View this email in your browser

To Attend: The Late Medieval Anatolian City (Cambridge MA: 30 September)

The Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, are pleased to announce the first workshop in the Studying East of Byzantium II workshop series: “The Late Medieval Anatolian City: Urban Self-Governance and the Question of Democracy” to be held on Friday, 30 September 2016, 10:00 am–12:00 pm, at the Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA.

This workshop for students considers the development of the city in late medieval Anatolia, and is led by Rachel Goshgarian (Lafayette College)
RSVP required. Additional information and registration at https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/.

East of Byzantium is a partnership between the Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, that explores the cultures of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine empire in the late antique and medieval periods.

Upcoming 2016–2017 Events:
Friday, October 21, 2016, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Workshop: Anti-Jewish Polemic among Syriac Christians during the First Centuries of Islam, led by Aaron M. Butts, The Catholic University of America. Registration opens September 23, 2016.

Friday, November 18, 2016, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Workshop: Which Nubia and Which Byzantium?, led by Giovanni R. Ruffini, Fairfield University. Registration opens October 21, 2016.

Friday, March 31, 2017, 9:30 am–5:30 pm
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Symposium: Cultural Heritage Across the Christian East

Friday, April 7, 2017, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Workshop: East Syriac Christianity in the Mongol Empire, led by Mark Dickens, University of Alberta. Registration opens March 10, 2017.

For more information, please visit eastofbyzantium.org.
Contact: Brandie Ratliff, Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, mjcbac@hchc.edu

Source: H-Islamart

This message is being sent to Associates of the Mediterranean Seminar (www.mediterraneanseminar.org); you may have received it as a forwarded message.
Excuse duplicate and cross-postings.
Please distribute widely.

The Mediterranean Seminar provides announcements of grants, fellowships, conferences, programs and events for third party institutions on a courtesy basis as we become aware of them. Any inquiries regarding such announcements should be made directly to the organizing party as listed in the announcement in question; the Mediterranean Seminar is not responsible for and does not provide any guarantee or warranty regarding these programs, their content, or the timing or accuracy of the information provided. All announcements are archived at: www.mediterraneanseminar.org.

To unsubscribe, click on the unsubscribe link in this email. You may unsubscribe and remain an Associate; unless you indicate otherwise we will assume this is the case. If you would like to be removed as a Mediterranean Studies associate, have received this message in error, would like to join the Mediterranean Seminar, or have inquiries, please contact mailbox(at)mediterraneanseminar.org. To subscribe click here.

You can update your user profile and email address here.

This email was sent to <<*Email Address>>
why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
Mediterranean Seminar · Institute for Humanities Research · 1156 High St · Santa Cruz, CA 95064 · USA