What’s up in Ottoman and Turkish Studies? — W’OTSAp

In November 2020, OTSA launched a Zoom meeting series that is meant to create an opportunity for us to get together more often than once a year at MESA. Inspired by our former president Virginia Aksan’s “What’s Up in Ottoman Studies?” (the article that launched our journal, JOTSA, in 2014), “W’OTSAp in Ottoman and Turkish Studies?” (or simply W’OTSAp) aims to keep us up-to-date with the developments and news of our field. We hope to provide a forum for our members to get to know the recipients of our annual awards and prizes, the authors who contributed to special thematic issues of JOTSA, a book that received attention in the field, or issues and questions that require our attention.