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Call for Papers:
The Academic Committee invites proposals
for the 11th International Conference on Oriental
Carpets. The deadline is September
1, 2006.
Proposals must include:
1. Title;
2. Session type you are applying
for (General, Special, Poster);
3. Abstract (detailed) of
maximum 800 words;
4. Your name, postal address,
e-mail, telephone and fax number.
To enhance the quality of simultaneous
translation, we will need typed manuscripts of
accepted papers by February 1, 2007.
Proposed papers must be original and previously
unpublished works. Abstracts should identify new
information, arguments and supportive evidence.
Proposals must contain a clear description of the
visual materials that will be used in the
presentation -- and for publication. PowerPoint
presentations are preferred to 35mm slide
projection. Local Committee Organisers
will convert presentations from just about any
form to the PowerPoint format if they receive the
input by February 1, 2007.
1. General Sessions: All
traditional areas of carpet studies will be
considered, including early and later nomad,
village and workshop pile carpets and flat-weaves
gathered by geographical origin (North Africa,
Anatolia, Central Asia, Persia, Caucasus, India,
Tibet and the Far East, etc.). Applicants are
also invited to submit papers on structure and
technique, carpet designs and their origin,
relationships between textiles and carpets,
dating, documentary evidence, scientific tests,
conservation and restoration, fakes and copies,
collections and collectors, oriental carpets in
interiors. Maximum presentation is 25
minutes.
2. Special Sessions: These are
intended to improve the scientific quality of
this conference. A Session Leader will be
responsible for organising other Presenters and
coordinating each special session. Current
suggestions include: Carpets from the Amu Darya
region in Central Asia; Carpets and Textiles in
Archaeology; Carpets from Eastern Anatolia; and
Seljuk Carpets. Special Sessions will have a
maximum of 4 papers each. The Session Leader and
other Presenters in the session will decide how
long each paper will be. Maximum
presentation time for each session will be a
total of 90 minutes.
3. Poster Sessions will be
displayed at the Swissotel. Each presentation
should consist of a maximum of two panels
approximately 1 meter (39”) in width and 1.5
meters (58”) in height. Poster presenters
must be present at their boards for discussion
during specified times. The Academic Committee
will also consider proposals for computer or
video presentations (CD-ROM and DVD).
Publication of Conference Papers
Acceptance to present a paper at the 11th
ICOC carries with it the obligation of the author
to submit a written manuscript with publishable
visual materials for exclusive publication in
Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies (OCTS).
Authors who comply with all ICOC requirements for
conference presentations and for OCTS will not be
required to pay the basic conference registration
fee. Shared ac-commodations will be provided.
Some travel expenses may be available.
Submission of Proposals
The 11th ICOC official languages are English,
German and Turkish, but all proposals and
abstracts must be submitted in English.
Proposals for an entire Special Session must
include the names and titles of all abstracts
submitted, individual authors’ names and
contact information. Please e-mail all
queries and proposals to: aborale@tin.it
Alberto Boralevi, Academic Chair
Via S. Spirito 11
50125 Florence, Italy
Tel/Fax +39.055.211.423 |
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