[MES Forum] Kaya Sahin Talk on Monday

[McClimans, Melinda]

Dear MES Forum,


We are so excited to hear from Dr. Kaya Şahin on Monday at 3:45<https://history.osu.edu/events/peerless-among-princes> about Sultan Süleyman. Besides his upcoming new role at Ohio State<https://oaa.osu.edu/vice-provost-global-strategies-and-international-affairs-announcement> as Vice Provost for Global Strategies, he is currently serving as Professor of History and the Executive Associate Dean of the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University. After receiving his PhD in History from the University of Chicago, he taught at Northwestern, Tulane, and Indiana. He is the author of Empire and Power in the Reign of Süleyman: Narrating the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Empire<https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9781107529885> and Peerless among Princes: The Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/peerless-among-princes-9780197531631>. He published articles on apocalypticism, bureaucracy, early modern Orientalism, crosscultural encounters, and ceremonies and rituals. He is currently working on a new book, provisionally entitled Empire, Ritual, Masculinity: Circumcision Celebrations for Ottoman Princes, 1457-1582.

Best wishes,

Melinda

PS: Don’t forget the upcoming MES Forums on October 18th at 4:00 (Enarson Classroom Building Room 100 – there will be food – please rsvp<https://mesc.osu.edu/form/2023-10-18-back-to-the-landers-a>) and on November 15th at 4:00pm (via Zoom). Bürge Abiral will be talking to us about “Back-to-the-landers and the Ethics of Sustainable Living in Neoliberal Turkey” on October 18th (please rsvp<https://mesc.osu.edu/form/2023-10-18-back-to-the-landers-a>) and Dodie McDow will give a talk about the Indian Ocean on Nov 15th

PPS: An amazing opportunity to learn the art of calligraphy from a master is on October 27th ! https://mesc.osu.edu/events/calligraphy-workshop - let me know if you are interested because seats are limited and we expect it to fill up quick once the registration is open.



[The Ohio State University]
Melinda McClimans, PhD
Assistant Director
International Affairs Middle East Studies Center
145 Enarson Classroom Building, 2009 Milikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-6506 / 614-974-4331Mobile
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mcclimans.2 at osu.edu<mailto:mcclimans.2 at osu.edu> / mesc.osu.edu<https://mesc.osu.edu/>
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