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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: The Fall of Constantinople and Early Concepts of Human Rights Monday, March 3, 2014 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. Location: Hegeman 204 Sponsor: Historical Studies Program Contact: Greg Moynahan. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-6822 x7296 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://socialstudies.bard.edu/calendar/