For technical reasons, the number of participants is limited. You will be informed about the organizational and technical procedure before the lecture starts.   From the 10th century onward, Byzantine music teachers created and developed a music notation by using musical signs. Since the late 14th century it has also been used for the transcriptions […]

To attend this online lecture, prior registration is necessary: Please send an email specifying your name and academic affiliation to events@oiist.net by 25 January 2021 (Monday) at the latest. For technical reasons, the number of participants is limited. You will be informed about the organizational and technical procedure before the lecture starts.   Despite the […]

Klasik Türk müziği fasıl repertuarının en uzun ve karmaşık sözlü eser formu olan kâr, 17. yüzyıldan itibaren güfte mecmualarında kendine yer bulmuş, hattâ bu kaynaklardaki bazı kârların melodileri günümüze kadar ulaşmıştır. Güfteleri genellikle Farsça olan bu eserlerin önemli bir kısmının 15. yüzyılın efsanevi müzik bilgini Abdülkâdir Merâgî’ye atfedilmesi modern dönem müzikologlarınca şüpheyle karşılanmış, hattâ 17. […]

Living the Love of the Imams in Twelver Shi’a Islam in Iran. Objects and Materials as a Vehicle for Devotion   Sepideh Parsapajouh (CNRS-CéSor/EHESS) sepideh.parsapajouh@ehess.fr   In Twelver Shi’ism, as in many other religions, devotion and piety are not merely conceptual and ideational nor are they directed towards a purely abstract God. Twelver Shi’a consists […]