Programme

9:00-9:30 Greetings & Opening Remarks:

• Prof. Reuven Amitai, Dean – Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
• Prof. Olivier Tourny, Director of CRFJ (Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem) , Jerusalem
• Prof. emer. Jacob Landau, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem: Opening Remarks

• 9:30-10:00 Prof. Dr. Christoph Herzog (Universität Bamberg) & Dr. Richard Wittmann (Orient-Institut Istanbul):
  Sources and Methodological Issues With Regard to Ottoman Ego Documents

10:00-10:15 Coffee Break

Session 1: Istanbul in Focus

Discussant: Dr. Eyal Ginio, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

• 10:15-10:45 Prof. David M. Bunis, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem: The Memoirs of Eliya Karmona, 1869-1935

• 10:45-11:15 Dr. Yaron Ben-Naeh, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem: A Jerusalemite Journalist in Istanbul

• 11:15-11:45 Dr. Dov Hacohen, BAR Ilan University, Ramat-Gan: Ladino Sources on Late Ottoman Istanbul

• 11:45-12:15 Mr. Benny Zipper, editor, Haaretz, Tel-Aviv: Family Memories from Istanbul and the Levantine Culture

12:15-13:45 Lunch Break

Session 2: Approaches and Experiences with Ego Documents

Discussant: Dr. Avner Levy, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

• 13:45-14:15 Dr. Nilüfer Hatemi, Yeditepe University, Istanbul: "History of the Capital of Asia and the Turks ..."

• 14:15-14:45 Prof. Dr. Marie-Christine Bornes Varol, INALCO, Paris: Ottoman Society in Eliya Carmona's
  Literary Memoirs "Komo nasyo Eliyah Karmona, komo se engrandesyo i komo se izo direktor del Djugeton"

• 14:45-15:15 Dr. Michal Held, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem: Personal Narratives of Women

15:15-15:30 Coffee Break

• 15:30-16:00 Dr. Johann Strauss (Université de Strasbourg): In Search of Individuals: Experiences Made
  During the Work on a Bio-Bibliographical Dictionary of Non-Muslim Authors in the Ottoman Empire

16:00-17:00 Comments & Discussion

Discussant: Prof. Amy Singer, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv