Call for papers

Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies
Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity
University of Birmingham

International conference on Nationalism and Historiography

Title: Nationalism, Historiography and the (Re)construction of
the Past

10th -11th September 2004, Birmingham, UK.

Nationalism, Historiography and the (Re)construction of the Past

The teleological nature of history encourages historians to
retroactively
imagine or construct past communities in accordance with
contemporary
cartographies. Today these cartographies are dominated by the
nation-state
and its territorially oriented mapping of geo-political space.
How has the
vocabulary of nationalism affected our construction of the past?
How has
this superseded earlier imaginations of physical, political and
moral
spacialities?

We are looking for case-study focused papers set in a broader
theoretical
context which directly address these, and related, questions.

Possible topics may include:

-The relation between nationalism and different types of
historical writing
(scholarly, literary, popular and textbook), archaeology
(tourism, and
museums) and visual images (film, and painting).

-The impact of nationalism on renaming practices (of places,
people and
institutions), the imagination of self and other and the
legitimisation of
violence.

-The differences between nationalist and nation-state dominated
histories

Confirmed speakers include: Prof. John Breuilly (Birmingham
University)

Proposals from established and junior scholars in all areas of
the
humanities and social sciences are encouraged for this
interdisciplinary
conference.

Proposals (including title, 250-500 word abstract, affiliation of
participant, full contact information and a brief CV) and
enquiries should be sent to Marios Hadjianastasis and Claire
Norton at

nationalism_conference@hotmail.com

before 31/12/03.



For more info visit

http://www.ottoman-links.co.uk/Call%20for%20papers.htm


Thank you
Marios Hadjianastasis
Claire Norton