THE JOURNEY OF The FIG IN THE MEDITERRANEAN -III

The third conference of the conference series entitled Journey of the Fig in the Mediterranean was held on 22 September 2018 at the Izmir Sanat Hall.

The conference, entitled “The Fig: From Basic Food of People to Commodity in the Market”, was moderated by Professor Alp Yücel Kaya and with participation by Associate Professor Elias Kolovos and Dr. Erkan Serçe. Kolovos’ paper focused on the Ottoman era nutritional practices along with fig and fig stories in Ottoman records about Aegean coasts and islands. Serçe discussed the meaning of figs for producers, commercial bourgeoisie and laborers during the period between 1850 and 1925, and questioned the ways in which the city of Izmir was affected by this network of relations.

The conference series of “The Journey of the Fig in the Mediterranean” was completed with three conferences that we organized.