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 […]

INVITATION to a LECTURE In the Musicology Lecture Series (Fall/Winter 2024/25)   Dr. Ali Uygur Erol: Paul Hindemith’s Influence on Composition in Turkey   Wednesday, 4th December 2024, 19:00 (Turkish time; GMT +3)   The Turkish Five wrote many choral pieces as part of their musical journey, and Paul Hindemith commissioned additional works for amateur […]