayak, Ezgi Yekbun Aksu, Municipality of Konak, İzmir

17:50 - 18:10
America Arrives in Turkish Homes: Popular Culture and the Changing Norms of Domesticity in Postwar Turkey
Emre Gönlügür, İzmir University of Economics

18:10 - 18:20 Q&A Session

Friday, 27 April, 2018

09:30 - 10:00  Keynote Speech

The Invisible Touch of Ephemera: Past Shapes Present
Kevin Murphy, Vanderbilt University
Sally O’Driscoll, Fairfield University

T4. CULTURAL STUDIES AND EPHEMERA 

SESSION I

Chair : Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Koç University

10:00 - 10:20

“Once Upon a Time, We Used to Go to the Cinema!": Vanishing Documents and Living Memory
Hasan Akbulut, İstanbul University
Arda Kaya, Maltepe University

10:20 - 10:40
Ideology, Propaganda and National Identity on Phone Cards
Bahadır Elal, İstanbul Ayvansaray University

10:40 - 11:00
Visual Texts of Cultural Memory: Cigarette Packs as Ephemera
Emine Çakır, Ordu University

11:00 - 11:20
The Reflection of Cultural History on Sugar Package Designs   
Vi̇ttori̇o Franco, Selçuk Food Industry Import Export Inc.

11:20 - 11:30 Q&A Session

11:30 - 11:45 Break

SESSION II

Chair : Özlem Sert, Hacettepe University

11:45 - 12:05
Teachers Dossiers from Ankara High School for Girls, 1930-1950
Pınar Ekinci, Middle East Technical University

12:05 - 12:25

Matchbox as a Movable Industrial Heritage: The Analysis of Matches Industry in Turkey, with reference to a Collection
Nergiz Yiğit, Dokuz Eylül University
Haluk Sağlamtimur, Ege University

12:25 - 12:45
The Traces of Modernity in Ottoman Daily Life within the Context of the Examples of Ephemera from İkdam Newspaper
Emine Şahin, Düzce University

12:45 - 12:55 Q&A Session

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break

T5. ARTS AND EPHEMERA

SESSION III

Chair : Sinan Niyazioğlu, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

14:00 - 14:20
Ex Libris as an Art Form
Merve Güven, Giresun University

14:20 - 14:40
The Influence of Ephemera on Annie Atkins’ Design: The Case of the Grand Budapest Hotel
Bahar Dinçakman, Dokuz Eylül University

14:40 - 15:00
Fashion Remains: Rethinking Ephemera in the Archive
Marco Pecorari, The New School Parsons

15:00 - 15:20
Exhibiting Ephemeral Large-Scale Artworks: Another Narrative of the Making of Venice Biennale ’76
B. Beril Kapusuz Balcı, Gazi University

15:20 - 15:30 Q&A Session

15:30 - 15:45 Break

SESSION IV

Chair : Bora Gürdaş, Hacettepe University

15:45 - 16:05
Thoughts on the Sources of the Images in the Examples of Ephemera
Elvan Topallı, Uludağ University 

16:05 - 16:25
The Usage of Ephemera in Contemporary Arts in the Post-Truth Era: The Case of Christian Boltanski and Gülsün Karamustafa
Ezgi̇ Tokdi̇l, Dokuz Eylül University

16:25 - 16:45
Giovanni Ricordi: A Life Spent Chasing Opera
Bülent Ayyıldız, Ankara University

16:45 - 16:55 Q&A Session

16:55 - 17:30 
Review
Bahar Gürsel, Middle East Technical University

 

Closing Program

19:00  Cocktail

19:30   Ephemera in Philately Exhibition Award Ceremony

 Venue: Koç University VEKAM 

Posters*

Understanding the Transformation of Mardin’s Urban Texture Properties  in the Historical Perspective and with the Utilization of Ephemeral Sources
Ezgi Yekbun Aksu, Ayşegül Altınörs Çırak, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi

Bookmarks: Products of Written Culture and Their Assessment in Terms of Cultural Memory
Nejla Kayali̇ Orta, Mersin Üniversitesi

*Posters will be exhibited during the symposium.

You may download the program here.