[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] Conference: Islam in the Balkans, Tirana, 4-6.12.2003

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-> From: Ircica <congress at ircica.org>
> Subject: Program of the Tirana Conference on Islam
> in the Balkans
> Date: December 3, 2003
> 
> For Information: Program of the Tirana Conference,
> starting tomorrow
> 
> 
> SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
> ISLAMIC CIVILISATION IN THE BALKANS
> 
> Tirana ­ Albania, 4-6 December 2003
> 
> The international symposium on “Islamic Civilisation
> in the Balkans” is 
> jointly organised by the Research Centre for Islamic
> History, Art and 
> Culture (IRCICA), the Academy of Sciences of
> Albania, the General 
> Directorate of Archives (Albania), and the
> University of Tirana, in Tirana, 
> Albania, on 4-6 December 2003.
> 
> The symposium will review and study the sources and
> development of Islamic 
> civilisation in the Balkans with a comprehensive
> approach, covering the 
> subject matter in terms of the material culture
> (written, architectural and 
> other tangible assets and heritage) and spiritual
> culture (oral, artistic, 
> literary and other intangible aspects of culture and
> heritage), the stages, 
> trends and patterns of the expansion of Islamic
> culture and civilisation, 
> the formation and the legacy of the Islamic cultural
> heritage, its present 
> state and prospects, with specific thematic or
> regional focuses. The 
> symposium is expected to throw light on the
> contributions, the role and 
> place of Islamic civilisation in the region, its
> relations and interactions 
> with other cultures and civilisations, and also, to
> illuminate the future 
> prospects regarding peaceful co-existence and
> positive cultural dialogue 
> among the peoples of the region. At the same time,
> it will be an occasion 
> to take note of the new studies to be presented
> during these sessions, to 
> assess the state of scholarly research and
> publication in this field, and 
> to deliberate on the problems and prospects of the
> study of Islamic 
> civilisation in the Balkans as a field of academic
> research.
> 
> The languages of the symposium are Albanian, English
> and Turkish.
> 
> If you are interested in participating in the
> symposium, we will appreciate 
> receiving your positive reply as soon as possible,
> an abstract of your 
> proposed article by April 2003. Please kindly send
> it to the following 
> addresses:
> 
> E- mail: congress at ircica.org
> Fax: +90 212 2584365
> Telephone: +90 212 2591742 ext: 139 or 177
> 
> 
> SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
> ISLAMIC CIVILISATION IN THE BALKANS
> Tirana, Albania,
> 4-7 December 2003
> 
> PROGRAM
> 
> Working languages of the symposium are Albanian,
> English and Turkish.
> Simultaneous translation will be provided.
> 
> 
> SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
> ISLAMIC CIVILISATION IN THE BALKANS
> 
> Organising Committee
> 
> 
> Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU Director General, OIC Research
> Centre for Islamic 
> History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul
> Ylli POPA President, Academy of Sciences, Tirana
> Luan OMARI Vice President, Academy of Sciences,
> Tirana
> Shaban SINAN Director General of Archives, Tirana
> Ethem LIKA Faculty of History and Philology,
> University of Tirana
> Halit EREN Assistant Director General, OIC Research
> Centre for Islamic 
> History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul
> 
> 
> Symposium Secretariat
> 
> International Coordinators National Coordinators
> 
> Halit EREN, Istanbul Shaban SINANI, Tirana
> Ali ÇAKSU, IstanbulEntela Muco Lefter NASE, Tirana
> 
> OPENING CEREMONY
> Tirana International Hotel, Tirana
> 
> Friday, 05 December 2003
> 
> Addresses
> 
> 10.00 H.E. Fatos Nano Prime Minister of the Republic
> of Albania
> 10.10 Ekmeleddin Ýhsanoðlu Director General, OIC
> Research Centre for 
> Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul
> 10.20 Ylli Popa President, Academy of Sciences,
> Tirana
> 
> 
> Symposium Program
> Tirana International Hotel, Tirana
> Friday, 05 December 2003
> 
> Plenary Session Hall A
> Chairmen: Ekmeleddin Ýhsanoðlu - Ylli Popa
> 
> 11.00 Aleksander Meksi: Aspects and problems of the
> architecture of the 
> sanctuaries in Albania
> 
> 11.15 Machiel Kiel: Süleymanic Avlonya (Vlora): The
> Building Accounts of 
> the Largest Otoman Work of Fortification in Albania 
> (1537-1539)
> 
> 11.30 Elisabeth A. Zachariadou: Intercultural Oral
> Tradition
> 
> 11.45 Mehmet Ýpþirli: Remarks on Ottoman
> Bibliographic Sources on the 
> Balkans and their Authors
> 
> 12.00 Alexander Fedotoff: Islamic Studies at St.
> Kliment Ohridski University
> 
> 12.15 Discussion
> 13.00 Lunch
> 
> Session I  Hall A
> Chairman: Mehmet Ýpþirli
> 
> 14.30 Maurus Reinkowski: Ottoman Implementation of
> Reforms in Northern 
> Albania in the Middle of the 19th Century
> 
> 14.45 Gökhan Çetinsaya: A Glance at Abdülhamid II's
> Albanian Policy
> 
> 15.00 Orhan Koloðlu: Faik Bey Konitza's Memorandum
> of 1899
> 
> 15.15 Cezmi Eraslan: A Glance at the
> Ottoman-Albanian Relations in the 2nd 
> Meþrutiyet Period
> 
> 15.30 Halil Bal: Albanians in the Ottoman Parliament
> (Meclis-i Mebusan) and 
> Albanian Independence Movement
> 
> 15.45 Discussion
> 16.15 Coffee Break
> 
> Session II  Hall A
> Chairman: Hans Georg Majer
> 
> 16.30 Bülent Bilmez: The Construction and the Use of
> the Myth of "National 
> Intellectual" in the Modern Turkish and Albanian
> Press: Shemseddin Sami 
> Frasheri Bey
> 
> 16.45 Gazmand Shpuza: Sami Frashëri in the Albanian
> and Turkish world
> 
> 17.00 Shaban Sinani: The sanctuary of Sherie in
> Berat, an encyclopaedia of 
> the Albanian-Turkish relations
> 
> 17.15 Nehat Krasniqi: The Contribution of the
> Albanian Nobility to the 
> Development of Islamic Culture in Albania during the
> Ottoman Period
> 
> 17.30 Discussion
> 17.45 Break
> 
> 
> Session III  Hall A
> Chairwoman: Elisabeth A. Zachariadou
> 
> 18.30 F. De Jong: Centres of Islamic Learning in the
> Balkans and the 
> Mobility of Scholars in Ottoman Lands
> 
> 18.45 M. Sait Ozervarlý: The Contribution of Balkan
> Scholars to the Growth 
> of Ottoman Kalam Thought
> 
> 19.00 Ýbrahim Hatiboðlu: Ýnþai Interpretation of
> Islamic Sciences in the 
> Transition to a Multicultural Environment in
> Bulgaria in the First Half of 
> the XXth Century: The Case of Yusuf Ziyaeddin Ezheri
> 
> 19.15 Sabaheta Gacanin: Libraries as the Islamic
> Cultural Heritage in 
> Bosnia and Hercegovina
> 
> 19.30 Zorka Ývanova: On the History of Vakýf
> Libraries in Bulgaria: 
> Çepintzi Vakýf Library
> 
> 19.45 Discussion
> 20.00 Opening of Exhibition on "Islamic Manuscripts
> in the Albanian 
> Archives and Ottoman Fermans About Albanians"
> 20.30 Dinner
> 
> 
> Saturday, 06 December 2003
> 
> 
> Session IV Hall A
> Chairman: Ferit Duka
> 
> 09.00 Süleyman Kýzýltoprak: The Administration of
> Taþoz Island Assigned to 
> Mehmet Ali Paþa's Vakýf in Kavala and Related Issues
> 
> 09.15 Süleyman Dinç: Ottoman Vakýfs in Romania
> According to the Archival 
> Registers of the General Directorate of Vakýfs
> 
> 09.30 Mustafa Özer: Turhanoðullarý Family's
> Construction Activities in the 
> Balkans
> 
> 09.45 Slavka Draganovan: Ottoman Archival Documents
> in Bulgaria on Scutari 
> and Tirana
> 
> 10.00 Sadik Mehmeti: The Oriental Manuscripts in the
> Archives of Kosova
> 
> 10.15 Discussion
> 10.30 Coffee Break
> 
> 
> Session V Hall A
> Chairman: Mihai Maxim
> 
> 11.00 Mehmet Günay: Post-Ottoman Religious (Þer'iye)
> Courts in Bulgaria: 
> Historical Development, Structure and Functioning
> 
> 11.15 Fatmagül Demirel: The Judicial Reform Carried
> Out in Vilayet-i Selase 
> during the Period of Abdülhamid II
> 
> 11.30 Ömer Turan: The 1919 Regulations on Religious
> Administration of 
> Muslims in Bulgaria
> 
> 11.45 Nathalie Clayer: The Cadis of Gjirokaster and
> Libohove
> 
> 12.00 Petrika Thengjilli: Judicial Power of the
> Pragmatist Ottoman State 
> During the XVII- XVIIth Centuries
> 
> 12.15 Discussion
> 13.00 Lunch
> 
> 
> Session VI Hall A
> Chairwoman: Zeynep Ahunbay
> 
> 14.30 Mihai Maxim: Tuna-i Amire: Some Ottoman
> Castles in the Lower Danube 
> in Romanian Lands
> 
> 14.45 Aleksander Antonov: Architectural Complexes
> (Menzil Külliyesi) in the 
> Bulgarian Lands (XVI-XVIIth Centuries)
> 
> 15.00 Osman Tutal: Ottoman Housing Culture in the
> Balkans
> 
> 15.15 Ferit Duka: The naval facade of Albania in the
> Ottoman time: the town 
> of Vlora" (XVI-XVIII)
> 
> 15.30 Emin Riza: The Albanian town and building in
> Balkanic space during 
> the XV-XIX centuries
> 
> 15.45 Behicüddin Þehabi: Skopije Stone Bridge (Taþ
> Köprü) in the Light of 
> the Latest Interventions
> 
> 16.00 Discussion
> 16.15 Coffee Break
> 
> 
> Session VII Hall A
> Chairman: Machiel Kiel
> 
> 16.30 Sulejman Dashi: Characteristics of the
> Albanian Mosques (history, 
> architecture and restoration)
> 
> 16.45 Zoran Pavlov: Single-Domed Mosques in
> Macedonia
> 
> 17.00 Neval Konuk: Architect Sinan's Works in the
> Balkans
> 
> 17.15 Mehmet Zeki Ýbrahimgil: Mehmed the Conqueror's
> Mosques in the Balkans
> 
> 17.30 Zeynep Ahunbay: The Restoration of Sevri Hacý
> Hasan Mosque in Mostar
> 
> 17.45 Aneta Tanevska: Conservation of a Cultural
> Monument: Yahya Pasha Mosque
> 
> 18.00 Discussion
> 19.00 Concert
> 20.00 Dinner
> 
> Sunday, 07 December 2003
> 
> 
> Session VIII Hall A
> Chairman: Shaban Sinani
> 
> 09.00 Tomor Osmani: The application of the Arabic
> alphabet in the tradition 
> of writing of the Albanian language
> 
> 09.15 David Luka: The contribution of the Onomastics
> of the Osman cadastral 
> Tefters of the XV century ( 1431, 1467, 1485 ) on
> the history of the 
> Albanian language
> 
> 09.30 Ýrfan Morina: The Etimology of Turkish Words
> in Albanian Epic Poetry
> 
> 09.45 Emil Lafe: Tahir Dizdari's "Dictionary of
> Orientalisms" as a 
> Reflection of the Influence of Islamic Culture among
> the Albanians
> 
> 10.00 Discussion
> 10.15 Coffee Break
> 
> 
> Session IX Hall A
> Chairman: Ýrfan Morina
> 
> 11.00 Shefik Osmani & Njazi Kazasi: The Albanian
> Alhimiada
> 
> 11.15 Rahim Ombashi: The Albanian literature and its
> relations with Islamic 
> culture
> 
> 11.30 Bardhosh Gaçe: Bektashism and the Albanian
> poetry
> 
> 11.45 Fatbardhe Hoxha: The oriental poetic in the
> thoughts and practices of 
> those writers who wrote in Arabic alphabet
> 
> 12.00 Ramadan Shkodra: Islamic Publications in the
> Albanian Language in 
> Kosova (Tradition, Challenges and Reality)
> 
> 12.15 Discussion
> 
> Friday, 05 December 2003
> 
> Session I Hall B
> Chairman: Luan Omari
> 14.30 Qazim Xhelili & Arian Kadiu
>           Hafez Vehbi Dibra, His Figure and the
> Celebrity Muslim 
> Personality As a Well Known Activist of the National
> Movement
> 14.45 Mehmet Canatar
>           Mehmed Mehdi Bey of Frasher and His Work
> 15.00 Entela Muço
>           The influence of Ibrahim Temo in the field
> of culture, in the 
> light of archival documents
> 15.15 Hatidza Car-Drnda
>           Mostar: Legacy of Islamic Culture and
> Civilization
> 15.30 Farudin Krutaj
>           The Islamic Civilization and the
> Environment
> 15.45 Discussion
> 16.15 Coffee Break
> 
> 
> Session II Hall B
> Chairman: Ethem Lika
> 
> 16.30 Aydýn Topaloðlu: Abrahamic Traditions in the
> Balkans: Jews, 
> Christians and Muslims - Coexistence and Cooperation
> of Believers
> 
> 16.45 Jashar Rexhepagiq: The scientific values of
> the Islamic learning and 
> the meaning of tolerance
> 
> 17.00 Mark Tirta: Aspects of the inter-religion
> harmony among the Albanians
> 
> 17.15 Arqile Bërxholi: The interreligius tolerance -
> a phenomenon of the 
> civilization of the Albanian social environment
> 
> 17.30 Faikh Luli & Islam Dizdari: The
> inter-religious tolerance and the 
> dialogue between religions in Shkodra
> 
> 17.45 Zeko Braho: The inter-religious cooperation on
> national question and 
> the on the progress in Vlora
> 
> 18.00 Discussion
> 18.15 Break
> 
> 
> Session III Hall B
> Chairman: Gazmend Shpuza
> 
> 18.30 Tahsin Özcan: The Role of Cash Vakýfs in the
> Construction and 
> Development of Balkan Cities
> 
> 18.45 Svetlana Ivanova: The Large Charity
> Foundations of Ottoman Elite in 
> Rumelia (17th-18th Centuries)
> 
> 19.00 Mustafa Güler: Waqfs from Balkan Lands
> Assigned to the Two Holy 
> Cities of Mecca and Medina
> 
> 19.15 Levent Kayapýnar: The Charitable Foundations
> of the Family of Turahan 
> Bey who Conqured Thessaly Region in Greece in the
> XVth-XVIth Centuries
> 
> 19.30 Ayþe Kayapýnar: The Pious Foundations (Vakýfs)
> of Gazi Mihaloðullarý 
> in Bulgaria in the XVth-XVIth Centuries
> 
> 19.45 Discussion
> 20.00 Opening of Exhibition on "Islamic Manuscripts
> in the Albanian 
> Archives and Ottoman Fermans About Albanians"
> 20.30 Dinner
> 
> Saturday, 06 December 2003
> 
> Session IV Hall B
> Chairman: Jashar Rexhepagiq
> 
> 09.00 Ayten Ardel: Ilbasan Sanjak According to XVIth
> Century Tahrirs
> 09.15 Arzu Terzi: Professions in the City of
> Prishtina
> 
> 09.30 Ahmet Cebeci & Güray Kýrpý: Demographic
> Changes in the Christian and 
> Muslim Populations of Albania after the Ottoman
> Conquest according to 
> Tahrir Registers
> 
> 09.45 Mahmut Ak: The Rumelian Impressions of an
> Ottoman Traveler
> 
> 10.00 Danuta Chmielowska: Balkan and Bosnian
> Impressions of Polish 
> Travellers Bronislawa Prasek-Calczynska ve Teodoraz
> Komorowskich Krajewska 
> (19th-20th C.)
> 
> 10.15 Elizabeta Koneska: Inscriptions on Ottoman
> Copper Vessels from Macedonia
> 
> 10.30 Discussion
> 10.45 Coffee Break
> 
> 
> Session V Hall B
> Chairman: Alexander Fedotoff
> 
> 11.00 Yllka Selimi: The Islamic tradition - rites,
> customs, and ceremonies 
> of man's life from cradle to the grave
> 
> 11.15 Gentian Kuke: Aspects of the Islamic culture,
> the end of the XIX 
> century and the beginning of the XX century, in the
> light of archive documents
> 
> 11.30 Ruzhdie Qafmolla: The contribution of the
> Islamic ethics on the 
> traditions of the Albanian family
> 
> 11.45 Agron Xhagolli: Parallelisms and influences on
> the Turkish-Albanian 
> folklore
> 
> 12.00 Aférdita Onuzi: Phenomena of the religious
> tolerance in the Albanian 
> folklore
> 
> 12.15 Discussion
> 13.00 Lunch
> 
> 
> Session VI Hall B
> Chairman: Halit Eren
> 
> 14.30 Yusuf Küçükdað: Sufi Life, Tekkes and Zaviyes
> in Ilbasan during the 
> Ottoman Period
> 
> 14.45 Markus Koller: Islamic Life in Ottoman Bosnia
> - Dervish Orders in the 
> Light of Local Chronicles (18th and 19th Centuries)
> 
> 15.00 Slobodan Ilic: Wahdat al-Wujud,
> Melami-Bayramis, and the 17th Century 
> Ottoman Balkans
> 
> 15.15 Reþat Öngören: The Characteristics of the Sufi
> Activities in Albania
> 
> 15.30 Tacettin Bütüçi: The Spread of the Halveti
> Order in Kosova and its 
> Contribution to the Development of the Islamic
> Civilization
> 
> 15.45 Mustafa Eravcý: The Mevlevi Order in the
> Balkans and Ýsa Bey 
> Mevlevihane in Saraybosna
> 
> 16.00 Hamid Algar: Ýlhami Zepcevi (1773-1821):
> Bosnian Sufi, Poet and Rebel
> 
> 16.15 Coffee Break
> 
> 
> Session VII Hall B
> Chairman: F. De Jong
> 
> 16.30 Ali Arslan: Transition to Education in the
> Albanian Language and the 
> Response of the Ottoman Administration
> 
> 16.45 Kemal Yakut: Alphabet and Education Debates in
> the Albanian 
> Independence Movement According to Ottoman Sources
> 
> 17.00 Mesut Ýdriz: Ijazah in the Traditional Muslim
> Education in the Balkans
> 
> 17.15 Parim Kosova: The Prizren Medreses
> 
> 17.30 Discussion
> 19.00 Concert
> 20.00 Dinner
> 
> 
> Sunday, 07 December 2003
> 
> Session VIII Hall B
> Chairman: Emin Riza
> 
> 09.00 Peter Mentzel: Islamic Civilization and
> Technology Transfer in the 
> Late Ottoman Balkans
> 
> 09.15 Ali Akyýldýz: The Extension of German Capital
> in the Balkans: 
> Selanik- Manastir Railway
> 
> 09.30 Ibrahim Gashi: The Islamic influence on the
> Albanian chronology: the 
> calendars of Lunar Hejira and Mali - Rumi
> 
> 09.45 Ramiz Zeka: The Arabic calligraphy and its
> influence on the Albanian 
> material culture
> 
> 10.00 Muzafer Xhaxhiu: Aspects of the influence of
> the Oriental 
> civilization on the European one
> 
> 10.15 Qemajl Morina: The Influence of Islam on
> Albanian Names
> 
> 10.30 Discussion
> 10.45 Coffee Break
> 
> 
> Session IX Hall B
> Chairman: Orhan Koloðlu
> 
> 11.00 Agop Garabedian & Rumiana Komsalova: The
> Millet System in the Balkans
> 
> 11.15 Shemsi Ajvazi: Concepts of Ottoman Empire's
> Historical Experience
> 
> 11.30 Jusuf Bajraktari: The Role of the Köprülü
> Family in the Ottoman Empire
> 
> 11.45 Mustafa Bilge: Vizier Kara Mahmut Paþa,
> Governor of Alexandria
> 
> 12.00 Mehmet Hacýsalihoðlu: The Change in the Place
> Names in Bulgaria Since 
> the Independence
> 12.15 Discussion
> 
> Sunday, 7.12.2003
> 
> 12.30           Closing of the Symposium (Hall A)
> 13.00           Lunch
> 14.30-18.30 Visit to Kruja
> 19.00           Reception at the Turkish Embassy
> 
> 
> 

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