Ottoman History Podcast
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The Rise of the American Deportation State
Episode 371 with Emily Pope-Obedahosted by Chris Gratien Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In recent decades, the US has come to deport hundreds of thousands of people every year. However, the roots of the laws and institutions
Deporting Ottoman Americans
Episode 370 narrated by Chris GratienChief Consultant: Emily Pope-ObedaScript Editor: Sam Dolbeewith additional contributions by Torrie Hester and Devin Naar Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Most Americans descend from people b
The Sultan's Eunuch
Episode 369 with Jane Hathawayhosted by Sanja Kadrić and Emily Neumeier Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud For more than three centuries, a cadre of African eunuchs were responsible for guarding the Ottoman harem at the imperial p
Writing History in Historic Times
Episode 368 with Omar Mohammednarrated by Sam Dolbee Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud What does it mean to study the past in the midst of momentous change in the present? In this special episode, we discuss history and history-
The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine
Episode 367 with Salim Tamarihosted by Sam Dolbee Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Nationalism has greatly influenced the way we think about Palestinian history. In this episode, Salim Tamari discusses this question in relation
George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine
Episode 366 with Greg Thomashosted by Shireen Hamza Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud How did a poem by Palestinian poet, Samih al-Qasim, come to be known and published under George Jackson's name, in English translation? Geo
Medicine and Muslim Modernity in China
Episode 365 with John Chenhosted by Shireen Hamza and Nir Shafir Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In the early twentieth century, Muslim modernizers all over the world were making new claims about Islam, and the Muslims of China
Reading the Venetian Qur'an
Episode 364 with Pier Mattia Tommasinohosted by Maryam Patton and Shireen Hamza Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Today’s scholars of early modern Europe continue to explore the myriad ways in which Islam and Middle Eastern cult
Istanbul and the Ottoman Olfactory Heritage
Episode 363 with Lauren Davishosted by Susanna Ferguson Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud What did Istanbul's Spice Bazaar smell like in Ottoman times? In this episode, we explore the historical smellscape of this iconic mark
Slavery and Servitude in the Ottoman Mediterranean
Episode 362 with M’hamed Oualdi & Hayri Gökşin Özkorayhosted by Andreas Guidi Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Our latest podcast in collaboration with The Southeast Passage examines how slavery flourished in the Ottoman Medite