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 […]
Georg Steinbach’s War Memoirs recounts the experiences of a German soldier deployed to Istanbul during the First World War. In the spring of 1918, as a 19-year old conscript, Steinbach […]
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 […]
In her talk, Dr. Valeska Huber revisits the Suez Canal as a connection and boundary between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Through the analysis of diverse mobilities intersecting at […]
13.08. – 15.08.2018, Kultur- und Vortragsprogramm, Worms Vom 13. bis zum 15. August veranstaltet das Orient-Institut Istanbul in Zusammenarbeit mit der Stadt Worms auf Schloss Herrnsheim/Pfalz unter dem Titel „Eine andere Türkei” […]
The Turkish Collection at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland, consists of around 200 manuscripts, mainly produced in Turkey and written in Ottoman Turkish. Many of these manuscripts are illustrated poetry and […]