Although Thrace now lies in the lands of three states, in the ancient times it was socioculturally homogenic. If we bear in mind that Istanbul, the culture capital of Europe in 2010, was originally a Thracian settlement, the importance of XIth Thracology Congress is easily understood. The congress will host scholars from Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy. It will not be confined only to the settlements and their archaeological record in Thrace, but also include the regions such as the southern shores of the Sea of Marmara, the Asian side of the Istanbul, northwestern Anatolia and islands in the north Aegean, which were in the Thracian sphere of influence.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Organizing Committee of the XIth International Congress of Thracology, regrets to announce that the paper of Dr. Phil. Ulrike Hofer Tischler, KF University of Graz/Austria, "Signs of a New (modern) History of Thrace", delivered on Friday, 12 November 2010, was completely outside the scope and topics of the Congress. Therefore, this paper is a posteriori unacceptable and it will not be included in the publication of the proceedings.
P.S. The deadline for the publication of your contributions is 31.03.2011
