Lent Term Events 2010
Laicism in Turkey: From Empire to Republic
Monday 25 January 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Ayşe Kadıoğlu (Sabancı University, Visiting at University of Oxford)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Global Crisis and the Turkish Economy
Monday 1 February 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Asaf Savaş Akat (Department of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi University)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Environmentalism in Turkey: Revisiting the State Theory
Tuesday 9 February 2010, D602, Clement House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Fikret Adaman (Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Secularism Contested: Debate and Dissent in Turkey
Monday 15 February 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Deniz Kandiyoti (Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS))
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Democracy in Paradox: How to Make Sense of Recent Political Changes in Turkey
Monday 1 March 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Sedat Ergin (Columnist for the daily Hürriyet, former Editor in Chief of daily Milliyet)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Can One Speak to Turkish Exceptionalism?
Tuesday 9 March 2010, D603, Clement House, 6:30 - 830pm
Andrew Mango (Author and Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS))
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Time, State and Society in the late Ottoman Empire and Kemalist
Thursday 11 March 2009, Brunei Suite, Brunei Gallery, SOAS
François Georgeon (Professor, CNRS, Paris)
Chair: Professor Benjamin Fortna
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
The Alevi-Bektashi Problem Revisited
Monday 15 March 2010, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
David Shankland (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Michaelmas Term Events 2009
Civil Society and Turkish Armenian Relations since 2000
Monday 19 October 2009, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Armine Ishkanian (LSE)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Lost Time in Turkey-EU Relationship
Monday 26 October 2009, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Atila Eralp (Middle East Technical University, Ankara)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Turkish Foreign Policy Between Two Security Communities and the Realpolitik of Energy
Monday 2 November 2009, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Gülnur Aybet (University of Kent)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
'Fear and Loathing in the Turkish National Imagination'
Wednesday 11 November 2009, D502, Clement House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Jenny White (Boston University)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar organised jointly with SOAS
The Republic of Love: Cultural Intimacy and Turkish Music
Monday 16 November 2009, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Martin Stokes (St John's College, University of Oxford)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Turkey and the World Financial Crisis: Why Haven't the Banks Collapsed?
Monday 30 November 2009, J116, Cowdray House, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Thomas Marois (SOAS)
Contemporary Turkish Studies Research Seminar
Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy
Friday 4 December 2009, D602, Clement House, 10:00 - 6:00pm
Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference
Cyprus: The Settlement Process
Monday, 7 December 2009, 6:30-8:00pm, Sheik Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Mehmet Ali Talat (Turkish Cypriot Leader)
Chair: Professor Sevket Pamuk
Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference
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