The Last Empire of Islam

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The Last Empire of Islam

• Istanbul (Turkey), August 2009

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Turkey in the middle of Africa, Asia, and Europe
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Turkey and its neighbors
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The province of Istanbul divided into two parts
by the Bosphorus

• Bosphorus the Ford of the Cow
• named after an ancient love triangle between
  Zeus, his lover Io, and his wife Hera

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Byzantine Constantinople
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Ottoman Istanbul
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The city in three parts
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Where we will be staying
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The Camondo Residence

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vfIw_CzKjopY
• http//www.galataresidence.com/video.htm
• http//www.galataresidence.com/eng/index.htm

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Our classroom space and its views
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The courses

• 1) HIS 190C
• MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY III
• THE OTTOMANS, 1401-1730
• 2) HIS 198
• ISTANBUL IN AND BETWEEN GUIDES
• AND TRAVELOGUES
• (P/NP grading only)

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The Ottoman Empire
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I - The Ottomans

• Part Three Pre-modern Identities Ethnicity,
  Religion, and Gender
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• M 8/17 - Muslims of different ethnicities
• T 8/18 - The Gregorian and Orthodox Christians
  
• W 8/19 - The Romaniot and Sephardic Jews, and
  Sabbatai Sevi
• R 8/20 - Sufism and Muslim religiosity
• F 8/21 - Class, gender, and power
• M 8/24 - Conversions
• Part Four The Transformation of the Ottoman
  Polity
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• T 8/25 - The question of decline
• W 8/26 - Conservatives, liberals, and the
  early modern city
• R 8/27 - Individuation
• F 8/28 - An Ottoman gentleman in Paris

• Part One The Background and the Chronology
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• M 8/3 - Middle Eastern History, 7th 13th
  centuries
• T 8/4 - The Byzantine Empire and pre-Ottoman
  Anatolia
• W 8/5 - The construction of the Ottoman state
• R 8/6 - Ottoman history an overview, ca.
  1400-1730
• Part Two The Ottoman Empire and pre-modern
  imperialism
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• F 8/7 - The feudal structure and the state
• M 8/10 - Ottoman law
• T 8/11 - The Ottomans in the Middle East
• W 8/12 - The Ottomans in Europe, North Africa,
  and the Mediterranean
• R 8/13 - The projection of an imperial image
• F 8/14 - The limits of Ottoman imperialism

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Guest lecturers

• At least four lectures on issues facing
  contemporary Turkey will be explored by guest
  lecturers.
• Possible topics
• Democracy
• Gender issues in a patriarchal society
• Islamist politics
• Secularism

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II Istanbul in Travelogues

• 1) Read an old travelogue, get to know some of
  the places that the text refers to, compare and
  contrast the given text with your own perception
  of the city.
• 2) Tours guided by the instructor in the
  afternoons and the weekends of the first two
  weeks.
• 3) Tours in the company of Turkish college
  students who speak English in the afternoons of
  the last two weeks and during the third weekend
  for the completion of the independent projects.

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Sightseeing in Istanbul
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Yedikule, or the Seven Towers, and the City Walls
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Kariye
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The Hagia Sophia (dedicated in 537 by Justinian)
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A Mosaic in the Hagia Sophia depicting Justinian
(left) presenting a model of the church of Hagia
Sophia to the Virgin Mary. Constantine to the
right presents her with a model of Constantinople.
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Hippodrome / At Meydani / Sultanahmet Square
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The Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, a.k.a. the Blue
Mosque (17th c.)
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Topkapi Palace
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Nowhere else does the sea come so home to a
city.A. W. Kinglake, Eothen (1844)
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The Grand Bazaar
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The Suleymaniye (16th c.)
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The Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate and the
Church of St. George
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The Surp Vorodman Church (the church of the
Gregorian Patriarchate in Istanbul)
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The Ahrida Synagogue
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The other side of the Golden Horn
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Galata Tower and views of Istanbul from its top
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Beyoglu (Pera) TaksimThe happening zone
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Dolmabahce Palace
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Weekend Daytrip within Istanbul The Bosphorus
(as seen from its northern end at Anadolu Kavagi)
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Weekend Daytrip within Istanbul The Islands
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Women from Turkey
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Men from Turkey
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The tour of the Marmara region August 28
August 31
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Gallipoli
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Hotel Kum (sand)
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Troy
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Assos / Behramkale
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Eden Gardens Hotel
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Return to Istanbul on August 31 and depart for
the US on September 1
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Visiting Topkapi Palace, 2007
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Visiting the Armenian Patriarchate, 2007
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Having tea coffee at Pierre Lotie, 2007
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Lunch hour on a group trip, 2007
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Visiting an ancient theater, 2007
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Visiting a mosque, 2007
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Student pictures, 2007
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Information Session

• Thursday, January 29
• 3-4 pm
• Education Abroad Center Meeting Room
• (corner of Third and A streets)