Over the past few years, Vienna has become one of the most vibrant centres for Ottoman studies outside of Turkey and the successor states – perhaps even the foremost one in Europe today.

At the University of Vienna, the Central European University, and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, more than sixty researchers are currently engaged in projects that span the medieval, early modern, and modern periods. Our collective expertise reaches from philology, history, and theology to environmental and social history, art history, cultural heritage studies, and the digital humanities, to name just a few.

ViHOPE emerges from this environment. It is not a new institution in the traditional sense, but rather a platform that connects existing institutions and individuals, making their cooperation more visible and sustainable.

At the same time, ViHOPE has a symbolic dimension. Vienna’s relationship to the Ottoman world is deeply embedded in the city’s history and collective memory.


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04.06.2026 09:00
 

Mecmuas in the Ottoman World

05.06.2026 09:00
 

Mecmuas in the Ottoman World

05.06.2026 09:30
 

An Empire of Petitions. How Muslims Appealed to the Russian State

 

06.06.2026
 

Mecmuas in the Ottoman World

07.06.2026 19:00
 

The Archives of Islam in the Russian Empire (16th - early 20th Centuries)

08.06.2026 09:20
 

The Archives of Islam in the Russian Empire (16th - early 20th Centuries)

09.06.2026 09:20
 

The Archives of Islam in the Russian Empire (16th - early 20th Centuries)

10.06.2026 09:20
 

The Archives of Islam in the Russian Empire (16th - early 20th Centuries)

10.06.2026 17:30
 

Critique, Discontent and Protest: Political Advice from Military Encampments, Mosques and Public Squares in the Ottoman Empire during the Seventeenth...

11.06.2026 09:20
 

The Archives of Islam in the Russian Empire (16th - early 20th Centuries)

11.06.2026 09:30
 

Accounting for Debt: A Hands-on Workshop on Power, Wealth, and Death in the Ottoman Empire (1700–1830)

11.06.2026 18:00
 

Order of Debt: Power, Wealth, and Death in the Ottoman Empire, 1700–1830

 

12.06.2026 09:20
 

The Archives of Islam in the Russian Empire (16th - early 20th Centuries)

18.06.2026 15:00
 

5th Colloquium on Ottoman Literature

18.06.2026
 

Look forward to project presentations, discussions, and snacks

25.06.2026 09:00
 

Conference

Austrian Consuls and Consulates in the United States and Around the World

26.06.2026 09:00
 

Conference

Austrian Consuls and Consulates in the United States and Around the World

29.06.2026 18:00
 

Architektur einer Austro-islamischen Kaderschmiede: Die Scheriatsrichterschule in Sarajevo (1886–1889)

An initiative developed in collaboration with colleagues from