Levantine Heritage Foundation

Upcoming Events - LHF

17 April 2019, 6 pm

30th Levantine Heritage Foundation lecture & dinner gathering in London with guest speaker Talitha Schepers: ‘Perceiving the Sublime Porte: Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomatic Encounters as seen through the Eyes of Netherlandish Artists (1526-1574)’ and Coline Houssais: ‘Paris and its historic connections with the Arabic world’ - flyer: - registration:

24 July 2019, 6 pm

31st Levantine Heritage Foundation lecture & dinner gathering in London with guest speaker Gareth Winrow: ‘Patriot and Liberal Internationalist? The Life of Ahmed Robenson’ and Prof Gerald MacLean with title to be announced soon - flyer:

18 September 2019, 6 pm

32nd Levantine Heritage Foundation lecture & dinner gathering in London with guest speakers soon to be announced soon

External Events

21 March 2019, 6 pm

Lecture: ‘Dangers of Cinema: Films and Moral Discourse in the late Ottoman Empire’, Özde Çeliktemel-Thomen - Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy St, Fitzrovia, London

21 March 2019, 6.30 - 8.30 pm

Lecture: ‘In the Age of Freedom, in the Name of Justice’: Slavery and Emancipation in the Late Ottoman Empire, Dr Ceyda Karamursel - Institute of Archaeology, Lecture Theatre G6, 31-34 Gordon Square, London

21-24 March 2019

Roundtable: Trans-nationalizing Identity and Space in The Orient: 19th-century Women’s Travel Writing, Washington D.C., USA

22 March 2019, 6.30 pm

Söyleşi: İzmir’in İtalyan Mimarları, Cenk Berkant - İzmir Mimarlik Merkezi, 1474 sok. no.9, Alsancak, İzmir

26 March 2019, 4.30 pm

Book launch: L’Eglise Saint-Polycarpe, Rinaldo Marmara - The Congregation for the Oriental Churches, via della Conciliazione 34, Rome, Italy

Until 27 March 2019

Exhibition: “Features of an Era” - Aisha Fahmy Palace, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt - info:

27 March 2019

Conference: The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation - Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London

28 March 2019, 5 pm

Lecture: The singing Turk: Ottoman power and operatic emotions, Larry Wolff - Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield, England

2 April 2019, 6 - 8.30 pm

Lecture: Uneven Centuries: Turkey’s Experience with Economic Development since 1820, Şevket Pamuk - International Affairs Building, Room 1501, 420 West 118th St, Floor 15, New York, USA

4 April 2019, 2.30 - 4.30 pm

A Mediterranean Conversation with Sharon Kinoshita - Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies, King’s College London

4 April 2019, 4 pm

Lecture: Shrieks, trills & squeaks: the cacophonus history of the Ottoman band of Jerusalem, Michael Talbot - BP Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, British Museum, London - poster:

5 April 2019, 1-3 pm

Discussion: Turkey, Britain and Europe in Global Turmoil: Historical Representations, Fuat Keyman, Atila Eralp, Senem Aydın-Düzgit - Alison Richard Building Room 138, 7 West Road, Cambridge, England

10-12 April 2019

Conference: Crossing Boundaries? ​Trade and Connections on the Medieval Mediterranean - Woolf Institute, Madingley Road, Cambridge, England

18 April 2019, 6.45 - 8.30 pm

Lecture: Converging Paths: Photography and the Middle East: Documentation, Orientalism and Espionage, Richard Wilding - Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London

25 April 2019, 5.15 - 7.30 pm

Lecture: Protecting the Mediterranean: Ottoman responses to Maritime violence in the eighteenth century, Michael Talbot - War Studies Meeting Room (K6.07), King’s College London, King’s Building, Strand Campus, London

26 April 2019, 6.30 - 8 pm

Book club: Les Échelles du Levant d’Amin Maalouf - Alliance Française de Washington DC, 2142 Wyoming Avenue Northwest, Washington, USA

3-5 May 2019

Conference: Seventh International Symposium on Ottoman Istanbul - 29 Mayıs University, Elmalıkent Cad. No:4, Ümraniye, Istanbul

8 May 2019, 7 pm

Book launch discussion: Aspects and Visions of Greece in European Travellers’ Imagery from the Renaissance onwards - The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London

9 May 2019, 6.30 pm

Lecture: ‘Saladin, we have returned!’: The Myriad Memories of the Crusades in the Near East during the Modern Era, Professor Jonathan Phillips - Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London

10-11 May 2019

Colloquim: La maison consulaire: espaces, fonctions et usagers, INU Champollion, Place de Verdun, Albi, France

22 May 2019, 6.30 - 8 pm

Lecture: From Amsterdam to Istanbul: Fundraising and Jewish Refugee Relief in the Seventeenth Century, Professor Adam Teller, Birkbeck, University of London, Clore Lecture Theatre, Torrington Square, London

23-24 May 2019

Conference: Italy and the Suez Canal. A global history, from the mid-19th century to the present, University of Turin, Italy

25-26 May 2019

21st International Conference on History and Culture of Ottoman Empire, Holiday Inn London – Wembley, Empire Way, Wembley, London

30 May - 1 June 2019

Conference: Cultural Entanglement, Transfer and Contention in Mediterranean Communities, CEMS, Nador 15, Room 103, Budapest, Hungary - deadline: 15 February 2019

1 June 2019

Call for papers: Celebrations in the eastern Mediterranean: private and public, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, England - deadline 7 April 2019

13-15 June 2019

Workshop: Currents and Currency: Cultural Circulations in the Mediterranean and Beyond, Koç University Suna & İnan Kıraç Center for Mediterranean Civilizations, Antalya, Turkey

17-19 June 2019

Entanglements in the Early Modern Mediterranean, Seventh Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies – Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA

27-29 June 2019

Between Immigration and Historical Amnesia, Third Conference of the Symposium Diaspore Italiane – Italy in Movement – Galata Museo del Mare, Genoa, Italy

12-15 July 2019

Call for papers: Thirteenth Biennial ASTENE Conference – University of York & National Railway Museum, York, England - deadline 28 February 2019

13-16 October 2019

Call for papers: From Archives to Arch-Lives, The American University in Cairo’s 100th Anniversary – The American University in Cairo, Egypt

28-30 November 2019

Call for papers: Vikings in the Mediterranean – Athens, Greece - deadline 30 March 2019

Thank you to all our supporters who made our recent conference a success:

3rd Levantine Heritage Foundation international conference: ‘The Levantines: Identities and Heritage’, Athens, Greece, 2-3 November 2018 - programme - booklet - tours flyer - gallery - videos: