Türk Müziği Akademik Çevresi’nin (TUMAC) 2023-2024 akademik yılı Bahar Dönemi Bilim Sanat Etkinlikleri, Polonya Kraków’daki Jagiellonian Üniversitesi Filoloji Fakültesi Doğu Araştırmaları Enstitüsü’nde öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapan Dr. Agata Pawlina’nın “Bobowski ‒ Ali Ufkî ‒ Bobovius: The Truth and The Legend” başlıklı İngilizce sunumuyla başlıyor. 30 Mart 2024 Cumartesi günü saat 21:00’da (UTC+3) gerçekleşecek etkinlik, Ege Üniversitesi Devlet Türk Musikisi Konservatuvarı Emekli Öğretim Üyesi Prof. Dr. M. Hakan Cevher’in moderatörlüğünde TUMAC Youtube kanalından canlı yayınlanacak.
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Wojciech Bobowski (1610?-1675?) is one of the most remarkable figures in the history of cultural contacts between Central Europe and the Ottoman Empire. In Turkey, he is best known by the name Ali Ufkî (Ufukî) ‒ as a composer, poet and author of the first “anthology” of Ottoman Turkish music recorded in European musical notation. In Europe, he is better known as Albertus Bobovius or Ali Beg – a translator of the Bible and other religious texts into Turkish and an author of several works on Islam, Turkish customs, and Turkish language.
Bobowski’s role as an intermediary between the East and the West is well documented and known in the international academia. However, my current research shows that Western European, Turkish and Polish lore on Bobowski’s life story differs significantly. His biography is still filled with lacunae, especially with regard to the first, “Polish”, part of his life. The outstanding questions concern e.g.: the date and place of his birth, his alleged noble origin, his early education in Rzeczpospolita, his religious stance and the circumstances under which he left Lviv and entered the Topkapı Palace’s inner service.
My presentation aims to shed a new light on those concerns. I will present a new version of Bobovius’ biography updated by myself based on data collected in 2019-2022 from archives in Poland and Ukraine. The lecture can be regarded as an introduction to my recently published book bearing a similar title in Polish: Bobovius – Ali Ufkī: Życie Wojciecha Bobowskiego między faktami a legendą. Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, 2023.
Source of the minatures from the so calles Ralamb Collection: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:R%C3%A5lamb_Costume_Book
Dr Agata Pawlina is a faculty member at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Faculty of Philology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. In 2021 she has defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “From the Sultan’s mehterhane to the national philharmonic. Music terminology in Ottoman Turkish and Turkish lexicography”. In 2022 she was awarded with a prestigious scholarship START 2022 for outstanding young researchers funded by The Foundation for Polish Science. In 2019-2023 she was a Principal Investigator in a research grant funded by The National Science Centre, Poland entitled “Musical Culture of the Ottoman Sultan’s Court in 17th Century Based on Writings of Wojciech Bobowski (vel. Ali Ufki, Bobovius)” (ID: 2018/29/N/HS2/01686). Within the framework of this research project, in 2023, she authored a monograph on Ali Ufki/Bobovius including critical edition of his “Serai Enderum” (MS Harley 3409, British Library) entitled “Bobovius – Ali Ufkî : życie Wojciecha Bobowskiego między faktami a legendą” (Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2023). She is also a graduate from academy of music in the field of Vocal Studies and a professionally active classical singer.
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