Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies

CEMS is proud to announce that this year's CEMS Best MA Thesis Award goes to Ahmet Baran Demir for his thesis “Debating Cash Waqfs: A Case Study on Scholarly Communication in the Ottoman Legal Sphere in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.”

We warmly congratulate Ahmet for his past academic achievements and wish him the absolute best for this future academic and personal endeavors!

Best MA Thesis Award | Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies CEMS is delighted to announce that this year's CEMS Best MA Thesis Award goes to Ahmet Baran Demir for his master's thesis titled “Debating Cash Waqfs: A Case Study on Scholarly Communication in the Ottoman Legal Sphere in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries” and supervised by Professor Tija...

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.

For full information, see 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...

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

Check it out on CEMS's website!

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.
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...