[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Adriatic Frontiers [14th-19th cts.] (near Florence, March 24-26, 2010)]

[Maximilian Hartmuth]

> Workshop / 11th Mediterranean Research Meeting (MRM)
>
> ADRIATIC FRONTIERS:
> COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS CULTURES, SPACE AND TIME
>
> Host: European University Institute (Florence).
> Date: March 24-27, 2010.
> Location: Montecatini Terme (near Florence).
> Deadline for abstracts: July 15, 2009.
> Bursaries: available.
> Contact: Maximilian Hartmuth (hartmuth at su.sabanciuniv.edu); Amanda 
> Phillips (amanda.phillips at orinst.ox.ac.uk)
> Keywords: Eastern Adriatic; Venice and the Ottoman Empire; Bosnia, 
> Dalmatia, Albania, and Montenegro; Muslim, Christian, and Jewish 
> cultures in the Mediterranean; commerce and cultural exchange; 
> frontiers and borderlands; region and space.
>
>
> CONCEPT
> The workshop “Adriatic Frontiers: Communications Across Cultures, 
> Space and Time” seeks to provide a forum for the study of the 
> multifaceted history of a region that has remained on the margins, 
> despite the increased interest in the Mediterranean. Although Fernand 
> Braudel had early upheld the study of interactions of Catholic, 
> Muslim, Christian Orthodox, and Jewish cultures on either side of 
> political borders as a promising field of study, few efforts have been 
> made since then for a greater understanding of the Adriatic, 
> specifically, as an intercultural space. This zone of multiple 
> frontiers has suffered from the fact that it is also on the periphery 
> of specializations of Ottoman/Middle Eastern, Italian/European, and 
> Balkans/South Slavic histories and their respective sources and 
> literatures. Scattered efforts in recent scholarship, resulting in 
> somewhat astonishing findings, have demonstrated that we are still far 
> from understanding the workings of this space between, broadly, the 
> 14th and 19th centuries. The proposed workshop seeks to bridge this 
> gap by bringing together an international group of scholars from 
> various disciplinary backgrounds who nonetheless share a common 
> interest in intercultural aspects of the Adriatic space in the past. 
> The proposed workshop will reframe earlier efforts in the quest to 
> further future scholarship on the matter. The organizers strive to 
> achieve a mixture of established scholars who have already made a 
> lasting contribution to the field and younger historians who would 
> benefit from the meeting in their future endeavours. (Please also see 
> the full concept [3 pages] at 
> http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2010/desc_pdf/MRM2010_Ds11.pdf) 
>
>
> COSTS
> There will be no registration fee. Most selected participants are 
> eligible for a bursary. This will be a lump sum, unrelated to your 
> actual costs, and fixed according to your country of 
> residence/departure. Participants from Southeast Europe, Turkey and 
> Middle Eastern countries will receive a lump sum of 550 euros to cover 
> their expenses (airfare, accommodation). Participants from Western 
> Europe, the USA and Canada will receive a lump sum of 130 euros. 
> Participants from within Italy are not eligible for a bursary. For 
> details, please see 
> http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2010/pdf/MRM2010-InfoParticipants.pdf#page=3 
>
>
> TRAVEL
> Participants are expected to arrive in Montecatini Terme on Wednesday, 
> March 24, 2010, before 6PM and depart on Saturday, March 27, 2010, 
> after lunch (i.e. after 1PM). Shuttles from the nearby airports of 
> Florence and Pisa to the conference venue will be provided (on 
> Wednesday, March 24, 2010, as well as on Saturday afternoon and Sunday 
> morning). Montecatini Terme is located in a distance of approximately 
> 45 km from Florence and Pisa.
>
> ACCOMODATION
> Participants will be accommodated in one of the hotels in Montecatini 
> Terme booked for the MRM. All hotels are within walking distance of 
> each other and offer the comforts of a 4-star hotel. The discount rate 
> prices per night at these hotels range from ca. 35 to ca. 75 euros, 
> hence totaling 100-250 euros, according to your preferences, for all 
> three nights. The participants will be required to pay for their rooms 
> themselves (see also section “Costs”) upon check-out. Breakfasts, 
> lunches, and dinners are provided for, save for the dinner on 
> Thursday, March 25.
>
> WORKSHOP, SCHEDULE AND VENUE
> The workshop “Adriatic Frontiers” is one of approximately 20 workshops 
> organized simultaneously in the framework of the 11th Mediterranean 
> Research Meeting. Each workshop will comprise of 10-16 participants 
> and will begin with an inaugural lecture at 7PM on Wednesday. 
> Presentations will be held on Thursday and Friday between 9AM and 
> 5:30PM, as well as on Saturday from 9AM-1PM. Preliminary versions of 
> papers to be presented will be made available (to participants only) 
> prior to the event and must be submitted by January 15, 2010. The 
> seminar rooms are within walking distance of the hotels and are all 
> equipped with data projectors.
>
> APPLY
> Paper proposals must be submitted online before July 15, 2009. 
> Abstracts of 500-1000 words are to be pasted in, CVs of max. 5 pages 
> are to be uploaded to, the online form at 
> http://www.rscas.org/medform.asp
>
> TIMELINE
> July 15, 2009: deadline for submission of abstracts.
> September 15, 2009: results of selection process announced
> January 15, 2010: deadline for submission of papers
>
> CONTACT
> The workshop is directed by Maximilian Hartmuth 
> (hartmuth at su.sabanciuniv.edu) and Amanda Phillips 
> (amanda.phillips at orinst.ox.ac.uk) and hosted by the European 
> University Institute. Feel free to contact the workshop directors for 
> thematic concerns, but note that any question pertaining to 
> accommodation, transport, costs, etc. falls under the responsibility 
> of the MRM. Frequently asked questions are addressed at 
> http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2010
>
> See also the official call for papers at 
> http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2010/pdf/MRM2010-Paperscall.pdf 
>
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