The Global Asia Colloquium

4:00-6:45PM, KJCC701 (53 Washington Square South)

with wine and cheese

Please read papers in advance (links embedded in titles below).

FRIDAY Oct 26:

Ayse Baltacioglu-Brammer (History and MEIS) “Sect & Sectarianism in the Early Modern Middle East and its Broader Implications”

and

Leslie Peirce (History, Emerita), “Did slavery among the early modern Ottomans have a globalizing effect?”           

Looking ahead

Week 8. 2-Nov. Susanah Romney (History) and Kathleen Burke (Anthropology, University of                                 Toronto), on the VOC

Week 9. 9-Nov. Jian Chen (NYUSH), “Shanghai Undergound, 1927-1931”                       

Week 10. 16-Nov. Debjani Bhattacharya (Drexel University), on the building of Calcutta

Week 11. 30-Nov. Paul A. Kramer (History, Vanderbilt University), Marilyn Young Memorial                                         Lecture and Reception, Glucksman Ireland House, 4:00-6:30      

Week 12. 7-Dec. Tatiana Linkhoeva (History) and Fred Cooper (History)  

Week 13. 14-Dec. Heather Lee (History, NYUSH) and Jerome Whitington (Anthropology)

 Come one and come all !!!