Rumeysa Oğuz, research assistant at the Department of Comparative Literature, participated in the 10th international congress organized by the European Society of Comparative Literature at Sorbonne University from September 2-6, 2024. The theme of this year's congress was determined as "Le jeu in literature." During the panel held as part of the congress, she presented her study titled "Detectives, Machines, Chess: The Intermingled Roots of Detective Fiction and Chess from Edgar Allan Poe to Şebnem Şenyener." In this study, Oğuz examined the influence of chess on the development of detective fiction through two literary works from different cultural and historical contexts. Highlighting the historical role of chess as a metaphor for human intelligence in the formation of detective fiction, she also touched upon how artificial intelligence and other technological advancements are reflected in contemporary detective fiction within the scope of her presentation.
