AHRC OTTOMAN COSMOPOLITANISM PROJECT
IMPACT EVENT on 29/11 at BIRKBECK COLLEGE:
MASTERCLASS & STORYTELLING PERFORMANCE
I am very pleased to organise our next impact event which will include a masterclass
led by theorist of postmemory, Marianne Hirsch (Professor, Columbia
University) and archivist/creator of aka Kurdistan, Susan Meiselas (Magnum
photographer)
on the topic of transmedial/transcultural Ottoman memories
and a Storytelling performance and Roundtable discussion to explore the importance of oral history for displaced communities in the Middle-East.
The performance will be by Kurdish Dengbej , Suna Alan who will sing tales from
collective memories from ex-Ottoman minorities including Armenian, Kurdish and
Sephardi. Dengbej, a tradition of expressing the history and
struggle of its people, played a vital role in
transferring oral histories to new generations.
For further information and to book via Eventbrite:
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