S6E7: Pointed Tips: Maghribi Script and the Arabic calligraphic tradition, with Umberto Bongianino

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S6E10: Ottomans, Antiquities, and the Law: An Imperial Response, with Ozan Hüseyin

In the 19th century, European travellers, scholars, and archaeologists became increasingly interested in the Classical antiquities situated in what was at that time the Ottoman Empire. What followed was a slow drain of Classical antiquities westwards, and with them Islamic antiqu ...  Show more

S6E9: Sicily's Islamic Past between Rural and Urban, with Nicolò Pini

Earlier in the summer we reported on the completion of Nicolò Pini’s project “Living in Late Antique rural Sicily, between Byzantium and Islam” which was supported by The Barakat Trust in 2024.Now, we are delighted to welcome Nicolò on to the podcast where he discusses in more de ...  Show more

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