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Mediterranean Studies Association
                Call for Papers / Appel a communications

                Central Europe and the Mediterranean

                L Europe centrale et la M=E9diterran=E9e

                Central European University
                Budapest, Hungary
                May 28-31, 2003

                The Mediterranean Studies Association's 6th annual
International
                Congress, Central Europe and the Mediterranean will be
held on May
                28-31, 2003 at the Central European University in
Budapest, Hungary.
                2003 will commemorate the 550th anniversary of the fall
of
                Constantinople, marking the end of Byzantium and the
beginning of
                Stambul. Sessions devoted to this anniversary are
especially welcome.
                As is the case each year, papers and sessions on all
subjects relating to
                the Mediterranean region and Mediterranean cultures
around the world
                from all periods are encouraged. Following a day of
optional excursions
                the congress will open with a plenary session and
reception on the
                evening of May 28. Over the course of the next days over
150 scholarly
                papers will be delivered before an international
audience of
                about 250 scholars, academics, and experts in a wide
range of fields.
                Held in the center of Budapest at the Central European
University,

                http://www.ceu.hu/

                the official language of the congress is English. In
addition, complete
                sessions in any Mediterranean language are welcome. A
number of
                special events are being planned for congress
participants that will
                highlight the unique cultural aspects of Budapest. The
congress is
                sponsored by the Mediterranean Studies Association, the
Central
                European University, the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth, Arizona
                State University, and the University of Kansas. Selected
revised papers
                will be considered for publication in the Association's
journal,
                Mediterranean Studies.
                The Mediterranean Studies Association is an
interdisciplinary
                organization which promotes the scholarly study of
Mediterranean
                cultures in all aspects and disciplines. It is
particularly concerned with the
                ideas and ideals of western Mediterranean cultures from
Late Antiquity to
                the Enlightenment and their influence beyond these
geographical and
                temporal boundaries.
                Proposals for papers and sessions are now being
solicited. Papers and
                proposals for sessions are encouraged which focus on the
conference
                theme, but any paper or session proposal with a
Mediterranean theme,
                from any period and any discipline, will be considered.
Proposals for
                roundtable discussions of a topical work or theme are
also welcome. The
                typical panel will include three papers, each lasting
twenty minutes, a
                chair, and (optionally) a commentator. For examples of
paper and
                session topics, and the range of subjects, see the
programs from Lisbon

                http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/program_1998.html

                Coimbra

                http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/program_1999.html

                Salvador


http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/salvadorsessions.html

                Aix-en-Provence

                http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/programaix.htm

                and Granada


http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/granadaprogram.htm

                Proposals should include a 200-word abstract for each
paper and a
                one-page curriculum vitae for each participant,
including chairs and
                commentators.
                Each participant's name, e-mail and regular address, and
phone number
                should also be listed. Proposals are now being solicited
for the first round
                of consideration. The deadline for submissions is
December 1, 2002,
                though proposals will be considered after that date.

                Please send proposals to: Mediterranean Studies
Association, P.O. Box
                212, East Sandwich, MA 02537, USA.

                For information on the congress or the Association see

                http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/

                or contact

                MSA@u... <mailto:msa@u...>.