Intelligence in the Mediterranean and the Balkans
The birthplace of western civilization, the Mediterranean region has seen the rise and fall of empires, numerous conflicts and wars, and over three thousand years of intelligence operations. Today the Mediterranean and Balkan regions are undergoing profound regional transformations, in the aftermaths of the 1990s Balkan wars and the more recent "Arab Spring" revolutions. Recent events in Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Turkey, as well as older conflicts such as the Arab-Israeli and Turkish-Greek-Cypriot conflicts, highlight the strategic importance of the Mediterranean, on the one hand, and the fragility of its current regional order, on the other.
The 2013 IIHA annual conference aims to explore past, current and future roles of intelligence in these regions. We invite paper proposals dealing with every aspect of intelligence services, operations and activities relevant to the Mediterranean and/or Balkan regions, of any time period, from Alexander the Great to the present day. Both historical and contemporary papers are welcomed. The conference theme this year is broad, both in terms of the periods covered and of the focus of papers: this will provide a wide discussion and a variety of themes relating to intelligence in these regions and beyond.
We especially encourage paper proposals from young researchers and doctoral students as well as from established scholars and former practitioners.
Please submit your paper proposal abstract (200-300 words) and a short CV by email to the IIHA Executive Director at a_abelmann@yahoo.com or exec_director@intelligence-history.org . Please also indicate if you wish to make use of a PowerPoint presentation. The deadline for paper proposal submissions is 15 March 2013. Acceptance notifications will go out by mid April.
Publication of Papers Conference speakers are encouraged to submit their paper in the form of an article to the association’s Journal of Intelligence History (JIH) within two months after the conference to be reviewed for possible publication.
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Contact:
Anna Abelmann, M.A.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum