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The Demos Center
17 Ipitou St., Plaka, Athens
Organisers
Ilay Romain Ors (PhD in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University), Catherine Boura (PhD in History, King’s College, University of London), Elias Kolovos (Research Director, Institute of Historical Research, NHRF), Anne McCabe (Research Associate, Center for the Study of Ancient Documents, University of Oxford).
Friday, February 13, 2026
Centuries of Parenthesis and Wounds that Never Heal?
A Muhabbet conversation between: Cengiz Aktar and Elias Kolovos (Research Director IHR/NHRF), about the historical background of Greek-Turkish relations and the issues stemming from this historic past.
Moderator: İlay Romain Örs (Institute of Hellenic Culture and Liberal Arts, The American College of Greece)
18:30 | The Demos Center, 17 Ipitou St., Plaka, Athens
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.
The initiative is endorsed by the Demos Center, the Institute of Hellenic Culture and Liberal Arts, ACG; the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
18:30
The Demos Center
17 Ipitou St., Plaka, Athens
Organisers
Ilay Romain Ors (PhD in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University), Catherine Boura (PhD in History, King’s College, University of London), Elias Kolovos (Research Director, Institute of Historical Research, NHRF), Anne McCabe (Research Associate, Center for the Study of Ancient Documents, University of Oxford).
Main page image: https://www.acg.edu/events/muhabbet-east-mediterranean-conversations/