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<CENTER><B><FONT color=#bb2222>International Congress on<BR>«The Maghreb and the
Western Mediterranean during the Ottoman Period»</FONT></B><FONT
color=#bb2222><FONT color=#696969><BR>Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco<BR>12-14
November 2009</FONT></FONT></CENTER><FONT color=#bb2222><FONT
color=#696969><BR><BR><BR></FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT color=#bb2222><FONT color=#696969><FONT
face=verdana>The OIC Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture
(IRCICA, Istanbul) and the Royal Institute for Research on the History of
Morocco (IRRHM, Rabat) are jointly organising an International Congress on «The
Maghreb and the Western Mediterranean during the Ottoman Period» to take place
in Rabat, on 12-14 November 2009. <BR><BR>The congress aims to promote research
on the history of the Maghreb and the Western Mediterranean region during the
period of the Ottoman State by exploring the existing and new directions of
research and offering scholars and specialists an opportunity to present their
findings and share information. The period will be covered comprehensively, to
generate a forum of study and academic discussion on its various aspects. The
Ottoman presence in part of the region under study had varying degrees and
spheres of impacts on all of the region. Thus the theme will cover the relations
between the Ottoman State and the Maghreb and Western Mediterranean region with
regard to the effects of developments relating to the central state, the
provinces, and the neighbouring countries, reciprocally; economic, social,
cultural and educational developments, press and publications. An important
aspect of the congress is that it will also address issues relating to
historiography and the state of research on the history of the region during the
Ottoman period. <BR><BR>The languages of the congress will be Arabic, Turkish,
English and French. Simultaneous translation will be provided.<BR><BR>The
proposed themes, by no means exclusive, are as follows:<BR>I. The state of
scholarship and methodological questions relating to the congress theme. <BR>II.
Crossed glances: Ottoman, Maghrebian and European sources (historiography,
chronicles, travel accounts, the press, etc.)<BR>III. Dimensions of the Ottoman
presence in the Western Mediterranean:<BR>- Socio-economic aspects (trade and
navigation; urban and rural life, etc.) <BR>- Administrative and institutional
aspects <BR>- Cultural aspects (education, transmission of knowledge,
architecture, etc.)<BR>- Political and relational aspects (a tringular
relationship: Morocco - the Ottoman Maghreb ? Europe). <BR><BR>Interested
scholars and specialists are invited to send the abstracts of their proposed
paper to IRCICA or to the Institute at the addresses below.
<BR><BR>IRCICA<BR>Maghreb Congress<BR>POB 24 Besiktas<BR>Istanbul,
Turkey<BR>congress@ircica.org<BR>Fax: 90 212 2584365<BR><BR>Institut Royal pour
la Recherche sur <BR>l'Histoire du Maroc <BR>B.P. 6840 Madinat
al-Irfane<BR>Rabat, Morocco<BR><A
href="mailto:ottomanmaghrebcongress@yahoo.fr">ottomanmaghrebcongress@yahoo.fr</A><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#bb2222><FONT color=#696969><FONT face=verdana>Fax: 037633670
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