Conveners
Session 1.2 (Day 1): Edebiyat Bilimi / Literary Studies
- Serhat Uyurkulak (Fenerbahçe University)
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Olgahan Bakşi Yalçın (Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University)13/05/2026, 14:40Oral Presentation
Zombie narratives are undergoing a significant transformation in contemporary culture, evolving beyond the classic shambling corpse to reflect hybrid, posthuman anxieties (Lauro 2017). M.R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts (2014) envisions a zombie-infested world in crisis, where militarism, science, and morality intersect under the pressures of ecological and biological collapse. Set in...
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Salih Şahin (Fenerbahçe University), Ms Sevilay Yavuz Çeşmeci (Doğuş University)13/05/2026, 15:00Oral Presentation
Since the Industrial Revolution, numerous critical crises such as water scarcity, air and soil pollution, and the extinction of animal species have emerged. In response, sustainability and environmental policies have been increasingly integrated into governmental agendas, often with the support of the United Nations, guiding societies on the efficient and responsible management of these...
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Mahinur Gözde Kasurka (Marmara University)13/05/2026, 15:20Oral Presentation
Ian McEwan’s Solar (2010) unfolds within an atmosphere of accelerating ecological and personal disorder, revealing how the chaotic textures of contemporary life shape and distort human responses to climate change. Rather than treating the crisis as a distant scientific abstraction, the novel situates it within the everyday anxieties and contradictions of Michael Beard, whose struggle to...
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