VISIT TO THE MEMENTO ISTANBUL EXHIBITION
While in Istanbul, Ekaterina Aygün had the opportunity to visit a newly opened exhibition on city, art and exile at the Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat.
Author: Ekaterina Aygün
LECTURE AT ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
As part of the “Research Methods” lesson series, Ekaterina Aygün was invited to give a lecture at Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ), Istanbul.
Call for Papers // Revisiting Russian-speaking artistic (e)migration, 1900–1939
We are pleased to announce the following Call for Papers! Location, dates: online; the workshop is postponed, new dates to be determined. Deadline: 15 January 2022.
ISTANBUL – CITY OF REFUGE, PAST AND PRESENT
At the workshop Ekaterina Aygün gave a presentation on METROMOD project and its Istanbul part.
"Story of finding a second home": New article by Ekaterina Aygün published in Turkish magazine "Sanat Dünyamız"
The article focuses on Jules Kanzler, who spent part of his life in the Russian Empire as a painter and the other part in Turkey as an émigré photographer, where he decided to stay and become a Turkish citizen. He is known not only as a photographer who portrayed Russian-speaking émigrés of Istanbul but also … Continued
Fieldwork in Prague and Moscow
One of the main difficulties in working on Russian speaking migrants in Istanbul is the dispersal of material on this topic.
VISIT TO A RUSSIAN CHURCH IN KARAKÖY
Karaköy was an arrival point for many Russian émigrés coming by dozens of ships to Istanbul. For Ekaterina Aygun Karaköy became a starting point of her fieldwork.