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“The Role of the Imperial Ottoman Palaces in the Urbanization Process of Mid 19th Century Istanbul”. Lecture by Daphna Sharef-Davidovich

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 14:30
Morrice Hall 3485 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E1, CA

The Institute of Islamic Studies at 91˿Ƶ cordially invites you to a lecture by Daphna Sharef-Davidovich (Ben Gurion University): “The Role of the Imperial Ottoman Palaces in the Urbanization Process of Mid 19th Century Istanbul”. All welcome.

Daphna Sharef-Davidovich is a teaching assistant and doctoral candidate in Islamic Art History and Turkish Studies at Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva. She completed her B.A. and M.A. degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and studied Turkish at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. Her main areas of interest are: History of Ottoman architecture and art, 19th century history of Istanbul and World History. Her dissertation focuses on the imperial palaces that were built in Istanbul during the second half of the 19th century and examines their historical, social, political and urban functions at that time.

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