Research Projects

The focal points of our projects at the Institute for Oriental Studies are very diverse and include cultural, historical, and linguistic topics relating to the Near and Middle East and North Africa. Below can be found an overview of projects at the Institute for Oriental Studies.

Current Projects

WIBARAB: What is bedouin-type Arabic? The linguistic and socio-historical realities behind the millennia-old dichotomous concept of nomadic and sedentary people in the Middle East and North Africa

Prochazka, S. (Project Lead)

1/10/21 → 30/09/26

Project: Research funding

Writing Against the Law: Ottoman-Armenian Print Culture

Stepien, N. (Project Lead)

1/09/25 → 31/07/29