Duygu Yıldırım
@duyguyildirim.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. PhD from Stanford. Exploring the intersections of knowledge, medicine, and natural history in the early modern Mediterranean. Istanbulite.
I’d heard so much praise for this book and finally found time to read it. It’s a fascinating read that pushes us to reconsider the Eurocentric nature of Marxist accounts of production that often erase the history of medieval slavery.
October 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’d heard so much praise for this book and finally found time to read it. It’s a fascinating read that pushes us to reconsider the Eurocentric nature of Marxist accounts of production that often erase the history of medieval slavery.
Just submitted my book for peer review. It has grown into something quite different from my dissertation with new research, thinking, and lots of writing, supported by a postdoctoral fellowship and an ACLS fellowship. Grateful to those who believed in this project from the start.
August 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just submitted my book for peer review. It has grown into something quite different from my dissertation with new research, thinking, and lots of writing, supported by a postdoctoral fellowship and an ACLS fellowship. Grateful to those who believed in this project from the start.
Historians of science and art historians: has anyone written about why some flower illustrations were left uncolored in Fuchs’ De historia stirpium? I have some hypotheses, but I'd love to know if there's already an argument or discussion on this.
July 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Historians of science and art historians: has anyone written about why some flower illustrations were left uncolored in Fuchs’ De historia stirpium? I have some hypotheses, but I'd love to know if there's already an argument or discussion on this.
In the early modern Ottoman Empire, the most valued tulips featured long, pointed petals and slender forms in contrast to the rounded varieties preferred in Europe. 🌷
July 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In the early modern Ottoman Empire, the most valued tulips featured long, pointed petals and slender forms in contrast to the rounded varieties preferred in Europe. 🌷
The book’s intro is ready to go…
The final title might still change slightly, but for now it’s:
“Uncertain Knowledge: The Science of Making Relevance between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”
The final title might still change slightly, but for now it’s:
“Uncertain Knowledge: The Science of Making Relevance between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”
July 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The book’s intro is ready to go…
The final title might still change slightly, but for now it’s:
“Uncertain Knowledge: The Science of Making Relevance between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”
The final title might still change slightly, but for now it’s:
“Uncertain Knowledge: The Science of Making Relevance between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”
Academic books now come with inaccessible price tags for many students and declining production quality. This is a brand new book from a highly respected press, and this is the material quality we are getting…
July 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Academic books now come with inaccessible price tags for many students and declining production quality. This is a brand new book from a highly respected press, and this is the material quality we are getting…
The 2025 HSS Annual Meeting Program is now available! We will be there with our session, “Beyond Botany: Plant Knowledges in Asian Studies” organized by wonderful Marjan Wardaki ✨
July 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The 2025 HSS Annual Meeting Program is now available! We will be there with our session, “Beyond Botany: Plant Knowledges in Asian Studies” organized by wonderful Marjan Wardaki ✨
Planning to add this new book to my fall course, "Ottomans and the World, 1300–1800."
June 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Planning to add this new book to my fall course, "Ottomans and the World, 1300–1800."
Lemon cake in the making 🍋
June 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Lemon cake in the making 🍋
Sunday hike by the river.
June 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Sunday hike by the river.
Just added this beautiful book to my growing collection of historical works on flowers and gardens 🪷
June 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just added this beautiful book to my growing collection of historical works on flowers and gardens 🪷
When you’ve made it enough to have your own section in a secondhand bookstore, but not enough for them to spell your name right:
“Orphan Pamuk”
“Orphan Pamuk”
May 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
When you’ve made it enough to have your own section in a secondhand bookstore, but not enough for them to spell your name right:
“Orphan Pamuk”
“Orphan Pamuk”
Excited to be at Harvard's I Tatti as a Berenson Fellow for the next academic year—and so looking forward to returning to Florence!
May 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Excited to be at Harvard's I Tatti as a Berenson Fellow for the next academic year—and so looking forward to returning to Florence!
So looking forward to it!
☕️🌴🦂🌸
☕️🌴🦂🌸
May 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So looking forward to it!
☕️🌴🦂🌸
☕️🌴🦂🌸
I asked ChatGPT to identify this painting, and it claimed it was from the late Ottoman Empire… Well, it’s not quite ready for historical analysis. Or maybe it’s simply giving the answers it predicts I want to hear.
May 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I asked ChatGPT to identify this painting, and it claimed it was from the late Ottoman Empire… Well, it’s not quite ready for historical analysis. Or maybe it’s simply giving the answers it predicts I want to hear.
This painting by Jan Lievens was mistakenly attributed to Rembrandt in the 18th century; and was long believed to be a portrait of Sultan Süleyman.
(from “Rarities of These Lands”)
(from “Rarities of These Lands”)
May 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This painting by Jan Lievens was mistakenly attributed to Rembrandt in the 18th century; and was long believed to be a portrait of Sultan Süleyman.
(from “Rarities of These Lands”)
(from “Rarities of These Lands”)
Such a beautiful book 🌷
May 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Such a beautiful book 🌷
We often overlook the roles enslaved Muslims played in cross-cultural exchanges in the early modern Mediterranean. I’ll explore this episode in knowledge-making during my talk on May 27.
May 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We often overlook the roles enslaved Muslims played in cross-cultural exchanges in the early modern Mediterranean. I’ll explore this episode in knowledge-making during my talk on May 27.
This feels like a vintage photo because it was taken back when I was in college. And this was from a trip to Nepal.
May 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This feels like a vintage photo because it was taken back when I was in college. And this was from a trip to Nepal.
Sunday in the garden after a hectic week 🌿
May 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sunday in the garden after a hectic week 🌿
Our book “Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds” has been reviewed in Spanish!
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May 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Our book “Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds” has been reviewed in Spanish!
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Sunday reading 🍵
April 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Sunday reading 🍵
It’s such a funny way to describe someone in an academic history book: not particularly charismatic, not a good writer, and overall “a little bit boring.” And then write a whole chapter about him.
April 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It’s such a funny way to describe someone in an academic history book: not particularly charismatic, not a good writer, and overall “a little bit boring.” And then write a whole chapter about him.
New Book!
Curating the Enlightenment: Johann Daniel Major and the Experimental Century
Curating the Enlightenment: Johann Daniel Major and the Experimental Century
April 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New Book!
Curating the Enlightenment: Johann Daniel Major and the Experimental Century
Curating the Enlightenment: Johann Daniel Major and the Experimental Century
So excited for this book that I somehow ended up with two copies…
April 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So excited for this book that I somehow ended up with two copies…