Muhabbet: East Mediterranean Conversations 2025

Muhabbet is an initiative aiming at bringing together scholars, students, and people interested in the shared social history and cultural heritage of the East Mediterranean. We wish to hold discussions about our common legacies in an informal and friendly environment, like that of the coffeehouses, which originated in the Ottoman East Mediterranean, where people used to come together to develop amicable conversations called muhabbet.

Organized by

The Institute of Hellenic Culture and Liberal Arts, The American College of Greece, the Ottoman History Program at the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation, and the Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens.