The Origins of Ottoman History
with Rudi Lindner hosted by Joshua White & Maryam Patton | Among the most murky periods of the Ottoman dynasty's six-century history is the period of its very emergence in medieval Anatolia...
20 Aug 20210s
The Many Lives of Waqf in Beirut
with Nada Moumtaz hosted by Susanna Ferguson | The waqf, often translated as "endowment," is a critical player in the story of urban landscapes, charitable giving, property management, and...
5 Aug 20210s
Layers of History in Downtown Beirut
with Rayya Haddad | The modern history of Beirut has been defined by periods of intense construction, destruction, and reconstruction. In this episode, we explore the layers of history in ...
29 Jul 20210s
Galata and the Early Modern Mediterranean World
with Fariba Zarinebaf hosted by Sam Dolbee and Nir Shafir | In this episode, Fariba Zarinebaf discusses the history of Galata and the early modern Mediterranean more broadly. Beginning ...
23 Jul 20210s
Refik Halit: A Life of Opposition
with Christine Philliou hosted by Sam Dolbee and Brittany White | Refik Halit Karay (1889-1965) was a writer, bureaucrat, and political exile whose life spanned the end of the Ottoman Empi...
16 Jul 20210s
The Environmental Origins of Ottoman Iraq
with Faisal Husain hosted by Chris Gratien | The Ottoman conquests of the 16th century represented a watershed moment in many senses. Our guest Faisal Husain explains the most literal of t...
27 Jun 20210s
Portraits of Unbelonging
with Zeynep Gürsel | The Ottoman archives contain just over a hundred photographs that look like old family portraits, but they were created for an entirely different purpose. They documen...
9 Jun 20210s
Ottoman Mecca and the Indian Ocean Hajj
with Michael Christopher Low hosted by Sam Dolbee | In the Hijaz, the Ottoman Empire managed not only Mecca and Medina--the two holiest cities in Islam--but also port cities of the Red Sea w...
7 Apr 20210s
