[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: 11th Annual Mediterranean Studies Congress (May 28 - 31, 2008, Luneburg, Germany)

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Mediterranean Studies Association conference

Call for Papers

11th Annual Mediterranean Studies Congress

Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Lüneburg, Germany
May 28 - 31, 2008

The Mediterranean Studies Association's 11th annual International Congress
will be held on May 28-31, 2008 at the Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. As is
the case each year, papers and sessions on all subjects relating to the
Mediterranean region and Mediterranean cultures around the world from all
periods are encouraged. Following a day of optional excursions, the
Congress will open with a plenary session and reception on the evening of
Wednesday, May 28. Over the course of the next days over 150 scholarly
papers will be delivered before an international audience of about 250
scholars, academics, and experts in a wide range of fields. Held in the
historic city of Lüneburg, the official languages of the Congress are
English and German. In addition, complete sessions in any Mediterranean
language are welcome. A number of special events are being planned for
Congress participants that will highlight the unique cultural aspects of
Lüneburg. An optional five-day coach excursion of Germany ending in Berlin
is also being planned following the close of the Congress. 
See http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ 


The Congress is sponsored by the Mediterranean Studies Association, the
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth,
and the University of Kansas. Selected revised papers will be considered
for publication in the Association's journal, Mediterranean Studies,
published by Manchester University Press.

The Mediterranean Studies Association is an interdisciplinary organization
that promotes the scholarly study of Mediterranean cultures in all aspects
and disciplines. It is particularly concerned with the ideas and ideals of
western Mediterranean cultures from Late Antiquity to the Enlightenment and
their influence beyond these geographical and temporal boundaries.

Proposals for papers and sessions are now being solicited. Papers and
proposals for sessions with a Mediterranean theme, from any period and any
discipline, will be considered. Proposals for roundtable discussions of a
topical work or theme are also welcome. The typical panel will include
three papers, each lasting twenty minutes, a chair, and (optionally) a
commentator. For examples of paper and session topics, and the range of
subjects, see the programs from Lisbon (1998), Coimbra (1999), Salvador
(2000), Aix-en-Provence (2001), Granada (2002), Budapest (2003), Barcelona
(2004), Messina (2005), Genoa (2006), and Evora (2007). 
See http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ 

Proposals should include a 200-word abstract for each paper and a one-page
curriculum vitae for each participant, including chairs and commentators.
(If you have participated in a previous congress, you need not submit your
cv again; we have it on file.) Each participant's name, e-mail and regular
address, and phone number should also be listed. Proposals are now being
solicited for consideration. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis as
they are received. You are encouraged to submit no later than December 15,
2007.

NOTE: The MSA regrets that no funding is available to support travel and
other costs of participants.

You are encouraged to submit proposals online as this is the quickest and
most secure method.

Please use the convenient online forms to submit a paper proposal or a
session proposal: http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/. Alternatively you
may e-mail attachments to rclement at ku.edu, or send proposals to: Richard W.
Clement, Mediterranean Studies Association, Kenneth Spencer Research
Library, University of Kansas, 1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616,
USA.

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