October 23, 2013, 2:30pm: Dr. Tim Stanley, Senior curator, Department of Islamic Middle East at Victoria and Albert Museum, "The Gun of Sultan Mahmud I in Baltimore."
Dr. Stanley is a Senior Curator in the Middle East Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK.
November 5, 2013, 2:30pm: Dr. Karin Adahl, Uppsala University, "The Ottoman heritage in Sweden and the Celsing collection."
Prof. Dr. Karin Adahl is an art historian and served as the director in the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul between 2003 and 2008.
December 3, 2013, 2:30pm: Dr. Johann Pillai, Director, Sidestreets Educational and Cultural Initiatives, "The Lost Turkish Pavilion of Expo '58."
Dr. Johann Pillai is an independent scholar and the director of Sidestreets in Lefkoşa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
January 14, 2014, 2:30pm: Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy, TCF Senior Scholar in Residence, "Surname-i Hümayun."
March 11, 2014, 2:30pm: Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy, TCF Senior Scholar in Residence, "Turkish Lifestyle at the Dolmabahçe Palace."
Turkish Lectures:
October 24, 2013, 4:30pm: Şennur Şentürk, curator, Yapı Kredi Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, "Anadolu'nun Arkeoloji Tarihini Sergilerle Anlatmak (Telling the Archeological History of Anatolia through Exhibtions)."
Şennur Şentürk is an exhibition curator and museum director of the Yapi Kredi Museum.
November 6, 2013, 4:30pm: Dr. M. Sinan Genim, TAÇ Foundation, "19. Yüzyılda Boğaziçi(The Bosphorus in the 19th Century)."
Dr. M. Sinan Genim is an architect, academician and President of TAÇ Foundation (Turkey Monument Environmental Tourism Values Conservation Foundation).
December 4, 2013, 4:30pm: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Özer, Bahçeşehir University, "Edirne Sarayı: Kazılar, Araştırmalar ve Restorasyon Çalışmaları (The Edirne Palace: Excavations, Research and Restoration Efforts)."
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Özer has been teaching at Bahçeşehir University. Since 2009, he has been leading the excavation project of Edirne Yeni Sarayı as the project director.
February 11, 2014, 4:30pm: Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy, TCF Senior Scholar in Residence, "Osmanlı Sarayı'nda Giyim (Ottoman Imprerial Garments)."
April 8, 2014, 4:30pm: Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy, TCF Senior Scholar in Residence, "Topkapı Sarayı Harem (The Harem at Topkapi Palace)."