Call for Papers
Rethinking Late Ottoman Civilization Symposium
March 24-25, 2017
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
The Ottomans encountered the word civilization in the early 19th century, and the Ottoman version of this word, medeniyet, was coined thereafter. Both ‘civilization’ and ‘empire’ refer to comprehensive manifestations of power, culture, and ideas. This symposium will explore the artifacts of Ottoman modernization and intellectual history, and encourage careful examination of the late Ottoman discourse on “civilization.”
As is well known, many Ottoman