INVITATION to a Book Presentation and Panel Discussion Seidener Handel (Silk trade). Basel and the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. Speakers: Dr. Yiğit Topkaya (Author) Dr. Aslı Odman (Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar University) Moderation: Prof. Dr. Christoph K. Neumann (Orient-Institut Istanbul) Thursday June 6, 2024, 19:00 (Turkish time; GMT +3) at […]
INVITATION to a LECTURE In the Musicology Lecture Series (Fall/Winter 2024/25) Dr. Audrey Wozniak (Independent Researcher, Orient-Institut Istanbul) Kayıttayız (Now Recording): Reflections on Researching Musical Labor in Türkiye as a Musician Wednesday, 2 October 2024 19:00 (Turkish time; GMT +3) Audrey Wozniak recently completed her Ph.D. thesis, which examined the phenomenon […]
INVITATION to a Screening of the documentary film TRAUGOTT Turkey/Germany. Dir.: Dirk Schäfer; Prod.: Richard Wittmann Documentary. 46 min. German OV with English subtitles Guests: Dirk Schäfer, Richard Wittmann Monday, 7 October 2024, 19:00 A grave in the Protestant cemetery in Istanbul is a lasting memorial to the scholar Traugott Fuchs, […]
Participation possible live at the Orient-Institut Istanbul and online via Zoom. Registration Details Below. INVITATION to a LECTURE Prof. Birgit Meyer Utrecht University Translating the Material Religion Approach to Turkey: Limits and Possibilities Thursday, 17 October 2024, 13:00 (turkish Time GMT+3) The focus on “material religion” was developed as a critique of a strongly […]
INVITATION to a LECTURE Prof. Dr. Nedret Kuran My Memories of Dr. Traugott Fuchs (1969-1997) Friday, 25 October 2024, 19:00 at the Orient-Institut Istanbul The talk focuses on three distinct phases of Nedret Kuran’s communication and memories about Traugott Fuchs; first, from 1969 to 1971, as his student at Robert College; then, […]
INVITATION to a LECTURE In the Musicology Lecture Series (Fall/Winter 2024/25) Dr. Faruk Çalışkan (Istanbul Technical University) Enacting a Genre: Resounding Echoes in Alevi Music in Turkey Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 19:00 (Turkish time; GMT +3) Faruk Çalışkan recently completed his Ph.D. thesis, which examined the commercial and non-commercial recordings of […]
INVITATION to a LECTURE A Different Route to ”Turkishness”: Race Ideology and Whiteness in the Late Ottoman Empire Dr. Daniel Kolland (Freie Universität Berlin) Wednesday, 13th November 2024, 19:00 (Turkish time; GMT +3) In this talk, Daniel Kolland challenges historiographical genealogies of Turkish nationalism. Arguing that race was an element of […]