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| Semester | spring semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Özhan Kapici (oezhan.kapici@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This seminar is designed to survey and analyze different types of Ottoman diplomatic documents during different periods of Ottoman history. The seminar provides to attendees to get acquainted with the Ottoman diplomatic documents such as minutes of peace negotiations (müzâkere mazbatası), documents of the treaties (ahidnâme or muâhede), reports of the embassy (sefâretnâme), documents of ceremonial (teşrifât), the imperial letters (nâme-i hümâyûn), documents of privileges and concessions (berât). The Ottoman diplomatic documents gained new forms with the transformation of the diplomatic institutions in the 19th century. The extracted from various diplomatic correspondences of Ottoman foreign bureaucracy, including military and commercial diplomacy, will also be scrutinized in the second part of the course. |
| Learning objectives | Students will -be acquainted with Ottoman diplomatic terminology - analyze the texts through which the Ottoman Empire enacted its diplomatic relations - gain competence about different Ottoman diplomatic documentation - develop a sufficient understanding of the internal and external dynamics of the ways Ottoman diplomatic strategies |
| Bibliography | DE TESTA, J., Recueil des traités de la Porte Ottoman avec les puissances étrangères, Paris 1865-96. KOLODZIEJCZYK, Dariusz, Ottoman-Polish Diplomatic Relations (15th-18th Century): An Annotated Edition of 'Ahdnames and Other Documents, Brill, 1999. KÜTÜOKOĞLU, Mübahat S. Osmanlı Belgelerinin Dili (Diplomatik), Kubbealtı Neşriyat, 1998. Muâhedât Mecmûâsı, vol.I-V, Turkish Historical Society, 2008. NORADOUNGHIAN, Gabriel Efendi. Recueil d’actes internationaux de l’Empire Ottoman, Paris-Leipzig-Neuchatel,1902. THEUNISSEN, Hans Peter Alexander, Ottoman-Venetian Diplomatics ; the ʻahd-names: The Historical Background and the Development of a Category of Political-commercial Instruments Together with an Annotated Edition of a Corpus of Relevant Documents, Electronic Journal of Oriental Studies 1/2 (1998), 1-698). Utrecht: Electronic Journal of Oriental Studies. UNAT, Faik Reşit. Osmanlı Sefirleri ve Sefaretnameleri, Turkish Historical Society, 1987. VAN DEN BOOGEERT, Mautris H., Capitulations, and the Ottoman Legal System: Qadis, consuls, and Beraths in the 18th Century, Brill 2005. YEŞİL, Fatih. Bir Osmanlı Gözüyle Avrupa Siyasetinde Güç Oyunu –Avrupa’ya Mensûb Olan Mizân-ı Umûr-ı Hâriciyye Beyânındadır, Kitabevi, 2012. |
| Comments | Teaching Language: English, Turkish |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Thursday | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz - |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 24.02.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 03.03.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 10.03.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | Fasnachtsferien |
| Thursday 17.03.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 24.03.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 31.03.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 07.04.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 14.04.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | Ostern |
| Thursday 21.04.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 28.04.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 05.05.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 12.05.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 19.05.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Thursday 26.05.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | Auffahrt |
| Thursday 02.06.2022 | 16.15-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Modules |
Modul: Themen der Near & Middle Eastern Studies (Master's degree subject: Near & Middle Eastern Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Completion of a paper or writing an essay and presentation. Regular and active participation. Regular reading of the texts (related chapters of references). |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Nahost-Studien |