ELİF AKÇALI

Associate Professor
ELİF AKÇALI

B BLOK 4. KAT 505

+90 (212) 533 65 32 / 1527

Academia

Academia

Education

Doctorate

Royal Holloway, University of London
Media Arts

Master's Degree

Middlesex University
Visual Culture

Bachelor's Degree

Koç University
Business Administration

Research Areas

  • Documentary and Essay-Film
  • Videographic Film Studies
  • Feminism and Film
  • Visual Storytelling and Aesthetics

Work Experience

2015 / Continuing Kadir Has University; Dept. of Radio, TV and Cinema
Faculty Member

Administrative Duties

Görev Adı Görev Yeri Başlangıç tarihi Bitiş Tarihi
Asst. Dean Faculty of Communication 01.09.2018 01.09.2021

Publications

  • "Two balloons can fly a minaret: parody and fabricated reality as integral qualities of mock-documentary in Aya Seyahat",
    Tüzün, Defne; Akcali, Elif; Paca Cengiz, Esin; Behlil, Melis; , Studies in Documentary Film, (2025) DOI: 10.1080/17503280.2024.2445251
  • "Mustang: Translating Willful Youth"
    Akçalı, Elif; Çakırlar, Cüneyt; Güçlü, Özlem ; , Routledge (2022)
  • "Mustang: Translating willful youth"
    Akçali, Elif; Çakirlar, Cüneyt; Güçlü, özlem; (2022)
  • "Accented Essays: Documentary as Artistic Practice in Contemporary Audiovisual Works from Turkey",
    Akçalı, Elif; , Critical Arts, (2019) Vol.33, No.2, 42-55 DOI: 10.1080/02560046.2019.1671888
  • "Essayistic tendencies in contemporary Kurdish filmmaking in Turkey",
    Akçalı, Elif; , Journal of Film and Video, (2019) Vol.71, No.1, 20-34 DOI: 10.5406/jfilmvideo.71.1.0020
  • "Istanbul convertible: A Magic Carpet Ride through genres"
    , Bayrakdar, Deniz; Akçali, Elif; , Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?, (2010)

Projects

Project Name Role in the Project Project Type Fund Establishment Start Date End Date
"Türkiye Ekranlarında ve Kamera Arkasında Kadın: Temsilin ve İşgücünün Güncel (2017-2021)" Yürütücü Ulusal Proje TÜBİTAK ARDEB 01.10.2021
01.12.2023

Courses Offered

Course Name Course Code Period
Film and Gender RTC438 2024/25 Spring
Film Art RTC108 2024/25 Spring
Audiovisual Culture COMM201 2024/25 Fall
Documentary Film RTC433 2024/25 Fall