Anyone in Basel today with two hours to spare for the Caucasus is welcome to attend my lecture at 4 p.m. (in English): "The Postwar Republics of the Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and a Few Others You've (Probably) Never Heard of." Details: dg.philhist.unibas.ch/de/aktuelles...

In case you missed it: We’re hosting a conference on authoritarianism in 1930s-1940s Turkey this October—entitled “Entrenchment and Experiment.” You still have a few days left to apply (Jan 16)! For more information: www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/aktuel...

Hamburg Üniversitesi’nde lisans/yüksek lisans dersleri verecek bir Türkçe/Osmanlıca öğretmeni arıyoruz! Bu alanda tecrübeniz varsa ve Almancanız en az B2 seviyesindeyse 27 Ocak’a kadar başvurabilirsiniz. Bilgi almak / başvurmak için: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

New calls for applications to several fully funded PhD and postdoctoral positions — Alevi studies in Leipzig (apply by 30 Nov) — and environmental/agricultural history of Turkey in Basel (apply by 8 Dec). gtot.org/en/job-oppor...

Professor @vhtroyansky.bsky.social is bringing his award-winning book, Empire of Refugees, to Hamburg! Excited to organize his lecture and to invite all interested to attend: Th. 26 June 2025 at 16:15, Lecture Hall K, @uni-hamburg.de.

This article took me to unexpected places! Ostensibly about a Swiss sociologist in Turkey in the 1930s, it touches on global right-wing ideologies, the nature of Kemalism, and the politics of experts in the early republic. Open access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social 32:2. doi.org/10.1017/S096...