Host: Joan Neuberger, Editor, Not Even Past and Professor, Department of History Guest: Brian Levack, John E. Green Regents Professor in History, University of Texas at Austin Descriptions of common men and women convulsing violently, speaking in tongues,  expelling foreign … Continue reading →

Guest Barbara Petzen returns to walk us through the cobbled lanes of Istanbul, past bath houses and coffee houses, to help us look at the Ottoman Empire as a nuanced, complex, and changing entity that defies the traditional story of "decline and fall."

Host: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Guest: Barbara Petzen, Director, Middle East Connections In this second of a two part series, we look at life in the Ottoman Empire for an average person, and the factors that led … Continue reading →

Guest Barbara Petzen helps to shed some light on the origins and rise of the empire that rivaled Europe for centuries.

Host: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Guest: Barbara Petzen, Director, Middle East Connections The Ottoman Empire has long captured the public imagination in a way that few other royal houses and empires have managed to do. … Continue reading →

An overview of the history of Mexican Migration to the U.S. since 1848.

Host: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Guest: Miguel A. Levario, Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University The words “Mexican immigration” are usually enough to start a vibrant, politically and emotionally charged debate. Yet, the history … Continue reading →

In the second half of a two part podcast, guest and co-host Christopher Rose from UT’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies discusses the lingering effects of 20th century European imperialism in the region and the transition to independence.

Host: Joan Neuberger, Professor, Department of History, and editor, Not Even Past Guest: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies World War I had a profound impact on the Middle East and North Africa. With the breakup of the Ottoman … Continue reading →

In this first of a two part podcast, guest and co-host Christopher Rose from UT’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies walks us through the beginnings of European imperialism in the Middle East.