Ottoman History Podcast

Ottoman History Podcast


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The Rise of the American Deportation State
August 17, 2018

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
August 09, 2018

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
August 05, 2018

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
July 26, 2018

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
July 17, 2018

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
July 11, 2018

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
July 01, 2018

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
June 26, 2018

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
June 22, 2018

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
May 15, 2018

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