[Bilimsel Haber] "Perceptions of Land"

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

"Perceptions of Land" conference
Location:    Germany

"Perceptions of Land" The annual conference 2007 of the Foerderverein
fuer Vergleichende Ueberseegeschichte will be held at the University
Hamburg, Germany, June 1st-3rd, 2007. Conference languages will be
German and English.

Property, usage, images and ideas of land were and are crucial to all
societies around the globe. In five sessions titled "land and law",
"land and war", "land and economies", "land and politics" as well as
"land and cultures" different aspects of perceptions of
land/landscape/space/soil/nature in European and non-European societies
will be presented, discussed, and compared. Proposals for papers related
to these topics are welcome. Anyone interested especially young
historians, art historians, or specialists in literature and sociology
should submit a 500 word abstract with a brief curriculum vitae either
by mail or email.

Deadline for proposals is June 30th, 2006.

Prof. Dr. Claudia Schnurmann
Chair of North American and Atlantic History
Department of History
University Hamburg
Von-Melle-Park 6
20146 Hamburg
Germany

Email: claudia.schnurmann at uni-hamburg.de