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Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

"Nation-Building and Urbanization in Turkey, 1935-1965"

Speaker: Associate Professor Elliott Green (Department of International Development, 杏吧论坛)

Chair: Dr. Rebecca Bryant(A.N. Hadjiyannis Senior Research Fellow, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

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Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

(jointly with Research on South Eastern Europe (杏吧论坛E))

"Turkish Foreign Policy and the Balkans: Implications for Transatlantic Security"

Speaker: Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, U.S.A)

Chair:   Dr. James Ker-Lindsay(杏吧论坛E-Research on South Eastern Europe, 杏吧论坛)

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Thursday, 30 May 2013, 6:30-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre,New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Public Lecture

"Turkey’s Economy during the Last Decade: What has Changed and What has not?"

Speaker: Professor Sevket Pamuk(Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

Chair: Dr. Waltraud Schelkle(Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, European Institute, 杏吧论坛 and Adjunct Professor, Economics Department, Free University of Berlin) 

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Monday, 21 January 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

"Alevi Question in Turkey and the Justice and Development Party: Limits of Tolerance"

Speaker:  Professor Ayhan Kaya(Director of European Institute, Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk(Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

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Monday, 28 Janaury 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

"Politics of the Intimate: Gender Equality Policies at the Intersection of Neo-conservatism and Neo-liberalism in Turkey"

Speaker: Professor Feride Acar(Department of Political Science and Public Administration,  Middle East Technical University)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk(Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

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Monday, 11 February 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

"Kurdish Problem as a Problem of Turkish Identity: What do the Turks Want?"

Speaker: Professor Ahmet İnsel(Department of Economics, Galatasaray University)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk(Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

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Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm, CON.2.05, Connaught House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

"New Roads for the Central Banks: Unconventional Monetary Policies and Monetary Policy Experimentation in Turkey"  

Speaker: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ahmet Faruk Aysan(Member of the Board, Monetary Policy Committee Member, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk(Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

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Monday, 25 February 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

"Sex-Segregation in Academic Careers: Revisiting the Turkish Puzzle"   

Speaker: Dr. Berkay Özcan (Lecturer, Department of Social Policy, 杏吧论坛)
Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk(Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with Chatham House)

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Friday, 1 March 2013, 1:30-4:45 pm

 "Turkey and the Middle East: A Changing Relationship"

Session 1: 'Turkey as an Economic Example to the Arab Countries' (1:30-3:15pm)  

Speakers:  
Mina Toksöz (Emerging Markets and Country Risk Consultant)
Şevket Pamuk (Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)
Chair:  Fadi Hakura (Associate Fellow, Chatham House)

Session 2: "Turkey and Regional Developments in the Middle  East" (3:15-4:45pm)

Speakers:  
Muhammed Ҫetin (Deputy-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Turkish Grand National Assembly)
Professor Ersin Kalaycıoğlu (Professor, Sabancı University, Istanbul)
Chair: Sir David Logan (Chair of British Institute in Ankara)

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 Thursday, 7 March 2013, 4:45-6:15 pm, Old Theatre, Old Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Featured Public Conference"Transformation in World Politics: The Challenges for Global and Regional Order"   

Speaker: Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu (Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey)
Chair: Professor Şevket  Pamuk(Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, 杏吧论坛) 

Tuesday, 24 April 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Public Lecture

Kudret Ozersay (Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus, and Special Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Leader, Dr. Dervis Eroglu)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Cyprus Talks: Exhausted? Time for Change"

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Thursday, 3 May 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Bulent Aras (Professor, Chairperson of the Strategic Research Centre of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, and also academic advisor to the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Turkey and the Arab Spring"

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Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 6:00- 8:00pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Panel Discussion (jointly with 杏吧论坛 Hellenic Observatory, and ENGI (Services for Conflict Management)"Cyprus - Tired of Talking? Civil Society to Bring Life to a Stagnant Process"

Speakers: Michalis Avraam (NGO Support Centre-Cyprus), Katerina Antoniou (Youth Power-Cyprus), Marios Epaminondas (AHDR-Association for Historical Dialogue & Research-Cyprus), Bulent Kanol (Management Centre-Cyprus), Meliha Kaymak(EDGE-Cyprus), Alexandros Lordos (Cyprus 2015), Rana Zincir (UN Gender Advisory Team in Cyprus and AHDR).

Chair: Dr. James Ker-Lindsay (杏吧论坛E-Research on South Eastern Europe, 杏吧论坛)

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Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 6:00- 8:00pm, COW1.11, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

The Award Ceremony for the Doctoral Thesis Competition (organized by 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies)

Panel Presentations by the First and Second Place Winners:

First Place Winners: Dr. Ipek Gocmen, Faculty of Management/ Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, “The Politics of Religiously Motivated Welfare Provision” and Dr. Fatma Ozlem Koksal, Birkbeck College, University of London, “Remembering the Past Performing the Present: Turkey in Film”.

Second Place Winners: Dr. Derya Bayir, School of Law/Queen Mary University of London, “Negating Diversity: Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law” and Dr. Markus Ketola, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, “Europeanization and Civil Society: The Early Impact of EU Pre-Accession Policies on Turkish NGOs”.

The Jury Committee: Professor Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS), Dr. Hakan Seckinelgin(杏吧论坛)  and Professor Sevket Pamuk (杏吧论坛).

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Monday, 23 January 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Mr. David Gardner (International Affairs Editor with the Financial Times)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Turkey and the new Arab Awakening"

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Monday, 30 January 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Dr. İpek Demir (Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Leicester)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Turkishness and its 'Others''

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Monday, 6 February 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Speakers: Saniye Dedeoğlu (Assistant Professor at Muğla University, Turkey and Marie Curie Research Fellow at Warwick University, UK), Adem Yavuz Elveren (Assistant Professor,  Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Turkey)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Gender and Society in Turkey: The Impact of Neoliberal Policies, Political Islam and EU Accession"

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Monday, 13 February 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

M. Asım Karaömerlioğlu (Associate Professor, The Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"The Rise and Decline of Population Politics in Turkey"

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Monday, 20 February 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Dr. Başak Çalı (Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University College London)Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Turkey and the European Court of Human Rights: Why We Need Human Rights Courts and Why do They Fail?"

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Monday, 27 February 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm, COW1.11,  Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

İnsan Tunalı (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Koç University, İstanbul)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Turkey's Agricultural Transformation: Is a Reversal in the Making?"

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Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 6:30-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre,New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with Forum for European Philosophy)

"European Questions-Turkish Angles: Europe's Unemployment"

Speakers: Sean Sayers (Professor of Philosophy, University of Kent), Marco Simoni (Lecturer in European Political Economy, European Institute, 杏吧论坛), İnsan Tunalı(Associate Professor of Economics, Koç University, Istanbul)

Chair: Simon Glendinning (Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, 杏吧论坛

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Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 4:00-6:00 pm, U8, Tower1, Portugal Street, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Public Lecture

Mr. Egemen Bağış (Turkish Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Creating a Common Future Together: Towards a Visionary Europe"

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Wednesday,  21 March 2012, 5:30-7:00 pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre,  School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with School of Oriental and African Studies)

"Anthropology, History and Linguistics: Ataturk and the New Turkish Nationalism, 1922-1938"

Speaker: Şükrü Hanioğlu (Professor, Near Eastern Studies Department, Princeton University)

Chair:  Dr. Benjamin Fortna (Professor in the History of Middle East, SOAS)

Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 6:00-8:00 pm, D302, Clement House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre)

Sami Zubaida, (Emeritus Professor of Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck, University of London)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Can Turkey Be a Model for the Arab World?"

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Monday, 24 October 2011, 6:30-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre,New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with Forum for European Philosophy)

"European Questions-Turkish Angles: Europe's Banking System"

Speakers: Philip Goodchild (Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham), Şevket Pamuk (Professor of Economics and Economic History, European Institute, 杏吧论坛), Waltraud Schelkle (Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, European Institute, 杏吧论坛 and Adjunct Professor, Economics Department, Free University of Berlin)

Chair: Simon Glendinning (Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

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Thursday, 27 October 2011, 6:30-8:15 pm, Old Theatre, Old Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with School of Oriental and African Studies, and New Perspectives on Turkey)

"Turkey's Experience with Neoliberal Policies since 1980"

Speakers: Asaf Savaş Akat (Professor of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi University), Fikret Şenses (Professor of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk (杏吧论坛)

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Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:30am-6:10 pm, Graham Wallis Room (5th Floor), Old Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies One Day Conference (jointly with New Perspectives on Turkey)

"Turkey's Experience with Neoliberal Policies since 1980"

Speakers: Professor İzak Atiyas (Sabancı University, Istanbul), Dr. Kurtuluş Gemici (National University of  Singapore), Professor Çağlar Keyder (Boğaziçi University and University of Binghamton), Professor Dani Rodrik (Harvard University), Professor Erol Taymaz (Middle East Technical University, Ankara), Assoc. Prof. Ebru Voyvoda (Middle East Technical University, Ankara), Assoc. Prof. Zafer Yenal (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul), Assoc. Prof. Hatice Deniz Yükseker (Koç University, Istanbul)Panel Moderators: Assoc. Prof. Ayfer Bartu Candan (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul and  New Perspectives on Turkey), Assoc. Prof. Biray Kolluoğlu (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul  and  New Perspectives on Turkey), Professor Şevket Pamuk (杏吧论坛)

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Monday, 14 November 2011, 6:30-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre,New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with Forum for European Philosophy)

"European Questions-Turkish Angles: Europe's Nation States"

Speakers: John Breuilly  (Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity, Government Department, 杏吧论坛), Sir Francis Jacobs (Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Professor, King's College London), Umut Özkırımlı (Visiting Professor, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University)

Chair: Simon Glendinning (Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

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Thursday, 17 November 2011, 7:00-9:00 pm, Room U8, Tower1, Portugal Street, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference

"Turkey's New Constitution"

Speakers: James Dingemans Q.C. (Barrister (3 Hare Court Chambers) & Deputy High Court Judge), Levent Gönenç (Associate Professor of Law, Ankara University, Ankara), Levent Köker (Professor of Law, Atılım University, Ankara)Chair: Can Yeğinsu (Barrister, 4 New Square Chambers, and Director of The Global Rule of Law Forum)

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Monday, 5 December 2011, 6:00-7:45 pm, COW.1.11, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Gül Berna Özcan (Reader in International Business and Entrepreneurship, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Economic Liberalisation, Class Dynamics and New Business Groups in Turkey"

Monday, 15 March 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

David Shankland (Professor, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'The Alevi-Bektashi Problem Revisited' 

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Monday, 18 October 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Tim Jacoby (Senior Lecturer, Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester)

Chair: Professor Sevket Pamuk

'Kurdish Political Representation, Constitutional Reform and the Military in Turkey'

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Friday, 22 October 2010, 9:00 am-6:00 pm, Rectorate Hall, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies One Day Conference (jointly with New Perspectives on Turkey)

“Urban Classes and Politics in the Neoliberal Era: Turkey in Comparison”

Sponsored by: Turkish Economy Bank (TEB)

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Monday, 25 October 2010, 6:30-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre,New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with Forum for European Philosophy)

“European Questions-Turkish Angles: Europe’s History”

Speakers: Peter Osborne (Professor of Modern European philosophy, Kingston University, London), Şevket Pamuk (Professor of Economics and Economic History, European Institute, 杏吧论坛), Donald Sassoon (Professor of Comparative European History, Queen Mary, London)

Chair: Simon Glendining (Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

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Monday, 1 November 2010, 6:30-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre,New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with Forum for European Philosophy)

“European Questions-Turkish Angles: Citizenship in Europe”

Speakers: Richard Bellamy (Professor of Political Science, UCL, London), Thomas Diez (Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Tubingen), Maurice Fraser (Senior Fellow, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

Chair: Simon Glendining (Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

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Monday, 8 November 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Ayşe Gül Altınay (Assistant Professor, Sabancı University, Istanbul)

Chair: Professor Sevket Pamuk

'Layers of Gendered Silencing: Converted Armenian Survivors of 1915'

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Monday, 15 November 2010, 5:30-7:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Dirk Verbeken (Senior Economist, European Commission, Brussels)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'The EU and Turkey, Challenges and Opportunities in the Economic and Financial Fields''

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Monday, 22 November 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Özlem Onaran (Lecturer, Department of Economics and Statistics, Middlesex University)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Turkey's Boom and Bust Cycles amidst the Global Crisis'

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Monday, 29 November 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Hugh Pope (Director, Turkey/Cyprus Project, International Crisis Group)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'The EU, Turkey and Cyprus: Time for a New Approach?'

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Thursday, 2 December 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, Wolfson Theatre, LG01 New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with SOAS)

Binnaz Toprak (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bahçeşehir University)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Islam and Democracy in Turkey'

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Monday, 6 December 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Bengisu Rona (Emeritus Reader in Turkish Studies, SOAS)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'The Politics of Naming: First Name Selection in Turkey'

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Monday, 25 January 2010, 6:00-8:00p m, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Ayşe Kadıoğlu (Professor, Sabancı University, visiting at University of Oxford)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Laicism in Turkey: From Empire to Republic'

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Monday, 1 February 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Asaf Savaş Akat (Professor, Department of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi University)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Global Crisis and the Turkish Economy'

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Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, D602, Clement House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference

Fikret Adaman (Professor, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Environmentalism in Turkey: Revisiting the State Theory'

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Monday, 15 February 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, 116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Deniz Kandiyoti (Professor, Department of Development Studies, SOAS)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Secularism Contested: Debate and Dissent in Turkey'

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Monday, 1 March 2010, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Sedat Ergin (Columnist for the daily Hürriyet, former Editor in Chief of daily Milliyet)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Democracy in Paradox: How to Make Sense of Recent Political Changes in Turkey'

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Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 6:30-8:30 pm, D602, Clement House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with 杏吧论坛SU Turkish Society)

Andrew Mango (Author and Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Can One Speak of Turkish Exceptionalism?"

Saturday 4 April 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Levine Institute, New York City, USA Organized by: Turkish American Society and 杏吧论坛 Alumni Club of New York Şevket Pamuk (Professor of Economics and Economic History, European Institute, 杏吧论坛) 'Turkey-EU Relations'

Thursday 12 March 2009, 3:00 - 4:30 pm, Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, Sweden Organized by:The Swedish Parliament and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Şevket Pamuk (Professor of Economics and Economic History, European Institute, 杏吧论坛) 'Turkey-EU Relations at a Critical Juncture'

Monday 9 March 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Mehmet Öğütçü (Senior Corporate Staff, British Gas Group) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'Energy and Geopolitics: How should Turkey Position Itself'

Monday 2 March 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Ahmet İçduygu (Professor, Koc University, Istanbul) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'The Demography of Turkey's Kurds: Implications for an Ethnic Conflict'

Friday 27 February 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars (jointly with SOAS) Erik-Jan Zürcher (Professor, International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam) Chair: Dr. Benjamin Fortna 'Atatürk's Young Turk Years (1906 - 1919)'

Monday 9 February 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Yılmaz  Esmer (Professor, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'European Cultural Diversity and Turkey: An Outlier or a Complement?'

Monday 26 January 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Kerem Öktem (Senior Associate Member, St Antony's College, University of Oxford) (CANCELLED) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'Political Islam and Heterodoxy: The AKP, the Alevis and the Limits of Tolerance'

Monday 19 January 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Yael Navaro-Yashin (Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'The Materiality of Sovereignty: the Re-Mapping of Place Names in Northern Cyprus'

Tuesday 19 May 2009,10:30 am – 12.30 pm, The Maelbeek Room, IPC – Residence Palace,155, Rue de la Loi, Brussels 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with TR PLUS - Centre For Turkey in Europe) Speakers: Sevket Pamuk (Professor of Ecoomics and Economic History, European Institute, 杏吧论坛), Binnaz Toprak (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul) 'Debating Turkey in Europe:Economic Prospects and Cultural Challenges'

Wednesday 6 May 2009, 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference Egemen Bağış (Turkey's Minister of State and Chief Negotiator for EU) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'Turkey's EU Accession Process'

Friday 17 April 2009, 9:30 am – 6:00 pm, Rectorate Hall,Boğaziçi University, Istanbul 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies One Day Conference (jointly with Centre for European Studies, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul) 'The Meaning of Europe and Challenges of the Economic Crisis'   Friday 1 May 2009, 9:30 am – 5:45 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies 2nd Annual Doctoral Dissertation Conference 2nd Doctoral Dissertation Conference Programme

Thursday, 17 September 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, Old Theatre, Old Building, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference Ali Babacan (Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy) Chair: Howard Davies (Director of 杏吧论坛) 'Turkey's Economy and the Global Economic Crisis'  Monday, 19 October 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Armine Ishkanian (Lecturer at the Department of Social Policy, 杏吧论坛) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'Civil Society and Turkish Armenian Relations Since 2000    Monday, 26 October 2009, 6:00-8:00pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Atila Eralp (Professor, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'Lost Time in Turkey-EU Relationship'    Monday, 2 November 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Gülnur Aybet (Lecturer at the Department of International Relations, University of Kent) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'Turkish Foreign Policy Between Two Security Communities and the Realpolitik of Energy'  Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, D502, Clement House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with SOAS) Jenny White (Assoc. Professor,  Department of Anthropology, Boston University) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'Fear and Loathing in the Turkish National Imagination'  Monday, 16 November 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Martin Stokes (Lecturer at the St. John's College, University of Oxford) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'The Republic of Love: Cultural Intimacy and Turkish Music'   Monday, 30 November 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars Thomas Marois (Lecturer at the Department of Development Studies, SOAS) Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk 'Turkey and World Financial Crisis: Why Haven't the Banks Collapsed?'   Friday, 4 December 2009, 09:30am-6:00 pm, D602-D402, Clement House, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies One Day Conference (jointly with Global Political Trends Centre) 'Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy'   Monday, 7 December 2009, 6:30-8:00 pm,  Sheik Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference Mr. Mehmet Ali Talat (Turkish Cypriot Leader) Chair: Professor Sevket Pamuk 'Cyprus: The Settlement Process'

Thursday, 11 March 2009, 5:30-7:30, Brunei Suite, Brunei Gallery, SOAS 杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference (jointly with SOAS) François Georgeon (Professor, CNRS, Paris) Chair: Dr. Benjamin Fortna 'Time, State and Society in the late Ottoman Empire and Kemalist Turkey

Monday 20 October 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Katerina Dalacoura (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, 杏吧论坛)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'The Ideological Evolution of the AKP: the Impact of Political Inclusion and the  Experience of Government'

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Tuesday 21 October 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, NAB206, New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

Organized by: Anglo-Turkish Society

Şevket Pamuk (Professor of Economics and Economic History, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

'History of Money, Inflation and  Finance in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey'

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Monday 3 November 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Benjamin Fortna (Lecturer, SOAS)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Reading and Commodification in the Late Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic'

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 Monday 10 November 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Oktay Yenal (formerly of the World Bank and Boğaziçi University, İstanbul)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Turkish Economy Facing Another Crisis'

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Monday 17 November 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Şahin Alpay (Senior Lecturer, Bahcesehir University)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Two Faces of Democracy in Turkey'

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Thursday 20 November 2008, 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Dublin, Ireland

Organized by: Institute for International and European Affairs

Şevket Pamuk (Professor of Economics and Economic History, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

'Turkey-EU Relations'

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Friday 28 November 2008, NAB204, New Academic Building

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies One Day Conference (jointly with Global Political Trends Centre)

'State, Society and Democracy in Turkey in the Era of Globalisation since 1980'

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Monday 8 December 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, NAB104, New Academic Building

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies / Modern Turkish Studies SOAS

Caglar Keyder (Professor, Binghamton University and Bogazici University)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

'Capital City Resurgent: Istanbul since the 1980s'

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Monday 14 January 2008, 6:00 - 8:00p m, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Dr. Kirsty Hughes (Visiting Fellow, European Institute, 杏吧论坛)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Turkey-EU Relations in the Doldrums?"

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Monday 11 February 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Philip Robins (Lecturer, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Straddling Regional Sub-Systems: Turkey and its Kind"

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Monday 18 February 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Thomas Diez (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"On the Ethical Implications of EU – Turkey Relations"

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Wednesday 20 February 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Vera Anstey Room, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Richard Rose (Professor, Director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Aberdeen

Chair: Professor Sevket Pamuk

"Applying EU Criteria of Democratic Governance to Turkey: A bottom up Approach"

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Monday 25 February 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Nathalie Tocci (Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Conditionality, Impact and Prejudice in EU-Turkey Relations"

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Monday 3 March 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Ann Dismorr (The Swedish Ambassador in Turkey from 2001–5)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Turkey's Bumpy Road towards the European Union"

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Monday 19 May 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, J116, Cowdray House, 杏吧论坛

杏吧论坛 Contemporary Turkish Studies Seminars

Mine Eder (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University, Istanbul)

Chair: Professor Şevket Pamuk

"Political Economy of the Rise of AKP: Democrats or Islamic populists?"

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