«NATURALLY DIVIDED» HISTORY AND AUTONOMY OF ANCIENT ALPINE COMMUNITIES

The meetings of I.S.T.A. (Incontri per lo Studio delle Tradizioni Alpine - Meetings for the alpine traditions study) have the aim to stimulate dialogues on common themes among the alpine valleys with the intent to give visibility to local heritage and to contribute to the advancement of the research through the comparison among the different areas.

The 2012 topic is: «Naturally separated» History and autonomy of the ancient alpine communities.

The ancient alpine communities, which developed in the medieval and early modern age, were territorial authorities in intermediate position between local communes and higher powers (eg. Community of Valle Camonica, Magnific Patria della Riviera, Magnific Commmunity of Fiemme, League of Ten Jurisdictions...).

Specifically the historical, social, economic and political aspects of the ancient communities will be illustrated in order to understand the natures and the capabilities which allowed them to gain privileged autonomies in comparison with the surrounding territories.

The meeting is also open to scholars, researchers and those interested in the topic who want produce their own paper.

Information that have to be included in the abstract:
*Name and Surname:
*Institution / Affiliation:
*e-mail:
*telephone-mobile:
*Title of the paper:
*Abstract: max 3000 characters.

The proposals will be subsequently considered by I.S.T.A. and the selected ones will be announced to the authors by e-mail. The selected authors will be contacted in order to draft a paper which will be included in the publication of the Conference proceedings.

DEADLINE
15th June 2012 at the email address: contactista@gmail.com

LANGUAGES
English - Italian

INFO
E-mail: contactista@gmail.com
Web: http://www.lontanoverde.it/ista/2012-ISTA/conferenza.html