Historical Studies Program Presents
The Fall of Constantinople and Early Concepts of Human Rights
Monday, March 3, 2014
Hegeman 204
Nancy Bisaha, Vassar College
Prof. Bisaha wrote Creating East and West: Renaissance Humanists and the Ottoman Turks (UPenn Press), which examines the ways in which humanists created an intellectual discourse depicting the Ottoman Turks as a cultural and religious other. She recently published a translation of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini's De Europa in collaboration with Robert Brown. Bisaha is currently working on project exploring the early roots of human rights theory.For more information, call 845-758-6822 x7296, or e-mail [email protected].
Location: Hegeman 204