An interdisciplinary lecture series located in Vienna and Innsbruck about the different implications of fossil fuels and the resulting power dynamics in different EurAsian regions. Click this article to find out more!

The Mongol Empire was the largest empire in world history, with impacts extending even beyond the vast territories directly subject to Mongol rule. Studying its interactions and historical legacy is of interest for anyone who wishes to understand the…

Historische Gespräche im Stift Seitenstetten. Mit Markus Bürscher und Robert Rollinger Imperien sind zurück im Weltgeschehen. Die USA, China und Russland dominieren die Schlagzeilen. Für die historischen Wissenschaften eröffnet sich damit ein…

Stiftsgymnasium Seitenstetten

The First Public East Syriac HTR Model on Transkribus

The workshop will explore the impact of Mongol rule on the wider Black Sea region in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, when the sea became a meeting point of the Golden Horde and the Ilkhanate, Byzantium and Trebizond, and the merchant…

This workshop will explore the theme of Reciprocity across Eurasia, and we invite papers from any and all perspectives and chronologies that feel that they have something to gain in exploring this theme. Please see the attached Call for Papers for…

Imperial Pasts and their uses International Conference

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16 to 19 November 2026 Venue: Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) Organizing Committee: Yavuz Köse (University of Vienna), Melanie Malzahn (University of Vienna), Nina Mirnig (University of Vienna), Mariya Kiprovska (University of Vienna), Claudia…