“Origines et mutationes circa principio Mare Balticum”.
Transfer of people, ideas, technologies and religion in the Baltic Sea Region between VIII-XVII centuries
Gdańsk – Old Town, Poland
10–13 September, 2014
(note: date may change slightly)
We hereby have the pleasure to invite you to the international conference aimed at wide range of researchers, e.g. from Ph.D. Candidates to Professors, giving each of them an opportunity to exchange knowledge or start new research projects.
The focus of the conference is “transfer”, which best explains the changes Baltic Sea region has undergone from VIII to XVII centuries.
Presentations and Conference proceedings are divided into four main groups:
- Transfer of People: Settlement process, Trade, Logistics, Diplomacy
- Transfer of Ideas: Law, Tradition & Customs, Political Concepts
- Transfer of Technology: Land & Maritime Craft, Agriculture, Medicine
- Transfer of Religion: Dispersion of pagan beliefs; Christianization process
Note: If you do not find any of the areas suitable for you and you have a group of researchers active on the same filed of interest a “Separate, Specifically Tailored Panel” can be organized for your group.
Abstracts (max. 700 characters with spaces) for papers (max. 20 minutes) should be sent to baltic.conf@gmail.com by 12 January 2014. Abstracts should include you paper title, full name, and affiliation. Alternatively you may send through a www.academia.edu link to your paper.
Further information will be passed to participants in early March 2014.