[Discussion] International Conference in Honour of Abdul Karim Rafeq

[sule tarakcioglu]

From: "Weber , Stefan" <weberst@uni-mainz.de>

The Orient-Institute Beirut (OIB) and the Institut Francais du Proche
Orient a Damas (IFPO) do organise an international conference in honour
of Abdul Karim Rafeq:

Recent Research on Bilad al-Sham under Ottoman Rule (1517-1918):
The Last Three decades of historiography
(Periodization and patterns of Social History, General Trends)

dates May 28, 2004 (arrival) to June 3, 2004 (departure)
Place: Beirut/Lebanon, Damascus/Syria.

Preliminary Schedule:

May 28, arrival Beirut

May 29 and 30, conference at OIB (Early Ottoman Period, 16th to early
19th centuries)

May 31 travel from Beirut to Damascus

June 1 and 2 conference at IFPO (Later Ottoman Period, middle 19th to 192=
0)

June 3, departure from Damascus.

Sponsoring Institution are :
Politik und Zeitgeschichte des Modernen Vorderen Orients, Universitat
Erlangen, Germany

FARES Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts
University, Boston/MA/USA

History Department And Middle East Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake
City/UT/USA

The conference will start on the evening of 28 May in a building
directly next to the Orient Institute (Armenian Collage / International
City School) and will continue the next two days at the same place. In
Damascus the conference will be held at the Institut Francais du Proche
Orient a Damas / Abou Roumaneh Street. All lectures are open to public!

For the detailed program please check: www.oidmg.org
<http://www.oidmg.org/>  / Beirut / NEW in OI=96Beirut
<http://www.oidmg.org/frames/oib_kal.html#news>  or Vernstaltungen -
Activities