[Discussion] East European and Balkan Travel Writing
Onur Inal
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Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:46:54 -0700 (PDT)
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East European and Balkan Travel Writing
The Centre for South-East European Studies, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, and the AHRB Research Project on East European Travel Writing 'East Looks West', in collaboration with the British Council, the British Academy, and the Faculty of History, University of Sofia, are organizing a three-day WORKSHOP entitled 'Under Eastern Eyes: Travel Writing from Eastern Europe and the Balkans', to be held in Sofia, in late March 2005. The event will bring together scholars from across Europe, the UK and elsewhere to present research on East European and Balkan travel and travel writing.
The role played by travel writing by Westerners in defining Eastern Europe and the Balkans (and the West, in opposition to these Eastern 'others') has been much debated recently, but there has been much less work done on the ways people from the region have travelled, observed and recorded their impressions - and the implications of these activities. The workshop will focus on travel and travel writing from the East of Europe and the Balkans, with the emphasis on two main directions:
travel to the West; and travel to and within the Balkans. In looking at both these themes, we are particularly interested in the ways that travel and travel writing can provide a vehicle for self-definition, whether individual, national, regional or other, in relation to the people and places visited.
The organizers plan to publish suitable contributions to the workshop as part of the 'East Looks West' publishing programme. For a description of the AHRB 'East Looks West' project, see
www.ssees.ac.uk/eastwest.htm
for reports from previous sessions of the South-East European workshops, see
www.ssees.ac.uk/seecentre.htm
If you are interested in making a proposal for publication, but cannot attend the Sofia workshop, please don't hesitate to write with an enquiry.
Those interested in participating should send a cover letter and a short abstract of their potential contribution, accompanied by a brief CV, to Dr. Wendy Bracewell at w.bracewell@ssees.ac.uk. The organizers are happy to discuss possible topics before a formal submission is made. The deadline for expressions of interest is 1 November 2004. Participants will be selected by the organizing committee and will be notified as
soon as possible thereafter. Limited funding is available to cover travel, accommodation and expenses; preference will be given to participants coming from the region.
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<DIV>East European and Balkan Travel Writing<BR><BR>The Centre for South-East European Studies, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, and the AHRB Research Project on East European Travel Writing 'East Looks West', in collaboration with the British Council, the British Academy, and the Faculty of History, University of Sofia, are organizing a three-day WORKSHOP entitled 'Under Eastern Eyes: Travel Writing from Eastern Europe and the Balkans', to be held in Sofia, in late March 2005. The event will bring together scholars from across Europe, the UK and elsewhere to present research on East European and Balkan travel and travel writing.<BR><BR>The role played by travel writing by Westerners in defining Eastern Europe and the Balkans (and the West, in opposition to these Eastern 'others') has been much debated recently, but there has been much less work done on the ways people from the region have travelled, observed and recorded their impressions - and the implications of these
activities. The workshop will focus on travel and travel writing from the East of Europe and the Balkans, with the emphasis on two main directions: <BR>travel to the West; and travel to and within the Balkans. In looking at both these themes, we are particularly interested in the ways that travel and travel writing can provide a vehicle for self-definition, whether individual, national, regional or other, in relation to the people and places visited.<BR><BR>The organizers plan to publish suitable contributions to the workshop as part of the 'East Looks West' publishing programme. For a description of the AHRB 'East Looks West' project, see </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.ssees.ac.uk/eastwest.htm">www.ssees.ac.uk/eastwest.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV> <BR>for reports from previous sessions of the South-East European workshops, see<BR><A href="http://www.ssees.ac.uk/seecentre.htm">www.ssees.ac.uk/seecentre.htm</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>If you are interested in making a proposal for publication, but cannot attend the Sofia workshop, please don't hesitate to write with an enquiry.<BR><BR>Those interested in participating should send a cover letter and a short abstract of their potential contribution, accompanied by a brief CV, to Dr. Wendy Bracewell at <A href="http://us.f513.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=w.bracewell@ssees.ac.uk&YY=93074&order=up&sort=date&pos=0"><FONT color=#003399>w.bracewell@ssees.ac.uk</FONT></A>. The organizers are happy to discuss possible topics before a formal submission is made. The deadline for expressions of interest is 1 November 2004. Participants will be selected by the organizing committee and will be notified as <BR>soon as possible thereafter. Limited funding is available to cover travel, accommodation and expenses; preference will be given to participants coming from the region.
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