Dr. Tuğba KARABULUT, an academic member at the School of Foreign Languages, has been invited to speak as a keynote speaker at the Columbus Academy in Rome on February 18, 2025, as part of the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility program. Dr. Karabulut delivered a presentation titled “Tracing (Un)belonging in the Land of the Colonizer: Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway” at the event.
In her presentation, Dr. Karabulut examined the concepts of belonging and alienation within the context of Virginia Woolf’s novel “Mrs. Dalloway”, offering a detailed analysis from a postcolonial literary perspective. The event drew significant interest from academics, graduate students, and literary researchers, with participants directing questions on the topic during the post-presentation discussion session.
Dr. Tuğba Karabulut also taught a course on Jane Austen’s novel "Persuasion" In this course, she discussed feminist and gender-based analyses of the work within the context of 19th-century fiction and conducted an interactive session with students.
Later that same week, on February 21, 2025, Dr. Karabulut delivered another presentation titled “Fragmented Bodies and Psyches in Mina Loy’s Texts and Artworks” at the Rome Columbus Academy. In this presentation, a comprehensive analysis of the fragmentation of the body and psyche in Mina Loy’s literary and artistic works was presented, and significant discussions were held within the context of modernist literature and art. Participants engaged in an interactive session following the presentation to discuss the topic.
These events, held as part of the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility program, are an important step in our university’s efforts to strengthen international academic collaborations. Dr. Karabulut’s presentations have contributed to the academic field by offering an interdisciplinary perspective in the areas of literature and cultural studies.
As the School of Foreign Languages, we congratulate our esteemed academic member, Dr. Tuğba KARABULUT, on these prestigious invitations and successful presentations, and we wish her continued success in her international academic endeavors.
