Three events under the general title “Glimpses of the Past in the Cultural Expressions of Greece and Turkey” will showcase the cultural interactions between Greece and Turkey:

Session I: Tuesday, September 20, 2016
History in Motion: Relating the Past through Cinema and Televized Serials
Arzu Öztürkmen, “Historical Drama in Turkish Television” and
Yannis Papadopoulos & Thanassis Agathos, “Byzantium in Greek Cinema and Television”

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*** Please note that only Prof. Agathos Lecture will be livestreamed

Session II: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
History in Shadows: Shadow Theater Venues and Audiences in Greece and Turkey
Anna Stavrakopoulou, “Karaghiozis Performances from the Cities to the Country-Side” and Serdar Öztürk, “The Affective Public Sphere: Karagöz Talks to Ottoman Coffeehouse Frequenters”

Session III: Tuesday, November 29, 2016
History in Tune: The Ottoman Music Tradition
Panagiotis Poulos, “Ottoman Song-text Collections: an Intercommunity Perspective” and Okan Murat Öztürk, “Describing Any Melody: Makam Knowledge in the Ottoman Musical Writings”