Takvim-i Vekayi
The Calendar of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Virtual Events Communication Platform
If you are interested in submitting your events to be posted on this platform’s calendar, the Takvim-i Vekayi, please fill out this form and e-mail it to osta.webmaster@gmail.com and otsa.webeditor@gmail.com copying secretariattsa@gmail.com at least ten days before your event. The form will be processed within a week of receipt. We are grateful to our volunteer webmaster, Gharam Alsaedi, a UC Davis Computer Science senior, and our volunteer web editor Molly Powers, a UC Davis junior double majoring in International Relations and History, for their work on the Takvim-i Vekayi and to Professor Carole Woodall for her initiative in creating this calendar.
[University of Texas at Austin] Turkish Literature in Translation: Amy Marie Spangler Discusses “A Strange Woman” by Leyla Erbil
The Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group at the University of Texas at Austin is starting its sixth term with a recently translated novel: A Strange Woman (Tuhaf Bir Kadın. Deep Vellum Press; 2022) by Leyla Erbil. This is the first novel by a Turkish female writer to ever be nominated for the Nobel. It […]
[The University of Texas at Austin] Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group at UT Austin // Fall 2022, 2nd meeting: “Joyce in Turkish and Ulysses’ Centenary—a conversation with Armağan Ekici”
The centenary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses is being celebrated around the world in 2022. This year brought us many new books on Ulysses, some of them synthesizing a century of efforts in understanding this famously difficult book. Armağan Ekici, who translated Ulysses into Turkish in 2012, will share his thoughts on the […]
[The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages] 7th AATT Conference: ‘Teaching Turkic Languages in a Changing World’.
The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) is pleased to announce the 7th AATT Conference: 'Teaching Turkic Languages in a Changing World'. The 7th annual AATT Conference will take place ONLINE on October 30, 2022. We await your 250-300 word abstract submissions in Easychair at this link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=7thaattconference The deadline for abstract submissions is June […]
[Anglo-Turkish Society / Levantine Heritage Foundation] ‘Enlightening Europe on Islam and the Ottomans: Mouradgea d’Ohsson on Law and the State’, Prof Carter V. Findley
Chaired by Dr Philip Mansel For more information on this event, please visit the event page. To attend this event, register using this link. Event contact information: contact@angloturkishsociety.org.uk
Call for Papers: Children and Youth Migrants in Middle East and North African History
Who are child and youth migrants? Marie Rodet and Elodie Razy classify migration as “any change of residence…that takes place outside of the space of a given community…whether it is temporary or permanent.” This definition encompasses internal and international migration, family migration, labor migration, adoption, displacement, enslavement, trafficking, “child rescuing,” and participation in educational programs, […]
[The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages] 17th AATT GRADUATE STUDENT PRE-CONFERENCE SECOND CIRCULAR
The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) is pleased to announce the seventeenth annual “Graduate Student Pre-Conference”. This Pre-Conference was established to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of AATT. The Pre-Conference is co-sponsored by the institutional members of AATT and AATT. The 17th annual Pre-Conference will take place ONLINE on December 1, […]
[Anglo-Turkish Society] Enlightening Europe on Islam and the Ottomans: Mouradgea d’Ohsson on Law and the State’
For more information on this event, please visit the event page. To register for this event, please use this registration link. Event contact information: contact@angloturkishsociety.org.uk
[Anglo-Turkish Society] ‘The Istanbul Academy of fine arts in the late Ottoman Empire. Between Modernism, Nation-building, and Cultural Transfer’, Buket Altinoba
Hybrid event, registration essential For more information on this event, please visit the event page. To register for this event, please use this registration link. Event contact information: contact@angloturkishsociety.org.uk
[Anglo-Turkish Society] Online presentation: ‘Poetry and drugs in the Ottoman Empire in the 16th–17th centuries’, Benedek Péri
Free for ATS members For more information on this event, please view the event page. To attend this event, please use this registration link. Event contact information: contact@angloturkishsociety.org.uk
[The University of Texas at Austin] *Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group at UT Austin // Spring 2023, 1st meeting: Sevgi Soysal’s Dawn—a conversation with Maureen Freely
We welcome you to TLIT's 7th term. Open to all, free and virtual discussions about Turkish literature. Follow us: http://literaturcapodcast.com/ For more information on this event, please view the event page. To attend this event, please use this registration link. For your questions, contact Ipek Sahinler at ipeksahinler@utexas.edu
[Levantine Heritage Foundation] Rediscovering the Diversity of a Levantine Family – the Jewish, German, Austrian, French and Armenian Roots of One Istanbul Family
with guest speaker Ben Singer Free for members For more information on this event, please view the event page. To attend this event, please use this registration link. Event contact information: contact@levantineheritage.com
[The University of Texas at Austin] 2023 Virtual Language Workshop
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the 2023 Virtual Language Workshop, a professional development forum tailored to the needs of post-secondary Middle East language educators. Featuring sessions about aspects of Middle East language teaching and program administration in higher education settings, the workshop aims […]