2011 Turkey

February 10-11, 2011.

Keynote:

"Changing Values, Interests or Both? Turkish Politics, Foreign Policy and Western Relations in A Changing World"
Murat Somer (Department of International Relations, Koç University)

Panel 1: Late Ottoman Citizenships

Isa Blumi (History, Georgia Tech University)

Michele Campos (History, University of Florida)

Julia Cohen (History, Vanderbilt University)

Will Hanley (History, Florida State University)

Kent Schull (History, University of Memphis)

 

Panel 2: Contemporary Turkish Literature and Film

"The Edge of Heaven and Forgiveness Through Literature''
Sibel Erol (Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University)

"On the Uses of Modern Turkish Literature''
Nergis Ertürk (Comparative Literature, Penn State)

"Political Discourse and Cultural Representation in Orhan Pamuk's Snow''
Esra Mirze Santesso (English, University of Georgia)

Panel Chair: Arzu Gungor

 

Panel 3: Politics in Contemporary Turkey

"Turkey's Democratic Paradox: Participation without Deliberation?"
Sultan Tepe (Department of Political Science, University of Illinois-Chicago)

"The Changing Nature of Turkey's Political Opposition: The September 12th Referendum"
Sinan Ciddi (Center for European Studies, University of Florida)

"Religious and Secular Values and Democratization: the Kurdish Question, Nationalism and Beyond"
Murat Somer (Department of International Relations, Koҫ University)

Panel Chair: Dale Smith

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