# Event Details - **Event Name**: "Shamampires" of Istanbul: Edouard Roditi’s Multiethnic Imaginary - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm - **Event Description**: Talk In the Graduate Student Lunch Colloquium Series with Ipek SahinlerAbout this EventEdouard Roditi (1910–92) remains a largely overlooked figure in Comparative and Jewish literature, despite his contributions to modernist writing, translation, and queer history. A multilingual Sephardic Jewish intellectual of Ottoman descent who penned a book on Oscar Wilde, translated Cavafy and Pessoa, and befriended Chagall and Kokoschka during his time in Europe, it is not easy to categorize Roditi’s works for they stand at the intersection of multiple literary and cultural traditions. In this talk, Ipek will examine Roditi’s short story “The Vampires of Istanbul” as a rich site for exploring queerness, Jewish identity, and Turkish literary history. She will show how the story uses Gothic elements to interrogate Istanbul’s Sephardic Jewish community, addressing themes of displacement, historical erasure, and spectral longing.Ipek Sahinler is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin, with degree expected in April 2026. Her dissertation is about the Queer Global South, particularly the intersections between modern Turkish and Mexican literature. Her writings have appeared in the Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, Culture, Theory and Critique, World Literature Today, Middle Eastern Literatures, and Routledge’s Global Perspectives Series. Since 2020, she runs the virtual, open-to-all, international literary platform “Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group” alongside its adjacent podcast called “LiteraTurca" (literaturcapodcast.com).This talk is part of the Graduate Student Lunch Colloquium Series.Lunch provided for those who RSVP in by Monday, February 16th. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/austin/shamampires-of-istanbul-edouard-roditis-multiethnic-imaginary/100001782320581839 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Austin - **state**: TX - **country**: United States - **location**: Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, Patton Hall (RLP) 2.402 - **lat**: 30.284932 - **long**: -97.73544919999999 - **full address**: Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, Patton Hall (RLP) 2.402, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: "Shamampires" of Istanbul: Edouard Roditi’s Multiethnic Imaginary - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=%22Shamampires%22+of+Istanbul%3A+Edouard+Roditi%E2%80%99s+Multiethnic+Imaginary&date=Thu%2C+19+Feb%2C+2026+at+12%3A00+pm&bg=5 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is "Shamampires" of Istanbul: Edouard Roditi s Multiethnic Imaginary being held? - **A:** "Shamampires" of Istanbul: Edouard Roditi s Multiethnic Imaginary takes place on Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, Patton Hall (RLP) 2.402, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing "Shamampires" of Istanbul: Edouard Roditi s Multiethnic Imaginary? - **A:** "Shamampires" of Istanbul: Edouard Roditi s Multiethnic Imaginary is organized by Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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