Ottoman History Podcast

Ottoman History Podcast


Latest Episodes

Hadith Interpretation from Andalusia to South Asia
February 11, 2019

Episode 401 with Joel Blecherhosted by Shireen Hamza and Chris Gratien Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Since the early centuries of Islam, Muslims have put tremendous effort into knowing and verifying reports of what the Prophe

Forging Islamic Science
February 02, 2019

Episode 400 with Nir Shafirhosted by Suzie Ferguson Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, Nir Shafir talks about the problem of "fake minatures" of Islamic science: small paintings that look old, but are ac

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

Turkish Economic Development Since 1820
January 17, 2019

Episode 398 with Şevket Pamukhosted by Matthew Ghazarian Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud What forces have governed Turkey's economic growth over the past two centuries? In this episode we speak with Şevket Pamuk about devel

Crisis and Development in 20th Century Iraq
January 08, 2019

Episode 397 with Sara Pursleyhosted by Susanna Ferguson Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud What is "development?" What can we learn about this key concept of the 20th century world by looking at it through the history o

Imagining and Narrating Plague in the Ottoman World
January 03, 2019

Episode 396 with Orhan Pamuk and Nükhet Varlık featuring A. Tunç Şen presented by Sam Dolbee Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this special episode, novelist Orhan Pamuk and historian Nükhet Varlık discuss how to write about

Autonomy and Resistance in Ottoman Kurdistan
December 29, 2018

Episode 395 with Metin Atmacahosted by Matthew Ghazarian Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Zones of autonomy and resistance make up the region historically called Kurdistan - areas that can include parts of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Tu

Secret Archives and Sacred Texts in Gujarat
December 23, 2018

Episode 394 with Olly Akkermanhosted by Nir Shafir Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud How do you conduct research on an archive you can’t talk about? This was the problem faced by our guest Olly Akkerman on her research trip to Gu

Excavating Pre-Islamic Arabic
December 12, 2018

Episode 393 with Elias Muhannahosted by Sarah Baldwin Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, Sarah Baldwin talks with Elias Muhanna about an essay he wrote for the New Yorker in May 2018 in which he describes recent

II. Meşrutiyet İstanbul'unda Sosyalist Rumlar ve İşçiler
December 07, 2018

Bölüm 392 Stefo Benlisoy Sunucu: Önder Akgül Podcast'i indir Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Bu bölümde Stefo Benlisoy ile II. Meşrutiyet döneminde Osmanlı sosyalist ve işçi hareketinin oluşumunu ve gelişimini konuşup Osmanlı'daki sosyalis