"Classical, Medieval, Oriental: Disciplinary Ideologies" 19 Mayıs Salı, 18.00-Bölümümüz öğretim üyelerinden N. İpek Hüner’in de katılacağı çevrimiçi söyleşi hakkında bilgi almak ve kayıt olmak için tıklayınız.

Retracing Connections online research dialogue

The Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens and the Re­trac­ing Con­nec­tions Re­search Pro­gramme in­vite you to the sixth Re­trac­ing Con­nec­tions on­line re­search di­a­logue. Join us with Aileen Das (Uni­ver­sity of Michi­gan), N. İpek Hüner (Boğaz­içi Uni­ver­sity) and In­gela Nils­son (Up­p­sala Uni­ver­sity) for an on­line dis­cus­sion about Clas­si­cal, Me­dieval, Ori­en­tal: Dis­ci­pli­nary Ide­olo­gies.

"Despite the ever-increasing focus on interdisciplinarity, there are certain boundaries that seem more than difficult than others to cross. Classical philologist may turn to postclassical texts, but they often do it from the same classicist position, without taking the later context fully into account. Arabic-Greek relations are discussed from whatever position the scholar in question take: as reception/translation of one or the other, but rarely as a relational situation of equal importance for both fields. Medieval Studies tend to indicate the European West – rarely the so-called Orient, and most often not even Byzantium. What does this situation mean for the understanding of the material we study? And what does it do to us as scholars?"

 The Dialogue takes place online via Zoom on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 18.00 (Athens). To register, please visit:   http://www.sia.gr/en/events.php?eid=573#ParticipationForm

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