The City in the Islamic World, Volume 94/1 & 94/2


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The purpose of this book is to draw attention to the sites of life, politics and culture where current and past generations of the Islamic world have made their mark. Unlike many previous volumes dealing with the city in the Islamic world, this one has been expanded not only to include snapshots of historical fabric, but also to deal with the transformation of this fabric into modern and contemporary urban entities. Salma Khadra Jayyusi was awarded Cultural Personality of the Year by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for her profound contribution to Arabic literature and culture in 2020. The paperback edition of The City in the Islamic World was published to celebrate the occasion.




Scholarship in Action: Essays on the Life and Work of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936)


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The Dutch scholar Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936) was one of the most famous orientalists of his time. He acquired early fame through his daring research in Mecca in 1884-85, masterly narrated in two books and accompanied by two portfolios of photographs. As an adviser to the colonial government in the Dutch East Indies from 1889 until 1906, he was on horseback during campaigns of “pacification” and published extensively on Indonesian cultures and languages. Meanwhile he successively married two Sundanese women with whom he had several children. In 1906 he became a professor in Leiden and promoted together with colleagues abroad the study of modern Islam, meant to be useful for colonial purposes. Despite his considerable scholarly, political, and cultural influence in the first decades of the twentieth century, nowadays Snouck Hurgronje has been almost forgotten outside a small circle of specialists, since he mainly published in Dutch and German. The contributors to this volume each offer new insights about this enigmatic scholar and political actor who might be considered a classic proponent of “orientalism.” Their detailed studies of his life and work challenge us to reconsider common views of the history of the study of Islam in European academia and encourage a more nuanced “post-orientalist” approach with ample attention for cooperation, exchange, and hybridization. Contributors:




Through the Legation Window, 1876-1926


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Based on research in the Dutch State and Foreign Office archives, these essays examine the impact of banditry in western Anatolia on local Dutch communities, Dutch relations with Armenia (1913-1923), 'pan-Islamism' and Dutch colonialism, and Dutch visits to Ottoman ports.




Aanwinstenlijst Centrale Bibliotheek


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2nd International Congress on Ottoman Studies (Abstract Book)


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First International Congress on Ottoman Studies was held between 14-17 October 2015 in Sakarya, Turkey. As a follow-up, the 2nd International Congress on Ottoman Studies will be held in cooperation with the Turkish Historical Society (TTK), between 17-20 October in Tirana, Albania, where Tirana University will be the host of the event. ... İlki 14-17 Ekim 2015 tarihinde Sakarya'da düzenlenen Uluslararası Osmanlı Araştırmaları Kongresi'nin ikincisi 17-20 Ekim 2018 tarihinde Arnavutluk'un Tiran şehrinde, Türk Tarih Kurumu (TTK) işbirliği ile Tiran Üniversitesi'nin ev sahipliğinde tertip edilecektir.










Villes ottomanes à la fin de l'Empire


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De Salonique à Alexandrie, en passant par Istanbul et Bagdad, avec quelques haltes dans les Balkans et en Asie-Mineure, c'est un véritable voyage au coeur des villes ottomanes du siècle dernier auquel ce livre nous convie. Dans les grands ports ouverts sur l'Occident, bien sûr, mais même dans les bourgades les plus reculées, d'un bout à l'autre de cet immense Empire que l'on disait être "l'homme malade" de l'Europe, le lecteur découvrira une activité fiévreuse, intense, menée par les agents de l'Etat ou les élites urbaines, pour faire de vieilles cités orientales des agglomérations plus ouvertes et plus saines, mieux ordonnées et mieux bâties ; bref, des villes modernes à l'exemple de l'urbanisme occidental. Une modernisation accompagnée souvent d'après compétitions, voire d'affrontements violents, entre des communautés qui, à l'heure des nationalismes, cohabitent de plus en plus difficilement dans l'espace urbain. Une modernisation inégale, inachevée, mais qui marquera d'une empreinte durable les villes des Balkans et du Moyen-Orient. En cours de route, le lecteur aura échappé à une épidémie de choléra, fait connaissance avec un gouverneur passionné de théâtre et d'architecture, et découvert, au fin fond de l'Anatolie, une vaste cité-jardins à l'urbanisme étonnamment moderne ! Issu d'un séminaire organisé à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales en 1989-90, le présent ouvrage est le fruit d'un travail collectif auquel ont participé historiens, urbanistes, architectes et spécialistes de l'histoire de l'art et des sciences.




1st International Congress on Ottoman Studies (Abstract Book)


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Abstract Book of 2nd International Congress on Ottoman Studies was held between 14-17 October 2015 in Sakarya, Turkey. ... 14-17 Ekim 2015 tarihinde Sakarya, Türkiye'de düzenlenen 1. Uluslararası Osmanlı Araştırmaları Kongresi Özet Kitabı.