OTTOMAN CULTURE SEMINAR

NMCSU PRESENTS:

MARCH 22, 2018 5:00 PM

4 BANCROFT AVE. CONFERENCE ROOM

Explore the portraits of a number of dragomans in the Venetian

Republic in the late 17th century. Dragomans are cultural

intermediaries who historically occupied the contact zones

where different cultures met and clashed. They are "trans-

imperial" subjects because they straddled political, linguistic

and cultural boundaries between empires, in this case, the

Ottoman Empire and Venice.

Professor Aykut Gurcaglar, Ph.D: Patterns of Patronage: An Istrian Family of Dragomans as Patrons of Arts

Professor Ibrahim Taner Okatan, Ed.D: Importance of Religious Unity and Religious Freedom for the Ottomans and Modern Turkey

The Ottoman Empire consisted of Muslims, Christians, and

Jews. They established a system that granted religious freedom

to each community. What did the Ottomans know that made

them to value and embrace religious unity and freedom?  How is

this realm so important for the current era and especially for the

modern Turkey?

Refreshments will be provided.