The peculiar demise of pluralism in the Eastern Mediterranean (Istanbul)

I was delighted to give a lecture and workshop for Turkish students and cultural workers as part of the Summer School at the Swedish Institute Istanbul titled: Remembering and Coexisting in Turkey and the Eastern Meditteranean. We focussed primarily on Istanbul and Alexandria, discussing how the latter has become a bellweather for the erosion of pluralism, and how Istanbul understands this “demise” of Alexandria, and the warning it serves it and other cities.