
Ottoman Istanbul After Dark
with Avner Wishnitzer hosted by Sam Dolbee | What did the nighttime mean in the early modern Ottoman Empire? In this episode, Avner Wishnitzer discusses his recent book As Night Falls: Eig...
12 Dec 20230s

The Egyptian Labor Corps and the Echoes of WWI
with Kyle Anderson & Alia Mossallam hosted by Chris Gratien | In the aftermath of the First World War, the Egyptian streets rose up against British rule during a period of global anti-impe...
3 Dec 20230s

Nationality on Trial in the 19th Century Mediterranean
with Jessica Marglin hosted by Brittany White | In 1873, Nissim Shamama died suddenly at his palazzo in Livorno. He was quietly one of the richest men in the Mediterranean. A Tunisian Jew ...
27 Nov 20230s

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
with Rashid Khalidi hosted by Zeinab Azarbadegan | In this episode, Rashid Khalidi discusses his latest book The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resis...
19 Nov 20230s

Privileges and Nobility in Ottoman Kurdistan
with Nilay Özok-Gündoğan hosted by Sam Dolbee | As the Ottoman state expanded in the sixteenth century, it extended a number of privileges to elite families in Kurdistan. In this episode, ...
20 Sep 20230s

Environment and Empire in the Ottoman Jazira
Samuel Dolbee hosted by Chris Gratien and Reem Bailony | What can we learn about the late Ottoman Empire from the histories of its would-be margins? In this episode, we explore that questio...
31 Maj 20230s

The Ottoman Empire and Eastern World Orders
with Ayşe Zarakol hosted by Zeinab Azarbadegan | What did the international system look like before the rise of the West? What was the place of the Ottomans within it? How did the Ottoman...
20 Maj 20230s

Kantika: from History to Fiction, a Sephardic Journey
with Elizabeth Graver hosted by Brittany White | Elizabeth Graver grew up knowing her grandmother Rebecca was from the Ottoman Empire and that her tumultuous, meandering life journey, like...
13 Maj 20230s





















