New on the ATLAS Blog Hülya Çelik and Ani Sargsyan explore Mary G. Hollister’s Armeno-Turkish work Kızların Talim u Terbiyesi (1880)—a striking contribution to late Ottoman debates on girls’ education, reform, and social change. atlas.univie.ac.at?p=603

Statement by the Society for Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies On the Dismissal of Prof. Dr Bülent Bilmez and Academic Freedom in Turkey

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Deutsches Museum für Migrationsgeschichte „SELMA“ ausreichend finanzieren!

„Es geht um einen Ort, an dem Deutschland sich als Einwanderungsland entdecken und verstehen lernen kann“, so Rita Süßmuth, frühere Schirmherrin des Projekts und Bundestagspräsidentin. Ein solches Mus...

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We are pleased to conclude our series Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia on 24 June: Will Sumits (Orient-Institute Istanbul), 5 pm From Manuscript to Microphone Followed at 6:30 pm by an evening concert with the Tuna Quartet. orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

We are delighted to announce that Edhem Eldem will join ViCAS as Senior Fellow (Oct. 2026–June 2027). His project explores archaeology, museology, and heritage in the late Ottoman Empire. Congratulations! vicas.univie.ac.at/fellows/deta...

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Columbia University, USA ___ History and Archaeology

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Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia 17.06.2026, 5 p. m. Rıdvan Aydınlı (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul) Inscribing the Ottoman Soundscape: Byzantine Notation in 19th-century Greek-script Music Publishing Zoom-Link: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

Lecture: Order of Debt: Power, Wealth, and Death in the Ottoman Empire, 1700–1830 Ali Yaycıoğlu (Stanford University) 11 June 2026, 6 p.m., Lecture Hall, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna Further information: vihope.univie.ac.at/news/vihope-...

A heartfelt thank you to all participants in “Mecmuas in the Ottoman World” for making the conference in Vienna such an inspiring and intellectually rewarding event. Your papers, comments, and discussions made it a truly memorable gathering.

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia 10.06.2026, 5 p. m. Ingeborg Baldauf (Humboldt University) No More Words to Sing of Joy and Grief... A Folklorist's Look Back on Half a Century of Song and Music in Afghanistan Zoom-Link: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia 03.06.2026, 5 p. m. Cüneyt Ersin Mıhcı (University of Münster / OIIST) Forging National Music on Both Sides of the Aegean Zoom-Link and further information: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia 27.05.2026, 5:00 p. m. Philipp Ther (University of Vienna) Compositional Encounters between the post-Habsburg Musical Modernism, Turkey and Egypt Zoom-Link and further information: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

The latest issue of Diyâr (OA) focuses on ‘Caricatures as a Sphere of Communication in the Late and Post-Ottoman Context’. Many thanks to Veruschka Wagner and Anna Kollatz for preparing this exciting and richly illustrated issue. Read the latest issue here: www.inlibra.com/en/document/...

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia 20.05.2026, 5 p. m. Jeanette Kilicci (University of Vienna) When Melodies Evoke Memories: Shared Songs, Cultural Memory, and Musical Destruction in the South Caucasus and Beyond Zoom-Link: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia 13.05.2025, 5:00 p.m. Nejla Melike Atalay (University of Münster) Tracing Women Musicians in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul through Archival, Printed, and Musical Sources Zoom - Link: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

Upcoming conference: Mecmuas in the Ottoman World. Interdisciplinary Approaches and Current Research 4–6 June 2026 mecmuaconference.univie.ac.at

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia 06.05.2026, 5 p.m. Angelika Jung (Weimar) On the Origin and Significance of Central Asian Classical Music: Shashmaqam (in German) Zoom-Link and further information: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia "What does it mean to dream of music or other sonic experiences?" 29.04.2026, 5 p. m. Peter McMurray (University of Cambridge) On Dreamsound: Istanbul 1600, Vienna 1900 CE Information and Zoom orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia 22.04.2026, 5 p. m. Houchang Chehabi (Boston University) Music and Charismatic Authority in the Revolutionary Decade Zoom-Link and further information: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

Call for papers 100 Years of Script Reform in Turkey Special edition of Diyâr, Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies to be published in 2028 Editors: Ruth Bartholomä (Essen), Astrid Menz (Istanbul), Christoph Schroeder (Potsdam)

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia 15.04.2026, 5 p. m. Mustafa Avcı (Koç University, Istanbul) Music, Dance, and Ecstasy: The Cultural Meanings of Ecstasy from the Ottoman Era to Contemporary Turkey Zoom-Link: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia We are looking forward to the next lecture in our series. 25.03.2026, 5 p.m. Pierre Hecker (University of Marburg) "Satan's Zionist Children" The Subcultural Evolution of Heavy Metal in Turkey orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

📢 Universität Wien: Lehrvertretung Türkisch (12 SWS) ab WS 2026/27 (Start: 1.9.2026). Sprachpraktische Lehre BA/MA. Verlängerung bis zu 4 Jahre möglich. 📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 1.5.2026

Diyâr Successfully Accepted into the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Diyâr Issue 1 (2026) to be released in May! All issues of Diyâr are now also fully open access! www.nomos-elibrary.de/en/zeitschri... If you would like to submit an article: www.nomos.de/en/journals/...

We are pleased to share with you the first issue of the ViHOPE Newsletter for 2026. Here is the link to the newsletter: mailchi.mp/c914a0318eb5... To subscribe to the ViHOPE newsletter, please visit: vihope.univie.ac.at

Our hybrid lecture series brings together an outstanding international lineup exploring musical cultures across interconnected regions, from Central Asia to the South Caucasus and the Ottoman world. For further details: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

There is music in the air! 🎶 Our summer lecture series "Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, the Caucasus & Central Asia" brings together an international group of scholars exploring musical cultures, sound, and exchange across regions. Details coming soon — stay tuned!

New on the ATLAS Blog: Emre Görkem Onur, “Hagop Ayvaz’s Armeno-Turkish Monologue ‘Sizi Seviyorum’ (1932): Archival Context and Transcription.” The post offers new insights into Turkey's cultural and theatrical history. atlas.univie.ac.at?p=484

Save the date! Turkologentag 2027 in Paris September, 15-17

University of Vienna Doctoral Recruitment Call 2026 — Social Sciences, Humanities & Cultural Studies Call for Applications: at least 40 Doctoral Positions in the Social Sciences, Humanities & Cultural Studies Application deadline: 2 March 2026, 14:00 CET careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

Beyond the Codex: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Manuscript Cultures 21.01.2026, 5p.m (online) Daniel Beben (Nazarbayev University) How to read a genealogical text: The Persianate nasab tradition as cultural archive and social practice orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...