#CFP for #IMC2023 IMC_Leeds on Pilgrimage Travel with HistoryManMet & @boothp1 ! Come and join us to talk about #pilgrimage journeys, big and small, by sea and land. Hopefully someone will offer a paper involving camels! 🐪 #medievaltwitter #pilgrims #travel Deadline 19th Sept.

Follow our "Travellers in Ottoman Lands: The Balkans, Anatolia and Beyond" seminar in collaboration with the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo, through the hashtag #TIOL2

ASTENE Welcome address by Vice-Dean Dr Aid Smajic, Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo

One of my favourite Egyptian travel narratives is a satirical one by Lady Dufferin titled 'Lispings from Low Latitudes; or, extracts from The Journal of the Hon. Impulsia Gushington' - Image; 'A cheerful picnic in King Rowdedowses his Tomb...' ASTENE IrishWomensWriting

🤔 #StuffTheBritishStole

We have a number of projects coming up in Egypt this Winter/Spring. If you are interested please email [email protected] or register at pastpreservers.com/our-people/ We would ❤️ to see applications from Egyptian academics/archaeologists etc.

The new ASTENE Bulletin (No. 88, Autumn 2022) has now been (e)mailed to members! You can check the table of contents on our website. This also means that Bulletin 85 (Autumn 2021) is now full access! Find it on our website as well!

Interesting new #book out #travel #Ottoman #Egypt brepols.net/products/IS-97…

The next ASTENE conference will be held at the University of Bristol on July 21-23! To find about more and book a place at the conference, please fill in the form available on our website (astene.org.uk/conference)!

The draft programme of the ASTENE Bristol 2023 Conference is now available on our website! Check it out at astene.org.uk/conference

Exciting news! On 27th May 2023 ISSE Ambassador Dr Chris Elliott Dr. Obelisk will be giving an online lecture: Picnics on the Pyramid! Book your tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/isse-virtual… 🎟️ Members go free! Book your free ticket via the link! #Egyptomania #TravelStudies #Egyptology

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our former President, Dr Jaromir Malek. He became Vice-President of ASTENE in 2002 and President, after the death of Harry James, in 2010.Jaromir’s death is another great loss to ASTENE (Photo: @ the Oxford Conference, 2011)

ASTENE Bristol Conference Day 1! (Photos courtesy of Dyan Hilton)

Some more shots from the morning session of ASTENE Bristol Day 2 (c) Dyan Hilton

ASTENE Bristol 2023 Day 3 (c)Dyan Hilton

Final shots from the last day of ASTENE Bristol 2023 (c)Dyan Hilton

FREE BOOKS: I've uploaded my library on Palestine/Israel to the cloud, in digital form (mostly pdf & epub): a little over 1700 books. You can download any that interest you individually, or the whole library (about 13GB). And feel free to share this. Link: drive.google.com/drive/folders/…