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Feminist historiography in Turkey has long dismissed the period between the 1930s and 1980s as the ‘barren period’ of the women’s movement. To understand the diverse and conflicted genealogies of Turkey’s feminism(s), we argue, it is...

How efficient are computerised tools in studying women’s history? Can the field benefit from highly technicalised approaches more than qualitative approaches? Is qualitative data quantified when we analyse literary texts for women’s history with...

This paper addresses the ritualized power-balancing act illustrated by investiture ceremonies of what in Romanian historiography are designated as Phanariot princes or hospodars. The discussion focuses on the specific gifts exchanged in the highly...

Turkish literature in Armenian script comprises a large corpus of manuscripts dating from the 14th century together with printed material published between the 18th and 20th centuries. Books were printed in a wide geographical area and their...