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Congist'26: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis

13–15 May 2026
Istanbul University Faculty of Letters
Europe/Istanbul timezone

Congist'26

Session

Session 2.4 (Day 1)

D1-S2-A9
13 May 2026, 15:55
A9 (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

A9

Istanbul University Faculty of Letters

Conveners

Session 2.4 (Day 1): Tiyatro Çalışmaları / Theatre Studies

  • Işıl Şahin Gülter (Fırat University)

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  1. Hidden Crisis in Things Hidden Since the Foundation of The World (2022) (D1-S2-A9)
    Mesut Günenç (Aydın Adnan Menderes University)
    13/05/2026, 15:55
    Oral Presentation

    This paper will analyse the intersection between the hidden crisis and Javaad Alipoor and Chris Thorpe’s play Things Hidden Since the Foundation of The World (2022). Alipoor brings to the stage the story of Fereydoun Farrokhzad, a pop singer famous in Iran in the 1970s, albeit not universally known. His life took a tragic turn following the Khomeini revolution, forcing him into exile in...

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  2. The Crisis of Care in the Age of Austerity: Disability and Resilience in Francesca Martinez’s All of Us (D1-S2-A9)
    Hakan Gültekin (Artvin Çoruh University)
    13/05/2026, 16:15
    Oral Presentation

    This study examines Francesca Martinez’s play, All of Us by contextualizing it within the austerity policies implemented during the Conservative Party’s governance in the United Kingdom (2010-2024) and their impact on Social Care, the National Health Service (NHS) and framing these as part of social care crisis. The play, written against the backdrop of severe budget cuts and welfare...

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  3. Post-Apocalyptic Narratives in Lucy Kirkwood's The Children and The Psychological Impacts of Crisis in David Hare's Beat the Devil: A Covid Monologue. (D1-S2-A9)
    Didem Metin (Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University)
    13/05/2026, 16:35
    Oral Presentation

    The Children is a work of speculative fiction set on England's shoreline in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster. The disaster is a catastrophic occurrence that has already occurred, leaving the characters to deal with the consequences. The three characters, all retired nuclear physicists, struggle with the personal decisions they must make in the face of a calamity they helped cause. Their...

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