Will Smiley is Assistant Professor in the Humanities Program (Dept. of Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies). He is a historian of the Middle East, Eurasia, the Ottoman Empire, and international law.
What
has international law, and especially the law of war, meant historically in the
Middle East? Professor Smiley's First Monday talk will look at how the Ottoman Empire worked out the rules that
transformed slaves into prisoners of war, and what this means for our
understanding of international law today.
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The Center for the Humanities hosts First Monday events at the Three Chimneys Inn in Durham.
These center around short, informal talks by faculty members, designed to
give colleagues a window into their work. We reserve time at the end for
questions and conversation.