Ulrike Freitag

The City in the Ottoman Empire: Migration and the making of urban modernity - SOAS / Routledge Studies on the Middle East Ulrike Freitag 1st edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; 8; This text examines the city in the Ottoman Empire as a thoroughfare and destination of human migration. Drawing upon case studies from across the Middle East and Europe, it provides new insights on Ottoman institutions and the structure of society.. Biographical Note: Ulrike Freitag is a historian of the modern Middle East and director of the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin, in conjunction with a professorship of Islamic Studies at Freie Universitat Berlin. She has worked on modern Middle Eastern historiography, on Arab networks in the Indian Ocean realm and currently conducts research on the urban history of Jeddah. Malte Fuhrmann is a historian at the Orient Institute Istanbul. He has published extensively on German colonialism and on Mediterranean port cities. Nora Lafi is a historian of the Ottoman Empire at the Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin. She is currently working on a research project on urban rules and norms in Cairo, Aleppo and Tunis. Florian Riedler is a historian with a specialisation for the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey. Among his research interests are migration and urban history. Publisher Marketing: This text examines the city in the Ottoman Empire as a thoroughfare and destination of human migration. Drawing upon case studies from across the Middle East and Europe, it provides new insights on Ottoman institutions and the structure of society.

Contributor Bio:  Fuhrmann, Malte Malte Fuhrmann wurde 1989 in Bochum geboren. Er studierte Luftfahrtsystemtechnik und -management an der Hochschule Bremen. Dieses Studium sowie die Pilotenausbildung bei der Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH schloss er im Jahr 2014 erfolgreich ab. Der Autor studiert derzeitig Aeronautical Management in Bremen.