with Jessica Marglin hosted by Brittany White| In 1873, Nissim Shamama died suddenly at his palazzo in Livorno. He was quietly one of the richest men in the Mediterranean. A Tunisian Jew born in the Ottoman Empire, Shamama had

The Natural Sciences in Early Modern Morocco

Dec 14th, 2022

with Justin Stearns hosted by Shireen Hamza and Taylor Moore| When you think of the history of science, what people and places come to mind? Scientific knowledge production flourished in early modern Morocco, and not in the places

Muslim Sicily and Its Legacies

Feb 27th, 2020

Episode 452with William Granarahosted by Chris Gratien During the 9th century, Arab armies from North Africa conquered Sicily, leading to four centuries of Muslim history on the island, which is now part of Italy. Sicily during that

The Mediterranean in the Age of Global Piracy

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Episode 446featuring Emrah Safa Gürkan, Joshua White, and Daniel Hershenzon narrated by Chris Gratienwith contributions by Nir Shafir, Taylor Moore, Susanna Ferguson, and Zoe GriffithDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay

France & Algeria: Origins and Legacies

Apr 7th, 2019

Episode 409with Jennifer Sessionshosted by Chris GratienDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudIn 1827, Hussein Dey, the Ottoman governor of Algiers, hit a French consul on the nose with a fly whisk during a d

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Oct 25th, 2018

Episode 388with Karim Bejjithosted by Graham CornwellDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudTangier is in the midst of a massive renovation and expansion -- a new ferry and cruise port, a duty-free zone, and t

Slavery and Servitude in the Ottoman Mediterranean

May 15th, 2018

Episode 362with M’hamed Oualdi & Hayri Gökşin Özkorayhosted by Andreas Guidi Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudOur latest podcast in collaboration with The Southeast Passage examines how slavery flourish

Moriscos and Iberian Thought

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Episode 351with Seth Kimmelhosted by Nir ShafirDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudIn 1609 the Moriscos were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula, marking the end of a hundred year effort to assimilate as Ne

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Episode 343with Taieb Belghazi & Abdelhay Mouddenhosted by Graham CornwellDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudHow do we assess fizzling protest movements? How do social scientists account for difficult-to-q

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Episode 302avec Pierre Daumanimée par Dorothée Myriam Kellou et Aurélie PerrierTéléchargerFlux RSS | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudDepuis la fin de la guerre d’indépendance, la question des harkis agite les consciences en Fran

Women and Colonial Legal Pluralism in Algeria

Feb 8th, 2017

Episode 296with Sarah Ghabrialhosted by Edna Bonhomme and Sam DolbeeDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudIn French Algeria, the colonial imperatives of assimilation and difference gave birth to legal plurali

Land and Labor in a Moroccan Oasis

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with Karen Rignallhosted by Graham CornwellDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudPre-Saharan Morocco is a transitional space between the Atlas Mountains in the north and the Sahara in the south, and the oases

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Nov 5th, 2016

with Elizabeth Peregohosted by Graham Cornwell and Soha El AchiDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudBetween December 1991 and February 2002, Algeria experienced a protracted civil war, which earned the period

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with Muriam Haleh Davishosted by Chris Gratien and Aurelie PerrierDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudThe French military struggle to maintain control over Algeria throughout the war period (1954-1962) is re

Decolonization, Health Care, and Humanitarianism in Algeria

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with Jennifer Johnsonhosted by Chris Gratien, Zoe Griffith, and Nora LessersohnDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudThe Algerian War is perhaps the most recognizable national and anti-colonial movement of the

La prostitution en Algérie à l’époque Ottomane et française

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avec Aurélie Perrieranimée par Dorothée Myriam KellouTéléchargerFlux RSS | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudL’histoire de l’Algérie coloniale est souvent abordée du point de vue des bouleversements économiques et politiques e

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with Jonathan Wyrtzenhosted by Chris GratienDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudIn many countries of the Middle East and North Africa, European colonial rule lasted only for a matter of decades, and yet its

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with Isabella Alexanderhosted by Graham CornwellDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | Hipcast | Soundcloud“Hrig,” the Moroccan Arabic term for “illegal” immigration, translates to “burning.” In the latest episode of Tajine, Isabell

Folktales of the Middle Atlas

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with Yelins Mahtathosted by Graham CornwellDownload the episodePodcast Feed | iTunes | Soundcloud Moroccan folk literature has drawn the attention of researchers for over a century, beginning with the earliest French colonial ethno

Illicit Sex in Ottoman and French Algeria

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with Aurelie Perrierhosted by Sam DolbeeThis episode is part of a series on Women, Gender, and Sex in Ottoman historyDownload the seriesPodcast Feed | iTunes | SoundcloudThe association of Algeria with sex figured prominently

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with Sumaiya Hamdanihosted by Graham CornwellThe story of the twelfth-century scholar Umaya b. `Abd al-`Aziz Abu al-Salt al-Dani al-Ishbili starts in al-Andalus but moves eastward, to Fatimid Cairo and Zirid Tunisia. His movement across

Saharan Jews in French Algeria

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with Sarah Steinhosted by Alma HeckmanCrosslisted from tajineThe 1870 Crémieux Decree extended French citizenship to most, but not all, of Algeria's Jewish population. The Jews of the M'zab Valley were excluded from this legislatio

Between Sultans and Kings

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with Claire Gilberthosted by Nir ShafirWith increased connections between polities on all sides of the Mediterranean during the early modern period, the importance of translators and translation grew to facilitate diplomatic and econo

The Ottoman Scramble for Africa

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with Mostafa Minawihosted by Chris GratienThe Ottoman Empire occupies an unusual place among the competing imperial powers of the nineteenth century. On one hand, a weak military position often forced the Ottomans to accept unfavora

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This episode is part of our series on Islamic law Download the seriesPodcast Feed | iTunes | Hipcast | SoundcloudNotions of racial difference played an important role in the Atlantic slave trade and have left a long legacy well after t