Introduction
The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies supports research into the history, literature and culture of the Ottoman Empire.
It seeks to encourage knowledge and understanding of a major Muslim empire with large European and Mediterranean territories, and to assist scholars from many disciplines in exploring connections between their own work and Ottoman studies. It is the only research centre devoted purely to Ottoman Studies in the UK and Western Europe and has an international profile. The Skilliter Centre, which has no political affiliations or agenda, is administered by Newnham College, Cambridge, and receives support from a legacy from Dr. Susan Skilliter, formerly University Lecturer in Turkish. The Director is Dr. Kate Fleet.
News
- The next Skilliter Centre conference will be on "The Ottoman Woman: a Comparative Perspective", from 30 June to 3 July, 2011. The conference programme is now available.
- Applications for the 2011 Moody-Stuart Scholarships in Turkish Studies are now open; for details of how to apply, click here.
- A conference at the Skilliter Centre, "Reconsidering Colonialism", was held from Friday 5th to Saturday 6th February 2010. Click to download the programme and the poster, and click to see some images from the conference.
- You can learn details of other recent events at the Centre, including the one-day graduate conference with members of the research project "Dynamic Asymmetries in Transcultural Flows at the Intersection of Asia and Europe: The Case of the Early Modern Ottoman Empire", which forms part of the University of Heidelberg's "Cluster of Excellence: Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows", here. You can read about the undergraduate trip to Ankara in March 2009 here.
- The library's cataloguing project has now ended. You can learn more about the project here.
Last updated: 4 May 2011
