"Evliya Çelebi's Balkans Congress" Invites Scholars

On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Evliya Çelebi's birth, the UNESCO General Conference decided to declare 2011 the year of commemorating Evliya Çelebi throughout the world. On this occasion, the Bahçeşehir University Center for Civilization Studies (MEDAM), in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye and other national and international organizations, prepared a comprehensive project titled "Evliya Çelebi, a Traveler of Civilization," consisting of an international exhibition, symposium, panel, feature film, children's film, an Evliya Çelebi Atlas, and books and brochures in various languages introducing the cities, countries and historical sites Evliya Çelebi visited.

The exhibitions, one of the core concepts of this project, have 4 main themes: Evliya Çelebi's Istanbul; Evliya Çelebi's Anatolia; Evliya Çelebi's Balkans; Evliya Çelebi's World.

This project, which addresses the places visited and described by Evliya Çelebi, one of the world's greatest and foremost travelers, with their historical and cultural fabric, was carried out throughout 2011 within the framework of the themes above, in the form of exhibitions, symposia, conferences and panels in various places, notably Türkiye and France (Paris, in cooperation with UNESCO and INALCO).

The "Congress of Evliya Çelebi's Balkans" will be held on 16–20 April 2012 in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, under the high auspices of President Prof. Dr. Gjorge IVANOV.

Supported by the Promotion Fund of the Turkish Prime Ministry, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Türkiye and the Alliance of Civilizations Türkiye Coordination Committee, the congress is organized by the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) and the Bahçeşehir University Center for Civilization Studies (MEDAM).

As is well known, we have historical, cultural and human ties with the Balkan countries, and their importance continues to grow today. With the "Congress of Evliya Çelebi's Balkans," the nature of historical, social, cultural and economic relations in the Balkan geography will be presented with an academic approach. All researchers, scholars and thinkers from Türkiye, the Balkan countries and around the world are expected to participate in the Congress, which focuses on Evliya Çelebi, his era, and the cultural, artistic and intellectual life of the Balkan countries of that time.

We would like to welcome scholars and researchers who wish to participate in the Congress, to be opened on 17 April 2012 under the high auspices of Macedonian President Prof. Dr. Gjorge IVANOV, with academic studies based on new information and documents that examine the topic of "Evliya Çelebi's Balkans" objectively from theoretical and methodological perspectives. Participation in the Congress is with a paper. Scholars from Türkiye, the Balkan countries and other countries who wish to participate should fill in the participation form and send their CVs, paper topics and abstracts by 15 March 2012 to medam@bahcesehir.edu.tr; participants from Macedonia should send them to congress@manu.edu.mk. The languages of the Congress are Turkish, Macedonian and English. After the detailed abstracts are evaluated by the Congress Organizing Committee, a second announcement will be made regarding accepted papers.

Travel, accommodation and other expenses of participants presenting papers will be covered by the organization.

Kind regards,

 

CONGRESS CO-CHAIRS

Prof. Dr. Vlado KAMBOVSKİ - Prof. Dr. Bekir KARLIĞA

 

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. Georgi STARDELOV- Prof. Dr. Nabi AVCI- Prof. Dr. Tsvetan GROZDANOV

Prof. Dr. Şenay YALÇIN- Prof. Dr. Mateya MATEVSKİ- Prof. Dr. Heath LOUVRY 

Prof. Dr.Yordan POP YORDANOV- Prof. Dr. Jean Louis Bacque GRAMMONT

Prof. Dr. Tome SERAFİMOVSKİ

 

CONGRESS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. Zlatko JOGLEV- Prof. Dr. Mehmet KALPAKLI - Prof. Dr. Luan STAROVA

Prof.Dr.İvan KATARCİEV - Prof. Dr. Hayati DEVELI- Prof. Dr. Arif AGO 

Prof.Dr.Katica KULAVKOVA- Prof. Dr. Musa DUMAN

Prof. Dr. Mitko MACUNKOV - Prof. Dr. Sevim PİLİÇKOVA - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevin ALİL

Prof. Dr. Dragi GORGİEV - Prof. Dr. Recep ŞENTÜRK - Assist. Prof. Dr. Burhan KÖROĞLU - Prof. Dr. Mariya PANDEVSKA - Prof. Dr. Ferid MUHİÇ - Prof. Dr. Aida İSLAM -

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazim İBRAHİM - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fadil HOCA - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahmut ÇELİK - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yasna BAÇOVSKA - Zoran PAVLOV - Güner İSMAİL - Dragica JİVKOVA - Elizabeta KONESKA

 

CONGRESS SECRETARIAT

Prof. Dr. Numan ARUÇ - Assist. Prof. Dr. Burhan KÖROĞLU

Dr. Coşkun YILMAZ-Mehmet KILIÇ- Vahdettin IŞIK

Cemalettin DEMIROK-Agah KARLIAĞA

 

ADVISORY BOARD

Prof.Dr.Alaeddin ABAZİ -Lidiya KUMBARACİ- Prof.Dr. Todor ÇEPREGANOV

Prof. Dr. Aleksandar STERYOVSKİ-Prof. Dr. Zoran TODOROVSKİ

Prof. Dr. Kosta BALABANOV - Prof.Dr. Gazanfer BAYRAM- Esat BAYRAM -İlhami EMİN- Prof. Dr. Mehmet KALPAKLI, Prof. Dr. Zekeriya KURŞUN,  Dr. Hayati Develi, 

Prof. Dr. Musa Duman Prof. Dr. Recep Şentürk

 

 

КОНФЕРЕНЦИЈА ЗА БАЛКАНОТ НА ЕВЛИЈА ЧЕЛЕБИЈА 16-20 април, 2012 СКОПЈЕ – МАКЕДОНИЈА