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Call for applications | Summer School – Reading and Analysing Ottoman Manuscript Sources

 

Summer school 
“Reading and analysing ottoman manuscript sources”

13-17 September, 2026

Amman (Jordan), Ifpo

We invite students to participate in an international summer school devoted to reading and analysing Ottoman manuscript sources, with a particular focus on archival documents. This is the eighth edition of this format, following similar events in 2016 in Amman (Jordan), 2017 in Beirut (Lebanon), 2018 in Aix-en-Provence (France) and Ankara (Turkey), 2022 in Wittenberg-Berlin (Germany), 2024 in Cairo (Egypt), and 2025 in Rethymno (Greece).

The 2026 summer school is organised by the French Institute of the Near East (Ifpo), in cooperation with The Center for Documents, Manuscripts and Bilad al-Sham Studies at the University of Jordan, the Islamic Studies Department of the University of Halle-Wittenberg, the Center for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan and Central Asian Studies (CETOBaC), the Institute of Research and Study on the Arab and Islamic Worlds (IREMAM, CNRS, amU), the Seminar für Sprachen und Kulturen des Vorderen Orients, Abteilung Islamwissenschaft at Universität Heidelberg, the Social Sciences University of Ankara (ASBÜ), the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH.

The summer school aims to overcome the initial difficulties researchers often face when working with archival documents from the Ottoman period, one of which has to do with technical terminologies no longer in use today. Today, early-career scholars often feel helpless when faced with Ottoman archival material in Ottoman Turkish or other languages used in the Empire, and they need to develop their skills in palaeography and philology. Besides, dialogue and exchange remain limited between the different schools of Ottoman history, particularly between scholars focusing on the analysis of imperial dynamics (who are generally specialists in the Ottoman language) and those who concentrate on the provinces of the Empire and who therefore work on sources produced in local languages.
How?

The five-day programme will introduce young researchers (mostly MA and Ph.D. candidates, though postdocs may also apply) to reading, combining and analysing manuscript sources from various archives of the Ottoman era, produced at the local, provincial and imperial levels. Materials from the 16th through the 20th centuries will receive most of our attention, but explorations into earlier archives are welcome.

Sessions will focus on the study of archives in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and other languages so as to provide future historians with an idea of the skills necessary to use such sources within the framework of their research projects. The objective is to foster an exchange around theory and methodology among specialists of different regions of the empire. Coping with different languages is key to a comprehensive analysis of local dynamics in various provinces, be it on administrative, economic and social topics or in religious studies and belles-lettres. The five-day programme is however not a language course introducing beginners to Arabic or Ottoman Turkish.

An additional aim of the summer school is to encourage the use of manuscript sources in different languages by facilitating the identification and knowledge of diverse archival holdings. Bringing together specialists of different regions and subjects will encourage the exchange of information on archival repositories, their history, accessibility, and catalogues.

The summer school consists of small-group workshops allowing trainees to read and discuss archival documents with specialists familiar with different types of documents. During workshops, students will be asked to read and analyse a document of their choice.

In addition, there will be presentations on Ottoman archives and research tools in palaeography. There will also be talks about methodology, the practical and ethical issues related to sources and archives, and thematic discussions on Ottoman historiographic issues. Furthermore we might explore some Ottoman remains and heritage in and around Amman .

The working language of the summer school is English.

Who?

The summer school will accept up to 20 students depending on available funding. About 10 researchers and professors from French, German, Greek, Jordanian, and Turkish institutions will participate in the summer school as instructors.

Students enrolled in a Master or Ph.D. programme as well as researchers at an early post-doctoral stage, regardless of nationality, can apply for this summer school, provided that his or her research project requires the use of Ottoman source materials in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic or other relevant languages.

How Much?

No tuition fees will be charged. Selected students will be offered full coverage of the summer school costs, including accommodation, round-trip transportation from their country or place of residence to Amman, excursions and visits.

Applicants are welcome to mention in their file whether their home institution may (partly or fully) provide funding to cover for their travel and stay, as this may help select an additional student to attend the summer school.

Application Guidelines

In order to be considered, applications must include:

  • a proposal outlining the candidate’s research project (maximum 600 words)
  • a curriculum vitae, mentioning language skills (two pages maximum)
  • name and contact of two referees that may be contacted for a recommendation.

The applications must be submitted in English.

Applications should be filled in online via the application form accessible through the following link: https://forms.gle/37HrLVmqyysBrK7G8

For further questions please use the following e-mail address: contact@ottomanuschool.org

Applications must be submitted by March 15th, 2026.

Reply from the organising committee will be forwarded before mid April 2026.

When?

The summer school will take place between September 13 and 17, 2026. Arrival is foreseen in Amman for Saturday, September 12, 2026; departure Friday, September 18, 2026 at the earliest.

Where?

The summer school will take place in Amman at the the French Institute of the Near East (Ifpo) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/byLgv8h8LFTDmoWJ7) and at the University of Jordan (https://maps.app.goo.gl/bFk7ZHPoQbfsytsA8).

List of potential instructors

Metin Atmaca (ASBÜ), Marc Aymes (CNRS and EHESS / CETOBaC), Alya Karame (OIB), Abdul-Hameed al-Kayyali(Ifpo), Astrid Meier (Universität Halle-Wittenberg), Norig Neveu (CNRS / IREMAM), Henning Sievert (Universität Heidelberg), Yannis Spyropoulos (IMS/FORTH).

Organisers

Metin Atmaca (ASBÜ), Marc Aymes (CNRS and EHESS / CETOBaC), Rabei al-Farajat (Jordan University), Alya Karame (OIB), Abdul-Hameed al-Kayyali (Ifpo), Astrid Meier (Universität Halle-Wittenberg), Norig Neveu (CNRS / IREMAM), Henning Sievert (Universität Heidelberg), Yannis Spyropoulos (IMS/FORTH).

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Call for applications – Spring School : Imperial Seas

Please find here the call for applications regarding the spring school Imperial Seas: Space and Societies from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Places of memory, heritage, material and immaterial traces, organised by the EFA, the EFR, the CETOBaC, TELEMMe, Galatasaray University, the IFEA, ANAMED and IMS-FORTH that will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 7–11 September 2026

Deadline for applications: January 31, 2026

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Vous trouverez ici l’appel à candidature pour le séminaire de formation doctorale Imperial Seas: Space and Societies from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Places of memory, heritage, material and immaterial traces, organisé par l’EFA, l’EFR, lCETOBaC, TELEMMe, l’Université Galatasaray, l’IFEA, ANAMED and IMS-FORTH qui se tiendra à Istanbul, Turquie, du 7 au 11 septembre 2026.

Date limite pour le dépôt de candidature : 31 janvier 2026

Appel à candidature – International spring school – Research in urban settings: the challenges of ethnography

Research in urban settings: the challenges of ethnography
International Spring School

When: March 30 – April 3, 2026

Where: Athens

Deadline for application: December 5, 2025 (midnight Greek time)

Contact : dir.moderne@efa.gr    

Download the call for participation (EN) | Télécharger l’appel (FR)

Institutions partenaires:

  • École française d’Athènes
  • Panteion University
  • EKKE

The world, now defined across the globe as “urban”, is indeed an anthropological subject in the broadest sense. This spring school, entitled “The challenges of ethnography”, aims to demonstrate the place, role and challenges of such an approach in the field of urban studies. The aim is to understand what makes the city a major anthropological phenomenon, namely the production of urbanities.
Three axes will form the approach developed during this spring school: an analysis of ethnographic methods, the importance of comparison and, finally, on writing. We will begin by examining urban studies through the lens of the ethnographic method. How do current urban contexts lead us to reconsider the very notion of “fieldwork” and critically re-evaluate the methodologies implied? Moreover, ethnography raises questions in relation to the researchers’ role, the way he/she creates and/or shares knowledge. Ethnography also addresses the conditions of urban knowledge production, the so-called savoir urbain, the questioning of “situated knowledge” and how the fieldwork experience can provide a unique perspective. We will then argue for comparison, which alone allows us to understand urban worlds both in their particularity and universality: this is obviously not related to a long- outdated division; comparing does not imply judging certain cities against other urban areas. Numerous new and micro-scale ethnographies, conducted “here” and “there”, have clearly demonstrated the heuristic qualities of the ethnographic approach, embedded in a comparative perspective for constructing a renewed conceptual framework. The contribution of ethnography to understanding the ways in which “worlds are made”, at the center and on the outskirts of contemporary cities, is well established.
Thinking about ethnography reflects also on its “writing” in relation to the experience of the “field”: many researchers are experimenting with “alternative forms of writing” – images and sounds in particular. We will examine the extent to which these new forms of storytelling can also be used in urban studies. How can these forms of narrative production challenge hegemonic narratives? Multiplying voices and perspectives seems to be not only characteristic of these new writings, but also the necessary condition for a shared anthropology, anthropologie en partage.
|By combining lectures and workshops, we seek to stimulate reflection on the city, starting from a unique urban environment, the one in Athens, and rooting it in a comparative perspective, in the Balkan region and more broadly. The aim will be to examine different approaches to the urban environment, its “writing” and its restitution. This approach will enable participants to design collaborative projects based on ethnography, choosing the narrative form they feel most appropriate for restituting the urban environments studied, as well as their proper experience.

Main interest subjects

  • History of urban anthropology in the Balkans
  • Athens through the eyes of ethnographers
  • Comparative perspectives in urban anthropology
  • Pathways and attachments in the city
  • Alternative writings of the city
  • Working with images: photography

Organizing and scientific committee

  • Aliki ANGELIDOU Panteion University, Athens, Greece
  • Sophie CHEVALIER Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
  • Gilles DE RAPPER École française d’Athènes, Greece
  • Emmanuelle LALLEMENT Université de Paris VIII, FrancΕ
  • Irini MICHA National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • Iris POLYZOU National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • Nikos SOULIOTIS (EKKE, Athens, Greece)
  • Stavros SPYRELIS EKKE, Athens, Greece
  • Gwendoline TORTERAT Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

Course requirements

The spring school will involve from 10 to 15 students enrolling (a) to the last year of their under-graduate studies, (b) in post-graduate and master studies and (3) PhD candidates in the fields of anthropology, sociology and geography.

The working language of the Spring School is English.

Courses and workshops will take place at Panteion University, the École française d’Athènes and EKKE.

Participants must commit themselves for the whole duration of the Spring School. It is expected that they attend all the courses, workshops and sessions selected and actively participate in discussion with workshop convenors, colleagues and presenters. Additional events, including cultural visits, group bonding sessions, art presentations might be scheduled during the week. At the end of the Spring School, students will present their project in relation to their research and the workshops they have attended. The presentations will be discussed by lecturers and other students.

Costs

No fees are required from the participants. The organizing team will provide accommodation from March 29 to April 4 and a number of lunches. Any cost of visits will also be covered. Travel to and from Athens is not covered by the organizers. We actively encourage you to ask a reimbursement for your travel expenses from your university.

Application

The application comprises the following five (5) documents in pdf format, which will be directly uploaded to the plateforme Missions before the 5th of December (12:00 Greek time):

  • recommendation letter
  • letter of motivation (max 2 page)
  • Curriculum Vitae (max 2 page)
  • brief presentation of the PhD project (max 1 page)
  • title and short description of the foreseen presentation during the seminar (max 1 page) Mode d’emploi de la plateforme Missions (in French).

Contact: dir.moderne@efa.gr

The selection of the participants will be announced by the 17th of December.

Call for Applications: CEST Summer School– University of Turin, 24–31 Aug. 2025

The 2025 CEST Summer School explores the politics of culture wars—deep-seated ideological conflicts over values, identity, and social norms that divide societies along political, religious, or cultural lines. Our goal is to bring together junior academics and PhD candidates examining the intersection of culture, politics, and society in Turkey, including its diasporas and related communities in neighboring countries.
We welcome research exploring transnational, national, and local dimensions, with a particular focus on state policies, municipal interventions, and oppositional initiatives. We especially encourage comparative scholars who examine Turkey alongside other cases where culture plays a central role in state-led autocratization, conservative pushbacks, ‘anti-woke’ discourses, and far-right politics—particularly those analyzing sites of resistance and opposition.

The Summer School seeks to explore both the construction and impact of authoritarian cultural policies. On one side, we see the rise of a conservative-nationalist cultural hegemony—encapsulated in Turkey by the slogan yerli ve milli (local and national/Islamic). On the other, we witness the suppression of dissenting cultural expressions and attacks on progressive politics. At the same time, counter-movements emerge from opposition municipalities, liberal upper-middle-class art institutions, the Kurdish movement, and left-wing liberal and socialist groups. These actors challenge authoritarian cultural policies through artistic production, the creation of alternative institutions, public contestation, disruption, and transnational collaborations. Beyond the binary of state versus resistance, we also seek to explore groups operating in more ambiguous spaces, such as non-establishment Islamic formations, women’s village theatre troupes, or trade unions’ cultural initiatives.
Our approach is interdisciplinary, drawing from political science, international relations, history, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, museum studies, gender and queer studies, as well as migration, diaspora, and religious studies. We particularly welcome qualitative, in-depth, and ‘politics and society from below’ approaches.

We invite scholars whose work engage with a broad spectrum of cultural fields, from state policies on music, theatre, and literature to contested spaces in museums, religious infrastructures, TV series, and gender politics within Turkey and its transnational spheres of influence. Comparative studies that place Turkey in dialogue with other contexts are also encouraged.

Please submit your application as a single PDF file to summercest2025@gmail.com by April 6, 2025. Add the subject line: “CEST 2025 Application – [Your Name].” Your application must include:
Letter of motivation (max. 2 single-spaced pages),
Summary of your work in progress (500 words),
Short CV (1 page), including contact details for two referees who may be contacted for references,
Full CV (3–4 pages),
Draft paper (4,000–8,000 words) relevant to the Summer School theme (this may be a thesis chapter, a draft for publication, or a research paper you wish to develop).
Indication of previous participation in a CEST event (if relevant).

Objectives of the Summer School
The Summer School has three key objectives:
– To bring together junior scholars from Turkey and other European countries for an in-depth theoretical and empirical engagement with cultural politics in Turkey, as well as with global trends concerning the centrality of culture in the rise of authoritarian politics.
– To provide participants with opportunities to engage with leading scholars in the field, fostering academic dialogue, mentorship, and potential collaborations.
– To support participants in developing essential academic skills in critical social and area studies, including critical thinking, writing and publishing strategies, presentation techniques, and research funding applications.

Program Overview
The Summer School will take place from 24–31 August 2025 at the University of Turin, Department of Cultures, Politics and Society. The program will include:
– Daily lectures and seminars by leading scholars on various aspects of cultural politics,
– Structured discussions on participants’ research,
– Practical sessions on research funding and academic presentation skills.
– Participants will be expected to prepare two presentations of their research in progress:
– A 7-minute presentation for the plenary session,
– A 20-minute research presentation for their working group.
– Application Process

PhD candidates and junior academics (within five years of completing their PhD) whose research closely aligns with the Summer School’s theme are invited to apply. The selection committee may also consider applications from advanced MA students if their research is highly relevant to the program.

École internationale de printemps/ Spring school : Radioscapes AAP

École internationale de printemps/ Spring school

Radioscapes. Radio, voix et mémoire dans la guerre froide/Radio, Voice and Memory in the Cold War

Athènes, 28/4-2/5 2025

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Organisée par l’École française d’Athènes, le Laboratoire de recherche anthropologique de l’Université Panteion et l’Institut français de Grèce, cette École de printemps vise à contribuer à l’examen de l’histoire et de la mémoire de la Guerre froide dans une perspective qui prend en compte les dimensions sonores, et donc sensorielles, de son expérience. Partant du concept de paysage sonore, incluant la voix, la radio et le son médiatisé, cet école de printemps/ spring school se concentrera sur la voix et la politique, les archives radio, les émissions de radio, l’histoire de la guerre froide et l’anthropologie du socialisme et du postsocialisme.
En combinant des conférences et des ateliers pratiques, nous proposons d’examiner différents modes d’écoute et de technologie du son, d’explorer la construction de l’expérience auditive dans un cadre social et historique particulier et de contribuer à notre compréhension de la manière dont
le son est impliqué dans le contrôle, la discipline et la formation de l’idéologie. Nous visons également à combiner des sujets tels que les paysages sonores, la voix radiophonique, la politique de la voix, les mémoires sonores, le son médiatisé avec des approches artistiques basées sur le son et avec l’ethnographie multimodale. Cela permettra aux participants de créer et de présenter leurs propres projets collaboratifs liés au son et comprendra des ateliers et des présentations artistiques par des artistes et des chercheurs renommés. Ces thèmes seront abordés de manière théorique et pratique dans le cadre des conférences et ateliers suivants :

Conférences
1. Écoute moderne, voix et politique
2. Souvenirs de la migration à travers le son
3. Travailler avec les archives radiophoniques
4. Ethnographie multimodale
5. L’Europe de l’Est à travers la Radio Free Europe
6. (Re)composer et raconter des paysages sonores
Ateliers
1. L’écriture sonore ethnographique
2. Faire des podcasts
3. Cartographie des paysages sonores

Exigences du cours
L’école internationale de printemps/ spring school accueillera jusqu’à vingt-cinq étudiants en licence et en maîtrise de différentes disciplines. Elle est particulièrement adaptée aux participants issus d’un large éventail de domaines, notamment l’anthropologie, l’ethnomusicologie, l’histoire
(orale), la création littéraire, la musique, l’histoire de l’art, l’éducation, la performance et les études audiovisuelles.
La langue de travail de l’école de printemps/ spring school est l’anglais.
Des cours et des ateliers seront organisés à l’université Panteion, à l’École Française d’Athènes(EFA) et à l’Institut Française d’Athènes (IFA).

Les participants doivent s’engager pour toute la durée de l’École de printemps. Ils doivent assister à tous les cours, ateliers et sessions sélectionnés et participer activement aux discussions avec les animateurs d’ateliers, les collègues et les présentateurs. Des événements supplémentaires, notamment des visites culturelles, des séances de cohésion de groupe et des présentations artistiques, peuvent être programmés au cours de la semaine. À la fin de l’école de printemps, les
étudiants présenteront leur projet en relation avec leurs recherches et les ateliers auxquels ils ont participé. Les présentations seront discutées par les conférenciers et les autres étudiants.

Coûts
Aucun frais n’est demandé aux participants, mais ils doivent prendre en charge leur transport et
leur hébergement à Athènes. Les organisateurs fournissent deux repas par jour à la cantine de Panteion.

Application
Les candidatures doivent être envoyées à springschool2025radioscapes@gmail.com avant le 15 mars 2025 et comprennent :

• un curriculum vitae
• une lettre de motivation
• le nom et l’adresse électronique d’une personne de référence.
La sélection des participants sera publiée d’ici le 30 mars 2025.

Comité d’organisation/scientifique
Aliki ANGELIDOU (Université Panteion, Athènes, Grèce) Alexandra
BALANDINA (Université Ionienne, Corfou, Grèce) Gilles DE RAPPER
(Ecole française d’Athènes, Grèce)
Maria KOKKINOU (Université de Galway, Irlande & Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France)
Georgia SARIKOUDI (Université Aristote de Thessalonique, Grèce)

Appel à candidatures- Religious Interactions, Juxtapositions and Imbrications

Religious Interactions, Juxtapositions and Imbrications
in the Mediterranean and the Balkans: Ritualities, Materialities, Representations

When: June 30 – July 4, 2025

Where: École française d’Athènes, Athens

Working languages: English (French and Italian)

Application deadline: February 28, 2025

Contact : dir.moderne@efa.gr      

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Partner institutions:

École française d’Athènes, Athens
Roma Tre University, Rome
Culture-Borders-Gender/LAB (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki)
Centre Jacques Berque/CNRS, Rabat
Institut d’ethnologie et d’anthropologie sociale (IDEAS, CNRS), Aix-en-Provence

Keywords: Mediterranean; Balkans; shared sanctuaries and religious sites; rituals; religious materiality; material/immaterial heritage; gender; visual studies; multimodal anthropology; Spatial Turn; history of religions; peace and coexistence

The École française d’Athènes (EFA), Roma Tre University, the Centre Jacques Berque and the CNRS are organising a doctoral Summer School from 30th of June to the 4th of July 2025 at the École française d’Athènes. It will bring together between 10 and 15 PhD and master students, accompanied by around ten trainers from research and higher education institutions of different nationalities. This international doctoral seminar is part of the research programme entitled “Interactions, juxtapositions and religious imbrications in Greece and the Balkans (20th-21st centuries)” supported by the École française d’Athènes (2022-2026) in the framework of its research axis “The manufacture of cultural variation”. 

Since 2022, this programme has brought together specialists from several universities and research centres (Universities of Macedonia, Thessaly, Zadar, Roma, Aix-Marseille, Stanford, the Romanian Academy of Sciences, Bard College, CNRS) working on the issue of interreligious connections and interactions in the Balkans. More generally, they are part of the field of research on “shared sanctuaries” in the Mediterranean world, a field that has seen a proliferation of work since the 2000s. These studies show that religious systems are far from being closed and impervious to one another. On the contrary, on a Mediterranean scale as in the Balkans, it appears that the faithful of different religions can cross the religious boundaries more often than one might think at first sight, to go and pray in sacred spaces belonging or related to another religion (sanctuaries, tombs, places of worship, monasteries, caves, etc.), without in any way converting. These crossings are generally motivated by a quest for spiritual efficacy (grace, healing, childbirth, protection, etc.).

These types of inter-religious movements have been documented over the long term in the Mediterranean in general and the Balkans in particular. The Ottoman Empire, for example, was a fertile breeding ground for this type of interaction, which often took place on the margins of religious orthodoxy. The work of the British historian Frederick Hasluck (Christianity and Islam Under the Sultans, 1929) is a pioneering work in this field. These past and contemporary phenomena generate a series of ritual borrowings, acculturations, discourses and appropriations that make it possible to conceive of the religious field as particularly dynamic and characterised by porosity and fluidity.

Scientific programme

The work carried out to date has mainly consisted of monographic breakthroughs combined with comparative analyses, often on the vast scale of the Mediterranean. This SFD proposes to bring together students whose work focuses on the Balkans but also on the Mediterranean world, in order to encourage comparative reflections and discussions. One of the aims will be to ask whether there are any dynamics specific to the Balkans, compared with other areas such as the Middle East or the Maghreb, which are characterised by a form of withdrawal and retraction of the heterodox practices concerned. Activities will also include combined approaches on visual studies, museology and multimodal anthropology.

This doctoral summer school will consist of five themed days:

  • Day 1: Historical perspectives. Interwoven religiosities
  • Day 2: Coexistence in action: rituals, materialities, architectures, topographies
  • Day 3: Reconfigurations, redeployments and questioning
  • Day 4: Methodology: data collection, issues, difficulties within the fieldwork
  • Day 5: Methodology: public restitutions of the research

Each day will include several complementary sequences designed to encourage exchanges and discussions between students and supervisors:

  • 1 Keynote presentation by a supervising specialist
  • 2-3 case studies presented by students
  • 1 general discussion
  • Film productions, photographic series or cartographic approaches (GIS) will punctuate the sessions.

A ½-day excursion into the capital should also be proposed.

Application form and practical details

Applications from master and doctoral students in anthropology and history will be given priority, but proposals from other disciplines will also be considered. The selection committee will pay particular attention to works that include an approach to materiality and visuality. In this respect, visual elements may be added as an appendix.

Application deadline: 28 February 2025

Working languages: English (French and Italian)

The training seminar will take place at the École française d’Athènes (Didotou 6, Athens 106 80, Greece) from the 30th of June to the 4th of July 2025. It is open to PhD students and Master 2 students. 

Accommodation in Athens (arrival on June 29 June, departure on July 5) and meals (from June 30 to July 4) will be provided by the École française d’Athènes. Travel to Athens is the responsibility of the participants, who will need to seek support from their centres, departments or doctoral schools.

The application form must be completed online on the EFA Missions platform by the end of February at the latest and will include:

  • an application form
  • a curriculum vitae
  • a letter of motivation
  • a letter of recommendation
  • a short presentation of the PhD topic

Information on the Missions platform (in French only)

Contact: dir.moderne@efa.gr      

 Scientific Committee

  • Dionigi Albera (IDEAS, CNRS)
  • Gianfranco Bria (Roma 3 University)
  • Maria Chiara Giorda (Roma 3 University)
  • Laura Jiga Iliescu (Romanian Academia of Sciences)
  • Manoël Pénicaud (Centre Jacques Berque, CNRS)
  • Gilles de Rapper (École française d’Athènes)
  • Fotini Tsibiridou (Culture-Borders-Gender/LAB – University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki)

Sensory Heritages & Sensitive Memories in the Balkans

Ecole d’été organisée entre les 1er et 5 juillet 2024, à Sofia and Plovdiv (Bulgaria).

Université Sveti Kliment Ohridski, Sofia / Université Paisii Hilendarski, Plovdiv.

Cette école d’été internationale, qui s’adresse à des doctorant.es de différentes disciplines, met l’accent sur les dimensions sensorielles et sensibles des enjeux patrimoniaux et mémoriels dans les Balkans. Elle sera organisée autour de propositions théoriques et méthodologiques, d’études de cas, d’ateliers et d’expériences mobilisant les sens non seulement comme objets d’étude, mais comme modes de connaissance (incluant possiblement l’usage de différents médias, des formes alternatives d’écriture, des démarches hybrides art/science, etc.).

Organisateurs: École française d’Athènes, École française de Rome, CETOBAC (UMR8032 CNRS/EHESS), Aix-Marseille University (Institut SoMuM, UMR 7303 TELEMMe, AMU-CNRS), Università degli studi di Trieste, University Lumière-Lyon2 (UMR 5600 EVS), University Sveti Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, University Paisii Hilendarski, Plovdiv.

Contact : gilles.derapper@efa.gr

Appel à candidature/Call for paper

Candidatures avant le 31 janvier 2024 : Sensory heritages & sensitive memories in the Balkans

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Turkey and/in the Balkans: Turkish power projections, transnational Islam, and social linkages

CEST Summer School in Venice / 6 – 14 August 2023

Convened by Kerem Öktem (Ca’ Foscari) and Elise Massicard (CNRS/CERI SciencesPo)

The third CEST Summer School is dedicated to the connectivities between Turkey and Southeast Europe and particularly to Turkey’s complex and contested presence in the Balkans. Our aim is to bring together PhD candidates and young scholars working on the multi-level and multi-scalar linkages between Turkey and Balkan countries with
significant Muslim communities. Our perspective is interdisciplinary and informed by anthropological approaches, history, as well as political science and international politics research as long as they share an in-depth / ‘politics from below’ perspective. Students working in the field of migration and diaspora studies, as well as religious studies, are also encouraged to apply. Our scope is inclusive both in terms of geography (including Greece, Cyprus, and Romania) and in our thematic focus, ranging from projects examining local dynamics (Turkish migration to/presence in SEE countries, migration from SEE to Turkey, projects and investments by Turkish religious and other key actors, local
contestations, memories, and representations) to regional and global interactions (bi- and multilateral relations and cooperation).

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