Ordering Imperial Worlds From Late Medieval Spain To The Modern Middle East 1st Edition Slyomovics by Slyomovics, Susan (edt) 9781399517867, 1399517864 instant download after payment.

A volume of original essays by 10 preeminent scholars invited to think through a rich corpus on cities, empires, images, and archaeological sites produced by the distinguished architectural historian Zeynep Çelik. Awarded the prestigious 2019 Giorgio Della Vida medal for excellence in Islamic studies by the University of California, the occasion allowed researchers from various universities, countries and disciplines to reflect on her rich body of work. Inspired by Çelik’s works, chapters travel between Muslim and Christian Spain, the Ottoman Empire and France, Europe and its overseas empire in North Africa, and more. Combining social, cultural and urban history as well as visual studies and collective political memory, scholars from Turkey, France, Algeria and the US chart detailed studies of Muslim-Christian art, Ottoman music, art and literature, and cross-Mediterranean sites of containment such as the prison, the asylum, the nuclear site.