Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by FAS Department "Middle Eastern Studies Committee"
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Genomic Citizenship: Peoplehood and State in Israel and Qatar
(2018-05-08)This dissertation describes basic genetic research and biobanking of ethnic populations in Israel and Qatar. I track how biomedical research on ethnic populations relates to the political, economic, legal, and historical ... -
Meaningful Mediums: A Material and Intellectual History of Manuscript and Print Production in Nineteenth Century Ottoman Cairo
(2015-09-29)Meaningful mediums is a study of the political economy of writing in the first Ottoman city to develop a sustained urban print culture. Cairo’s writing economy comprised the longstanding manuscript industry, the governmental ... -
Ottoman Victoriana: Nineteenth-Century Sultans and the Making of a Palace, 1795-1909
(2016-09-09)This dissertation is a historical reconstruction of the last Ottoman palace in Istanbul known as Yıldız. Using a diverse and largely untouched collection of archival sources (including maps, architectural drawings, ... -
Sedimented Encounters: Dams, Conservation, and Politics in Turkey
(2019-09-10)This dissertation is an ethnography of socio-natural encounters that shape, and are shaped by, the building of dam infrastructures within the Çoruh River Watershed of Turkey. Known as one of the fastest-running rivers in ... -
Teachers of the Public, Advisors to the Sultan: Preachers and the Rise of a Political Public Sphere in Early Modern Istanbul (1600-1675)
(2016-05-13)This dissertation focuses on preachers as key actors in the rise of a political public sphere in the early modern Ottoman Empire. Recently, literature on the political importance of corporate bodies and voluntary associations ... -
The Ways of Zainab: Visitations and Valuations Between Iran and Syria via Turkey
(2016-09-16)The Ways of Zainab: Visitations and Valuations between Iran and Syria via Turkey follows the pathways of a ziyarat (visitation) route, also known as Hajj-e Fuqara’ (pilgrimage of the poor) from bus stations in Tabriz, Iran ...