Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Ottoman Empire

In this talk, Ayse Baltacıoglu-Brammer presents Boundaries of Belonging, a new study that reconsiders the Sunni–Shiʿi divide by focusing on the everyday practices of Ottoman governance during the long sixteenth century.

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The Iran War

The 5th event in the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.

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USMCA and the Need for a “Second Story” of Mexican Wages and Household Incomes

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Stories the State Tries to Erase

Some lives exist only in files, headlines or accusations. How do paperwork, policing and media narratives quietly decide who belongs? Drawing on the book "The Many Lives of Syeda X," this talk explores how journalism can recover erased histories, expose routine violence and hold power to account.

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Beyond the Stage: Inside K-pop Performance with Seungyeon Chang of CLC

Seungyeon Chang, leader and main dancer of the K-pop group CLC, shares her journey from performing on global stages to building an evolving career as a dancer, choreographer, educator, and DJ.

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(Re)Discovering Garabed Kapikian: A Portrait of an Armenian Intellectual in the Late Ottoman Empire

Lecture by Robert Sukiasyan, Promise Armenian Institute postdoctoral fellow, as part of the Promise Armenian Institute's 2026 commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.

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The Unhistoriable: Experiments of Collective Government in Mid-imperial China and Beyond

Talk by Shoufu Yin, University of British Columbia.

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The AI Revolution and its Impact on the Patent Ecosystem

Seonghun Jeong, Deputy Director, Ministry of Intellectual Property

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Beyond the Exploding Boats and Special Ops: Understanding Coca Dynamics and Tropical Development

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The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian Revolution

The Dread Heights details how the Islamic tradition guides refugees, relief workers, and religious scholars in a world of brutal sieges and mass displacement.Through an ethnography of religious imagination and theological argumentation, Iqbal demonstrates what is at stake beyond secular frames for migration and relief.

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