Podcasting the Ottomans Students of Podcasting the Ottomans @ Boston College
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An Ottoman history podcast series by undergraduate students at Boston College
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E7 – "Remember the Ladies": Ottoman Women
The pervasive Orientalist view of the Ottoman Empire as a backwards civilization has been challenged by more recent historical scholarship that evaluates the role and importance of women in Ottoman society. This episode shows that Ottoman women were far more than just a footnote in the functioning of the empire.
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E6 - Columbus, the Ottomans and the New World
This episode presents a fantastic rebuttal to a Eurocentric view of 16th century geopolitical affairs, and astutely notes the forceful impact of the reality of Ottoman territory at the crux of global trade.
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E4 - The View of the Other: Piri Reis and the Portuguese
The students will lead us by exploring the Ottoman conception of “other,” more specifically, of their Portuguese rivals.
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E5 - The Compass to Inter-Religious Relations
Intrigued by the diversity of Ottoman society, several Boston College students explore these complex inter-religious realities through tracing the representations of mosques and churches in the maps of Piri Reis
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E2 - Frenemies in the Age of Exploration: The Ottomans and Venetians
This episode dives into the relationship between the Venetians and Ottomans as the two leading powers in the Mediterranean. Presented as “frenemies,” the two ambitious powers sparred on many occasions, yet the Ottoman Empire and the city-state of Venice had a surprisingly functional working relationship
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E3 - A Tale of an Urban Phenomenon
In this episode, the podcasters will show us how the representations of Venice and Cairo differed significantly from that of Marseille with respect to the geopolitical situation of the time.