"Rosewater, Nightingale, and Gunpowder"

Rosewater, Nightingale, and Gunpowder: Toward a Sensory History of the Islamic World, c. 1500–2000 By Suzanne Compagnon, Gianni Sievers, and Yusuf Ünal This blog entry provides a brief overview of the main questions and themes addressed at three conferences co-organized by the authors between 2024 and 2025 in their capacity as postdoctoral researchers on the SENSIS (“The Senses of Islam”) research project at Utrecht University. Led by Christian Lange, the project aims to produce a cultural h...