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Call for papers: International Conference, "Crossroads between Empires and Peripheries – Knowledge Transfer, Product Exchange
and Human Movement in the Indian Ocean World" Ghent University, 21-23 June 2012
| Location: | Belgium |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2011-11-15 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-10-16 |
| Announcement ID: |
188914 |
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This interdisciplinary conference on "Crossroads between Empires and Peripheries – Knowledge Transfer, Product Exchange and Human Movement in the Indian Ocean World (from East Africa to South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the Far East)" will consider a wide range of themes with emphasis on the dichotomy between legal and illegal (contraband) private and official exchange, including the following:
- Private and official commercial exchange
- Exchange of knowledge, technology, and ideology
- Human movement and migration (including the slave trade)
- tribute and trade
- Indirect impacts of IOW global exchange (e.g. diseases, espionage, creolization, etc.)
While topics can cover periods from antiquity to modernity, the main focus will be on early middle to early modern periods.
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