Wednesday, February 4, 2009

CFP- Volume on Competition in Turkic Culture, Deadline: 1 September 2009

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CFP- Volume on Competition in Turkic Culture, Deadline: 1 September 2009

Posted by: Emine Görsoy-Naskali <eminenaskali@gmail.com>

Call For Papers

The purpose of this study is to document competitions of all kinds in
Turkic culture.


The documentation of the types of races (including the racing of
animals), the organisation of races, the training of competitors, the
location of races, referees, audiences, costumes of competitors,
betting and cheating, asik competitions, munazara literature (it will
be possible to publish full texts), terminology, the etymology of this
vocabulary, records relating to races etc. come under the interest of
this study.

You may approach the subject as a historian, anthropologist,
philologist, folklorist, art historian...

If you would like to participate in this study/publication by
submitting an article, please send me the title and a very brief
summary of your article by 15 April 2009. The final date for the
submission of the articles is 1 September 2009. The preferred language
for the articles is Turkish.

Prof. Dr. Emine Gursoy Naskali
Marmara University, Istanbul
eminenaskali@gmail.com


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