December 8th, 2023 Special Collections Roundtable UCLA Luskin Conference Center 425 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles CA, 90095 Laureate Classroom Refreshments Served 3:00–5:00 PM Roundtable and Discussion Followed by Reception South Courtyard, Luskin Center 5:15 PM (Los Angeles Time) December 9th, 2023 Symposium 8:30 - 5:00 PM (PST) UCLA Luskin Conference Center 425 Westwood Plaza...
The Mediterranean Seminar (www.mediterraneanseminar.org) is seeking proposals for papers to be workshopped and for round-table participants for the Mediterranean Seminar 2024 Winter Workshop, “Intermediaries, Middle Grounds, Middle Sea,” to be hosted by the UCLA CMRS-Center for Early Global Studies, and held on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles, 9 & 10 February...
In 1455, the Venetian patrician Giosafat Barbaro encountered an old friend in surprising circumstances. As a young merchant in the Black Sea port of Tana, Barbaro had met and befriended a local Tatar notable named Chebechzi. At the end of his time in Tana, Barbaro returned home expecting never to see Chebechzi again. He certainly...
