“Prints and Impressions from Ottoman Smyrna: the Collection de costumes civils et militaires, scènes populaires, et vues de l’Asie-Mineure Album (1836-38) at Harvard University’s Fine Arts Library”. Continue reading
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“Memoria” – Series of the Orient-Institut Istanbul on MENAdoc
Self Testimonies from the Ottoman Empire
The series „Memoria : Fontes minores ad Historiam Imperii Ottomanici pertinentes“ is available in Open Access on our MENAdoc repository.
This series is based on many smaller sources that have not been considered by the scientific community because of their relatively uncommon language or because they are privately owned.
These include diaries, memoirs, letters and other personal documents of the inhabitants of the Ottoman capital Istanbul from the second half of the 19th century to the early years of the Republic of Turkey. Continue reading
“Defending Turkey on Global Stages” – Secondary Publication
The essay “Defending Turkey on Global Stages: The Young Turk Reşit Saffet’s Internationalist Strategy in 1919” by Carolin Liebisch is now freely available in our open access repository MENAdoc.
The text examines the activities of the young Turkish diplomat and nationalist Reşit Saffet during his stay in Switzerland at the beginning of 1919.
The publication on MENAdoc keeps the article permanently accessible via permalink and makes it visible in catalogues worldwide.
Evaluation of a Turkish E-Book Collection
The Specialized Information Service Middle East, North Africa and Islamic Studies provides test access to the Turkish e-book database “Turcademy” in the category “Social and Humanities Sciences”. Continue reading
Call for Papers for the Conferenz: “Society and Morality in Eurasia – from Prehistory to the Present Day”
Final Conference of the International Max Planck Research School for the Anthropology, Archaeology
The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is seeking contributions to the conference to be held in Halle (Saale) from 2–5 December 2020.
New FID Licence: „Afghan Serials Collection“
The “Afghan Serials Collection” is an essential collection of partisan serials from the Wahdat Library, the most comprehensive private collection of rare newspapers and journals from Afghanistan. Continue reading
Donation of an Important Iranian Scholarly Collection
Parts of the Scholarly Collection Ali-Reza Rahbar, Bonn 2018