I wanted to write about a place that challenges normative representations of the Middle East in the broadest sense. The Unsettled Plain defies the conventional framings of the region’s history.
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Archives and Collections in Israel/Palestine: An Interview with Zachary J. Foster
[NOTE: This Ottoman History Podcast episode was first aired in June 2011. We are featuring it here with a new introduction by Zachary J. Foster.]
The sources and collections for the study of the Ottoman period locate..
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Turkey: A Bird and a Country
Why does a familiar bird and typical Thanksgiving Day meal have the same name as the country of Turkey? What is the name for the turkey in other languages? Is there any link between the spread of turkeys into the Ang..
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The Kurdish Music Industry: History and Politics
Ottoman History Podcast Episode #116 features the research of Alev Kuruoğlu on the development of the Kurdish music industry in Turkey and abroad. The episode is a historiographical mixtape th..
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