What’s up in Ottoman and Turkish Studies? — W’OTSAp

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. We will make an effort to schedule these meetings on the third Wednesday or Thursday of the month at noon (EST) and to finish them in an hour, but we know the world is not a perfect place and it may not work out all the time. Please feel free to get in touch with Baki Tezcan, our President, if you are interested in hosting such a meeting in 2022. You can reach him at btezcan@ucdavis.edu