Fatma Müge Göçek, professor of sociology and women's studies at the University of Michigan, spoke at Cornell April 7, 2015 as part of the Ottoman & Turkish Studies Initiative's year-long speaker series, WWI in the Ottoman Empire.

Yücel Yanikdag of Richmond University spoke at Cornell March 17, 2015 as part of the Ottoman & Turkish Studies Initiative's year-long speaker series, WWI in the Ottoman Empire.