12. Why Should Ottoman History Be Taught As Islamic History? | Yakoob Ahmed | History & Society

Much of what has been written regarding Ottoman history has been shaped by
ideology, narrative, and language either within academia or by the nation-states that
emerged from the previous Ottoman domains. While many of these narratives are
starting to be revised, nonetheless general Muslim engagement in knowledge
production about the once-powerful Islamic dynasty still continues to lag. While
interest has started to increase, though there is still a need for more Muslim voices
to study history in general and Ottoman history in particular so that a plurality of
views from within the Muslim worldview can be represented. This episode
examines the intellectual currents in both early and late Ottoman history drawing
largely from original sources. It also sheds light on the amnesia regarding the
reluctance in the apprehension of four hundred years of the Ottoman Caliphate.

Yakoob Ahmed

Doktorasını 2017 yılında, Londra’da bulunan SOAS Üniversitesinin Yakın  ve Ortadoğu Araştırmaları bölümünde “ Osmanlı Ulemasının Anayasalaşma Hareketleri ve 1908-1909 Tartışmalarında Rolü” başlıklı teziyle tamamlayan Yakoob Ahmed, aynı zamanda Şehir Üniversitesinde misafir araştırmacı olarak bulunmuştur ve halen İstanbul Üniversitesi İlahiyat fakültesinde öğretim görevlisi olarak çalışmaktadır. Dr Ahmed yerel ve uluslararası düzeyde pek çok platformda konferanslar vermiştir. Tokya’da Toyo Banko, İngiltere’de  Brais konferansları; Fransız enstitüsü ve Orient enstitüsün  İstanbul’da “Osmanlı ve İran’da Anayasalaşma Hareketleri” adı altında  düzenlediği ortaklaşa  konferansta ve dahi pek çok  yerde araştırmalarını sunmuştur. Aynı zamanda Ibn Haldun üniversitesinin düzenlemiş olduğu Ihsan Academy’de; buna ilaveten Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı (Bisav)’nda muhtelif dersler vermiştir.  Öte yandan, Malezya’da bulunan CASIS enstitüsünde de araştırmalar yapan Ahmed, İslam tarihi, çağdaş İslam düşüncesi, geç dönem Osmanlı tarihi ve buna benzer alanlarda dersler vermektedir. İlgi alanları arasında; İslam Düşüncesi, İslam Tarihi, Kimlik ve Toplumsal Hafıza, Milliyetçilik ve Ulus devleti, Geç Dönem Osmanlı Tarihi yer almaktadır.

Bibliography & Further Readings

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Islam and Modernity

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Modernity

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Sunucu

2019 yılında İstanbul üniversitesinden mezun olan Tugay Taşçı, yine aynı üniversitede yüksek lisan eğitimine devam etmektedir. Genelde felsefe, özelde ise din felsefesi alanında çalışan Taşçı, İstanbul Araştırma ve Eğitim Vakfı’nda da öğrencidir.

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