D Yrd. Doç. Dr. Meryem Müzeyyen Fındıkgil Zahlreiche, das Stadtbild Istanbuls bis heute prägende, öffentliche Gebäude tragen die Handschrift deutscher Architekten aus dem neunzehnten Jahrhundert. Die Architekturhistorikern, Frau Dr. Meryem […]
Over the last decades, the performing arts played a crucial role in the implementation of Alevi visibility in Turkey as well as abroad. Whereas music and sound played a major […]
Türkiye’de yaşayan Alevi topluluklarında müzik icrasının boyutlarının tartışılacağı bu sunumda, müzik terminolojisinden çalgılara, müzik icrasından edebi içeriğe kadar geniş bir kavramsal çerçevede “Alevi müziği” konusu irdelenecektir. Özellikle müziğin, Alevi kültürü […]
With a large part of Alevi traditions in today’s Dersim/Tunceli hardly being practiced anymore, most contemporary singers of the region are deeply influenced by the beliefs and aesthetics of the […]
The study of manuscripts from Alevi communities has undergone a remarkable upswing over the last decades. Increasingly, we learn more about the predominantly religious knowledge that was preserved in writing. […]
Born and raised on the peripheries of the Russian Empire, Ahmet Caferoğlu studied Oriental Linguistics and Literature at the universities of Baku, Istanbul, Berlin, and Breslau. From 1929 up to […]
Alevi ritual practice is a significant means in (re)producing a specific Alevi habitus and cultural identity. It is well known that the cem ritual and the emblematic semah were formative […]
As the second-oldest branch of Experimental Psychology, the Psychology of Aesthetics investigates the multi-factorial determination of aesthetic appreciation and production. Having focused on various questions in the visual arts, manuscripts […]
The so-called ‘Oxford Anonymous chronicle’ is a comprehensive history of the Ottoman dynasty in Turkish, compiled from various sources to tell the story of the dynasty from its rise to the year 1484 (AH […]
The landscape of Sinan’s architecture in Thrace offers an opportunity to rethink the value of the famous Ottoman architect in light of his huge legacy, presented through his architectural and […]
Doç. Dr. Kabadayı’s talk explores the planning and implementation of military campaigns from a geo-spatial perspective; the establishment and expansion of the postal service (menzil); and, the journey itineraries of […]
The ethnographic film ‘Shahbaz Qalandar’ explores the vital role the Qalandariyya Sufi Order plays in the religious life of the city of Sehwan Sharif, the last remaining centre of Qalandariyya […]