The Way Home What saint Francis and Rumi Still Whisper to a Restless Worlda conference by Mahmoodreza Esfandiar Forty years ago, on 27 October 1986, Pope John Paul II brought together leaders of the world’s various religions on the hill of Assisi for a day of prayer for peace. That event, which remains unique in …
The Image of Francis in the Teaching of Pope Francis A conference by Daniele Menozzi The lecture, titled “The Image of Francis in the Teaching of Pope Francis – Francis as a Model for Interreligious Dialogue?”, will be dedicated to the presence and significance of the figure of Saint Francis of Assisi in the magisterium …
Tempted to centralize Governing a multinational and multireligious state – Historical and personal observations from Yugoslavia, Ethiopia and the Ottoman Empire Historical research often illuminates the present, and the present reveals dynamics that help explain the past. In this lecture, Darko Majstorovic will weave together his academic research on national rivalries in the Ottoman Balkans …
Avrupa Miras Günleri St. Pierre Han as a Production Venue The Relationship Between Production, Space and City in Galata The event, organised by Beyoğlu Municipality as part of European Heritage Days, aims to highlight the city’s industrial heritage and strengthen social memory through local testimonies. Organised in collaboration with Istanbul City University’s Centre for Urban …
Strange Encounters in the Middle Kingdom Two Podcasts on Christians and Muslims in China (one in English and one in Turkish) In the fifth appointment of the conference series ‘Middle Ages on the Move‘, whixh took place the 26th of April, Ermanno Visintainer talks about how Christians came into contact with Chinese culture in the …
Under the Sign of Universal Peace Two Podcasts on Mendicant Friars in the Mongol Empire (in English) In the sixfth appointment of the conference series ‘Middle Ages on the Move‘, Lorenzo Pubblici told us the extraordinary adventure of Giovanni di Pian del Carpine, an Italian friar and diplomat who embarked on a pioneering journey as the first …
Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo and the Other The video of the conference (in English and Turkish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Y-2LPcgLoIn the last appointment of the conference series ‘Middle Ages on the Move‘, a project developed by Federico de Renzi, Simone Costanzo and Dost-I, we talked of the literary side of travel together with Cristiano Bedin and Marco Di …
Strange Encounters in the Middle Kingdom Christians and Muslims in China In the fifth appointment of the conference series ‘Middle Ages on the Move‘, Ermanno Visintainer will talk about how Christians came into contact with Chinese culture in the Middle Ages, while Hayrettin İhsan Erkoç will explain how Muslims came into contact with Chinese culture …
La misura mediterranea dell’umano A new book by Claudio Monge and Giuseppina De Simone The Mediterranean, for centuries the meeting point of peoples, traditions and ideals, is the heart from which the unified culture, history and identity that we still recognize as a founding part of us were born. Is the memory of its ancient …
Terrae Incognitae Ortaçağ Kırım’ında Dil ve Kültür ‘Hareket Halindeki Ortaçağ’ konferans dizisinin dördüncü buluşmasında Antonio Musarra Codex Cumanicus’u “Batılı” bir bakış açısıyla incelerken, Nicole Kançal-Ferrari Ortaçağ Kırım’ındaki mimari çeşitliliğe odaklanacak.Bu konferans aracılığıyla, Ortaçağ Kırım’ında Batı ve Türk kültürlerinin karşılaşmasından kaynaklanan etkileri ve tepkileri görmeye çalışacağız. Nicole Kançal-Ferrari, Marmara Üniversitesi Mimarlık ve Tasarım Fakültesi’nde Doçent olarak …
