FWD: "The Exchange of Coffee and Knowledge across Ottomans and European Borders"

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In this afikra FWD, Yasmin Alkhowaiter talked about the exchange of coffee and knowledge across Ottomans and European borders. Yasmin told the story of ambassador Suleyman Aga, and his snub of King Louis XIV in 1669.

Sources and Further References

• Turquerie

• William J. Bernstein, A Splendid Exchange

• Anthony Grafton, New Worlds, Ancient Texts

• Michael J. Crowe, The History of Science

• The Heart’s Desire: Gender, Urban Space and the Ottoman Coffeehouse

• Early modern Ottoman coffeehouse culture and the formation of the consumer subject

• How dark is the history of the night, how black the story of coffee, how bitter the tale of love: The changing measure of leisure and pleasure in early modern Istanbul

Note: All community presentations are prepared & presented by non-experts on the subject. They are sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in that subject.

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Delivered and prepared by afikra Community members, the presentation’s goal is to showcase the presenter’s curiosity and research and share some knowledge on a ‎topic related to the Arab world’s histories and cultures. The presentation is the ‎culmination of the afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, find research, and develop the ‎presentation. afikra presentations come in two forms, a long question-driven afikra Feature, and a short afikra FWD with the purpose of sharing something interesting.