Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies

If in Vienna, do not miss out the 4th International Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Conference "Otherness in Byzantium: Imagining, Encountering, Excluding" taking place this Friday and Saturday, May 22-23, that will feature two key not lectures by professors Koray Durak and Ingela Nilsson, and numerous talks by graduate students showcasing their outstanding research.

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2026 | Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Abstract: How the Other is constructed has been extensively explored within post-structuralism and deconstructive theory, starting with the seminal works of Derrida and Foucault. In this conference, we wish to approach the concept of otherness from two complementary perspectives. On the one hand, we...

OTUGRAD---Ottoman and Turkish Studies Graduate Workshop, taking place on June 1 at CEU, is thrilled to announce its program!

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OTUGRAD: Ottoman and Turkish Studies Graduate Workshop 2026 | Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Triangle of Morality, Beauty and Health: Constructing Beauty Discourse through Health to Regulate Morality for Ottoman Women between 1895-1927

In anticipation of the 4th International Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Conference "Otherness in Byzantium: Imagining, Encountering, Excluding," please check out the slightly updated and final conference program.
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2026 | Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Abstract: How the Other is constructed has been extensively explored within post-structuralism and deconstructive theory, starting with the seminal works of Derrida and Foucault. In this conference, we wish to approach the concept of otherness from two complementary perspectives. On the one hand, we...

4th International Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Conference "Otherness in Byzantium: Imagining, Encountering, Excluding" announces its exciting conference program.
Check it out below!

2026 | Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Abstract: How the Other is constructed has been extensively explored within post-structuralism and deconstructive theory, starting with the seminal works of Derrida and Foucault. In this conference, we wish to approach the concept of otherness from two complementary perspectives. On the one hand, we...

Join us tomorrow for the public lecture by Dr. Stefania Gerevini "Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice" at 5:30pm, on site or online.

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Anna Christidou Memorial Lecture: Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice Lecture Thursday, March 26, 2026, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Speaker Stefania Gerevini  Although Venice emerged as a leading Mediterranean power in the Trecento, the city faced a series of crises during a brief but cataclysmic period coinciding with Andrea Dandolo’s dogeship (1343–1354): earthquakes, ...

Do not miss out the upcoming public lecture by Dr. Stefania Gerevini "Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice" taking place next Thursday, March 26, at 5:30pm at CEU.

For all information, please see below.

Anna Christidou Memorial Lecture: Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice Lecture Thursday, March 26, 2026, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Speaker Stefania Gerevini  Although Venice emerged as a leading Mediterranean power in the Trecento, the city faced a series of crises during a brief but cataclysmic period coinciding with Andrea Dandolo’s dogeship (1343–1354): earthquakes, ...

Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies cordially invites you to Anna Christidou Memorial Lecture titled "Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice" by Dr. Stefania Gerevini to take place on 26 March 2026 at 5:30 p.m. at CEU.

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Anna Christidou Memorial Lecture: Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice Lecture Thursday, March 26, 2026, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Speaker Stefania Gerevini  Although Venice emerged as a leading Mediterranean power in the Trecento, the city faced a series of crises during a brief but cataclysmic period coinciding with Andrea Dandolo’s dogeship (1343–1354): earthquakes, ...

The deadline for submitting the abstracts is extended to March 15.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Ottoman and Turkish Studies Graduate Workshop 2026 | Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Graduate (OTUGRAD) Workshop started its journey in 2025 with the goal to foster a welcoming and productive space for young scholars in these fields. We now invite early-career scholars whose research engages with primary sources, reconsiders conventional frameworks, a...

Join us today for Dr. Polina Ivanova's public lecture on the methods and ethics of constructing the memory of absent Armenian heritage within Ottoman architectural and social histories!

Writing the Void: On the Methods and Ethics of Constructing the Memory of Absent Armenian Heritage within Ottoman Architectural and Social Histories: The Case of Early Ottoman Amasya Lecture Thursday, February 19, 2026, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Speaker Polina Ivanova In the late fifteenth century, the royal Ottoman mosque complex of Bayezid II was built in Amasya, an important city in Ottoman Anatolia, directly beside a small medieval Armenian church, St. Nicholas. For centuries that...

Join us for Dr. Polina Ivanova's (Austrian Academy of Sciences) public lecture on

Writing the Void: On the Methods and Ethics of Constructing the Memory of Absent Armenian Heritage within Ottoman Architectural and Social Histories: The Case of Early Ottoman Amasya

February 19, 17.30
CEU Vienna
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Writing the Void: On the Methods and Ethics of Constructing the Memory of Absent Armenian Heritage within Ottoman Architectural and Social Histories: The Case of Early Ottoman Amasya Lecture Thursday, February 19, 2026, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Speaker Polina Ivanova In the late fifteenth century, the royal Ottoman mosque complex of Bayezid II was built in Amasya, an important city in Ottoman Anatolia, directly beside a small medieval Armenian church, St. Nicholas. For centuries that...