A lecture by Bedross Der Mattosian
Department of History
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Summarizing the main findings of his recently published book, Bedross Der Matossian will explore comparative perspectives on how the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 and its constitutionalist ideological underpinnings raised the expectations and hopes of ethnic groups within the Ottoman Empire. The lecture will analyze the ways in which the Ottoman Empire’s Armenian, Arab, and Jewish communities internalized the Revolution amid the post-revolutionary turmoil by negotiating their space and identity within the rapidly changing political landscape of the period. By creating their own micro-revolutions, ancien régime(s), and new era, these groups heralded the Revolution and constitutionalism as the ultimate panacea for the existing maladies inflicting not only their communities but also the Ottoman Empire in general.
This events was co-sponsored by the Center for Near Eastern Studies.