A year ago we launched "The Making of the Islamic World." Since then, its 10 episodes have clocked about 125K plays. They are used in classes throughout the world. Yet the audio-only format made processing unfamiliar names & terms more difficult... ottomanhistorypodcast.com/p/…

How did race shape Ottoman Syrian migrants’ journeys to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century? Dr. Randa Tawil joins us to discuss her new book, "Race in Transit," and how race shaped migrants’ lives long before they reached US borders. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

What do environmental features like plants, animals, and climate have to do with the political transformation of the Ottoman Empire? Prof. Zozan Pehlivan joins us to discuss the changing relationships between peasants and pastoralists in Ottoman Kurdistan. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

Parçalı bir maddi miras, boşlukları görünür kılarak nasıl sergilenir? Küratörler Erkal, Sümertaş ve Haris Theodorelis-Rigas'la ANAMED'in (@anamed_ku) Cümle Fener Burada sergisini ve Fenerlilerin İstanbul, Eflak ve Boğdan arasındaki dünyasını konuşuyoruz. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

How can feminist approaches to the body and embodiment change how we write the history of violence? Elyse Semerdjian joins us to discuss her book "Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide" (Stanford University Press, 2023). ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

What did medieval Arabic texts have to do with modern Jewish identity? In this episode, Mostafa Hussein explores “Hebrew Orientalism” and the ways some Jewish scholars engaged with Arabo-Islamic culture during the Hebrew revival. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

The transition to a modern army staffed by conscripts created a new social contract between state and society with the "breadwinner soldier" at the center. Professor Kate Dannies explores the Ottoman Empire's last wars through the lens of family life: ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

Ashley Dimmig joins us to discuss the manifold mysteries of the ornate 18th-c gun once owned by Sultan Mahmud I. These mysteries include questions about its design, its secret compartments, provenance and presenting Ottoman artifacts in an American city. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

WWI brought an end to six centuries of Ottoman rule and in many ways, made the Middle East as it is known today. In his new book, The War That Made the Middle East, Mustafa Aksakal takes a fresh look at the fateful decisions of the empire's last days. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

Astrology has always occupied an uneasy position within Ottoman history. We spoke with Tunç Şen about his new book and how early modern Ottoman astrologers sometimes enjoyed elite positions of authority, and other times struggled to defend thier expertise. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

Season 16 kicks off with a running start and an episode on the multiethnic world of sports in the late Ottoman capital. Listen as Murat Yıldız uncovers how sports as a civic project transformed both minds and bodies. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

Deporting Ottoman Americans Series: A survivor of the Greco-Turkish War, Lafky, like many Ottoman-born Greeks, lived many lives btwn Asia Minor, Athens, & the US. We explore the stories of the Ottoman Greek diaspora in the wake of the Population Exchange: ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

What does canine life reveal about modern Istanbul? In collaboration with Keyman Podcast @NorthwesternU, we spoke with Mine Yıldırım about the intersecting histories of cruelty and compassion towards animals from the late Ottoman period to the present ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

During the Cold War era, Turkish cinema flourished, yet as Jülide Etem argues in Film Diplomacy, the cinematic story of Turkey-US relations began with educational film productions that furthered both American overseas power and Turkish domestic policy. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

Long famous for its medieval Jewish materials, the Cairo Genizah also preserves a rich corpus of later Arabic- and Ottoman Turkish documents. In this episode, Jane Hathaway discusses her open-access book Ottoman-Era Documents from the Cairo Genizah. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

1915’i yalnızca bir olağanüstü kırılma olarak değil, devletin gündelik işleyişi içinde düşünmek mümkün mü? Ümit Kurt’un Kanun ve Nizam Dairesinde kitabından hareketle bürokrasi, faillik & Mustafa Reşat Mimaroğlu’nun izinde devlet mekanizmasını konuşuyoruz. shorturl.at/m88aj

What is Islamic architecture? Prof. Abbey Stockstill, in her book 'Marrakesh and the Mountains,' explores how natural landscapes and agricultural spaces played an equally vital role in the built environment of medieval Morocco. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

Erken Cumhuriyet dönemi fabrikalarında işçi olmak nasıl bir deneyimdi? Bu bölümde Dr. Görkem Akgöz ile (@gorkem_akgoz) Osmanlı ve Türkiye sanayi kapitalizminin gelişimi hakkında yeni sorular soruyoruz. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

In 'The Turkishness Contract,' Barış Ünlü studies the historical process by which Turkishness developed between the state and its citizens. We explore its late Ottoman roots and the often unspoken behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs that govern Turkishness. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

We spoke to Elizabeth Varon about James Longstreet, the rebel-turned-diplomat who resided in Istanbul during Sultan Abdul Hamid II's reign. We also discussed what Longstreet's experiences reveal about America in the world in the shadow of the Civil War 👇ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…

The word "refugee" might conjure images of families devastated by war. But what happens when asylum seekers do not conform to that image? In this episode, Sophia Balakian is back to share an anthropologist's perspective on the history of migration. ottomanhistorypodcast.com/20…