Elif Bengüsu Arık

The Ottoman History Working Group is now part of the EUI community! @eui-eu.bsky.social #OttomanHistory #History #EUI

Building on my MA research, my upcoming PhD project problematizes medical discourse through Ottoman ophthalmology and international congresses, with a focus on the eye examinations and personal narratives of Ottoman immigrants to the U.S. in the 20th century

Looking forward to presenting my research at the CHSTM Working Group on the History of Death and Disease in the Islamicate World on 16 October! #histmed

Just published a piece for the HHH column:

Fav kahve dükkanımı buldum

I wish little me could see this

Çok iyi kamera bam güm photography

📍Framer Framed - Past Disquiet

Inmates in red and orange jumpsuits are seen from overhead forming the expression“SOS” with their bodies.

“A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held, in Anson, Texas, U.S. April 28, 2025.” (REUTERS/Paul Ratje)

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One of the perks of being a Fort van Sjakoo resident, I discovered this book thanks to a customer:

İkinci el ganimeti

Stepping out for some air @IISG

Every time Israeli soldiers behead a Palestinian child and our ruling classes accept this fact, we lose our collective humanity and slowly but surely our society proceeds toward savagery.

Lydia Davis

Geçen çekmiştim evin içini izleyip durdu 👀

Hearts starve as well as bodies: give me bread, but don’t forget the roses (and the protein shake)

Kuirfest'te insanlarla tekrar izleyebilseydim keşke. Vakti olan kaçırmasın.

Hava çok soğuk parkta sadece ikimiz vardık

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État'yı izleme önerimi buraya yazmış olayım halihazırda herkese yeterince önermemişim gibi

Current attempts to contextualize archives are very important: www.archiveslab.org/about

At the @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social yesterday, the focus was on the importance of Indigenous participation in naming resources for digital archives. For an archivist, a protest for the right to life might just be labeled a "crowd."

Hahah spekülasyon yapmak varken çevirisine bakmak hiç aklıma gelmemişti

Ne acaba dedim. Kant'ın The Conflict of the Faculties'inde geçiyor, herhalde "her çocuk rızkıyla gelir" varyasyonu 👶

2024'ün son kitabı olacak gibi. Yer yer bana the dead flag blues'u hatırlattı

Uzun ve stresli bir günün sabahında dost selamı almış gibi oldum Exarcheia çok güzel