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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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Read more about the article International workshop “Nature and the supernatural in Ottoman culture”, Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-15 December 2019.

International workshop “Nature and the supernatural in Ottoman culture”, Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-15 December 2019.

https://www.academia.edu/41268246/Nature_and_the_supernatural_in_Ottoman_culture https://djinns.hypotheses.org/1387 From the point of view of cultural history, one may describe reality as a continuum, ranging from tangible objects to natural phenomena, from things of everyday experience to things felt but unseen, up to things (commonly) unfelt and unseen but, nevertheless, considered to exist. All these categories are divided by most human cultures into different spheres, some explicable, some ordinary, but with causes unattainable for the human intellect, and some completely inexplicable as pertaining solely to the will and actions of a supreme being. We name these spheres, whose borders and extent shift in history (e.g. through a…

Continue ReadingInternational workshop “Nature and the supernatural in Ottoman culture”, Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-15 December 2019.

Public lecture of Marinos Sariyannis: “Studying Ottoman views of the supernatural: the state-of-the-art and a research agenda”, Vienna, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (2 October 2019)

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Continue ReadingPublic lecture of Marinos Sariyannis: “Studying Ottoman views of the supernatural: the state-of-the-art and a research agenda”, Vienna, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (2 October 2019)

Participation of Marinos Sariyannis at the workshop “Renaissance – Baroque – Religious Humanism – Orthodox/Early Enlightenment: Periodization Problems in the History of Knowledge in Early Modern South-East Europe”, Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin 5-6 July 2019)

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Continue ReadingParticipation of Marinos Sariyannis at the workshop “Renaissance – Baroque – Religious Humanism – Orthodox/Early Enlightenment: Periodization Problems in the History of Knowledge in Early Modern South-East Europe”, Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin 5-6 July 2019)

Panel at the 22nd Symposium of the International Committee of Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Studies (CIEPO), Sofia, Bulgaria, 11-14 September 2018

Ottoman perceptions of world and nature The panel aims to discuss Ottoman notions and belief systems concerning nature and the supernatural. What is really important in terms of social history is to see the field described as “supernatural” as an especially constructive vantage point to watch the interplay of different layers of culture representing varying social groups: thus, one may presuppose the existence of a “popular” or folk culture, as well as a Sufi culture, both slanting more towards a “magical” worldview, while ulema circles would seek to interpret (or, alternatively, reject) such traditions within a very rational and strict…

Continue ReadingPanel at the 22nd Symposium of the International Committee of Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Studies (CIEPO), Sofia, Bulgaria, 11-14 September 2018