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Suggested topics include European and Levantine diplomats in the Ottoman Empire; the Capitulations; Levantine companies and business enterprises; Levantine families and kinship groups; Levantine schools and churches; Levantine social and cultural interaction with the Ottoman Turks, Greeks, Armenians and Jews; the Levantines and the Turkish Republic; the Levantines as spurs or hindrances to modernisation; Levantine architecture; Levantine clubs, taverns and cafés; and Levantine sports, hunting and yachting.Deadline for abstracts 31 March 2014.Information http://levantineheritage.com/pdf/Istanbul-Conference-2014-information&#38;callforpapers.pdf