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SUMMARY:Fellow seminar: White-bearded Pashas and Young Servants: Generational Awareness\, Dynamics and Networks in the sixteenth century Ottoman Empire
DESCRIPTION:Halit Serkan Simen (Gerda Henkel Fellowship\, Oct ‘26 – Feb ‘27) presents his research and methodology on the topic: \nWhite-bearded Pashas and Young Servants: Generational Awareness\, Dynamics and Networks in the sixteenth century Ottoman Empire\n12 November 2026 (Thursday)\, 16:30 h. \nModerator: Tsvetelina Tsvetkova \nAbstract: This project examines generational awareness\, character\, and intergenerational relations within the Ottoman ruling elite from the reign of Sultan Süleyman I (r. 1520–1566) to the death of Sultan Murad III (r. 1574–1595). Generational awareness here refers to the ethos\, values\, reflexes\, and formative experiences shared by servants who entered imperial service within the same cohort and who perceived themselves as distinct from preceding or succeeding groups. Although scholarship on sixteenth-century Ottoman political configuration is extensive\, the generational dimension of elite life has remained largely neglected. The study explores how generational identities shaped perceptions\, political behavior\, and patterns of cooperation and rivalry across age cohorts. It examines how individual experience\, personal character\, and cohort-specific memories informed alignment within the ruling elite and influenced decision-making in moments of crisis and stability. Using Ottoman and European sources such as chronicles\, biographical compilations\, telhis\, mühimme accounts\, Habsburg embassy reports\, and Venetian correspondence\, the project reconstructs how generational belonging shaped elite worldviews and political reflexes. Through selected case studies\, it argues that generational awareness constituted a critical yet overlooked factor shaping intra-elite relations\, imperial governance\, and political culture in the early modern Ottoman world.
URL:https://cas.bg/bg/sabitie/white-bearded-pashas-and-young-servants-generational-awareness-dynamics-and-networks-in-the-sixteenth-century-ottoman-empire/
LOCATION:Център за академични изследвания София\, ул. Стефан Караджа 7В\, вх. 3\, ет. 2\, ап. 23\, София\, ‎ ‎1000‎ ‎\, Bulgaria
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