The LHF promotes research, preservation and education in the heritage and culture of the communities of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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L’Institut du monde arabe organise avec la Levantine Heritage Foundation (LHF) une journée de réflexion consacrée aux « Villes du Levant ».
Jeudi 29 octobre 2026 à partir de 14h.
Entrée gratuite sur réservation.
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British Footprints in Late Ottoman and Early Republican Istanbul (1868–1945). Speakers Bengi Su
Ertürkmen, Akın Sefer, Brian Johnson, Liana Kuyumcuyan & Murat Tülek. 16 October. In person only at the chapel of St. Helena, Istanbul. Booking is essential: bengi-su-erturkment-presenta…
"The Levantine Frank community in Athens under Ottoman rule" an online talk with Dr Nicolas Nicolaides on 1st September at 18.00 UK / 20.00 EEST. Booking essential: nicholas-nicolaides-presenta… . LHF Members attend free.
"Western Land on Ottoman Shores: The Austrian Lloyd Steamship Company" an online talk with Emre Kılıçaslan on 24 August 2026 at 18.00 UK / 19.00 ET/ 20.00 TRT. Booking essential: emre-kilicaslan-presentation…. Free for LHF members.
Call for Papers -"Villes du Levant: Mémoire, Identité et Avenir Urbain" at The Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 29 October 2026. The Levantine Heritage Foundation invites proposals for papers for 20 minute panel presentations. Deadline 15 September. levantineheritage.com/pdf/Ca…
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I was a guest on a series of interviews conducted by Craig Encer of the Levantine Heritage Foundation. You can access our interview about Istanbul’s Levantine heritage via the link below. @LevantineH
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Exhibition "Levantines of Istanbul & Istanbul of the Levantines" 8 October to 8 November 2026. Highlighting the diplomatic, commercial and societal contributions of the multilingual Levantines to Istanbul under the Ottomans.
"Levantine Enterprise in Transition: The Foscolo Family in 19th-Century Istanbul" with Dr Semih Sefer. 16 June 18.00 UK time. Online talk only. Please register here: semih-sefer-presentation.eve…. Free to Members of the LHF.
Final call "LANGUAGES OF THE LEVANT" a symposium on 24 June 17.00-20.00 UK time.
Panellists Maureen Freely, Luis Miguel Selvelli, George Vassiadis and chaired by Philip Mansel and Katia Pizzi of University of London.
Book now in-person and online: languages-of-the-levant.even…
"Life in the Principality of Samos, 1834-1912" with Aristide Chryssoulis. June 2nd at 18.00 UK / 19.00 CET / 13.00 ET. In-person and online. Please book here : aristide-chryssoulis-present…
"In search of Philippo: An Armenian Horse Trader between Aleppo and
London" with Theodore Mould. Tuesday 12th May at 18.30 UK / 19.30 CET / 13.30 EDT on Zoom and in London. Please register: theodore-mould-presentation.…
"Mysterious M. Falkowski: Railways and informal imperialism in the Ottoman Syria and Iraq" an online talk by Darina Martykanova. 5th May at 18.00 UK time / 19.00 CET / 13.00 EST. Please register: darina-martykanova-presentat…
Networks of Influence: Levantine Agency and Italian Business in the Early Turkish Republic (1923–1939). Online talk by Dr. Mehmet Doğar. Tuesday 10th March at 18.00 GMT. Pictured: Alfredo Alberti.
Please book your place: mehmet-dogar-presentation.ev…
Images of old Smyrna (Izmir), a new gallery. Here, the military barracks in about 1880. levantineheritage.com/old-sm…
"The Last of the Dragomans: Ferdinand Schirza of Galata (1924-2012)" January 5th at 18.00 GMT. A talk by Dr. Steven Richmond. In-person and online. Free for LHF members. Booking is essential: steven-richmond-presentation… . Image: View from Galata to Stamboul by Warwick Goble (1906)
Zoom lecture by Dr. Deanna Ferree Womack on "Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance" on 10 November 18.00 GMT. Please book here: deanna-womack-presentation.e…. LHF Members attend free.
"Suleyman the Magnificent" a talk by Christopher de Bellaigue. 7 Oct at 18.00 BST in-person and online. Booking essential 38th-lhf-gathering.eventbrit…
"Continuity and change in the British diplomatic service in the Levant: The ‘Levantine’ question and
the lure of antiquities". A Zoom talk by Dr. Lucia Patricio Gunning at 18.00 BST (19.00 CEST) on 29 September. Booking essential: lucia-gunning-presentation.e…. Free for LHF Members.
29 Sep at 18.00 BST - Dr. Lucia Patricia Gunning on "Continuity and change in the British diplomatic service in the Levant: The ‘Levantine’ question and the lure of antiquities".
Booking essential: lucia-gunning-presentation.e…. Free access for LHF Members .
