Central to Ottoman music is the makam (maqam) system, which is a modal framework defined by specific interval structures.

The Barbary powers are a non-negotiable part of the Mediterranean who are engaged with and even married into.

This Southeast Asian spice not only sparked fierce international competition, but also featured within the literature of the Global Renaissance

The manuscript reveals the overlooked role played by colonial intermediaries, such as surgeons, in moving Persianate objects into European collections.

In genocidal circumstances, life, survival and continuity are themselves acts of resistance.

Tunis-born and London-migrated, she was something the period had no ready category for.