#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Further Correspondence respecting the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey" [London: HMSO, 1898] dx.doi.org/10.25673/91300 #foreignpolicy #armenia #turkey #province

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Kitāb Ṣubḥ al-aʿšā" by Aḥmad Ibn-ʿAlīI Qalqašandī [al-Qāhira: Dār al-Kutub al-Ḫidīwīya, 1913] dx.doi.org/10.25673/100... #arabic #islam #legallanguage #administration #egypt #syria #history

ERINNERUNG Online Vortrag über "Koran als Medium der Selbst- und Weltbetrachtung gegenwärtiger Sufis" von Yunus Hentschel (@hebrewuniversity.bsky.social). Interessierte sind herzlich eingeladen teilzunehmen! 😊 🗓️ 29.01. 2026 ⏰ 14:15 Uhr 💻 Zoom-Zugang: is.gd/b097yv oder QC-Code auf dem Plakat

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Bibliothecæ Arabicæ Specimen" by Christian Friedrich Schnurrer [Tubingae: Litteris Hopfferianis, 1805] dx.doi.org/10.25673/97804 #arabic #literature

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: *Published in 1708 at the University of Halle* "Dispvtatio Academica De Mvhammedismi Laxitate Morali" by Christian Benedict Michaelis [Halle (Saale): Christian Henckel (Universitätsdrucker), 1708] dx.doi.org/10.25673/99292 #islam #theology #ethics

While #Halle is covered in snow, the #FID team is in #Cairo at #MELCom International with a presentation on ‘Open to Read, Closed to Publish: Is There an Open Access Dilemma for the Global South? #Deocolonising Knowledge’. #openaccess #globalsouth #MENA #Egypt #cosimena

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Extreme makeover?" by International Crisis Group [Jerusalem [u.a.]: International Crisis Group, 2013] dx.doi.org/10.25673/112... #jerusalem #israel #demography #occupation #palestinian

📰 🇦🇲 Haratch ! en ligne, en long et en large Le journal Haratch occupe une place importante dans l'histoire de la diaspora arménienne. La mise en ligne du journal numérisé s'accompagne d'un parcours thématique sur la BiNA. www.bulac.fr/node/19

On January 22, 1517, the Ottomans captured Cairo, bringing Mamluk rule in Egypt to an end and shifting the region’s balance of power. Literature on the topic: halit.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/search?q=%22... #ottomanempire #mamluks #egypt Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ka... -Public Domain

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Farhang-i Īrān-zamīn" 29 volumes, published 1952-1996 [Tihrān, 1953] dx.doi.org/10.25673/91473 #iranianstudies #journal #persian #literature #culture #history

How do you transform a fragile book into carefully maintained digital images & provide free, round-the-clock access for anyone, anywhere in the world? On January 28 at 11am (CT), join us for “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library,” a free, virtual program: hmml.org/events

*Call For Papers* “Entangled Histories in/of the Mediterranean: Ottoman and Wider Perspectives, 14th–18th Centuries” invites research on Ottoman–Mediterranean interactions, connectivity, and cross-cultural dynamics. 11-12.09.26, Lesvos, Greece Deadline: 15.02.26 www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Morocco’s Islamists: bucking the trend?" by Anouar Boukhars [Madrid: Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior, 2014] dx.doi.org/10.25673/108... #islam #fundamentalism #politics #marocco

A @brismes.bsky.social online webinar on “What’s in an Archive? The Colonial and Anticolonial Afterlives of MENA Archives” - 27 January 2026 For more information and to register: www.brismes.ac.uk/events/outre... #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology Shared for reference; opinions not my own.

*Jan. 21* On this day in 1774 Abdülhamid I (1725-1789) became sultan of the Ottoman Empire. So far, there isn’t much literature on his life and reign; here are a few titles: halit.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/search?q=nor... #ottomanempire #sultan #abdulhamid Source: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

*Travel Grants Support* @nfdi.de 4Memory's Early Career Travel Grants support emerging scholars in digital history with up to €500 to attend DH events worldwide. Applications are open every February 15 and September 1. #digitalhumanities 4memory.de/aktivitaeten...

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "The alliance between Iran, Syria and Hizbollah and its implications for the political development in Lebanon and the Middle East" by Sune Haugbølle [Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 2006] dx.doi.org/10.25673/104... #middleeast

*Upcoming Event* Georgiens geplante Hochschulreformen könnten das Land vom europäischen Bildungsraum lösen und die Universitäten stärker unter staatliche Kontrolle bringen. Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde diskutiert das Thema am 20.01.26, 12:30–14:00 Uhr dgo-online.org/kalender/ber...

Persian Language Summer School ASPIRANTUM’s 2026 Persian Language Summer School offers 6–10 weeks (120–200 hours) of intensive Modern Persian instruction in Yerevan, beginning on June 21, June 28, or July 5, 2026. Classes at beginner, elementary, and intermediate levels focus on all key skills -…

#JobOpening #PhDPosition #CfA The Academy project "Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus" is looking for a doctoral researcher with a prior degree in Latin or Arabic:

Eine tolle Nachricht nicht nur für die #Koptologie Monographien zu den Kopten findet man auch im Bestand des FID Nahost: halit.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/search?q=cla... Und zur Koptischen Sprache: halit.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/search?q=cla...

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Die Entwicklung der islamischen Gemeinschaft in Deutschland seit 1961" by Marfa Heimbach [Berlin: Schwarz, 2001] dx.doi.org/10.25673/91633 #islam #muslims #germany #ww1 #ahmadiyya

*Summer School* Comparative Habsburg–Ottoman Paleography IV: a two‑week intensive summer school in Vienna, 6–17 July 2026, with expert training and archive visits — organised by the @oeaw.bsky.social and the @univie.ac.at. www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/e...

*Summer Academy* Chagatai Manuscript Reading Course by @uni-muenster.de & @univie.ac.at and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 29 June–3 July 2026 in Münster: an advanced summer academy on Chagatai manuscripts with leading experts from across Europe. www.uni-muenster.de/ArabistikIsl...

*Call For Papers* Die Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek sucht zum 01.10.2026 voraussichtlich acht Bibliotheksreferendar:innen für den wissenschaftlichen Dienst. Zwei Jahre Ausbildung in einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek in Niedersachsen/Bremen und an der HU Berlin: www.gwlb.de/die-biblioth...

*Upcoming Event* The Task Area Editions of the @nfdi.de consortium Text+ hosts FAIR February 2026 (5–18 Feb), marking 10 years of the FAIR principles with two focus panels on the future of digital editions.” events.gwdg.de/event/1351/

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Maṯnawī-i maʿnawī" by Ǧalāl-ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balḫī Rūmī [Place of publication unknown: Kulāla Ḫāwar (Intišārāt-i Padīda), bahman māh 1361h.š (1983)] dx.doi.org/10.25673/91096 #illustrations #persian #rumi

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Grammatica Syriaca" by Adalbertus Merx [Halis: Orphanotropheum, 1867-1870] dx.doi.org/10.25673/98554 #syriac #grammar

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: *including a personal dedication by the author* "The islands of the Aegean" by Henry Fanshawe Tozer [Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1890] dx.doi.org/10.25673/91380 #traveljournal #greece #map #islands

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Revolutionizing a world: from small states to universalism in the Pre-Islamic Near East" by Mark Altaweel & Andrea Squitieri [London: UCL Press, 2018] dx.doi.org/10.25673/108... #state #middleeast #imperialism #socialchange #preislam #universalism

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Muslim culture in Russia and Central Asia from the 18th to the early 20th centuries" by Michael Kemper [Berlin: Schwarz, 1996] dx.doi.org/10.25673/91587 #muslim #culture #russia #asia #bashkirs #tartar #manuscripts

*Call For Applications* Das Netzwerk Historische Wissens- und Gebrauchsliteratur unterstützt Nachwuchsforschende mit bis zu 400 € für die Digitalisierung historischer Quellen (Handschriften & alte Drucke). hwgl.hypotheses.org/2482

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Die Kreuzzüge im Urteil syrischer und armenischer Quellen" by Anneliese Lüders [Berlin: Akad.-Verl., 1964] dx.doi.org/10.25673/101... #crusades #armenian #francs #syria

🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED - 23 January 2026 Call for Papers: "Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions" Symposium, 13-14 April 2026, Istanbul, Türkiye ℹ Check the Call for Papers at biaa.ac.uk/cfp-ottoman-...

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Тюрко-татарская рукопись XIV века "Нехджу-ль-ферадис"" by Jakub Kemal [Simferopel: Krimskoe Gosudarsvennoe Izdatelʹstvo, 1930] dx.doi.org/10.25673/121... #paleography #yalta #turkiclanguages #chagatai

We are delighted to announce the 6th Mid-Atlantic Ottomanist Workshop, hosted by Rutgers University, Newark on April 10–11, 2026. Call for Papers Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) by January 21, 2026 to: [email protected] #menasky #skystorians🗃️ #ottoman

*Upcoming Event* The @ihb-oeaw.bsky.social (Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies) invites you to a conference exploring the many entanglements between the Habsburg Empire and the “Orient”. 28 to 30 January 2026 www.oeaw.ac.at/ikw/detail/e...

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Panorama Turc" by Division de Publication, de Documentation et de Recherches [(S.l.): Imprımerıe Ayyıldız, 1975] dx.doi.org/10.25673/91343 #turkey #regionalstudies

Book Endowment Practices in the Islamic World from the Maghreb to the Safavids On 10 January, Kristof D’hulster will give a lecture entitled “Mamluk and Post-Mamluk Endowment Notes in Late-Mamluk Sultanic Manuscripts” as part of a public panel in the lecture series Yazma Eser Kültürü Atölyesi,

‪ #CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Democratization versus liberalization in the Arab world: dilemmas and challenges for U.S. foreign policy" by Daniel Brumberg [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2005] dx.doi.org/10.25673/104... #foreignpolicy

#Workshop | Workshop on Jewish Literature under Muslim Rule: Textual Transformations and Inter-Religious Encounters | April 14-16, 2026 in Munich | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #simondubnowinstitue #lmu #literature Deadline for submissions: January 20, 2026

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Die Welt des Islams: international journal for the study of modern Islam" by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Islamkunde [Leiden [u.a.]/ Köln/ Berlin [u.a.]: Brill, 1913] dx.doi.org/10.25673/112... #islam

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Reisebericht über Hauran und die Trachonen: nebst einem Anhange über die Sabäischen Denkmäler in Ostsyrien" by Johann Gottfried Wetzstein [Berlin: Reimer, 1860] dx.doi.org/10.25673/100...

*Call For Papers* “Circulation of Knowledge in the Ottoman World (1500–1900)” — an international conference in Madrid bringing together scholars to explore how knowledge moved across the Ottoman Empire. Submit abstracts and a short bio by February 15, 2026. www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

#CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Changing financial flows during Afghanistan’s transition: the political economy fallout" by William Byrd [Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2013] dx.doi.org/10.25673/107...

#CfA #OpenPosition The new long-term Academy project "Critical edition and comprehensive digital inventory of Arabic Hebrew Bible/Old Testament manuscripts and their paratexts" is looking for applicants for the position of Research Fellow (PhD):

Call for Participation Workshop Jewish Literature under Muslim Rule: Textual Transformations and Inter-Religious Encounters 14 to 16 April 2026, Munich Application deadline: 20 January 2026 www.dubnow.de/ausschreibun...

Weitere, über Bibliotheken zugängliche Publikationen zum Thema "Ayyubiden" finden Sie unter: halit.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/search?l=men... #Ayyubiden

*TAG DER ARABISCHEN SPRACHE* #CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Kitāb ǧadal al-uṣūl" by Abu-'l-Wafāʾ ʿAlī Ibn-ʿAqīl [Stuttgard: Steiner; Berlin: Das Arab. Buch, 1999] dx.doi.org/10.25673/99777

*Call For Papers* Das HERMES-Datenkompetenzzentrum ruft zur 3. Runde seines Forschungsstudienprogramms auf: Gefördert werden innovative Projekte zur Vermittlung von Datenkompetenzen in den Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften mit 3.500€ Förderung. Bewerbung bis 06.03.26! hermes-hub.de/aktuelles/ne...