You are cordially invited to the “Looking via Istanbul” exhibition (October 15-November 15, 2011). Opening reception and cocktail Saturday, October 15th, 17.00 – 20.00 Fotoğrafevi İstiklal Caddesi, Tütüncü Çıkmazı No: 4 Beyoğlu 34430 İstanbul Read more
If It Was Not For Terrorism: Crisis, Compromise, and Elite Discourse in the Age of “War on Terror” Editors: Banu Baybars-Hawks and Lemi Baruh This edited volume investigates questions regarding the hegemonic power that is exercised by elites (and mass media) through the discourse of “War on Terror.” The chapters in the volume provide case studies Read more
The Freedom-Not-Fear movement, a group of European citizens concerned with growing expansion of surveillance in the post 9/11 era of “war on terror” is taking their protest to the EU capital Brussels on September 17, 2011. The movement draws attention to how the climate of fear instilled by the vivid imagery of planes crashing into Read more
The Media and Visual Arts Department at Koç University welcomes the Fall 2011 semester with a seminar by Yvonne Spillman: Hybridity in Contemporary Media Arts Time: 16:45 Location: Koç University, Rumeli Feneri (Main) Campus SOS Z 27 I will discuss heterogenous forms of interplay in the digital that are considered hybrid because they no longer refer to Read more
This week, esteemed friends from Kadir Has University, Istanbul successfully hosted a five-day IAMCR conference. I was proud to be a part of it, met some very interesting colleagues, and listened to even more interesting papers presented throughout the conference. Congratulations to IAMCR, the local organizing committee at Kadir Has University, and Delano for bringing Read more
The European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) had its 2011 in London (June 23-26). Thanks to Ginette Vincendeau and Dorota Ostrowska and University of London for a great conference. Below is the link to my presentation: http://app.sliderocket.com:80/app/fullplayer.aspx?id=4905b342-2468-4ca1-ace1-ea44c672391f Read more
Greetings from Brisbane, Australia. This is Lemi Baruh.
Here is what I look like.

Image courtesy of Ekin Yay, from Koç University in Istanbul. If interested in seeing other Koç University faculty members in typortrait form, click here.
I am a Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication and Arts at the University of Queensland. I am also an affiliate Associate Professor of the Department of Media and Visual Arts at Koç University.


