CEMS Graduate Conference 2021

Here is a video on the CEMS Online Graduate Conference 2021!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfjUPQHuM0Y

CEMS Graduate Conference 2021 - Materiality in the Eastern Mediterranean World The Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS) at Central European University (Vienna/Budapest) hosted its 7th International Graduate Conference on “Mat...

CEMS Graduate Conference 2021 updated their address.

Join us on May 28-29 at CEMS Online Graduate Conference!
Here is the full program.
https://cems.ceu.edu/graduate-conferences/2021/program

CEMS senior member professor Tijana Krstic will give an online talk on May 12, at 17:30 CET at the Department of Medieval Studies, CEU.
"Can We Speak of 'Confessionalization' beyond the Reformation? - Ottoman Politics of Piety and Empire-Building in an Early Modern Eurasian Perspective"
The talk will reflect on the question of whether the Reformation was part of a global religious conjuncture, and if so, how such a conjuncture should be named and analytically approached. As a vantage point, the talk will take politics of piety in the Ottoman Empire, specific dynamics within its various communities, and the processes of empire building (mid-15th–early 18th centuries), situating it into the wider context of inter-imperial rivalries and religious politics in early modern Eurasia. The talk is based on the conclusions of the OTTOCONFESSION project (2015-2021).
https://events.ceu.edu/node/10167

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Deadline for Submission: April 5

https://cems.ceu.edu/cems-graduate-conference-2021

INTELLECTUALS AND EMPIRE

Online Lecture Series at CEMS

The series asks what role intellectuals played in formulating notions of empire and spreading imperial policy, on the one hand, and, on the other, how they criticized emperors and challenged imperial ideology or practices. How did intellectuals navigate power structures and their asymmetrical relationship with the powers that be? What strategies did they use to maintain a critical distance from those on whom they often depended for their livelihood? How did they shape their personas to carve out a place for themselves within – or outside – the machinery of imperial administration? By looking at the intellectual production and socio-political roles of different kinds of intellectuals in various historical periods, the series invites meditation of the complex yet constant tension between power and intellectual life.

For details, visit: https://cems.ceu.edu/intellectuals-and-empire

CEMS Junior Members are proud to announce the call for papers for CEMS 7th Online Graduate Conference!

MATERIALITY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

Deadline for submission: April 5, 2021

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Postdoc opportunity at Bogazici U. within the framework of the OTTOCONFESSION project! Please disseminate widely!

Postdoctoral Fellowship focusing on Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian Sources on Religion in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-18th centuries
at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

Starting date: October 01, 2020
Application deadline: September 4, 2020
Duration: 11 months

The advertised postdoctoral fellowship is a position associated with the ERC project entitled The Fashioning of a Sunni Orthodoxy and the Entangled Histories of Confession Building in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-17th Centuries (OTTOCONFESSION) hosted by the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Central European University and carried out in cooperation with Boğaziçi University (for details on the project see https://cems.ceu.edu/ottoconfession
). The fellow will have an academic affiliation with Boğaziçi University and will be expected to reside in Turkey for the duration of the fellowship.
The primary responsibility of the postdoctoral fellow will be the preparation of a Sourcebook, which is one of the key deliverables of the project. The said sourcebook comprises English translations of selected texts on creedal matters, religious worship and interreligious and interconfessional polemics that were written in the Ottoman Empire (as well as the rival Safavid Empire) between the 15th and 18th centuries. The work on the sourcebook can go jointly with the postdoctoral fellow’s own research as long as that research falls under the broad rubric of the OTTOCONFESSION project.

Duties and responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be expected to carry out the following tasks:
- translate selected primary sources from Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and/or Persian into English
- edit translations that have already been completed by other members of the OTTOCONFESSION research team
- prepare brief introductions, providing bibliographical information and historical context for each source
- edit entries that have already been written by other members of the research team
- work towards publications that fall under the purview of the OTTOCONFESSION project
Application Requirements:
-The applicant must have a PhD degree in history, Islamic Studies, or a related field.
-The applicant must have native or near-native fluency in English and an excellent command of Ottoman Turkish and at least one other Middle Eastern language (Persian or Arabic). Proficiency in all three languages would be ideal.
-Prior experience in translating primary sources is strongly desired.

What we offer:

The postdoc researcher will be enrolled on a full-time basis. The salary will be competitive and will cover social security premiums (SGK).
How to apply:
Please send your:
-application cover letter
-curriculum vitae
-writing sample, preferably a translation (up to 50 pages)
-names of two recommenders
by September 4, 2020 to [email protected].
Please note that the procedure will include interviews. Candidates will be informed of the decision promptly after the deadline.
Informal enquiries can be directed to Dr. Derin Terzioglu at [email protected] with cc: to Dr. Tijana Krstic (PI) at [email protected].

About Boğaziçi University:

Bogaziçi University is a leading public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the humanities, social and natural sciences, engineering, education, and applied sciences. The University has a long record of academic excellence; is strongly committed to cutting-edge research; and promotes collaborations in research and education with other leading universities in the world. The teaching staff consists of about 570 resident faculty members, and the student body has reached 13,500 with over 3,000 graduate students. The language of instruction is English. For more information, visit the University website at www.boun.edu.tr

About the History Department:

The Department of History focuses on the history of the Middle East and the Mediterranean world from antiquity to the modern period and on the early modern and modern history of Asia and Europe. Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman and Asian history are major topics of teaching and active research. The Department offers B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Both in its undergraduate and graduate programs, the Department emphasizes world-historical and comparative perspectives, and provides specialized language courses. Teaching and research interests of the faculty members cover a wide range of areas, periods and themes, and represent diverse approaches to the study of the past. For more information, visit the Department’s website at www.hist.boun.edu.tr

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CEMS Juniour Members are proud to announce the call for papers for CEMS Sixth Graduate Conference!
Budapest, 30 May-1 June, 2019
Deadline for submissions: February 15, 2019
In addition, this time advanced undergraduate students too are welcome to apply!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaBMlxIAgpc&feature=youtu.be
The video of the Fifth CEMS Graduate Conference is now available! We would like to thank again our wonderful participants for making this such a memorable event :)

Building, Bending, and Breaking Boundaries in the Mediterranean World, June 1-3, 2017

Keynote lecture day 3: dr. Verena Krebs

TODAY: Third Keynote Lecture of the Fifth CEMS Graduate Conference: Verena Krebs, Strange and Wonderful Things from Distant Lands: A Material History of Ethiopia's Contacts with Western Christianity in the Late Middle Ages

Keynote lecture day 2: Greg Woolf

TODAY: Second Keynote Lecture of the Fifth CEMS Graduate Conference: Greg Woolf, The Politics of Syncretism in Classical Antiquity

Keynote lecture day 1: Margarita Voulgaropoulou

TODAY: First Keynote Lecture: Margarita Voulgaropoulou, Breaking Confessional Boundaries: Cross-Cultural Exchanges in the Early Modern Eastern Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas.

TODAY: Fifth CEMS International Graduate Conference: Building, Bending, and Breaking Boundaries in the Mediterranean World, June 1-3, N15, 103.

TOMORROW: Fifth CEMS International Graduate Conference: Building, Bending, and Breaking Boundaries in the Mediterranean World, June 1-3, N15, 103.

The final program of the Fifth International CEMS Graduate Conference is available online. We are looking forward to seeing you next week in Budapest! https://cems.ceu.edu/sites/cems.ceu.edu/files/attachment/event/394/cems-2017-programfinal.pdf

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