Follow professors Nükhet Varlık and Giancarlo Casale, along with Ph.D. researcher Tunahan Durmaz into the fascinating world of Ottoman experiences of epidemics. What can we learn about plague and disease control from the words of an eighteenth-century Ottoman ambassador or the reflections of a seventeenth-century Istanbulite dervish? Find out in today’s episode!
Hosted by Ian Hathaway,  Gašper Jakovac, and Jorge Díaz Ceballos

Follow professors Nükhet Varlık and Giancarlo Casale, along with Ph.D. researcher Tunahan Durmaz into the fascinating world of Ottoman experiences of epidemics. What can we learn about plague and disease control from the words of an eighteenth-century Ottoman ambassador or the reflections of a seventeenth-century Istanbulite dervish? Find out in today’s episode! Hosted by Ian Hathaway, Gašper Jakovac, and Jorge Díaz Ceballos

Follow professors Nükhet Varlık and Giancarlo Casale, along with Ph.D. researcher Tunahan Durmaz into the fascinating world of Ottoman experiences of epidemics. What can we learn about plague and disease control from the words of an eighteenth-century Ottoman ambassador or the reflections of a seventeenth-century Istanbulite dervish? Find out in today’s episode!
Hosted by Ian Hathaway, &nbsp;Gašper Jakovac, and Jorge Díaz Ceballos

Ep. 7: Ottoman experiences of epidemics

What does it mean to experience a deadly epidemic? To better understand our current COVID-19 crisis, historians Jorge Díaz Ceballos, Ian Hathaway, and Gašper Jakovac explore the long history of people’s encounters with epidemics. Teaming up with other scholars, they delve into individual sources and personal narratives, providing diverse and thought-provoking insights into the emotional, intellectual, social, and political challenges faced by individuals and communities who experienced epidemics before the rise of modern germ theory.

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Ep. 7: Ottoman experiences of epidemics

Ep. 7: Ottoman experiences of epidemics