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

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/