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.