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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Below is the Second Call for Papers for the IAOSEH
Congress (11th International Congress of Economic and Social History of Turkey)
to be held at Bilkent University, Ankara, 17-21 June, 2008. <BR></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4><BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The deadline for the
paper proposals is extended to *Early February, 2008*. You may also look at
Bilkent University Department of History web-page(</FONT><A
href="http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>) for the announcement and other details to be provided in
time.<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4><BR>Best,<BR>Oktay
Ozel<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4><BR>General Secretary of IAOSEH<BR>and
member of the Organizing Committee<BR><BR>SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>11th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF TURKEY<BR><BR>It is our pleasure to announce that the 11th
International Congress of Economic and Social History of Turkey will be held at
Bilkent University, Ankara, on 17-20 June, 2008.<BR>Arrangements for this
meeting are being handled by Halil İnalcık Center for Ottoman Studies (HICOS),
and the Department of History of Bilkent University, under the auspices of
International Association of Ottoman Social and Economic History (IAOSEH)
chaired by Professor Halil İnalcık.<BR><BR>Papers are expected to be on aspects
of the economic and social history of the Ottoman Empire. The Executive
Committee of IAOSEH and the Organizing Committee<BR>urge the submission of
pre-organized panels/sessions and workshops as well as individual
papers.<BR><BR>*Individual papers* will be organized into sections by the
Organizing<BR>Committee. Abstracts for individual papers should not exceed 500
words.**<BR><BR>*Pre-organized panels/sessions* should consist of three papers,
plus an analysis of them by a discussant (or a designated chair) of ten to
fifteen minutes maximum length. The papers should center on a single theme or
question, and the _panel proposal_ should include an abstract (500 words
maximum) for the entire panel explaining its theme and rationale and how the
individual papers contribute to that theme, in addition to an _individual
abstract_ (500 words maximum)* *for each paper. Abstracts should have a focused
statement of thesis and indicate clearly the sources employed (if applicable).
Also welcome are *thematic workshops/roundtables* organized by Chair(s)
around<BR>specific problems or debates in the field. Workshops/roundtables
should consist of short (10-minute) presentations by the panelists/invited
participants (four to six speakers), leaving a longer time for discussion of the
problem or question.* * The _proposal for a workshop_ should specify the problem
or debate being addressed and its significance, as well as a summary of each
panelist's contribution to the discussion. **<BR><BR>The conference languages
are Turkish and English (in exceptional cases French and German are also
acceptable, with a brief summary either in English or in Turkish). **<BR>The
registration fee for the congress is 50 Euro or 85 YTL (Yeni Türk Lirası) which
should be paid to the accounts opened on behalf of IAOSEH under the names of
Halil İbrahim İnalcık and Oktay Özel. This payment should be made to Yapı ve
Kredi Bankası A.Ş., 0641-1 Bilkent-Ankara Branch, account nos: 71505866 (for
YTL), and 71505867 (for EURO). The fees will cover the expenses of refreshments,
lunch and cocktails, inner-city excursions and museum entrance fees. The fees
are due immediately after the final confirmation of applications by the
Executive Committee of IAOSEH. Details about accommodation options (with prices)
will be provided later.<BR><BR>Applicants should supply the provisional paper
titles and abstracts and/or the initial proposals and abstracts for
pre-organized sessions and workshops *by early February*, *2008.* The proposals
will go through a selection process by the Committees, and the applicants will
be notified by late February.<BR><BR>Please submit your proposals to:<BR>Oktay
Ozel,<BR>Department of History, Bilkent University, Bilkent 06800, Ankara,
Turkey.<BR>E-mails: <A
href="mailto:hicos@bilkent.edu.tr">hicos@bilkent.edu.tr</A></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4><BR>oozel@bilkent.edu.tr </FONT><FONT size=4><FONT
face=Garamond><BR>Fax: +90. 312. 290 2820</FONT><FONT face=Garamond>
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