#  CMES symposium: The Ascendant Field: Critical Engagements with Ottoman Arabic Literature 

 



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 **October 2, 2020** 

 All day 

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 **Online, Please See Event Details**  



 

 



 

 **The Ascendant Field: Critical Engagements with Ottoman Arabic Literature**

   
A two-day symposium on Arabic literature of the pre-nahda Ottoman era (1516-1789), featuring a keynote address by **Hilary Kilpatrick**(Independent Scholar) and presentations by **Helen Pfeifer** (Cambridge University), **Ghayde Ghraowi** (Yale University), **Theodore Beers** (University of Chicago), **Rachida Chih** (EHESS-CNRS, Paris), **Hakan Özkan** (University of Münster), **Ozzy Gündüz** (Harvard University), and **Alev Masarwa** (University of Münster). Sponsored by the Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.  
  
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**October 2 | All day, beginning at 9am ET**



 

 



 

 

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