Ottoman History Podcast

Ottoman History Podcast


Orientalism in the Ottoman Empire

January 26, 2019

Episode 399 with Zeynep Çelikhosted by Zeinab Azarbadegan and Matthew Ghazarian Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud How did the Ottomans react to European attitudes and depictions of their own lands? Pondering on the groundbreaking book 'Orientalism' by Edward Said forty years after its publication, our guest Zeynep Çelik discusses the ways in which urban, art, and architectural historians have grappled with representations of the Ottomans by Europeans and representations of Ottomans by Ottomans themselves. Telling us about a number of paintings, monuments, scholarly writings and stories, she argues that Orientalism is still relevant and with us wherever we go. « Click for More »