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Dr. Kemal Karpat will deliver a lecture entitled "Jews & Turks: Model of Coexistence" discussing the relations between the Turkish-Muslim population and the Jewish population in the Ottoman State. The event is organized by SEF, and sponsored by Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and Students for Dialogue at OSU. The lecture is open to the public.Date: 24 April 2008, 5:30pm
Location: Dreese Lab 113, OSU Campus
Parking: Tuttle Park Place Garage
About Kemal Karpat
Kemal Karpat is a Turkish historian and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his LLB from the University of Istanbul, his MA from the University of Washington and his PhD from New York University. He has previously worked for the UN Economics and Social Council and taught at Montana State University and New York University. He has several books on the history of the Ottoman State such as The Politicization of Islam (Oxford UP, 2001), The Ottoman Past and Today's Turkey (Brill, 2000), An Inquiry into the Social Foundations of Nationalism in the Ottoman State (Princeton UP, 1973).
The Scioto Educational Foundation, SEF, is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote understanding and respect between the diverse groups of Central Ohio by creating peaceful settings for interaction. It was with the help of community-oriented professionals in industry and academia along with university students that SEF was founded in 2003 as a means to aid the area through education, dialogue, and community service. For more information about SEF, please visit our website.
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Scioto Educational Foundation
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