Levantine Heritage Foundation

Upcoming Events - LHF

15 January 2020

33rd Levantine Heritage Foundation lecture in association with the Egyptian Cultural Centre: ‘Islamic Architecture in Cairo: Through the Lens of Pilgrims and Explorers’, Prof Doris Behrens-Abouseif - Egyptian Cultural Centre, London - further information soon.

External Events

22 October 2019, 6.30 pm

Lecture: The Sun King and the Sultan: Louis XIV and the Ottoman Empire, Philip Mansel - Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London

24-26 October 2019

Conference: The War That Never Ended: Postwar Continuity and New Challenges in the Aftermath of the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires, 1918-1923, Institute of History, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

27 October 2019, 11 am - 6 pm

Exhibition: ‘Echoes of the past: Turkish, Venetian, and Greek’ - The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London

29 October 2019, 6 - 8 pm

Lecture / record listening: ‘Don’t Let Me Be Lost To You: Early 20th Century Near Eastern Musics in New York City’, Ian Nagoski - Zebulon, 2478 N Fletcher Dr, Los Angeles, USA

29 October 2019, 6 - 8 pm

Book Lecture: ‘Age of Coexistence’, Ussama Makdisi - Lebanese American University, New York Headquarters and Academic Center, 211 E 46th Street, New York, USA

2 November 2019, 2 pm

Panel: ‘Research Exhibition: Salonica - Smyrna, 1880-1912’, Dr. Dilek Akyalçın Kaya (chair), Prof. Dr. Vassilis Colonas, Dr. Erkan Serçe & Yiannis Epaminondas - Old Gas Factory Cultural Centre, Izmir - associated exhibition until 30 November

until 3 November 2019

Exhibition: John Frederick Lewis: Facing Fame – Watts Gallery, Down Lane, Compton, Guildford, Surrey, England

until 9 November 2019

Exhibition: Identity in the Ottoman Empire – Florida State University, Museum of Fine Arts, 530 W Call Street, 250 Fine Arts Building, Tallahassee, USA

until 10 November 2019

Exhibition: The celebrated Mr Belzoni: A cultural gift to the Fitzwilliam – Gallery 10, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England

until 27 November 2019

Exhibition: ‘... in Fried und Einigkeit ...’ [in peace and unity] - Bernardisaal Stift Stams, Tyrol, Austria

28-30 November 2019

Conference: Vikings in the Mediterranean – Athens, Greece

10-11 January 2020

Conference: Visible and Invisible Borders Between Christians and Muslims in the Early Modern World – Central European University, Budapest, Hungary - deadline: 22 of October 2019

until 26 January 2020

Exhibition: Inspired by the East: how the Islamic world influenced Western art - The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London

26-28 March 2020

Panel: Diversity and Identity in the Medieval Mediterranean – Berkely, California, USA

29-30 April 2020

Call for papers: The Visibility of Strangers. Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material Pluralism in the Mediterranean Space – Rome, Italy - deadline: 30 September 2019

29 June - 3 July 2020

Call for papers: 10th International Conference, Crusading Encounters – Royal Holloway, University of London - deadline: 1 November 2019

10-11 July 2020

Conference: The Power of the Dispersed: Early Modern Global Travelers beyond Integration – German Orient Institute in Istanbul

2-5 September 2020

Call for papers: Ottoman Cultural Mobilities: 19th century Modes of Travel, Collecting and Display – University of Antwerp, Stadscampus, Prinsstraat 13, Antwerp, Belgium - deadline: 29 October 2019

Thank you to all our supporters and sponsors (Erol Makzume, Catoni Group) who made our recent conference a success:

4th LHF-Istanbul Conference, ‘Levantine lifestyle on the Princes’ Islands’, 21 September 2019 - flyer: - brochure: - gallery:

LHF Istanbul volunteer group

Also thank you to the participants and supporters of the recent LHF-Italy roundable in Genoa on the occasion of Between Immigration and Historical Amnesia, Third Conference of the Symposium Diaspore Italiane – Italy in Movement, 27-29 June 2019 – Galata Museo del Mare, Genoa, Italy - programme: - gallery:

We are saddened by the recent (19 August 2019) death of Prof. Haluk Dursun, the former vice culture minister of Turkey who honoured us with his introductory talk on 23 September 2016, at the Levantine Heritage Foundation conference in association with the Beyoğlu Municipality: ‘The Effects and Contributions of Levantines in the development of Beyoğlu/Pera and Galata Neighbourhoods: A long heritage of Trade, Culture and Arts since 1453’ - video (in Turkish) - Conveying to his family and friends our deepest condolences.