Congress: Mecmuas in the Ottoman World Interdisciplinary Approaches and Current Research 4–6 June 2026

Mecmuas in the Ottoman World: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Current Research is dedicated to the study of manuscript miscellanies (mecmuas) as a key yet insufficiently theorised format of knowledge organisation across the Ottoman world and…

Schapur II. und sein Zug gegen Arabien by Clemens Steinwender

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Die geografischen Herausforderungen der berühmten Offensive und ihre Auswirkungen auf Imperien und deren Politik. Im Gastblogbeitrag gibt Clemens Steinwender, Dissertant am Institut für Alte Geschichte und…

Buddhist Pramāṇa across the Himalayas: Changing interpretations of the rules of inference

International source reading workshop in the series: “Connectivist Perspectives on the Cultural and Intellectual History of Buddhism: South Asia, Tibet, and Beyond”

Job Opportunity: Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)

CEU’s Department of Historical Studies is announcing a two-year post-doctoral researcher position funded by the FWF Cluster of Excellence “EurAsian Transformations”. Regional and chronological specializations are open, but applicants should…

Empires and their Armies

Almost every known empire was established “from the horseback,” and the military naturally played a crucial role in the empire’s establishment. The later trajectory differed tremendously, though. Some empires tended to reduce the importance of the…

Digital Frontiers: Artificial Intelligence and the Study of the Ancient World

This event brings together scholars and students of AI, Digital Humanities, and the study of antiquity, to explore both the challenges and the new research opportunities offered by generative AI. The program will include an AI workshop and Q+A…

Meeresstraßen, Seeblockaden und imperiale Macht – einst und jetzt by Robert Rollinger

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Geografisch neuralgische Wasserstraßen waren schon in der Antike strategische Brennpunkte politischer Konflikte Im Gastblogbeitrag blickt Robert Rollinger, Professor für Kulturbeziehungen und Kulturkontakte zwischen…

Learning from Experience in Medieval Tabriz? Islamic Views on Chinese and Mongol Medicine and the Limits of Cultural Exchange

The Mongol integration of Eurasia created unprecedented opportunities for cross-cultural exchange. Chinese, Persian, Tibetan, and other medical experts traveled to distant courts to treat the khans and their diasporic communities of migrating…

Mukashi, mukashi: "Es war einmal …" auf Japanisch by Christine Frank

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Märchenbücher als wertvolle Zeugnisse eines sich wandelnden Japanbilds in Europa Im Gastblogbeitrag schreibt Komparatistin Christine Frank über die Bedeutung japanischer Märchen in europäischen Sprachen für die…

The four partner institutions collaborate in offering training to students and early career scholars in Austria and internationally. For this purpose, the Austrian Consortium for the Study of EurAsia (ACE) was initiated.

Through courses, summer schools, workshops, and training sessions, both in person and online, we aim to equip new generations with the following skills: 

  • Competence in reading original language sources as a basis for cultural literacy
  • Global methodology and outlook
  • Competence in the use of digital methods
  • A set of transferable skills