Report

Professor Jun Akiba organized a panel titled "Approaching Ottoman Gender History Through the Rereading of Court Records" on July 8 at the 16th International Conference of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH-16), held at the University of Bucharest, from July 7 to 11, 2025. In addition to Professor Akiba, the panel featured presentations by Gürer Karagedikli of Middle East Technical University and Tommaso Stefini of Sabancı University. Madoka Morita of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies participated as a discussant. The panel attracted an audience of about 20 people and drew significant attention. The panel's composition was as follows:

Event Details

Panel: Approaching Ottoman Gender History Through the Rereading of Court Records

Jun Akiba (IASA)
Divorce and Legal Deeds in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

Gürer Karagedikli (Middle East Technical University)
Wealth, Women, and Family: Gendered Patterns of Donation in Ottoman Istanbul (1700-
1820)

Tommaso Stefini (Sabancı University)
Ottoman Widows, Foreign Diplomats, and Qadi Courts: Claiming International Inheritances

Discussant:
Madoka Morita (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
 

ICOSEH-16 website: https://iaoseh.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/16th-icoseh-bucharest-july-7-11-2025-final-program/

This panel was supported by JSPS Kakenhi 25K04475.