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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
wiley   +1 more source

Hakim Muhammad Sabzevari and Ghiaseddin Sabzevari, Two Iranian Physicians in the Court of Ottoman Sultans

open access: yesJournal of Research on History of Medicine, 2017
In Safavid era, Ottoman rulers were interested in science and culture, and there were always Iranian physicians, astronomers, scholars, artists and poets in their courts. Although there were always wars between most Ottoman sultans and the Safavid kings,
Maryam Shoshtari Yegane   +4 more
doaj  

The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
wiley   +1 more source

Re-creating history and recreating publics: the success and failure of recent Ottoman costume dramas in Turkish media.

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies, 2014
The popular Ottoman costume drama Magnificent Century [Muhteşem Yüzyıl] was controversial from the outset, with domestic (Turkish) detractors suggesting that it falsified history and mocked Ottoman heritage. Noting the different fates of many Ottoman-era
Josh Carney
doaj   +1 more source

The Particular Will (al-irādat al-juz’iyya): Excavations Regarding a Latecomer in Kalām Terminology on Human Agency and its Position in Naqshbandi Discourse

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies, 2012
The emergence of the notion of the particular will (al-irādat al-juz’iyya) and similar terms remains a largely overlooked late development in the discussion of human agency within the field of kalām. Although absent as a terminus technicus from classical
Philipp Bruckmayr
doaj   +1 more source

The Tulip Era Gardens at Ottoman Empire

open access: yesDüzce Üniversitesi Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 2014
The era when the Ottoman have emphasized on the palaces and their gardens, is the “Tulip Era” that Western effect has been felt on Turkish gardens. This era that is a beginning point of declining from both administrative and political point of view, despite its relatively short longevity is considered as important from fine arts and landscaping aspects.
TUNA, Aysun   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Effective factors in the psychotherapy of religious obsessive‐compulsive disorder: A qualitative study

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Religious obsessive‐compulsive disorder (religious OCD; scrupulosity) presents unique challenges in psychotherapy due to the interaction between religious beliefs and obsessive‐compulsive symptoms. Understanding how individuals benefit from psychotherapy in this context can inform more effective and culturally sensitive treatment ...
Taha Burak Toprak
wiley   +1 more source

"The evolution of Ottoman carpet decoration From the eighth to the twelfth century (Fourteenth to eighteenth century)"

open access: yesJournal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2018
I devoted a small amount of research on Islamic arts to the study of Islamic arts in the Ottoman era. My interest in the Ottoman Islamic arts has been for many years.
Naser Osman
doaj   +1 more source

Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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