The Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies at Indiana University

01/29/2021

Today we mark the fourth anniversary of the passing of Professor Elliot Sperling, one of the world's leading Tibetologists.

01/07/2021

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The Department of Central Eurasian Studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mongolian Studies focusing on any period from 1200 AD to the present. The appointment for the 2021-22 academic year be...

01/04/2021

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The Department of Central Eurasian Studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington seeks an Assistant Professor of Tibetan Studies focusing on any period from 1200 AD to the present. The appointment begins August 1, 2021. Applicants should b...

11/07/2017

We're delighted and extremely excited to announce that İsenbike Togan, from Boğaziçi University (via Middle East Technical University ✊🏽), will deliver the 2017 Bregel Lecture on Monday, November 13.

The Bregel Lecture series honors the late Indiana University Emeritus Professor Yuri Bregel (1925-2016) and his many contributions to the study of Central and Inner Asian history and historiography. The lecture series was launched in 2006 and has hosted many celebrated speakers.

Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center Islamic Studies Program at Indiana University

04/23/2017

h/t: Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center

Interview with SRIFIAS Graduate Assistant, Aybike Şeyma Tezel

When the IAUNRC invited me to write something about the SRIFIAS library for their newsletter, I realized that this place has become one of those things in my life that I can write and talk about for days if only I could decide where to start! I was a visiting graduate student at the Center for Resea...

04/18/2017

The last student lecture of the Iranian Studies workshop series is on April, 20th at 11.30 am! Don't miss Pouyan Shahidi's very interesting talk "Scientific Instruments as Tools for the Transmission of Knowledge: The Case of a 15th Century Treatise on the Operation of the Musartan Astrolabe!"

The last meeting of the Iranian Studies workshop for this academic year will be April 20th at 11:30am. Pouyan Shahidi Marnani (NELC & Islamic Studies) will deliver a very interesting lecture, and Prof. Walbridge will be his discussant.

04/18/2017

Such a great opportunity for those who are interested in learning Tatar: "Let's Talk About Learning the Tatar Language in Tatar," April, 20th, 12:30 - 2:00 pm, in GA 3134

04/10/2017

CEUS alumnus, Professor Halim Kara, is giving this very interesting talk tomorrow, 4 pm! Mark your calendars!

"Writing the “Turkic World”: Modern Literary Historiography in Turkey," Halim Kara (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey & Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago)
Tue, Apr 11, 4:00 pm
GISB 3067

03/24/2017

Ulan Bigozhin responding to Allen J. Frank's talk "Shah-i Ahmad as-Sabawi and His Descendants: A Tatar Khoja Dynasty in Kazakhstan."

Stop by the IMU Dogwood Room for the Islamic Studies 'Authority in Muslim Eurasia Workshop' today and tomorrow!

03/20/2017

Islamic Studies Program at Indiana University workshop on "Authority in Islam: Dialectics of Fragmentation & Plurality in Muslim Eurasia" is on March 24th & 25th. See the workshop program to find out more!

https://authorityinislamblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/program2.pdf