OTTOLEGAL

OTTOLEGAL is an ERC funded project at Sabancı University.

[Tommaso Stefini @AgaTommaso]

What did Islamic justice look like for Venetian merchants trading in the early modern Ottoman Empire?

Supported by @OTTOLEGAL_ERC, my new article in @CSSHJournal explores how inter-imperial entanglements and global commerce shaped the production and application of Islamic law (Sharia) in the 17th-century Ottoman Empire.

🔗https://t.co/h2CmhSO1Gi

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We cordially invite you to the first Legal History Talk of 2025 on Thursday, April 24. In this session, Lena Salaymeh will deliver a lecture titled "Islamic, Ottoman, and Secular Laws: Making Sense out of Modern Confusion." See the flyer for details.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

Over two days, we had excellent presentations and fruitful discussions on ahidnames across various regions and historical periods.
We are sincerely grateful to all our guests.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

The OTTOLEGAL Workshop on Ahidnames and International Law hosted distinguished guests at Minerva Han n April 11–12.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We wanted to thank Yavuz Aykan for sharing with us his fascinating work on the ill-fated Esperanza Malchi (d. 1600) and the legal justifications for seizing her wealth. Thanks also to all who participated in the lively discussion afterward!

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We would like to invite you to our upcoming Legal History Talk on Monday, October 7. In this session, Yavuz Aykan will offer a lecture entitled "Interrogating Non-Muslim Belonging in the Ottoman Political Community: From Data Bank to Legal Texts." See the flyer for details.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We are grateful to Subha Mukherji for her insightful lecture on law as an imaginative resource in literature, art, and culture. Thank you also to everyone who attended and participated in the discussion.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We cordially invite you to attend the next Legal History Talks seminar on Monday, April 22. In this session, Subha Mukherji will give a lecture entitled "Knowing Encounters: Early Modern Judicial Theatre at the Crossroads of Knowledge." See the flier for further details.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We are grateful to Gamze Yavuzer for her thought-provoking lecture on legal plurality and the complex interconnections between different court systems in the Ottoman Empire. Thank you also to everyone who attended and participated in the discussion.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We would like to invite you to attend the next session of Legal History Talks this Monday, when Gamze Yavuzer will be discussing her work on sharia courts, the Greek Orthodox Church, and legal plurality in the early modern Ottoman Empire. Please see the flyer for details.

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We'd like to thank Helen Pfeifer for sharing her fascinating research on the animals of Istanbul with us. Thanks also to all those who attended the talk and participated in the discussion afterward!

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We cordially invite you to attend the upcoming Legal History Talks seminar this Tuesday. The session will feature a lecture by Helen Pfeifer entitled "City of Beasts: Istanbul's Animals in Ottoman Legal Sources." See the flier for further details.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We cordially invite you to attend the upcoming Legal History Talks seminar this Tuesday. The session will feature a lecture by Helen Pfeifer entitled "City of Beasts: Istanbul's Animals in Ottoman Legal Sources." See the flier for further details.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

@fatmaoncely We are grateful to Fatma Öncel for her insightful lecture. Thanks to all who attended and contributed to the discussion!

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We would like to invite you to our Legal History Talks seminar series session this Wednesday. In this event, Fatma Öncel will give a lecture entitled “Legal and Extralegal Means of Property Acquisition in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Greece.” Please see the flier for details.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

You are cordially invited this Wednesday afternoon to the first in-person installment of OTTOLEGAL’s Legal History Talks lecture series, featuring a talk by Tommaso Stefini on Europeans and the different court systems in the Ottoman legal world. See the flier for more details.

[OTTOLEGAL @OTTOLEGAL_ERC]

We are honored to have hosted such outstanding participants and guests for three days.

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We are happy to announce the conference "The Balance of Justice in the Ottoman Empire: Non-Muslims as Agents in an Islamic Imperial Legal Context."
For program details: https://t.co/q3wTJ3Tyko

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Our conference ended with the last panel and evaluation session yesterday.