The New Books Network invited Jon to talk about his history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met's first director was an archaeologist active in Ottoman Cyprus, so there's a link (sort of) to TLP. newbooksnetwork.com/the-met

“A man of letters and fighter for unpopular causes.” Laura Almagor spoke to us about Israel Zangwill, exploring his relationship to Zionism and how he deployed concepts of race and "civilisation" thelausanneproject.com/2024/12/20/pod…

Thank you for the great conversation, The Lausanne Project (TLP)!

In our final podcast of 2024 Sahin Yesilyurt talks to Giorgio about his research into the Ottoman quarantine tax. thelausanneproject.com/2024/12/27/pod…

"We didn't talk about exams..." This week's podcast explores a high school history project that got 9th graders curating "My Own 1922". thelausanneproject.com/2025/01/10/pod…

Please note that TLP has moved to BlueSky. Same handle The Lausanne Project (TLP) Join us. If you stay here, all you will get from us is Anna Delvey gifs. Jon kept asking to tweet them. Jon, now's your chance!

Fatih's answer to Jay Gatsby died in 1926, but his folly remained, housing Ottoman Bank staff who added their chapters to the story of Bulgur Palas. Now it's rescued, Hande Yalnizoglu Altinay argues, it's time to tell their stories. İBB Kültür AŞ İstanbul Kitapçısı thelausanneproject.com/2025/03/21/bul…

Ok, so we are still going to use X alongside BlueSky, and not just for Delvey gifs, in recognition that many of those we hope to reach are still here. Sorry about that, Anna.

From studio to alaminüt: we asked Özge Baykan Calafato to talk us through photography's role in developing modern Turkish citizenship, introducing us to the collection she created Akkasah: Photography Archive, NYUAD thelausanneproject.com/2025/04/04/pod…

"Witnessing students grapple with Middle East politics and challenge assumptions has been truly inspiring and rewarding for me." Barış Çelik explains how he used reflective journals and creative activities at Sheffield. thelausanneproject.com/2025/04/25/tea…

"Something that struck home with the students was the rise of the security state. It’s not something that begins with the Nazis, you need to look further back." We spoke to Sam Foster UEA East Centre about his new approach to teaching the Great War. thelausanneproject.com/2025/05/09/pod…

Hadwig Kraeutler on an overlooked 1940 biography that presented sultan Abdülhamid as a key to past, present and future. thelausanneproject.com/2025/05/23/alm…

Can Eyüp Çekiç Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi revisits liberal internationalist David Davies’ 1919 proposal to establish the League of Nations in Constantinople, making that city the seat of a truly international order – of a kind the League failed to establish in Geneva. thelausanneproject.com/2025/06/06/pod…

Jon's article on how Big Oil shaped Lausanne is now out, open access. It challenges state-centred accounts of oil diplomacy, looking at the role of firms we know today as BP and ExxonMobil, as well as of Deutsche Bank and other financial interests tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

"Zsa-Zsa Gulbenkian"? Jon's biography of Gulbenkian was name-checked by Wes Anderson, as the inspiration for his new film, "The Phoenician Scheme." mundoamerica.com/entertainment/…

Long before the State Opera opened Halide Edip Adıvar was among those imagining what Turkish opera might sound like. Ici Vanwesenbeeck SUNY Fredonia Fredonia English explains how she conceived of an opera that was neither "alla franca" nor "alla turca". thelausanneproject.com/2025/06/20/pod…

Salih Yasun Virginia Military Institute uncovers a story about intimate ties of kinship, enduring yet overlooked: thelausanneproject.com/2025/07/04/mil…

"In a male-dominated environment, in 1950s Turkey, it might seem surprising that a woman architect led the body responsible for historic monuments. Being an preservationist today still requires strong nerves." Barış Altan introduces Cahide Temer: thelausanneproject.com/2025/07/22/pod…

"How does the personal relate to the political? Every time Mishaqa changes his world view, he doesn't just surrender, but says we need to use our reason to understand why this is happening." For more from Peter Hill on Mikha’il Mishaqa, have a listen! thelausanneproject.com/2025/08/15/pod…

Congratulations to the team @ELIAMEPgr on the appearance of the book of their June 2023 conference. It includes chapters by several TLP friends, including Konstantinos Tsitselikis and Evanthis Hatzivassiliou, as well as Jon on (surprise!) oil.