Welcome to the Department of Near Eastern Studies!

As a center for the study of the Near and Middle East, including North Africa, the institute is not merely the only institution of its kind in Austria, but is also one of the largest such institutes in central Europe. Research includes funded projects, and teaching concentrates on Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Assyriology), Near Eastern Archaeology, Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies, and Turkish Studies with special emphasis on Ottoman Studies.

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Call for applications Lehrvertretung Türkisch (12 SWS)

Bewerbungfrist: 01. Mai 2026
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Application period: 3rd March to 7th April 2026
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Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Band 116

Herausgegeben von Jeanine Dağyeli, Nicla De Zorzi, Michael Jursa, Katharina Ivanyi, Yavuz...
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Ringvorlesung Turkologie Sommersemester 2026
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Project title: Between Crescent and Cross: Exiled Europeans and Ottoman Converts
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Tunesien – Sizilien – Malta

Sommersemester 2026 – 16 ECTS

Anmeldung bis 9. Dezember 2025.
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vihope.univie.ac.at
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Congratulations to Umut Türem on successfully receiving a Principal Investigator Project award from the FWF! His three-year project will be hosted in...
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Application deadline: 15 December 2025
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Band 56 (2025): Archiv für Orientforschung: Internationale Zeitschrift für die Wissenschaft vom Vorderen Orient
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Events

Mittwoch, 22. April 2026 - 17:00

Music and Charismatic Authority in the Revolutionary Decade

Antrittsvorlesung, Public Lecture

Mittwoch, 29. April 2026 - 17:00

On Dreamsound: Istanbul 1600, Vienna 1900 CE

Antrittsvorlesung, Public Lecture

Mittwoch, 06. Mai 2026 - 17:00

On the Origin and Significance of Central Asian Classical Music: Shashmaqam

Antrittsvorlesung, Public Lecture

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