Guest Pod | #18 Film Studies Bling Bling | esthetics of Occidentalism - With Dr. Ömer Alkin

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In this episode, Dr. Ömer Alkin is the “Bling of the month.”

In this episode, Dr. Ömer Alkin is the “Bling of the month.” He is post-doctoral project manager of the DFG research project “Aesthetics of Occidentalism” at the Institute for Media Studies at Philipps University Marburg. In addition to his current research project, Dr. Alkin talks about his doctorate on “Migration Cinema.” (00:04:51–00:54:37) Dr. Ömer Alkin: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb09/medienwissenschaft/institut/wissenschaftliches-personal/oemer-alkin Ömer Alkin’s dissertation: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/00/54/ab/ts5036_1WKYm4soxJR4K5.pdf The News Chapter is all about the current issue of Montage AV. Guest editor Anna-Sophie Philippi talks about the thematic focus of the issue, which is “Brazil.” (00:54:37–01:07:07) Anna-Sophie Philippi: https://www.filmuniversitaet.de/portrait/person/anna-sophie-philippi Montage AV: https://www.montage-av.de/aktuell.html In the Dear Diary Dr. Anna Luise Kiss and Dr. Julia Dittmann report on their work on the planned publication “From Asta Nielsen to Quentin Tarantino. The cinematic streetscape of the city of film Potsdam.” As a member of the research project “The cinematic face of cities,” Julia Dittmann took over the co-host part in this episode. (01:07:07–01:11:39) Dr. Julia Dittmann’s dissertation: https://www.edition-assemblage.de/buecher/ent-taeuschung-des-weissen-blicks/