Programs

ÜSKÜDAR UNIVERSITY I. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR LONELINESS

6-7 DECEMBER 2019

09.00

Üsküdar University

Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall

PROGRAMME

Friday, December 6, 2019

09.00-09.30 Greeting & Registration

09.30-09.40 A Moment of Silence, National Anthem of Turkey, Corporate Film

09.40-09.50 Welcome Speech

Prof. Dr. Ebulfez SÜLEYMANLI

"Üsküdar University Head of Sociology Department, Symposium Coordinator"

09.50-10.20 Opening Conference

Prof. Dr. Nevzat TARHAN

Founder Rector of Üsküdar University

"Loneliness: The Nightmare of Modernity"

10.20-16.15 Symposium: “Individual, Society and Loneliness in the 21. Century”

10.20-11.30 Prof. Dr. Lars Fredrik SVENDSEN

University of Bergen Department of Philosophy

“The Politics of Trust and Loneliness”

11.30-12.00 Songs for Loneliness (Bahar DEMİREL - Live Performance)

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13:00-13:30 Prof. Dr. Deniz Ülke ARIBOĞAN

Üsküdar University Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

“Loneliness and Its Political Consequences”

13.30-14.00 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem YAZICI

Üsküdar University Head of Philosophy Department

“Post-Truth, Truth, and Loneliness”

14.00-14.30 Assist. Prof. Dr. Oğuz TAN

Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine

“Durkheim: The Founder of the Science of Loneliness”

14.30-14.45 Tea/Coffee Break

14.45-15.15 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tayfun DOĞAN

Üsküdar University Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

“Precious Solitude”

15.15-15.45 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış ERDOĞAN

Üsküdar University Department of Sociology

“Solo Life in Modern Society”

15.45-16.15 Prof. Dr. Veysel BOZKURT

Istanbul University Department of Economics

“Social Media and Loneliness”

Saturday, December 7, 2019

10.00-10.30 Prof. Dr. Ebulfez Süleymanlı

Üsküdar University, Head of Sociology Department, Symposium Coordinator

“Migration and Loneliness”

10.30-11.00 Assist. Prof. Dr. Tuğba Aydın Öztürk – Hale Aslı Kılıç

Üsküdar University, Department of Sociology – Manager at Method Research Company

“Istanbul and Loneliness” (Research Results Presentation)

11.00-11.05 Street Interview

11.05-11.15 Tea/Coffee Break

11.15-11.45 Assist. Prof. Dr. Zülfikar Özkan

Üsküdar University, Department of Sociology

“Can a Lonely Person Be Happy?”

11.45-12.00 Songs for Loneliness (Lotus Istanbul - Live Performance)

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-13.30 Assist. Prof. Dr. Aylin Tutgun Ünal

Üsküdar University, Department of New Media and Journalism

“Loneliness and Generations”

13.30-14.00 Dr. Recai Yahyaoğlu

Researcher-Author, MD

“Psychology of Loneliness”

14.00-14.30 Selahattin Yusuf

Author

“Literature and Loneliness”

14.30-14.45 Closing