4th JEARN WORKSHOP

JEARN is pleased to present the program for the upcoming 4th JEARN Workshop, scheduled for March 13–14, 2026, at PSK, 4th Floor, Meeting Room 6 (Georg Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna; best use the entrance at Georg Coch-Platz and then take the elevator).…

Her­mann Graf Key­ser­ling - Der rei­sende Phi­lo­soph als Mitt­ler zwi­schen den Wel­ten

Am 26.4.1946 verstarb Hermann Graf Keyserling in Innsbruck. Sein Grab liegt am Friedhof in Innsbruck-Mühlau. Mit der Publikation des „Reisetagebuch eines Philosophen“ (1919) war Keyserling berühmt geworden und fand zahlreiche prominente Förderer, die…

Die Sonne als Kompass: Himmelsrichtungen in antiken Weltbildern by Alexander Steiner

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Begriffe für Himmelsrichtungen und ihre Relevanz für antike Raumwahrnehmung. In seinem Gastblogbeitrag beschreibt Alexander Steiner, Doktorand am Institut für Alte Geschichte und Altorientalistik der Universität…

Inner Asia and Europe: Archaeological, Historical and Linguistic Interactions in the thirteenth and fourteenth century

The conference, jointly organized by the ELTE Department of Medieval History and the EurAsia Cluster of Excellence based in Vienna, focuses on the historical, archaeological, and linguistic interactions between Europe and Inner Asia.

Scripts, Languages and the State in the Mongol Empire

International Workshop

Hermann Graf Keyserling und die Weisheit des Orients by Sebastian Fink

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Wie ein baltischer Adeliger um die Welt reiste, östliche Kulturen schätzen lernte und in Innsbruck eine "Schule der Weisheit" gründen wollte Im Gastblogbeitrag beschreibt Sebastian Fink, Senior Scientist am Institut…

Workshop: Working with Monastic Repositories

Navigating Access, Preservation, and Knowledge Production Conveners: Ovidiu Olar, Mariya Kiprovska, and Grigor Boykov

How to get our Data into the Computer: Tools for Data Collection and Presentation and the need for a joint Digital Infrastructure in the Cluster

EurAsia Jour Fixe #1

Wenn Herrschaft zur Gewalt greift by Robert Rollinger

EurAsia-Blog in DerStandard: Ein historisches – und doch so aktuelles – Beispiel, was Machthabende bereit sind zu unternehmen, wenn ihre Position bedroht ist Im Gastblogbeitrag beschreibt Robert Rollinger, Professor für Kulturbeziehungen und…

Workshop: Irrigation Technologies and Water Management across Eurasia

The workshop, following a series of lectures, highlights various examples for the interplay between ecology, infrastructure, power, culture and religion from Egypt to Central Asia. At the same time, these case studies are contextualized within the…

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