Marinos Sariyannis
@sariyannis.bsky.social
Ottoman cultural history - IMS/FORTH, Greece
GHOST-Geographies and histories of the Ottoman supernatural tradition
https://forth.academia.edu/MarinosSariyannis
GHOST-Geographies and histories of the Ottoman supernatural tradition
https://forth.academia.edu/MarinosSariyannis
Pinned
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Abstract. Man is part of nature, we say, and perhaps for most of us nature includes all that exists (at least in a tangible way—i.e. if we want to exclude
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My latest book, on open access!
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
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November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A crime story (Faroqhi, Surviving Istanbul, p. 225-226)
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A crime story (Faroqhi, Surviving Istanbul, p. 225-226)
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My latest book, on open access!
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Abstract. Man is part of nature, we say, and perhaps for most of us nature includes all that exists (at least in a tangible way—i.e. if we want to exclude
academic.oup.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My latest book, on open access!
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
My latest book, on open access!
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Abstract. Man is part of nature, we say, and perhaps for most of us nature includes all that exists (at least in a tangible way—i.e. if we want to exclude
academic.oup.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My latest book, on open access!
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Didn't know Bruce McGowan has authored a novel on 17th-c. Ottomans!
#Catchoftheday
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"A man of the world: Vienna to Istanbul; a historical novel" by Bruce McGowan
[Istanbul: Isis Press, 2005]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/115...
#vienna #istanbul
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"A man of the world: Vienna to Istanbul; a historical novel" by Bruce McGowan
[Istanbul: Isis Press, 2005]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/115...
#vienna #istanbul
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Didn't know Bruce McGowan has authored a novel on 17th-c. Ottomans!
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Attend: Byzantine Learning in Ottoman Service: Manuscripts, Scholars, and Ideology (1450–1500), lecture by Samet Budak (Princeton University), Princeton University, November 10, 2025, 4:30–6:00 pm maryjahariscenter.org/blog/byzanti...
Byzantine Learning in Ottoman Service: Manuscripts, Scholars, and Ideology (1450–1500) | Mary Jaharis Center
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November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Attend: Byzantine Learning in Ottoman Service: Manuscripts, Scholars, and Ideology (1450–1500), lecture by Samet Budak (Princeton University), Princeton University, November 10, 2025, 4:30–6:00 pm maryjahariscenter.org/blog/byzanti...
Suraiya Faroqhi, Surviving Istanbul, Istanbul: Koç University Press 2023, p. 141
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Suraiya Faroqhi, Surviving Istanbul, Istanbul: Koç University Press 2023, p. 141
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📢 New Open Access Issue!
The latest Diyâr: Journal of Ottoman, Turkish & Middle Eastern Studies (Vol. 6, No. 2, 2025) is out!
Special issue on heritage practices, guest edited by Roxana Coman (NIAS).
Read online 👉 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...
The latest Diyâr: Journal of Ottoman, Turkish & Middle Eastern Studies (Vol. 6, No. 2, 2025) is out!
Special issue on heritage practices, guest edited by Roxana Coman (NIAS).
Read online 👉 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📢 New Open Access Issue!
The latest Diyâr: Journal of Ottoman, Turkish & Middle Eastern Studies (Vol. 6, No. 2, 2025) is out!
Special issue on heritage practices, guest edited by Roxana Coman (NIAS).
Read online 👉 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...
The latest Diyâr: Journal of Ottoman, Turkish & Middle Eastern Studies (Vol. 6, No. 2, 2025) is out!
Special issue on heritage practices, guest edited by Roxana Coman (NIAS).
Read online 👉 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...
"Επικινδυνότητες από φυσικά φαινόμενα για την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά του Ρεθύμνου": Ομιλία στο Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακών Σπουδών
"Επικινδυνότητες από φυσικά φαινόμενα για την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά του Ρεθύμνου": Ομιλία στο Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακών Σπουδών - GOODnet.gr ειδήσεις, νέα & άρθρα από Κρήτη, Ρέθυμνο, Χανιά, Ηράκλειο, Λα...
Με μια εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρουσα εισήγηση με θέμα : Επικινδυνότητες από φυσικά φαινόμενα για την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά του Ρεθύμνου συνεχίζεται, τη Δευτέρα 3 Νοεμβρίου 2025, …
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November 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"Επικινδυνότητες από φυσικά φαινόμενα για την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά του Ρεθύμνου": Ομιλία στο Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακών Σπουδών
So these are the pencik varakaları mentioned by Hakan Erdem (Slavery in the Ottoman Empire and Its Demise, pp. 19-20).
(h/t @will-smiley.bsky.social)
(h/t @will-smiley.bsky.social)
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
So these are the pencik varakaları mentioned by Hakan Erdem (Slavery in the Ottoman Empire and Its Demise, pp. 19-20).
(h/t @will-smiley.bsky.social)
(h/t @will-smiley.bsky.social)
Has anyone seen the like of these? They seem to be documents accompanying a slave; perhaps the equivalent of title deeds, perhaps submitted to the slave market or the customs ("resm-i gümrük" bottom right?), and probably transferred to the buyer.
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Has anyone seen the like of these? They seem to be documents accompanying a slave; perhaps the equivalent of title deeds, perhaps submitted to the slave market or the customs ("resm-i gümrük" bottom right?), and probably transferred to the buyer.
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#efaevents
📅 03-04/11/25
🇫🇷 50 ans EHESS
📍 Université d’Athènes, Panepistimiou 30, Amphithéâtre Alkis Argyriadis
🎫 Entrée libre | Traduction simultanée
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🇬🇷 50 χρόνια EHESS
📍 ΕΚΠΑ, Προπύλαια, Αμφιθεάτρο ’Aλκης Αργυριάδης
🎫 Ελεύθερη είσοδος | Tαυτόχρονη μετάφραση
👉 www.efa.gr/events/50-an...
📅 03-04/11/25
🇫🇷 50 ans EHESS
📍 Université d’Athènes, Panepistimiou 30, Amphithéâtre Alkis Argyriadis
🎫 Entrée libre | Traduction simultanée
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🇬🇷 50 χρόνια EHESS
📍 ΕΚΠΑ, Προπύλαια, Αμφιθεάτρο ’Aλκης Αργυριάδης
🎫 Ελεύθερη είσοδος | Tαυτόχρονη μετάφραση
👉 www.efa.gr/events/50-an...
October 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#efaevents
📅 03-04/11/25
🇫🇷 50 ans EHESS
📍 Université d’Athènes, Panepistimiou 30, Amphithéâtre Alkis Argyriadis
🎫 Entrée libre | Traduction simultanée
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🇬🇷 50 χρόνια EHESS
📍 ΕΚΠΑ, Προπύλαια, Αμφιθεάτρο ’Aλκης Αργυριάδης
🎫 Ελεύθερη είσοδος | Tαυτόχρονη μετάφραση
👉 www.efa.gr/events/50-an...
📅 03-04/11/25
🇫🇷 50 ans EHESS
📍 Université d’Athènes, Panepistimiou 30, Amphithéâtre Alkis Argyriadis
🎫 Entrée libre | Traduction simultanée
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🇬🇷 50 χρόνια EHESS
📍 ΕΚΠΑ, Προπύλαια, Αμφιθεάτρο ’Aλκης Αργυριάδης
🎫 Ελεύθερη είσοδος | Tαυτόχρονη μετάφραση
👉 www.efa.gr/events/50-an...
One hour from now!
Book panel, Histories of Political Thought in the Ottoman World (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Zoom Registration Link: mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
For more information on the book, please: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Zoom Registration Link: mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
One hour from now!
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論文 想像する共同体：物語を聞くことと民衆政治（イスタンブルとダマスカスのイェニチェリ）
Avner Wishnitzer, "Imagining Communities: Story Listening and Popular Politics in Ottoman Urban Centers, ∼1780–1830," Journal of Social History, 2025;, shaf092 otmn
doi.org/10.1093/jsh/...
Avner Wishnitzer, "Imagining Communities: Story Listening and Popular Politics in Ottoman Urban Centers, ∼1780–1830," Journal of Social History, 2025;, shaf092 otmn
doi.org/10.1093/jsh/...
Imagining Communities: Story Listening and Popular Politics in Ottoman Urban Centers, ∼1780–1830
Abstract. Listening to stories was the most common leisure activity in early modern Ottoman coffeehouses. This article examines this practice as a form of
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October 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
論文 想像する共同体：物語を聞くことと民衆政治（イスタンブルとダマスカスのイェニチェリ）
Avner Wishnitzer, "Imagining Communities: Story Listening and Popular Politics in Ottoman Urban Centers, ∼1780–1830," Journal of Social History, 2025;, shaf092 otmn
doi.org/10.1093/jsh/...
Avner Wishnitzer, "Imagining Communities: Story Listening and Popular Politics in Ottoman Urban Centers, ∼1780–1830," Journal of Social History, 2025;, shaf092 otmn
doi.org/10.1093/jsh/...
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𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 – 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗘𝗴𝗼-𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝟰𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
📅 27-28/10/2025, 9:30-16:30
📍 Orient-Institut, Istanbul
➡️ Info, program and to register (𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟬, 𝟭𝗽𝗺): bit.ly/4hqn4Ez
📅 27-28/10/2025, 9:30-16:30
📍 Orient-Institut, Istanbul
➡️ Info, program and to register (𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟬, 𝟭𝗽𝗺): bit.ly/4hqn4Ez
Symposium – When Villains write their history Political Banditry in the Balkans and Asia Minor through Ego-documents 4st Meeting: On the Turkish War of Independence - IFEA Istanbul
octobre 27, 2025 - octobre 28, 2025 @ 09:30 - 16:30 - In English Face to face Registration in person (before 26 October at 1:00 pm) Organisation: Nikos Sigalas, (Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FO...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 – 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗘𝗴𝗼-𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝟰𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
📅 27-28/10/2025, 9:30-16:30
📍 Orient-Institut, Istanbul
➡️ Info, program and to register (𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟬, 𝟭𝗽𝗺): bit.ly/4hqn4Ez
📅 27-28/10/2025, 9:30-16:30
📍 Orient-Institut, Istanbul
➡️ Info, program and to register (𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟬, 𝟭𝗽𝗺): bit.ly/4hqn4Ez
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Book panel, Histories of Political Thought in the Ottoman World (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Zoom Registration Link: mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
For more information on the book, please: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Zoom Registration Link: mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
For more information on the book, please: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
October 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Book panel, Histories of Political Thought in the Ottoman World (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Zoom Registration Link: mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
For more information on the book, please: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Headlines still cannot tell Napoleon I from Napoleon III
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Headlines still cannot tell Napoleon I from Napoleon III
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🌍 Επικινδυνότητες από φυσικά φαινόμενα για την Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά του Ρεθύμνου
🗓️ Ημερομηνία Εκδήλωσης: 3 Νοεμβρίου 2025
🕖 Ώρα: 19:00 (ώρα Ελλάδας)
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#Ρέθυμνο #ΠολιτιστικήΚληρονομιά #Ανθεκτικότητα #ΚλιματικήΑλλαγή #Γεωπληροφορική #Γεωφυσική #GIS #Καινοτομία
🗓️ Ημερομηνία Εκδήλωσης: 3 Νοεμβρίου 2025
🕖 Ώρα: 19:00 (ώρα Ελλάδας)
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#Ρέθυμνο #ΠολιτιστικήΚληρονομιά #Ανθεκτικότητα #ΚλιματικήΑλλαγή #Γεωπληροφορική #Γεωφυσική #GIS #Καινοτομία
October 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🌍 Επικινδυνότητες από φυσικά φαινόμενα για την Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά του Ρεθύμνου
🗓️ Ημερομηνία Εκδήλωσης: 3 Νοεμβρίου 2025
🕖 Ώρα: 19:00 (ώρα Ελλάδας)
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#Ρέθυμνο #ΠολιτιστικήΚληρονομιά #Ανθεκτικότητα #ΚλιματικήΑλλαγή #Γεωπληροφορική #Γεωφυσική #GIS #Καινοτομία
🗓️ Ημερομηνία Εκδήλωσης: 3 Νοεμβρίου 2025
🕖 Ώρα: 19:00 (ώρα Ελλάδας)
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Οι πρώτες σελίδες από τη συνεισφορά μου στον εξαιρετικό τόμο "Η Ελληνική Επανάσταση ως οθωμανική κρίση" που επιμελήθηκε η Ελένη Γκαρά.
www.academia.edu/144537862/%C...
www.academia.edu/144537862/%C...
Η Ελληνική Επανάσταση ως ένα οθωμανικό γεγονός [Greek Revolution as an Ottoman Event]
Ε. Γκαρά (επιμ.), Η Ελληνική Επανάσταση ως οθωμανική κρίση, Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις του Εικοστού Πρώτου 2025, σ. 41-63.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Οι πρώτες σελίδες από τη συνεισφορά μου στον εξαιρετικό τόμο "Η Ελληνική Επανάσταση ως οθωμανική κρίση" που επιμελήθηκε η Ελένη Γκαρά.
www.academia.edu/144537862/%C...
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We invite you to the lecture by Ümit Fırat Açıkgöz (American University of Beyrut) on «Contested Heritages: Byzantine and Ottoman Monuments in Early Republican Istanbul (1923-1949)» at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Tuesday 20:30
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We invite you to the lecture by Ümit Fırat Açıkgöz (American University of Beyrut) on «Contested Heritages: Byzantine and Ottoman Monuments in Early Republican Istanbul (1923-1949)» at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Tuesday 20:30
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We are delighted to present the latest Atlas-Blog contribution. Atlas is a platform for scholarly discussions on Armeno-Turkish manuscripts and prints.
"Reading Persian Advice Literature in Armeno-Turkish: Some Notes on the ‘Pearl-Adorned Pendnāme’" by Tobias Sick
atlas.univie.ac.at?p=488
"Reading Persian Advice Literature in Armeno-Turkish: Some Notes on the ‘Pearl-Adorned Pendnāme’" by Tobias Sick
atlas.univie.ac.at?p=488
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We are delighted to present the latest Atlas-Blog contribution. Atlas is a platform for scholarly discussions on Armeno-Turkish manuscripts and prints.
"Reading Persian Advice Literature in Armeno-Turkish: Some Notes on the ‘Pearl-Adorned Pendnāme’" by Tobias Sick
atlas.univie.ac.at?p=488
"Reading Persian Advice Literature in Armeno-Turkish: Some Notes on the ‘Pearl-Adorned Pendnāme’" by Tobias Sick
atlas.univie.ac.at?p=488
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Preparing a presentation on Ottoman Turkish today, I decided to Google "features of Ottoman Turkish" and this is what Google's AI summary gives me.
October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Preparing a presentation on Ottoman Turkish today, I decided to Google "features of Ottoman Turkish" and this is what Google's AI summary gives me.
Book panel, Histories of Political Thought in the Ottoman World (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Zoom Registration Link: mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
For more information on the book, please: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Zoom Registration Link: mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Book panel, Histories of Political Thought in the Ottoman World (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Zoom Registration Link: mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
For more information on the book, please: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Zoom Registration Link: mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
For more information on the book, please: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Livestreaming:
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October 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Livestreaming:
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