Shortlisted for the Science Book of the Year award: New Book by Oliver J. Schmitt: Moskaus westliche Rivalen

The grand history of Russia's neighbours – retold from the Middle Ages to the present day. Oliver Schmitt traces the history and experiences of societies from the North Cape to the Black Sea across a broad time span from the Middle Ages to the…

Urban Commercial Spaces and their Languages

Multilingualism in Eurasian Premodern Societies: Social Hierarchies and Spaces. 3rd Workshop of the Urban Multilingualism Workshop Series

Echoes in Stone. Refracting the Holy Sepulchre from Ethiopia to Scotia

Lecture by François-Xavier Fauvelle (Collège de France/French Research Center in Jerusalem)

Das Trugbild Sparta by Ian Macgregor Morris

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Das Image des antiken Stadtstaates ist geprägt von Begriffen wie Stärke, Militärmacht und Disziplin. Hier ist ein Blick hinter dieses Bild Im ersten Teil seines Gastblogs beschäftigt sich Historiker Ian Macgregor…

The Mongols in (Western) Eurasia – Perspectives and Problems

This one-day workshop on the Mongols in Western Eurasia is envisaged with two panels of four speakers each, followed by a general discussion. Participants include Jack Wilson (Reports of Famine and Epidemic in the Golden Horde on the Eve of the…

Call for Paper: JEARN Workshop II: Cultural Brokers and Gatekeepers

The JEARN are thrilled to announce our second workshop, centred on the topic of Cultural Brokers & Gatekeepers, which will be taking place on 31st October - 1st November!

Doing Business in Turkestan: Labour, Networks, Institutions

The economic history of colonial-era Central Asia is still largely clichéd and regarded as ‘peripheral’, with most of post-1991 scholarship focusing on identity, culture, and governance. Piecemeal reconstructions of economic life through business…

EurAsian Transformations at the Open Day of the Ministry Women, Sciences and Research

Join the team to enjoy a game of "Bis an die Enden der Welt", the EurAsia Board Game by Johannes Preiser-Kapeller!

Endlich Frieden! Oder doch nicht? by Robert Rollinger

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Mögliche Friedensgespräche mit historischem Bezug und in literarischer Ausgestaltung einst und jetzt Im Gastblogbeitrag beschreibt Robert Rollinger, Professor für Kulturbeziehungen und Kulturkontakte zwischen den…

SUSTAINABLE FUTURES AND ADAPTIVE POSSIBILITIES FOR THE ARAL SEA BASIN

Lecture Series Irrigation Technologies and Water Management Across Eurasia (Online Event)

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