"Gurbet Istanbul": Being an Immigrant in the Ottoman Capital, 1500-1800

该项目的目的是出版一本专著，讲述16世纪至18世纪移民到伊斯坦布尔的经历。在此期间，奥斯曼帝国的首都是世界上最具活力和多样化的城市之一，不仅吸引着来自各省的新来者，而且还吸引着来自帝国边界以外的新来者。与现有学术倾向于讨论奥斯曼帝国和伊斯坦布尔社会如何处理这一时期大量涌入的人口不同，这项研究首次采用移民的视角来调查那些来到城市寻求工作或更好生活的人是如何经历他们在新地方的搬迁和定居的。在得益于奥斯曼帝国移民和伊斯坦布尔历史的学术成果的同时，本书还广泛运用了其他地区和时代的移民历史研究成果。这本书分六章展开，追溯了移民的旅程，从1)他或她离开家的时间到2)第一次在城市里遇到，3)当地人的接待。然后，它考察了家务过程和移民与原籍地的联系，最后调查了移民对个人的情感影响。这项工作基于大量的文学和档案资料，其中许多是鲜为人知或研究的。最重要的是具有明显个人特征的来源，如日记、信件和诗歌，以及传记词典。历史、政治和医学论文提供了额外的信息，法院判决和皇家法令也是如此。通过对移民的研究，这项研究对奥斯曼史的一些核心话题做出了重大贡献。它为伊斯坦布尔这座城市的历史增添了新的视角，这是一个有着悠久传统的话题。它还参与了关于奥斯曼帝国空间的讨论，增加了一个新的维度，即移民，其特点是流动性。在这样做的同时，它还强调了帝国与其东部和北部邻国联系的重要性，这些邻国通常被忽视，而有利于与西欧的那些邻国。这本书的核心是前现代奥斯曼帝国中激烈辩论的身份和归属问题。通过考察所有移民，无论他们的宗教或种族归属和社会背景如何，这部作品超越了传统上强加给奥斯曼帝国臣民的僵化且往往具有误导性的分类。同时，它暗示了一种新类型的身份的存在，即由经验的共同性创造的移民身份。最后，这本书提供了对奥斯曼帝国情感的广泛处理，这是现有学术中几乎没有的一个主题。

The aim of this project is to produce a monograph dealing with the experience of immigration to Istanbul between the sixteenth and the eighteenth century. During that period, the capital of the Ottoman Empire was one of the most vibrant and diverse cities of the world attracting newcomers not only from the provinces but also from beyond the borders of the empire. Unlike existing scholarship that tends to discuss how the Ottoman state and the society of Istanbul dealt with the large influxes of people in this period, this study adopts, for the first time, the perspective of the immigrants to investigate how those who came to the city seeking work or a better life experienced their moving and settlement in a new place. While profiting from the scholarship on Ottoman immigration and the history of Istanbul, this book also makes extensive use of the results achieved in historical research on migration in other regions and eras. The book develops in six chapters tracing the journey of the immigrant from 1) the time he or she left home to 2) the first encounter with in the city and 3) the reception by the locals. It then examines 4) the process of homemaking and 5) the ties immigrants kept with their place of origin, finally investigating 6) the emotional impact of immigration on the individuals.The work is based on a large array of literary and archival sources many of which are little known or studied. Most significant are sources with a pronounced personal character such as diaries, letters and poems, as well as biographical dictionaries. Histories, political and medical treatises provide additional information as do court decisions and imperial decrees. Through the study of immigrants, this study makes significant contributions to a number of core topics of Ottoman history. It adds a new perspective to the history of the city of Istanbul, a topic with a long tradition. It also participates in the discussion regarding Ottoman space, adding to it a new dimension, that of immigration, which was characterized by fluidity. In doing this, it also stresses the importance of the contacts of the empire with its eastern and northern neighbors which are usually overlooked in favor of those with Western Europe. The hotly debated issue of identity and belonging in the pre-modern Ottoman Empire is at the core of the book. By examining all immigrants, independent of their religious or ethnic affiliation and social background, this work transcends the rigid and often misleading classifications traditionally imposed upon the Ottoman subjects. At the same time, it suggests the existence of a new type of identity, that of being an immigrant, created by the commonality of experience. Lastly, this book provides an extensive treatment of Ottoman emotions, a topic practically absent from existing scholarship.