Leading historian of the Middle East and Rice University Professor Ussama Makdisi is the guest of the first program of the seminar series “A Common Horizon for Humanity and the Planet”, which will be broadcasted live on the Cappadocia University YouTube channel on Thursday, October 28 at 19:30, Turkish time. Professor Makdisi studies modern Arab history, US-Arab relations, Ottoman history, history of missionaries and sectarianism. He is the author of “Age of Coexistence”, “Faith Misplaced”, “Artillery of Heaven: American Missionaries and The Failed Conversion of the Middle East” and “Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon”. The conversation will be on the topic of “Decolonizing Arab History.” The program will be moderated by Professor Cemil Aydın, Professor of the Department of History at the University of North Carolina. With Makdisi, “What should be done for predictions and a better future for the future of humanity and our planet?” subject will be discussed.World-renowned thinker and Rice University History Department Professor Ussama Makdisi is the guest of the first program of the project titled “Decolonizing Arab History”, which will be broadcast live on the Cappadocia University Youtube channel on Thursday, October 28 at 19:30. Professor Makdisi, who studies modern Arab history, US-Arab states relations, Ottoman history, history of missionaries and sectarianism, has translated “Age of Coexistence”, “Faith Misplaced”, “Artillery of Heaven: American Missionaries and The Failed Conversion of”. The Middle East” and “Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon”. The program will be moderated by Professor Cemil Aydın, Professor of the Department of History at the University of North Carolina. With Makdisi, “What should be done for predictions and a better future for the future of humanity and our planet?” subject will be discussed.