Rutgers Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Minor at @Rutgers_Newark

[Oxford Medical Humanities @OxMedHum]

'Evidencing Life and Death in the Medical Humanities'

Read more about our latest DPhil and ECR workshop, which took place in June and included a brilliant keynote talk from Prof Nükhet Varlık (Rutgers University)

https://t.co/qYbxC85Vw8

[Ahmet Abdullah @ahmetabdallah]

Geçtiğimiz hafta Bilgi Üniversitesinde Cornell Fleischer hocanın öğrencileri hem hocalarını andılar, hem de üç günlük çok esaslı bir konferans tertip ettiler.

Şöyle düşünün. Salondaki herkes en az dört dil biliyor. 2 doğu, 2 batı dili.

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We wrapped up the morning of June 12 with a Thematic Workshop led by Burçak Özlüdil titled
“Death and Disease in Digital History.”

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Many thanks to Prof. Özlüdil for sharing her work on how digital tools and methods reshape our understanding of historical experiences of health and mortality.

We’re grateful to all who attended and contributed!
#shifaana2025

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We began June 12 with Panel 1: Scaling Crisis: Empire, Environment, and Epidemics, chaired by Nükhet Varlık.

Many thanks to our panelists:
John Curry, Antonis Hadjikyriacou, Einar Wigen, Alp Eren Topal, Carlo Trombino, and Benan Grams
for their contributions.

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We’re grateful for your participation and look forward to continuing the conversation throughout the workshop.

[BirGün Kültür-Sanat @BirGun_Kultur]

Anadolu’da Ölüm ve Hastalık Çalıştayı
https://t.co/0k5PLT6mFe

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Açılış konuşması, tematik paneller, dijital tarih atölyesi ve yuvarlak masa oturumları ile zengin bir program sizi bekliyor.
📅 Tarih: 11-13 Haziran 2025
📍 Yer: ANAMED, İstiklal Cad. No: 181, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
🎟 Katılım ücretsizdir, herkese açıktır.

[SHIFA-ANA Project @shifaanaproject]

Veba salgınlarından karantina politikalarına, çocuk hastalıklarından mezar taşlarına kadar geniş konular masada! 11-13 Haziran, ANAMED. Kaçırmayın!

#SHIFAANA #Tarih #SağlıkTarihi #ANAMED

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📢 SHIFA-ANA Çalıştayı 11-13 Haziran’da ANAMED’de! Anadolu’da ölüm ve hastalık üzerine uluslararası akademik buluşma. Ücretsiz ve herkese açık.

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🎥 We’re excited to welcome Deniz Tortum, director of the documentary Phases of Matter (2020), for the closing remarks of the SHIFA-ANA Workshop on June 13, 2025!

The film captures powerful scenes from everyday life at Cerrahpaşa Hospital, Istanbul.

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✨ Lecture Announcement! 🙌🏻
We’re excited to announce that Yasemin Yılmaz (Düzce University) will deliver a lecture titled:
“Archaeothanatology: A Method for Determining Mortuary Practices in Ancient Societies”

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🙌🏻 We look forward to seeing you there!

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The panels will cover a wide range of topics on mortality and disease in Anatolia’s past.
📎 Check out the attached posters for full program details.

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✨ We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming SHIFA-ANA Workshop to be held at ANAMED, Istanbul!
Titled “Death and Disease in Anatolia,” the workshop brings together scholars from across disciplines to explore the history of health, illness, and the body.

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✨ Lecture Announcement! 🙌🏻
We’re excited to announce that Dr. Ceren Gülser İlikan Rasimoğlu (Acıbadem University, Istanbul) will deliver a lecture titled:
“Children’s Health in Late Ottoman Medical Literature: The Fragility of Bodies Prone to Tuberculosis”

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Akif Ercihan Yerlioğlu’s lecture on “Not Covered in the Writings of Islamic Physicians: Scurvy in Early Modern Ottoman Medicine.”

We appreciate your participation and engagement. Stay tuned for more events in the Shifa-Ana Lecture Series!

[SHIFA-ANA Project @shifaanaproject]

Dear followers, 👋🏻

As part of the Shifa-Ana Lecture Series, we are excited to announce Akif Ercihan Yerlioğlu’s talk, “Not Covered in the Writings of Islamic Physicians: Scurvy in Early Modern Ottoman Medicine,” which will be held on February 26, 2025 at ANAMED.

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Interested? Head to the bursary application form via the link: https://t.co/H8eqoSOBgs

Don’t miss this opportunity to join the conversation on history, health, and humanity. 🏺📜

[SHIFA-ANA Project @shifaanaproject]

✨ Exciting News! ✨

The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) is offering conference bursaries for five participants attending the workshop “Death and Disease in Anatolia”, taking place June 12-13, 2025, at ANAMED, Istanbul! 🌍💉