Confronting Borders: A conversation about Ottoman Jews, the end of empire, and the age of the nation-state
Stanford Global Studies Division
Taube Center for Jewish Studies
Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
Middle Eastern Studies Forum
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 200, Stanford, CA 94305
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Date: Thursday | October 9
Time: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Place: Bldg 200, Rm. 307
At the turn of the twentieth century, the city of Edirne was a bustling center linking Istanbul to Ottoman Europe. It was also the capital of Edirne Province—among the most religiously diverse regions of the Ottoman Empire. But by 1923, the city had become a Turkish border town, and the province had lost much of its non-Muslim population. With this book, Jacob Daniels explores how one of the world's largest Sephardi communities dealt with the encroachment of modern borders.
Join Dr. Jacob Daniels (UT Austin) alongside History doctoral students Nesi Altaras and Makena Owens for a conversation about the Jews of Edirne and the broader implications their stories have for Jewish history, the histor
Co-sponsored with the Stanford Department of History and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies.
Kosher lunch included.