The Faculty Lounge
Welcome to The Faculty Lounge, the PICT journal where a rotating cast of our faculty members and contributors pursue their ongoing obsessions as thinkers, researchers, and activists.


Gezi Spirit: The Possibility of an Impossibility
Image: The Gezi Park Occupation, 2013 Gezi Spirit: The Possibility of an Impossibility by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France) EDITORS’ NOTE: This essay was originally


A Brief History of the Turkish Republic, or the Life and Times of Sabiha Sertel
Image: The Sertels on Trial A Brief History of the Turkish Republic, or the Life and Times of Sabiha Sertel by David Selim Sayers (Paris,


Death Becomes Her: The Ultimate Female Aging Commentary
Death Becomes Her: The Ultimate Female Aging Commentary by Genna Rivieccio (Paris, France)IN the early 90s, Hollywood was becoming more self-aware of its own ageism. Perhaps in


The Reluctant Conjurer: A Wiles-of-Women Tale from Ottoman Constantinople
The Reluctant Conjurer A Wiles-of-Women Tale from Ottoman Constantinople by Anonymous (Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – Ottoman Turkish Original)by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France – English


The Borodin Quartet on Tour
The Borodin Quartet on Tour by Valentin Berlinsky (Moscow, Soviet Union – Russian original)by Maria Matalaev (Paris, France – French translation, compilation, editing)by Angela Dickson


Be Careful What Kind of Friend You Wish For: Lana Del Rey’s Romanticization of Harry Nilsson Might Not Sit Well With John Lennon
Be Careful What Kind of Friend You Wish For Lana Del Rey’s Romanticization of Harry Nilsson Might Not Sit Well With John Lennon by Genna Rivieccio (Paris,