[Bilimsel Haber] CfP - 2nd Graduate Workshop in Ottoman Studies at the University of Oxford

[Gonul Pultar]

From: Kerem Tinaz <kerem.tinaz at sant.ox.ac.uk>



Call for Papers - 2nd Graduate Workshop in Ottoman Studies at the 
University of Oxford
May 9, 2014

“The Ottoman Empire in the Age of Modernity: Political and Cultural 
Representations”



The Ottoman Studies Group at Oxford (OSGO), in cooperation with Ertegun 
House and the Middle East Center (MEC) at St. Antony’s College, is 
delighted to announce that the second graduate workshop in Ottoman 
Studies will be held at the University of Oxford on May 9, 2014. This 
workshop, titled “The Ottoman Empire in the Age of Modernity: Political 
and Cultural Representations,” intends to provide a forum for graduate 
students in Ottoman studies to present their research, exchange ideas, 
and develop scholarly networks.

The workshop aims to address political and cultural issues by bringing 
together an international and multi-disciplinary group of scholars. By 
focusing on the broad theme of “representation,” the workshop seeks for 
an interdisciplinary re-thinking of social, political, cultural, and 
visual history of the nineteenth century Ottoman Empire. We invite 
papers on a broad range of topics related to the theme of 
“representation,” including, but not limited to:


1.     Theoretical discussions of the concept of representation.

2.     Representations in Ottoman historiography.

3.     Literary representations, intellectual movements and debates.

4.     Rethinking national identity and citizenship.

5.     Representations of the “other” in Ottoman society.

6.     Orientalism and “self-orientalism” in the late Ottoman Empire.

7.     Self-representation and individual/collective image-making.

8.     Representations of gender and sexuality.

9.     Visual representations: architecture, cinema, painting, 
photography, and cartography.

Presentations should be 20 minutes.

Please send your 300-word abstract including a paper title, with your 
affiliation, and a biographical statement (max. 100 words) to the 
Organizing Committee by March 9, 2014 to osgoxford at gmail.com

Accepted participants will be informed by March 24, 2014.
The exact programme of the workshop will be announced by April 11, 2014.
For additional information, please visit www.osgoxford.net or contact us 
at osgoxford at gmail.com