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Global History and Microhistory: A Past and Present Supplement

Workshop in Oxford: Signatures, Subscriptions, and Marks as Sources for Early Modern History (26-27 Sept. 2019)

Programme now published: The Early Modern Christian Cultural and Literary Heritage in the Eyes of Nahḍa Scholars - a workshop in Oxford

Seminar presentation at the University of Göttingen, 21 May 2019

Seminar in Cambridge: Syrian Refugees in Eighteenth-Century Germany: A Chapter in the Connected History of Eastern Christianity in the Early Modern World

Call for Papers: The Early Modern Christian Cultural and Literary Heritage in the Eyes of Nahḍa Scholars - a workshop in Oxford

New article: Journal of Islamic Manuscripts

Dr Feras Krimsti has recently published a new article in the Journal of Islamic Manuscripts (: Volume 9: Issue 2-3) : 'The Lives and Afterlives of the Library of the Maronite Physician Ḥannā al-Ṭabīb (c. 1702-1775) from Aleppo'.

Lucy Parker introduces the project in The Oxford Historian

Workshop Report: Syriac and its Users in the Early Modern World

The workshop 'Syriac and its Users in the Early Modern World, c.1500-c.1750' took place at Christ Church, University of Oxford

Conference programme: Syriac and its Users in the Early Modern World

Syriac and its Users in the Early Modern World c 1500 - 1750. March 15th - March 16th 2018, Christ Church, Oxford

Nir Shafir (UCSD) on Rethinking global history through Ottoman travelogues

On 20th February 2018 at Balliol College, Nir Shafir (UCSD) will be talking about 'Rethinking global history through Ottoman travelogues

New project associate Salam Rassi

The Stories of Survival project would like to extend a warm welcome to Salam Rassi as Project Associate.

Public lecture, January 31st, at the Central European University

On January 31st, research associate Dr Lucy Parker will be giving a public lecture at the Central European University

Feras Krimsti on the Diplomatic Milieu in Istanbul during the Long Eighteenth Century

In November 2017, a workshop took place at the German Historical Institute in Paris, exploring the mechanisms of diplomacy in a transcultural context.

Workshop on Christian societies of Aramean tradition

In October, PI Dr John-Paul Ghobrial and Research Associate Dr Lucy Parker spoke at a workshop in Frankfurt

CALL FOR PAPERS: Syriac and its Users in the Early Modern World, c.1500 - c.1750

A workshop at the University of Oxford, 15-16 March 2018.

New Research Associate appointed

Lucy Parker presenting at the European Academy of Religion in Bologna

In Bologna in June, at the European Academy of Religion Conference, Dr Lucy Parker will be giving two papers on on the project

Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome, St Andrews

Research Associate Dr Lucy Parker will be giving a paper at a workshop on 'Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome'

Programme announced: New Perspectives in Mediterranean History seminar series

The full programme for Trinity Term's seminar series New Perspectives in Mediterranean History has just been published

Towards a New History of Christians and Jews in Ottoman Society

In recent years, there have been significant developments in Ottoman history, Islamic history, and Eastern Christian and Jewish Studies.

New research associates appointed

The first two research associates have been appointed to join the project team