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Ottoman History Podcast

Ottoman History Podcast
Ottoman Empire
Palestine
Egypt
Armenian Genocide
Zionism
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Sufism
Balfour Declaration
Settler Colonialism
Nazareth
Nakba
Aintab
Economic Violence
Talat Pasha
Nur Baba
Eighteenth-Century Cities
Nighttime Rituals
Film Diplomacy
Istanbul
Ottoman Materialism

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

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with Mine Yıldırım hosted by Önder Eren Akgül | What does canine life reveal about the human worlds of modern Istanbul? In this special collaboration with Keyman Podcast at Northwestern University, we sit down with Mine Yıldırım, curator of the exh... more

with Ayşehan Jülide Etem hosted by Chris Gratien and Sıla Önder | During the Cold War period, Turkish cinema flourished, as American films entered local theaters, television sets, and the studios of Yeşilçam. Yet as Jülide Etem argues in her new bo... more

with Jane Hathaway hosted by Maryam Patton | What can a single, discarded scrap of paper reveal about life in Ottoman-era Cairo? In this episode, Jane Hathaway discusses her open-access book Ottoman-Era Documents from the Cairo Genizah. A genizah i... more

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Recent Guests

Panagiotis League
Ethnomusicologist and performer
Ethnomusicology/Greek diaspora research
Episode: All's Fair in Love and War
Mine Yıldırım
Social scientist, urbanist, and critical animal studies scholar; associate/guest for the episode
Kadir Has University; Dörtayak Şehir
Episode: Between Care and Violence: The Dogs of Istanbul
Ayşehan Jülide Etem
Professor, University of Virginia, author of Film Diplomacy
University of Virginia
Episode: Film Diplomacy in Turkey-US Relations
Jane Hathaway
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at Ohio State University
Ohio State University
Episode: The Ottoman Genizah
Ümit Kurt
Professor of History
Newcastle University
Episode: Soykırımın Bürokrasisi
Abbey Stockstill
Associate professor in the Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Episode: Architecture and Environment in the Medieval Maghreb
Görkem Akgöz
Researcher at the International Social History Institute
International Social History Institute, Amsterdam
Episode: Osmanlı ve Türkiye Sanayileşme Tarihi
Barış Ünlü
Professor of Sociology (historical sociologist), author of The Turkishness Contract
University of Virginia
Episode: The Turkishness Contract
Elizabeth Varón
Professor of History at University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Episode: A Confederate General in the Ottoman Capital

Hosts

Maryam Patton
Host of the Ottoman History Podcast
Can Gümüş
Host of the Ottoman History Podcast
Chris Gratien
Host of The Ottoman History Podcast

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 504 ratings
  • One of my favorite programs.

    Overview of centuries of important history. Calm, balanced informative.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Smokylass
    United States7 months ago
  • Listening to this podcast in the dark

    Have you tried listening to this podcast in the dark? It is a game changer. Laying down in the dark with AirPods on and listening to this podcast that takes me back into time. No distractions but some experts talking about Ottoman empire. It’s surreal.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    sisatom
    United States2 years ago
  • Fascinating!

    Profound, takes-its-time, niche-yet-awe-provoking knowledge on the Ottomans.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Bennett Mik
    France4 years ago
  • Compelling history

    An excellent podcast, beautifully produced and full of compelling stories.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    fabgthewonderdog
    United Kingdom4 years ago
  • Simply the best

    This is one of the best history podcasts out there. The guests are experts in their fields, the hosts are knowledgeable, and the team as a whole engages with the scholarly community at large, creating meaningful educational resources in the process.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ertugruloglu
    Netherlands4 years ago

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High production quality with expert guests; engaging and informative.
Calm, balanced informative and deeply sourced; scholarly yet accessible.
Occasional critique of narration pacing or format in some episodes.
Diverse topics across centuries and regions; strong scholarly community.
A top-reference for Ottoman-era scholarship and related histories.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Between Care and Violence: The Dogs of Istanbul
Q: What parallels do you see between state practices affecting dogs and humans in history?
She notes a shared logic of governance and carceral geography, where populations are managed through deportation and confinement, yet the parallels must be drawn carefully to avoid simplistic equivalences across species and human groups.
Between Care and Violence: The Dogs of Istanbul
Q: What is the significance of the yellow line in the exhibition, and how does it help convey care and violence?
Mine discusses the yellow line as a visual device that marks a threshold between histories of violence and care, showing how both forces shape and redefine urban life and policy over time.
Between Care and Violence: The Dogs of Istanbul
Q: How do you see archiving in this project – is it an act of archiving, or something broader?
The host explains that archiving is a broader, politically engaged process that creates conditions for memory, witnessing, and accountability, turning visitors into active participants in a counter-archive.
Between Care and Violence: The Dogs of Istanbul
Q: How did the idea of presenting your academic research on dogs as an exhibition come about, and what motivated this project?
Mine explains that the exhibition grew from a long trajectory of research and advocacy, aiming to turn dispersed fragments of archival material into an embodied, public-facing counter-archive that highlights dogs as historical subjects rather than marginal notes in urban history.
Soykırımın Bürokrasisi
Q: How does this conceptualization coincide with the official historical thesis of the Ottoman Empire in the first years of the Republic?
The guest discusses tensions between state narratives and archival data, highlighting how early Republic historiography often reflects post-war political needs, yet archival materials reveal a more complex bureaucratic process behind the 1915 events.

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3. Ayşehan Jülide Etem
4. Jane Hathaway
5. Ümit Kurt
6. Abbey Stockstill
7. Görkem Akgöz
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