[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: "CITIES: A BIGGER PICTURE, An examination of the Heritage,,Archaeology and Art of Anatolia," April 27 2013, Koç U

[Gonul Pultar]

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Call for Papers
for Graduate Students interested in
History, Archaeology, Art and Architectural History and Heritage of Asia 
Minor
Istanbul, April 27 2013


Deadline for Abstracts: February 1 2013


CITIES: A BIGGER PICTURE
An examination of the Heritage, Archaeology and Art of Anatolia from 
Prehistory through the Ottoman Empire.

The First Annual KoçUniversity Archaeology and History of Art Graduate 
Student Symposium: “Cities: A Bigger Picture” will take place on 
27April, 2013 at Research Center for Anatolian Civilization (RCAC), 
Istanbul, Turkey.

According to Aristotle, “Human beings are political animals” who are 
civilized creatures and often reside in the “polis”: the city.
Clearly, cities are important agents to observe and understand the
interrelations of people, arts, and culture. As the majority of
the world’s population now lives in cities, studies relating to cities
are a common ground which can bring scholars together. However, many
scholarly approaches to the study of cities can be quite narrow and 
divided in terms of periodization, geography and methodology. This 
symposium suggests that a wider focus on the study of cities can work to 
diffuse the boundaries between departments, universities, and even 
countries and foster a multi-disciplinary approach to research. Fellow 
graduate students are encouraged to push beyond their comfort zone in 
their research to consider cities in Anatolia and how they relate to a 
“bigger picture”. The intention of this symposium is to cultivate a
re-evaluation and reform of the existing approaches to city-specific
research through interdisciplinary collaboration that stretches across 
geographical, temporal and methodological boundaries.

We invite papers which demonstrate a multidisciplinary and collaborative 
approach to research about some aspects of the city.

Some possible topics could be:
-Comparative analysis between cities in Anatolia and Western Europe,
-New methods for urban archaeology
-Contemporary challenges in preservation of urban sites
-Cities of pilgrimage and travel accounts
-Charitable institutions in cities and their impacts
-Sacred spaces in cities
-Artistic components of a city
-Emergence and reemergence of cities
-Exhibiting cities

“Cities: A Bigger Picture” welcomes all graduate students to apply. If 
you are interested in presenting a paper in the Koç University 
Archaeology and History of Art Graduate Student Symposium: “Cities:
A Bigger Picture” please note that:  The deadline for submitting a
250 word abstract and CV is Friday, February 1, 2013.

Abstracts should be submitted to <ARHAsymposium at gmail.com>.

Applicants will be informed of their acceptance by Friday, February 
15th, 2013.

Further questions may be sent to ARHAsymposium at gmail.comand you may
visit our website at http://ARHAsymposium.blogspot.com or facebook at 
http://www.facebook.com/arhasymposium.

*Funding is not available for travel or accommodation.
** Please note that selected papers may be eligible
for publication.