Oct. 1 & 29. Talks by visiting scholars.

Oct. 1: Howard University history professor Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi on “Imagine Lagos: Rethinking the Histories of West African Cities in the 19th Century.”

Oct. 29: Vanderbilt University history professor Samuel Dolbee discusses the history of Turkish fruit orchards in “Ottoman Roots.”

4–6 p.m., 1014 Tisch Hall, 435 S. State. Free. (734) 615–7400.