Etiket: Islamicate World

Fortuities of an online search and the complexities of Ottoman feminism – Author: Gülşah Torunoğlu

Ara 5, 2020

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in Atölye

Fortuities of an online search and the complexities of Ottoman feminism Author: Gülşah Torunoğlu 4 December 2020 In a less than a week Hülya Adak, Richard Wittmann and I will be holding a virtual workshop on “Mapping Gender in the Near East: What’s New and What’s Ahead in Ottoman and Turkish Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality…
Mundane and Basic, But Existential – On the Everyday Challenges of Building International Scholarly Collaborative Networks – Author: Katja Rieck

Kas 20, 2020

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in Yansıtma Denemesi

Mundane and Basic, But Existential – On the Everyday Challenges of Building International Scholarly Collaborative Networks Author: Katja Rieck 20 November 2020 In my previous blog post in July (https://www.oiist.org/building-sustainable-scholarly-collaboration-with-iran-and-beyond-of-covid-19-and-other-challenges/) I wrote about the various challenges, not least those presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, in building networks of scholarly collaboration with colleagues in Iran and…
Muslim Woman: The Translatability of a Patriarchal Order – Authors: A. Ebru Akcasu and Maha Abdelmegeed

Eki 9, 2020

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in Araştırma Projesi

Muslim Woman: The Translatability of a Patriarchal Order Authors: A. Ebru Akcasu and Maha Abdelmegeed 9 October 2020 The research carried out over the course of June 2018 – January 2019, conducted with one of us being based at the Orient-Institut Istanbul, and the other at the American University in Beirut, contributed to an article…
Blue mohawk and the whirling dervish: a glimpse into contemporary Mevlevi soundscapes – Author: Nevin Şahin

Eyl 25, 2020

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in Müzik

Blue mohawk and the whirling dervish: a glimpse into contemporary Mevlevi soundscapes Author: Nevin Şahin 25 September 2020 Authenticity in the performance of Mevlevi whirling rituals has long been discussed and for a few decades, a new tradition of commemorating Mevlana Rumi (1207-73) has been established. With the foundation of state ensembles solely for performing…
“Saint Anthony’s Bread” in Istanbul and “Problem-Solving Chickpeas” in Iran: July’s Religion-Related Research Get-Together dedicated to Food and Religion – Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz

Ağu 14, 2020

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in Araştırma Projesi

“Saint Anthony’s Bread” in Istanbul and “Problem-Solving Chickpeas” in Iran: July’s Religion-Related Research Get-Together was dedicated to Food and Religion Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz 14 August 2020 Since 2019, the research field “History of Religions” of the Orient-Institut Istanbul together with IFEA has been hosting a monthly networking meeting that brings together scholars of religion…
Iterations of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Themes and Problem Spaces in Turkey, Iran and Germany – Authors: Katja Rieck, Melike Şahinol, Burak Taşdizen

Tem 31, 2020

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in Atölye

Iterations of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Themes and Problem Spaces in Turkey, Iran and Germany Authors: Katja Rieck, Melike Şahinol, Burak Taşdizen 31 July 2020 The spread of SARS-CoV-2 took place along the arteries and capillaries of globalisation. Hardest hit were thus major nodal points of such global flows, centres of commerce, travel and tourism like…
Building Sustainable Scholarly Collaboration With Iran (and Beyond): Of COVID-19 and other challenges – Author: Katja Rieck

Tem 2, 2020

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in Araştırma Projesi

Building Sustainable Scholarly Collaboration With Iran (and Beyond): Of COVID-19 and other challenges 3 July 2020 Author: Katja Rieck Next to producing innovative scholarship, the second but no less important pillar of the “Knowledge Unbound” initiative is forming and strengthening international research networks. At Orient-Institut Istanbul we are pursuing this aim through the International Standing…
Some have left behind a name, and some have not – A Brief Guide to Istanbul’s Feriköy Protestant Cemetery – Authors: Brian Johnson, Richard Wittmann

Haz 10, 2020

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in Araştırma Projesi

Some have left behind a name, and some have not – A Brief Guide to Istanbul’s Feriköy Protestant Cemetery Authors: Brian Johnson, Richard Wittmann 12 JUNE 2020 What do a famous German engineer, American author, Hungarian soldier, British scholar, and Swiss brewer who left their mark on Istanbul and beyond have in common with many…
A visual life narrative of 1830s Ottoman Izmir/Smyrna: The Harvard Fulgenzi Album – Author: Richard Wittmann

May 28, 2020

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in Yayın

A visual life narrativeof 1830s Ottoman Izmir/Smyrna: The Harvard Fulgenzi Album Author: Richard Wittmann 29 MAY 2020 A beautiful album, conceived in Smyrna, modern-day Izmir, blends the Ottoman world of the mid-19th century with that of the new national state of Greece. This combination constitutes the subject of the 25 illustrations which portray the human form and…
What does the grand piano in the corner mean? Classical music in Turkish TV series – Author: Nevin Şahin

May 22, 2020

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in Müzik

What does the grand piano in the corner mean? Classical music in Turkish TV series Author: Nevin Şahin 22 MAY 2020 In an elegant fine-dine restaurant, Zeynep Yılmaz (Sevda Erginci) and Alihan Taşdemir (Onur Tuna) are diving into a small talk on their idiosyncratic differences. Alihan, the owner of a big aviation company, is an…