"Early Modern Istanbul"
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cemal Kafadar
Rethinking Global Cities
Webcast: Link
Sponsor(s): Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Cost: Free and open to the public
Professor Cemal Kafadar (Ph.D. Mc. Gill University) has been teaching Ottoman History at Harvard since 1990. His publications include Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State (1995); Suleiman the Second and His Time, -edited with Halil Inalcik-(1993). In addition to his teaching and research career, Professor Kafadar is an influential public intellectual in Turkey, well known for his campaign for the preservation of Istanbul¿s historic sites. As a documentary film critic, he served in the jury of Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.
Type: MIDDLE EAST FOCUS, EUROPE FOCUS, MULTICULTURAL/IDENTITY, UNITED STATES FOCUS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT/SOCIAL ACTION, LECTURE/TALK, READING, ACADEMIC CALENDAR DATES, RESEARCH, SOCIAL, INTERNATIONAL, and ANNOUNCEMENT
Contact: Iyman Ahmed
