Hebrew Orientalism in Late Ottoman and British Palestine
with Mostafa Hussein hosted by Chris Gratien | Zionism, as a cultural and political movement of Hebrew revival, sought to forge a connection between the modern Jewish people and a deep past located in...
View ArticleBreadwinner Soldiers in the Ottoman Empire
with Kate Dannies hosted by Sam Dolbee and Can Gümüş | For the last century of its history, the Ottoman army fought war after war for the survival of the empire. In this episode, Kate Dannies explores...
View ArticleThe Jeweled Gun of Sultan Mahmud I
with Ashley Dimmig hosted by Abbey Stockstill and Musa Kazım Azimli | The jewel-encrusted musket of Mahmud I is one of the most popular pieces at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. In this episode,...
View ArticleWWI and the End of the Ottoman Empire
with Mustafa Aksakal hosted by Chris Gratien and Sıla Önder | The First World War brought an end to six centuries of Ottoman imperial rule and in many ways, made the Middle East region as it is known...
View ArticleAstrologers and Authority in the Ottoman Empire
with A. Tunç Şen hosted by Maryam Patton | What did it mean to know the future in the early modern Ottoman Empire? And who had the authority to interpret the heavens? In this episode, A. Tunç Şen...
View ArticleThe Ottoman World of Sports
with Murat Yıldız hosted by Sam Dolbee | In the late Ottoman capital, imperial politics became a field of collaboration and competition between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities, especially in...
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All's Fair in Love and War
Lafky entered the United States as a teenager on false pretenses, when her cousin presented her to immigration authorities as his legal wife. A decade later, when her real marriage devolved into a...
View ArticleBetween Care and Violence: The Dogs of Istanbul
with Mine Yıldırım hosted by Önder Eren Akgül | What does canine life reveal about the human worlds of modern Istanbul? In this special collaboration with Keyman Podcast at Northwestern University, we...
View ArticleFilm Diplomacy in Turkey-US Relations
with Ayşehan Jülide Etem hosted by Chris Gratien and Sıla Önder | During the Cold War period, Turkish cinema flourished, as American films entered local theaters, television sets, and the studios of...
View ArticleThe Ottoman Genizah
with Jane Hathaway hosted by Maryam Patton | What can a single, discarded scrap of paper reveal about life in Ottoman-era Cairo? In this episode, Jane Hathaway discusses her open-access book...
View ArticleSoykırımın Bürokrasisi
Ümit Kurt Sunucu: Can Gümüş | Bu bölümde Ümit Kurt’un Aras Yayıncılık’tan çıkan kitabı Kanun ve Nizam Dairesinde: Soykırım Teknokratı Mustafa Reşat Mimaroğlu’nun İzinde Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyet’e Devlet...
View ArticleArchitecture and Environment in the Medieval Maghreb
with Abbey Stockstill hosted by Chris Gratien | What is Islamic architecture? In this follow-up to our ten-part seires on The Making of the Islamic World, we explore that question with Prof. Abbey...
View ArticleOsmanlı ve Türkiye Sanayileşme Tarihi
Görkem Akgöz Sunucu: Can Gümüş | Bu bölümde Dr. Görkem Akgöz’ün 2025 Hagley Prize in Business History ödülünü alan “In the Shadow of War and Empire Industrialisation, Nation-Building, and...
View ArticleThe Turkishness Contract
with Barış Ünlü hosted by Chris Gratien and Kubra Sagir | What does it mean to be Turkish? In this episode, we examine that question with sociologist Barış Ünlü. In The Turkishness Contract, Ünlü...
View ArticleA Confederate General in the Ottoman Capital
with Elizabeth Varon hosted by Chris Gratien | After the US Civil War, some leaders of the defeated Confederacy followed unusual trajectories, perhaps none more so than James Longstreet, who joined...
View ArticlePalestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization
with Esmat Elhalaby hosted by Susanna Ferguson | How did Palestine become central to anti-imperial movements and thought in the global south? In this episode, Esmat Elhalaby asks how Arabs and South...
View ArticleRefugees, Humanitarianism, and the Politics of Kinship
with Sophia Balakian hosted by Brittany White and Chris Gratien | The word "refugee" might conjure images of families devastated by war fleeing their homeland. But what happens when those who seek...
View ArticleA British Burlesque Artist in Belle Époque Cairo
featuring Gwendolyn Collaço with Andras Riedlmayer and Paul Drummond | While killing time at the Booksellers' Row in Westminster, historian and curator Gwendolyn Collaço stumbled on a collection of...
View ArticleOsmanlı’nın Bağdat’taki Son Yılları
Emine Şahin Sunucu: Can Gümüş | Bağdat, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu için coğrafi uzaklığına rağmen merkezî idarenin vazgeçilmez vilayetlerinden biriydi. Tanzimat’tan itibaren bu önem, yalnızca askerî...
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Special Thanks for Our Patrons
Dear listeners,After a long run, we are ending our Patreon funding campaign. But Ottoman History Podcast will continue on.The Ottoman History Podcast has always maintained low fixed costs, and we...
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