[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Historic Famagusta conference - Budapest 2012

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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:33:29 +0100
From: Michael Walsh <michaeljkwalsh at hotmail.com>

-Call for Papers-

Historic Famagusta: A Millennium in Words and Images

The Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS) at Central European
University in Budapest and The School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) at
Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, is pleased to announce
Historic Famagusta: A Millennium in Words and Images, a conference held on
October 5-6, 2012 at Central European University, Budapest.

>From as early as the tenth century a surprisingly large number of travel
accounts, histories, poems, fiction narratives, theatre plays,
administrative accounts as well as maps, prints and miniatures about
Famagusta have come down to us. These texts and images can be found all over
Europe and the Near East from the pens and brushes of Christian, Muslim and
Jewish authors and artists. The recent resurgence of scholarly interest in
pre-1960 Cyprus calls for studies and academic discussions on this vast
corpus.

The aim of the conference is to create a platform for historians, art
historians, and literary critics to share their studies on textual and
visual representations of Famagusta between 1000 CE and 1960. By
investigating medieval, early modern and modern Famagusta in text and
images, the conference will serve as an opportunity for an interdisciplinary
dialogue among the participants, with the hope of broadening perspectives on
Famagusta's cultural and material legacy.

In addition to the anticipated papers relating to art, architecture and
history of medieval (Byzantine and Lusignan), early modern (Venetian, and
Ottoman), and British Famagusta, the conference organizers would also be
keen to include scholars who can explore the following areas relating to
studies of the city: music manuscripts (e.g. Donizetti's La Regina di
Cipro), pilgrims' accounts, diplomats' accounts, drama (e.g. Dekker's Old
Fortunatus), cartography, prints and paintings, numismatics, tombstones,
heraldry, Ottoman poetry (e.g. Namık Kemal), historic photographs, film
history (and in particular the making of Exodus), accounts of the Jewish
internment camps, Famagusta as a place of exile, the work of Theophilus
Mogabgab and William Dreghorn, and Famagusta in the two world wars.

Those wishing to participate should contact the conference organizers as
soon as possible to register interest. Abstracts of 200-250 words should be
sent via e-mail by June 30 (2011). In October (2011) successful candidates
will be notified a full year in advance of the conference (October 2012).
Specific, thematically aligned papers will also be selected for an edited
book of the same name.

Limited travel bursaries are available for participants without a university
affiliation.

For further details please contact the organisers at <
historicfamagusta at gmail.com>, <michaeljkwalsh at hotmail.com>, or <
kiss_tamas at ceu-budapest.hu>.

Michael Walsh
School of Art, Design and Media
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
Email: michaeljkwalsh at hotmail.com
Visit the website at http://www.ceu.hu/node/21109

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