Ein Meisterwerk der dekorativen Sufi-Kunst by Bruno De Nicola

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Ein prachtvoll gestaltete anatolische Handschrift aus dem 14. Jahrhundert zeugt in Wien von einer kulturellen Epoche In seinem Gastblogbeitrag erzählt Bruno De Nicola, Historiker und Distinguished Researcher am…

Sanskrit texts of the Buddhist epistemological tradition: Negotiating translations without illusions (but painstakingly)

Since the early 20th century, scholars from diverse cultural regions such as Japan, India, Russia and Austria have studied and translated texts of the Indian Buddhist epistemological tradition. They have focused particularly on the philosophical…

Multilingualism in Premodern Societies & Moving Jobs II medieval worlds Volume 23. 2025

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CEU DH Fest

This event will provide an excellent opportunity to bring the Cluster and CLARIAH-AT closer to each other and to facilitate the creation of a more systematic framework for digital projects in the Cluster for future purposes and towards a more…

Der finale Kampf zwischen Römern und Sasaniden by Clemens Steinwender

Eur-Asia Blog in der Standard: Antike Dokumente auf Papyrus bieten einen einzigartigen Einblick in diese letzte große Auseinandersetzung in der Spätantike Im Gastblogbeitrag vermittelt Clemens Steinwender, Dissertant am Institut für Alte…

Translating Sattā: Existence, Being, or Something Else?

This is the third lecture in the lecture series Religious Philosophy in Pre-Modern Eurasia: Questions of Translatability organized within the framework of the Cluster of Excellence Eurasian Transformations: Resources of the Past and Challenges of…

Erste sein: Jesuiten und Pietisten in Konstantinopel und die missionarischen Praktiken mit Griech*innen (ca. 1700-1750)

Christian missionary strategies in the Ottoman Empire: As part of the lecture series "Balkan Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences," global historian Stefano Saracino provides an overview of the development of the presence of German-speaking…

Zwei Bilder, keine Wahrheit by Ian Macgregor Morris

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Wie die Vorstellung von Sparta nach Belieben geändert und für politische Zwecke oder kulturelle Aneignungen verwendet wird Im zweiten Teil seines Gastblogs beleuchtet Historiker Ian Macgregor Morris von der…

Peeling Back the Layers: How Qanāt Lines Shaped the Landscape and Vice Versa in Iran

Joint Lecture Series Irrigation Technologies and Water Management Across Eurasia of the Cluster of Excellence Eurasian Transformation in collaboration with Durham University’s UNESCO Chair on Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage.…

Imperial Dynamics, Borderlands and Resistance: Entangled Worlds of Afro-Eurasia (ca. 1000 BCE – 2000 CE)

EurAsian Transformations 2nd Annual Conference

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