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A City Prone to Disasters
Jun 07 2023
by Jonas Borsch, author of "God’s Wrath over Antioch, 525–540 CE: Beginning of the End?" from the new special issue of Studies in Late AntiquityThe Tyche (or "Fortune") of Antioch (modern Antakya), now at the Vatican Museum in Rome. The statue is a marble Roman copy after a Greek bronze original
Teaching on Modern Art & Economic Development: a Class Resource
Feb 15 2022
By Sarah-Neel Smith, author of Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar TurkeyThis post is designed as a classroom resource for teachers and students interested in modern Turkish art and larger themes of modernism in a global context. It is adapted from the new release Metrics of Mod
Virtual Q&A with Giancarlo Casale, Editor and Translator of Prisoner of the Infidels
Oct 01 2021
A pioneering work of Ottoman Turkish literature, Prisoner of the Infidels brings the seventeenth-century memoir of Osman Agha of Timişoara—slave, adventurer, and diplomat—into English for the first time. The sweeping story of Osman’s life begins upon his capture and subsequent enslavement during the
On Recognition and Denial of Injustice in Times of Human Rights Hegemony: Minneapolis and Washington
Apr 27 2021
By Joachim J. Savelsberg, author of Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic StrugglesThe past week marked historic recognition of injustice and suffering. In Minneapolis on April 20, a jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd, one of many k
Opposition, dissent, and the struggle for constitutional democracy in Turkey — and the U.S.?
Feb 10 2021
By Christine Philliou, author of Turkey: A Past Against HistoryImagine living in a place where the political elite is deeply divided within itself. Contradictions between constitutionalism and empire are coming into violent conflict, seemingly on a daily basis. “Minority” groups who have lon
Author Spotlight: Interview with Salih Can Açiksöz, author of award-winning Sacrificial Limbs
Oct 12 2020
This post is part of our #MESA2020 blog series. Learn more at our MESA virtual exhibit.We're thrilled to announce Salih Can Açiksöz has won MESA's 2020 Fatima Mernissi Book Award for Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey! This award is given to the