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Beyond Borders and Beasts
This article is an expanded version of a final paper I wrote during my first year for Olimpia E. Rosenthal’s graduate course, “Race, Biopolitics & Colonialism,” at Indiana University in Fall 2022. While developing the piece, I presented it at the second annual Michael Gordon Memorial History Graduate Conference on April 28–29, 2023, at the…
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Absolutist Displays: Ottoman sûr-ı hümâyun versus French grande fête
This research paper was presented at Early Modern Ottoman Studies Conference II (EMOS) on June 27-28, 2024, at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. Recent scholarly discussions on royal weddings and princely festivals in the early modern era have predominantly centered on the European context. While contemporary research has notably enriched our understanding of Ottoman dynastic celebrations,…
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The Role of Artisans in the Circumcision Festival of 1675 during the Reign of Sultan Mehmed IV
In 1675, the Ottoman state held an imperial festival (sur-ı hümayun) in Edirne to celebrate the military achievements, the circumcision of the sons of Sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648-1687) and the marriage of his daughter. Drawing from seventeenth- century official and non-official sources concerning the festival, this essay focuses mainly on the role of the artisans. It…