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My name means universe. "Every life, a universe" CODA, native in Turkish Sign Language Lives in Pittsburgh ✏️ Translation & History
It’s out! My translation just dropped in Art in Translation. It's a booklet, published in 1912 & attributed to Ahmed İhsan Bey, a print entrepreneur, author, and translator, on his publishing house & legendary illustrated journal Servet-i Fünun ("Wealth of Sciences") under the Ottoman Empire. 1/3
Our editor, Ana Sekulić, delves into her collection of heirloom clothing, unraveling stories of craftsmanship, labor, and impact of modernity. "Somewhere along the way, that unquestionable link to history was broken by progress, preponderance of synthetic fabrics, and violence." tinyurl.com/5eaa75er
The Weight of Wool — Women* Write the Balkans
Ottoman and Habsburg coins turned into jewelry; the remnants of successive empires worn on the women’s chests. In some cases, the đerdans are so elaborate that they almost entirely occlude their weare...
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Update: DLC tells us it and its tree contractor Penn Line will each donate $5K to the Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz Memorial Fund, and take additional steps to make it right after they chopped down Miri Rabinowitz's tree without permission.
Duquesne Light to "make this right" after cutting down widow's tree planted by Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victim
Duquesne Light said it's trying to make things right after contractors cut down a tree planted by a Tree of Life synagogue victim.
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Pittsburgh electric utility DLC told Miri Rabinowitz, widow of Tree of Life mass shooting victim Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, that the redbud tree he planted in their front yard 30 years ago could stay. But last Thursday, she came home to a pile of logs where the tree had been.
so here's the bsky starter pack that you didn't know you needed. wondering what grift kushner & ivanka tr*mp are pulling buying up property in the balkans? sarajevo on your mind? or just want some wholesome stories about an ottoman-era donkey? we have you covered! go.bsky.app/AcUhygT
Istanbul friends, if you are around next Tuesday I’ll be presenting my book at Sabancı University @stanfordpress.bsky.social
Excited to announce that you can now preorder my book, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina scheduled for December 5 release with a @stanfordpress.bsky.social discount code AMZI-ERDOGDULAR20 sup.org/books/title/... #menasky #what's history 🗃️
The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina - Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular
The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe examines how Bosnian Muslims navigated the Ottoman and Habsburg domains following the Habsburg occupation of Bosnia Herzegovina after the 1878 Berlin Congress. Prominen...
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My book, Pious Labor, is now available open access via Jstor, though it won’t be published officially until Jan. If you’re eager to read before then, check it out! www.jstor.org/stable/jj.69...
Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship, and Technology in Colonial India on JSTOR
A free ebook version of this title is available throughLuminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishingprogram. Visit www.luminosoa.org to ...
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We are seeking reviewers @global-ih.bsky.social - do consider & share!
Call for reviews! We are seeking proposals for book reviews to be commissioned for future issues @global-ih.bsky.social. If you have a proposal that fits the journal themes, email our chief editor, Rosario López. Early career researchers welcome - please share! www.tandfonline.com/action/journ...
Exciting news! Join us for a keynote talk with Kapka Kassabova on November 17 👇Help us spread the word! This is a hybrid event and registration link is available here: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
If you are in Berlin this coming weekend, come and say hello at the Miss Read art book festival and fair at HKW. Free entry! missread.com Look out for this stall: