Call for Papers: *“Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?” * University of California Berkeley September 26-27, 2008 We are inviting abstract submissions for the interdisciplinary conference “Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?” at the University of California Berkeley. Taking as a point of departure the selection of Istanbul as one of Cultural Capitals of Europe in 2010, the goal of this conference is to reflect on how cities and culture have become key to imagining communities in a globalizing word. Please send your abstract submissions to Deniz Gokturk, Ipek Tureli, and Levent Soysal [[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] by May 20, 2008. Full announcement and updates at: www.ced.berkeley.edu/istanbulconference <http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/istanbulconference> ******************* The German Studies Call for Papers List Editor: Stefani Engelstein Assistant Editor: Megan McKinstry Sponsored by the University of Missouri Info available at: http://www.missouri.edu/~graswww/resources/gerlistserv.html