Call for Papers:
“Origines et mutationes circa principio Mare Balticum”.
Transfer of people, ideas, technologies and religion in the Baltic Sea Region between VIII-XVII centuries.
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 & Conference proceedings are divided into 4 main groups:
1. Transfer of People: Settlement process, Trade, Logistics, Diplomacy
2. Transfer of Ideas: Law, Tradition & Customs, Political Concepts
3. Transfer of Technology: Land & Maritime Craft, Agriculture, Medicine
4. Transfer of Religion: Dispersion of pagan beliefs; Christianization process
Place: Gdańsk – Old Town, Poland
Host – University of Gdańsk
Date: 10th – 13th September 2014 (note: date may change slightly)
Language: English
Abstracts: Paper proposals (max 700 characters with spaces) or 3-papers panel proposals (1800 characters)
should be sent till 1st May 2014
Registrations: baltic.conf@gmail.com
Application Form: Please type your Scientific Title, Full name & surname, University or Institution.
Alternatively please send www.academia.edu link.
Further information will be passed to participants in early May 2014.
Presentations: Max. 20 minutes
Proceedings: Max. 12 pages, with summary, scientific apparatus & bibliography should be sent
till 15th October 2014 A.D.