Mikhail’s agents and admirers have ensured that he has been afforded ample opportunity to publicize summaries of his book and its arguments after it came out. This is not entirely surprising given the fact that, as a “trade” book, God’s Shadow (henceforth cited as GS) has been the object of an effective publicity campaign mounted by the author, his agent, and their diligent circle.
It has rapidly been met with popular acclaim in the press, while other recent scholarly studies of Selim by young scholars have not been accorded any such attention. Entitled God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World (Liveright, 2020), the book also modestly claims that it is an “innovative, even revolutionary” (p.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.Ī historian from Yale University, Alan Mikhail, has recently published a popular biography of the Ottoman Sultan Selim (r. Illustration from “Exposition on the Prophet Ezra”, a manuscript Ottoman history by Felix da Costa (1687). The journal publishes contributions in English and German.CORNELL FLEISCHER 1, CEMAL KAFADAR 2 and SANJAY SUBRAHMANYAM 3ġUniversity of Chicago, 2Harvard University, 3University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) In particular, we welcome explorations of particular phenomena or events that provide insight into the dynamics of historical processes, elucidate historical change at turning points of history, and illuminate the conditions of all things that follow them. It is the editors' hope that contributors will freely develop the “Through the Looking-Glass” aspect of history by implementing a variety of methodological approaches and utilizing a wide range of textual and non-textual sources. Its historical scope encompasses all periods, yet with a focus on the time before 1900. The geographical scope of the JAH is as vast as Asia itself. The journal is published by Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany.
49) are Dorothee Schaab-Hanke (OSTASIEN Verlag Gossenberg, Germany) and Achim Mittag (University of Tübingen). 46-48) by Roderich Ptak, LMU Munich, and Claudius C. 1-45) by Denis Sinor (†2011), Indiana University, Bloomington, and from 2012-2014 (vols. The Journal of Asian History, founded in 1967, was formerly edited (vols.
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