Welcome to the Orient-Institut Istanbul Blog
Researchers and cooperation partners of the institute describe the development and findings of their projects and the delights and challenges of conducting research in the humanities. The contributors share an interest in the history, social realities, linguistic, and cultural expressions of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and its neighboring countries.
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Bir Yaşamın İzleri – Traugott Fuchs Mirasının Kataloglanması
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Bir Yaşamın İzleri – Traugott Fuchs Mirasının Kataloglanması Yazarlar: Karin Schweissgut & Melissa Sivri 17 Eylül 2021 Traugott Fuchs’un Orient-Institut Istanbul’daki mirasını kataloglama projesi, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi İstanbul Arşiv ve Dokümantasyon […]
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Countdown to 9/11 – Author: Maurus Reinkowski
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in EssayCountdown to 9/11 Author: Maurus Reinkowski 27 August 2021 I am sitting here at my desk that the Orient-Institut Istanbul has graciously provided me with for the month of August […]
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Threads of Tradition: Textile practices and material culture of Sufism in Istanbul. Some field notes – Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz
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Threads of Tradition: Textile practices and material culture of Sufism in Istanbul. Some field notes Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz 4 June 2021 Perhaps this yarn is the only thing that […]
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A crackling sound and the smell of burnt wood: Ottoman braziers and the Romanian countries – Author: Roxana Coman
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A crackling sound and the smell of burnt wood: Ottoman braziers and the Romanian countries Author: Roxana Coman 30 April 2021 Ottoman material culture in Romania underwent significant paradigm changes […]
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A German-Ottoman Scramble for Objects in ar-Raqqa. Antiquities Trade, Archaeological Looting and Museum Rivalry in the Late Ottoman Empire – Author: Sebastian Willert
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A German-Ottoman Scramble for Objects in ar-Raqqa. Antiquities Trade, Archaeological Looting and Museum Rivalry in the Late Ottoman Empire Author: Sebastian Willert 23 April 2021 “Since I arrived at Halep […]
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Historical Resonances of Nichori – Author: Salih Demirtaş
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Historical Resonances of Nichori Author: Salih Demirtaş 9 April 2021 Studies on ocularcentric aspects of visual culture in modernity cover broad epistemological areas that focus on priority to the eyesight […]
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Fighting under the same banner: Memories from the Ottoman theater of the Great War – Authors: Richard Wittmann & Yaşar Tolga Cora
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in PublicationFighting under the same banner: Memories from the Ottoman theater of the Great War Authors: Richard Wittmann & Yaşar Tolga Cora 26 March 2021 What did it mean to individuals […]
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Between Tradition and Innovation: The Young Generation of Iranian Composers in the Digital Era – Author and producer of podcast: Dr. des. Kamyar Nematollahy
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in PodcastBetween Tradition and Innovation: The Young Generation of Iranian Composers in the Digital Era Author and producer of podcast: Dr. des. Kamyar Nematollahy 5 March 2021 Iranian classical music is […]
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Nematollahy, Kamyar “The Young Generation of Iranian Composers in the Digital Era”
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in Podcast5 March 2021 Dr. des. Kamyar Nematollahy is a musician and ethnomusicologist from the University of Cologne where he defended his Ph.D. thesis in 2020. Since September 2019, he has been working […]
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CMO Brings Together Music Editors of the Hampartsum Notation in a Virtual Event – Author: Nevin Şahin
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in WorkshopCMO Brings Together Music Editors of the Hampartsum Notation in a Virtual Event Author: Nevin Şahin 29 January 2021 The long-term project Corpus Musicae Ottomanicae, after having initiated the online […]