My grandmother made me the Omphalion of Hagia Sophia, for me to "hang it in a house if you ever have one, or put your baby on it if you ever make one".
Celal Şengör öğrencisinin eteğini kaldırıp kalçasına şaplak attığını çok normalmiş gibi canlı yayında keyifli keyifli anlatmıştır. Tekrar kamuoyuna duyurmak isterim.
Oppenheimer'ı IMAXde izliyorsun, "the most prestigious appointment" altyazıda "en prestijli randevu" diye çevrilmiş. Insan hiç mi düşünmez adama iş veriyorlar neden randevu demiş olsunlar diye.
Çanakkale kent merkezi için, “trafik ışıklarına at figürü” önerisini değerli buluyorum. Neden olmasın?
Birlikte yöneteceğiz. 🫶
Teşekkürler
@troyamuzesi
Ağustos ayında Ankara'da Ingiltere'deki üniversitelerin ortaçağ-Bizans-tarih bölümlerine yüksek lisans/doktora başvuruları için atölye gibi bir şey yapsam ilgilenen olur mu?
Benim annem "tren çok pahalı, keşke ilk turda bitseydi" dediğim için 1 pound 25 tl iken bana taaa Türkiye'den sana para yollayayım oy vermeye git diyor. Yine gideceğim yine vereceğim elimden sadece bu geliyorsa ben de onu yapacağım, pes edecek değiliz.
Found a copy of Siren Çelik's (
@siren_celik
) amazing Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425): A Byzantine Emperor in a Time of Tumult at the Cambridge University Press bookshop!
@nonregemesse
This gate was already destroyed a thousand years ago before the pieces were taken from Miletus to be reconstructed in Berlin. It was damaged heavily during WWII during bombardment in Berlin, and then rebuilt again. Miletus is still there, why is the gate in Berlin?
Biz Cambridge'de doktora yapan 3 öğrenci olarak Türk Eğitim Vakfı UK ile ortaklaşa, Kahramanmaraş Depreminden etkilenen üniversite öğrencilerine maddi destek sağlamak amaçlı bir burs kampanyası başlattık.
Cost me more than 200£ and a whole day to apply for a Schengen visa. All that + endless anxiety. So that I can go and give an academic paper. These are the structures in place which continue to undermine non-Western scholars, regardless of which institution they are at.
Üniversitenin girdiğim ilk dersi POLS101di, çıkıp kendi kendime "eğer akademisyenlik İlker Hoca gibi olmaksa ben akademisyen olmak istiyorum sanırım" demiştim. Üstünden neredeyse on yıl geçmiş, bu videoyu izleyip yine aynısını düşündüm.
Kemalizm nedir?
Post Kemalizm ifadesi nasıl ortaya çıktı?
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti yanlış kurulan bir devlet miydi?
Okullarda Atatürk nasıl öğretiliyor?
Aydaki Adam yeni bölümüyle yayında!
@ilker_ayturk
@ilkercanikligil
İlk viblatörün icadı Kleopatra’ya aittir. Rivayete göre kralların kraliçesi arzulu olduğu yaln��z gecelerde içi oyulmuş kabağa kızgın arılar doldurtup hizmetçilerine kendisini tatmin ettiriyordu.
Last night we solved a murder mysteries at
@theUL
, a nice change to have a glass of wine and play games there rather than consuming endless cups of coffee and writing🍷
During the Sixth Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium, the organizers arranged a panel specifically for graduate students. I had the privilege of being invited to share my insights on Byzantine Studies in Turkey, and my experiences both domestically and internationally.
Now that I sat down to write this, I might as well advertise it! Looking forward to talk about shipwrecking in Vienna on May 12th, courtesy of
@dshcs_univie
💕
Arete ve tarafından düzenlenen "Bizans Dünyası ve Kültürü Semineri" 21 Mayıs 2023 Pazar günü çevrimiçi gerçekleştirilecektir. Seminere katılım için ilgili form bağlantısına profilimizdeki linkten ulaşabilirsiniz.
Bizans kaynaklarının neredeyse hiç biri direk alıntılanmamış, hepsi ikincil literatürden alıntı. Başkalarının çalışmalarından 200 kelimelik paragraflarca alıntı var. En basit yazım hataları düzeltilmemiş ve kaynakça hata dolu.
6th International Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium will be held on 22-24 June 2023 at ANAMED, with the theme of “A century of Byzantine Studies in Turkey”.
Kariye 79 yıl aradan sonra cami olarak ibadete açıldı
Kariye, bin yıl kilise, 400 yıl cami, 75 yıl müze olarak ayakta kaldıktan sonra yapılan restorasyonun ardından yeniden cami olarak ibadete açıldı. (Fotoğraflar: Yasin Akgül / AFP)
I did spend the whole winter writing and crying over PhD applications and having a couple of mental breakdowns per week, but I ended up getting into each PhD program I have applied for, so I guess, good news.
As the elections come closer, this twitter account will document whenever something political is associated with Byzantium. Starting with an AI drawing of opposition leaders called out for "wearing Byzantine soldiers uniforms".
@james_ddjm
Hi! Just a few corrections. Bukoleon and Pammakaristos are under excavation to protect these monuments, and Bukoleon can be visited by appointment. Tekfur Sarayı is normally open, if it is closed today, I would say due to elections.
Some of the recent books in Byzantine history have a lot of spelling mistakes in their Turkish quotations. Case issues, confusing "g" with "ğ" or "i" with "ı". There are hundreds of Byzantinists whose native language is Turkish. Maybe authors should kindly ask for spell checks.
In the meantime, we have celebrated another anniversary 💕This is the fourth time we were ever in the same country in the last two years, but somehow it still is the most perfect thing ever. Probably because he sometimes lets me wear his special hat.
Had a great time presenting at the
@oxbyz
Graduate Conference last weekend. I am very happy that many were interested in maritime culture, and now I have an inbox full of new references!
@nonregemesse
Many German archaeologists still excavate in Turkey every year, but they don’t seem to smuggle marble busts in their suitcases. Almost as if what they did in early 20th century was unethical, is now outdated, and perhaps should be corrected🤔
Emma, a PhD student in History and a fellow Newnhamite gifted me a box of pistachio baklava freshly made in Istanbul just yesterday. I have been taking tiny bites, because it feels too familiar and I just don't want it to be gone.
It might be the spring equinox today, but the Kibyrrhaiotic treatise says that the first day of spring is March 25th, which is when the first frosts start, and you can only sail after the third day of this. Not a coincidence that 25th is the Annunciation of the Theotokos.
I am going on a three-day trip, and I am not bringing my laptop. It feels like I'm leaving a limb back home, as that laptop has been on everyday since October. All I have is books, fiction books. What a life!
Surgery recovery is pretty annoying (especially with this new cold I have) but a puppy who tries to lick my tattoos off everytime she gets a chance and a friend celebrating the process (and a Jack who takes care of everything) makes it easier.
Hala daha "Türkiye'de Koç ve Boğaziçi hariç Bizans çalışmaları yapan yok" diyenler olmasına çok üzülüyorum. Sevgi Gönül Sempozyumu yaklaşırken Türkiye'de Bizans çalışmaları konusunda atılmış adımlar ve harcanan emeklere dikkat çeken etkinlikler olması çok güzel.
We have spent the last week on an Academic Field Trip in Hungary. I learned about Medieval Hungary more than I ever needed to, had my all time fave sour cream-onion lángos, and found some Byzantium in Central Europe.
Decided not to apply for a conference today because there aren't any visa application appointments. Academia would have been a very different place for me if I didn't have to deal with this.
Family visiting Cambridge, so I had a reason to go punting for the first time. It was great! Turns out the punter pokes fun at you a lot if you are the only "gown" on the punt.
Next week I will be presenting my paper "And at Dawn They Set Sail: Daily Rhythms of Navigation in the Byzantine Mediterranean" at the
@socmedimedit
conference, in Edinburgh. Very excited to be talking about the winds, the waves, and the sailors!
Central European University gives PhD students full scholarships, yet still asks them to pay a €250 "enrollment fee" every year. Why is this not included in the scholarship package? For a 4 year PhD this is €1000 extra that a student is asked to pay, and it makes no sense.
We're concerned for the wellbeing of university students affected by the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake in Turkey and to ensure that they will receive the university education to rebuild their future, we're raising funds for a bursary. Please share and donate!
So I am packing my bags to leave the library, right? And my friend turns to me and goes "Ahh you are leaving already, it's fine you deserve to take the evening off Zeynep." IT'S BLOODY 9 PM LAUREN, EVENING IS OVER.
I will also be at Leeds
#IMC2024
to chair my panel "Echoes of Chaos: Byzantine Literary Narratives of Crisis" which will have incredible papers from Berke Çetinkaya, John Kee, and Ferhat Sezer Kurtoğlu discussing how Byzantine authors depicted times of crisis!
@IMC_Leeds
@nezir_tuga
@NewnhamLibrary
Merhabalar, burası Cambridge Üniversitesi'nin Newnham Koleji'ndeki Yates Thompson kütüphanesi. 1897 yılında mimar Basil Champneys tarafından yapılmış. Biz buraya "eski kütüphane" diyoruz, çünkü yeni açılmış modern bir kısım da var. Bu fotoğraf şu an oturduğum noktadan.
#IMC2023
is almost here! Interested in Byzantine mobility, seafaring, islands? Don't miss these panels: 1. Moving Byzantium I (Mon, Session 113) - I'll discuss Byzantine sailors' mobility. 2. "No Island is an Island" (Tue, Session 713) for discussions on insularity in Byzantium!
Things are breaking off in Hagia Sophia. I wish I could just remember the first time my grandpa took me there when I was twelve, and not think about anything that happened after that. Preserving that moment as the sole recollection of this magnificent structure.
@kayamerthasan_
Paylaştığınız resim İmparatoriçe Macaristan'lı İrini'nin Ayasofya'daki mozak tasvirinden modellenmiş modern bir illustrasyon, Çiçek'e ait değil.
I think my biggest advice to anyone starting a PhD in the fall would be to read books like "How to Write a Thesis" by Murray, and have a bigger perspective on how the next 3-5 years will look like. The ideas do come with research, but this awareness fades away very quickly.
From now on I will be sending out a newsletter to Bizantolog every week, if you have any events, CFP etc. that you'd like to advertise to a Turkish speaking audience of Byzantinists, please send them to me!
I just said goodbye to Jack and was basically sobbing on the sidewalk when I got an email that a book I had ordered to the library was ready to collect. A very welcomed distraction!