Author Archives: dost

Ferenc Csirkes University of Chicago (NELC) “Messianic Oeuvres in Interaction: Misattributed Poems by Shah Ismail and Nesimi” Discussant: Christopher Markiewicz (University of Chicago, NELC) Thursday, May 29th 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick 218, 5828 S. University Avenue To request … Continue reading →

Sam Hodgkin University of Chicago (NELC) “Revolutionary Springtimes: Reading Soviet Tajik Poetry, from Ghazal to Lyric“ Discussant: August Samie Thursday, May 15th 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick 218, 5828 S. University Avenue To request a copy of the paper, … Continue reading →

Orit Bashkin University of Chicago (Assoc. Prof., NELC) “When Jerusalem and London Mattered to Khanaqin: A Few Comments on Jews in Northern Iraq, 1921-1932” Discussant: Annie Greene (University of Chicago, NELC) Thursday, March 13th 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick … Continue reading →

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.