with Wendy M. K. Shaw hosted by Zeinab Azarbadegan| What is an image in Islam? Is its permissibility the main preoccupation of Islamic discourses? In this episode, Wendy M.K. Shaw revisits the foundations of art history and con

Vernacular Photography in Early Republican Turkey

Oct 11th, 2022

with Özge Calafato hosted by Zeinab Azarbadegan| What can family and individual studio photographs tell us about social life in the early Republic of Turkey? In this episode, Özge Calafato highlights the negotiations between th

Travel Images Between Europe and the Ottoman Empire

Aug 25th, 2020

Episode 473with Elisabeth Fraser hosted by Emily NeumeierFor centuries, people have been documenting their travels with images, which purportedly function as visual evidence for someone’s experience far from home. This was no less

David Ohannessian: Art, Exile, and the Legacies of Genocide

Aug 13th, 2020

Episode 471with Sato Moughalian hosted by Sam DolbeeDavid Ohannessian is one of the foremost pioneers of the ceramic styles associated today with the city of Jerusalem, but the remarkable story of how he ended up there has never bee

Mementos from Habsburg Life in Ottoman Istanbul

Jul 5th, 2020

Episode 465with Robyn Dora Radway hosted by Emily NeumeierWhat was it like to be a foreigner living in Ottoman Istanbul? In this episode, our guest Robyn Dora Radway answers this question by providing an in-depth look at an unusual

Erken Modern Avrupa Oyunlarındaki Türk İmgesi

Apr 19th, 2020

Bölüm 460Fatih Parlak Sunucu: Can Gümüş Erken modern dönemde Avrupa’nın oyun dünyası nasıldı? Avrupa’nın çeşitli ülkelerinde üretilen bu oyunlarda Türkler nasıl temsil ediliyordu? Bu bölümde, Dr. Fatih Parlak ile bu sorular etraf

Ottomans, Orientalists, and 19th-Century Visual Culture

Jan 19th, 2020

Episode 445with Mary Roberts hosted by Zeinab AzarbadeganDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudThe line between Orientalist and Ottoman painting might at first seem clear. But in this episode, historian Mary

Survivor Objects and the Lost World of Ottoman Armenians

Mar 25th, 2019

Episode 407with Heghnar Watenpaughhosted by Emily NeumeierDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudThe genre of biography usually applies to people, but could a similar approach be applied to an object? Can a thi

Forging Islamic Science

Feb 2nd, 2019

Episode 400with Nir Shafirhosted by Suzie FergusonDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudIn this episode, Nir Shafir talks about the problem of "fake minatures" of Islamic science: small paintings that look ol

Orientalism in the Ottoman Empire

Jan 26th, 2019

Episode 399with Zeynep Çelikhosted by Zeinab Azarbadegan and Matthew GhazarianDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudHow did the Ottomans react to European attitudes and depictions of their own lands? Pondering

The Incredible Life of Antoine Köpe

Oct 20th, 2018

Episode 387with Nefin Dinçhosted by Chris GratienDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudAntoine Köpe was never a prominent politician or public figure, but he was witness to extraordinary events. Born in late

The Gardens of Mughal Kashmir

Feb 12th, 2018

Episode 346with Jan Haenraetshosted by Nir Shafir and Polina IvanovaDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudOver the course of the seventeenth century, Kashmir became a valley adorned with gardens as Mughal empe

Visual Sources in Late Ottoman History

Jul 25th, 2017

Episode 327with contributions by Zeynep Çelik, Leyla Amzi-Erdoğdular, Özde Çeliktemel-Thomen, Mehmet Kentel, Michael Talbot, Murat Yıldız, Burçak Özlüdil Altın, Seçil Yılmaz, Burçin Çakır, Zeinab Azerbadegan, Dotan Halevy, Chris Gratien,

Everyday Life and History in Ottoman Illustrated Journals

Mar 30th, 2017

Episode 309with Ahmet Ersoyhosted by Susanna FergusonDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudPhotography came to the Ottoman empire almost as soon as it was invented in Europe. Over subsequent decades, however,

Alevi Religious Ceremony, Architecture, and Practice

Feb 14th, 2017

Episode 299with Angela Andersenhosted by Chris Gratien and Shireen HamzaDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudIn this episode, we approach the religious architecture of the Alevis, to examine how practice sha

Prefabs, Chalets, and Home Making in 19th-Century Istanbul

Feb 12th, 2017

Episode 298with Deniz Türkerhosted by Taylan GüngörDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudA handful of obscure archival fragments from Sultan Abdülhamid II’s imperial library in Yıldız have revealed a curious

Exploring the Art of the Qur'an

Feb 10th, 2017

Episode 297with Massumeh Farhad & Simon Rettighosted by Emily NeumeierDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudThe preeminent position of manuscript painting and poetry at the Ottoman court has been well establi

Architecture and Late Ottoman Historical Imagination

Nov 8th, 2016

with Ahmet Ersoyhosted by Susanna FergusonDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudWhat happens when we encounter "Orientalist" aesthetics outside the West? In the late nineteenth century, a cosmopolitan group of

Festivals and the Waterfront in 18th Century Istanbul

Aug 25th, 2016

with Gwendolyn Collaçohosted by Chris Gratien, Nir Shafir, and Huma GuptaDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudThe illustrated account of the festivals surrounding the circumcision of Sultan Ahmed III's sons i

Armenian Photography in Ottoman Anatolia

Aug 4th, 2016

with Armen T. Marsoobianhosted by Zoe GriffithDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudInterest in Ottoman photography has tended to focus on the orientalist gaze or the view from the imperial center. In this epi

The Life and Art of Ceramicist David Ohannessian

Jul 31st, 2016

with Sato Moughalianhosted by Chris Gratien and Seçil YılmazDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudThe styles of Iznik and Kütahya porcelain, which have become synonymous with excellence in Ottoman-Turkish ceramics, adorned

The German Imperial Fountain in Istanbul

Jul 8th, 2016

with Lorenz Kornhosted by Emily Neumeier and Sotirios DimitriadisDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudThe fountain standing in the Hippodrome (At Meydanı) in Istanbul, located just a few steps away from some

Landscapes of the Eastern Question

Jul 5th, 2016

with Paolo Girardellihosted by Emily NeumeierDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudIn the classical Ottoman period, European embassies in Istanbul pretty much looked like any other residential building. At the

Neo-Ottoman Architecture and the Transnational Mosque

Jul 1st, 2016

with Kishwar Rizvihosted by Chris GratienDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudAs spaces fundamental to Muslim religious and communal life, mosques have historically served as sites of not just architectural b

Ecevit, Art, and Politics in 1950s Turkey

Apr 30th, 2016

with Sarah-Neel Smithhosted by Nicholas DanforthDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | SoundcloudAlthough artistic production occurs in a political context, art and politics are often studied as separate fields of historical inquiry.