Görkem Akgöz, BRILL, 2023 In the Shadow of War and Empire offers a site-specific history of Ottoman and Turkish industrialization through the lens of a mid-nineteenth-century cotton factory in the “Turkish Manchester,” the name chosen by the Ottomans for the…
Nancy E. Berg, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025 Longing and Belonging investigates the lives of Jews among Muslims in the modern age, both inside and outside the Ottoman Empire and after its demise. Here, modern Jewish protagonists are revealed as…
Hany Rashwan, Liverpool University Press, 2024 This volume challenges the Eurocentric lens through which Arabic, Persian, and Turkic literatures are often read, and advocates for centering the literary theories – often termed balāgha – of these customs when engaging with…
Phillip Lieberman, Cambridge University Press, 2022 Phillip Lieberman revisits one of the foundational narratives of medieval Jewish history—that the rise of Islam led the Jews of Babylonia, the largest Jewish community prior to the rise of Islam, to abandon a…
Diana Darke, Middle East Institute, 2025 A richly illustrated guide to the Ottoman Empire, 100 years since its dissolution, unravelling its complex cultural legacy and profound impact on Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. At its height, the Ottoman…
Davide Trentacoste, Routlege, 2026 The book uncovers a forgotten century-long conversation between Christian Tuscany and Shiʿi Persia —one that reshaped power, politics, and diplomacy in the early modern world. Moving beyond the familiar story of Europe versus the Ottoman Empire,…