{"product_id":"hagia-sophia-in-the-long-nineteenth-century-9781474461009","title":"Hagia Sophia in the Long Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eHagia Sophia--a building whose domes have defined Istanbul's skyline for over 1500 years--has led many lives. Initially a church, subsequently a mosque, then a museum, the structure is today a monument of world heritage, even as its official status remains contested. Hagia Sophia's global fame took shape during the long nineteenth century, when Europeans \"discovered\" its architectural significance. But what role did local actors play in the creation of Hagia Sophia as a modern monument? This book seeks out the audiences of this building beyond its Western interpreters, from Ottoman officials to the diverse communities of Istanbul. Chronologically bracketed by the major renovation of the structure in the 1740s and its conversion into a museum in 1934, this volume traces the gradual transformation of Hagia Sophia within the Ottoman imaginary from \u003ci\u003eimaret\u003c\/i\u003e (mosque complex) to \u003ci\u003eeser\u003c\/i\u003e (monument); that is, from lived space to archaeological artifact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Neumeier is Assistant Professor of Islamic art and architecture at Temple University, Philadelphia. She studies the visual and spatial cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, with a focus on the Ottoman Empire, and her research has been published in venues such as the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Islamic Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Ottoman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTurkish Studies Association\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHistory and Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Anderson is Associate Professor of History of Art and Classics at Cornell University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art\u003c\/i\u003e (Yale University Press, 2017) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eIs Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline? Toward a Critical Historiography\u003c\/i\u003e (Penn State University Press, 2023), and \u003ci\u003eThe Byzantine Neighbourhood: Urban Space and Political Action\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50499946250514,"sku":"9781474461009","price":151.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b2ef24a-dfe5-4265-98a5-b194ce8f49a5.jpg?v=1730748133","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hagia-sophia-in-the-long-nineteenth-century-9781474461009","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}