Publications

Books

The Wiles of Women as a Literary Genre

A Study of Ottoman and Azeri Texts

by
David Selim Sayers Harrassowitz, 2019
harrassowitz-verlag.de

The Struggle for Modern Turkey

Justice, Activism and a Revolutionary Female Journalist

translated by
David Selim Sayers & Evrim Emir-Sayers I.B. Tauris, 2019
bloomsbury.com
fnac.fr

Limbo Reapplied

On Living in Perennial Crisis and the Immanent Afterlife

Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
palgrave.com
amazon.com

José Saramago’s Philosophical Heritage

edited by
Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte & Salzani Carlo Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
palgrave.com
amazon.com

 

Purgatory

Philosophical Dimensions

edited by
Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte & Benjamin W. McCraw Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
palgrave.com
amazon.com

Muhacirnâme

Μουχατζηρναμέ 
Karamanlı Muhacirler için Şiirin Sedası – Poetry’s Voice for the Karamanlidhes Refugees edited by Evangelia Balta
translated by David Selim Sayers & Aytek Soner Alpan Istanbul: Istos Yayın, 2016
amazon.com
amazon.fr

Valentin Berlinsky Le quatuor d’une vie

translated by
Macha Matalaev Paris: Editions Aedam Musicae, 2015
amazon.fr
fnac.com
London: Kahn & Averill, 2018
amazon.fr

Tifli Hikayeleri

David Selim Sayers

Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2013
amazon.com
amazon.fr

Sulla ‘vera’ Filosofia

Un’Archeologia della Filosofia Cristiana

Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte

Lateran University Press, 2009
iberlibro.com

Plato’s Collected Dialogues I / Platon Toplu Diyaloglar I

“Criton” and “Lysis” translated by
Evrim Emir-Sayers Istanbul: Eos Yayınevi, 2008 pandora.com.tr

Films & Recordings

Kitten on the Keys

performed by Macha Matalaev
from the festival La Clé des Portes, 2016

Selim

directed and edited by Matt Nichols
performed and narrated by David Selim Sayers
protest footage by Evrim Emir-Sayers & David Selim Sayers
2015

Filmando en Colombia con ABBAS KIAROSTAMI (Shooting in Colombia with ABBAS KIAROSTAMI)

workshop produced and organized by Hector Ulloque
teaser 2014

Puerto Alvira

directed by Hector Ulloque
teaser 2014

Meandros

directed by Hector Ulloque
teaser 2010
full film: vimeo.com

Hartos Evos Aqui Hay – Los cocaleros del Chapare

directed by Hector Ulloque
2006

Scholarly Talks

Valentin Berlinsky: A Quartet for Life

Macha Matalaev
A conversation panel at the Royal Academy of Music
London, UK
July 17, 2019

A Quartet for Life

Macha Matalaev
Book Launch at the Savile Club
London, UK
September 27, 2018

Gender Norms and Print Technologies in 19th-Century Istanbul

David Selim Sayers
Conference in Honor of Leslie Peirce 
New York University
May 4, 2018

Turkey, the PKK, and ISIS

David Selim Sayers
Forum on Human and Labor Rights in Turkey 
San Francsico, USA
October 18, 2015

The Others Mobilized: Gezi & the Present Moment in Turkey

David Selim Sayers
University of California, Davis 
November 2, 2013

Gauging Proximities: a possible nexus between Middle Eastern and Western Painting

Evrim Emir-Sayers
The Society for European Philosophy and the Forum for European Philosophy Joint Conference
Manchester Metropolitan University
September 2012

Articles

2019

• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “A Heretical Tale about Heresy. Or why Words do matter”, in HTS Theological Studies/Teologiese Studies, Vol 75, No 3, 2019, p. 1-8. 

2018

• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “A Community of the Question: On Philosophical Friends and Foes”, in Comparative and Continental Philosophy, vol. 9, Issue 1, 2017, p. 5-21. 
• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Modernity is Back”, in Educational Philosophy and Theory, Vol. 50, No. 14, November 2018, p. 1314-1315. 

2017

• Sayers, David Selim. “Sociosexual Roles in Ottoman Pulp Fiction.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 49.2 (April 2017): 215-32.
• Vanhoutte, Kristof K.P. “A Community of the Question: On Philosophical Friends and Foes”, in Comparative and Continental Philosophy, vol. 9, Issue 1, 2017, p. 5-21.
• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “La minorità ‘oltre-storica’. L’eredità Francescana secondo Michel Foucault”, in Frate Francesco, vol. 83, n. 1, 2017, p. 85-98.

2015

• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “And the Word once more Turned into Flesh. Or on the various ‘theological turns’ in contemporary continental philosophy”, in Celš, vol. 65, 2015, p. 156-176.
• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Oh God! What a Lovely War!” Giorgio Agamben and the theory of total civil war”, in Russian Sociological Review (Special Issue: State of War: Human Condition and Social Orders), Vol. 14, nr. 4, December 2015, p. 28-43.
• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Chi ha paura della filosofia contemporanea continentale? Per una prospettiva di dialogo con il francescanesimo”, in Antonianum, Annus XC, Fasc. 1, Ianuarius – Martius 2015, p. 125-143.

2014

• Emir-Sayers, Evrim. “Gauging Proximities: An Inquiry into a Possible Nexus Between Middle Eastern and Western Painting.” Philosophy and Literature 38.2 (2014): 563-572.
• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “The future starts in the past. The loss of the Spiritual Centre of the University”, in European Journal of Education, Vol. 49, Issue 3, September 2014, p. 409-420.
• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Bartleby the example and Eros the Idea of the Work. Some considerations on Giorgio Agamben’s ‘The Idea of Study’”, in Educational Philosophy and Theory, Vol. 46, No. 4, March 2014, p. 393-405.

2013

• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Only the country of the blind will have a king. On Žižek’s non-lucid reading of Saramago’s Essay on Lucidity [Seeing]”, in International Journal of Žižek Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4, 2013, p. 1-14.

2010

• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Job: a Christian Sisyphus? Humor and the Triumph of Human Experience”, in Stylistyka, XIX, 2010, p. 263-277.
• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Towards a New Understanding of the Crisis in the Humanities, in Divyadaan”, Journal of Philosophy & Education, vol. 21, No. 1, 2010, p. 115-128.

2011

• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P., “Is secularization cause of the ‘crisis’ of the university?”, in REA: A Journal of Religion, Education and the Arts, Issue 7, 2011, p. 1-12.

2006

• Sayers, David Selim. “Must all Literature Have Identity?” Journal of Turkish Literature 3 (2006): 87-101.
• Sayers, David Selim. “Nasrettin Hoca.” In Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi (History of Turkish Literature), vol. 1, edited by Talât Sait Halman et al. Ankara: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2006. 675-80.
• Sayers, David Selim. “Letâ’ifnâme ve Çokseslilik.” (Letâ’ifnâme and Polyphony.) In Mitten Meddaha Türk Halk Anlatıları Uluslararası Sempozyum Bildirileri (Proceedings of the International Symposium of Turkish Folk Narratives from Myth to Meddah), edited by M. Öcal Oğuz. Ankara: Gazi Üniversitesi Türk Halkbilimi Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi Yayınları, 2006. 90-99.

2001

• Sayers, David Selim. “Muslim Theodicy as Reflected in Turkish Media Reactions to the 1999 Earthquake.” Studies in Contemporary Islam 3.1 (Spring 2001): 1-38.

Trade Publications

2018

• Sayers, David Selim. “Bir Türkoloğun Dünya Turu.” (A Turcologist’s World Tour.) K24: Kitap, Kültür, Kritik. T24 Online Journal, 4 October 2018.
• Sayers, David Selim. “Osmanlı ya da Kardeşsiz Düzen.” (The Ottomans or a Non-Fraternal System.) K24: Kitap, Kültür, Kritik. T24 Online Journal, 4 January 2018.

2016

• Emir-Sayers, Evrim. “Douarnenez Film Festivali Türkiye halklarını ağırlıyor.” (The Douarnenez Film Festival Welcomes the Peoples of Turkey.) T24 Online Journal, 25 August 2016.
• Sayers, David Selim. “You Should Learn Ottoman Turkish. However…” K24: Kitap, Kültür, Kritik. T24 Online Journal, 17 May 2016.

2015

• Sayers, David Selim. “Bir Osmanlı Polisiyesi.” (An Ottoman Crime Story.) K24: Kitap, Kültür, Kritik. T24 Online Journal, 8 October 2015.
• Sayers, David Selim. “Nazım Hikmet ve Sabahaddin Ali.” (Nazım Hikmet and Sabahaddin Ali.) K24: Kitap, Kültür, Kritik. T24 Online Journal, 6 April 2015. 
• Sayers, David Selim. “Osmanlıca Öğrenmek Lazım Ama…” (One Must Learn Ottoman, But…). K24: Kitap, Kültür, Kritik. T24 Online Journal, 5 March 2015.
• Sayers, David Selim. “Sabiha Sertel Kimdi?” (Who Was Sabiha Sertel?) Foreword to Sabiha Sertel, Roman Gibi (Like A Novel). Istanbul: Can Yayınları, 2015.

2014

• Sayers, David Selim. “Gezi Spirit: The Possibility of an Impossibility.” Reflections On A Revolution, Symposium: Reflections on the Gezi Uprising. ROAR Online Magazine, 6 January 2014.

Reviews

2018

• Emir-Sayers, Evrim. “Ottoman Crossings / Osmanische Schnittstellen”, Turkish Area Studies Review: Bulletin of the British Association for Turkish Area Studies. 32 (Autumn 2018): 47-49.
• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Jason Ᾱ. Josephson-Storm: The Myth of Disenchantment. Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences”, in Philosophy in Review (Forthcoming 2018).

2017

• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Adam Kotsko: The Prince of this World, in Philosophy in Review”, in Philosophy in Review, Vol. 37, No. 5/6, October/December, 2017, p. 206-208.

2016

• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Jeremy Barris: Sometimes Always True. Undogmatic Pluralism in Politics, Metaphysics, and Epistemology”, in Philosophy in Review, Vol. 36, No 5, 2016, p. 185-188.
• Vanhoutte Kristof K.P. “Giorgio Agamben: Pilate and Jesus”, in Plurilogue, Politics and Philosophy Reviews, February 1, 2016.

Interviews

2018

• Sayers, David Selim. “Studying for the Sake of Learning, not Degrees.” Interview by Jane Hanks. The Connexion. October, 2018.

2017

• Matalaev, Macha. “Valentin Berlinsky, une vie pour le quatuor, entretien avec Macha Matalaev.” Interview by Frédéric Hutman. Classicagenda. January 2017.

2016

• Sayers, David Selim. “David Selim Sayers. La Turquie par le cinéma.” Interview and French translation by Gilles Carrière. Le Télégramme. 22 August 2016.

2014

• Emir-Sayers, Evrim. “Geobsedeerd door Layla.” (Obsessed with Layla.) Interview by Marianne M. van Dijk. Filosofie Magazine. September 2014.