Philippe Bourmaud – Learning and teaching medical sciences between Ottoman reforms and Arab cultural renaissance : Dr Shakir al-Khoury (1847-1911) and his autobiography – 11/2/2016
Séminaire « Sciences et savoirs dans l’Empire ottoman »Jeudi 11 févirer 2016 à 18h à l’IFEAPhilippe Bourmaud (IFEA)« Learning and teaching medical sciences between Ottoman reforms and Arab cultural renaissance : Dr Shakir al-Khoury (1847-1911) and his autobiography » Intervention en anglais The intellectual dynamics of the Tanzimat (Ottoman reforms) and Nahda (Arab cultural renaissance) that unfold over the nineteenth century have often been paralleled, nearly conflated into one modernizing trend. In many ways, the two movements had cumulative effects, encouraging the emergence of an educated class with a blend of cultural pride and fascination for the West, and an appetite for scientific novelty. It could be said, however, that the two movements, without actually competing ideologically the way Turkish and Arab nationalisms would