The ASTENE Bulletin is published three times a year and aims to keep members informed of research interests and queries in the field of travel in the MENAT region and Greece.

Feb 28, 2023 · The much-delayed next ASTENE conference will be held at Wills Hall, University of Bristol, Stoke Bishop, Bristol BS9 1AE, running from the afternoon of Friday 21 July to Sunday 23 July 2023.

The Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) was founded in 1997 following two successful multi-disciplinary conferences on travellers in Egypt and the Near East at the University of Durham and the University of Oxford.

The ASTENE Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on Saturday 23rd September 2023 at 15.00 (UK) by ZOOM: a link will be sent out to members. An outline of the issues will be mailed to members in advance.

Apr 10, 2022 · Booking will open on 7 February. To book your spot, please use the following link to our Eventbrite page. Bursaries and Visas ASTENE is offering four (4) bursaries to existing ASTENE student members, to students newly joining ASTENE, and to non-members (who must join to ASTENE to benefit from a bursary).

Jul 24, 2021 · ASTENE Summer Conference Programme Saturday 24 July 09:45 - 10:00 - Welcome 10:00 - 11:15 - Keynote: Patrick Hart & Valerie Kennedy: Robert and Henrietta …

Feb 10, 2022 · Following extraordinary circumstances, the French noblewoman Louise Phélippes de la Marnierre (1781-1840) and her husband, a certain Dr Castaldi, quitted Europe to settle in Tabriz in 1819. However, the latter died only one year later leaving his wife alone and completely forgotten by the French gov

Jan 13, 2022 · Among those, during the 19th century the artist and patriot Felice De Vecchi (1816-1862) and the naturalist Gaetano Osculati (1808-1894) begin a two-year journey, crossing Ottoman Turkey and Persia heading to India, and going back home throughout the Red Sea and Egypt. Sketches, paintings and the diary written by De Vecchi ( Giornale di Carovana) record this journey: a narrative that casts a ...

Mar 10, 2022 · The Speaker Robert Morkot is an Ancient Historian educated at University College London and the Humboldt-University Berlin. His main area of expertise is the Ancient History of the Nile Valley and North-East Africa from Libya to Sudan but also works on the History of Archaeology and reception of Antiquity. He is the Chair of ASTENE. How to Join

Aug 24, 2022 · Media coverage: FIN: Počela konferencija "Travellers in Ottoman lands: The Balkans, Anatolia and beyond" [Preporod] [BirTv]