Courses
The schedule may vary, but daily courses typically include:
- 9–11 AM: Ottoman Turkish
- 11:30–12:30 AM: Persian support for Ottoman Turkish
- 2–3 PM: modern Turkish, or, for native speakers of Turkish and those with near-native ability, translation from Ottoman to English
Optional course
Three-week long seminar on Karamanlidhika in the Ottoman Archives
Following the success of Dr Balta’s lectures and seminars during the last two sessions (2010 and 2011) of the Summer School, the Ottoman Studies Foundation is now pleased to announce that the new seminar will be continued in 2012. This expansion of the curriculum was made possible with the generous support of the Turkish Cultural Foundation.
Dr Evangelia Balta is one of the world’s leading experts on karamanlidhika publications and has wide experience in working on and publishing Ottoman defters and other archival documents. Her seminar introduces students to the main issues in the field and focus on research opportunities in the Başbakanlık Arşivi.
In addition to Turkish and Ottoman, familiarity with the Greek alphabet is required for attendance. Karamanlidhika publications were written in the Turkish language but with the Greek alphabet, so an ability to read Turkish in the Greek alphabet is a prerequisite to dealing with archival documents (eg. ruhsatnâmes) regarding these publications.
Depending on the interested students’ level of ability in Persian and Modern Turkish, the seminar runs parallel to the existing courses.
Students who are interested in following this course will be expected to attend all other courses.
Course Credit
Credit is equal to a full year (two-semester) course. Participants who so desire will receive a certificate indicating that they participated in and completed the program. The Intensive Ottoman and Turkish Summer School is affiliated with the Harvard Summer School, but ONLY those who wish or need to obtain official university credit and a transcript from Harvard Summer School need to apply to the Harvard Summer School as well. Visit the Harvard Summer School for application forms.