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depth through breadth IASH gathers scholars from a diverse mix of disciplines to examine research into some of the most pressing cultural issues of the day
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history graduate student sits alone before an audience of a dozen professors and a few students, a large turn-of-the-century map of Turkey projected behind him. As he talks about migration patterns between the Ottoman Empire and the United States — his thesis — the audience pelts him with questions and new ideas: Why do you think the agrarian enclave developed in the West? Why would an immigrant take such a circuitous route? What
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Harpur College of Arts and Sciences
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did it mean to be a citizen of Turkey? This is the second time in a year David Gutman presented, and defended, his research to the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), and he loves it. “It’s a very challenging yet supportive environment,” he says. “I always get new ideas.” Nearly every Wednesday, IASH gathers scholars from a diverse mix of disciplines to examine research on some of the most pressing scholarly issues of the day: political trends in