[Bilimsel Haber] Final CfP: Adriatic Frontiers (near Florence, 3/2010)

[Maximilian Hartmuth]

Final call for papers (deadline: July 15, 2009; applications must be 
submitted through an online form)

ADRIATIC FRONTIERS: COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS CULTURES, SPACE AND TIME
Workshop / 11th Mediterranean Research Meeting (MRM)

Host: European University Institute (Florence).
Date: March 24-27, 2010.
Location: Montecatini Terme (near Florence).
Deadline for abstracts: July 15, 2009.
Bursaries: available (see below).
Apply: at http://www.rscas.org/medform.asp.
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. 
Applications sent by email to the organizers cannot be accepted.

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