Voyvoda Street Lectures 2004-2005
The Voyvoda Street Lectures, ongoing since 2000, continue this season with a lecture presented every Wednesday of the month, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., on one of 4 main themes: economic history, Istanbul, music and politics and objects and rituals
Please click here for the Voyvoda Street Lectures 2004-2005 October-December program.
The Making of Modern Turkey Seminars 2004-2005
First introduced in 2003-2004, the Making of Modern Turkey Seminars are held every third Saturday of the month. Organized in association with Bogaziçi University, the seminars examine the transition from Empire to nation-state and the legal, individual, and economic variables of this process. This season, the focus is on the population exchange between Greece and Turkey within the context of the "Turkifikation" of the economy.
Please click here for the Making of Modern Turkey Seminars 2004-2005 program.
Both Shores of the Aegean
Third Friday of each month 3:00- 5:30
This season, The Ottoman Bank Museum is hosting a series of monthly seminars entitled "Economy and Society on Both Shores of the Aegean", organized in collaboration with Alpha Bank and the History Department at Bogaziçi University.
Focusing on the Greek-Orthodox populations during the late Ottoman period and the first decades of the Republic, the seminars will address issues concerning ethnic and civic identity, inter-communal relations, urban culture, educational policies, commercial activities, social networks, the exchange of populations, and the Patriarchate. Seminar speakers will provide comprehensive information on these topics with special emphasis on the historical past of the region.
Admission to the seminars, which will be held in English, is free.
Please click here for the program.
Modernism, City, and Empire
 Within the framework of a program designed by the Ottoman Bank Museum to bring Turkish academics working abroad before Istanbul audiences, Prof. Zeynep Çelik will be giving a presentation entitled "Modernism, City and Empire", addressing the process of urban change and the concept of modernism in an Ottoman context. The lecture is scheduled for Tuesday, October 19, at 5:30 p.m.
In her lecture, Zeynep Çelik will provide a comparative analysis of the urban changes occurring in the second half of the 19th century, in the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire, and those taking place in the French colonies in Northern Africa. She will also investigate the transformation and modernization of public spaces in provincial capitals of the Empire such as Damascus, Beirut, Tripoli (Libya), Algiers, and Tunis.
Pride and Privilege an Exhibition of Ottoman Orders and Decorations
 From September 28 through December 26, the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre is hosting Pride and Privilege An Exhibition of Ottoman Orders and Decorations which will focus on one of the most interesting and colorful aspects of Ottoman history. The exhibition, curated by Prof. Edhem Eldem, from the Department of History at Bogaziçi University, and designed by Bülent Erkmen, presents the 120 year-long adventure of the tradition of orders and decorations in the Ottoman Empire.
Prof. Edhem Eldem recounts the tradition of Ottoman orders and decorations...
 Our new publication, Pride and Privilege- A History of Ottoman Orders, Medals and Decorations, is the accompanying catalogue of the special exhibition of Ottoman orders and decorations on view at the Museum from September 28 through December 26. Illustrated with real-size reproductions of each of the items discussed, the book retraces the fascinating history of Ottoman decorations with a particular emphasis on their historical significance, symbolism and meaning.
Prize Competition for Research on the History of Banking and Finance 2004-2005
Unveiling the History of Banking and Finance 2004-2005...
 Jointly organized by the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre, the European Association of Banking and Financial History e.V., and the History Foundation of Turkey, the History of Banking and Finance Competition aims to promote academic research on Turkish banking, finance, and economic history from Ottoman times to the present and to establish a tradition in this field. Sponsored by the Ottoman Bank in its inaugural year, support for the competition, now in its third year, is provided by the Garanti Bank.
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