# al Bustani's Arabic Encyclopedia (1870s-1880s) and the Global Production of Knowledge in the Late Ottoman Levant #### calendar\_today Date and Time **March 20, 2017** 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Robinson Hall, Lower Level Library, Harvard Yard, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA** **The Weatherhead Initiative on Global History** presents **Ilham Khuri Makdisi** Associate Professor, Northeastern University Commentator: **Leila Fawaz**, Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese & Eastern Mediteranean Studies, Tufts University Graduate student commentator: **Joan Chaker**, PhD Candidate in History The precirculated paper will be available on the [course website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/16556) (Harvard ID required) or by request to one week ahead of the talk. **Contact:** See also:- [ Non-CMES Event ](/eventseries/non-cmes-event) - [ History ](/research-field/history) - [ Literature ](/research-field/literature) - [ Levant ](/research-region/levant) - [ Turkey ](/research-region/turkey) - [ 2016-17 ](/academic-year/2016-17) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/node/978441/event-feed.ics) Copy link link