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October 3, 2015 marked the 25th anniversary of German Reunification. On October 15, Ambassador Frank Elbe will speak on the crucial factors and events that led up to the historical reunification of the nation and examine the significance for Germany, both in the past and the present. This event is free and open to the […]
Noah, Moses, Abraham, Jesus... Biblical characters abound in the Qur’an. But how are the Qur’an and the Bible really related? Professor Angelika Neuwirth looks at the Qur’an from a fresh perspective: as a late antique text presenting an original theological commentary on biblical tradition. This event is free and open to the public. Nearest free […]
Sponsored by Emory University's Confucius Institute and the Halle Institute, one-day workshop focusing on the politics of social policy reform in the transitional states of Russia and China will be held at Cox Hall Ballroom at Emory on November 7. Scholars from several universities in the Unites States and Russia will present current research on the […]
While fighting against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) at the border of Syria, Turkey has also been dealing with another enemy: the Islamic State (ISIS). Despite the Turkish government saying it is ready to fight all enemies of its national interest, many observers believe it is more interested in one enemy than the other. Which […]
While the plight of the so-called “comfort women” has long been seen as a Korean issue, it is simultaneously a broader matter concerning historical justice, human rights, and peace in East Asia. Three experts share information on how the "comfort women’s" long struggle for justice has been received by the public in Korea, China, and […]
Since coming to power in 2002, Erdogan has reoriented Turkish foreign policy in order to situate Turkey as a regional power in the Middle East. However, this pivot has not quite been successful. Turkey is isolated in the Middle East, with few friends and many threats, ranging from the Assad regime to ISIS. Following the […]
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, in collaboration with the Department of Film and Media Studies, with the support of the Halle Institute for Global Research and Learning, present: Resistance and Memory: A Film Series about the Civil-Military Dictatorship in Brazil The next film in the series: […]
The Halle Institute for Global Research invites you to attend a lecture by Elif Batuman, author of critically acclaimed books such as The Idiot and The Possessed which explore her identity as a Turkish-American woman, intentionality about the precision of language, and befuddlement in the early age of email. In her first book, The Possessed, Elif Batuman wrote about her […]
The Halle Institute for Global Research invites you to attend a lecture on "Halide Edib, Ottoman Armenians, and the Wilsonian Principles: The Alternative Post-World War I History that Never Happened" by Dr. Baki Tezcan, Professor of History at the University of California, Davis, and current President of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association. This event […]
The Halle Institute for Global Research invites you to attend a lecture on "An Old Story: Turkey's Relationship to the Ottoman Past" by Dr. Christine Philliou, Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Biography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution.
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