Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia
20.05.2026, 5 p. m.
Jeanette Kilicci (University of Vienna)
When Melodies Evoke Memories: Shared Songs, Cultural Memory, and Musical Destruction in the South Caucasus and Beyond
Zoom-Link: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...
Last but not least, heartfelt thanks to Julia Fröhlich Bischof-Siegl and Özlem Sutan Çolak for ensuring everything ran so smoothly, and to Ercan Akyol for the wonderful Evliya Çelebi tour through Vienna. More: mecmuaconference.univie.ac.at
Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia
17.06.2026, 5 p. m.
Rıdvan Aydınlı (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)
Inscribing the Ottoman Soundscape: Byzantine Notation in 19th-century Greek-script Music Publishing
Zoom-Link: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...
A heartfelt thank you to all participants in “Mecmuas in the Ottoman World” for making the conference in Vienna such an inspiring and intellectually rewarding event. Your papers, comments, and discussions made it a truly memorable gathering.
Lecture: Order of Debt: Power, Wealth, and Death in the Ottoman Empire, 1700–1830
Ali Yaycıoğlu (Stanford University)
11 June 2026, 6 p.m., Lecture Hall, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna
Further information: vihope.univie.ac.at/news/vihope-...
Special thanks to our panel chairs and to the organisers Hülya Çelik, Ömer Faruk Köse, and Janina Karolewski. We are deeply grateful to the FWF Cluster of Excellence “EurAsian Transformations”, Ruhr University Bochum, and the University of Vienna for their generous support.
