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Contemporary Levant

@ContempLevant

Peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal of @CBRL_news. No longer active on this platform, find us at https://nitter.cf/t.co/1qFayhGxV1

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This account is no longer being updated: Twitter is not an ethical space to be in under its current ownership. You can find us over on BSky at bsky.app/profile/contempleva… Cc @CBRL_news @JournalLevant
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New ahead-of-print on @ContempLevant: @noraehp reviews Being There Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World by @Mebileeni, published by @SUPress: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Being there being here: Palestinian writings in the world

Being there being here: Palestinian writings in the world

Published in Contemporary Levant (Vol. 10, No. 1, 2025)

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Aline Schlaepfer@AlineSchlaepfer24 Sep 2024
Our special issue (with @jorditejel) on “Ordinary Ottomans. Post-World War I settlements and experiences of the end of Empire” is finally out, with @ContempLevant ! tandfonline.com/journals/yco… Summaries of our contributions 👇 1/10
Contemporary Levant

Contemporary Levant

Publishes research from studies in the Levant, focusing on current and emerging issues, contemporary politics, society, culture and diasporas.

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New online and #openaccess on @ContempLevant: "Navigating futures past: colonialism, nationalism, and the making of post-Ottoman order in Kilis, 1919–1926" by @rhoztan: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… cc @CBRL_news
Navigating futures past: colonialism, nationalism, and the making of post-Ottoman order in Kilis,...

Navigating futures past: colonialism, nationalism, and the making of post-Ottoman order in Kilis,...

In the early 1920s, Kilis was a mid-size town situated in the north of the Ottoman province of Aleppo. The border introduced in October 1921 between Turkey and French Syria passed right to the sout...

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Ramazan Hakkı Öztan@rhoztan29 Aug 2024
My article on the making of post-Ottoman order in Kilis just got published in a special issue @ContempLevant edited by dear @AlineSchlaepfer and Jordi Tejel. For those interested, here is the link to the full text: doi.org/10.1080/20581831.202…
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Alp Yenen@alp_yenen31 Aug 2024
Thanks to my cousin Funda Soysal (@fusoys), we have published this co-authored article on our family history: "Precarious Privileges: Glimpses into the Post-Ottoman Transition through the Papers of a Salonican Family" @ContempLevant #openaccess tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Precarious privileges: glimpses into the post-Ottoman transition through the papers of a Salonican...

Precarious privileges: glimpses into the post-Ottoman transition through the papers of a Salonican...

As cousins, we discovered a treasure trove of family papers, revealing the intricate relationship between precarity and privilege of our family from Salonica navigating the post-Ottoman transition....

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New and #openaccess in @ContempLevant: "Precarious privileges: glimpses into the post-Ottoman transition through the papers of a Salonican family" by @fusoys and @alp_yenen: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Precarious privileges: glimpses into the post-Ottoman transition through the papers of a Salonican...

Precarious privileges: glimpses into the post-Ottoman transition through the papers of a Salonican...

As cousins, we discovered a treasure trove of family papers, revealing the intricate relationship between precarity and privilege of our family from Salonica navigating the post-Ottoman transition....

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New in @ContempLevant: "Nobody is leaving! Ottoman officials, their families and the struggle over Ottoman imperial sovereignty in Yemen after the Mudros Armistice, 1918–1924" by Thomas Kuehn: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Nobody is leaving! Ottoman officials, their families and the struggle over Ottoman imperial...

Nobody is leaving! Ottoman officials, their families and the struggle over Ottoman imperial...

This article explores the struggles over Ottoman sovereignty in Yemen from the October 1918 armistice to the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey in October 1923. The governor-general (vali), Mah...

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New out and open access on @ContempLevant: "The genocidal disruption of Johannes Jacob Manissadjian’s (1862–1942) lifework: a biographical approach to mass violence and indigenous knowledge production" by Nazan Maksudyan: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The genocidal disruption of Johannes Jakob Manissadjian’s (1862–1942) lifework: a biographical...

The genocidal disruption of Johannes Jakob Manissadjian’s (1862–1942) lifework: a biographical...

Relying on a biographical approach that reconstructs the life and work of Johannes [Hovhanness/Յովհաննէս] Jakob [Hagop/Յակոբ] Manissadjian [Manisacıyan/Մանիսաճեան] (1862–1942), a highly successful ...

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🚨📢 JOB ALERT: Ankara Manager The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) is searching for a candidate to fill the permanent, full-time position of Ankara Manager at the Research Centre in Ankara. 📍 Ankara, Türkiye ⏰ 12th August 2024 ℹ️ biaa.ac.uk/grants/biaa-ankar…
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Altay to Yughur@AltaytoYughur25 Jul 2024
Are you interested in the social and administrative history of Ottoman Syria… and you speak Arabic? Check out this upcoming talk by the BL-Qatar Foundation Project’s Dr Ula Zeir on 6 August! iis.ac.uk/events/agricultura…
Agricultural and Administrative Reforms in Ottoman | Events

Agricultural and Administrative Reforms in Ottoman | Events

This Arabic-language lecture explores the impact of Ottoman reforms on the city of Salamiyya and its Ismaili population, focusing on 19 C agricultural reforms and the city's official recognition.

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Joel Veldkamp@JoelVeldkamp29 Jul 2024
My first peer-reviewed article is out today!
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New out and #openaccess in @ContempLevant: "‘So that we can safeguard your lives’: the Jews of Aleppo between colonialism, nationalism, and Zionism, 1918–1946" by @JoelVeldkamp: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
‘So that we can safeguard your lives’: the Jews of Aleppo between colonialism, nationalism, and...

‘So that we can safeguard your lives’: the Jews of Aleppo between colonialism, nationalism, and...

In the Middle East, as elsewhere, the protracted transition from empire to nation-state was accompanied by a brutal tide of ethnoreligious homogenisation. One of the more dramatic examples was the ...

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New out and #openaccess in @ContempLevant: "‘So that we can safeguard your lives’: the Jews of Aleppo between colonialism, nationalism, and Zionism, 1918–1946" by @JoelVeldkamp: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
‘So that we can safeguard your lives’: the Jews of Aleppo between colonialism, nationalism, and...

‘So that we can safeguard your lives’: the Jews of Aleppo between colonialism, nationalism, and...

In the Middle East, as elsewhere, the protracted transition from empire to nation-state was accompanied by a brutal tide of ethnoreligious homogenisation. One of the more dramatic examples was the ...

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For those aiming to escape The Hellsite, you can now find Contemporary Levant over on BSky, at bsky.app/profile/contempleva…. Come and join us!
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New out on @ContempLevant: "‘From hunter to hunted’: (temporary) marginalisation in Muslim men’s memories of the allied occupation period in Turkey (1918–1922)" by Ellinor Morack: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
‘From hunter to hunted’: (temporary) marginalisation in Muslim men’s memories of the allied...

‘From hunter to hunted’: (temporary) marginalisation in Muslim men’s memories of the allied...

In this article, I study memories of the Allied occupation of Maraş, Mersin and İzmir that were published in local newspapers between the 1920s and 1960s. The narratives were published when Muslims...

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@Mucagcebe21 Jul 2024
📍"Rethinking post-Ottoman space through the ordinary: garages, hotels and cafés between Syria and Iraq, 1920s–1930s" - @CesarJaquier | @ContempLevant Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2024. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Rethinking post-Ottoman space through the ordinary: garages, hotels and cafés between Syria and...

Rethinking post-Ottoman space through the ordinary: garages, hotels and cafés between Syria and...

This article examines the reconfiguration of post-Ottoman space in the Mashriq during the interwar period. It does so by delving into ordinary places, actors and practices, particularly garages, ho...

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Büşra Eser@busra_esr15 Jul 2024
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New online and #openaccess from @ContempLevant: "Rethinking post-Ottoman space through the ordinary: garages, hotels and cafés between Syria and Iraq, 1920s–1930s" by @CesarJaquier: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Rethinking post-Ottoman space through the ordinary: garages, hotels and cafés between Syria and...

Rethinking post-Ottoman space through the ordinary: garages, hotels and cafés between Syria and...

This article examines the reconfiguration of post-Ottoman space in the Mashriq during the interwar period. It does so by delving into ordinary places, actors and practices, particularly garages, ho...

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