CALL FOR PAPERS
Ottoman and Turkish Studies Graduate Workshop-II
June 1, 2026, Monday
Central European University (Quellenstraße 51, 1100 Vienna)
In 2025, the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Graduate (OTUGRAD) workshop was initiated. It aim is to foster a welcoming and productive space for young scholars working on Ottoman and Turkish history. For this year's event, hosted by the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, we would like to invite early-career scholars to submit their abstracts and present their research. We encourage submissions from researchers at all stages of their postgraduate careers.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Global and transregional connections
- Microhistories and everyday life
- Manuscript studies and print cultures
- Network studies and digital humanities
- Diplomacy and borderlands
- Material culture
- New perspectives on Ottoman and Turkish historiography
Each presentation will be 15 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of discussion at the end of each panel, and the workshop will be conducted in English.
Prospective applicants should submit an abstract (c. 250 words) along with their name, institutional affiliation, and contact details to cemsconference@ceu.edu by March 1st. Successful applicants will be notified by the first week of April. Should you have any queries, do not hesitate to reach out to us via the same email address.
We look forward to welcoming you to Vienna for an engaging exchange of ideas in Ottoman and Turkish Studies!
Organizing Committee: Ahmet Baran Demir, Göker Giresunlu, Elli Stogianno