UPDATE: Orientalism Before 1600 (9/30; 7/12/01-7/15/01)

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Between Empires: Orientalism Before 1600  
An International Conference
Trinity College, Cambridge 
12-15 July, 2001
CALL FOR PAPERS
Ever since the publication of Edward Said’s ‘Orientalism’ in
1978, the ideological underpinnings of Europe’s encounters
with those regions, peoples and cultures that represented the
‘Orient’ have been subject to intense scrutiny.
However, two central issues concerning interaction between the
‘Orient’ and Europe require further consideration. Firstly, what
were the precursors of Orientalism? How did travel, trade,
crusades, missionary activity and cultural exchange between
empires in the centuries that preceded the age of European
expansion and colonisation influence Western perceptions of
the East? In what ways did the meaning of ‘the East’ change
before the seventeenth century? Secondly, what were the
responses of the many non-European empires to the travellers,
armies, ambassadors and entrepreneurs of the West? What
forms does ‘Occidentalism’ take before 1600?
The aim of this conference is to explore the forms of dialogue
that existed between empires of the East and of the West, and to
investigate the formation of these categories themselves. It will
consider the concrete forms of such dialogues: the vicissitudes
of trade, translation, and theft that characterise transactions of a
material nature. It will also consider the imaginative dimension
of relations that existed between empires: the catalogue of
marvels, myths, and misgivings that both encouraged and
impeded those dialogues.
Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words to:
email: between.empires@trin.cam.ac.uk 
fax: +44 (0)1223 338 564 (F.A.O. Dr Alfred Hiatt) 
mail:
Dr Alfred Hiatt
'Between Empires'
Trinity College 
Cambridge, CB2 1TQ 
U.K. 
web: http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/empires/
Submission Deadline: 30 September, 2000
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