2007-05-24
Varia - Part 2
posted by mh 18 years ago
Robert Elsie has augmented his web enterprise, aimed at promoting the history and culture of the Albanian lands, by a section on early 20th century photography in his region of interest. The first feature on Albanianphotography.net consists of samples from the photo collection of Baron Franz Nopcsa and presents visuals from Albania from between 1903 and 1916.
Announcements - Part 23
posted by mh 18 years ago
Your blogger was among those given a research award for essays on The Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans and the Middle East. The paper (3rd prize) entitled De/constructing a 'Legacy in Stone': Of interpretative and historiographical problems concerning the Ottoman cultural heritage in the Balkans, as well as the other awardees’ papers The paradox of perceptions: Interpreting the Ottoman Past through the national present (by Christine Philliou, 1st prize) and Fighting the specters of the past: dilemmas of Ottoman legacy in the Balkans and the Middle East (by Suhnaz Yilmaz and Ipek Yosmaoglu, 2nd prize), plus a transcript of the speech by Richard Holbrooke at the Brookings Institution in DC, can be downloaded here.
Calls for Papers - Part 30
posted by mh 18 years ago
Constantinople/Istanbul: Destination, Way-Station, City of Renegades (September 28/29, 2007, Washington DC). Deadline for abstract submission: June 4, 2007.
Globalising Urban Histories: Interdisciplinary approaches to politics, material cultures and ideologies in world cities (December 4/5, 2006, Cambridge. Deadline: June 30, 2007.
Globalising Urban Histories: Interdisciplinary approaches to politics, material cultures and ideologies in world cities (December 4/5, 2006, Cambridge. Deadline: June 30, 2007.
Varia
posted by mh 18 years ago
A complete list of Machiel Kiel’s work on the history of architecture, cities, and demography of the Balkans has been put online at Stephen Lewis’ webblog. For the MS word file, click here (.doc).
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