Early Modern Ottoman Studies (EMOS) – Conference III

Call for Papers:

Date: 4-6 September 2025
Host Institutions & Location:
İstanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye

The Early Modern Ottoman Studies (EMOS) conference of the Historians Association (Tarihçiler Derneği) is back and ready for the year 2025! The EMOS inaugural conference in Ankara in 2023 was very successful in bringing together a wide range of participants sharing a keen interest on the affairs and problems of the early modern Ottoman Empire with the joint effort of Hacettepe University and the Middle East Technical University. This extensive assembly of scholars of the early modern history of the Ottoman Empire was followed by two thematic events in the following year: EMOS-II: Institutions, Networks, and Economic Change in the Early Modern Ottoman World, hosted by the Sabancı University, İstanbul and a workshop entitled Networks in the Ottoman World (1400-1900), organized by the History Department of Central European University, Vienna.

We are now pleased to announce that it is time for İstanbul University to step forward to embrace again a broader group of historians, researchers, and scholars (with a PhD degree or having already started with their doctoral research) specialized in the political, diplomatic, social, economic, cultural, military, etc. intricacies of Ottoman early modernity. Panels with a distinctive topic intending to share the latest findings of a particular field of study by small group of contributors are also encouraged. The EMOS-III conference will be organized in İstanbul, Türkiye on September 4 to September 6, 2025, by the İstanbul University (Tarih Araştırma Merkezi) in collaboration with the Historians Association.

Conference Fee:
$ 80 / € 80 or its equivalent in . Students may apply for a reduced fee of $ 50 / € 50.
For those who are already a member of the Tarihçiler Derneği: $ 50 / € 50 or its equivalent in ₺, and $ 25 / € 25 for students with a membership.

Deadline for proposal submissions:
Deadline for individual paper proposals: 1 April 2025, in English or Turkish, max. 300 words for individual papers.
Deadline for panel proposals: 15 April 2025, in English or Turkish, max. 500 words for the panel proposal and 250 words for panel papers.

Notification for invited papers: 15 May 2025
Registration and proposal submission link: https://historiansnet.com/registration/
Language of presentations: English and Turkish
Contact e-mail: emosmeeting2025@gmail.com

Note: Participants attending the conference from those countries whose citizens require an entry visa for Türkiye are kindly asked to send the organizers a copy of their passport/travel documents in case an official invitation for visa applications is needed.