(5 December 2016) The point of intersection for all cultures and link between Europe and Asia is a gateway to the Black sea: The Turkish territory has been the centre of great Empires. Anatolia as the point of intersection of Byzantines, Ottomans and Persians, will be the focus of a workshop organised by the Italian Embassy in Ankara in collaboration with Bilkent University of Ankara and the Iranian Embassy. Italian, Iranian and Turkish docents and keynote speaker Ilber Ortayh- one of the most well-known Turkish historians- will be at the conference the 7th of December at 14:30 at Bilkent University. Among the speakers, Luca Zavagno a graduate of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2002) with a thesis on “The Byzantine City (V-IX century): the cases of Nauplia, Amastris, Apamea of Syria” and currently professor at Bilkent University. Zavagno is a historian of Medieval Europe and Mediterranean. His specialisations include the history and archaeology of Byzantium, the history of Islam and the history of the eastern Cypriote Mediterranean from the 6th and to the 10th century. (Sip)
