Ottoman Cosmopolitanism Events

The Ottoman Cosmopolitanism Network in conjunction with the IGRS ( Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies) present an afternoon of dialogue:

Saturday 22 June, 2013; 10.30am – 13.00; I.G.R.S.; Room 246, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Event organiser and chair: Dr Colette Wilson, University of Westminster,

Discussant: Dr Jay Prosser, University of Leeds

Professor Sahar Hamouda, University of Alexandria, Egypt, will present a paper entitled: “Memory and Space: Oral Narrative of a pre-1948 Jerusalemite Family.” Sahar Hamouda’s paper is based on her family memoir, Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem, which is based on her life in Jerusalem before the Nakba/foundation of Israel.

Dr Gabriel Koureas, Birkbeck College, University of London, will present a paper entitled: “Curating Ottoman Memories: Klitsa Antoniou’s The Persistence of the Image and Parallelotopias.

 

Official 'Ottoman' Workshop Launch

Ottoman Pasts, Present Cities: 
Cosmopolitanism and Transcultural Memories AHRC Research Network

Official Workshop Launch at Birkbeck on June 21, 2013:

“How was the Ottoman Empire Transcultural?”

This workshop will focus on the relevance of the legacy of the Ottoman Empire to contemporary debates surrounding East/West relations, multiculturalism, and alternative models of empire and nationalism. 

 Free event - Further information to be found on website and twitter: 

http://ottomancosmopolitanism.wordpress.com/ 

https://twitter.com/Ottoman_Cosmo 

This will be the official launch of our project and the first of three workshops before the conference and exhibition take place - the dates and titles of the forthcoming workshops are : 

Workshop # 2 : Ottoman Memories across the Disciplines - 01/11/2013

Workshop # 3 : Visualising the Ottoman City - 28/03/2014 

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