[Discussion] Golden Horde Conference

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Call for Papers (1st Circular)

2nd International Conference on the Golden Horde and Its Successor
States
Istanbul, 22-24 April 2005.

Submission of abstracts are invited for the inter-disciplinary
conference on the study of the Golden Horde state and its successor
khanates of Kazan, Crimea, Astrakhan, and Siberia in the fields of
history, culture (language, literature, arts, architecture, and music),
politics, and economy. The first two panels will be devoted to the
Golden Horde and the three panels to the successor khanates. There will
be only two panels (morning and afternoon) each day and each panel will
have 5 to 6 papers with two discussants at the end.

Abstracts should be ca. 500 words in length and should include a title.
  They must be received latest by November 15, 2004. The abstracts can be
submitted by e-mail (preferred), by fax or by regular mail to: E-mail:
tkocaoglu@ku.edu.tr Fax: +90-212-338-1559
Mail: Timur Kocaoglu, Center for Strategic Studies, Koc University,
Rumeli Feneri Yolu, Sariyer 34450, Istanbul, Turkey.

An international board consisting of distinguished Turkish, US, and
Tatar scholars of the Golden Horde will examine and evaluate the
proposed abstracts. The authors of the abstracts will be notified
individually latest by December 6, 2004 whether or not their paper
proposals were accepted by the board (full confidentiality is promised).
Those who will be instructed to write their conference papers, have to
submit the final drafts of their papers latest by April 14, 2005 (the
chairman and two discussants of each panel need to receive the papers of
their panelists by April 15).

The languages of the conference are Turkish and English (simultaneous
translations will be provided). The papers presented at the conference
will be published in a single volume after six months (The authors will
have three months to make corrections, additions or to expand their
conference papers for the publication).

The conference will be held at a hotel with convenient conference
facilities near the center of Istanbul (will be announced later). The
travel, accommodation, and meal expenses of all authors of the accepted
papers will be met by the organizing foundation.

The present conference is organized by the non-profit research
foundation "Ayaz-Tahir Turkistan Idil-Ural Vakfi" (Ayaz-Tahir
Turkistan Volga-Ural Foundation). This is a follow-up meeting of the
following past conferences: "International Conference on the 750th
Anniversary of the Golden Horde State" (Kazan State University, Kazan,
Aug. 8-11, 1993); "From Kalkha to Astrakhan, 1223-1556: International
Golden Horde History Research Conference" (Kazan State University,
Kazan, June 23-26, 1998);  "Tatars and Tatarstan Conference"
(Marmara University, Istanbul, February 27, 2003); and the "Volga-Ural
Workshop" (Bilkent University, Ankara, Feb. 20-21, 2004).

Contact person for the conference: Timur Kocaoglu (Executive Board
Member of the Foundation "Ayaz-Tahir Turkistan Idil-Ural Vakfi" and
Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, Koc University, Istanbul):
tkocaoglu@ku.edu.tr