In-person presentation: ‘The “Second Phanar”: Constantinople Greeks and Ottoman Sultans, 1821 to 1914’, Philip Mansel, co-hosted with the Centre for Hellenic Studies and the Anglo-Hellenic League, 12 February 2025 - King’s Great Hall, KCL Strand campus, London - flyer: - slides: - photo: - interview:
Online presentation: ‘Revisiting George Bethune English in the Ottoman World’, Eric Covey, 11 March 2025 - flyer:
Online presentation: ‘“A Permanent Danger to All Her Neighbours”: Persia and the Cultural Politics of Cholera’, Erik Blackthorne-O’Barr, 1 April 2025 - flyer: - interview:
Online presentation: ‘Pera/Galata: Neighbourhoods, Residents and Churches of a Late Medieval Genoese Enclave (1267-1453)’, Selma Somer, 15 April 2025 - flyer:
Online presentation: ‘Émigré Artists from the Former Russian Empire in Istanbul: Myths and Realities’, Ekaterina Aygün, co-hosted with the Anglo-Turkish Society, 22 April 2025 - flyer: - interview:
Hybrid presentation: ‘Silent Teachers: Turkish Books and Oriental Learning in Early Modern Europe’, Dr Nil Palabıyık, co-hosted with the Royal Asiatic Society, 24 April 2025 - flyer: - Zoom based video:
Online presentation: ‘Camera and Female Empowerment: Italian Photographer Elisa Zonaro in Ottoman Istanbul’, Alev Berberoğlu, 14 May 2025 - flyer:
Hybrid presentation: ‘Created By a Magic Wand: the city of Odesa, its myths, stories, and real importance’, Julian Evans, 17 June 2025 - flyer: - interview:
Hybrid presentation: ‘Lives Between the Lines: Reflections on Levantine culture and its meaning today’, Michael Vatikiotis, 29 July 2025 - flyer: - interview:
Online presentation: ‘Continuity and change in the British diplomatic service in the Levant: The ‘Levantine’ question and the lure of antiquities’, Dr. Lucia Patrizio Gunning, 29 September 2025 - flyer:
Online presentation: ‘Protestants, Gender, and the Arab Renaissance’, Dr. Deanna Ferree Womack, 10 Nov 2025 - flyer:
Hybrid presentation: ‘Samuel Crawley (1706–62), British Consul at Smyrna’, Ann Hudson, 18 Nov 2025 - flyer:
