You are cordially invited to the \u201cThe Periphery at the Center \u2013 Islands and Islandness in the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern Mediterranean Conference\u201d, organised by the Department of History, which will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, October 14 and 15, 2026 at FFB-22 Amphi.<\/p>\n
Title:<\/strong>\u00a0The Periphery at the Center \u2013 Islands and Islandness in the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern Mediterranean<\/p>\n Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Wednesday, October 14, 2026\u00a0Time:<\/strong>\u00a013:00 \u2013 18:00<\/p>\n Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, October 15, 2026\u00a0Time:<\/strong>\u00a009:00 \u2013 19:00<\/p>\n Venue:<\/strong>\u00a0FFB-22 Auditorium (Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture)<\/p>\n GE 250\/251: 20 Points (per day)<\/p>\n Keynote Speakers:<\/strong>\u00a0Molly Greene, Princeton University Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mediterranean between the pre-Classical and the Early Modern periods illustrates a seamless ambivalence, constantly oscillating between isolation and connectivity. Mediterranean islands have often been narrated as marginalized lands and the first stepping stones in the process of colonization. Moreover, frequently narrated as \u201cperfect spatial commodities\u201d, islands have significantly shaped underlying theories about insular life, often leading to a skewed \u201ccontinental\u201d perception regarding them as perilous, mysterious, and exotic on the one hand, and idyllic on the other. The conference, entitled \u201cThe Periphery at the Center\u201d, aims to reassess the political, religious, socio-cultural, and economic significance of insular geographies in relation to the great empires and polities across two millennia of Mediterranean history by challenging fundamental narratives of islands through overlapping historical, socio-political, ecclesiastical, and economic contexts as well as chronologies. You are cordially invited to the \u201cThe Periphery at the Center \u2013 Islands and Islandness in the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern Mediterranean Conference\u201d, organised by the Department of History, which will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, October 14 and 15, 2026 at FFB-22 Amphi. Title:\u00a0The Periphery at [\u2026] <\/p>\n
\nMargarita Voulgaropoulou, Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum
\nLuca Zavagno, Bilkent University
\nFilip Malesevic, Bilkent University<\/p>\n
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