PODCAST – Episode 21: La Reine de l’Interview

Jonathan Conlin invites Samuel Foster to explain the rationale behind his new module on "Europe in the Era of the Great War" and report on how students have engaged with imagology and uncomfortable analogies with their own times.

Ozan Ozavci talks with Ismee Tames about her ongoing research into stateless people after World War I, uncovering the communities of care that stateless individuals created to rebuild their lives.

Eugene Rogan and Ozan Ozavci discuss the 1860 massacres in Damascus, the subsequent restoration of peace in Syria, and the insights this turbulent history may offer to Syrians navigating today's challenges.

Anna Enepekidou looks back at a project that turned high schoolers into curators as well as students of history.

Şahin Yeşilyurt introduces Giorgio Ennas to his research on the relationship between the late Ottoman Empire's public health and fiscal regimes.

Laura Almagor talks to Ozan Ozavci about how revisiting a supposed "Founding Father of Zionism" might open new avenues into alternative pasts and futures for Israel-Palestine.

Nile Green walks Jonathan Conlin through Ikbal and Idries Shah's unstable stable of aliases and identities.

Artemis Papatheodorou talks with Enno Maessen about the stories of Ottoman Greek refugees and their attachments to antiquities in the late Ottoman world.

Emre Erol talks to Enno Maessen about Mushir Husein Kidwai, a prominent intellectual who pleaded for Muslims of the world to unite.

Mert Cangönül discusses his ongoing research project on the Schengen visa regime with Enno Maessen.