OPEN WORKSHOP / 1st group meeting in the context of the ERC-funded research program MCH-EsMed
Contested Histories of Settlement in Turkey and Beyond: Transnational Perspectives on Housing, Nation-Building, and National Identities
This open workshop is the first scientific meeting of the research program MCHEsMed - How the middle class housed itself in the Eastern Mediterranean (2024-2029), which is funded by the European Research Council – Starting Grant 2024 (Grant Agreement 101164009) and hosted by the Department of History of Cities, Diaspora and Immigration in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, FORTH. It aims to develop the relevance and theoretical impact of the research program’s key concepts -- such as nation-building, identities,modernization, property, and household -- using Turkey, one of the four countries MCH-EsMed addresses, as a case study.
Venue: Research Center for the Humanities, 26 Mandrokleous St., Neos Kosmos, Athens
Date: Tuesday January 21st, 2025, 12:00-14:30.
Date: Tuesday January 21st, 2025, 12:00-14:30.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER’S BIO
Ecem Sarıçayır is a member of the program’s research team. Sarıçayır is a historian of the built environment who specializes in the intertwined histories of architecture and property in West Asia from the mid-19th century to the present. She received her PhD in History of Architecture and Urban Development from Cornell University in 2024. Her research was supported by many awards and grants, including those from the Graham Foundation, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Canadian Center of Architecture, and the Social Science Research Council. Her work has appeared in The Journal of Architecture, Footprint, and various edited volumes.
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