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Culture and Diplomacy
Diplomats had multiple tasks: not only negotiating with the representatives of other states, but also mediating culture and knowledge, and not least elaborating reports on their observations of politics, society, and culture. Culture, according to the studies featured in this book, is defined as a complex sphere including aspects like systems of communication, literature, music, arts, education, and the creation of knowledge. This edition containing contributions from six conferences held in Vienna and Istanbul by the Don Juan Archiv Wien focuses on the complex diplomatic and cultural relations between the Ottoman Empire and Europe from the time of the early embassies to Istanbul up to "Tanzimat".
Austria (-Hungary) and Its Consulates in the United States of America Since 1820
In 1776, the US proclaimed its independence. It was not until 1817 that Austria's Emperor Franz I ordered the establishment of a Consulate in the US, which led to the arrival in 1820 of the first Consul in New York City. This book describes when, where, and why 53 Consulates of Austria (-Hungary) were established in the US from 1820 to the present. It describes the Consuls, their daily work, and challenges, including pan-Slavic activities before 1914. The book offers a glimpse at the living conditions of immigrants and migrant workers who came to the US from the Empire before World War I, reflecting the sentiment (1911) that "in no country the foreigner, and particularly the uneducated foreigner, is more in need of protection than in the United States." (Series: Forschungen zur Geschichte des osterreichischen Auswartigen Dienstes - Vol. 4)
The Diffusion of “Small” Western Technologies in the Middle East
In recent years we have become interested in the diffusion of “small” Western technologies in the countries of the Middle East during the 19th and 20th centuries, the era of Imperialism and first globalization. We postulated a contrast between “small” and “big” technologies. Under the latter category we may understand railway systems, electricity grids, telegraph networks, and steam navigation, imposed by foreign powers or installed by connected local entrepreneurs. But many “small” Western technologies, such as sewing machines, typewriters, pianos, eyeglasses, and similar consumer goods, which had been developed and manufactured in Europe and America, were wanted, and willin...
Italian Architects and Builders in the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
This volume represents the first scholarly work in English devoted to the experience of Italian architects and builders in Turkey, as well as in many of the lands once belonging to the Ottoman Empire. Covering a complex cultural and political geography spanning from the Danubian principalities (today’s Romania) to Anatolia and the Aegean region, the book is the result of individual research experiences that were brought together and debated in an international conference in Istanbul in March 2013, organized in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture and Boğaziçi University. Grounded on a flexible notion of identitarian boundaries, the book explores a rich transcultural field ...
Dangerous Gifts
From Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Egypt in 1798 to the foreign interventions in the ongoing civil wars in Syria, Yemen, and Libya today, global empires or the so-called Great Powers have long assumed the responsibility to bring security in the Middle East. The past two centuries have witnessed their numerous military occupations to 'liberate', 'secure' and 'educate' local populations. They staged first 'humanitarian' interventions in history and established hitherto unseen international and local security institutions. Consulting fresh primary sources collected from some thirty archives in the Middle East, Russia, the United States, and Western Europe, Dangerous Gifts revisits the late e...
Mediterranean Seafarers in Transition
This volume discusses the effects of industrialization on maritime trade, labour and communities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea from the 1850s to the 1920s. The 17 essays are based on new evidence from multiple type of primary sources on the transition from sail to steam navigation, written in a variety of languages, Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, Russian and Ottoman. Questions that arise in the book include the labour conditions, wages, career and retirement of seafarers, the socio-economic and spatial transformations of the maritime communities and the changes in the patterns of operation, ownership and management in the shipping industry with the advent of steam navigation. The book offers a comparative analysis of the above subjects across the Mediterranean, while also proposes unexplored themes in current scholarship like the history of navigation. Contributors are: Luca Lo Basso, Andrea Zappia, Leonardo Scavino, Daniel Muntane, Eduard Page Campos, Enric Garcia Domingo, Katerina Galani, Alkiviadis Kapokakis, Petros Kastrinakis, Kalliopi Vasilaki, Pavlos Fafalios, Georgios Samaritakis, Kostas Petrakis, Korina Doerr, Athina Kritsotaki, Anastasia Axaridou, and Martin Doerr.
Österreich in Istanbul III
Arzte, Postler, Diplomaten, Krankenhauser, Schulen, Botschaftskirche und Konsularobergericht, Rustungslieferungen aus Osterreich-Ungarn, vor Hitler fluchtende judische Wissenschaftler und ein wehmutiger Abschied: Als Fortsetzung der Festschrift anlasslich des Kulturhauptstadtjahres Istanbul 2010 und Osterreich in Istanbul II beleuchtet Band III weitere Kapitel in den vielfaltigen Beziehungen zwischen Osterreich(-Ungarn) und Istanbul. DAzu ein dreisprachiger Kurzreisefuhrer auf den Spuren der Habsburgermonarchie durch Istanbul heute. Doktorlar, postacilar, diplomatlar, hastaneler, okullar, elçilik kiliseleri ve konsolosluk yuksek mahkemesi, Avusturya-Macaristan'dan silah yardimlari, Hitler'd...
Toplumsal Tarih
Toplumsal Tarih, Kasım 2018 sayısında Türkiye’de farklı siyasi pozisyonlar arasında çok farklı şekillerde yorumlanan bir konuyu, Japon modernleşmesini ve onun Türkiye deneyimi ile benzerliklerini gündeme taşıyan bir dosya sunuyor. Selçuk Esenbel’in editörlüğünde hazırlanan “Japon Modernleşmesi ve Türkiye” başlıklı dosya, 150. yılını geride bırakan Meiji Restorasyonu’na ve Japon modernleşmesine hakim siyasi pozisyonlardan uzak ve sorgulayıcı bir perspektiften yaklaşan makaleleri bir araya getiriyor. Toplumsal Tarih dergisi yeni sayısında Japon modernleşmesine odaklanan makalelere yer veriyor. Selçuk Esenbel’in “Gelenek, Batılılaşma, ve Tü...
