The Program in Ottoman Studies
New York University
presents
Jane Hathaway
Ohio State University
The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Imperial Harem:
Servant of the Sultan, Servant of the Prophet
Prof. Hathaway’s talk will focus on the Ottoman Chief Harem Eunuch, whose roles encompassed both intimate contact with the Ottoman imperial family and devotion to the sites associated the Prophet Muhammad. Hathaway will analyze the rise to prominence of the Chief Harem Eunuch as a function of the Ottoman Empire’s period of crisis and change from the late sixteenth through the seventeenth century, as well as the ties that bound acting and deposed Chief Eunuchs to the Holy Cities and to Egypt.
Jane Hathaway is Professor of History at Ohio State University. Her books include The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1800, (2008); Beshir Agha, Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Imperial Harem, (2006); A Tale of Two Factions: Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen, (2003), The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt: The Rise of the Qazdağlıs, (1997).
Thursday March 31, 12:30pm
The Richard Ettinghausen Library
Hagop Kevorkian Center
50 Washington Square South at 255 Sullivan Street
(Sandwiches and drinks will be available at 12:15)
For inquiries please contact Leslie Peirce, [email protected] or Hasan Karatas, [email protected]