A New Middle East. On the Real Crisis of an Epistemic System
The survival of the Middle East, as we knew it, is in doubt. The future of Iraq, plagued by violence and war since 2003, has become unclear. Even greater uncertainty […]
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Sinema Gözüyle Osmanlı-Alman İlişkileri (1914–1918)
I. Dünya Savaşı’nın sürdüğü günlerde Osmanlı-Alman ilişkileri kurulan ittifakla birlikte en yoğun dönemlerinden birini yaşamıştır. Savaşla birlikte ivmesi yükselen bu ilişkinin tanıklarından biri de sinematograf görüntüleridir. Aynı dönemde yapısal bir […]
Fighting Under the Same Banner: Memories from the Ottoman Theater of the Great War
IMPORTANT NOTE: To attend the conference, PRE-REGISTRATION is MANDATORY: to register, would you please send an EMAIL BY 15 AUGUST 2019 to underthesamebanner@gmail.com specifying your full name (surname, first name) […]
Observing Change in the Eastern Ottoman Empire: The Travel Diaries of the German Botanist Carl Haussknecht (1865–67)
The German botanist Carl Haussknecht (1838–1903) travelled in 1865 and again in 1866–68 in the Eastern parts of the Ottoman Empire and in Iran. His main aim was to collect […]
An Ottoman Tiraz? Sultan Bayezid’s Silk at Studenica Monastery, Serbia
The treasury of the Studenica Monastery in southern Serbia preserves the only known Ottoman textile attributed to the fourteenth century, a massive silk hanging woven for Sultan Bayezid I. It […]
A European Islam in the Balkans: History, ‘Ethnic Cleansing’, and the Search for Justice
IN COOPERATION WITH THE HUNGARIAN CULTURAL CENTER IN ISTANBUL / İSTANBUL MACAR KÜLTÜR MERKEZİ: A Lecture in the Series Jewels of Knowledge / İlmin Cevherleri Since ancient times, Southeastern Europe has […]
A European Islam in the Western Balkans: History, “Ethnic Cleansing”, and the Future of Coexistence
In Cooperation with the Hungarian Cultural Center in Istanbul / İstanbul Macar Kültür Merkezi: András Riedlmayer Documentation Center of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Fine Arts Library, Harvard […]
Moderate Secularism vs. Moderate Islam: A Human Rights Comparison
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Helmut Goerlich Universität Leipzig Secular Law and Freedom of Religion Doç. Dr. Emir Kaya Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi Moderate Secularism vs. Moderate Islam: A Human […]
Byzantine music: a traditional music expression with modern aspects
Byzantine music: a traditional music expression with modern aspects. In this lecture, Emmanouil Giannopoulos will present some basic features of Byzantine music, which has a huge repertory created by skillful […]
Decorated Papers in Early Modern Islamic Manuscript Cultures
Please note that some speakers will present in English and others in Turkish. Interpretation will not be available. Admission to the symposium is free of charge, but advance registration is […]