In November 2020, OTSA launched a Zoom meeting series that is meant to create an opportunity for us to get together more often than once a year at MESA. Inspired by our former president Virginia Aksan’s “What’s Up in Ottoman Studies?” (the article that launched our journal, JOTSA, in 2014), “W’OTSAp in Ottoman and Turkish Studies?” (or simply W’OTSAp) aims to keep us up-to-date with the developments and news of our field. We hope to provide a forum for our members to get to know the recipients of our annual awards and prizes, the authors who contributed to special thematic issues of JOTSA, a book that received attention in the field, or issues and questions that require our attention.

Upcoming Meetings

Friday, February 13, 2026: “Inhabiting Extended Transiency in Fikirtepe, Istanbul”
with Francesco Pasta, Architecture Sans Frontières-UK/Istanbul Policy Center
12:00-1:30pm CST

Meeting via Zoom: Zoom Registration

Friday, February 27, 2026: “Drones, Cartoons and Festivals: Techno-Nationalist Culture in Turkey”
with Yohanan Benhaïm, IREMAM, CNRS/Aix-Marseille University  
12:00-1:30pm CST

Meeting via Zoom: Zoom Registration