CfP The 27th International Conference on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa, St. Petersburg, 24-26 April, 2013

THE XXVII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HISTORIOGRAPHY AND SOURCE
STUDIES OF ASIA AND AFRICA

The Faculty of Asian and African Studies of the Saint Petersburg State
University is organizing the XXVII International Conference on
Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa «Local Heritage
and Global Perspective»

 THE XXVII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON HISTORIOGRAPHY AND SOURCE STUDIES OF ASIA AND AFRICA,

«LOCAL HERITAGE AND GLOBAL PERPEKTIVE»

  SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, 24-26 APRIL, 2013

Conference panels:

     Historiography of Arab Countries.

    Historiography of Iran and Afghanistan.

    Historiography of Turkey.

    Historiography of the Caucasus.

    Historiography of Central Asia.

    Historiography of India and Southeast Asia.

    Historiography of China.

    Historiography of Japan and Korea.

    Historiography of Mongolia, Tibet and Buddhism.

    African Studies – “In memoriam of D.A.Olderogge”.

    Historiography of the Ancient Orient.

    Languages of Asia and Africa.

    Literatures of Asia and Africa.

    Workshop of Young Scholars in Asian and African Studies.

    “Where the East is heading?” Round table discussion: “Oriental
Revolutions” and possible developments in the modern Orient.

Working languages of the Conference: Russian and English.

 Time limit for papers: 15 minutes.

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 31 January 2011. Abstracts
should not exceed 300 words and should be e-mailed to the Organizing
Committee as an attachment in MS Word 1997-2003 format. The book of
Abstracts will be published prior to the Conference and distributed at
the time of registration.

Conference fee: 80 Euro.

We regret to inform that the Organising Committee is unable to cover
the costs of your tickets and accommodation; however, the Organizing
Committee can help in arranging accommodation in St. Petersburg.

Those who wish to participate in the Conference should fill in an on-
line application form, which can be found here: http://conference.ci.spbu.ru/?eng.
Applicants will be informed on the outcome of their applications in a
month from the date of their applications, but not later than two
months before the conference.

You are kindly advised to check Faculty website (http://
en.orient.spbu.ru/science/conference/conference_180.html) for further
information including the Conference Programme.

Should you have any query please contact the Organizing Committee of
the conference at conf2013@orient.spbu.ru, tel./fax: (+7812) 328-77-32.

 
–
Gevorg Avetikyan

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