Call for Paper: From the East and Back: Conference on the manuscript tradition, translation and reception of Historia trium regum by John of Hildesheim
Potential presentation topics include (but are not limited to):
manuscripts of Historia trium regum: preservation and genealogy
vernacular translations
Asian origins of the Three Magi legends
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…
EurAsia Young Scholars Award for Research in East and Southeast Asia (Alpha+ Foundation of the Austrian Science Fund)
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Cultural heritage is of enormous importance throughout Central Asia. This is not only true for top-down state branding, identity building and the promotion of tourism but also for daily, affective or unspectacular encounters of local communities with…
Grand Decoration in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria awarded to Claudia Rapp
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Colleagues from…
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EurAsia Summer Academy: Vienna Summer School on the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia
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PhD Completion Fellowships of the Cluster of Excellence "EurAsian Transformations"
The FWF-funded Cluster of Excellence (CoE) “EurAsian Transformations”—in cooperation with the Doctoral School of Historical Studies (University of Vienna), the Doctoral School of Philological and Cultural Studies (University of Vienna), and 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
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