Cosponsored by MES

Gaza and the US Academy: Scholasticide and Educational Resilience in Palestine

Sewell Social Sciences Bldg., Room 8108
February 27, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Abdel Razzaq Takriti (Rice University) is a historian of anticolonialism, revolutions, intellectual and political currents, and state formation in the modern Arab world

Managing Byzantine Heritage in the Modern World: The Development of Byzantine Studies in Turkey

Curti Lounge, 5233 Mosse Humanities
April 15, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
via Zoom

Professor Durak will discuss how Byzantine studies in Turkey have developed from the late Ottoman era to today, focusing on the roles of state and non-state actors, as well as Turkish and foreign scholars.