The Lausanne Project (TLP)
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Salih Yasun @VMI1839 uncovers a story about intimate ties of kinship, enduring yet overlooked:
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Long before the State Opera opened Halide Edip Adıvar was among those imagining what Turkish opera might sound like. Ici Vanwesenbeeck @FredoniaU @FredoniaEnglish explains how she conceived of an opera that was neither "alla franca" nor "alla turca".
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"Zsa-Zsa Gulbenkian"? Jon's biography of Gulbenkian was name-checked by Wes Anderson, as the inspiration for his new film, "The Phoenician Scheme."
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Jon's article on how Big Oil shaped Lausanne is now out, open access. It challenges state-centred accounts of oil diplomacy, looking at the role of firms we know today as BP and ExxonMobil, as well as of Deutsche Bank and other financial interests
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Can Eyüp Çekiç @nevukurumsal revisits liberal internationalist David Davies’ 1919 proposal to establish the League of Nations in Constantinople, making that city the seat of a truly international order – of a kind the League failed to establish in Geneva.
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Hadwig Kraeutler on an overlooked 1940 biography that presented sultan Abdülhamid as a key to past, present and future.
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"Something that struck home with the students was the rise of the security state. It’s not something that begins with the Nazis, you need to look further back." We spoke to Sam Foster @EastCentreUea about his new approach to teaching the Great War.
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"Witnessing students grapple with Middle East politics and challenge assumptions has been truly inspiring and rewarding for me." Barış Çelik explains how he used reflective journals and creative activities at Sheffield.
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From studio to alaminüt: we asked Özge Baykan Calafato to talk us through photography's role in developing modern Turkish citizenship, introducing us to the collection she created @Akkasah_NYUAD
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Ok, so we are still going to use X alongside BlueSky, and not just for Delvey gifs, in recognition that many of those we hope to reach are still here. Sorry about that, Anna.
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Fatih's answer to Jay Gatsby died in 1926, but his folly remained, housing Ottoman Bank staff who added their chapters to the story of Bulgur Palas. Now it's rescued, @handeyalnizoglu argues, it's time to tell their stories. @kultur_istanbul @istkitapcisi
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Please note that TLP has moved to BlueSky. Same handle @LausanneProject Join us. If you stay here, all you will get from us is Anna Delvey gifs. Jon kept asking to tweet them. Jon, now's your chance!
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"We didn't talk about exams. " This week's podcast explores a high school history project that got 9th graders curating "My Own 1922".
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In our final podcast of 2024 Sahin Yesilyurt talks to Giorgio about his research into the Ottoman quarantine tax.
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“A man of letters and fighter for unpopular causes.” @LauraAlmagor spoke to us about Israel Zangwill, exploring his relationship to Zionism and how he deployed concepts of race and "civilisation"
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The New Books Network invited Jon to talk about his history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met's first director was an archaeologist active in Ottoman Cyprus, so there's a link (sort of) to TLP.
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Angelos and Georgios tried out our lesson plans on a group of high school pupils in Athens, in collaboration with AHEG. For Georgios, it was a homecoming of sorts, hosted by his alma mater, Panteion University. @giannako @Panteion @PanteionIntlEur .
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From imperial Sardhana to countercultural Nirvana: this week's podcast with Nile Green is far out!
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RT @ShiftingSovs: 🎓 Super interesting new book on the League of Nations and sovereignty: "Instruments of international order.Internationali….
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