Louis Fishman - Jews and Palestinians between Istanbul and Jerusalem

Abstract: In this talk, Professor Fishman will first summarize his book, Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914: Claiming the Homeland (Edinburgh University Press, 2020). From there, he will show how it has been used as a launching point for new research he has completed on Arab Jews, Palestinian relations with the Jewish Community and other Arabs within the Empire, and, finally, how Ottoman Zionists tried to expand their movement to Istanbul. However, with growing antisemitism wrapped in conspiracy theories taking hold in the Ottoman capital, Jews would begin to have their loyalty called into question. Finally, he will discuss how this has helped the research he is currently working on during his six-month stay at the Albright Institute.
Bio: Louis Fishman is an associate professor in the history department at Brooklyn College, CUNY. He’s the author of Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914: Claiming the Homeland (Edinburgh University Press, 2020). Currently, he is completing six months of research at that Albright Institude in Jerusalem, with support from a National Endowment of Humanities grant.
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