Books_of_Jeremiah, 6 months ago to histodon

Out intrepid Mr Paton has made it all the way from Užice through Požega to Čačak and on to Karanovac.

Unsurprisingly, he wasn't enamoured with the long church services (where the congregation stands) of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

#Serbia #19cstudies #victorian #Ottoman #Orthodox @histodon
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https://booksofjeremiah.com/post/servia-youngest-member-european-family-1845-xvi/

Books_of_Jeremiah, 7 months ago to histodon

Oh, Užice, you little Constantinople!

Or at least it was before the visit of Mr Paton.

#Serbia #Ottoman #1840s #Victodon #Victorian #history #histoton @histodons
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https://booksofjeremiah.com/post/servia-youngest-member-european-family-1845-xv/

YeshuvYashan, 8 months ago to histodons

The #Jewish founder of #Zionism, Theodor Herzl, meets the 3rd to last #Ottoman sultan, Abdul Hamid II c. 1901

#Israel #ישראל #Palestine #إسرائيل #فلسطين #פלסטין

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video/mp4

loshmi, 11 months ago to histodons

Giving a talk tomorrow, Jul 13 on #imperial history and contemporary #gentrification in the #Balkans at UniKonstanz. It will take place via Zoom (link below).

Do you want to know why certain historic buildings are restored, and what that has to do with rising rent? Are you interested in #Habsburg and #Ottoman cities? Do you care about post-industrial #urbanism? Come check it out!

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-137438?title=imperial-history-and-contemporary-gentrification-in-the-balkans&recno=4&q=Balkan&sort=newestPublished&fq=&total=13

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#Vienna #Istanbul #Rijeka #Belgrade #Wien #Fiume #CostOfLiving #Capitalism