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Elizabeth Lhost University of Chicago (SALC-History) “Qazis, Controversy, and Bureaucratic Governance in British Bombay, c. 1837–1866” Discussant: Timothy Gutmann (University of Chicago, Divinity School) Thursday, Feb 20th 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick 218, 5828 S. University Avenue To request … Continue reading →

Zahit Atcil University of Chicago (NELC) “The Evolution of the Vizierate and the Rise of the Ottoman Indigenous Bureaucratic Class” Discussant: Mohamad Ballan (University of Chicago, History) Thursday, Feb 6th 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick 218, 5828 S. University … Continue reading →

Kara Peruccio University of Chicago (CMES) “Per un’ora di luce, un’ora di tenebra”: Sibilla Aleramo and Halide Edib on the Eve of Mussolini and Atatürk” Discussant: Ekin Enacar (University of Chicago, NELC) Thursday, Jan 9th 12 pm to 1.30 pm … Continue reading →

Sabahat Adil University of Chicago (NELC) “Al-Maqqarī on the Move: Imagining Al-Andalus in the Eastern Mediterranean” Discussant: Jamal Abd Rabbih (University of Chicago, History) Thursday, Dec 5th 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick 218, 5828 S. University Avenue To request … Continue reading →

Chris Markiewicz University of Chicago (NELC) “Realm of Generation and Decay: Idris Bidlisi’s Formative Years in Iran-Zamin” Discussant: Andrew Derouin (University of Chicago, NELC) Thursday, Nov 21st 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick 218, 5828 S. University Avenue To request a copy … Continue reading →

Basil Salem University of Chicago “The Culture of the “Notables” in Eighteenth Century Ottoman Syria: An Analysis of Muḥammad Khalīl al-Murādī’s Silk al-durar fī a‘yān al-qarn al-thānī ‘ashar” Discussant: Jawad Qureshi (University of Chicago, Divinity School) Thursday, Oct 31st, 12 pm to … Continue reading →

Saud al-Zaid Freie Universität Berlin “Salafi Aesthetics” Discussant: Tom Maguire (PhD), Associate Director of CMES Thursday, Oct 17th, 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick 218, 5828 S. University Avenue To request a copy of the paper, please email mehat.chicago@gmail.com.  

Matthew Gillman CMES, University of Chicago “Beyond Narratives of Text and Image: A Safavid Khamseh as Comprehensive Object (BnF suppl. pers. 1029)” Discussant: Meekyung Macmurdie, Art History Thursday, May 2nd, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pick 218, 5828 S. University Ave. To … Continue reading →

Serdar Şengül Harvard University, Visiting Scholar “Studying Kurdish Madrasa in the Shadow of Methodological Nationalisms” Thursday, April 18, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Pick 218, 5828 S. University Ave.

MEHAT is pleased to begin its Spring quarter programming. While the Workshop schedule is still tentative, we look forward to three special events this quarter. On Thursday, April 18, Serdar Sengul, a visiting scholar from Harvard University, will arrive on campus to … Continue reading →