Timeline
Key moments and milestones that shape the project throughout its journey of inquiry
3 December 2024, Brussels
The European Research Council announced the results of the 2024 Consolidator Grants, selecting OttomanCORE for funding.
1-5 July 2025, M. Athos
The Ottoman Zograf Workshop, held at the Holy Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos, focused on holistic digital approaches to the monastery’s archival collection, aligning with the project’s broader objective of examining monasteries as agents in the redistribution of wealth and power.
7-11 July 2025, Bucharest
16th International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History: Grigor Boykov presenting on Bulgaria's Ottoman-era Settlement and Population Geography; Chavdar Kirilov discussing archaeological and historical data about fortified settlements in the Eastern Balkans that remained in continuous use in the Ottoman period.
15-19 September 2025, Skopje
At the 13th International Congress of South-East European Studies, Grigor Boykov organized a panel and delivered a paper titled “Ottoman Provincial Nobility and the Itinerant Dervish Convents in the Eastern Balkans.”
1 October 2025, Vienna
The project officially commenced.
17 October 2025, Vienna
The Vienna Hub for Interdisciplinary Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies (ViHOPE) was established, with Grigor Boykov serving as one of its founding members and the OttomanCORE project forming an integral part of Vienna’s vibrant Ottomanist scholarly community.
13 November 2025, Sarajevo
Grigor Boykov delivered a public lecture at the University of Sarajevo, moderated by Emir O. Filipović
17-20 November 2025, Innsbruck
Mariya Kiprovska spoke about the "Steppe Dynamics along the Lower Danube Borderland in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period" at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Cluster of Excellence "Eurasian Transformations".
20 January 2026, Vienna
In the framework of the Alevi History Lecture Series at the Department for Alevite Theology at the University of Vienna, Mariya Kiprovska explored the deep entanglements and long-standing networks between Balkan Muslim elite dynasties and non-conformist dervish orders.
20 February 2026, Vienna
From Mount Sinai and Mount Athos to the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome and the Melk Abbey; from Byzantine nunneries to the modern Romanian Church; from Arabic Christian manuscripts and palimpsests to Ottoman documents and Armeno-Turkish heritage preserved in Vienna: our workshop discussions spanned centuries, languages, and confessional worlds.