The M.A. Programme in Ottoman History, that the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete organises in collaboration with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, invites you to the public lecture of Dr Ümit Kurt, assistant professor at the University of Newcastle (Australia), entitled “The Ecumenical Empire: Marginal Bodies and Inter-Ethnic Relations in the Late Ottoman Empire”. The lecture will take place on Thursday 22 May 2025, at 8.30 p.m., at the lecture hall of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH, 130 Nikiforou Foka Street, in the old town of Rethymno.