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Programme 2008-2009 du S&#233;minaire d'Etudes Urbaines Ottomanes, ZMO Berlin-EUMEZMO-EUMEChaired by Prof. Ulrike Freitag and Dr. Nora LafiAnnual Theme 2008-2009 : Daily life in Ottoman TownsTwice a MonthMondays 17:00-19.00Starting November 17, 2008November 17, 2008: Ulrike Freitag and Nora LafiIntroduction: Daily life in Ottoman Towns: Historiographical Stakes and new Research FieldsNovember 24, 2008: Vangelis Kechriotis (Bogazici University, Fellow of Europe in the Middle East &#8211; The Middle East in Europe 2008/09): &#8220;Buy your bread on Saturday!&#34; Aspects of Every Day Relations between Christians and Muslims in Izmir during the Second Constitutional Period&#8221;December 8, 2008: Feras Kremsty (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften): &#8220;Daily Life Conflictuality in Ottoman Aleppo: Confessional Communities, Petitions and Social Regulation&#8221;January 12, 2009: Cengiz Kirli (Bogazici University, Istanbul): &#8220;News and Popular Opinions in Mid-nineteenth century Ottoman Istanbul&#8221;January 26, 2009: Mohsen Shuman (Zaqaziq University, Cairo): &#8220;Daily Life in ottoman Cairo: what Court Records Teach about Labour, Neighbourhood andFamily Relations&#8221;February 9, 2009: Johan Buessow (Research Centre 586 &#34;Difference and Integration,&#34;Universities of Leipzig and Halle-Wittenberg): &#8220;Street Politics in Damascus: Popular Unrest during the Period of Egyptian Rule, 1831-1840&#8221;February 16, 2009: Donald Quataert (State University of New-York at Binghamton): &#8220;An Ottoman Rashemon and the Telling of History: the coalfield town of Eregli as seen through a Corruption Court Case&#8221;March 2, 2009: Fatiha Loualich (Algiers University): &#8220;Street life in Ottoman Algiers: Kinship, Property and Social Order&#8221;March 16, 2009: Dalenda Largueche (Manouba University, Tunis): &#8220;Women's Daily Life in Tunis 18 th -19th Century: Gender Subordination and Justice Negociation&#8221;April 20, 2009: Johann Strauss (Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg):&#8220;Linguistic Diversity and Every Day Life in Ottoman Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans&#34;May 4, 2009: Selcuk Dursun (Istanbul, Fellow of Europe in the Middle East &#8211; The Middle East in Europe 2008/09): &#8220;Wood for Living and Timber for Fraud: Everyday Politics of Corruption in Trabzon in the late 19 th Century&#8221;May 18, 2009: Ismael Montana (Northern Illinois University, Fellow of Europe in the Middle East &#8211; The Middle East in Europe 2008/09): &#8220;Ethno-Religious Contours of West African Households in the Ottoman Regency of Tunis, 1738-1860s ca.&#8221;June 8, 2009: Christoph, Herzog (University of Bamberg): &#8220;Trivia of Late Ottoman Daily Life&#8221;June 22, 2009: Ulrike Freitag and Nora Lafi: ConclusionVenue:Conference HallZentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)Kirchweg 3314129 Berlin-NikolasseeParticipants are asked to register at the following address:Dr. Nora Lafinora.lafi@rz.hu-berlin.deTelefon (+49) (0) 30 80307- 0The seminar is part of the activities of the Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) and of 'Cities Compared: Cosmopolitanism in the Mediterranean and Adjacent Regions', a research field within 'Europe in the Middle East &#8211; The Middle East in Europe' (EUME), a research program of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.For more information please visit:http://www.zmo.dehttp://www.eume-berlin.dehttp://www.h-net.msu.edu/~mediter