Zabel Yessayan's guest appearances

Zabel Yessayan

Women, Gender, and Sex in the Ottoman World

Mihrî Hatun

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 with Jennifer Manoukian  hosted by Susanna Ferguson  This episode is part of a series on Women, Gender, and Sex in Ottoman history Download the seriesPodcast Feed | iTunes | Soundcloud  The late 19th century was a time of intellectual and cultural flourishing for the Armenian community in Constantinople, as a new generation of Armenian thinkers traveled to Europe to study, debated new ideas in the press, and settled on a new vernacular for their literary endeavors. Zabel Yessayan was one of the most important female figures of this generation, publishing articles on subjects including educational reform, art and aesthetics, and the question of women. In this podcast, Jennifer Manoukian discusses her new translation of Yessayan's memoir, The Gardens of Silihdar, and explores questions of women, gender, and politics in Yessayan's work.   « Click for More »

<center> with Jennifer Manoukian</center><center> </center><center> hosted by Susanna Ferguson</center><center> </center><center> This episode is part of a series on <a href="http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/09/women-literati-and-ottoman-intellectual.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women, Gender, and Sex in Ottoman history</a> Download the series <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WomenGenderAndSexInTheOttomanWorld" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast Feed</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/women-gender-sex-in-ottoman/id1027383770" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ottoman-history-podcast/sets/the-gender-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a></center> The late 19th century was a time of intellectual and cultural flourishing for the Armenian community in Constantinople, as a new generation of Armenian thinkers traveled to Europe to study, debated new ideas in the press, and settled on a new vernacular for their literary endeavors. Zabel Yessayan was one of the most important female figures of this generation, publishing articles on subjects including educational reform, art and aesthetics, and the question of women. In this podcast, Jennifer Manoukian discusses her new translation of Yessayan's memoir, The Gardens of Silihdar, and explores questions of women, gender, and politics in Yessayan's work. <a href="http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2014/09/zabel-yessayan.html#more" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">« Click for More »</a>