[Discussion] Nationalism, Historiography and the (Re)construction of the Past

[Gönül Pultar]

	Nationalism, Historiography and the (Re)construction of the Past
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

- Call for papers -

Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies
Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity
University of Birmingham
International conference on Nationalism and Historiography
Title: Nationalism, Historiography and the (Re)construction of the Past
10th -11th September 2004, Birmingham, UK.

Nationalism, Historiography and the (Re)construction of the Past

The teleological nature of history encourages historians to
retroactively imagine or construct past communities in accordance with
contemporary cartographies. Today these cartographies are dominated by
the nation-state and its territorially oriented mapping of geo-political
space. How has the vocabulary of nationalism affected our construction
of the past? How has this superseded earlier imaginations of physical,
political and moral spacialities?

We are looking for case-study focused papers set in a broader
theoretical context which directly address these, and related,
questions.

Possible topics may include:

-The relation between nationalism and different types of historical
writing (scholarly, literary, popular and textbook), archaeology
(tourism, and museums) and visual images (film, and painting).

-The impact of nationalism on renaming practices (of places, people and
institutions), the imagination of self and other and the legitimisation
of violence.

-The differences between nationalist and nation-state dominated
histories

Confirmed speakers include: Prof. John Breuilly (Birmingham University)

Proposals from established and junior scholars in all areas of the
humanities and social sciences are encouraged for this interdisciplinary
conference. Proposals (including title, 250-500 word abstract,
affiliation of participant, full contact information and a brief CV) and
enquiries should be sent to Marios Hadjianastasis and Claire Norton at
nationalism_conference@hotmail.com before 31/12/03.

For more info visit
http://www.ottoman-links.co.uk/Call%20for%20papers.htm

Thank you
Marios Hadjianastasis
Claire Norton

_____________________________________
Marios Hadjianastasis
Tel: + (0044) 0121 455 7916
mailto:marios.zeppelin@ntlworld.com

Visit the Ottoman Resource  <http://www.ottoman-links.co.uk/> Index