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  • The Ottoman Origins of the Mandate System

    October 25, 2026

    with Aimee Genell hosted by Ayah Aboelela and Chris Gratien | After the defeat and breakup of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War, Great Britain and France established colonial mandates that remade the map of the modern…

  • Race in Transit

    October 17, 2026

    with Randa Tawil hosted by Sam Dolbee | At the turn of the twentieth century, large numbers of people from Ottoman Syria began to settle abroad, giving birth to the modern Arab-American diaspora. Yet for generations, what was…

  • The Political Ecology of Late Ottoman Kurdistan

    October 8, 2026

    with Zozan Pehlivan hosted by Chris Gratien and Ayah Aboelela | What do environmental features like plants, animals, landscapes, and climate have to do with the political transformation of the Ottoman Empire? Everything…

  • Cümle Fener Burada

    September 30, 2026

    Namık Erkal, Firuzan Melike Sümertaş ve Haris Theodorelis-Rigas Sunucu: Can Gümüş | 1719’da Bükreş’te yaşayan bir âlim, İstanbul’daki bir dostuna yazdığı mektupta, “Cümle Fener burada; artık İstanbul’u hatırlamıyorum” diyordu. Koç…

  • Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide

    September 22, 2026

    with Elyse Semerdjian hosted by Matthew Ghazarian | How can feminist approaches to the body and embodiment change the ways we approach the history of violence? In this episode we discuss these topics with Elyse Semerdjian, author…

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  • Hebrew Orientalism in Late Ottoman and British Palestine

    September 12, 2026

    with Mostafa Hussein hosted by Chris Gratien | Zionism, as a cultural and political movement of Hebrew revival, sought to forge a connection between the modern Jewish people and a deep past located in the geography of late…

  • Breadwinner Soldiers in the Ottoman Empire

    September 5, 2026

    with Kate Dannies hosted by Sam Dolbee and Can Gümüş | For the last century of its history, the Ottoman army fought war after war for the survival of the empire. In this episode, Kate Dannies explores another fight for survival…

  • The Jeweled Gun of Sultan Mahmud I

    August 28, 2026

    with Ashley Dimmig hosted by Abbey Stockstill and Musa Kazım Azimli | The jewel-encrusted musket of Mahmud I is one of the most popular pieces at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. In this episode, curator Ashley Dimmig joins…

  • WWI and the End of the Ottoman Empire

    August 22, 2026

    with Mustafa Aksakal hosted by Chris Gratien and Sıla Önder | The First World War brought an end to six centuries of Ottoman imperial rule and in many ways, made the Middle East region as it is known today. In this episode…

  • Astrologers and Authority in the Ottoman Empire

    August 14, 2026

    with A. Tunç Şen hosted by Maryam Patton | What did it mean to know the future in the early modern Ottoman Empire? And who had the authority to interpret the heavens? In this episode, A. Tunç Şen discusses his new book Forgotten…

  • The Ottoman World of Sports

    August 2, 2026

    with Murat Yıldız hosted by Sam Dolbee | In the late Ottoman capital, imperial politics became a field of collaboration and competition between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities, especially in the years following the 1908…

  • All's Fair in Love and War

    June 20, 2026

    Lafky entered the United States as a teenager on false pretenses, when her cousin presented her to immigration authorities as his legal wife. A decade later, when her real marriage devolved into a messy divorce, her husband used her prior…

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Interviews with historians about the history of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Visit ottomanhistorypodcast.com for hundreds more archived episodes.