Scholarly Salons in 16th-Century Damascus

Scholarly Salons in 16th-Century Damascus

with Helen Pfeifer hosted by Maryam Patton
| In 1517, the Ottomans captured Cairo and with it, the Arabophone lands of the Mamluk Sultanate. Suddenly, scores of learned scholars who had been preparing and vying for positions of esteem in either the academy or the bureaucracy found themselves under new authority. How did these scholars navigate the new political and linguistic environments? As Helen Pfeifer argues in a new book, Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands, the answer lies in gentlemanly salons, where elite men displayed their knowledge and status. These social laboratories played a key role in negotiating Syria and Egypt’s integration into the empire. Through Pfeifer's study of the life and network of the star scholar Badr al-Din al-Ghazzi, we learn how urban elite of former Mamluk Syria and Egypt continued to exert social and political influence, rivaling powerful officials from Istanbul. The gentlemanly salons also illustrate how Ottoman culture was forged collaboratively by Arabophone and Turcophone actors. « Click for More »

Avsnitt(131)

Language, Power, and Law in the Ottoman Empire

Language, Power, and Law in the Ottoman Empire

Episode 441 with Heather Ferguson hosted by Zoe Griffith Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, historian Heather Ferguson takes us behind the scenes of e...

12 Dec 20190s

Ottoman Children and the First World War

Ottoman Children and the First World War

Episode 440 with Nazan Maksudyan hosted by Chris Gratien Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Children are often imagined as victims of war or passive bystanders. Bu...

9 Dec 20190s

Family Papers and Ottoman Jewish Life After Empire

Family Papers and Ottoman Jewish Life After Empire

Episode 434 with Sarah Abrevaya Stein hosted by Sam Dolbee Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, historian Sarah Abrevaya Stein speaks to us about the...

20 Nov 20190s

How War Changed Ottoman Society

How War Changed Ottoman Society

Episode 429 with Yiğit Akın hosted by Chris Gratien and Susanna Ferguson Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud World War I brought unprecedented destruction to the Ottom...

3 Okt 20190s

Social Networks in Ottoman Reform

Social Networks in Ottoman Reform

Episode 427 with Yonca Köksal hosted by Matthew Ghazarian Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud How do social networks determine the results of government...

17 Sep 20190s

Medical Metaphors in Ottoman Political Thought

Medical Metaphors in Ottoman Political Thought

Episode 425 with Alp Eren Topal hosted by Susanna Ferguson and Sam Dolbee Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, Alp Eren Topal traces the history of medi...

5 Sep 20190s

Egypt, Libya, and the Desert Borderlands

Egypt, Libya, and the Desert Borderlands

Episode 423 with Matthew Ellis hosted by Zoe Griffith Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud When the Ottoman state granted the province of Egypt to the family of Mehmed A...

26 Aug 20190s

Population and Reproduction in the Late Ottoman Empire

Population and Reproduction in the Late Ottoman Empire

Episode 421 with Gülhan Balsoy and Tuba Demirci hosted by Suzie Ferguson Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud How did the experience of pregnancy and childbirth change i...

7 Aug 20190s

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

svenska-fall
aftonbladet-krim
p3-krim
rss-krimstad
flashback-forever
blenda-2
rss-sanning-konsekvens
politiken
aftonbladet-daily
rss-vad-fan-hande
rss-krimreportrarna
motiv
spar
grans
rss-frandfors-horna
rss-flodet
svd-ledarredaktionen
dagens-eko
olyckan-inifran
rss-aftonbladet-krim