Language, Power, and Law in the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman History Podcast

English - December 12, 2019 22:19 - ★★★★★ - 199 ratings
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Episode 441

with Heather Ferguson

hosted by Zoe Griffith

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In this episode, historian Heather Ferguson takes us behind the scenes of early modern Ottoman state-making with a discussion of her recent book The Proper Order of Things. We discuss how the architecture of Topkapı palace, the emergence of new bureaucratic practices, and the administration of space from Hungary to Lebanon projected early modern discourses of “order” that were crucial to imperial legitimacy, governance, and dissent. Heather also offers rare insights into the challenges, vulnerabilities, and victories of transforming a dissertation into a prize-winning book manuscript.

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