GHOST panel in the Turkologentag 2023, Vienna

Marinos Sariyannis, Zeynep Aydoğan, Feray Coşkun and Işık Demirakın participated in the Turkologentag 2023 in Vienna (September 21-23, 2023) with a panel entitled "Shifting Borders Between Nature and the Supernatural In Early Modern Ottoman Culture". The panel presents some of the results of a five-year (with a one-year extension due to the pandemic) research project, GHOST, that is to say “Geographies and Histories of the Ottoman Supernatural Tradition: Exploring Magic, the Marvelous, and the Strange in Ottoman Mentalities”, funded by the European Research Council under the program Consolidator Grant 2017. The panelists will seek to explore Ottoman perceptions of the…

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Participation of M. Sariyannis to round table on the supernatural in the religions of the book (Strasbourg, December 9, 2022)

M. Sariyannis will participate in the round table organized by Özkan Bardakçı at the University of Strasbourg on December 9, 2022, entitled "Le surnaturel dans les religions du livre-quelques pistes d'interprétation". His contribution will have the title « Pour une étude du surnaturel chez les Ottomans ». For program and link, see: https://hisaar.unistra.fr/agenda/evenement/table-ronde-le-surnaturel-dans-les-religions-du-livre-quelques-pistes-dinterpretation

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Ayşem: παράσταση βασισμένη στην έρευνα των ερευνητικών προγραμμάτων GHOST και JaNet

Από Δευτέρα, για όσους είστε στην Αθήνα, μια παράσταση παντομίμας βασισμένη στην έρευνα του Τομέα Οθωμανικής Ιστορίας του Ινστιτούτου Μεσογειακών Σπουδών και ειδικότερα των προγραμμάτων GHOST και JaNet! https://www.culturenow.gr/aysem-mia-istoria-me-genitsaroys-kai-vrykolakes-apo-ti-theatriki-omada-splish-splash-sto-theatro-alfa/ Η τελευταία παραγωγή των Splish Splash, που πραγματοποιήθηκε υπό την Αιγίδα και την στήριξη του Ινστιτούτου Μεσογειακών Σπουδών/ΙΤΕ, πρωτοπαρουσιάστηκε στο Ρέθυμνο τον Ιούνιο και περιόδευσε το καλοκαίρι στην ελληνική περιφέρεια. Στην Αθήνα πλέον, για περιορισμένο αριθμό παραστάσεων, ανεβαίνει στο Θέατρο Άλφα – Ληναίος-Φωτίου. Η “Ayşem” είναι μια μυθοπλασία, εμπνευσμένη από πραγματικά πρόσωπα και γεγονότα της εποχής των οθωμανικών χρόνων και περιγράφει τις προσπάθειες ενός κινηματογραφικού συνεργείου να ολοκληρώσουν τα γυρίσματα της…

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GHOST team to participate in the 34. Deutsche Orientalistentag, Berlin

Marinos Sariyannis, Zeynep Aydoğan, Feray Coşkun and Işık Demirakın will participate in the 34. Deutsche Orientalistentag in Berlin (September 12-17, 2022) with a panel entitled "The dynamics and limits of nature and its knowledge in the Ottoman Empire". Full program and abstracts: https://dot2022.de/

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A conversation on GHOST on July 21, with Marinos Sariyannis, Zeynep Aydoğan, Feray Coşkun, Güneş Işıksel, Ethan Menchinger and Ahmet Tunç Şen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hxuOCMX7e4 At this W’OTSAp meeting, which is hosted by Marinos Sariyannis (Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH, Rethymno), Zeynep Aydoğan (FORTH), Feray Coşkun (Özyeğin University), Güneş Işıksel (Medeniyet Üniversitesi), Ethan Menchinger (Manchester University), and Ahmet Tunç Şen (Columbia University) will present some of the work they have been doing within the framework of “GHOST — Geographies and Histories of the Ottoman Supernatural Tradition: Exploring Magic, the Marvelous, and the Strange in Ottoman Mentalities (2018-2023),” a research project funded by the European Research Council and run by Marinos Sariyannis.

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Save the date and register! A conversation on GHOST on July 21, with Marinos Sariyannis, Zeynep Aydoğan, Feray Coşkun, Güneş Işıksel, Ethan Menchinger and Ahmet Tunç Şen.

At this W'OTSAp meeting, which is hosted by Marinos Sariyannis (Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH, Rethymno), Zeynep Aydoğan (FORTH), Feray Coşkun (Özyeğin University), Güneş Işıksel (Medeniyet Üniversitesi), Ethan Menchinger (Manchester University), and Ahmet Tunç Şen (Columbia University) will present some of the work they have been doing within the framework of "GHOST -- Geographies and Histories of the Ottoman Supernatural Tradition: Exploring Magic, the Marvelous, and the Strange in Ottoman Mentalities (2018-2023)," a research project funded by the European Research Council and run by Marinos Sariyannis. https://ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElduuqrzMoG9FqasFS1MUrt2caaBp07lmb wotsap_09Download

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Zoom Lecture by Marinos Sariyannis with the topic “Geographies and Histories of the Ottoman Supernatural Tradition: Exploring Magic, the Marvelous, and the Strange in Ottoman Mentalities”

The lecture is part of a series launched in collaboration with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies-FORTH and the Institute of European Studies of the University of California, Berkeley for the research in history undertaken in both establishments to enhance communication, knowledge and exchange of ideas. This is one of four ERC projects carried out by the research groups of IMS-FORTH. https://ims.forth.gr/el/news-item/view?id=1005

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ANAMED Kütüphanesi ve Tarih Vakfı ortaklığında düzenlenen ANAMED Kütüphane Konuşmaları’nın Mart ayındaki konuğu Marinos Sariyannis, Zeynep Aydoğan, Feray Coşkun, Güneş Işıksel, B. Harun Küçük ve A. Tunç Şen – GHOST projesi

Tarih: 2 Mart 2021, saat 18:00 Garip vakalar, gizli bilimler ve büyü Osmanlı bilim ve kültür tarihi içinde yeni bir alan oluşturmaktadır. Bugün bizim için doğa ve doğaüstü çok net bir biçimde birbirinden ayrı alanlar olmasına rağmen modern öncesi kültürlerde bu sınır daha belirsizdi: Bir yandan bilinebilen ilebilinemeyen arasında, öte yandan da normal (döngüsel) süreç ile mucize (ya da keramet) arasındaki farklar daha önemliydi. Bu konuşmada, Rethymno’da (Girit) yürütülmekte olan GHOST projesi üzerinden Osmanlı’da doğaüstü denilen vakaların ve olayların algılanışı ele alınacaktır. Konuşmanın moderatörlüğü Marinos Sariyannis tarafından yapılacaktır. Konuşma uzaktan erişimle gerçekleşecektir. Konuşmaya kayıt olmak için lütfen linke tıklayınız. https://kocun.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GKJK_ZbwRwWTyQEIV0uFgA…

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Participation of Marinos Sariyannis at the Workshop “Early Modern Encyclopedism in South-Eastern Europe”, Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, 17-18 February 2020)

Paper title: Mapping the knowledge of the world in Ottoman encyclopaedias

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Participation of Marinos Sariyannis at the Osmanistischer Studienkreis: “Sprache und Sprachen im Osmanischen Raum” (Bonn, 14-15 February 2020)

Paper title: Studying Ottoman views of the supernatural: languages and sources Available at: https://www.academia.edu/41939169/4th_Ottoman_Studies_Circle_4._Osmanistischer_Studienkreis_Bonn_14th-15th_February_2020

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