The Politics of Street Sounds in Interwar Egypt
with Ziad Fahmy hosted by Chris Gratien | During the interwar period, the recording industry reshaped Egyptian culture and politics through music. But as we discuss in part two of our four...
20 Dec 20230s
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
