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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 16:58:57 -0600
From: Alain Touwaide <atouwaide@...>


****APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS****


CALL FOR PAPERS

HISTORY OF MEDICINE - ISTANBUL, SEPTEMBER 1-6, 2002

The next Congress of the International Society for the History of Medicine
will be held in Istanbul, September 1-6 2002. Its main topics will be, among
others, "Medieval medicine", "Medicine in the Near East through history" and
"The relation between Turkish medicine and the medicine of Eastern and
Western Worlds".

In this context, I will organize a panel on the following topic:

Medicine and inter-cultural exchanges:
Byzantium, the Arabic World, the Ottoman Empire

The panel will be devoted to the circulation of medical knowledge in the
Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Middle Ages, especially during the
15th and 16th centuries in the Balkans and Asia minor, with a particular
attention to Constantinople. The focus will be on the channels of the
transfer, its places and actors, together with its impact on knowledge, that
is, the transformation of medicine due to its passage from one culture to
another.

Contributions based on the analysis of primary sources (including the
reports of Western diplomats and explorers) are most welcome. Comparative
work would be particularly appreciated. Papers could deal with topics like
texts and translations, books and libraries, teaching, sanitary structures,
patronage or, and for example, treatment of diseases.

Please, send proposed title, first abstract, together with full name and
affiliation by end of March 2001 to atouwaide@....
A Second announcement will be published ca. April 15, 2001.

Here are two important deadlines:

- November 15, 2001: abstract submission
- May 1, 2002: early registration

For further information on the Congress:

- President: Prof. Dr. Nil SARI
nilsa@... OR nilasari@...

- Secretary
Dr. Yesim ISIL ULMAN
yesimul@... OR yesimul@...

- Organizer
Cnidus Congress & Tourism Agency
sibel@... OR cnidus@...

Hoping to meet you on the shores of the Bosporus, best regards.

A. TOUWAIDE
atouwaide@...



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