[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: "The Problem of Source in Women's Memory from the Ottoman Era to the Present" (Istanbul, 17-19 April 2009)

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Problem of Sources in [Turkish] Women's Memory from the Ottoman Era to
the Present

20th Anniversary Symposium of the Women's Library and Information Centre
Foundation

>From 17-19 April 2009, as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, the
Women's Library and Information Centre [WLIC] will be holding an
international symposium on "The Problem of Source in Women's Memory from the
Ottoman Era to the Present."

The symposium will offer, we believe, the broadest examination to date on
"sources in women's studies and women's history." Our aim is to create a
setting in which a broad range of international women researchers and women
historians can come together and share their research findings.

We are addressing the issue of sources because in Turkey, as in many other
parts of the world, women researchers and women historians find these
sources at their disposal rarely include gender-based classifications. We
hope that this symposium will provide an opportunity to share experiences
about problems tackled and solved (or not, as the case may be) in using
these sources. In addition, we plan to develop a common gender-based policy
on the problem of sources in women's memory and publish it at the end of the
symposium in order to facilitate the development of a new policy by relevant
organizations and institutions.

Through this symposium, we aim to raise and discuss a wide range of issues
including, but not limited to, the policies of official state institutions
concerning documents on issues relating to women, the evaluation of
documents on women's issues from a gender perspective, the process of
preparing a national catalogue on women's documents, as seen in a number of
other countries, the problem of awareness in the conservation of these
sources, the destruction or deletion of sources for political or other
special reasons. During the symposium we expect to learn of new and
enlightening approaches, and we hope that our discussions, and the
resolutions at the end of the symposium, will provide guidance and
leadership to official and private institutions on their handling of
documents and archives relating to women's studies and women's history.

Possible subjects for discussion at the symposium

ß Policies of official and private organizations and institutions on
archiving documents related to women (libraries and archive centers
specialized on historical archives, as the Ottoman Archive Center; the
Republic Archive Center; the National Library; the Ministry of Tourism and
Culture; the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA);
the Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM) etc),
ß Evaluating documents by or about women from a gender perspective,
ß The use of Western sources in women's studies; problems arising in the use
of Western sources,
ß Incorporating women's archives in the curriculum of women's studies
programmes,
ß The process of preparing a national catalogue on women's documents (from
official and private sources),
ß The "awareness" issue in protecting women's documents,
ß Methodology in women's studies and women's history,
ß The destruction, disapperance of women's documents and archives, or
reluctance to offer access to the researchers for political reasons or
privacy concerns,
ß The invisibility of women's documents in private archives and the "hidden
archives" issue.
ß The accessibility or non-accessibility of women's documents, sharing
experiences
ß Conservation and evaluation of documents relating to the everyday life of
women,
ß The internet as a basic source for women's studies and women's history,
ß The use of miscellaneous visual cinema sources, such as film, cinema
magazines, and cinema-related cuttings, in women's studies and women's
history,
ß Conservation of the documents of women's organizations and women's
professional institutions,
ß Comparison between the Women's Library and Information Centre in İstanbul
and other women's libraries abroad, related to the acquisition, protection
and dissemination of women documents,
ß The use of literary sources, such as poetry, novels, stories, theatre etc
in women's studies,
ß Various other discussion subjects on source and archive related issues,
including women's studies, women's history, women's organizations, women's
periodicals, women's publications, women's professions and women's biography
etc.

Organization Details

Papers submitted for this symposium will be collected, evaluated and
selected by an evaluation committee, and selected presentations will be
published before the symposium for dissemination during the sessions.

No participation fee will be required from researchers wishing to attend the
symposium. Researchers attending the symposium from within Turkey or from
abroad to present papers will meet their own travel and accommodation costs;
but tea and coffee refreshments will be provided, and Kadir Has University
will open throughout the symposium a buffet lunch facility. Dinner events
will be organized for participants in order to offer a relaxed atmosphere to
the attending members for discussions (participants will pay the cost of
their own food).

Women researchers and women historians wishing to present their paper to the
international symposium should send titles of proposed papers together with
a 300-500 word summary to the symposium secretariat by 1 June 2008. Once
papers have been selected, a second call will be sent to those preparing the
selected papers on 1 August 2008, so that papers can be prepared in
conformity with a jointly agreed style and format. The final 5,000-15,000
word texts of the papers will be sent by 1 December 2008 to the secretariat
by e-mail. The Women's Library and Information Centre and the Kadir Has
University will prepare and publish a book based on a collection of the
papers submitted to the Women's Library and Information Centre, prefaced
with a substantial introduction, for launch and sale at the opening of the
symposium on 17 April 2009.

International Symposium Organization Committee:

Assistant Prof. Dr. Selhan Savcıgil Endres
Member of the General Board of the Women's Library and Information Centre
Foundation Member of Kadir Has University teaching staff sendres at khas.edu.tr

Tülin Tankut
Member of the Executive Committee of the Women's Library and Information
Centre Foundation kadineserleri at gmail.com

Aslı Davaz
Founding-member and member of the Executive Committee of the Women's Library
and Information Centre Foundation adavaz at otoanaliz.net

Symposium Secretariat:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bekir Kemal Ataman
Archives Consultant to the Women's Library and Information Centre
Foundation, Member of Marmara University teaching staff bka at marmara.edu.tr

Assistant Prof. Dr. Yavuz Selim Karakışla
Women's History Researcher
Member of Bophorus University teaching staff ykarakisla at boun.edu.tr

Bekir Kemal Ataman, Ph. D.
Assoc. Prof. of Archives, Records
and Information Management
Marmara University, Faculty of Engineering 

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