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STICHTING SULTANS TRAIL A EUROPEAN CULTURAL ROUTE While the Sultans Trail partly uses existing European long distance paths, including parts of the E8 and the Danube cycling path, other parts of the trail still have to be developed. The recently established NGO Sultans Trail Foundation, based in the Netherlands, has taken the lead in this, setting out the path and developing a network of accommodations along the route, in private houses, lodges and hotels. Numerous experienced long distance hikers have already explored parts of the Sultans Trail between 2009 and 2012. They share the same opinion: "It was sometimes pioneering but the experience was full of authenticity. The many natural and historical highlights, the varied landscape and the hospitality of the local people contributed greatly to this experience."
Academic Network
In line with the routes historical significance as a link between various cultures and peoples from East and West, The Sultans Trail Foundation seeks to develop an international network of the same designation. A number of scholars from a wide variety of countries have already made a start in this, shedding new light on and thereby boosting the debate on the historical, cultural, political and socioeconomic significance of the Sultans Trail. To be involved in this scientific network means taking part in permanent international relations between experts from a wide range of fields, i.e. in the exchange of ideas, the launch of joint scientific projects, the exchange of master and doctoral students, the development of study programmes, and the publication of joint works. The conference brings together scholars (wishing to be) involved in this dense scientific network in order for them to directly exchange ideas. The aim of the conference is to create a platform for historians, art historians, and literary critics to share their studies on textual and visual representations of the Sultans Trail, the Via Militaris between 1,000 BC and present day. By investigating the medieval, early modern and modern Sultans Trail in text and images, the conference will serve as an opportunity for an interdisciplinary dialogue among the participants, with the hope of broadening perspectives on the Sultans Trails cultural and material legacy. In addition to the anticipated papers relating to art, architecture and history of medieval (Roman and Byzantine) and Ottoman, and modern route, the conference organizers would also be keen to include scholars who can explore the following fields of study: music on the Sultans Trail, pilgrims accounts, diplomats accounts, cartography, prints and paintings, numismatics, tombstones, heraldry, Roman and Ottoman itineraries, historic photographs, archaeological excavations.
St. Sultans Trail A European Cultural Route Hagestraat 10, 2011 CV Haarlem, The Netherlands Triodos Bank: 254640060 IBAN: NL60 TRIO 0254 6400 60 BIC: TRIONL2U www.sultanstrail.com e-mail: info@sultanstrail.com Tel: +31 23 7070047 Cell phone: +31 650 890 696 Chamber of Commerce: 54257662 btw nr. NL. 851231007 B01
Participation
Those wishing to participate should contact the conference organizers as soon as possible to register interest. Abstracts of 200 - 250 words should be sent via e-mail by October 31. On November 15, successful candidates will be notified. Specific, thematically aligned papers will also be selected for an edited book of the same name. Limited travel bursaries are available for participants without a university affiliation. Submission Modalities Proposals for papers should not exceed 500 words and must include the following: Title of the paper; Author; Affiliation CV with publications Abstract; Materials and methods used;
Please send your proposals to: mehmet@sultanstrail.com Deadline for proposals: 30 October 2012 Announcement of the selected proposals: 15 November 2012 Coordination and selection of papers: Mehmet Tutuncu (mehmet@sultanstrail.com ) Organization and coordination: Lisanne Post ( lisanne@sultanstrail.com )
Calendar of Events
January 30 Arrival in Novi Sad January 31 Registration, Opening Ceremony, Sessions, Banquet February 1 Transport to Osijek Sessions, Banquet February 2 Closing Ceremony, Cultural Programme, Excursion February 4 Departure from Osijek
For more information please visit the website of the Sultans Trail Foundation:
www.sultanstrail.com www.sultanstrail.eu
St. Sultans Trail A European Cultural Route Hagestraat 10, 2011 CV Haarlem, The Netherlands Triodos Bank: 254640060 IBAN: NL60 TRIO 0254 6400 60 BIC: TRIONL2U www.sultanstrail.com e-mail: info@sultanstrail.com Tel: +31 23 7070047 Cell phone: +31 650 890 696 Chamber of Commerce: 54257662 btw nr. NL. 851231007 B01