Summer Term Events 2016
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Public Lecture: 'Gaining Freedoms: Claiming Space in Istanbul and Berlin'
Speaker: Berna Turam, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Northeastern University
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: TW2.09.04, Tower 2, Clement’s Inn, LSE
Chair: Associate Professor Esra Özyürek, Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE
A free event open to all. Jointly organised with Dahrendorf Forum and LSE Ideas. Admission on a first come, first served basis. There is a limited number of reserved seats. If you would like to reserve a seat in advance, please email Sasha Milonova at a.milonova@lse.ac.uk.
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Public Lecture: 'Dimensions of the Turkish Crisis'
Speaker: Professor Caglar Keyder, LSE Centennial Professor and Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York in Binghamton and at Koc University in Istanbul
Time: 18:00-19:30
Venue: Room NAB.LG.01, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building (NAB), LSE
Chair: Associate Professor Esra Özyürek, Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE
A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.
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Thursday, 19 May 2016
Workshop: "Formation of Istanbul’s City Region"
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Venue: Room 9.05, 9th Floor, Tower2, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Speakers: Professor Murat Guvenc (Professor and Director of the Istanbul Studies Centre, Kadir Has University, Istanbul), and Ms. Ozlem Altinkaya Genel (Doctor of Design Candidate, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University)
Discussants: Professor Ricky Burdett (Director, LSE Cities, and Professor of Urban Studies, LSE), Mr. Philipp Rode (Executive Director, LSE Cities, LSE), Dr. Savvas Verdis (Senior Research Fellow, LSE Cities, LSE)
Chair: Associate Professor Esra Ozyurek (Associate Professor, and the Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies at the European Institute, LSE)
Introduction: Professor Caglar Keyder (LSE Centennial Professor)
Workshop Synopsis: The economic geography of Istanbul's evolution into a mega city of 15 million will be explored in this workshop. By looking particularly at the infrastructural projects of the last decade, the speakers will analyse the expansion of the city-region centred on Istanbul. They will focus on the transformation of land use patterns using census data as well as satellite imagery revealing land cover changes.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
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Lent Term Events 2016
Monday, 7 March 2016
Public Seminar: 'Kurdistan on the Global Stage: Kinship, Land, and Community in Iraq'
Speaker: Associate Professor Diane E. King, Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky
Time: 17:30-19:00
Venue: Room CLM.7.02, 7th Floor, Clement House, LSE
Chair: Associate Professor Esra Özyürek, Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE
A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis. Organised jointly with LSE Middle East Centre.
Event Poster
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Public Conference: "Interrogating the Post-Ottoman"
Time: 13:00 - 19:00
Venue: Room COW1.11, 1st Floor, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE (13:00-15:45), and Room CLM.3.02, 3rd Floor, Clement House, LSE (15:45-19:00)
Panellists: Nicolas Argenti, Marc D. Baer, Glenn Bowman, Rebecca Bryant, Maria Couroucli, Fatma Müge Göçek, David Henig, Amy Mills, Christine Philliou
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Michaelmas Term Events 2015
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Book Launch and Public Panel: "Citizenship, Identity, and the Politics of Multiculturalism: The Rise of Muslim Consciousness"
Speaker: Dr. Nasar Meer, Professor Tariq Modood, Professor Sophie Gilliat-Roy
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: Room TW1.G.01, Tower 1, LSE
Chair: Associate Professor Esra Özyürek, Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE
Event Poster
Monday, 9 November 2015
Public Lecture: 'A Turbulent Period in Turkey'
Speaker: Caglar Keyder, LSE Centennial Professor, and Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York in Binghamton and at Koc University in Istanbul
Time: 17:30-19:00pm
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room COW 1.11 Cowdray House, LSE
Chair: Associate Professor Esra Özyürek, Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE
A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis. Organized jointly with European Institute.
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Public Lecture: 'The State in Training: Human Rights Translations and Encounters with Europe in Turkey'
Speaker: Dr. Elif Babür, Mount Holyoke College, USA
Time: 16:30-18:00pm
Venue: Graham Wallace Room, 5th Floor, Old Building, LSE
Chair: Associate Professor Esra Özyürek, Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE
A free event open to all. Admission on a first come, first served basis.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Workshop: "The AKP and Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East"
Time: 09:30 - 17:45
Venue: Room 9.04, Tower 1, Clement’s Inn, LSE
Panellists: Evren Balta, Cengiz Çandar, Menderes Çınar, Toby Dodge, Serhat Erkmen, Elizabeth Ferris, Deniz Kandiyoti, Naz Masraff, Esra Özyürek, Bill Park, Aydın Selcen, Güneş Murat Tezcür, Gönül Tol, Güney Yıldız, Deniz Zeyrek
Organised jointly with LSE Middle East Centre.
P.S.: Open to Invited Guests Only
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