The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association
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OTSA
Happening now!
Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happening now!
Tomorrow!
Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Tomorrow!
Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join OTSA on October 24, 2025, for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, from 12:30-2:00 PM CT via Zoom! northwestern.zoom.us/j/97676602573
October 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Join OTSA on October 24, 2025, for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, from 12:30-2:00 PM CT via Zoom! northwestern.zoom.us/j/97676602573
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW!
Who Owns the Nation? Imperial Imaginaries and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Turkey
CEST Symposium 2025/2026 | L’Orientale University, Naples | 14–16 January 2026
For more information, please visit cest-turkey.org/cest-symposi...
Who Owns the Nation? Imperial Imaginaries and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Turkey
CEST Symposium 2025/2026 | L’Orientale University, Naples | 14–16 January 2026
For more information, please visit cest-turkey.org/cest-symposi...
CEST Symposium 2025/2026, Naples – CEST
cest-turkey.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW!
Who Owns the Nation? Imperial Imaginaries and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Turkey
CEST Symposium 2025/2026 | L’Orientale University, Naples | 14–16 January 2026
For more information, please visit cest-turkey.org/cest-symposi...
Who Owns the Nation? Imperial Imaginaries and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Turkey
CEST Symposium 2025/2026 | L’Orientale University, Naples | 14–16 January 2026
For more information, please visit cest-turkey.org/cest-symposi...
The deadlines for OTSA's Call for Submissions for the 2025 OTSA Graduate Student Paper Prize and the Müteferriqa Award for Digital Ottoman and Turkish Studies have been extended until JULY 18! Please visit our website for more information: www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards.../
July 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The deadlines for OTSA's Call for Submissions for the 2025 OTSA Graduate Student Paper Prize and the Müteferriqa Award for Digital Ottoman and Turkish Studies have been extended until JULY 18! Please visit our website for more information: www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards.../
If you missed today's W'OTSAp Friday session, you can now watch the recording on our Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UVO...
June 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you missed today's W'OTSAp Friday session, you can now watch the recording on our Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UVO...
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Really looking forward to talking with my friend, @samueljhirst.bsky.social, about his excellent new book on Friday.
Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Really looking forward to talking with my friend, @samueljhirst.bsky.social, about his excellent new book on Friday.
Join us this Friday at 12PM CST via Zoom!
Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Join us this Friday at 12PM CST via Zoom!
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Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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For those interested but unable to attend last week here is the video of our presentation for @andottoman.bsky.social about the book @onurinal.bsky.social @serpilatamaz.bsky.social and I edited in tribute to our mentor Linda Darling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9G_...
WOT'SAp Friday: “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean”
YouTube video by Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association
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June 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
For those interested but unable to attend last week here is the video of our presentation for @andottoman.bsky.social about the book @onurinal.bsky.social @serpilatamaz.bsky.social and I edited in tribute to our mentor Linda Darling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9G_...
OTSA's Call for Submissions for the 2025 Awards and Prizes are now open! For more information, please visit www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards-prizes/
May 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
OTSA's Call for Submissions for the 2025 Awards and Prizes are now open! For more information, please visit www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards-prizes/
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This Friday👇
Join OTSA and Linda Darling, Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig on May 23, 2025, at 12PM CST via Zoom for “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean” A Tribute to Linda Darling.
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This Friday👇
Join us this Friday!
Join OTSA and Linda Darling, Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig on May 23, 2025, at 12PM CST via Zoom for “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean” A Tribute to Linda Darling.
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join us this Friday!
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Join OTSA and Linda Darling, Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig on May 23, 2025, at 12PM CST via Zoom for “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean” A Tribute to Linda Darling.
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Join OTSA and Linda Darling, Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig on May 23, 2025, at 12PM CST via Zoom for “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean” A Tribute to Linda Darling.
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us Friday at 12PM!
Join OTSA and Timur Hammond, Syracuse University, for a WOT'SAp Friday session on April 18, 2025, "Placing Islam: Geographies of Connection in Twentieth-Century Istanbul" beginning at 12PM CST! Registration can be found here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Join us Friday at 12PM!
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Join OTSA and Timur Hammond, Syracuse University, for a WOT'SAp Friday session on April 18, 2025, "Placing Islam: Geographies of Connection in Twentieth-Century Istanbul" beginning at 12PM CST! Registration can be found here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Join OTSA and Timur Hammond, Syracuse University, for a WOT'SAp Friday session on April 18, 2025, "Placing Islam: Geographies of Connection in Twentieth-Century Istanbul" beginning at 12PM CST! Registration can be found here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join OTSA and Timur Hammond, Syracuse University, for a WOT'SAp Friday session on April 18, 2025, "Placing Islam: Geographies of Connection in Twentieth-Century Istanbul" beginning at 12PM CST! Registration can be found here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Join OTSA and Timur Hammond, Syracuse University, for a WOT'SAp Friday session on April 18, 2025, "Placing Islam: Geographies of Connection in Twentieth-Century Istanbul" beginning at 12PM CST! Registration can be found here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Glad that our board was able to issue this statement.
OTSA has issued a statement on Academic Freedom. To read the full statement, please visit: ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/news/
April 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Glad that our board was able to issue this statement.
OTSA has issued a statement on Academic Freedom. To read the full statement, please visit: ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/news/
April 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
OTSA has issued a statement on Academic Freedom. To read the full statement, please visit: ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/news/
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Join KMTS and Karabekir Akkoyunlu, SOAS University of London and Șebnem Gümüşcü, Middlebury College on April 10, 2025, from 12:00PM- 1:30PM CST via Zoom for “What is Happening in Turkey?” Register here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628139
April 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Join KMTS and Karabekir Akkoyunlu, SOAS University of London and Șebnem Gümüşcü, Middlebury College on April 10, 2025, from 12:00PM- 1:30PM CST via Zoom for “What is Happening in Turkey?” Register here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628139
The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association endorses and supports the Middle East Studies Association's statement regarding the dismissals of the director and associate director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. To read the full statement: mesana.org/advocacy/com...
Middle East Studies Association
Our letter expressing concern about Harvard University’s decision to remove Professor Cemal Kafadar and Associate Professor Rosie Bsheer as, respectively, director and associate director of the univer...
mesana.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association endorses and supports the Middle East Studies Association's statement regarding the dismissals of the director and associate director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. To read the full statement: mesana.org/advocacy/com...
Join OTSA and Linda Darling, Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig on May 23, 2025, at 12PM CST via Zoom for “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean” A Tribute to Linda Darling.
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Join OTSA and Linda Darling, Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig on May 23, 2025, at 12PM CST via Zoom for “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean” A Tribute to Linda Darling.
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The recording of Feyza Burak- Adli's WOTSAp Friday event “The Portrait of an Alla Franca Shaykh: Sufism, Modernity, and Class in Turkey” is available now! youtu.be/A_gXDWxkyq8?...
W'OTSAp Friday: “The Portrait of an Alla Franca Shaykh: Sufism, Modernity, and Class in Turkey”
YouTube video by Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association
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March 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The recording of Feyza Burak- Adli's WOTSAp Friday event “The Portrait of an Alla Franca Shaykh: Sufism, Modernity, and Class in Turkey” is available now! youtu.be/A_gXDWxkyq8?...