Tag: Ottoman Empire
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Photography in the Armenian Genocide: Bearing Witness and Preserving Memory
Photography was a crucial medium through which the Armenian Genocide was documented. Lousia Steijger recounts the power of photographs in detailing acts of violence and inspiring humanitarian action.
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement: an ‘expansionist booking-in-advance’ of the Middle East
The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 was written by Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot. Jasmine Khelil examines how it came about and why.
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Decline, Fall and Reuse: Greek Nationalist Uses of Byzantine Archaeology since 1830
Following the collapse of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottomans in 1453, it found new provenance in shaping Greek identity during its struggle for independence. Verity Limond explores the place of Byzantine archaeology alongside glorification of the classical past.
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The New Midwives: Nineteenth-Century State Intervention in Reproduction
Written by Inge Erdal. The emergence of the nineteenth-century state has traditionally been traced through economic history. However, what role did it play in the sphere of reproduction? Analysing the states attempts to intervene in reproduction, opens new ways to conceiving its power.
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