Gizem Tongo
Biographic Data
| ID | 2425991 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gizem Tongo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gizem |
| FAMILY NAME | Tongo |
| SIGNATURE | TONGO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bogaziçi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2223-6332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Curating and Teaching Occupation: Displaying Post-Armistice Istanbul
This article examines how exhibitions can function as pedagogical and historiographical interventions through a case study of Occupied City: Politics and Daily Life in Istanbul, 1918–1923 . It argues that curatorial practices—object selection, visual design, and multilingual, multivocal sourcing—can foreground the social and cultural dimensions of occupation often marginalized in nationalist narratives. By reflecting on exhibition-making as a mod…
Islamic art and visualities of war from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic
This article explores how Islamic art was produced and used in Turkey within the context of modern warfare during World War I, the War of Independence, and the nascent Republic – a subject still relatively understudied in Turkish history, as well as in international cultural histories of modern warfare and histories of modern art in the Middle East. Drawing on previously overlooked visual and textual sources such as calligraphic panels, miniature…
Mini dossier: War, occupation, and culture: arts, heritage, and İstanbul, 1918–1923
Representing Occupied Istanbul: Documents, Objects, and Memory
In lieu of an abstract: Few of the belligerent nations’ capitals could escape the destruction and turmoil of World War I, but Istanbul alone endured a lengthy post-war occupation. Though the Mudros Armistice of October 30, 1918, officially ended Ottomans’ participation in the war, it was a brief respite. Two weeks later a convoy of British, French, Italian and Greek warships reached Istanbul (fig. 1), while succeeding conflicts continued to affli…
The Long Shadow of a Decade in Turkish Memory: A Centenary of War (1912–1923)
Islamic art and visualities of war from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic
This article explores how Islamic art was produced and used in Turkey within the context of modern warfare during World War I, the War of Independence, and the nascent Republic – a subject still relatively understudied in Turkish history, as well as in international cultural histories of modern warfare and histories of modern art in the Middle East. Drawing on previously overlooked visual and textual sources such as calligraphic panels, miniature…
Mini dossier: War, occupation, and culture: arts, heritage, and İstanbul, 1918–1923
Representing Occupied Istanbul: Documents, Objects, and Memory
In lieu of an abstract: Few of the belligerent nations’ capitals could escape the destruction and turmoil of World War I, but Istanbul alone endured a lengthy post-war occupation. Though the Mudros Armistice of October 30, 1918, officially ended Ottomans’ participation in the war, it was a brief respite. Two weeks later a convoy of British, French, Italian and Greek warships reached Istanbul (fig. 1), while succeeding conflicts continued to affli…
The Long Shadow of a Decade in Turkish Memory: A Centenary of War (1912–1923)
Representing Occupied Istanbul: Documents, Objects, and Memory
In lieu of an abstract: Few of the belligerent nations’ capitals could escape the destruction and turmoil of World War I, but Istanbul alone endured a lengthy post-war occupation. Though the Mudros Armistice of October 30, 1918, officially ended Ottomans’ participation in the war, it was a brief respite. Two weeks later a convoy of British, French, Italian and Greek warships reached Istanbul (fig. 1), while succeeding conflicts continued to affli…
Islamic art and visualities of war from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic
This article explores how Islamic art was produced and used in Turkey within the context of modern warfare during World War I, the War of Independence, and the nascent Republic – a subject still relatively understudied in Turkish history, as well as in international cultural histories of modern warfare and histories of modern art in the Middle East. Drawing on previously overlooked visual and textual sources such as calligraphic panels, miniature…
Mini dossier: War, occupation, and culture: arts, heritage, and İstanbul, 1918–1923
Curating and Teaching Occupation: Displaying Post-Armistice Istanbul
This article examines how exhibitions can function as pedagogical and historiographical interventions through a case study of Occupied City: Politics and Daily Life in Istanbul, 1918–1923 . It argues that curatorial practices—object selection, visual design, and multilingual, multivocal sourcing—can foreground the social and cultural dimensions of occupation often marginalized in nationalist narratives. By reflecting on exhibition-making as a mod…
Turkey's Politics and Society (4 works) · Historical Turkish Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Nationalism (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Turkish (2 works)