Back	THE OTTOMAN BANK MUSEUM Calendar of Events April - June 2004 VOYVODA STREET LECTURES A. ECONOMİC HİSTORY LECTURES First Wednesday of each month 6:30-8:00 p.m The theme, this year, for this lecture series ongoing since 2000, is Finance, Investments and Commerce in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. VIEWS ON POVERTY IN THE REPUBLICAN ERA In countries where industrialization started early, the problem of poverty came to constitute the beginning of the process of modern social policies. In such countries, aid to the poor appeared as the first instance of those policies. Social assistance programs and social insurance institutions designed to provide medical insurance and unemployment or old-age insurance for the working population followed later. Prof. Ayşe Buğra / April 7, 2004 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND LAW IN THE 19TH CENTURY MODERN OTTOMAN STATE The appearance of property rights on land, as the major institution of market economy during the 19th century, is a fact that cannot be dissociated from the process of the formation of the modern state and from the reorganization undertaken by the state for financial purposes. For this reason, 19th century Ottoman history is better viewed as the history of a country experiencing growing pains rather than - as it has so often been suggested - an account of the Sick Man of Europe's attempts to win over the approval of the West. Moreover, it is a history the Ottoman state has in common, with other countries at different times all around the world... Prof. Huricihan İslamoğlu / May 5, 2004 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. TURKISH ECONOMY DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION (1930-1933) The Great Depression, which struck hard at capitalist countries in the beginning of the 1930s, left Turkey relatively unscathed. In the industrialized West, both economic output and prices plummeted while unemployment rose to unprecedented heights. In his lecture, Prof. Seyfettin Gürsel will examine to what extent the economic mechanisms and processes which triggered the slump in the Western world existed in Turkey, and will give us a macro-economists's analysis of Turkish economy during the depression years. Prof. Seyfettin Gürsel / June 2, 2004 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. B. ARCHITECTURE TALKS Second Wednesday of each month 6:30-8:30 p.m. The Architecture Talks, initiated last year on the topic "Galata and Pera 1900/2000," continue to focus on the architectural and social fabric of the historic Galata district. CONTEMPORARY INTERIOR DESIGN IN 19TH CENTURY STRUCTURES Integrating the technology and fixtures of modern living into the interior design of Istanbul's historic 19th century buildings. Ali Doruk / April 14, 2004 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE PASSAGE FROM MANSIONS TO APARTMENTS (REPEATED UPON GENERAL REQUEST) Starting from the second half of the 19th century, first in the Galata district and later in Pera- Beyoğlu, mansions which had formerly belonged to single families were replaced by apartments. Who were these apartments' first owners? Were they meant for their owners' personal use or to sell or rent out? Who first lived in them? Prof. Stefanos Yerasimos / May 12, 2004 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. C. CITY TOURS Third Wednesday of each month 6:30-8:30 p.m. The City Tours series, organized in collaboration with the Foundation for the Development of Cultural Awareness, offers a retrospective of cities where Ottoman Bank branches were once located. DAMASCUS Founded in the third millennium B.C., Damascus is still considered by many the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Due both to its strategic location on the main caravan route from Anatolia to Arabia and Egypt, and the geopolitical position of Syria, the struggle for the sovereignty of Damascus was, in every period, a subject of dispute between the states in those regions. Baha Tanman / April 21, 2004 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. D. ISTANBUL LECTURES Fourth Wednesday of each month 6:30-8:30 p.m. The series explores diverse aspects of the metropolis and addresses issues of urban sociology. ISTANBUL AND THE ORIENTALISTS With the growing appeal of the East for 19th century Europe, Istanbul became the undisputed center of attention of Western artists and painters who discovered there an entire new field of inspiration. Prof. Zeynep İnankur / April 28, 2004 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. THE GASTRONOMICAL CULTURE OF ISTANBUL: WHAT IS LOST AND WHAT REMAINS A look at the changes brought about in the eating and drinking habits of Istanbul residents over recent years. Assist. Prof. Zafer Yenal / May 26, 2004 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. LISTENING TO THE WORLD FROM ISTANBUL Artists instinctively question the historical and social framework of the society they live and work in. Even in an abstract sense, polyphonic music is the most accurate witness to its time, and for a musician, it is the key to experiencing the world. Cem Mansur /June 23, 2004 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. THE MAKING OF MODERN TURKEY SEMINARS Third Saturday of each month 2:00-5:00 p.m. The transition from empire to nation-state, and the legal, individual and economic variables of this process. The seminars are organized in association with Boğaziçi University on the topic "Continuity and Disruption in the Republic". CONTINUITY AND DISRUPTION IN THE REPUBLIC Dr. Ahmet Kuyaş / April 17, 2004 / 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Prof. Mete Tuncay / May 15, 2004 / 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Assist. Prof. Asım Karaömerlioğlu / June 19, 2004 / 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. FILMS AT THE OTTOMAN BANK MUSEUM Wednesdays and Fridays 7:30 p.m., Saturdays 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. The Ottoman Bank Museum film program is prepared in collaboration with TÜRSAK (the Turkish Cinema and Audiovisual Cultural Foundation). Films on a different theme are selected every month and complemented by a discussion on that month's theme. The Museum's movie theater has a seating capacity of 46. Screenings are at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays and at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Tickets cost: 6 million TL full, and 4 million TL discounted and can be obtained at the Museum. APRIL: LOVE IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE... Showing at the Ottoman Bank Museum movie theater this month: 4 award-winning films with brilliant performances from all-star casts. Moving tales of lost love in the lush countryside of 19th century England, and romance on stately estates... Terrific adaptations of classic Edwardian novels - (and a more recent Booker Prize winner) - by some of the world's best contemporary filmmakers. MAY: THE BEAUTY AND TRAGEDY OF YOUTH... The cinema is the world's youngest art form and young adults and teenagers make up the great majority of audiences around the world. It is therefore not surprising that the film industry should cater to the young and that so many classic and cult movies revolve around youth and its issues. In May, the focus is on coming-of age stories, teen rebels and the pangs of first love. 3 days will also be dedicated to children's films. JUNE: WHERE IS CIVILIZATION TAKING US?... Environmental issues make up the common theme of the 4 films showing at the Ottoman Bank Museum movie theater throughout the month of June. All 4 are controversial films that won various awards at the time of their initial release and provide in-depth exploration of the many-sided aspects to conservation issues. Calendar Voyvoda Street Lectures Wednesday, April 7, 2004 Economic History Lectures - Prof. Ayşe Buğra - Views on Poverty in the Republican Era Wednesday, April 14, 2004 Architecture Talks - Ali Doruk - Interior Design in 19th Century Structures Wednesday 21 April, 2004 City Tours - Baha Tanman - Damascus Wednesday, April 28, 2004 Istanbul Lectures - Prof. Zeynep İnankur - Istanbul and the Orientalists Wednesday, May 5, 2004 Economic History Lectures- Prof. Huricihan İslamoğlu - Private Property and Law in the 19th Century Modern Ottoman State Wednesday, May 12, 2004 Architecture Talks - Prof. Stefanos Yerasimos - Some Observations on the Transition from Mansions to Apartments Wednesday, 26 May, 2004 Istanbul Lectures - Assist. Prof. Zafer Yenal - The Gastronomical Culture of Istanbul: What is Lost and What Remains Wednesday, June 2, 2004 Economic History Lectures- Prof. Seyfettin Gürsel - Turkish Economy During the Great Depression (1930-1933) Wednesday, June 23, 2004 Istanbul Lectures - Cem Mansur - Listening to the World from Istanbul The Making of Modern Turkey Seminars Saturday, April 17, 2004 Dr. Ahmet Kuyaş Saturday, May 15, 2004 Prof. Mete Tuncay Saturday, June 19, 2004 Prof. Asım Karaömerlioğlu Films Thursday, April 1, 2004 Howards End (1991) Friday, April 2, 2004 Howards End (1991) Saturday, April 3, 2004 Howards End (1991) Thursday, April 8, 2004 The Remains of the Day (1993) Friday, April 9, 2004 The Remains of the Day (1993) Saturday, April 10, 2004 The Remains of the Day (1993) Thursday, April 15, 2004 Sense and Sensibility (1995) Friday, April 16, 2004 Sense and Sensibility (1995) Saturday, April 17, 2004 Sense and Sensibility (1995) Thursday, April 22, 2004 The Go-Between (1971) Friday, April 23, 2004 The Go-Between (1971) Saturday, April 24, 2004 The Go-Between (1971) Thursday, April 29, 2004 Howards End (1992) 30 Nisan 2004 Cuma The Remains of the Day (1993) Saturday, May 1, 2004 The Graduate (1967) Thursday, May 6, 2004 Zéro de conduite (Zero for conduct) (1933) Friday, May 7, 2004 Cuma Zéro de Conduite (Zero for Conduct) (1933) Sturday, May 8, 2004 Zéro de Conduite (Zero for Conduct) (1933) Thursday, May 13, 2004 Children Films Festival Friday, May 14, 2004 Children's Film Festival Saturday, May 15, 2004 Children's Film Festival Thursday, May 20, 2004 Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Friday, May 21, 2004 Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Saturday, May 22, 2004 Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Thursday May 27, 2004 Dead Poets Society (1989) Friday, May 28, 2004 Dead Poets Society (1989) Saturday, May 29, 2004 Dead Poets Society (1989) Thursday, June 3, 2004 Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) Friday, June 4, 2004 Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) Saturday, June 5, 2004 Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) Thursday, June 10, 2004 La Plante Humaine (The Human Plant) (1996) Friday, June 11, 2004 La Plante Humaine (The Human Plant) (1996) Saturday, June 11, 2004 La Plante Humaine (The Human Plant) (1996) Thursday, June 17, 2004 Synthetic Pleasures (1996) Friday, June 18, 2004 Synthetic Pleasures (1996) Saturday, June 19, 2004 Synthetic Pleasures (1996) Thursday, June 24, 2004 The China Syndrome (1979) Friday, June 25, 2004 The China Syndrome (1979) Saturday, June 26, 2004 The China Syndrome (1979) The Museum The museum is open to the public everyday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The 2 hour documentary, "One Bank Three Epochs", relating the Ottoman Bank's history is shown free of charge, at the Museum, at 12:00 and 3:00 p.m. APRIL 2004 - LOVE IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1993) RUNNING TIME: approx. 129 min. DIRECTOR : James Ivory STARRING : Anthony Hopkins - Emma Thompson - James Fox - Christopher Reeve The moving story of Stevens (Anthony Hopkins), an ageing English butler who, after a lifetime of service and blind devotion to his master, Lord Darlington (James Fox) realizes he may have ben faithful to lost causes and passed by the love of his life, the estate's one time housekeeper, Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson). HOWARDS END (1992) RUNNING TIME: approx. 143 min. DIRECTOR : James Ivory STARRING : Anthony Hopkins - Vanessa Redgrave - Helena Bonham Carter - Emma Thompson - Sam West The film tells the story of three completely different families who somehow end up connecting. Rich businessman Henry Wilcox's (Anthony Hopkins) dying wife (Vanessa Redgrave) unexpectedly bequeaths her beloved country house, Howards End, to one of the highly intellectual and independent Schlegel sisters, Margaret (Emma Thompson). Meanwhile, the younger sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) befriends a working-class bank clerk, Leonard Bast (Sam West). When Mrs. Wilcox dies, Henry Wilcox proposes to, and is accepted by Margaret Shlegel and Helen Shlegel embarks on an affair with Leonard Bast. Different social backgrounds and mentalities clash leading to tragedy for Bast but the end is ultimately uplifting, proving that petty class differences can be overcome and opposites do sometimes meet. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) RUNNING TIME: approx. 131 min. DIRECTOR : Ang Lee STARRING : James Fleet - Kate Winslet - Hugh Grant - Emma Thompson - Alan Rickman Emma Thompson both wrote the award-winning screenplay, (Best Screenplay adapted from other Material Award), and starred in this brilliant adaptation of the timeless Jane Austen novel. The film traces the lives and loves of the Dashwood sisters. The two have very different approaches to life; Elinor (Emma Thompson) representing "sense" believes in propriety and reason, whereas Marianne (Kate Winslet) is "sensibility", a true romantic, impetuous and emotional... THE GO-BETWEEN (1971) RUNNING TIME: approx. 112 min. DIRECTOR : Joseph Losey STARRING : Julie Christy - Alan Bates - Michael Redgrave - Margaret Leighton - Dominic Guard A long hot summer in the early 1900s. Young Leo (Dominic Guard) is spending the holidays on a Norfolk country estate where he is enlisted as messenger between the daughter of the house, Marion Maudsley (Julie Christie), engaged to an aristocrat like herself, and farmer Ted Burgess (Alan Bates). The forbidden romance ends in tragedy and heartbreak for all concerned. MAY 2004 - THE BEAUTY AND TRAGEDY OF YOUTH ZERO DE CONDUITE (ZERO FOR CONDUCT) (1933) RUNNING TIME : approx. 44 min. DIRECTOR : Jean Vigo STARRING : Jean Dasté - Robert Le Flon - Du Verron - Delphin Based on French film maker Jean Vigo's memories of his own time in school, the film tells the story of a group of students in a drearily strict boys' boarding school, who rebel againts the monotony of daily routine by breaking out into a massive pillow fight. This thrillingly anarchistic film was greeted with outrage on its initial release in 1933, and banned from public viewing in France until 1945. REBEL WİTHOUT A CAUSE (1955) RUNNING TIME : approx. 106 min. DIRECTOR : Nicholas Ray STARRING : James Dean - Natalie Wood - Sal Mineo - Jim Backus Jim Stark (James Dean) is the new kid in town, a lonely, misunderstood bad boy from a good family who will do anything to get his parents' attention. He finds solace in the friendship of fellow outcasts Judy (Natalie Wood) and Plato (Sal Mineo). This is the film that established James Dean as a teenage icon of youthful rebellion and vulnerability. THE GRADUATE (1967) RUNNING TIME : approx. 101 min. DIRECTOR : Mike Nichols STARRING : Anne Bancroft - Dustin Hoffman - Katharine Ross - William Daniels The classic coming-of age movie that was a huge box office success and greeted by critical raves when it opened in 1967. Golden boy, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has just graduated from an Eastern college and returned to his parents' home in Beverly Hills, unsure of his future plans and a little dazed and confused. When the bored wife of his father's law partner, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), decides to seduce him, the inexperienced Ben willingly enters into an affair with her. But soon after he meets and falls in love with the Robinson daughter, Elaine (Katherine Ross)... DEAD POET'S SOCIETY (1989) RUNNING TIME : approx. 130 min. DIRECTOR : Peter Weir STARRING : Robin Williams - Robert Sean Leonard - Ethan Hawke - Josh Charles When charismatic English teacher John Keating (Robin William) arrives at Welton Academy, a rigid boys' private school, his unconventional teaching methods inspire students to pursue individual passions, make their lives extraordinary and "seize the day"(Carpe Diem). But the love of poetry and literature, he instills in them, unexpectedly leads to tragedy... JUNE 2004 - WHERE IS CIVILIZATION TAKING US? WHERE THE GREEN ANTS DREAM (1984) RUNNING TIME: approx. 100 min. DIRECTOR : Werner Herzog STARRING : Bruce Spence - Roy Marika - Wandjuk Marika - Norman Kaye - Ray Barrett An Aboriginal tribe's confrontation with science and technology. When an Australian mining company's bulldozers want to dig up their sacred land - (the place "where the green ants dream") - the Aborigines stand firm againts them. LA PLANTE HUMAINE (THE HUMAN PLANT) (1996) RUNNING TIME: approx. 78 min. DIRECTOR : Pierre Hébert GENRE : Animated material - Experimental material - Live fiction The film combines animation with live action to tell the story of a day in the life of a retired librarian. Widowed and living alone, he spends his time walking and feeding his dog, watering the plants on his wife's grave, or at home, where the omnipresent telivision assaults him with images he can't escape. News reports, cooking shows, documentaries, his mind is teeming with media dreams and nightmares he tries to make some sense out of... SYNTHETIC PLEASURES (1996) RUNNING TIME: approx. 83 min. DIRECTOR : Iara Lee GENRE : Documentary The premise of this documentary film by Iara Lee, is that man now has the power to transform and control his surroundings, through virtual reality or other artificial realities, his body through plastic surgery, and his identity through mood-altering, "designer" drugs. The evolution of these advanced technologies is witnessed through scenes from all over the world, and especially Japan, where some of the strangest synthetic environments can be found; large indoor artificial beaches with waves just right for surfing, ski slopes with perfect powder snow...Virtual reality has replaced the real thing... THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979) RUNNING TIME : approx. 122 min. DIRECTOR : James Bridges STARRING : Jack Lemmon - Jane Fonda - Michael Douglas - Scott Brady A reporter, (played by Jane Fonda), discovers what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant in Southern California. The title refers to the possibility of a melt-down in a nuclear reactor setting off an uncontrollable fire which could burn all the way to China...Michael Douglas is the reporter's fearless cameraman, and Jack Lemmon co-stars as the plant's chief engineer.