Dear colleagues,

The Organizing Committee has decided to establish a new series of selected peer-reviewed full papers of the Congress.

Consequently, we are going to publish Proceedings of the XXX Congress (2019), with a number of selected full papers; besides, a volume of the previous Congress (2017) papers is going to be published.

Those who wish to publish their full papers, not exceeded 7000 words, of 2019 and 2017 Congresses should send the title of the proposed paper to the Organizing Committee by 5 August 2019; 
the full text of the paper of the XXX Congress (2019) should be sent by 20 September 2019;
the full text of the paper of the XXIX Congress (2017) should be sent by 20 October 2019.

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NB. References should be given in the footnotes (NOT in-text citations according to the ‘Author-Date System’!), quoting full bibliographical reference at the first time of mentioning. List of References (Bibliography) should also be provided at the end of the paper.

Referencing guide:

Ibn Khallikān. Wafayāt al-aʻyān. (Ed. Iḥsān ʻAbbās). Beirut, 1968-1971. 8 vols.

Al-Maqrīzī. Kitāb al-Muqaffā al-Kabīr. (Ed. M.Ya‘lāwī). Beirut, 1991. Vol. VI. P. 488–9.

Smail R.C. Crusading Warfare 1097-1193. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978.

Bosworth C.E. Arab attacks on Rhodes in the pre-Ottoman period // Christides V., Al-Hijji Y. (eds.). Aspects of Arab Seafaring. Athens, 2002. P. 63–74.

Lopez R.S. East and West in the Early Middle Ages: Economic Relations // Relazioni del X Congresso Internazionale di Scienze Storiche. Firenze, 1955. Vol. III. P. 129–137.

Nicolle D. The Impact of the European Couched Lance on Muslim Military Tradition // The Journal of the Arms and Armour Society. 1980. X. P. 6–40.

Ehrenkreutz A.S. The place of Saladin in the naval history of the Mediterranean Sea in the Middle Ages // JAOS. 1955. LXXV. P. 100–116.

Perry J.R. Elton John (?–1751), English merchant, seaman and shipbuilder for Nāder Shah Afšār. URL: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/elton/ (accessed: 22.04.2016).