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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>CALL FOR PAPERS<BR><BR>The Problem of Sources in
[Turkish] Women's Memory from the Ottoman Era to the Present<BR><BR>20th
Anniversary Symposium of the Women's Library and Information Centre
Foundation<BR><BR>From 17-19 April 2009, as part of our 20th anniversary
celebrations, the Women's Library and Information Centre [WLIC] will be holding
an international symposium on "The Problem of Source in Women's Memory from the
Ottoman Era to the Present."<BR><BR>The symposium will offer, we believe, the
broadest examination to date on "sources in women's studies and women's
history." Our aim is to create a setting in which a broad range of international
women researchers and women historians can come together and share their
research findings.<BR><BR>We are addressing the issue of sources because in
Turkey, as in many other parts of the world, women researchers and women
historians find these sources at their disposal rarely include gender-based
classifications. We hope that this symposium will provide an opportunity to
share experiences about problems tackled and solved (or not, as the case may be)
in using these sources. In addition, we plan to develop a common gender-based
policy on the problem of sources in women's memory and publish it at the end of
the symposium in order to facilitate the development of a new policy by relevant
organizations and institutions.<BR><BR>Through this symposium, we aim to raise
and discuss a wide range of issues including, but not limited to, the policies
of official state institutions concerning documents on issues relating to women,
the evaluation of documents on women's issues from a gender perspective, the
process of preparing a national catalogue on women's documents, as seen in a
number of other countries, the problem of awareness in the conservation of these
sources, the destruction or deletion of sources for political or other special
reasons. During the symposium we expect to learn of new and enlightening
approaches, and we hope that our discussions, and the resolutions at the end of
the symposium, will provide guidance and leadership to official and private
institutions on their handling of documents and archives relating to women's
studies and women's history.<BR><BR>Possible subjects for discussion at the
symposium<BR><BR>ß Policies of official and private organizations and
institutions on archiving documents related to women (libraries and archive
centers specialized on historical archives, as the Ottoman Archive Center; the
Republic Archive Center; the National Library; the Ministry of Tourism and
Culture; the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA); the
Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM) etc),<BR>ß Evaluating documents by or about
women from a gender perspective,<BR>ß The use of Western sources in women's
studies; problems arising in the use of Western sources,<BR>ß Incorporating
women's archives in the curriculum of women's studies programmes,<BR>ß The
process of preparing a national catalogue on women's documents (from official
and private sources),<BR>ß The "awareness" issue in protecting women's
documents,<BR>ß Methodology in women's studies and women's history,<BR>ß The
destruction, disapperance of women's documents and archives, or reluctance to
offer access to the researchers for political reasons or privacy concerns,<BR>ß
The invisibility of women's documents in private archives and the "hidden
archives" issue.<BR>ß The accessibility or non-accessibility of women's
documents, sharing experiences<BR>ß Conservation and evaluation of documents
relating to the everyday life of women,<BR>ß The internet as a basic source for
women's studies and women's history,<BR>ß The use of miscellaneous visual cinema
sources, such as film, cinema magazines, and cinema-related cuttings, in women's
studies and women's history,<BR>ß Conservation of the documents of women's
organizations and women's professional institutions,<BR>ß Comparison between the
Women's Library and Information Centre in Ýstanbul and other women's libraries
abroad, related to the acquisition, protection and dissemination of women
documents,<BR>ß The use of literary sources, such as poetry, novels, stories,
theatre etc in women's studies,<BR>ß Various other discussion subjects on source
and archive related issues, including women's studies, women's history, women's
organizations, women's periodicals, women's publications, women's professions
and women's biography etc…<BR><BR>Organization Details</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Papers submitted for this symposium will be
collected, evaluated and selected by an evaluation committee, and selected
presentations will be published before the symposium for dissemination during
the sessions.<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>No participation fee will
be required from researchers wishing to attend the symposium. Researchers
attending the symposium from within Turkey or from abroad to present papers will
meet their own travel and accommodation costs; but tea and coffee refreshments
will be provided, and Kadir Has University will open throughout the symposium a
buffet lunch facility. Dinner events will be organized for participants in order
to offer a relaxed atmosphere to the attending members for discussions
(participants will pay the cost of their own food).<BR><BR>Women researchers and
women historians wishing to present their paper to the international symposium
should send titles of proposed papers together with a 300-500 word summary to
the symposium secretariat by 1 June 2008. Once papers have been selected, a
second call will be sent to those preparing the selected papers on 1 August
2008, so that papers can be prepared in conformity with a jointly agreed style
and format. The final 5,000-15,000 word texts of the papers will be sent by 1
December 2008 to the secretariat by e-mail. The Women's Library and Information
Centre and the Kadir Has University will prepare and publish a book based on a
collection of the papers submitted to the Women's Library and Information
Centre, prefaced with a substantial introduction, for launch and sale at the
opening of the symposium on 17 April 2009.<BR><BR>International Symposium
Organization Committee:<BR><BR>Assistant Prof. Dr. Selhan Savcýgil
Endres<BR>Member of the General Board of the Women's Library and Information
Centre Foundation Member of Kadir Has University teaching staff <A
href="mailto:sendres@khas.edu.tr">sendres@khas.edu.tr</A><BR><BR>Tülin
Tankut<BR>Member of the Executive Committee of the Women's Library and
Information Centre Foundation <A
href="mailto:kadineserleri@gmail.com">kadineserleri@gmail.com</A><BR><BR>Aslý
Davaz<BR>Founding-member and member of the Executive Committee of the Women's
Library and Information Centre Foundation <A
href="mailto:adavaz@otoanaliz.net">adavaz@otoanaliz.net</A><BR><BR>Symposium
Secretariat:<BR>Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bekir Kemal Ataman<BR>Archives Consultant to
the Women's Library and Information Centre Foundation, Member of Marmara
University teaching staff <A
href="mailto:bka@marmara.edu.tr">bka@marmara.edu.tr</A><BR><BR>Assistant Prof.
Dr. Yavuz Selim Karakýþla<BR>Women's History Researcher<BR>Member of Bophorus
University teaching staff <A
href="mailto:ykarakisla@boun.edu.tr">ykarakisla@boun.edu.tr</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Bekir Kemal Ataman, Ph. D.<BR>Assoc. Prof. of
Archives, Records<BR>and Information Management<BR>Marmara University, Faculty
of Engineering </FONT></P></BODY></HTML>