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April 18, 2022
Heisenberg-Projekt PD Dr. habil. Cornel Zwierlein, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, FU Berlin Conference ´Sovereignty. Early Modern Territorial and Maritime Negotiations´...
Cyril VI Tanas is informing Rome about the situation in Palestina after the schism in the Patriarchate of Antioch in 1724 which was creating a deep divide among (Arab speaking) Christians of Greek rite in Syria.  This was setting in move many emigrates, almsseekers, and scholars from East to West affecting many biographies of learned and unlearned.
December 14, 2020
Within the framework of his German Heisenberg-Grant and German Research Foundation Project (GZ Zw 164-7/1 to -9/1) at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, FU Berlin, Cornel...
June 3, 2019
Funded by the Anneliese Maier Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and with support from Yale University, the Humboldt Yale History Network aims to...
April 29, 2019
At the juncture of Africa, Europe, and Asia, the Middle East boasts deserts, mountains, steppes, valleys and river deltas. Across the regiondiverse mammals, reptiles, birds,...
March 27, 2019
The following book review, written by Alan Mikhail, Professor of History, appeared in the Feb. 28 issue of The New York Times: EMPIRES OF THE WEAK: The Real Story of...
Thinking the Early Modern World
May 31, 2018
As part of the official presentation of the Anneliese Maier Research Award to Alan Mikhail on September 12, 2018, Cornel Zwierlein is convening a workshop with the following...
May 15, 2018
Funded by the Anneliese Maier Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and with support from Yale University, the Humboldt Yale History Network aims to...