Lecture : Between Ottomanism and Arabism: Jordan in the First World War (17/05/17)
Special lecture by Prof. Eugene Rogan, jointly organised by Ifpo/CBRL and British Council/CIEE Abstract The Great Arab Revolt stands as one of the foundation stones of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Yet a century ago, the First World War proved very divisive to the society of Ottoman Transjordan. Drawing on Ottoman documents and local memoirs, Professor Eugene Rogan examines the way townspeople and tribesmen were...