This website is part of a project that has been completed by Dr. Betül Başaran’s Islamic Empires: Podcasting the Ottomans, (RELG314, HIST314) class for the 2019 Fall semester at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Our class was modeled after a similar class at Boston College taught by Dr. Dana Sajdi which culminated in the project Stories Ottoman Objects Tell and this website includes abridged versions … Continue reading About the Class of 2019