by iris | Aug 23, 2024 | Essays
Daheim an der Donau The Sultans Trail crosses a large part of Southeastern Europe and guarantees an encounter with different cultures, religions, language groups and with an eventful, still living history.That part of Europe has a history of frequent migration of...
by iris | Aug 23, 2024 | Academic interviews
Interview with Jan Pronk While preparing for the symposium ‘Sultans Trail: Close Encounters of East and West’, I speak to Jan Pronk, who will act as chairman of the day on 26 November.He has been asked to do so because of his vast experience with and passion...
by iris | Aug 23, 2024 | Academic interviews
Interview with Natasja Nikolić-Branković “Tourism in the Balkans is increasing, and so is cooperation between countries” End of August 2022, Natasja gave a lecture at the symposium “Sultans Trail: CloseEncounters of East and West” in Haarlem, The Netherlands. It was...
by iris | Aug 23, 2024 | In-depth
Towns along the road from Vienna to Constantinople (1577-1585). Hainburg/Donau staging point on the road to Istanbul, seen from the Slovakian shore. Devin in the foreground. Sketch from the Leiden Sketchbook, 16e century. Collection of Old Manuscripts Somewhere in the...
by iris | Aug 23, 2024 | In-depth
Yerasimos, Stephane (1991) [1] Les Voyageurs dans l’Empire Ottoman (XIVe-XVIe siècles). Bibliographie, Itinéraires et Inventaire des Lieux Habités, some pages in translation[2] ISBN 975-16-0290-4 For his study, Yerasimos collected over 600 travel logs through Ottoman...
