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Introduction to Historical Research:  the theory, practice, and art of historical research and writing.  Visit Cornell Course Roster for more details:  https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP18/class/HIST/4000

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#cornell add drop:  Chinese Medicine and Healing

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Focusing on the Ottoman Empire’s engagement in multilateral agreements in the late 19th century, and Istanbul’s efforts to assert its legal authority to rule over its self-declared colonies, my talk discusses the process of inter-imperial competition between the Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire for colonial possession in the Sahara and the African Red Sea coast. Highlighting the increasing reliance on legalistic justifications of European colonial expansion in Africa—what I call “juridical colonialism”—I examine the liminal legal space that the Ottoman state inhabited at the end of the 19th century. The Ottoman Empire, considered both, part of Europe but “non-European,” was in a unique position which allowed Istanbul a range of choices from full participation in, to a complete rejection of Euro-centric legalistic definitions of sovereignty and colonial authority, which sought to exclude those that did not fit into Euro-centric notions of “civility."

More information can be found about this public event on the ICM's website: http://icm.arts.cornell.edu/node/154

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Join MOSTAFA MINAWI, he will discuss “Juridical Colonialism, International Law, and the Ottoman Response”.   Minawi is Assistant Professor of History and  Director of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative, Cornell University; Wednesday, November 29, 2017; 4:45pm; Toboggan Lodge, 38 Forest Home Drive. ICM New Conversations Series

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Freedom on the Move project illuminates the lives of slaves through ‘runaway’ ads

Professor Baptist and Professor Rickford quoted in this article.

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Next week, hear Professor Minawi discuss Juridical Colonialism International Law and the Ottoman Response on Wed., November 29 from 4:45 to 6:15pm in the Toboggan Lodge.

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CornellHistory is on Twitter:  Are you a Twitterstorian: in the last 24 hours there were 199 tweets with the hashtag #Twitterstorian.

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Make History, Take History ~ Pre-Enrollment – Incoming Freshman (through 7/15) and Drop Add provides Cornell students with an opportunity to view History Courses as possible electives. On t…