Jamie Pelling
@obscureottomanist.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Kean University
Research: affect and the state in the Middle East
Working to understand weird feelings in and about the late-Ottoman Empire
Research: affect and the state in the Middle East
Working to understand weird feelings in and about the late-Ottoman Empire
I really enjoy spending time with the community of scholars at the Feminist Theory Workshop!
March 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I really enjoy spending time with the community of scholars at the Feminist Theory Workshop!
I accidentally referred to Muhteşem Yüzyıl as a documentary in class this week..
February 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I accidentally referred to Muhteşem Yüzyıl as a documentary in class this week..
my Ottoman cultural history seminar has filled up! I can't quite believe it!
December 17, 2024 at 4:56 AM
my Ottoman cultural history seminar has filled up! I can't quite believe it!
just learned about Ghoulyabani, an evil creature as tall as a minaret, and might have to make late-Ottoman ghost stories my next research project
December 16, 2024 at 2:42 AM
just learned about Ghoulyabani, an evil creature as tall as a minaret, and might have to make late-Ottoman ghost stories my next research project
Reposted by Jamie Pelling
Unimaginable.
The liberation of the women/children section of Sednaya prison. Cut off from the world, they’ve no idea what’s happened.
A man shouts: “You are all free now. Don’t be scared. Go home.”
“What happened?” a woman asks
“The Regime fell. You are free.”
#Syria 🇸🇾
(🎥Credit: Galyarahal)
The liberation of the women/children section of Sednaya prison. Cut off from the world, they’ve no idea what’s happened.
A man shouts: “You are all free now. Don’t be scared. Go home.”
“What happened?” a woman asks
“The Regime fell. You are free.”
#Syria 🇸🇾
(🎥Credit: Galyarahal)
December 8, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Unimaginable.
The liberation of the women/children section of Sednaya prison. Cut off from the world, they’ve no idea what’s happened.
A man shouts: “You are all free now. Don’t be scared. Go home.”
“What happened?” a woman asks
“The Regime fell. You are free.”
#Syria 🇸🇾
(🎥Credit: Galyarahal)
The liberation of the women/children section of Sednaya prison. Cut off from the world, they’ve no idea what’s happened.
A man shouts: “You are all free now. Don’t be scared. Go home.”
“What happened?” a woman asks
“The Regime fell. You are free.”
#Syria 🇸🇾
(🎥Credit: Galyarahal)
it is beautiful watching Syrians free themselves and each other.
I remember talking with a soldier of the Free Syria Army in 2011 about his hopes for a post-Assad future and it is finally here
I remember talking with a soldier of the Free Syria Army in 2011 about his hopes for a post-Assad future and it is finally here
December 8, 2024 at 2:34 PM
it is beautiful watching Syrians free themselves and each other.
I remember talking with a soldier of the Free Syria Army in 2011 about his hopes for a post-Assad future and it is finally here
I remember talking with a soldier of the Free Syria Army in 2011 about his hopes for a post-Assad future and it is finally here
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Ottomanist: is the cup a fincan or a bardak?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Ottomanist: is the cup a fincan or a bardak?
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Archivist: either way, it is not permitted in the Reading Room
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Archivist: either way, it is not permitted in the Reading Room
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Priest (internally): but did I estimate the number of communicants/ amount of wine correctly?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Priest (internally): but did I estimate the number of communicants/ amount of wine correctly?
November 24, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Ottomanist: is the cup a fincan or a bardak?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Ottomanist: is the cup a fincan or a bardak?
as an Ottomanist I think the one i return to over and over is Fatma Müge Göçek's "Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire". it's just bristling with ideas and sets out all the major themes in such a generative way
November 20, 2024 at 5:02 AM
as an Ottomanist I think the one i return to over and over is Fatma Müge Göçek's "Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire". it's just bristling with ideas and sets out all the major themes in such a generative way
ooh this is tricky!! on the affect side of things, i think it's probably "Desire/Love" by Lauren Berlant chosen over the others just because it's an excellent intro to desire and how it is taken into other affective structures, including love
November 20, 2024 at 4:51 AM
ooh this is tricky!! on the affect side of things, i think it's probably "Desire/Love" by Lauren Berlant chosen over the others just because it's an excellent intro to desire and how it is taken into other affective structures, including love
I was teaching the Sykes-Picot agreement today and had a student interrupt mid-lecture to say "but that's not what the Middle East actually looks like" and then I put up the next slide which was just a big picture of Mustafa Kemal smiling
November 19, 2024 at 9:45 PM
I was teaching the Sykes-Picot agreement today and had a student interrupt mid-lecture to say "but that's not what the Middle East actually looks like" and then I put up the next slide which was just a big picture of Mustafa Kemal smiling
can't wait to read this!
Hello Bluesky, I am a historian based in Ankara. A few months ago, Oxford University Press published my first book, which explores the way that Russian and Turkish revolutionaries arrived at a statist partnership as they responded to post-WWI liberal internationalism.
November 16, 2024 at 2:58 PM
can't wait to read this!
I just taught the outbreak of the First World War and got to show my students this wild postcard documenting German orientalist brainworms
November 14, 2024 at 8:37 PM
I just taught the outbreak of the First World War and got to show my students this wild postcard documenting German orientalist brainworms
just a little self promo:
My dissertation "Feeling Like a State: Anxiety and Optimism in the late-Ottoman Empire" won the Malcolm H Kerr dissertation prize at MESA 2023.
I'm always anxious to talk about feelings, the state, modernity, and Lauren Berlant
My dissertation "Feeling Like a State: Anxiety and Optimism in the late-Ottoman Empire" won the Malcolm H Kerr dissertation prize at MESA 2023.
I'm always anxious to talk about feelings, the state, modernity, and Lauren Berlant
November 14, 2024 at 4:46 PM
just a little self promo:
My dissertation "Feeling Like a State: Anxiety and Optimism in the late-Ottoman Empire" won the Malcolm H Kerr dissertation prize at MESA 2023.
I'm always anxious to talk about feelings, the state, modernity, and Lauren Berlant
My dissertation "Feeling Like a State: Anxiety and Optimism in the late-Ottoman Empire" won the Malcolm H Kerr dissertation prize at MESA 2023.
I'm always anxious to talk about feelings, the state, modernity, and Lauren Berlant