British Institute at Ankara
@thebiaankara.bsky.social
Internationally renowned for conducting world-class research and collaborations in #Türkiye and #BlackSea region in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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"Masculinities, Mobility, and the Making of Place" with Janine Su
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
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"Masculinities, Mobility, and the Making of Place" with Janine Su
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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"Masculinities, Mobility, and the Making of Place" with Janine Su
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
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"Masculinities, Mobility, and the Making of Place" with Janine Su
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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From Seeds to Civilisations: Andrew Fairbairn on Early Farming and Archaeobotany in Türkiye
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From Seeds to Civilisations: Andrew Fairbairn on Early Farming and Archaeobotany in Türkiye
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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From Seeds to Civilisations: Andrew Fairbairn on Early Farming and Archaeobotany in Türkiye
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From Seeds to Civilisations: Andrew Fairbairn on Early Farming and Archaeobotany in Türkiye
🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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From Seeds to Civilisations: Andrew Fairbairn on Early Farming and Archaeobotany in Türkiye
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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From Seeds to Civilisations: Andrew Fairbairn on Early Farming and Archaeobotany in Türkiye
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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From Seeds to Civilisations: Andrew Fairbairn on Early Farming and Archaeobotany in Türkiye
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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From Seeds to Civilisations: Andrew Fairbairn on Early Farming and Archaeobotany in Türkiye
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
📆 BIAA ANKARA LECTURE
The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures
Hybrid Event
🗣 Dr C. Ceyhun Arslan (Koç University)
📆Thursday, 13 November 2025
⏰17:30 - 19:00 (Ankara UTC+3)
📍BIAA, Atatürk Bulvarı 154/1 / Zoom
ℹ️ REGISTER at biaa.ac.uk/events/the-o...
The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures
Hybrid Event
🗣 Dr C. Ceyhun Arslan (Koç University)
📆Thursday, 13 November 2025
⏰17:30 - 19:00 (Ankara UTC+3)
📍BIAA, Atatürk Bulvarı 154/1 / Zoom
ℹ️ REGISTER at biaa.ac.uk/events/the-o...
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📆 BIAA ANKARA LECTURE
The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures
Hybrid Event
🗣 Dr C. Ceyhun Arslan (Koç University)
📆Thursday, 13 November 2025
⏰17:30 - 19:00 (Ankara UTC+3)
📍BIAA, Atatürk Bulvarı 154/1 / Zoom
ℹ️ REGISTER at biaa.ac.uk/events/the-o...
The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures
Hybrid Event
🗣 Dr C. Ceyhun Arslan (Koç University)
📆Thursday, 13 November 2025
⏰17:30 - 19:00 (Ankara UTC+3)
📍BIAA, Atatürk Bulvarı 154/1 / Zoom
ℹ️ REGISTER at biaa.ac.uk/events/the-o...
🔔NEWS FROM PROJECTS
📌Workshops on Researching, Writing, and Publishing about Gender, Culture, and Society kick off!
Read the full article at biaa.ac.uk/workshops-on...
📌Workshops on Researching, Writing, and Publishing about Gender, Culture, and Society kick off!
Read the full article at biaa.ac.uk/workshops-on...
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔔NEWS FROM PROJECTS
📌Workshops on Researching, Writing, and Publishing about Gender, Culture, and Society kick off!
Read the full article at biaa.ac.uk/workshops-on...
📌Workshops on Researching, Writing, and Publishing about Gender, Culture, and Society kick off!
Read the full article at biaa.ac.uk/workshops-on...
📆 BIAA ANKARA LECTURE: The Intersection of Time, Space, and Heritage: Understanding and Managing Historic Rural Landscapes in AnkaraHybrid event
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/the-i...
#CulturalHeritage #rurallandscape #historiccity #Ankara #BIAA
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/the-i...
#CulturalHeritage #rurallandscape #historiccity #Ankara #BIAA
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📆 BIAA ANKARA LECTURE: The Intersection of Time, Space, and Heritage: Understanding and Managing Historic Rural Landscapes in AnkaraHybrid event
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/the-i...
#CulturalHeritage #rurallandscape #historiccity #Ankara #BIAA
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/the-i...
#CulturalHeritage #rurallandscape #historiccity #Ankara #BIAA
🎉Staff and students from Durham University Dept of Archaeology and BIAA met up at The British Academy on Monday 27th October during the #UniversityArchaeologyDay.
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎉Staff and students from Durham University Dept of Archaeology and BIAA met up at The British Academy on Monday 27th October during the #UniversityArchaeologyDay.
🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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“Cultural Extimacy”: Reframing Turkish–Greek Relations with Dr Leonidas Karakatsanis
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
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“Cultural Extimacy”: Reframing Turkish–Greek Relations with Dr Leonidas Karakatsanis
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
October 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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“Cultural Extimacy”: Reframing Turkish–Greek Relations with Dr Leonidas Karakatsanis
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
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“Cultural Extimacy”: Reframing Turkish–Greek Relations with Dr Leonidas Karakatsanis
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
🎨 Meet Gizem, one of the BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows of the Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions Project.
🌐 biaa.ac.uk/about/people...
🌐 biaa.ac.uk/about/people...
October 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🎨 Meet Gizem, one of the BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows of the Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions Project.
🌐 biaa.ac.uk/about/people...
🌐 biaa.ac.uk/about/people...
📆 BIAA ANKARA LECTURE: Canals and colonialism: Trans-Palestinian waterways from the Ottoman era to social media
Hybrid event
🗣 Sarah Irving (University of Staffordshire)
📆Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/canal...
Hybrid event
🗣 Sarah Irving (University of Staffordshire)
📆Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/canal...
October 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📆 BIAA ANKARA LECTURE: Canals and colonialism: Trans-Palestinian waterways from the Ottoman era to social media
Hybrid event
🗣 Sarah Irving (University of Staffordshire)
📆Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/canal...
Hybrid event
🗣 Sarah Irving (University of Staffordshire)
📆Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/canal...
🎉 Meet Mehmet, one of the new BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows of the Ottoman Mobilities & Interactions Project.
🌐https://biaa.ac.uk/about/people/mehmet-dogar/
🌐https://biaa.ac.uk/about/people/mehmet-dogar/
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🎉 Meet Mehmet, one of the new BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows of the Ottoman Mobilities & Interactions Project.
🌐https://biaa.ac.uk/about/people/mehmet-dogar/
🌐https://biaa.ac.uk/about/people/mehmet-dogar/
🎉 Meet Aytek, one of the new BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows of the Ottoman Mobilities & Interactions Project.
Aytek, cross-appointed with the British School at Athens, will focus on the Ottoman refugee politics and the global emergence of modern population management.
Aytek, cross-appointed with the British School at Athens, will focus on the Ottoman refugee politics and the global emergence of modern population management.
October 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🎉 Meet Aytek, one of the new BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows of the Ottoman Mobilities & Interactions Project.
Aytek, cross-appointed with the British School at Athens, will focus on the Ottoman refugee politics and the global emergence of modern population management.
Aytek, cross-appointed with the British School at Athens, will focus on the Ottoman refugee politics and the global emergence of modern population management.
🚨 Are you a UK Higher Education Institution-affiliated researcher working within the humanities and social sciences and planning a project in Türkiye and/or the Black Sea region next year?
If so, join us for a webinar on how the BIAA can support your research: biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...
If so, join us for a webinar on how the BIAA can support your research: biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨 Are you a UK Higher Education Institution-affiliated researcher working within the humanities and social sciences and planning a project in Türkiye and/or the Black Sea region next year?
If so, join us for a webinar on how the BIAA can support your research: biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...
If so, join us for a webinar on how the BIAA can support your research: biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...
📚 Meet Emrah Dinç, Library and Archive Assistant 👋
Become a member and you can enjoy the many collections of the Institute:
📸 Photographic Collection
📜 Squeeze Collection
🫎 Animal Bone Reference Collection
🌿 Botanical Reference Collection
and many more...
Further details at biaa.ac.uk/library/
Become a member and you can enjoy the many collections of the Institute:
📸 Photographic Collection
📜 Squeeze Collection
🫎 Animal Bone Reference Collection
🌿 Botanical Reference Collection
and many more...
Further details at biaa.ac.uk/library/
September 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📚 Meet Emrah Dinç, Library and Archive Assistant 👋
Become a member and you can enjoy the many collections of the Institute:
📸 Photographic Collection
📜 Squeeze Collection
🫎 Animal Bone Reference Collection
🌿 Botanical Reference Collection
and many more...
Further details at biaa.ac.uk/library/
Become a member and you can enjoy the many collections of the Institute:
📸 Photographic Collection
📜 Squeeze Collection
🫎 Animal Bone Reference Collection
🌿 Botanical Reference Collection
and many more...
Further details at biaa.ac.uk/library/
📆 BIAA LONDON LECTURE: An Arabesk Tryptych
Hybrid event
🗣 Prof Martin Stokes (King's College London)
📆Friday, 5th December 2025
⏰18:30 - 20 (London GMT)
📍Society of Antiquaries of London, London / Zoom
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/an-ar...
Hybrid event
🗣 Prof Martin Stokes (King's College London)
📆Friday, 5th December 2025
⏰18:30 - 20 (London GMT)
📍Society of Antiquaries of London, London / Zoom
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/an-ar...
September 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
📆 BIAA LONDON LECTURE: An Arabesk Tryptych
Hybrid event
🗣 Prof Martin Stokes (King's College London)
📆Friday, 5th December 2025
⏰18:30 - 20 (London GMT)
📍Society of Antiquaries of London, London / Zoom
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/an-ar...
Hybrid event
🗣 Prof Martin Stokes (King's College London)
📆Friday, 5th December 2025
⏰18:30 - 20 (London GMT)
📍Society of Antiquaries of London, London / Zoom
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/an-ar...
🚨 The BIAA Digital Repository Office is excited to share a glimpse into the past from the ‘Lost Villages of the Upper Euphrates (Türkiye)’ collection!
🗞 Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/lost-village...
📸 (1968-1980) Digitised by The BIAA and @uclalibrary.bsky.social Digital Collections
🗞 Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/lost-village...
📸 (1968-1980) Digitised by The BIAA and @uclalibrary.bsky.social Digital Collections
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨 The BIAA Digital Repository Office is excited to share a glimpse into the past from the ‘Lost Villages of the Upper Euphrates (Türkiye)’ collection!
🗞 Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/lost-village...
📸 (1968-1980) Digitised by The BIAA and @uclalibrary.bsky.social Digital Collections
🗞 Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/lost-village...
📸 (1968-1980) Digitised by The BIAA and @uclalibrary.bsky.social Digital Collections
🎧 The first episode of Season 2 of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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Bringing the Past to the Public: A conversation with Bettany Hughes
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
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Bringing the Past to the Public: A conversation with Bettany Hughes
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
September 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🎧 The first episode of Season 2 of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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Bringing the Past to the Public: A conversation with Bettany Hughes
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
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Bringing the Past to the Public: A conversation with Bettany Hughes
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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Turkish subtitles available.
📆WORKSHOP: Res Sacra in Byzantium: Definitions, Identifications, Interpretations
In-person event
💭 Organised by Dr Elif Neyzi (BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow)
📆 Friday, 26th September 2025 - Ankara
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/works...
In-person event
💭 Organised by Dr Elif Neyzi (BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow)
📆 Friday, 26th September 2025 - Ankara
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/works...
September 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📆WORKSHOP: Res Sacra in Byzantium: Definitions, Identifications, Interpretations
In-person event
💭 Organised by Dr Elif Neyzi (BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow)
📆 Friday, 26th September 2025 - Ankara
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/works...
In-person event
💭 Organised by Dr Elif Neyzi (BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow)
📆 Friday, 26th September 2025 - Ankara
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/works...
👋🏽 Meet Dr Batuhan Özdemir, newly appointed BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow 2025-26
Batu, who got their PhD from Durham University, will focus on "The British Empire and its ‘National Museum’: Charles Fellows’s Lycian Expeditions and Imperial Collecting in the 1840s."
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/biaa-bilkent...
Batu, who got their PhD from Durham University, will focus on "The British Empire and its ‘National Museum’: Charles Fellows’s Lycian Expeditions and Imperial Collecting in the 1840s."
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/biaa-bilkent...
September 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
👋🏽 Meet Dr Batuhan Özdemir, newly appointed BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow 2025-26
Batu, who got their PhD from Durham University, will focus on "The British Empire and its ‘National Museum’: Charles Fellows’s Lycian Expeditions and Imperial Collecting in the 1840s."
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/biaa-bilkent...
Batu, who got their PhD from Durham University, will focus on "The British Empire and its ‘National Museum’: Charles Fellows’s Lycian Expeditions and Imperial Collecting in the 1840s."
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/biaa-bilkent...
📬 BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows Appointed
The British International Research Institutes (BIRI) are pleased to announce the appointment of four postdoctoral research fellows within the project 'Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions.'
🔴Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/ottoman-mobi...
The British International Research Institutes (BIRI) are pleased to announce the appointment of four postdoctoral research fellows within the project 'Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions.'
🔴Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/ottoman-mobi...
September 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📬 BIRI Postdoctoral Fellows Appointed
The British International Research Institutes (BIRI) are pleased to announce the appointment of four postdoctoral research fellows within the project 'Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions.'
🔴Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/ottoman-mobi...
The British International Research Institutes (BIRI) are pleased to announce the appointment of four postdoctoral research fellows within the project 'Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions.'
🔴Read the news at biaa.ac.uk/ottoman-mobi...
🚨📢 GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
The BIAA is pleased to offer a number of different funding opportunities, grants and awards to support academics at all stages of their career.
Find out more: biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor...
⏰ Deadline: November 2, 2025
The BIAA is pleased to offer a number of different funding opportunities, grants and awards to support academics at all stages of their career.
Find out more: biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor...
⏰ Deadline: November 2, 2025
September 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨📢 GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
The BIAA is pleased to offer a number of different funding opportunities, grants and awards to support academics at all stages of their career.
Find out more: biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor...
⏰ Deadline: November 2, 2025
The BIAA is pleased to offer a number of different funding opportunities, grants and awards to support academics at all stages of their career.
Find out more: biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor...
⏰ Deadline: November 2, 2025
🎉 Meet Sean, the BIAA Librarian!
Sean joined the Institute at the beginning of this month, and they're ready to help you dive into our collections, support your research, and make the library a welcoming space for all 📚✨
Become a member at biaa.ac.uk/support-us/j...
Sean joined the Institute at the beginning of this month, and they're ready to help you dive into our collections, support your research, and make the library a welcoming space for all 📚✨
Become a member at biaa.ac.uk/support-us/j...
September 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🎉 Meet Sean, the BIAA Librarian!
Sean joined the Institute at the beginning of this month, and they're ready to help you dive into our collections, support your research, and make the library a welcoming space for all 📚✨
Become a member at biaa.ac.uk/support-us/j...
Sean joined the Institute at the beginning of this month, and they're ready to help you dive into our collections, support your research, and make the library a welcoming space for all 📚✨
Become a member at biaa.ac.uk/support-us/j...
🚨 NEW PUBLICATIONS!
We're excited to announce the publication of two Volumes:
1⃣ Routes and Roads in Anatolia from Prehistory to Seljuk Times
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
2⃣ Anatolian Studies, Volume 75 (2025)
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
We're excited to announce the publication of two Volumes:
1⃣ Routes and Roads in Anatolia from Prehistory to Seljuk Times
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
2⃣ Anatolian Studies, Volume 75 (2025)
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
September 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATIONS!
We're excited to announce the publication of two Volumes:
1⃣ Routes and Roads in Anatolia from Prehistory to Seljuk Times
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
2⃣ Anatolian Studies, Volume 75 (2025)
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
We're excited to announce the publication of two Volumes:
1⃣ Routes and Roads in Anatolia from Prehistory to Seljuk Times
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
2⃣ Anatolian Studies, Volume 75 (2025)
ℹ biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
🚨 BIAA-led Workshops on Researching, Writing, and Publishing on Gender, Culture, and Society🚨
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@martynweeds.bsky.social, #BIAA Director of Development, Communications and Operations, will be one of the tutors of the workshops.
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Apply by September 13 at biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...
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@martynweeds.bsky.social, #BIAA Director of Development, Communications and Operations, will be one of the tutors of the workshops.
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Apply by September 13 at biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...
September 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🚨 BIAA-led Workshops on Researching, Writing, and Publishing on Gender, Culture, and Society🚨
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@martynweeds.bsky.social, #BIAA Director of Development, Communications and Operations, will be one of the tutors of the workshops.
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Apply by September 13 at biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...
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@martynweeds.bsky.social, #BIAA Director of Development, Communications and Operations, will be one of the tutors of the workshops.
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Apply by September 13 at biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...
📆 BIAA LONDON LECTURE: Adrift in Time: Istanbul’s Theodosian Land Walls in the Urban Fabric of the Modern Megacity
🗣 Alexander Christie-Miller (Journalist and Writer)
📆Friday, 7th November 2025
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/adrif...
🗣 Alexander Christie-Miller (Journalist and Writer)
📆Friday, 7th November 2025
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/adrif...
September 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📆 BIAA LONDON LECTURE: Adrift in Time: Istanbul’s Theodosian Land Walls in the Urban Fabric of the Modern Megacity
🗣 Alexander Christie-Miller (Journalist and Writer)
📆Friday, 7th November 2025
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/adrif...
🗣 Alexander Christie-Miller (Journalist and Writer)
📆Friday, 7th November 2025
ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/adrif...