Dr. Patricia Blessing

Historian of Islamic art @Stanford. Editor @IJIA_Journal. Architectural history. Textiles. Historiography. Avid reader of novels; mother of one small dragon.

[Dr. Patricia Blessing @pdblessing]

Just started in my new position at Stanford University: https://t.co/mYz2OAlhY3

[Dr. Patricia Blessing @pdblessing]

Out now, my new article on the logistics of tile making in @alusuralwusta

[Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta @alusuralwusta]

New article alert!

Did you ever wonder how tile makers in the pre-modern Islamic world planned and created complex designs? Check out "Mail-Order Mihrabs" and delve into the logistics of tile production in 12th-14th century Kashan and the 15th-century Ottoman Empire.

[Ali Yaycıoğlu @ayayciog]

Büyük Türkiye, Osmanlı ve İstanbul tarihçisi Profesör Klaus Kreiser’i kaybettik. Ailesinin, öğrencilerinin ve meslektaşların başı sağolsun.

DEUTSCHES ARCHÄOLOGISCHES INSTITUT aracılığı ile

Klaus Kreiser (6 Mart 1945 – 8 Eylül 2024)

Bamberg Üniversitesi Emeritus Profesörü, Osmanlı Tarihi uzmanı ve Türkolog Klaus Kreiser'in vefat haberini büyük bir üzüntüyle almış bulunuyoruz. Klaus Kreiser, doktora e��itimini Münih'te tamamladıktan sonra (1972) 1975-1980 yılları arasında Alman Arkeoloji Enstitüsü İstanbul Şubesi'nde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmıştır. Münih ve Paris'te çeşitli görevlerde bulunduktan sonra 1996-2005 yılları arasında Bamberg Üniversitesi'nde Türk Dili, Tarihi ve Kültürü Profesörü olarak eğitim verip araştırmalar yürütmüştür.

Klaus Kreiser, Evliya Çelebi'nin tasvirine dayanarak 17. yüzyılda Edirne üzerine yazdığı doktora tezinden başlayarak, sadece arşiv kayıtlarıyla değil, her zaman maddi kültürel mirası dikkate alarak, Türk ve Osmanlı tarihini bir bütün olarak değerlendirmiştir. Bu benzersiz yaklaşım, Kreiser'in birçok araştırma projesinde Türkiye'nin zengin maddi kültür mirasıyla köprüler kurmasını ve böylece Osmanlı Dönemi çalışmaları ile arkeoloji arasında hâlâ çok nadir olan bilgi alışverişini kalıcı bir şekilde teşvik etmiştir. Bunun yanı sıra Klaus Kreiser, İstanbul ve Türkiye hakkındaki engin bilgisini popüler yayınlar aracılığıyla geniş bir okuyucu kitlesine aktarma konusunda da oldukça başarılı olmuştur.

Kendisini önemli bir akademisyen, bilge bir danışman ve her zaman geleceğe dönük olumlu bakış açısına sahip bir insan olarak çok özleyeceğiz.

Başta ailesi olmak üzere, eğitim camiası ve sevenlerine başsağlığı diliyoruz.

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Klaus Kreiser (6. März 1945 – 8. September 2024)

Mit großer Bestürzung erreicht uns die Nachricht vom Tod des Osmanisten und Turkologen Klaus Kreiser, Professor emeritus der Universität Bamberg. Nach seiner Promotion in München (1972) war er zwischen 1975 und 1980 als wissenschaftlicher Referent an der Abteilung Istanbul des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts tätig. Nach Stationen in München und Paris lehrte und forschte er von 1996 bis 2005 Professor für Türkische Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur an der Universität Bamberg.

Ausgehend von seiner Promotion über Edirne im 17. Jahrhundert nach der Beschreibung von Evliya Çelebi hat Klaus Kreiser die türkische und osmanische Geschichte nicht nur auf Grundlage der Archivalien, sondern stets unter Berücksichtigung der materiellen Hinterlassenschaften in ihrer Gesamtheit als Kulturgeschichte betrachtet. Diese einmalige Herangehensweise ermöglichte es ihm, in zahlreichen seiner Forschungen Brücken zum reichhaltigen materiellen kulturellen Erbe der Türkei zu schlagen und so den noch viel zu seltenen Austausch zwischen Osmanistik und Archäologie nachhaltig zu befördern. Überdies hat Klaus Kreiser es glänzend verstanden, sein unerschöpfliches Wissen zu Istanbul und der Türkei in populären Publikationen einem breiten Leserkreis zu vermitteln.

Wir werden ihn als bedeutenden Wissenschaftler, klugen Ratgeber und der Zukunft positiv zugewandten Menschen sehr vermissen.

Unsere Gedanken sind bei seiner Familie, der wir in dieser schweren Zeit unser tief empfundenes Beileid aussprechen. Başınız sağ olsun.

[Dr. Patricia Blessing @pdblessing]

@NeuroLuebbert Igitt 🤢

[Mohammad Alsaafin @malsaafin]

This article starts with one of the worst things that can befall a human being. It only gets worse from there.

'Searching for Gaza's Missing Children' https://t.co/Mq2q7gIwME

[Dr. Patricia Blessing @pdblessing]

@ChadwickGoben @iMore Same here - called customer service multiple times, they were unaware of the issue and completely unable to help @ATTHelp, we had to bit a local phone just to be able to get around after more than 24 hours without any service.

[Huda Fakhreddine | هدى فخر الدين @FakhreddineHuda]

More than 19,000 children have been orphaned.

More than 1,000 children have lost one or multiple limbs.

More than 30 children have died of malnutrition and dehydration.
https://t.co/k5Gm2sJlVD

[ICRC @ICRC]

“We experienced first-hand the horror of this war, witnessing the appalling injuries and death".

Senior medical officer Dr. Sandy Inglis describes the impacts of the recent airstrikes in Rafah, and scenes from the Red Cross Field Hospital as staff received patients 👇🏽

[Dr. Patricia Blessing @pdblessing]

@ushai2020 Congratulations! Proper in-person congrats to follow!!

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Rafah: a city of children.

Hundreds of thousands of them are sick, living with disabilities, malnourished or traumatized.

The children of Gaza need a ceasefire NOW.

[Sandra Tamari @SandraTamari1]

My husband, Prof. Steve Tamari, is out of the hospital. He will need surgery on his hand, and he is in pain from nine broken ribs. We are asking for time to rest and heal. We will not be taking media interviews at this time. Here is Steve's statement and ways you can support.

[Dr. Patricia Blessing @pdblessing]

Abject police violence, invited by admin, on US campuses. Meanwhile, in Gaza:
https://t.co/ypgKNqQbMY

[Ali Yaycıoğlu @ayayciog]

Excited to welcome Dr. Yektan Türkyilmaz as the Aron Rodrigue International Visitor for 2023–24 at Stanford Humanities Center! Dr. Türkyilmaz's research focuses on collective violence, memory-making, reconciliation, and the politics of music.

@yektantyilmaz @abbasiprogram @HumanAtStanford

🔗 https://t.co/1E6wFfLcyS

[ICRC @ICRC]

In #Gaza, hunger continues to grow.

Our teams in #Rafah are supporting five common kitchens', where those displaced or struggling can find a hot meal 🍲

[Dr. Patricia Blessing @pdblessing]

Shame on @Princeton. I got my PhD there, and am former faculty. This is not how to treat students who stand up for human rights and humanity.

[Nasser Rabbat @nasserrabbat]

Shame on @Princeton, the so-called university in "service of humanity." Which humanity pray say?

[Nasser Rabbat @nasserrabbat]

Middle East Studies Association Board Joint Statement with CAF concerning escalating repression of protest on campuses
https://t.co/cGMJTIYVrU

[MESA @MESA_1966]

@MESA1966 Board of Directors Joint Statement with @CAF4MESA regarding the ongoing genocidal violence against the Palestinian people and their cultural heritage in Gaza:

https://t.co/6eqiqmHyvB

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

“I want to go back to my school, I miss my teachers and my friends,” says 11-year-old Maha, in Rafah, Gaza.

The children of Gaza have a right to be safe, to be in school, to be supported. They need a humanitarian ceasefire. Now.

[Dr. Patricia Blessing @pdblessing]

With thanks to the editors @periodeye and Stephen Campbell, right on time for spring courses:

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

“It's a bitter feeling to lose everything - our house, my bedroom, my beautiful clothes and my toys, but I'm a little happy because I was able to keep my new red coat.”

Shahd, 12, in front of her destroyed home in southern Gaza.

Children need a humanitarian ceasefire. Now.