In cooperation with Fettah Efendi Association, Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities and Marmara University Institute of Middle East and Islamıc Countries Studies will organize a Balkan Historiography Workshop between 22-24 October 2021 in Istanbul.
The history of Balkan geography, as the east of the West and the west of the East, has produced the intertwined ground of political, economic, cultural, border, and military intersections. The diversity and competition of Kingdoms, Empires, national states, and supranational structures was never lacking. Different approaches, cultures, religions, sects, identities, political and economic structures have restructured this affluent cooperation/confrontation legacy by reconstructing “history”. Fundamental areas of inquiry of historiography such as “Balkan geography”, historical sources, the problem of periodization, approaches, themes, and the diversity of debates began to gain depth in Balkan historiography. This workshop aims to investigate the fundamental framework of Balkan historiography from the Ottomans to the 20th century and to reveal an introductory work to the Balkan historiography literature.
Workshop languages are English and Turkish (if necessary, it can be held in Albanian and Bosnian presentations.). The transportation and accommodation expenses of the participants will be covered by the workshop organizing committee.
Papers on various topics within the following themes are welcome:
I – The Discipline and Institutions
II – Definitions and Descriptions of the “Balkans”
III – How to Periodize Balkan History
IV – Approaches
- Nationalistic Approach
- Orientalist Approach
- Imperial Approach
- The Common Heritage/History Approach
- Transnational Approach
V – Sources and Methods
- General and Local/National Sources
- Imperial Sources in the Classical Period
- Imperial Sources in the Modern Period
iii. Local/National Sources in the Classical Period
- Local/National Sources in the Modern Period
- Types of Sources
- Archival Sources
- Manuscripts
iii. Printed Sources
- Periodicals
- Visual Sources
VI – Themes and Debates
- Demography and Ethno-Religious Identities
- Migration
- Administration and Military
- Settlement: Cities and Villages
- Tax: Land and Products
- Trade and Artisans
- Justice: Law and Society
- Intellectual Networks
- Arts and Architecture
- Religions and Beliefs
- Languages
- Waqfs
- Dervish Orders
- Uprisings
- Transportation
- Imperial Heritage
- Independence Movements and Nation Building
- The Macedonian Question
- Balkan Wars
- World Wars
- Cold War
- Post-Cold War
VII – State of art in Different Languages or Countries
- Turkey / Turkish
- Macedonia / Macedonian
- Albania / Albanian
- Bosna Hercegovina / Bosnian
- Serbia / Serbian
- Croatia / Croatian
- Greece / Greek
- Bulgaria / Bulgarian
- Romania / Romanian
- Slovenia / Slovenian
- Hungary / Hungarian
- Other Languages
Important Dates
- Maj 22, 2021Announcement of the Balkan Historiography Workshop
- July 15, 2021 Deadline for abstract submission
- July 20, 2021Announcement of accepted abstracts
- September 20, 2021Deadline for first edition of paper submission
- October 01, 2021Announcement of accepted papers
- October 10, 2021Announcement of the Workshop schedule
- October 22-24, 2021Implementation of the Workshop
- December 31, 2021Deadline for full paper submission
- March 31, 2022Publication of book
Aplication: https://forms.gle/YUrWA1tmJtfc3JS2A
Organizing Committee
– Prof. Dr. Hasan Korkut, Marmara University
– Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yunus Uğur, Marmara University
– Nedim Aslan, Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities
– Sevba Abdula, Fettah Efendi Association
– Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Erken, Marmara University
– Assist. Prof. Dr. Petar Todorov, Institute of National History, Skopje
