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H-Turk Call for Papers „MEHMED-PAŠA SOKOLOVIĆ (SOKOLLU MEHMED PASHA) AND THE SOKOLOVIĆ FAMILY THROUGHOUT HISTORY“ Sarajevo, October 14-16 2016 Oriental Institute in Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo

Discussion published by Elma Koric on Monday, March 14, 2016

Call for Papers

„MEHMED-PAŠA SOKOLOVIĆ (SOKOLLU MEHMED PASHA) AND THE SOKOLOVIĆ FAMILY THROUGHOUT HISTORY“

Sarajevo, October 14-16 2016

Oriental Institute in Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo

On the occassion of the 510th anniversary of the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha's birth, the Oriental Institute in Sarajevo at the University of Sarajevo hosts an International academic conference on the theme of ''Mehmed-paša Sokolović (Sokollu Mehmed Pasha) and the Sokolović family throughout history'', which will take place in Sarajevo on the 14-16th October 2016.

Mehmed Pasha, one of the most important grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire, as well as several other members of this Bosnian family, greatly contributed to the civil and political life in both Bosnia and, more generally, in the Ottoman domains in 16th and 17th centuries. The Sokolović family occupies a prominent place in the collective memory of the Balkan nations, and traces of their activities are still extant.

Balkan historiographical traditions are typically preoccupied with the question of the origins of the family. Considerably less space, however, has been devoted to investigating the dynamics which allowed the family to continue to operate at the upper levels of the Ottoman administration throughout the 16th Century. The outlines of the lives and careers of Mehmed Pasha and other members of the Sokolović family are already known; but important sources, including the rich archives of the former Ottoman, Venetian and Habsburg territories, as well as manuscript works by their contemporaries, remain largely untapped. These are likely to shed valuable light on their careers, as well as on their private lives.

In an effort to reconstruct the life of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha in his capacity as Grand Vizier, as well as the details of his private life, this conference welcomes papers on the themes of Mehmed Pasha as a statesman and a diplomat; his relationship with three sultans; the structure of his household and the structure and establishment of his family network and its webs of patronage. In fulfilment of the ambitions of Mehmed Pasha, and with the additional aim of contributing to the development of the Ottoman Empire, the Sokolović family acted in a coordinated manner to enhance their collective power. They functioned as viziers, seraskers, beylerbeys, sanjakbeys, diplomats, and also as

Citation: Elma Koric. Call for Papers „MEHMED-PAŠA SOKOLOVIĆ (SOKOLLU MEHMED PASHA) AND THE SOKOLOVIĆ FAMILY THROUGHOUT HISTORY“ Sarajevo, October 14-16 2016 Oriental Institute in Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo. H-Turk. 03-14-2016. https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/115043/call-papers-%E2%80%9Emehmed-pa%C5%A1a-sokolovi%C4%87-sokollu-me hmed-pasha-and Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Turk benefactors and patrons of culture and the arts. We also therefore welcome papers on other (Ottoman) members of the Sokolović family, especially research shedding light on their presence in contemporaneous sources. Special panels will be dedicated to the history of Bosnia during the life of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, with particular attention being paid to his and his family's activities as establishers of pious endowments (awqāf) in Bosnia and elsewhere in Ottoman Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Submission instrucutions:

The completed application should contain:

- An Abstract (250 words maximum)

- A short CV

- Contact information and institutional affiliation/academic position.

Applications in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, English or Turkish should be sent by 7th May 2016 to the following address: [email protected]

Applicants will be notified about the status of their application two weeks after the submission deadline.

Participants are expected to organize and cover the costs of their own travel and accommodations.

International Organizing Committee:

Linda T. Darling (USA); Géza Dávid (Hungary); Feridun Emecen (Turkey); Fazileta Hafizović (Bosnia and Herzegovina); Markus Koller (Germany); Metin I. Kunt (Turkey); Rhoads Murphey (UK); Hatice Oruç (Turkey); Fodor Pál (Hungary); Maria Pia Pedani (Italy); Enes Pelidija (Bosnia and Herzegovina); Michael Ursinus (Germany).

Executive Board:

Berin Bajrić, Aladin Husić, Adnan Kadrić, Elma Korić.