Columbia University’ Seminar in Ottoman and Turkish Studies presents:
Ottomans/Turks in Conflict, 1800-2010: New Approaches
April 29-30, 2011
Sponsored by Columbia University’s Middle East Institute and
University Seminars
Proposals are invited from graduate students and recent PhDs
(dissertation completed after May 2008) for an intensive two-day
workshop at Columbia University around the theme of “Ottomans/Turks in
Conflict.” Papers, which will be pre-circulated, could focus on any
type of conflict–—political, social, cultural/intellectual, economic,
domestic or international—involving Ottomans and/or Turks from
approximately 1800 until the present. Preference will be given to
projects that illuminate new types of conflict, and/or that view
previously debated conflicts in new ways, form new vantage points, or
in new comparative framework. Day 1 of the workshop will focus on the
1800-1923 period, and Day 2 will turn to Republican Turkey. Selected
papers will be presented and discussed by fellow presenters as well as
several senior scholars who will be in attendance to serve as
discussants.
Accommodation near the Columbia campus and meals for two days and
two nights will be provided by the organizers, and participants will
be reimbursed for their travel expenses (up to $300 for domestic
travel and $600 for international).
Possible topics could relate to:
*Inter-imperial rivalries in the long-nineteenth century and their
consequences for specific localities/actors/social groups in Ottoman
realms
*Cultural/literary production, intellectual movements,
conflicts/debates over language, regionalism, or cultural forms in
late Ottoman and Republican periods
*Military conflict and its causes/repercussions
*Competing ideologies in late Ottoman and Republican periods
*Conflicts within and around “minority” groups in the late Ottoman and
Republican periods
*Conflicting responses to change and continuity throughout the 19th
and 20th centuries
*Conflicts over national identities, successful and unsuccessful
Please send short proposal-abstracts (250 words) along with a brief
bio (with “Ottomans/Turks in Conflict proposal” in the title line of
the email) by January 10, 2011 to: