Come join the Armenian Studies Program for its presentation of The Rise of the Western Armenian Diaspora in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire. It traces how Armenian migrants changed the demographic and cultural landscape of Istanbul and Western Anatolia in the course of the 17th century. In subsequent centuries, Ottoman Armenian merchants, financiers (sarrafs), authors, musicians, translators, printers and bureaucrats would play key roles in Ottoman trade, art and even governance — that is, in most spheres of the empire’s economic and cultural life.

Date: Thursday, Jan. 26
Time: 7 - 8 p.m.
Location: University Business Center or YouTube Live
Link: YouTube Live

For more information, contact Barlow Der Mugrdechian at barlowd@csufresno.edu or visit Armenian Studies website.