Takvim-i Vekayi
The Calendar of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Virtual Events Communication Platform
If you are interested in submitting your events to be posted on this platform’s calendar, the Takvim-i Vekayi, please fill out this form and e-mail it to osta.webmaster@gmail.com and otsa.webeditor@gmail.com copying secretariattsa@gmail.com at least ten days before your event. The form will be processed within a week of receipt. We are grateful to our volunteer webmaster, Gharam Alsaedi, a UC Davis Computer Science senior, and our volunteer web editor Molly Powers, a UC Davis junior double majoring in International Relations and History, for their work on the Takvim-i Vekayi and to Professor Carole Woodall for her initiative in creating this calendar.
[Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz] Online Book Launch: “Under the Banner of Islam: Turks, Kurds, and The Limits of Religious Unity” by Dr. Gülay Türkmen
Poster PDF Link Event Description: Is it possible for religion to act as a resolution tool in violent conflicts? Following this question, Dr. Gülay Türkmen will present her new book “Under the Banner of Islam: Turks, Kurds, and the Limits of Religious Unity” where she explores how religious, ethnic, and national identities converge in ethnic […]
[Northwestern Univ. Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program] 2021 Conference — Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of Authoritarianism
Annual Keyman Conference bringing together global scholars discussing some of the most pressing issues facing Turkey from a global perspective, this year in the context of a Queer and Gender Studies focus. Conference Dates: June 4th, June 11th, and June 18th Conference Times: Chicago 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (June 18th only 9:30 AM - […]
[New York University’s Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative] Lecture with Elizabeth Frierson: “Great Lakes, Mighty Seas, and Uncharted Waters: Ottoman Studies, its Past, Present, and Future”
Studies of the Ottoman Empire, a series of overlapping international enterprises, have mapped new understandings of human behavior onto intentionally forgotten and remembered landscapes since the opening of the Prime Ministry Archives in Turkey. This year’s sessions of the Mid-Atlantic Ottoman Studies Workshop have showcased many new modes of analysis, and this talk will attempt […]
[TürkeiEuropaZentrum Hamburg] Audial Reflections of the Public: A Case Study on the Street Music of Ankara (Lecture Series „Stadtgeschichten. Urbane Zentren der Türkei im Wandel der Zeit“ // „Urban (hi)stories. Turkey’s metropolises through time”) Visiting Speaker: Zeynep Işıl Işık Dursun Time: 16th June 2021, 6-8 p.m.
This talk takes place as part of the lecture series “Urban (hi)stories”. Scholars from various universities in Germany present their research on selected urban centres of Turkey. Visiting Speaker: Zeynep Işıl Işık Dursun Time: 16th June 2021, 6-8 p.m. CEST. To attend the event, please use this Zoom link. For more information on the event, please […]
[Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul] Ottomans and their “Others”: Uses of Soft Power – Voices of Emerging Scholars Webinar Series – 6th Workshop
Columbia Global Centers Istanbul invites you to a series of webinar workshops to highlight the research of emerging scholars in the late Ottoman and early Turkish Republican history. Organized by Professor Zeynep Çelik, our sixth workshop, "Ottomans and their "Others": Uses of Soft Power," looks at how different control and manipulation mechanisms functioned in the […]
[ANAMED] Library Talks: Suna Çağaptay – The First Capital of the Empire
More information about the event will be added soon. ANAMED's website here.
[Northwestern Univ. Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program] 2021 Conference — Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of Authoritarianism
Annual Keyman Conference bringing together global scholars discussing some of the most pressing issues facing Turkey from a global perspective, this year in the context of a Queer and Gender Studies focus. Conference Dates: June 4th, June 11th, and June 18th Conference Times: Chicago 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (June 18th only 9:30 AM - […]
[OTSA] Entangled Literatures and Histories in the Pre-Modern Ottoman World with İpek Hüner Cora and Michael Pifer
İpek Hüner Cora and Michael Pifer, the co-editors of Entangled Literatures and Histories in the Pre-Modern Ottoman World, a special dossier published in JOTSA 7/2 (Fall 2020), will host the contributors, (in alphabetical order of last names) Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano, Maryam Ala Amjadi, Ayşe Dalyan, Selim Kuru, Zeynep Oktay Uslu, Erin Piñon, and Dana Sajdi. Please […]
[ANAMED] Ottoman Summer Program (OTSP)
This is a summer program organized by ANAMED. Application deadline: April 1st 2021. Program Dates: 21 June – 17 July 2021 Organized by Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), this 6-weeks intensive summer program, has been revised because of the global pandemic to a concentrated four-week online program, aims to develop students’ reading and […]
[TürkeiEuropaZentrum Hamburg] Der Stadtschreiber von Diyarbakır. Multikulturelle Erkundungen in der Metropole des Südostens (Lecture Series „Stadtgeschichten. Urbane Zentren der Türkei im Wandel der Zeit“ // „Urban (hi)stories. Turkey’s metropolises through time”) Visiting Speaker: Şeyhmus Diken Time: 23rd June 2021, 6-8 p.m.
This talk takes place as part of the lecture series “Urban (hi)stories”. Scholars from various universities in Germany present their research on selected urban centres of Turkey. Visiting Speaker: Şeyhmus Diken Time: 23rd June 2021, 6-8 p.m. To attend the event, please use this Zoom link. For more information on the event, please go to the event […]
[The Orient-Institut Istanbul] Digital Humanities in Ottoman and Turkish Studies: Initiatives, Projects, and Online Resources
Poster PDF Link For more information about this event, please go to the event page. The meeting will be held online via Zoom. To attend this lecture, prior registration is necessary. Please send an email specifying your name and academic affiliation to events@oiist.net by June 22, 2021 (Tuesday) at the latest. For technical reasons, the […]
[Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative at NYU] Ottoman Palestine: Why Does it Matter?
Ottoman Palestine and its legacy have been a common reference point in the Israeli / Palestinian conflict. Both sides have referred to specific historical events and details from the Ottoman era to justify their claims to authority, property, and land. What is the importance of knowing the Ottoman past for understanding today? How has Ottoman […]