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We're back with in-person events in June! Come join us on June 9th in Pordenone and June 23rd in Bruxelles!
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Mil años de historia. Siete países. Un viaje. 🧭
¡Ya en librerías! Inauguramos la colección «Países Extintos» con “República de Venecia”, de Giovanni Vale (@excountries). Una guía que recorre mapas, arte, recetas... 👇Os esperamos en la 379 de la @FLMadrid
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Think the only piece of Ottoman history left in Belgrade is Kalemegdan Fortress? Think again - there's a hammam right in the center, and you can even eat lunch inside!
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Historian Marco Abram wrote more about this unique piece of history for our blog!
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Full article here:
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We've got something exciting to share - Extinguished Countries is coming out in Spanish!
Look for the translated edition, published by @armaenia_ed, from May 20th!
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We also made it onto the most anticipated books of May list from El País:
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Danas u @jutarnjihr možete pročitati veliki intervju s Mario Boccia, fotografom koji je bio u #Sarajevo tijekom opsade. Ako ga želite upoznati, dođite 5.5. u 18h na otvorenje njegove izložbe u @IICZagabria ili 6.5. u 11h na vođenu turu. @BalcaniCaucaso
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If you are happen to be in #Gorizia end of May ... join us for our panel at Festival #èStoria ... there will be simultaneous translation available (English, Slovene, Italian)
thank you Alessandro Marangon for the invitation and to put together the panel
estoria.it/event/cattolicesi…
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We're sending out our April newsletter soon! Subscribe if you haven't yet:
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The Ottoman Empire was a militaristic, purely conquest-driven state ruled by its bloodthirsty armies - or was it? Jeremy F. Walton debunks this myth as well for our blog.
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Calling the Ottoman Empire only a military state oversimplifies its organization and is a form of Orientalism, as Walton explains.
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Read the full explanation on our blog!
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The Ottoman Empire, several centuries of brutality and non-stop barbarism...or was it? We had Jeremy F. Walton from the ERC REVENANT project help us debunk a few common myths. Here's the first one, that the Ottoman Empire was inherently backwards.
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The Ottoman Empire certainly had its problems, but much of the narrative of its inherent backwardness came from 19th century European powers who were influenced by the "Great Game" of scrambling for territory.
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Read the full debunking on our website!
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How does the Habsburg Empire live on? Often, in the way people speak, like in the dialect used by Zagreb's residents, or purgeri.
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How does the Habsburg Empire live on? Often, in the way people speak, like in the dialect used by Zagreb's residents, or purgeri.
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For more on Germanisms, minority languages, and cheeky references to these linguistic quirks in pop culture, check out our recent blog posts (especially our interview with the creators of Bečka Škola!)
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Link to the blog post here:
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