In the second session of the Entangled Histories seminar series, Ester Cristaldi from Üsküdar Üniversitesi Faculty of Communication discussed medieval riddles in the Byzantine and Islamic world in the context of language, sensation, and sacredness. The public seminar was met with great interest from the audience.
The second meeting of the seminar series titled “Entangled Histories: Borders and Cultural Encounters from the Medieval to the Contemporary Era,” organized in collaboration with Dr. Lecturer Maria Pia Ester Cristaldi from Üsküdar Üniversitesi and Elisa Ramazzina from Insubria University, took place online on December 3, 2025. At the event, Ester Cristaldi, a faculty member of Üsküdar Üniversitesi Faculty of Communication, met with participants with her presentation titled “Perceiving the Divine from the Margins: Sensory Experience, Linguistic and Theological Boundaries in Byzantine and Islamic Medieval Riddles.” Focusing on riddles used in medieval Islamic and Byzantine cultures, Cristaldi explored from an interdisciplinary perspective how these texts questioned the boundaries between sensory experience and theological knowledge.
The open-to-participation Entangled Histories seminar series will continue to provide a discussion platform on various cultural and historical encounters until the summer months. All events are open to non-academic participants as well.
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