The fifth in the biennial conference series on the Red Sea will be held at Exeter University 16-19 September 2010. The title will be: 'RED SEA V: Navigated spaces, connected places'. The call for papers is now open. The organisers particularly encourage papers addressing movement, navigation and land/seascape on the Red Sea, including:
 •  Maritime networks, seafaring, navigation and ports
 •  Boatbuilding traditions and technologies
 •  Trade and material contact across the sea
 •  Sacred space and pilgrimage
 •  Identity among maritime communities

However submissions reflecting other aspects of humanities research in the region are welcome. Proposals for themed panels of four papers are also welcome.  Abstracts for individual papers should be 250-500 words in length. Proposals for themed panels should comprise four individual abstracts plus a panel proposal of 300 words.

Please send all abstracts and proposals to redseav@exeter.ac.uk or the following postal address:

Red Sea V Committee,
The MARES Project,
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies,
University of Exeter,
Stocker Road,
Exeter, EX4 4ND

The submission deadline is 1 March 2010.

The organising committee comprises Prof. Dionisius Agius, Dr. John Cooper, Dr. Chiara Zazzaro, Mr. Julian Jansen van Rensburg and Ms Beata Faracik (general support).

Conference website:
For details please go to: http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/mares/conferences