21-23 June 2012
MCRI Conference "Crossroads between Empires and Peripheries – Knowledge Transfer, Product Exchange and Human Movement in the Indian Ocean World"

2-4 November 2012
IOWC Conference "Textile Trades and Consumption in the Indian Ocean World, from Early Times to the Present"
*Deadline for Call for Papers Extended to 1 July 2012

12-14 November 2012
ARC/MCRI Conference "The Dimensions of the Indian Ocean World Past: Sources and Opportunities for interdisciplinary work in Indian Ocean World History, 9th -19th Centuries"

Michael Ferguson has been awarded a 2012 Turkish Cultural Foundation Fellowship to support his research into the African presence in Izmir in the Late Ottoman period. The Turkish Cultural Foundation sponsors research on subjects related to the art and culture of Turkey, and to studies related to the preservation of Turkey’s artistic and cultural heritage. For more information, see the Foundation's website.