📚 Meet Emrah Dinç, Library and Archive Assistant 👋 Become a member and you can enjoy the many collections of the Institute: 📸 Photographic Collection 📜 Squeeze Collection 🫎 Animal Bone Reference Collection 🌿 Botanical Reference Collection and many more... Further details at biaa.ac.uk/library/

📆 BIAA LONDON LECTURE: An Arabesk Tryptych Hybrid event 🗣 Prof Martin Stokes (King's College London) 📆Friday, 5th December 2025 ⏰18:30 - 20 (London GMT) 📍Society of Antiquaries of London, London / Zoom ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/an-ar...

🚨 The BIAA Digital Repository Office is excited to share a glimpse into the past from the ‘Lost Villages of the Upper Euphrates (Türkiye)’ collection! 🗞 Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/lost-village... 📸 (1968-1980) Digitised by The BIAA and @uclalibrary.bsky.social Digital Collections

🎧 The first episode of Season 2 of Heritage Türkiye is out! ➖ Bringing the Past to the Public: A conversation with Bettany Hughes ➖ Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/... ➖ Turkish subtitles available.

📆WORKSHOP: Res Sacra in Byzantium: Definitions, Identifications, Interpretations In-person event 💭 Organised by Dr Elif Neyzi (BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow) 📆 Friday, 26th September 2025 - Ankara ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/works...

👋🏽 Meet Dr Batuhan Özdemir, newly appointed BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow 2025-26 Batu, who got their PhD from Durham University, will focus on "The British Empire and its ‘National Museum’: Charles Fellows’s Lycian Expeditions and Imperial Collecting in the 1840s." ℹ biaa.ac.uk/biaa-bilkent...

📬 BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows Appointed The British International Research Institutes (BIRI) are pleased to announce the appointment of four postdoctoral research fellows within the project 'Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions.' 🔴Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/ottoman-mobi...

🚨📢 GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES The BIAA is pleased to offer a number of different funding opportunities, grants and awards to support academics at all stages of their career. Find out more: biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor... ⏰ Deadline: November 2, 2025

🎉 Meet Sean, the BIAA Librarian! Sean joined the Institute at the beginning of this month, and they're ready to help you dive into our collections, support your research, and make the library a welcoming space for all 📚✨ Become a member at biaa.ac.uk/support-us/j...

🚨 NEW PUBLICATIONS! We're excited to announce the publication of two Volumes: 1⃣ Routes and Roads in Anatolia from Prehistory to Seljuk Times ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/... 2⃣ Anatolian Studies, Volume 75 (2025) ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...

🤯 Did you know that if you join the BIAA now till the end of the year, you will get membership until December 2026?! Don't miss this deal! For details and joining, please visit biaa.ac.uk/support-us/j...

🚨 BIAA-led Workshops on Researching, Writing, and Publishing on Gender, Culture, and Society🚨 ➖ @martynweeds.bsky.social, #BIAA Director of Development, Communications and Operations, will be one of the tutors of the workshops. ➖ Apply by September 13 at biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...

📰 NEWS FROM MENDİK TEPE ℹ www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/mend... Mendik Tepe is tied to other Taş Tepeler settlements, such as Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe, but may actually predate them. ➡ Read the preliminary report on the Mendik Tepe excavations at biaa.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

📆 BIAA LONDON LECTURE: Adrift in Time: Istanbul’s Theodosian Land Walls in the Urban Fabric of the Modern Megacity 🗣 Alexander Christie-Miller (Journalist and Writer) 📆Friday, 7th November 2025 ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/adrif...

👏 BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow Appointed Today we welcome Dr Batuhan Özdemir (Durham University), who joins the BIAA and Bilkent Üniversitesi as the joint Postdoctoral Fellow for 2025-26. Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/biaa-bilkent...

📣 Congratulations to Dr Batuhan Özdemir (incoming BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow) and Eloise Jones (2024 BIAA Doughty-Wylie Scholarship Recipient) for their awards! Archaeology at Durham University ℹ www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... ➡ biaa.ac.uk/interview-wi...

📣 The BIAA invites you on a 5-day guided hiking tour featuring the highlights of the Pisidia Heritage Trail. ℹ For booking and further details, please visit biaa.ac.uk/pisidia-heri...

Dr Peter Cherry has three questions for you: 1️⃣ Does your research engage with #gender? 2️⃣ Are you a final-year PhD student at a university in Türkiye? 3️⃣ Did you finish your PhD within the last five years at a university in Türkiye? ➖ Appply at biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...

🚨 BIAA-led Workshops on Researching, Writing, and Publishing on Gender, Culture, and Society 🚨 ➡ Call for Participants OPEN until September 13, 2025! ➖ Meet Associate Prof Selin Akyüz (TED Üniversitesi), another brilliant tutor joining the workshops. ➖ 📬 How to apply: biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...

🐱 Happy #InternationalCatDay! The #BIAA is happy to celebrate [now and forever, really!] our beloved Sparrow, mascot and most loved member of the Institute 🥰 She was born on July 20, 2015 [yes, we will also celebrate her 10th birthday soon 🥳], and she has been with us since then.

🎧 Season 1 Wrap-Up! ➖ The BIAA Heritage Türkiye Podcast has been a huge success: In this final episode, Dr Isilay Gursu and Dr Peter Cherry reflect on the season, share key takeaways, and look forward to Season 2! ➖ 🎙️ Listen now via the links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/ht-podcast

📢 CALL FOR DIGITAL ARCHIVIST ➖ Dr Işılay Gürsu, BIAA Assistant Director, would like to remind you all about this fantastic opportunity. The deadline is approaching (August 10, 2025), so don't forget to apply! ➖ ℹ biaa.ac.uk/grants/biaa-...

🚨 BIAA-led Workshops on Researching, Writing, and Publishing on Gender, Culture, and Society 🚨 ➡ Call for Participants OPEN until September 13, 2025! ➖ Meet Associate Prof Cimen Gunay-Erkol (Özyeğin Üniversitesi), one of the tutors joining the project! ➖ 📬 How to apply: biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...

🚨 Don’t miss this opportunity!!! Deadline is on August, 10th

📍Library closed on July 15 ➖ We would also like to remind you that the library is closed to everyone except full members until September 22, 2025. ➖ If you would like to join us as a full member, please visit biaa.ac.uk/support-us/j...

🚨 REMINDER ➖ Dr Peter Cherry, BIAA Assistant Director and PI of the Ottoman Mobilities project, reminds you to check out the project — and the upcoming application deadline! ➖ 🔗 biaa.ac.uk/grants/postd...

📢 Yet another job opportunity! ➖ The BIAA invites applications for a full-time Digital Archivist position at its Digital Repository Office in Ankara. ➖ 📍 Location: Ankara 🗓️ Apply by 10 August 2025 ➖ ℹ For further details, visit our website at biaa.ac.uk/grants/biaa-...

🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out! ➖ 🎙️ Journalism, Academia and the ‘Securitisation of News’ with @drnataliemartin.bsky.social Links via biaa.ac.uk/publication/... ➖ #türkiyerelations #Politicaliscourse #misinformation #disinformation #malinformation

📢 We're Hiring! The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) is seeking a Research Assistant to the BIAA Director to support with the organisation of archaeological archives and daily administrative tasks. ℹ For further details, visit our website at biaa.ac.uk/grants/resea...

❤️ Exciting updates, including the next Pisidia Heritage Trail tour, from our Assistant Director, Dr Işılay Gürsu! Check them out at biaa.ac.uk/ongoing-main...

📬 NEWS RELEASE We are delighted to share our interview with Eloise Jones (University of Liverpool), recipient of the 2024 #BIAA Doughty-Wylie Scholarship. ℹ Read the full interview at biaa.ac.uk/interview-wi... #grants #researchtürkiye

🚨 CALL FOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS ON 'OTTOMAN MOBILITIES AND INTERACTIONS' ⏱ Deadline for applications: 14 July 2025 ➖ The British International Research Institutes (BIRI) invite applications for postdoctoral research fellowships: biaa.ac.uk/grants/postd...

Look out for ‘Women Transcending Boundaries: Over a century of scholarship, fieldwork and friendship across the British International Research Institutes’, on display at the British Academy Summer Showcase, Friday 20 & Saturday 21 June. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/47f5...

📍 LIBRARY NOTICE If you would like to become a full member and access the Library during summer, visit biaa.ac.uk/support-us/j...

🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out! Listen to it via biaa.ac.uk/publication/... ➖ Turkish subtitles available. ➖ In this episode, Prof Mark Jackson (Newcastle University and Honorary Secretary at #BIAA) joins us to explore the enduring legacy of Gertrude Bell!

📍 LIBRARY NOTICE

BIAA Deputy Chair Professor Aylin Orbasli introduces our speaker Professor Reina Lewis who will give a talk on ‘Fashion and Social Relations in Late Ottoman Society’ @thebiaankara.bsky.social

📣 PISIDIAN HERITAGE TRAIL We are renewing our fabulous waymarks, the Pisidian shields, along the way! Stay tuned for upcoming tours organised by Equinox Travel in partnership with the #BIAA. Also, don't forget to check out Dr Işılay Gürsu's #guidebook on the trail: biaa.ac.uk/publication/...

🚨 Just the last few days for applying to the: 1️⃣ BIAA-University of Oxford Martin Harrison Memorial Fellowship 2️⃣ BIAA-University of Liverpool Garstang Centenary Fellowship Apply now! ℹ️ biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor... #researchfunding #türkiyeresearch #archeology

The BIRI Digital Coordination project is proud to present ‘Women Transcending Boundaries: Over a century of scholarship, fieldwork and friendship across the British International Research Institutes’. Check the news release and interactive #StoryMap here: biaa.ac.uk/women-transc...

🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out! Hidden Histories of Twentieth-Century Istanbul with Dr Daniel-Joseph McArthur-Seal ➖ English and Turkish subtitles available. ➖ ➡️ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...

📣 NEW BIAA-LED WRITING WORKSHOP ANNOUNCED! 📌CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS OPEN The BIAA is delighted to announce 'Researching, Writing and Publishing on Gender, Culture and Society.' Deadline: 13th Setpember 2025 ℹ️ biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...

This StoryMap is the result of a collaboration between all BIRI Members @thebiaankara.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social @cbrl.bsky.social ‪@bilnas.bsky.social ‪@theees.bsky.social‬ and the @britishacademy.bsky.social

🚨 FELLOWSHIPS: DEADLINE 31st May 2025 We would like to remind you that there are 10 days for applying to our joint fellowships! Don't miss out on these #opportunities! Apply now! ℹ️ biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor... #researchfunding #türkiyeresearch #archaeology

📍 We would like to remind you that Prof Reina Lewis' lecture will take place in London at The British Academy, Beatrice Webb Room & Gallery, on 4th June 2025. 📧 To participate, please send an email to [email protected] ℹ️ biaa.ac.uk/events/fashi...

This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Prof Hugh Elton (Trent University), former BIAA Director (2001–2006), for a fascinating deep dive into the challenges of site identification in Isauria. Thank you for the engaging talk, Hugh — it’s always a pleasure to have you back!

BIAA LONDON LECTURE: Fashion and Social Relations in Late Ottoman Society 🗣 Prof Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion, UAL) 📆Wednesday, 4th June 2025 ⏰18:30 - 19:30 (London BST) 📍The British Academy, London ℹ️ REGISTER via email: [email protected]

🎧 HERITAGE TÜRKİYE PODCAST OFFSTAGE 🎬 Preparing the new episode to be released this week! 🇬🇧 🇹🇷 The podcast comes with English and Turkish subtitles! 🆕 You can watch or listen to it on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...

Last week, the #BIAA London Office team popped over to Ankara! We caught up with our brilliant fellows and colleagues, got the lowdown on current projects, made plans for the future, tucked into Kezban Abla’s legendary cake, and, of course, paid tribute to the one and only #Sparrow 😻!

HYBRID TALK: Problems in Isaurian Topography 🗣 Prof Hugh Elton (Trent University) 📆Tuesday, 13th May 2025 ⏰15:30 - 17:30 (London BST) 17:30 - 19:30 (Ankara UTC+3) 📍BIAA, Atatürk Bulvarı 154/1 and ONLINE ℹ️ REGISTER at biaa.ac.uk/events/probl... #siteanalysis #settlementpatterns #GISMapping