Virginia Woolf Society Turkey is hosting another free online Woolf seminar, and this one features a talk by Assoc. Prof. F. Zeynep Bilge of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University on “Woolfian Soundscapes: Noises, Voices, and Music in Virginia Woolf’s Novels.”

What: In this Woolf seminar, Bilge will discuss the structural relationship between Woolf’s writing and musical forms.
Who: Bilge’s scholarly pursuits span the domains of literature and music, adaptation studies, and narratology. She pursued her early studies in voice at Istanbul University School of Music (1991-1994) and later obtained her B.A. (1999) and M.A. degrees (2001) in English Language and Literature from Istanbul University. In 2008, she earned her Ph.D with a dissertation focusing on the communicative function of songs in Shakespeare’s tragedies. As a visiting scholar at Cardiff University in 2012, she conducted research on the opera adaptations of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Currently, she is engrossed in the composition of a scholarly monograph centered on opera adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays.
When: Friday, May 24, 7-9 p.m. Turkey time and 12 -2 p.m. EST.
Cost: Free
Registration: Online