HIST 203 FALL 2017 THE OTTOMAN STATE Kerem Tınaz Office Hours (SOS Z13 A) : TBA, or by appointment

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1 HIST 203 FALL 2017 THE OTTOMAN STATE Kerem Tınaz keremtinaz@ku.edu.tr Office Hours (SOS Z13 A) : TBA, or by appointment This course examines the history of the Ottoman state from its origins as a tiny frontier principality to its transformation into a world empire, and the social, political, and cultural changes that accompanied this process. Students are also introduced to the principal historiographical debates on the period. Preparation for each class by doing your readings and active participation in discussions is essential for this course. You will have three discussion sessions (Oct. 5 th, Oct. 26 th, Nov. 30 th ) and one group presentation where you will discuss readings. The aim of the discussion session and the presentation is not to present a summary of the readings, but to explore what the modern historians wanted to discuss about their subjects and how the Ottoman authors wrote about these themes. This presentation along with the discussion session, short assignments, and your active participation in class will determine your class work grade. Please note that there is no make up for presentations. You will also take one midterm exam (Nov. 16 th ), write a short response paper (Dec. 14 th ) and prepare a final project (Dec. 21 st ) with a short paper. Handouts for the paper requirements and evaluation criteria will be distributed in class. The lecture in the 10 th week will take place at the Galate Mevlevihanesi. Please do your readings before the trips for a productive discussion. Recommended talks and conferences related to our course will also be announced throughout the semester. Grading will be as follows: Class Work 15% (presentation, discussion, short assignments) Midterm Exam 30% Final Project 40% Response Paper 15% You will submit your papers electronically through turn-it-in. Late papers will not be admitted without a valid medical excuse. Readings are electronically available at: - search the reserves by course under Hist 203 or my name. You could also purchase a reader in hardcopy from the photocopy center. I strongly recommend you to do the weekly readings and participate lectures. Please note that attendance will not be taken except the days of discussion session. Attendance to discussion sessions is mandatory. A failure to attend the discussion sessions without a valid medical excuse will directly reduce your class work grade. 1 This syllabus is subject to change. Changes, if any, will be announced in class.

2 CLASS SCHEDULE PART I THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OTTOMAN STATE Week 1 (Sept ) Introduction Caroline Finkel, Osman s Dream, History of the Ottoman Empire, (New York: 2005) [Recommended survey, especially for the exchange students] Cemal Kafadar, The Ottomans and Europe, in Handbook of European History, , edited by T.A. Brady, et at., (Leiden: ), [Recommended survey, especially for the exchange students] ** (Sept. 21) Documentary of the Week: The Ottomans: Europe s Muslim Emperors, Episode 1. Week 2 ( Sept ) From Frontier Principality to Statehood - 1 Cemal Kafadar, Between Two Worlds, The Construction of the Ottoman State, (Berkeley: 1995), Karen Barkey, Empire of Difference, Ottomans in Comparative Perspective, (Cambridge, New York: 2008), and Source of the Week: Ibn Battuta, The Travels of Ibn Battuta , , ** Movies of the Week: Karagöz ve Hacivat Neden Öldürüldü? (Why were Karagöz and Hacivat Murdered?) Week 3 (Oct. 3-5) From Frontier Principality to Statehood - 2 Halil İnalcık, Ottoman Methods of Conquest, Studia Islamica 2 (1954): Caroline Finkel, Osman s Dream, History of the Ottoman Empire, (New York: 2005), Discussion Session on October 5th : On the readings of weeks 2 and 3. Please come prepared. Week 4 (Oct ) Constantinople and Sultan Mehmed II Halil İnalcık, The Ottoman Empire, the Classical Age , (London: 1997),

3 Çiğdem Kafesçioğlu, Constantinopolis/Istanbul (University Park, Pennsylvania: 2009); Kritovolous, History of Mehmed the Conqueror, translated from the Greek by Charles T. Riggs (Princeton: 1954), and [Selection from the work of a historian of Mehmed II Please read the encyclopedia article `Kritovulus` by Semavi Eyice for more information about the author.] Nedim Gürsel, Boğazkesen: Fatih in Romanı (İstanbul: 2005), , , ** Movie of the Week: Fetih (The Conquest) (Selected parts) Week 5 (Oct ) Centralization and Its Institutions Colin Imber, The Palace, in The Ottoman Empire, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002),, Gülru Necipoğlu, Architecture, Ceremonial and Power: Topkapı Palace in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (Cambridge, MA: 1991), and **Source of the Week Bobovi, Serai Enderun, Partial translation into English by C.G. Fisher and A. Fisher, Topkapı Sarayı in the Mid-Seventeenth Century: Bobovi s Description, Archivum Ottomanicum X 1985 [1987]: [Daily life of the male pages described by a music instructor of the palace of Polish origin, who also lived there as a page.] Week 6 (Oct ) Dynastic Politics and the Age of Favorites Leslie P. Pierce, The Imperial Harem, Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, (Oxford: 1993), 3-12 and Lucienne Thys-Şenocak, Otoman Women Builders, (Hampshire and Burlington: 2006), Discussion Session on October 26th : On the readings of weeks 5 and 6. Please come prepared. PART II THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE EARLY MODERN WORLD Week 7 (Oct. 31-Nov. 2) Empire-Building and its Discontents Caroline Finkel, Osman s Dream, History of the Ottoman Empire, (New York: 2005);

4 Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Egypt s Adjustment to Ottoman Rule, Institutions, Waqf, and Architecture in Cairo (16 th and 17 th Centuries), (Leiden, New York, Köln: 1994); **Source of the Week Mustafa Ali, Description of Cairo, Translated by Andreas Tietze as Mustafa Ali s Description of Cairo, (Vienna: 1975), p. 7-8, 36-37, [A sixteenth century Istanbulite bureaucrat writes about his experiences in Cairo] Week 8&9 (Nov 7-16) War, Diplomacy and Connected Histories Giancarlo Casale, The Ottoman Age of Exploration (Oxford: 2010), Gülru Necipoğlu, Süleyman the Magnificent and the Representation of Power in the Context of Ottoman-Habsburg-Papal Rivalry, reprinted in Süleyman the Second and his Time, edited by Halil İnalcık and Cemal Kafadar (İstanbul: 1993): Tijana Kristic, Of Translation and Empire: Sixteenth-century Ottoman Imperial Interpreters as Renaissance Go-Betweens, in The Ottoman World, ed. Christine Woodhead (Routledge, New York: 2012); **Movies of the Week: Dracula and Adventures of Baron Münchausen (selected parts) November 16 - MIDTERM IN CLASS PART III SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE Week 10 (Nov ) Spiritual and Scholarly Pursuits Suraiya Faroqhi, Subjects of the Sultan, Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire, (London and New York: 2000), Derin Terzioğlu, Sufis in the Age of State-Building and Confessionalization in The Ottoman World, ed. Christine Woodhead (Routledge, New York: 2012); PLEASE NOTE: This week s lecture will take place at the Galata Mevlevihanesi on November 24th. Time to be announced. Week 11 (Nov ) Inter-Communal Relations and Ottoman Arab Lands Benjamin Braude, Foundation myths of the millet system, in Benjamin Braude and Bernard Lewis (ed.) Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire, Volume 1 (London: 1982), pp Tom Papademetriou, "The Millet System Revisited", in Render unto the Sultan: Power, Authority, and the Greek Orthodox Church in the Early Ottoman Centuries. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp

5 Bruce Masters, Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World The Roots of Sectarianism, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001) Discussion Session on November 30 th : On this week s readings. Please come prepared. Week 12 (Dec. 5-7) Leisure and Pleasure Andrews and Kalpaklı, The Age of Beloveds, Love and Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society, (Durham and London: 2005), pp Cemal Kafadar, How Dark is the History of the Night, How Black the Story of Coffee, How Bitter the Tale of Love: The Changing Measure of Leisure and Pleasure in Early Modern Istanbul in Medieval and Early Modern Performance in the Eastern Mediterranean, Arzu Öztürkmen and E. B. Vitz, (ed.), (Marston, 2014). Week 13 (Dec ) Social Fabric, Gender and Daily Life Madeline Zilfi, Muslim women in the Early Modern Era, in Cambridge History of Turkey, Volume 3: The Later Ottoman Empire, , Suraiya Faroqhi and Kate Fleet (eds), (Cambridge, 2006), pp Leslie Peirce, Seniority, Sexuality, and Social Order: The Vocabulary of Gender in Early Modern Ottoman Society, in Women in the Ottoman Empire, ed. Madeline C. Zilfi, Brill, 1997, pp Cemal Kafadar, Mütereddit Bir Mutasavvıf: Üsküplü Asiye Hatun un Rüya Defter in his Kim Var İmiş Biz Burada Yoğ İken (İstanbul: 2009): , , , , [English translation of selected dream accounts will be distributed] Response paper due December 14 th Week 14 (Dec ) Late Sixteenth Century-The Beginning of Decline? Daniel Goffman, The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern World, (Cambridge: 2002): Final Paper due December 21 st 5

6 Koç University Statement on Academic Honesty with Emphasis on Plagiarism Koç University expects all its students to perform course-related activities in accordance with the rules set forth in the Student Code of Conduct ( Actions considered as academic dishonesty at Koç University include but are not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, and impersonating. This statement s goal is to draw attention to cheating and plagiarism related actions deemed unacceptable within the context of Student Code of Conduct: All individual assignments must be completed by the student himself/herself, and all team assignments must be completed by the members of the team, without the aid of other individuals. If a team member does not contribute to the written documents or participate in the activities of the team, his/her name should not appear on the work submitted for evaluation. Plagiarism is defined as borrowing or using someone else s written statements or ideas without giving written acknowledgement to the author. Students are encouraged to conduct research beyond the course material, but they must not use any documents prepared by current or previous students, or notes prepared by instructors at Koç University or other universities without properly citing the source. Furthermore, students are expected to adhere to the Classroom Code of Conduct ( 2 and to refrain from all forms of unacceptable behavior during lectures. Failure to adhere to expected behavior may result in disciplinary action. There are two kinds of plagiarism: Intentional and accidental. Intentional plagiarism (Example: Using a classmate s homework as one s own because the student does not want to spend time working on that homework) is considered intellectual theft, and there is no need to emphasize the wrongfulness of this act. Accidental plagiarism, on the other hand, may be considered as a more acceptable form of plagiarism by some students, which is certainly not how it is perceived by the 2 Classroom Code of Conduct Students at Koç University are required to adhere to classroom code of conduct and to refrain from all forms of unacceptable behavior during lectures. The activities which are prohibited in class include and are not limited to: - Engaging in side conversations. - Using cell phones and other electronic devices. - All cell phones should be switched off before entering the lecture room. If you expect a very important call, please switch your phone to silent mode and let your professor know in advance that you may receive a call. - Using laptops for purposes that are not course-related. - Arriving late or leaving early without the prior permission of the instructor. - If you have to leave during class for an emergency, please try to minimize the disruption. - Reading material, e.g., magazines, newspapers, novels etc., that are not course-related. - Working on personal activities or the assignments of other courses. - Interrupting the professor or other students. - Students should request permission from the instructor before asking questions or making comments. - Trashing the classroom. - Eating and drinking are allowed as long as impact on others is minimized and students clean up their garbage after class. 6

7 University administration and faculty. The student is responsible from properly citing a source if he/she is making use of another person s work. For an example on accidental plagiarism, please refer to the document titled An Example on Accidental Plagiarism. If you are unsure whether the action you will take would be a violation of Koç University s Student Code of Conduct, please consult with your instructor before taking that action. An Example on Accidental Plagiarism This example is taken from a document prepared by the City University of New York. The following text is taken from Elaine Tyler May s Myths and Realities of the American Family : Because women's wages often continue to reflect the fiction that men earn the family wage, single mothers rarely earn enough to support themselves and their children adequately. And because work is still organized around the assumption that mothers stay home with children, even though few mothers can afford to do so, child-care facilities in the United States remain woefully inadequate. Below, there is an excerpt from a student s homework, who made use of May s original text: As Elaine Tyler May points out, women's wages often continue to reflect the fiction that men earn the family wage (588). Thus many single mothers cannot support themselves and their children adequately. Furthermore, since work is based on the assumption that mothers stay home with children, facilities for day care in this country are still woefully inadequate. (May 589). You may think that there is no plagiarism here since the student is citing the original author. However, this is an instance of accidental plagiarism. Although the student cites May and uses quotation marks occasionally, the rest of the sentences, more specifically the following section: Thus many single mothers cannot support themselves and their children adequately. Furthermore, since work is based on the assumption that mothers stay home with children, facilities for day care in this country are still woefully inadequate. (May 589) almost exactly duplicates May s original language. So, in order to avoid plagiarism, the student either had to use quotation marks for the rest of the sentences as well, or he/she had to paraphrase May s ideas by using not only his/her own words, but his/her own original ideas as well. You should keep in mind that accidental plagiarism often occurs when the student does not really understand the original text but still tries to make use of it. Understanding the original text and understanding why you agree or disagree with the ideas proposed in that text is crucial both for avoiding plagiarism and for your intellectual development. Reference(s): Avoiding and Detecting Plagiarism: A Guide for Graduate Students and Faculty. The Graduate Center. City University of New York, Web. < Center/PDF/Publications/AvoidingPlagiarism.pdf> 7