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CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite proposals for contributions to Travellers in Ottoman Lands, Seminar Three (TIOL3)
Places forgotten, Places Remembered, to be held in Istanbul, Wednesday 9 - Saturday 12 April 2025
Three days of presentation sessions in the historical neighbourhoods of Karaköy and BeyoÄŸlu plus excursions on the Friday and Saturday.
Presented by Travellers in Ottoman Lands (TIOL), in association with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Sabancı University, the Netherlands Institute in Turkey (NIT) and the Koç University Research Centre for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE), the American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) and Cornucopia Magazine.
Topics to be considered include (but are not limited to) the following:
• Memorials, cemeteries, places of worship of various faiths
• Explorers and photographers
• Architecture
• Women travellers
• Art and Culture
• Travel and exile
• Archaeology
• Modes of travel
• Cuisine
• Horticulture and botany
• Famous travellers
Proposals may be submitted either for individual presentations of 25 minutes or for panels of
3–4 speakers of 25 minutes each. Contributions for a panel about the Feriköy Protestant Cemetery of Istanbul are especially welcomed. Please include a biography of no more than 200 words, presentation title and a 300-word abstract. The seminar language is English. Proposals should be submitted using the online form below, or by email to ottomanlandsastene@gmail.com by
15 November 2024 at the latest. All proposals will be subject to peer review and their acceptance will be announced by mid-January 2025. Registration will open on 31 January 2025 when the draft program will also be available.
TIOL3 follows the successful Travellers in Ottoman Lands: The Botanical Legacy (TIOL1) held in Edinburgh in 2017 and Travellers in Ottoman Lands: The Balkans, Anatolia and Beyond (TIOL2) held in Sarajevo in 2022. Peer reviewed papers from TIOL1 have already been published and the papers from TIOL2 will be published by Archaeopress in December 2024
For enquiries about the seminar please send an email to Dr. Marloes Cornelissen marloes.cornelissen@sabanciuniv.edu or to ottomanlandsastene@gmail.com
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Seminar locations:
Sabancı University – Minerva Han: Bereketzade, Bankalar Cd., BeyoÄŸlu/Istanbul
Netherlands Institute in Turkey (NIT) – ANAMED Auditorium, Merkez Han, Ä°stiklal Caddesi 181, BeyoÄŸlu, Istanbul
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Excursions:
The Tulip gardens – Emirgan Korusu, Istanbul
Feriköy Protestant Cemetery – Cumhuriyet, Abide-i Hürriyet Cd No:5, 34380 ÅžiÅŸli, Istanbul
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