<div class="gmail_quote">Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:30:03 +0200<br>
From: Christian Roth <<a href="mailto:croth@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de">croth@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de</a>><br>
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-CALL FOR PAPERS-<br>
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Well-Connected Domains*:<br>
Intersections of Asia and Europe in the Ottoman Empire<br>
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Conference organized by the research project "Dynamic Asymmetries in Transcultural Flows at the Intersection of Asia and Europe: The Case of the Early Modern Ottoman Empire" (Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context", Heidelberg University) at the Karl Jaspers Centre for Advanced Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg, Germany, 10-12 November 2011.<br>
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Deadline: 20 May 2011.<br>
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Most scholars of Ottoman history would consider the domains of the Ottoman sultan as a transcultural sphere par excellence. Indeed the very deep-rootedness of this understanding often means that phenomena related to transculturality are considered so ordinary that they tend to be understudied as phenomena in their own right.<br>
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The proposed conference on 'Intersections of Asia and Europe in the Ottoman Empire' seeks to link aspects of the interconnectedness of the Ottoman Empire with 'the world around it' and questions of transcultural entanglements within the Ottoman domains.<br>
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The organizers would therefore especially welcome contributions touching on the following topics:<br>
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- multi-perspective approaches to 'transcultural' encounters in the Ottoman Empire<br>
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- case studies exploring the nature of the linkages existing between the Ottoman Empire and other regions in Europe and Asia<br>
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- presentations on research instruments, methods of analysis, and means of conceptualization<br>
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The conference language will be English. We invite scholars to submit 200-word abstracts for 20-minute presentations. Please send any such abstracts as Word or PDF documents to: <a href="mailto:firges@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de">firges@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de</a><br>
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The organizers are planning to publish selected papers.<br>
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Conference organizing committee:<br>
Pascal Firges, Tobias Graf, Christian Roth, Gülay Tulasoğlu<br>
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(* The title 'Well-Connected Domains' arose in the context of the preparation of a joint workshop organized by members of Sabancı and Heidelberg Universities. It was coined in a discussion between Aykut Mustak and Tobias Graf as a play on words hinting at the Ottoman habit of referring to their Empire as the 'Well-Protected Domains'.)<br>
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Christian Roth, M.A.<br>
Ph.D. Candidate<br>
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Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe"<br>
Karl Jaspers Centre<br>
Voßstraße 2<br>
Building 4400<br>
Room 007 (Ground Floor)<br>
69115 Heidelberg<br>
Germany<br>
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Phone: <a href="tel:%2B49-%280%296221%2054-4309" value="+496221544309">+49-(0)6221 54-4309</a><br>
Fax: <a href="tel:%2B49-%280%296221%2054-4012" value="+496221544012">+49-(0)6221 54-4012</a><br>
E-Mail: <a href="mailto:croth@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de">croth@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de</a><br>
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Research Project A7: "Dynamic Asymmetries in Transcultural Flows at the Intersection of Asia and Europe: The Case of the Early Modern Ottoman Empire"<br>
<a href="http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de" target="_blank">http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de</a><br>
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