Levantine Heritage Foundation

The LHF promotes research, preservation and education in the heritage and culture of the communities of the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Exhibition "Levantines of Istanbul & Istanbul of the Levantines" 8 October to 8 November 2026. Highlighting the diplomatic, commercial and societal contributions of the multilingual Levantines to Istanbul under the Ottomans.

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"Levantine Enterprise in Transition: The Foscolo Family in 19th-Century Istanbul" with Dr Semih Sefer. 16 June 18.00 UK time. Online talk only. Please register here: https://t.co/fJ0umYA8dx. Free to Members of the LHF.

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Final call "LANGUAGES OF THE LEVANT" a symposium on 24 June 17.00-20.00 UK time.
Panellists Maureen Freely, Luis Miguel Selvelli, George Vassiadis and chaired by Philip Mansel and Katia Pizzi of University of London.

Book now in-person and online: https://t.co/mSdkLaAOja

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"Life in the Principality of Samos, 1834-1912" with Aristide Chryssoulis. June 2nd at 18.00 UK / 19.00 CET / 13.00 ET. In-person and online. Please book here : https://t.co/FAacVuRym0

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"In search of Philippo: An Armenian Horse Trader between Aleppo and
London" with Theodore Mould. Tuesday 12th May at 18.30 UK / 19.30 CET / 13.30 EDT on Zoom and in London. Please register: https://t.co/ETaPGXhZ6h

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"Mysterious M. Falkowski: Railways and informal imperialism in the Ottoman Syria and Iraq" an online talk by Darina Martykanova. 5th May at 18.00 UK time / 19.00 CET / 13.00 EST. Please register: https://t.co/lHfeAnDoAi

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Networks of Influence: Levantine Agency and Italian Business in the Early Turkish Republic (1923–1939). Online talk by Dr. Mehmet Doğar. Tuesday 10th March at 18.00 GMT. Pictured: Alfredo Alberti.
Please book your place: https://t.co/KrALgzZzOz

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Images of old Smyrna (Izmir), a new gallery. Here, the military barracks in about 1880. https://t.co/1fEqyYuliC

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"The Last of the Dragomans: Ferdinand Schirza of Galata (1924-2012)" January 5th at 18.00 GMT. A talk by Dr. Steven Richmond. In-person and online. Free for LHF members. Booking is essential: https://t.co/2Yet2EDlT7 . Image: View from Galata to Stamboul by Warwick Goble (1906)

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Zoom lecture by Dr. Deanna Ferree Womack on "Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance" on 10 November 18.00 GMT. Please book here: https://t.co/V1tfaIlOV5. LHF Members attend free.

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"Suleyman the Magnificent" a talk by Christopher de Bellaigue. 7 Oct at 18.00 BST in-person and online. Booking essential https://t.co/7CxkJzO8DK

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"Continuity and change in the British diplomatic service in the Levant: The ‘Levantine’ question and
the lure of antiquities". A Zoom talk by Dr. Lucia Patricio Gunning at 18.00 BST (19.00 CEST) on 29 September. Booking essential: https://t.co/Ne8LPJvIoA. Free for LHF Members.

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29 Sep at 18.00 BST - Dr. Lucia Patricia Gunning on "Continuity and change in the British diplomatic service in the Levant: The ‘Levantine’ question and the lure of antiquities".

Booking essential: https://t.co/Ne8LPJvIoA. Free access for LHF Members .

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"Created By a Magic Wand: the city of Odesa, its myths, stories, and real importance". Talk by author Julian Evans. In person at the Royal Anthropological Institute or online Tue 17 June at 18.00 BST / 19.00 CET. Please book your place: https://t.co/TqeATXOAsz

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"Camera and Female Empowerment: Italian Photographer Elisa Zonaro in Ottoman Istanbul". A talk by Alev Berberoğlu on Zoom at 18.00 UK time on 14 May. Please book your place: https://t.co/IZZD82T747

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Levantine Heritage Foundation and the Royal Asiatic Society present "Silent Teachers: Turkish Books and Oriental Learning in Early Modern Europe"by Dr. Nil Nil Palabıyık at the RAS and online. 24 April at 18.30 UK time. Please book here https://t.co/9ou9b0BgdJ

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Anglo-Turkish Society / Levantine Heritage Foundation online lecture, 22 April 2025, 6 pm (UK time) by Dr. Ekaterina Aygün. ‘Émigré Artists from the Former Russian Empire in Istanbul: Myths and Realities’. Please book here https://t.co/efVimrGBcf

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Pera/Galata: Neighbourhoods, Residents and Churches of a Late Medieval Genoese Enclave (1267-
1453). Online talk by Selma Somer at 18.00 (UK time) on April 15th. Please book here https://t.co/XzE9YjBcqz

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Tomorrow we will kick off Travellers in Ottoman Lands 3 with a keynote speech by Dr Ahmet Ersoy (Boğaziçi University) at ANAMED/NIT and various panel sessions at Minerva Han (Sabancı University)! https://t.co/h0VtL3Imbm