(Schedule for Academic Events organized by Turkic Connections)
FEBRUARY 25-26 SYMPOSIUM I: HISTORIES AND IDENTITES
Friday February 25, Nau Hall 101
- 1:00-2:45
Stephen F. Dale, Professor of History, Ohio State University
"Turks, Turks and turk Turks: Turkic Identities in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires"
Respondent: Richard Barnett, Associate Professor of History, U.Va.
- 2:45-3:00
Coffee Break
- 3:00-4:45
Suraiya Faroqhi, Professor of History, Istanbul Bilgi University
"Trading between East and West: The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern Period"
Respondent: Erin Rowe, Assistant Professor of History, U.Va.
- 8:00-10:00 Concert, McLeod Hall Auditorium (U.Va. Nursing School)
Turkish music by ensemble TURKU: Nomads of the Silk Road
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Saturday February 26, Nau Hall 101
- 9:30-11:15
Walter Denny, Professor of Art History and Adjunct Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Massachusetts
"Carpets and Carpet Weaving as Cultural Markers: Turkic Carpets and Turkic Identity"
Respondent: Deniz Calis Kural, Visiting Assistant Professor of Architectural History, School of Architecture, U.Va., and Assistant Professor of Architecture and Design, Bahcesehir University (Istanbul)
- 11:15-11:30
Coffee Break
- 11:30-1:15
Ron Sela, Assistant Professor of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University
"Central Asia IS The Turkic World: A View from Within"
Respondent: Shawn Lyons, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, U.Va.
- 1:15-2:15
Lunch
- 2:15-4:00
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: James Meyer, Assistant Professor of History, Montana State University, and Research Scholar, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies
MARCH 17 LECTURE: Jenny White
Thursday March 17, Brooks Hall Commons
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April 15-16 SYMPOSIUM II: CURRENT ISSUES
Venue TBA
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MAY 2 LECTURE: ELIF SHAFAK
Venue TBA
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