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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Talk this Monday at 5 for those in Vienna: Carol Fan will be talking about perceptions of China in Khata’i’s 'Account of China' and discussing what this means for understanding Ottoman use and idealisations of China in political life. See you there! #Ottoman #China #History #IranianStudies

Poster for a talk on Ali Akbar Khata'i's Book of China and the use of Chinese Qanun as a model for Ottoman political reform, by Carol Fan. 22 June, 5pm, Austrian Academy of Sciences Room 6, 4th Floor, Georg Coch Platz 2.

This talk takes as its point of departure a new English translation of Khata’i’s Account of China (trans., ed. Kaveh Hemmat et al., forthcoming), a text that has long attracted scholarly attention but remains insufficiently understood in terms of its textual history and intellectual context. After briefly introducing the work, its author, and the trajectory of previous research, I interpret the text based on the new translation project, which allows for a more nuanced reading of its content and structure. It covers the following interpretive issues: 1) the text’s tendency to portray China in highly idealized terms with a striking emphasis on law, order, and governance. These features invite reconsideration of the purposes such a portrayal may have served. 2) evidence to support the author’s intentional idealization of “China’s way” upon establishing that an Ottoman Turkish translation of the text was Khatay’s own and analyzing its content that does not exist in other versions 3) By bringing together textual analysis, translation studies, and institutional and intellectual history, this paper argues for a more integrated approach to the study of Sino-Islamic connections.

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

❄️🐻‍❄️ Finally some positive news from Hungary. As record cold and snow hit Central Europe, polar bear cubs at Nyíregyháza Zoo are seeing real snow for the very first time in their lives. (Video by the zoo.)

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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Everyday writings, often following no fixed plan, are likely to account for the majority of all handwritten production in human history. The new volume of Studies in Manuscript Cultures explores how the practice of taking notes shapes written artefacts and vice versa. Open access! uhh.de/csmc-notes

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Accumulating Notes

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Márton Vér @acbars.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

This probably counts as shameless self-advertisement, but here is an interview about my ERC project.

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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

We’re celebrating a milestone today: 50 volumes of ‘Studies in Manuscript Cultures’! Join us for a look back at the series’ history and a glimpse into the newest volumes: uhh.de/csmc-smc-jub... Hybrid event, all welcome! Almost all volumes are open access – plenty to read for the holiday season!

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

11. The history discipline venerates the single authored work too much and often discourages collaboration

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Glad my graduate alma mater cut 60 degree programs in subjects that require people to think so that they could offer this. Looking forward to living in a world full of Prompt Engineers.

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ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠡ ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ / Münkhnaran Bayarlkhagva @morientalist.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Apparently National Taiwan Museum is having a exhibit called "Kublai Khan and His Era" through October 12. #MongolSky

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Márton Vér @acbars.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

2026 will mark the fourth consecutive year that the study of Mongol Eurasia has been presented in separate panels at @imc-leeds.bsky.social. Here is the call for papers. Spread the word and come along! #mongolsky #tengri #medievalsky www.academia.edu/143008741/Ca...

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the Jackmeister: Mongol History @jackmeistermongols.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The Digitales Turfan Archiv, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademische der Wissenschaften, has digistised collections of the various materials found in Turfan, including Mongolian and Uyghur materials of the Mongol Empire. #Mongolsky #tengri #mongolempire

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

📢 The latest 'Document of the Month' is available now at invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk. Mateen Arghandehpour writes on a land sale deed in Old Uyghur. 🔍 Find this - and nearly 300 new #documents - in the third release on www.invisible-east.org! #digitalhumanities #olduyghur #medievalsky #skystorians

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Gulsen Kilci @gulsenk.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Hâte d'y être !

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Alexis Lycas @lxslcs.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Should be out this coming Spring: Documents géographiques de Dunhuang. Guides et traités illustrés, topographies et recueils du Moyen Âge chinois. Paris: Collège de France, 2005

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Yael Rice @yaelrice.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

So this is really cool: a stamp impression from the library of the Ilkhanid vizier Rashid al-Din (d. 1318). It reads “pious endowment [waqf] of the Rashidiyya library,” & it may have been inspired by Chinese prints/stamps. Stamped waqf notices are totally unheard of for this time!

Detail from an Arabic-language manuscript showing a waqf stamp impression from the library of Rashid al-Din

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The fabulous, if, yes, somewhat idiosyncratic, 1979 Hungarian movie poster for “Star Wars: A New Hope”, by András Felvidéki.

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the Jackmeister: Mongol History @jackmeistermongols.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I gave the @fallofcivspod.bsky.social some assistance on this project. It's an impressive six hours long overview of the Mongol Empire; I am excited to see how he brought it all together and recommend you check it out as well! youtu.be/YyqS9V7yHQA?...

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19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe

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Simon Berger @chakarchinggis.eurosky.social · 18/11/2024

I just created a feed for all posts tagged with these two hashtags. It also responds to #mongolempire and #innerasia. Feel free to suggest other (more convenient?) ones. It is, of course, still quite empty for now, but with time and your participation, it may grow. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Márton Vér @acbars.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Simon started to organise our tümen!

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