When:
Saturday, March 9, 2024
9:30 PM - 11:30 PM CT
Where: Norris University Center, Louis Room, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free! No tickets required!
Contact:
Jill Mannor
(847) 467-3970
Group: Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Co-Sponsor:
Department of German
Middle East and North African Studies
Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
MENA Languages Program
Category: Other, Social
Dance to the tunes of internationally renowned music producer, DJ, and queer activist İpek İpekçioğlu in a live-set performance! Ipek will play a mix of Middle Eastern, Kurdish, North African, psychedelic Turkish funk, Anatolian folk and other genres.
Ipek is Winter 2024 artist in residence at Northwestern.
About İpek İpekçioğlu
Based in Berlin and Istanbul, queer-living DJ, producer, and curator İpek İpekçioğlu aka DJ Ipek has an established reputation across nightlife scenes worldwide. Ipek Ipekcioglu is regarded as one of the most popular and diverse DJ’s of the Berlin club scenes and is internationally known as "Queen" of Eklektik BerlinIstan.
For the full list of events with Ipek, visit https://humanities.northwestern.edu/public-humanities/artist-engagement/co-curricular-grants/dj-ipek-ipekcioglu.html
Ipek's residency is presented by Middle East and North African Studies Program (MENA). Co-sponsoring units are Department of Anthropology, Colloquium for Global Iran Studies, Department of German, Kaplan Humanities Institute, and Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program.