[MES Forum] Autumn Semester Events

[McClimans, Melinda]

Dear MES Forum,

We’ve got a rich selection of activities to choose from this coming Autumn semester. Please mark your calendars! You can also refer to mesc.osu.edu/events<https://mesc.osu.edu/events> for links to additional information and registration.

From Citizens to Loyal Subjects? Nationalism and Belonging in Post-Republican Turkey<https://mesc.osu.edu/events/citizens-loyal-subjects-nationalism-and-belonging-post-republican-turkey>
August 26, 2025
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Zoom

Breakfast and Networking<https://mesc.osu.edu/events/breakfast-and-networkingAU25>
August 29, 2025
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Crane Cafe Fireside, Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Rd S, Columbus, OH 43210

Talking About the Middle East Buckeye Community Event: An Open Dialogue<https://mesc.osu.edu/events/talking-about-middle-east-buckeye-community-event-open-dialogue>
September 9, 2025
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
11th Floor of Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210

From Soil to Souq: A Middle Eastern Foodways Working Session<https://mesc.osu.edu/events/soil-souq-middle-eastern-foodways-working-session-0>
September 19, 2025
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
CoHatch at the Shops at Lane, 1733 Lane Ave

Talking About the Middle East: An Open Dialogue<https://mesc.osu.edu/events/talking-about-middle-east-open-dialogue>
September 30, 2025
11:15 am - 12:45 pm
TBD

Talking About the Middle East: An Open Dialogue<https://mesc.osu.edu/events/talking-about-middle-east-open-dialogue-1>
October 21, 2025
11:15 am - 12:45 pm
TBD

Department of History Annual Lecture in Ottoman and Turkish History by Prof. Edhem Eldem<https://history.osu.edu/events/department-history-annual-lecture-ottoman-and-turkish-history-prof.-edhem-eldem>
October 31, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Dulles Hall, Room 168

"Global Moral Order, Local Legalities, and the Gendered 'Business' of Slavery in the Late Ottoman Empire"<https://history.osu.edu/events/chr-karamursel>
Ceyda Karamursel
November 3, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Journalism Building, Room 360, 242 W. 18th Ave., Columbus

Documentary Screening of Kim Mihri (Who is Mihri) and a conversation with Director Berna Gencalp and Art Historian Dr. Ozlem Gulin Dagoglu<https://mesc.osu.edu/events/documentary-screening-kim-mihri-who-mihri-and-conversation-director-berna-gencalp-and-art>
Who is Mihri
November 18, 2025
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Wexner Center for the Arts

Talking About the Middle East: An Open Dialogue<https://mesc.osu.edu/events/talking-about-middle-east-open-dialogue-0>
December 2, 2025
11:15 am - 12:45 pm
TBD

Reading Day "Read and Feed" Lunch: Catered by Lavash
December 11, 2025
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Hagerty Hall: Between Crane Café and Lecture Hall Room 180

We are looking forward to start seeing more of all of you! Let’s get the semester off to a great start. 😊

Best wishes,

Melinda


[The Ohio State University]

Melinda McClimans, PhD
Assistant Director

The Ohio State University
Office of International Affairs
Middle East Studies Center
145D Enarson Classroom Building
2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-6506 Office / 614-974-4331 Mobile
mcclimans.2 at osu.edu<mailto:mcclimans.2 at osu.edu> / mesc.osu.edu<https://mesc.osu.edu/>

Affiliated Researcher, Sustainability Institute

Pronouns: she/her









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