מועד: 25-26.1.2026
מקום: בית הספר הגבוה למדעי היהדות, אונ' היידלברג
25 – 26 January 2026Israel and Middle Eastern Studies Workshop
Call for Papers
Workshop: Beyond Conflict and Coexistence – Majority-Minority Relations in the late Ottoman and post-Ottoman space
Date: January 25-26, 2026
Location: Heidelberg
Organized by: Hochschule für Jüdische Studien and Heidelberg University (Department for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies), in cooperation with the research group Beyond Conflict and Coexistence (LMU Munich, Heidelberg University and Halle University)
Supported by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
This academic workshop invites contributions that examine the dynamics of majority-minority relations in the late Ottoman and post-Ottoman space. From Jewish-Arab relations in Israel and Kurdish-Turkish relations in Turkey, to Greek-Turkish encounters in Greece, Cypriot ethnic divisions, Turkish minorities in Bulgaria, to interethnic tensions in the Eastern Balkans (e.g., Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia), we seek to investigate how different historical and ideological inheritances of the late Ottoman Empire continue to shape contemporary patterns of coexistence, exclusion, and transformation in the post-Ottoman space.
Anchored in the conceptual perspective of the research group Beyond Conflict and Coexistence, this workshop resists simplistic binaries such as tolerance vs. repression or peaceful coexistence vs. violent rupture. It also challenges reductionist narratives about the transition from empire to nation-state and seeks to go beyond a simple juxtaposition of imperial and national politics.
We are especially interested in papers that:
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