Turkish Politics and Society in Flux: Identity, Policy, and Transnational Dynamics
The 34th BATAS Spring Symposium, held in collaboration with Contemporary Turkish Studies at LSE, brings together scholars and experts to explore Turkish politics, society, and culture in a time of transformation.
The symposium will present new research and activities by renowned academics, practitioners, and cultural commentators. Participants will showcase interdisciplinary perspectives on political change, diaspora identity, memory and art. Themes that will be explored include Turkish foreign policy in the context of global populism and the collective experiences of displacement in Türkiye and the UK.
Confirmed Speakers:
Emel Akçalı, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Defence Studies Department, King's College London
Tuğçe Bıçakçı-Syed, Independent literary scholar, editor, and writer based in Birmingham
Yaprak Gürsoy, Professor of European Politics and Chair in Contemporary Turkish Politics, LSE
Başak Kale, Associate Professor of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara; European Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Aslı Kandemir, Research Fellow and Critical Sociologist, School of Education, University of Birmingham
Mustafa Kutlay, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, City St George's, University of London
Emel Sevinç, Writer, project curator and practitioner based in London
Diğdem Soyaltın Colella, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Politics and Public Policy, University of Aberdeen
Elif Toker-Turnalar, Researcher and Lecturer in Political Communication, Regent’s University London
Özge Zihnioğlu, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool
Programme:
10:00 – 10:30 | Registration and Coffee
10:30 – 11:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks by Yaprak Gürsoy and Elif Toker-Turnalar
11:00– 12:30 | PanelSession 1: Turkish Foreign Policy: Start of a New Era in an Age of Global Change?
12:30– 13:30 | Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:45 | PanelSession 2: Diaspora, Displacement and Collective Trauma: Policies and Dialogues of Identity Across Time and Space
14:45 – 15:00 | Break
15:00 – 15:30 | Discussion Session 3: Exploring Identity through Memory: More than a Bundle Story | Emel Sevinç in discussion with Elif Toker-Turnalar
15:30 – 15:45 | Closing Remarks for the Symposium
15:45 – 16:00 | Break
16:00 – 17:00 | BATAS Annual General Meeting (AGM)
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Contemporary Turkish Studies focuses on the politics and economy of Türkiye and its relations with the rest of Europe. The programme aims to promote a deeper understanding of contemporary Türkiye through interdisciplinary and critical research, teaching and related public activities.
The British Association for Turkish Area Studies (@BATAStweets) aims to bring together and provide a forum for people interested in and keen to know more about Turkish life, society, history, language and culture. It is the only organisation in the United Kingdom dedicated to such an aim which it seeks to achieve by means of lectures, symposia, the sponsorship of publications and the distribution free to members of a substantial biannual journal, the Turkish Area Studies Review.
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