Inventing Laziness: The Culture of Productivity in Late Ottoman Society

Date: January 31, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: ARIT at ANAMED and Zoom
Announcements | Event

A book talk with author Professor Melis Hafez, Virginia Commonwealth University

If it isn’t broke: Regional Shipbuilding Traditions and Maritime Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean

Date: January 27, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Online lecture
Current Interest | Event

An online seminar with Dr. Paul Salay, Coe College.  In collaboration with the Koç University Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center (KUDAR) and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology

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Anatolian Rock and 1960s Social Movements in Turkey: Between the Countryside and the World

Date: December 12, 2022
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Koc University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations
Announcements | Event

An ARIT in person and hybrid lecture at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations by Dr. Kenan Sharpe, ARIT National Endowment for the Humanities research fellow.  Dr. Sharpe offers a cultural history of Anatolian Rock, a genre of popular music combining Turkish folk music with European and North American rock ’n’ roll.

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The Maritime Infrastructure and Network of the Delian Emporium

Date: December 6, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Zoom Lecture
Announcements | Event

A lecture on Zoom by Mantha Zarmakoupi, University of Pennsylvania, who discusses island of Delos’ urban development, maritime infrastructure,
and its commercial connections in order to shed light on this important site in the history of Hellenistic Greece and the nascent Roman Empire.

Cosponsored with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) and the Koç University Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center (KUDAR).

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Mobilizing Gender and Family for the Ottoman First World War

Date: November 8, 2022
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: ARIT at ANAMED and Zoom
Event | Upcoming Event

A hybrid ARIT lecture with Professor Kate Dannies, Global and Intercultural Studies, Miami University.

 

The Byzantine Aegean: A Connecting Sea

Date: October 20, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Zoom lecture
Announcements | Current Interest | Event | Upcoming Event

A lecture online by Dr. Alkiviadis A. Ginalis, German Archaeological Institute, Istanbul (DAIstanbul), cosponsored with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) and the Koç University Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center (KUDAR).

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Bread Money: Musical Training and Transmission among Roman (“Gypsy”) Professional Music Families

Date: September 13, 2022
Time: 7:30 am
Location: ARIT Istanbul
Event

A live and online lecture by Professor Sonia Seeman, Anthropology and Ethnomusicology, Butler School of Music, University of Texas, Austin.

Occupied Istanbul: Urban Politics, Culture and Society, 1918-1923

Date: June 30, 2022
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Istanbul
Event

An ARIT online lecture by Hazal Ozdemir, History, Northwestern University.

The Sardis Expedition: Restoration of the Roman-Era Synagogue, and other Recent Developments

Date: June 29, 2022
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: British Consulate General (Pera House), Tepebasi, Beyoglu
Event

An in-person lecture by Professor Nicholas Cahill, cosponsored with the Friends of ARIT.