WELCOME FROM THE COMMITTEE
Dear Friends,
A very warm welcome to the long-awaited 10th Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East conference. We are delighted to welcome you in person and online to this meeting. Back in 2016, at our previous gathering in Odense, we were just absorbing the shock of the Brexit vote and trying to understand the ramifications of that. And then came Covid, and the global tragedy and misery it still brings. Now, in 2022, we have the unmitigated horror of President Putin's invasion of Ukraine, an unwarranted act of war that we wholeheartedly condemn. Against this ongoing tragedy in Ukraine, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on our good fortune in being able to gather once more and to share our love and enthusiasm for research and for freedom of action and expression. We have delegates and attendees from across the globe, and our subject encompasses immense chronological, geographical, religious and cultural diversity. We look forward to learning, to sharing new ideas, to disagreeing with one another and, simply, to engaging in our collective passion for our subject.
The SSCLE Committee
WELCOME FROM THE COMMITTEE
Dear Friends,
A very warm welcome to the long-awaited 10th Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East conference. We are delighted to welcome you in person and online to this meeting. Back in 2016, at our previous gathering in Odense, we were just absorbing the shock of the Brexit vote and trying to understand the ramifications of that. And then came Covid, and the global tragedy and misery it still brings. Now, in 2022, we have the unmitigated horror of President Putin's invasion of Ukraine, an unwarranted act of war that we wholeheartedly condemn. Against this ongoing tragedy in Ukraine, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on our good fortune in being able to gather once more and to share our love and enthusiasm for research and for freedom of action and expression. We have delegates and attendees from across the globe, and our subject encompasses immense chronological, geographical, religious and cultural diversity. We look forward to learning, to sharing new ideas, to disagreeing with one another and, simply, to engaging in our collective passion for our subject.
The SSCLE Committee