News from the BIAA

Call for Papers for the “Travellers in Ottoman Lands” Seminar, 21–24 April 2027, Thessaloniki, Greece

2026-2027 BIAA-Bilkent Joint Research Fellow Appointed

“Grano Turco”: A Grain, a Name, and the Networks of Trade in 1895 Istanbul

Sketching Life in Pera: The Selah Caricatures

The Library’s First Exhibition: “Portraits of Historical Türkiye”

Dr Işılay Gürsu Releases New Volume: “Public Dialogues in Archaeology”

Pisidia Heritage Trail with the BIAA

British Institute at Ankara Hosts “Philosophy in the Roman Period” Workshop

Call for Papers for the “Bioarchaeology in Türkiye” Conference, 18-20 March 2027, Ankara, Türkiye

Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions Symposium Successfully Completed

Supporting the Next Generation of Scholars: The BIAA Internship and Volunteering Programme

Interview with Olivia Arkley – 2025 BIAA Doughty-Wylie Scholarship Recipient

Building Academic Confidence: A Recap of the Gender, Culture and Society Workshop Series

New results published in 2 papers in Nature identify very early dogs, discovered on University of Liverpool/BIAA excavations in central Anatolia (Türkiye)

BIAA Masters Dissertation Prize 2025

BIAA Reference Collections in Action: Supporting Research at Türkmen-Karahöyük

Community Engagement within the “Lost Villages of the Upper Euphrates: A Digital Archive” Project

The BIAA Welcomes Researchers from the “Resimli Türkiye Florası”(Illustrated Flora of Türkiye) Project

Pisidia Heritage Trail with the BIAA

British Institute at Ankara Hosts “Rewriting World Archaeology: Middle East” Workshop

Call for Papers for the “Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions” Symposium, 13-14 April 2026 Istanbul, Türkiye

The “Researching, Writing and Publishing on Gender, Culture and Society” Project Kicks Off

“Lost Villages of the Upper Euphrates” Digitisation Project: Photo Batches I & II Now Online

‘Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions’ Postdoctoral Fellows Appointed!

BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow Appointed

BIAA Tille Höyük Archive and Collections at the Core of the Spool-LAB Project

Ongoing Maintenance Work along the Pisidia Heritage Trail

Interview with Eloise Jones – 2024 BIAA Doughty-Wylie Scholarship Recipient

‘Women Transcending Boundaries’ Project: a StoryMap

Call for Participants – Researching, Writing and Publishing on Gender, Culture and Society: Upskilling Early Career Researchers in Türkiye

“Travellers in Ottoman Lands” Seminar

Interview with İrem Nogay – 2024 BIAA David French Scholarship Recipient

New Academic Editors Appointed for Anatolian Studies

“Rewriting World Archaeology: Middle East.” Call for Applications open!

BIAA-led ‘Water in Istanbul: Rising to the Challenge?’ project features in BBC article

BIAA Masters Dissertation Prize 2024

A Student’s Experience Volunteering at the BIAA

Message of Condolence for Charles Burney

Pisidia Heritage Trail with the BIAA

New BIAA-Bilkent University Joint Fellowship Established

Call for Papers: Archaeo-Informatics 2024 “Use and Challenges of AI in Archaeology”

New Excavation to Launch at Türkmen-Karahöyük

Plural Heritages and Communities: A Workshop on Theory, Politics, and Practice of Community Co-production

BIAA Masters Dissertation Prize 2023

Pisidia Heritage Trail with the BIAA

Safeguarding and Rescuing Archaeological Assets Online Course now available via Open Access 

Message of Condolence for Prof Stephen Mitchell FBA

In memory of Professor David Hawkins FBA

Rainwater Harvesting Training Program for Municipalities/ Belediyeler için Yağmur Suyu Yönetimi Eğitim Programı

Lost Villages of the Upper Euphrates: A Digital Archive

Farewell to Assistant Director Dr Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal

Exploring the legacy of Jalal al-Din Rumi at the BIAA

Call for Papers – Sustainable Water Management: Learning from the Past to Inform the Future

Launch of the BIAA Digital Repository

BIAA-funded Opportunities for Scholars from Türkiye and the Black Sea Region

Inaugural BIAA Masters Dissertation Prize

Support for the victims of the 6 February 2023 earthquakes

Statement of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism regarding the 6 February Earthquake

75 Years of the British Institute at Ankara

Pisidia Heritage Trail Tour

Connecting Archives, Connecting People

Library reopening and new acquisitions

BIAA Masters Dissertation Prize Fund Appeal

Interview with Sir David Logan in the Journal of Anglo-Turkish Relations

SARAA Film Showcasing the Best Practices in Cultural Heritage Protection

‘Rainwater Harvesting as an Alternative Water Source’ workshop takes place in Istanbul

Safeguarding and Rescuing Archaeological Assets (SARAA) Project Training Workshop in Lebanon

In memory of Gina Coulthard

Greece, Turkey and the Past and Present of Forced Migrations

BIAA Director Dr Lutgarde Vandeput Receives Honorary MBE for Services to UK/Turkey Cultural Relations

‘Water in Istanbul: Rising to the Challenge?’ Project Workshop: Water Storage and Rainwater Harvesting

BIAA-led Safeguarding And Rescuing Archaeological Assets (SARAA) Project funded by the Cultural Protection Fund

Digitalising Turkey’s Botanical Heritage with Imagining Futures

BIAA-led ‘Water in Istanbul: Rising to the Challenge?’ Project Awarded Knowledge Frontiers Funding

BIAA Projects Help Reveal Diverse Stone Age Traditions of Kinship through Ancient DNA

Interview with Shahina Farid: Insights into Turkish Archaeology