Of Trojans and Turks: the politics of retelling a myth
Wed 2 Dec · In-person public event (MAR.2.08 · WC2A
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LSE Skip to main content 2 Dec Of Trojans and Turks: the politics of retelling a myth Hosted by Contemporary Turkish Studies at LSE and the British Association for Turkish Area Studies (BATAS) In-person public event (MAR.2.08, Marshall Building) Wednesday 2 December 2026 6pm - 7.30pm Speaker Naoíse Mac Sweeney Chair Professor Yaprak Gürsoy In this year's BATAS John Martin Annual Lecture, Naoíse Mac Sweeney explores why the story of Troy has never just been a story, but always also about the politics of civilisation, and where the Turks sit within that history.
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