Takvim-i Vekayi
The Calendar of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Virtual Events Communication Platform
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[Columbia Global Centers Istanbul] Ishtar Diaries Podcast Series (Episodes will be released bi-weekly)
March 21, 2021
Ishtar Diaries is a podcast at the intersection of scholarly studies of the ancient world, contemporary social and political conditions, and the speakers’ personal experiences. It revolves around Ishtar, an ancient Mesopotamian goddess, and her diaries as inscribed on ancient Near Eastern material culture. Her diaries are in a state of continuous becoming. As we engage with it, we will reshape it, remember and forget some of its parts, and add new memories to it. This material culture has not lost its relevance, and in each epoch, we have rediscovered them in new ways and redefined ourselves in them. These dense and accumulating narratives form biographies or diaries of our material past, and it is these diaries that we aim to explore in this podcast. To rewrite the colonial narratives and simplistic interpretations forced onto this cultural heritage, to contribute to their preservation, and to demonstrate that ancient history and its material remnants are relevant and interesting even today beyond the realm of scholarly investigations are some of the aims of this podcast.
More information here.