CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS

TURKISH-SERBIAN RELATIONS, FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE UNTIL 1939

PROPOSALS DUE 15 JUNE 2023

The Balkan History Association is preparing a volume that aims to explore the diplomatic, political, social, and economic dynamics of Turkish-Serbian relations from the Ottoman period until the beginning of the Second World War. The volume will be published by Peter Lang (in the series "South-East European History").

Proposals must deal with the following topics:

• Role and importance of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire;

• Serbian princess at the Ottoman Court; Conversion to Islam;

• Serbs in the Ottoman army and administration;

• Land division and taxation system;

• Migrations;

• Historical demography and changes of the family structure;

• Sufism and its influence;

• Syncretic culture and forms of art; Everyday life;

• 18th century warfare;

• Struggle for the independence;

• documents on Serb-Ottoman relations, their provenance, diplomatic form and research value;

• Republic of Turkey and Kingdome of Yugoslavia: political, social and cultural relations;

• Status of the Ottoman artefacts in Serbia today.

Deadlines:

June 15, 2023: Submission of proposals to editors

June 19, 2023: Notification of accepted proposals

September 5, 2023: Receipt of final papers for peer review

September 26, 2023: Revised chapters re-submitted to editors

Editors:

Abidin Temizer (Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University)

Ema Miljkovic Petrovic (University of Belgrade)

Christopher Lamont (Tokyo International University)

Cristina Ionia (Balkan History Association)

More details at www.balkan-history.com/turkish-serbian-relations