Hormuz: Ein historischer Knotenpunkt zwischen See- und Landhandel by Florian Schwarz

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Die Bedeutung der wichtigen Handelsrouten einst und heute als zentrale Verkehrsader der globalen Wirtschaft In seinem Gastblogbeitrag beschreibt Florian Schwarz, Direktor des Instituts für Iranistik der…

Book Launch and Discussion: The Russian Radical Right in Exile, 1918-1945

In the interwar period, the radical right, which represented one of the most prominent groups of Russian political exiles, was inspired by new ideologies, primarily fascism. Exile groups included monarchists, new factions such as the so called…

Die Kraft der Wiederholung: Mantras im historischen und spirituellen Kontext by Dominik A. Haas

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Das fortwährende Rezitieren von Mantras und Gebeten ist keine natürliche Praktik, sondern ein historisches Phänomen Dominik A. Haas, Südasienforscher an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, geht im…

Pre-modern China Reading Group

First session March 19 Thursday, 4:00-6:00 PM at Apostelgasse 23 In this reading group series, we will read, translate, and discuss four key texts from the Guodian corpus.

The Archival Impulse: Knowledge Production, Record Keeping, and Imperial Governance (15th-19th Centuries)

This conference aims at examining how archives have grown along with imperial expansion from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. It invites proposals that engage with the history of empires, knowledge production, record keeping, and governance…

EurAsia Jour Fixe

The theme for this meeting is Edges and Encounters: a theme for both an academic discussion and for how the Cluster people relate. After an introduction and some discussion, we will then move on to a short documentary, A Detail in Cyprus, and a…

Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia

This lecture series explores musical cultures across the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey, Iran, and Central Asia, examining these regions as interconnected soundscapes shaped by mobility, devotional practices, and political transformations.…

Lecture Series: Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia

This lecture series explores musical cultures across the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey, Iran, and Central Asia, examining these regions as interconnected soundscapes shaped by mobility, devotional practices, and political transformations.…

EurAsia Academy Tokyo: The Mythmaking of Silk Roads

There has been a growing renewed interest in the cultural heritage of the trans-Eurasian trade network, widely called “Silk Road”, as visible in recent exhibitions, accompanying publications and monographic studies. Yet these endeavours are often…

EurAsia Lecture Series: Religious Communities and Manuscript Cultures on the Medieval Silk Road

The series brings together leading international and local scholars specializing in a wide range of linguistic, literary, and religious traditions, offering a transregional and multilingual perspective on Eurasian religious history. Drawing on major…

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