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A biweekly podcast telling the story of the Turks, from the Göktürk Khanate through the Turkish Republic. turkishhistorypodcast.com
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Interviews with Scholars of Genocide about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies
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When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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For many episodes to come, we'll be exploring the rich history of Poland. From it's humble beginnings, we'll follow the people of Poland as they form their own unique cultural identity, rise into a great European power, cross paths with the Mongol Horde, save Europe from an Ottoman invasion, and do their best to keep their independence firm from one generation to the next.
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This podcast is made by middle school and high school students who are in the Ottoman History Classes on Outschool.com and Matthew Grace's private classes.Students study a part of Ottoman History for 8-weeks and choose something that interests them to make a podcast with. This is the fruit of their labor.
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The Ottoman empire began modestly in the late fourteenth century and soon grew to become a formidable world power, lasting for centuries until its decline and collapse in 1923. This subject will examine the cultural, architectural and political history of the Ottoman Empire from, spanning its history from the fourteenth century to the First World War.
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The Ottoman Empire lasted for six hundred years and dominated the Middle East and Europe, from Budapest to Baghdad and everything in between. The sultans ruled three continents. But they didn't do it on their own. This podcast looks at the cast of characters who made the empire run: the sultan, the queen mother, the peasant, the janissary, the harem eunuch, the holy man, and the outlaw.
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Mer herosner, is a podcast about Armenian history and culture. Every episode your hosts Vic Aslanyan and Mike Balian will be learning about the Armenian rich history by discussing different eras, people, and events. They also invite historians and educators across the world to discuss these topics. The goal is to teach our new generation about our rich history going back 12,000 years. We believe history is the fruit of power, and we cannot allow foreign forces to falsify our history. It is o ...
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An Eclectic Podcast by Abhijit Chavda: Indian & World History, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, Quantum Physics, Geopolitics, Culture, Education, Technology, Philosophy, & the Future of Humanity.
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Welcome to the History of Cyprus Podcast. Follow us on Instagram and support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheHistoryofCyprusPodcast https://instagram.com/thehistoryofcyprus I’d like to thank each and every participant (and every future guest) in this project as without their time and hard work in their respective fields of archaeology, linguistics, social and political history, this would not have been possible. Every month I will be releasing a new episode as it relates to C ...
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a podcast series about history, social, and culture in north africa. brought to you by Ottoman History Podcast
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Conversations with journalists, academics and writers on Turkey and its region. New episode every two weeks.
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A podcast series about the history of Muslim societies between the 7th and 17th century. Intended for students and enthusiasts alike. Brought to you by the Ottoman History Podcast.
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Our picks for the best and most popular episodes of OHP in 2019 on this year's theme of imagination and diaspora
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Lectures by Dr. Jeffrey Macdonald
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"The Visual Past” showcases the latest research by scholars who explore the visual, spatial, and material culture that shaped the Ottoman world. The series will address not only objects, images, and calligraphy, but also works of architecture that were themselves contexts for other media. Before being designated historical landmarks or enshrined in museum displays, these rich artistic and architectural products constituted an intrinsic part of Ottoman life, intersecting with and affecting al ...
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"Women, Gender, and Sex in the Ottoman World" is a series of podcasts that pulls together women’s history and the history of gender and sex in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. It explores the particular historical experiences of women and girls based on the conviction that returning the lives, experiences, and ideas of women to the historical record will change the way we look at historical periods and transformations at large. It also investigates the ways in which gender and sexuality can se ...
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The Innovation Civilization podcast hosted by Waheed Nabeel, and friends of Empasco, features conversations with domain experts on the topics of civilizational progress, technology, history, philosophy, and the first-principles of the ideas that shape our world.
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Welcome to the Wonderer's History Podcast. My name is Vlad Zamfira, history and archaeology graduate (MA) from the University of Aberdeen Scotland with a Certificate of Postgraduate Studies also in Venetian and Mediterranean History in the 16th century. History enthusiast, podcast lover and avid historical culture consumer. Focused on the study of Venetian History with additional interest in overall Italian history, Malta, Cyprus, the Ottoman Empire and Spain during Charles V and Phillip II. ...
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Law is a powerful lens for the study of the Ottoman Empire and the Islamic world. Bringing together diverse sources and new perspectives for legal history, this series explores law in and around the Ottoman Empire as a complex and capacious system underpinning the exercise of power inherent in all human relationships. Our presenters study the law to gain entry into the Ottoman household, exploring the relationships between husbands and wives, masters and slaves. Others use the legal system t ...
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History is about all people, so it should be for all people. Our goal is to take powerful historical topics and turn them into fun conversations. Everyone should be able to enjoy the hobby of studying history.
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A travel back in time through different parts of the world. We begin at the beginning of known human history and journey to the present day, seeing many countries, cultures, and people evolving and changing along the way.
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This podcast will feature Coach Elrod as he lectures us to victory on the AP World History Exam!
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World War One is the watershed moment in modern history. The Western World before it was one of aristocrats, empires, colonies, and optimism for a future of unending progress. After four years of hellish trench warfare, shell fire, 10 million combat deaths, and another 10 million civilian deaths, the world that emerged in 1918 was irrevocably changed. Nation-states came out of the rubble, along with a push for universal rights. New technologies emerged, such as tanks and fighter planes. But ...
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I tell stories about the East and the West that I think help both understand each other, seriously. These stories almost always connect history, culture, international relations, current affairs, and often the influences on and the interests of people who shape these stories. I wrote two books: “Egypt on the Brink” (Yale, 2010), which luckily turned out to be an international bestseller as it was published three months before Egypt’s 2011 uprising. The book tells the story of Egypt from the ...
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SHIELDS HIGH: The Battles That Saved Western Civilization From nationally syndicated radio host Buck Sexton, a new podcast that looks at the epic struggles that- had they gone the other way- could have extinguished the western world as we know it. From the Persians of Xerxes to the Janissaries of the Ottoman Sultan, on many occasions vast and powerful forces nearly conquered the Western world before it ever could be realized. It was only through the valiant last stands of armies led by champ ...
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Ithaca Bound was a podcast hosted by Andrew Schiestel that explored history and mythology in the Mediterranean Basin. From March 22, 2021 to January 21, 2022, 188 episodes were published.
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Ad Astra presents a series of academic conversations with researchers on the history of astrology. It offers to a wider audience the main academic debates and works on the historical role of astrology in culture, science, and society. While it focuses primarily the historical study of astrological practices and methodologies, it also addresses other topics, such as current research, challenges, findings, astrological documents, new publications, and conferences. The Ad Astra podcast is hoste ...
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I tell stories about the East and the West that I think help both understand each other, seriously. These stories almost always connect history, culture, international relations, current affairs, and often the influences on and the interests of people who shape these stories. I wrote two books: “Egypt on the Brink” (Yale, 2010), which luckily turned out to be an international bestseller as it was published three months before Egypt’s 2011 uprising. The book tells the story of Egypt from the ...
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Coping with coronavirus’ fruits of boredom? Well, make our Asia House Arts In Isolation series your favourite playlist and belt them out — and open a window so others can hear.Pretty much everything from the Louvre to the NBA has been closed, cancelled or postponed. But it takes more than that to really cancel culture. Because if you can’t visit art, we bring it to you. We can still remain connected to the creative voices who help us make sense of our times.
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This video is a preview lasting 4:14 Minutes. TO SEE THESE SHOWS IN THEIR ENTIRETY, PLEASE VISIT http://www.celebrategreece.com/products/25-modern-greece-channel THE GREEK HOLOCAUST: 1915-1922 - Chronicles the modern day genocide of the Greeks of the Pontos and Micra Asia (Asia Minor) by the Mulsim Ottoman Turks. When it was finally over over 1.5 million Greeks were dead. THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: 1915-1923 - Chronicles the Muslim Ottoman Turks commiting the first case of modern day genocide an ...
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NEON is a different way of sharing historical knowledge. NEON takes a pop culture phenomenon and turns it on its head by revealing lesser known facts, real-life events and history behind your favourite Netflix shows, movies or video games.From how the A-Team took inspiration from Vietnamese history and resistance leaders, to the Aryan purity and Harem breeding programs behind the Handmaid’s Tale. Even some of the most successful video games – Assassins Creed, God of War, and Fortnite – are s ...
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I tell stories about the East and the West that I think help both understand each other, seriously. These stories almost always connect history, culture, international relations, current affairs, and often the influences on and the interests of people who shape these stories. I wrote two books: “Egypt on the Brink” (Yale, 2010), which luckily turned out to be an international bestseller as it was published three months before Egypt’s 2011 uprising. The book tells the story of Egypt from the ...
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A space for lovers, actors and welcomers to Islamic and Indian arts, to explore the actuality of the art market, exhibition and research.Every episode, join Isabelle Imbert as the Art Informant in conversations with specialists of the Islamic and Indian art history and art market.
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Umit Kurt on Gaziantep's forgotten Armenian past
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Umit Kurt on "The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province" (Harvard University Press). The book draws on archival sources, memoirs, personal papers, oral accounts and property liquidation records to detail the dispossession of Antep's Armenian community and the transfer of their wealth to Ottoman and later Turkish Musl…
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Ewa K. Bacon, "Saving Lives in Auschwitz: The Prisoners’ Hospital in Buna-Monowitz" (Purdue UP, 2017)
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Today I talked to Ewa Bacon about her book Saving Lives in Auschwitz: The Prisoners’ Hospital in Buna-Monowitz (Purdue UP, 2017). In a 1941 Nazi roundup of educated Poles, Stefan Budziaszek--newly graduated from medical school in Krakow--was incarcerated in the Krakow Montelupich Prison and transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Februar…
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#26 - Mark Boggett - Democratizing access to Space: Why Space tech is the PRESENT and not just the Future
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We welcome Mark Boggett, CEO and co-founder of Seraphim Space, Europe's biggest Space tech fund and the world's first space-focused investment fund Mark's journey from a career in technology investment to pioneering space venture capital reveals the transformative potential of space tech for our civilization. Mark's expertise is rooted in his caref…
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Teaching Islamic Art in Schools, with Rizwan Iqbal
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Join Rizwan Iqbal as he explores how to get young people excited about Islamic art. Listen as he details the problems faced, solutions he has discovered, and the exciting work he has done as part of our Hands On Islamic Art project, which connects the wider UK to Islamic art collections, with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.…
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Ozge Samanci on visualising Istanbul's sociopolitical currents
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Ozge Samanci on her graphic novel “Evil Eyes Sea” (Uncivilized Books). The semi-autobiographical story is a murder mystery centred on a group of students at Istanbul's Boğaziçi University in the 1990s. It follows up from her highly successful graphic novel “Dare to Disappoint”. Become a member on Patreon or Substack to support Turkey Book Talk. Mem…
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*NEW!* Primary Source XXIX: The Idalion Bilingual
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The Idalion Bilingual inscription comprises a dedication composed in Phoenician and Greek, using the Cypriot syllabic script. This inscription played a crucial role in deciphering the Cypriot syllabic writing system and is often referred to as the equivalent of the 'Rosetta stone' in Cyprus. Despite Idalion being under Phoenician rule at that time,…
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The Sultanate of Rum lies in ruins following the destruction of the First Crusade and the loss of Western Anatolia to the Byzantine Empire. The Danishmend Beylik led by Gümüştegin Ghazi takes up the mantle of the leading Turkish state in Anatolia, and scores a key victory against the Norman Crusaders in Outremer. And yet more crusaders arrive from …
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David Joseph, "Burgenland: Village Secrets and the First Tremors of the Holocaust" (Amberley, 2023)
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When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, he was given a rapturous reception. Millions lined the streets and filled the squares of Vienna. Tobias Portschy, a self-appointed regional Nazi chief, considered what to give the Fuhrer for his birthday, and devised a particular gift from the Austrian people: the elimination of Jewish life in the Bur…
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BONUS EPISODE! A New Paradigm Shift? The Peopling of Cyprus with Dora Moutsiou
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There's a good chance that you might have heard of a recent study published in May 2024 that revises our understanding of when Cyprus was first settled. You can read more on it here: Archaeology Magazine. ...but to borrow a short excerpt from the article, "It had been argued that hunter-gatherers only traveled to inhospitable islands in the eastern…
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Send us a Text Message. Join Vic and Mike from the Mer Herosner podcast for a special live stream from the vibrant Vardavar Water Festival at Verdugo Park in Glendale, CA! Experience the joy and excitement of this unique Armenian tradition, where water splashing symbolizes purification and renewal. Tune in for lively interviews, cultural insights, …
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#AskAbhijit 200: Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, Modi Skips SCO, Pakistan, Macaulay, Russia, Iran, Brahui
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Episode 200 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the comments, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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#AskAbhijit 199: Ringularity, Quarks, Rocket Science, Cryogenics, Observer Effect, Wormholes, Vacuum
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Episode 199 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the comments, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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#AskAbhijit 198: Parliament, Modi, Bumrah, Rome, Pax America, LGBTQ, Nalanda, Assassins, Ottomans
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Episode 198 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the live chat, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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28. Holy Men & Heathens: The Last Pagans of Cyprus with Georgios Deligiannakis
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**My apologies on my audio quality for this episode. Working off an old laptop for this particular recording. Early Christianity in Cyprus dates back to the first century AD, when the island was part of the Roman Empire. According to tradition, the apostles Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark traveled to Cyprus to spread the message of Christianity. The …
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Sami Kent on stories from Turkey’s first hundred years
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Sami Kent on “The Endless Country: A Personal Journey Through Turkey’s First Hundred Years” (Picador). The book paints a portrait of Turkey by combining accounts of key events with Sami’s personal reflections on growing up learning about his paternal homeland from afar, before coming to work in the country as a journalist. Become a member to suppor…
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#AskAbhijit 197: Taliban, CIA, Modi-Putin, LTTE, North Korea, Ukraine, Diabetes, Marijuana, Tsushima
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Episode 197 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the comments, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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Michelle Gordon and Rachel O ́Sullivan, "Colonial Paradigms of Violence: Comparative Analysis of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Killing" (Wallstein, 2022)
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In recent years, scholars have rediscovered Hannah Arendt`s "boomerang thesis" – the "coming home" of European colonialism as genocide on European soil – as well as Raphael Lemkin`s work around his definition of genocide and the importance of its colonial dimensions. Germany and other European states are increasingly engaging in debates on comparin…
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#AskAbhijit 196: Biden Vs Trump, Pakistan's Future, China V Russia, Hastinapur, Conversions, Manipur
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Episode 196 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me your best questions in the live chat, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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Iberian-American reportorios: Cosmology, Knowledge & Astrology with Sergio Orozco-Echeverri
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In this episode I speak with researcher Sergio Orozco-Echeverri, Associate Professor at the Instituto de Filosofía, Universidad de Antioquia, and the principal researcher at the project: Repertorios. An alternative history of knowledge. We discuss his project on Reportorios, an early modern form of almanac in the Iberian world, and its importance i…
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#AskAbhijit 195: Elon Vs EVMs, Tibet! Nalanda, China, Islam in Russia, Hungary, Pakistan, Napoleon
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Episode 195 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the comments, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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#25- Toby Coppel - AI Deepest Dive: What Can We Learn From Previous AI Waves? Models, Applications & Picking AI winners
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We're joined by Toby Coppel, Founder and General Partner at Mosaic Ventures, who has been investing in the last multiple waves of AI. Toby's extensive career spans iconic firms like Netscape, AOL, & Yahoo, leading up to his current role at Mosaic Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm. He has been instrumental in significant investments, includ…
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#AskAbhijit 194: SuperIntelligent AI, Strange Matter, Jupiter, Titan, Antarctica, Dark Matter, Time
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Episode 194 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the comments, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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In the aftermath of the catastrophic Crusader invasion of Anatolia, while the Turks are in crisis, Emperor Alexios Komnenos launches a reconquest. An army led by John Doukas retakes the Aegean coast and Western Anatolia, an army led by Theodore Gabras retakes the Black Sea coast, and the Emperor himself marches out of Pelakanon and into the center …
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William W. Hagen, "Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland, 1914-1920" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
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Widespread anti-Jewish pogroms accompanied the rebirth of Polish statehood out of World War I and Polish-Soviet War. In Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland, 1914-1920 (Cambridge UP, 2018), William W. Hagen offers the pogroms' first scholarly account, revealing how they served as brutal stagings by ordinary people of scenarios dramatizing popular anti-Je…
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#AskAbhijit 193: Nalanda, Vishwaguru, Modi 3.0, Nepal, Pelosi, Tibet, Wokeness, Bihar, Netanyahu
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Episode 193 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the live chat, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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Bradley Secker on the pleasures and perils of photojournalism in Istanbul
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Istanbul-based photojournalist Bradley Secker discusses his work on migration, LGBT+ asylum seekers in the Middle East and Europe, the difficulties of practicing journalism in Turkey and the broader state of photojournalism. Become a member to support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History …
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Join Annabel Gallop as she takes us to the Indonesian province of Aceh, where she introduces us to the Ninefold Seal, and through it, takes us on a tour through Mughal power, Chinese trade, European conquest, and the wonderful artistic expression of the people of Sumatra.By Asia House Arts and Learning
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#AskAbhijit 192: America Wants Kukiland, Petrodollar, Witches, Drones, Putin, Hawaii, Namibia, China
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Episode 192 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the live chat/comments, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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Klas-Göran Karlsson, "Lessons of History: The Holocaust and Soviet Terror as Borderline Events" (Academic Studies Press, 2024)
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Lessons of history are often referred to in public discourse, but seldom in scholarly discussions. Klas-Göran Karlsson's book Lessons of History: The Holocaust and Soviet Terror as Borderline Events (Academic Studies Press, 2024) seeks to change this by introducing an innovative scholarly, analytical model of historical lessons, starting from the b…
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Primary Source XXVIII: The Apocryphal Acts of Barnabas
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If you're listening to this month's Primary Source, you're hearing from the acts of Cyprus' patron saint, St. Barnabas. St. Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew who converted to Christianity and undertook missionary work across the island and beyond. In the Acts of the Apostles, he was accompanied by St. Paul most famously confronting a magician named Elymas…
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#AskAbhijit 191: Cloning, Naked Singularities, Bosons, White Holes, Saturn, Time Travel, AI's Future
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Episode 191 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the live chat/comments, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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S4: EP14: The New Inheritance: Cilician rulers from 1095 to 1219
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to another episode of Mer Herosner, the podcast where we delve into the rich and intricate history of Armenia. In this episode, Vic and Mike will take you on a journey through the reigns of the Cilician rulers from 1095 to 1295. We'll explore the rise and fall of this remarkable Armenian rulers, examining the key fig…
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#AskAbhijit 190: NEET, Pakistan, Kashmir Attacks, China, WW3, Education, Russian Weapons, Boeing
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Episode 190 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the live chat, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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#AskAbhijit 189: Modi, Manipur, Maldives, Netaji, Nepal, Dictatorship, Pakistan, China, Magsaysay
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Episode 189 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the comments, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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Eugene Rogan, "The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World" (Basic Book, 2024)
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The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World (Basic Book, 2024) recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the ferocious outbreaks of disorder across the Levant in 1860 which resulted in the massacre of thousands of Christians in Damascus. Eugene Rogan brilliantly recreates the l…
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#AskAbhijit 188: Fire, Entropy, Absolute Zero, Redshift, Big Bang, Gravity, 3-Body Problem, Gedanken
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Episode 188 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the comments, and I shall answer them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - OUTLINE:0:00 Countdown- Intro Music1:15 Introduction- Hello Everybody3:57 What was the great unconformity time period during which a huge chunk of Earth's paleontological timeline disappeared?9:35 What is all trash, …
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#AskAbhijit 187: Modi 2.0's Wasted Opportunities - 2024 Election Results Episode
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Episode 187 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the live chat, and I shall answer them.By Abhijit Chavda
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Bilge Yesil on Turkey’s global media operations
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Bilge Yesil on “Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global Communication Order” (University of Illinois Press). The book examines how Erdogan's regime has mobilised English-language media to counter foreign criticism and project Turkey as a rising power opposed to Western imperialism, supposedly giving a voice …
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27. Between Constantinople & the West: The Middle Byzantine Period with Tassos Papacostas
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For this month's episode, I speak with Tassos Papacostas (King's College London) about Cyprus during the Middle Byzantine Period. We touch upon the political and economic changes that characterize the period in addition to the population movement from urban centers to rural ones (focusing on the 10th century settlement of the Troodos region in part…
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