‘A Syrian diasporic private archive: the Mishaqa family collection’
The Mishaqas have been a prominent Christian family in Lebanon and Syria since the mid-eighteenth century. Their most celebrated member, Mikha’il Mishaqa (1800-1888), was a ‘Renaissance man’ of Ottoman Syria: polymath, diplomat, religious controversialist, financier, physician. Later generations of the family have continued to play important roles both in the Levant and in the diaspora. I will present some aspects of their rich family archive, which family members generously shared with me during my recent research for a book on Mikha’il Mishaqa; and discuss plans for making this unique resource, now dispersed in a number of international locations, available to scholars and the public.
Date:
25 January 2024, 11:15 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Venue:
Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details:
Old Common Room
Speaker:
Dr Peter Hill (Northumbria)
Organising department:
Faculty of History
Organiser:
John-Paul Ghobrial
Part of:
Religion and Mobility in Late Ottoman and Modern Middle Eastern History (The ‘Moving Stories’ Seminar)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Belinda Clark,
Alexia Lewis
