Appel à communication pour l’atelier "The British Empire and the Turkish Republic in the 1920s and 30s" (Cambridge, 31 mars - 1er avril 2017)

Appel à communication jusqu’au 7 janvier 2017

The workshop covers relations between Britain and its expanding empire with the newly established Turkish Republic in the first decades of its existence.
Themes and Research Questions :
The Turkish War of Independence, the Çanak Crisis and occupation of Istanbul ; The negotiation and impact of the Treaty of Lausanne ; The end of the Caliphate in Turkey and the British Empire ; Turkey in British Middle Eastern Policy ; Secularism, the women’s movement, and Ataturk’s Reforms ; The Mosul Dispute ; Kurdish nationalism in Turkey and Iraq.

Confirmed speakers :
Professor Richard Toye (Exeter University)
Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith
Dr. Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal (BIAA)
Dr. Warren Dockter (Aberwystwyth University)

Call for papers :
We invite scholars interested in taking part in the project to submit proposals for papers to enemiestoallies@gmail.com.
Submissions will be considered both on their merits and on their relevance to the project as a whole, and we apologise in advance if we are unable to accept all proposals. If you are interested in offering a paper, we would ask you to submit an abstract of 250 words and a short statement explaining the relevance of your proposal to the project.
Please do so by 7 January 2017.

Un grand et amical Merci à Julie d’Andurain pour le signalement de ce précieux appel à communication.
Source de l’information :
H-Turk : https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/154937/call-papers-british-empire-and-turkish-republic-1920s-and-30s
https://fromenemiestoallies.com/workshop-2/
Project "Turkey & Britain from Enemies to Allies, 1914-1952"
https://fromenemiestoallies.com/