[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP: Second Hasluck International Conference

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CALL FOR PAPERS : « ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND HERITAGE IN THE 
BALKANS AND
ANATOLIA: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF F.W. HASLUCK, 1878-1920 ». SECOND 
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE. UNIVERSITY OF WALES GREGYNOG. 6th-9th May 2006.


The first ‘Hasluck’ conference took the life and works of  F.W.
Hasluck as the starting point for a wide-ranging exploration of the 
peoples and
cultures of south-east Europe looking at such issues as the place of the 
remains
of the past in the present, the ethnography of the region, nationalism and
heritage, western excavation, the schools and institutes abroad, the 
careers and
personalities associated with research in the area, cultural 
continuities, and
conversion and
shared religious monuments.

Since that conference, there have been number of enquiries as to when 
the next
event may be held.  Emboldened by this, the organisers have resolved to 
hold a
second such event, which will aim to build upon the first, and provide 
at the
same time a further body of published material to complement the 
first’s
proceedings.

The location for the second conference will be once more the University 
of Wales
Gregynog, a beautiful converted country house in the heart of the Welsh
countryside. The conference committee consists likewise of Mr Keith Hopwood
(University of Wales Lampeter), Professor Stephen Mitchell (University of
Exeter), and Dr David Shankland (University of Bristol).

In general, the areas covered by the conference remain that same: that is,
'personalities'; the schools abroad'; 'ethnography and the 
Alevi-Bektashis';
'syncretism and conversion'; 'travellers, empire and nation'; and 
'archaeology,
heritage and ideology'. The Committee do not wish to anticipate the 
papers that
may be offered, but it is hoped more specifically that there may be 
panels as
outlined below. In terms of content, new archival or field research is 
welcome,
as is wider synthesis:

A)  The Life and Work of F. W. Hasluck, and of his wife, Mrs M. Hasluck,
including figures active or influential in their circle: for instance 
Anderson,
Bosanquet, Finlay, Halliday, Harrison, Hogarth, Myres, Penrose, Tod, 
Woodward.

B)  The Schools and Institutes abroad: for instance, the Russian 
Institute in
Istanbul, the British School at Athens, the German Archaeological 
Service abroad
(particularly but not only in Athens and Istanbul), the Foreign Schools 
in their
wider Mediterranean context, and so on.

C)  Ramsay and Epigraphic Research in Anatolia: the work, theories and 
life of
Ramsay, including consideration of his successors and predecessors, such as
Hamilton.

D)  Archaeology and Archaeologists in the Ottoman Empire, whether
‘official’, (such as Hamdi Bey); ‘free-lance’ 
(such as
Van Lennup), or from the West (such as Newton).

E)  The ethnography of the region in general, but especially the heterodox
groups such the Alevis, Bektashis, Yezidis, or Pomaks, their geographical
distribution and their present circumstances.

F)  Heritage and the creation of culture in diverse regional contexts: 
that is,
the relationship between nationalism, archaeology and heritage, and whether
systematic patterns or local divergences may be observed in this complex
relationship across the region.

G)  Cultural continuities, including, as well as continuities, issues
surrounding culture, conflict and conversion, and the way that social 
breakdown
may impact upon hitherto shared aspects of culture, such as shrines or 
religious
monuments.

H)  Ethnographic researches particularly into contemporary 
understandings of the
remains of the past in the region, and possible distinctions that may be 
made
between individual and collective memory.

I)  The establishment of modern disciplinary boundaries, such as the 
reform of
the Cambridge Tripos in the late nineteenth century, or the emergence of 
social
anthropology and its split from archaeology, and implications for our 
research.



The Committee would like to emphasise that there is no disciplinary 
restriction,
and no insistence upon any one historical (or pre-historical period). 
They also
welcome proposals for topics within the overall spirit of the event that 
may not
be covered by the above. In the first instance, those who would like to take
part are invited to forward a proposed title and abstract of 150 words, 
along
with their name and contact address, to DShankland1@yahoo.co.uk and
D.P.Shankland@Bristol.ac.uk. Any member of the Committee would also 
naturally be
delighted to answer informal enquiries.

It is intended that the conference proceedings be published, edited 
jointly by
Shankland and Hopwood.

For the record, the formal details of the first volumes to appear are as
follows:

Archaeology, Anthropology and Heritage in the Balkans and Anatolia:
the Life and Times of F.W. Hasluck 1878-1920. Edited by D.  Shankland,
2 Volumes, pp 401, pp 495. Istanbul, Isis Press, ISBN 975-428-280-3.
Price (for both volumes together $90, postage $20).

Copies may be ordered directly from Isis Press by fax (0090 216 321 8666),
telephone (0090 216 3213851) or e-mail (isis@tnn.net).


Dr David Shankland,
Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol,
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
43 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UU

Tel: 0044 (0)117 954 6073 (Direct line)
Fax: 0044 (0)117 954 6001