What is Fair in Art and War? Representations of Violence in the Ancient World — a Talk by Türkan Pilavci
Is “all fair” in war and its representation? In ancient Egypt and Western Asia, it was not uncommon to aesthetically render the dead and wounded of war, to revel in the agony of the fallen enemy, or to loot and destroy monuments dedicated to the leaders of the conquered. But how do we, in the 21st century, behold ancient depictions of violence? How can we understand the biopolitics that underwrote them? And how have ancient representations of war and violence contributed to Orientalizing conceptions of the “East” as despotic and barbaric?
Türkan Pilavci teaches Art History and Archaeology at BISR. Her scholarship explores the material and visual cultures of the Bronze Ages, with a critical focus on ritual, performance, and the agency of the object. Her geographical specialization is the Eastern Mediterranean basin, with ongoing fieldwork at Tarsus-Gözlükule, in Turkey. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and previously taught at Sabanci University and Bogaziçi University.
This talk is being held in the context of BISR’s Language Learning and Critique program, an innovative approach to classical languages and their ever-changing scenes of reception. RSVPs will receive a link to the Zoom meeting room where the talk will be held.
Course Schedule
Monday, 6:30pm ETSeptember 16, 2024
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