Ongoing Digital Programs by The Kenan Center
As part of its mission to cultivate cultural understanding and artistic dialogue, The Kenan Center for Turkish Cultural Studies offers a range of ongoing digital programs across social and media platforms. These virtual events are designed to reflect the Center’s commitment to scholarship, creativity, and global public humanities.
Whether through a conversation on Turkish literature, a live music session, or an in-depth lecture on Sufi aesthetics, these programs create spaces where tradition and interpretation, memory and innovation, meet in resonance.
Kenan Center's Conversations
An ongoing Instagram series of short-form intellectual dialogues and interviews. Current focus: Turkish Cultural Studies Within and Beyond Turkey—a reflective series on global Turkish identities, arts, and intellectual history.
Music & Talk
A casual, improvisational space for musical performance blended with reflection. Episodes feature live music, short poetic readings, and thematic discussion—bringing together artists and thinkers in dialogue. Streaming on YouTube and Spotify.
The Diaspora Arts Podcast
A podcast exploring the voices and visions of Turkish artists abroad. Each episode features an interview with a Turkish artist or scholar working internationally—focusing on themes of cultural translation, belonging, and aesthetic creation.
Zoom Talks & Public Lectures
Live public Zoom events featuring lectures, panels, and community conversations. These sessions promote knowledge-sharing, academic insight, and civic engagement across borders.