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LOCATION:The British Academy
SUMMARY: The Natural World and the Making of the Modern Middle East
DESCRIPTION:  The Natural World and the Making of the Modern Middle Eastwith Peter FrankopanThis is an in-person only event, which will take place at the British Academy. Please register in advance This talk looks at the role of nature and the environment and its significance to the geology, geography, religions and histories of the peoples of the modern Middle East. It will explore how new approaches and disciplines can open up new perspectives on understanding and conceptualising continuities and exchange over many centuries – and how this can help illuminate the study of the past.About the speaker:Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University where is Director of the Centre for Byzantine Research and Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College. His books include The Silk Roads: A New History of the World; The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World; and most recently The Earth Transformed: An Untold History.Register: https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/natural-world-and-the-making-of-modern-middle-east/ 
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