Dr. Vefa Erginbas in The Journal of Economic and Social History of the Orient
Dr. Vefa Erginbas recently published an article entitled “Problematizing Ottoman Sunnism: Appropriation of Islamic History and Ahl-al-Baytism in the Ottoman Empire” in The Journal of Economic and Social History of the Orient 60/5 (August 2017). He has also been busy presenting his work at international conferences in Bulgaria, Budapest, and Oxford. He presented a paper entitled “From Sirat to Ghaza: Recontextualizing Mustafa Darir’s Siretu’n Nebi in the Sixteenth Century Religious Milieu” in the International Conference on Ottoman Economic and Social History (ICOSEH) that was held in Sofia University in Bulgaria on July 27, 2017. Most recently, he presented a paper entitled “Bridging Sunni-Shiite Divide: A Historical Look at the Appropriation of Twelve Imams in the Ottoman Empire” at the University of Oxford on January 27, 2018. Pictures and details from the conference can be found here.
