Latest Past Events

Lecture with Hüseyin Yılmaz: “Early Ottoman Translation and Transmission of Knowledge”

Lecture with Hüseyin Yılmaz: "Early Ottoman Translation and Transmission of Knowledge" April 16, 2021 / 12:30 - 2:00PM (NYC/EST Time) / Zoon Signup This event is part of the 2nd Mid-Atlantic Ottoman Studies Workshop hosted by the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initative at NYU (OTS-NYU). The Workshop comprises a series of panels and lectures held on Fridays throughout the Spring…

Global 1979: Geographies and Places of the Iranian Revolution

The spring 2021 lecture series on Global '79 explores the global processes which shaped the making of the Iranian revolution. The revolution’s global character cannot be understood except in terms of a circulatory system of flows of people and ideas between Iran, the West, Middle East, Asia, and those in Latin America. The invited speakers and discussants will highlight the…

Family Affairs: Ashkenazi and Sephardi Personal Histories

In a series of discussions with leading scholars of modern Jewish history and the Holocaust, our new "Family Affairs" series explores researching and writing about Jewish experience from a distinctively personal perspective. We will also discuss projects in the making, with scholars who are currently working on their books that either trace their family history or take this connection as…