The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies

The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies supports research into the history, literature and culture of the Ottoman empire and the early Turkish Republic.

It seeks to encourage knowledge and understanding of a major Muslim empire with large European and Mediterranean territories, and to assist scholars from many disciplines in exploring connections between their own work and Ottoman studies. It is the only research centre devoted purely to Ottoman studies in the UK and Western Europe and has an international profile. The Skilliter Centre, which has

Collection-based Research in the Humanities Grant for the College Archives and the Skilliter Centre

20/01/2026

The Archives of Newnham College, Cambridge and The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies have secured a Collection-based Research in the Humanities Grant from The Isaac Newton Trust to digitise four photograph albums as part of the research project Rural Anatolia through Foreign Eyes:

Collection-based Research in the Humanities Grant for the College Archives and the Skilliter Centre Video Student life at Newnham Thinking of studying at Cambridge University? Find out about Newnham College and hear from students about their experiences about what they value about their time... Student life at Newnham

Photos from The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies's post

05/08/2025

👩🏻‍🏫 The Skilliter Centre held a conference Newnham College, Cambridge on The Ottomans & Diplomacy 10-12 July 2025, including 26 papers from historian from France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK and the US

📕The full programme is on our website

📸 Photos by Dasha Tenditna and Elif Yumru