Ottoman History Podcast

Ottoman History Podcast


Latest Episodes

Gender, Capitalism, and Democracy in Modern Arab Thought
September 30, 2024

with Susanna Ferguson hosted by Chris Gratien | What does the history of modern Arab political thought look like from the perspective of women authors? In this podcast, we sit down with longtime Ottom

Religion, Science, and an Arab Renaissance Man
September 16, 2024

with Peter Hill hosted by Matthew Ghazarian | Across the 19th century Arab East, or Mashriq, there were two simultaneous but seemingly contradictory trends afoot. On the one hand, new ways of understa

Ottoman Passports
September 05, 2024

with lkay Ylmaz hosted by Sam Dolbee | Passports are objects at once momentous and mundane. How did they come about in the late Ottoman Empire? In this episode, lkay Ylmaz discusses the history of

North Caucasian Refugees and the Late Ottoman State
August 29, 2024

with Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky hosted by Chris Gratien & Can Gm | During the late 19th and early 20th century, tens of millions of migrants crossed the seas, settling in the Americas and beyond

An Ottoman Imam in Brazil
April 11, 2024

with Ali Kulez hosted by Sam Dolbee | In 1866, a series of unexpected events led to an Ottoman imam by the name of Abd al-Rahman al-Baghdadi ending up in Rio de Janeiro. In this episode, Ali Kulez exp

Media of the Masses in Modern Egypt
April 01, 2024

with Andrew Simon, Alia Mossallam, and Ziad Fahmy hosted by Chris Gratien | The Egyptian revolution of 2011 is one of the most spectacular examples of how social media has played a pivotal role in pol

Nazareth, the Nakba, and the Remaking of Palestinian Politics
March 24, 2024

with Leena Dallasheh hosted by Chris Gratien | As an Arab city inside the 1948 borders of Israel, Nazareth defies many of the general narratives of both Israeli and Palestinian histories. But as our g

Geç Osmanlı’da Materyalizm, Psikoloji ve Duygular Tarihi
March 10, 2024

eyma Afacan Sunucu: Can Gm | Bu blmde, Dr. eyma Afacan ile ge Osmanlda biyolojik materyalizm, psikolojinin geliimi ve Afacann bir ezber bozma alan olarak niteledii duygular tarihi ze

The Economics of the Armenian Genocide in Aintab
February 26, 2024

with mit Kurt hosted by Sam Dolbee | What were the economic forces that drove the violence of the Armenian genocide? In this episode, historian mit Kurt speaks about his research on the role of prop

Nasser, Nubia, and the Stories of a People
February 04, 2024

with Alia Mossallam hosted by Chris Gratien | In 1952, a coup d'tat led by Gamal Abdel Nasser ushered in a revolutionary period of Egyptian history in which sound played an integral role in shapi