Today's Events | Alumni Hall, 111
Sometimes framed as a vital inheritance, sometimes as an object of nostalgia, and still other times as a relic of backwardness, the Ottoman past has long been an object of debate and contestation in 20th century Turkey. In this talk, "Scaling Heritage: Urban Governance and Struggles Over the Ottoman Past in Istanbul," Timur Hammond looks at one especially important moment in that debate: the district of Eyüp in the 1990s and 2000s. Looking at the changing role of municipal governance, Hammond both shows how these urban debates mirrored broader cultural fault lines and offers a more nuanced reading of the motivations behind municipal actors’ conservation efforts.Timur Hammond is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. A cultural and urban geographer, he has published widely on topics including Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt, the artist and scholar Ahmet Süheyl Ünver, and the geographies of translation. His first book, Placing Islam: Geographies of Connection in 20th Century Istanbul, was published open access in 2023 by the University of California Press.This event is part of the Middle Eastern Cities in Conflict series organized by the Peace and Conflcit Studies Program. It is cosponsored by the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies program, the geography department, and the architecture concentration in art and art history.

Today's Events | Chapel House, Chapel House Library
We invite you to join us at Chapel House on Wednesday evenings to enjoy some vegan chili and relaxation with Lily, our certified therapy dog!

Today's Events | Shaw Wellness Institute, Lounge
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Please contact Stephen Elfenbein (selfenbein@colgate.edu) with any questions.

Today's Events | Saperstein Jewish Center
Join the Colgate Jewish Union in the Saperstein Center every Wednesday night to study, relax, play board games, and eat pizza!

Today's Events | Hamilton Movie Theater
It's the year 2257 and a taxi driver has been unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity. The Fifth Element takes place in a futuristic metropolitan city and is filmed in a French comic book aesthetic by a British, French and American lineup.CAST: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Luke PerryDIRECTOR: Luc BessonRUN TIME: 126 min

Today's Events | Bernstein Hall, Experimental Exhibition and Performance Studio
On April 8, 2024, a solar eclipse transited across central New York - its path of totality falling only a few miles from Colgate's campus. Spectating this astronomical phenomenon became a mass social event: nearly a million people flocked to the region.Watch Party, an immersive multi-channel video installation, recreates this event, capturing the scene on the ground rather than the skies.Co-sponsored by Alternative Cinema and Film and Media Studies