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<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Palatino Linotype"><STRONG>Nationalism in the
Troubled Triangle:<BR>Cyprus, Greece and Turkey<BR></STRONG> <BR>Department
of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cyprus, is planning to hold
a international conference titled as 'Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle:
Cyprus, Greece and Turkey.' This conference will take place in Nicosia on the
10th and 11th November, 2006.<BR> <BR>As Hans Kohn once said 'in order to
understand the phenomenon of nationalism one has to compare different
nationalisms.' This statement seems to be more than true for Greek and Turkish
nationalisms. The aim of this conference is to discuss the issues related to
nation-building and nationalism in Greece and Turkey and consecutively follow
the rise of nationalisms in Cyprus. Although the process of nation building in
Greece and Turkey has been completed long ago, unfortunately certain 'infantile
disorders' that we observe in the early years of nation building in general
continue to exert their presence in the making of politics on both sides of the
Aegean. Greek and Turkish foreign policy and the general texture of policy
making is still under the influence of nationalism. In addition to this, the
Greek and Turkish Cypriots not only have failed in building a common state on
the island, but the nature of 'Cyprus conflict' still shapes the making of
foreign policy both in Greece and Turkey. This conference which aims to put
papers into book-form in near future would be successful if it contributes to a
comparative understanding of this troubled triangle.<BR> <BR>The conference
organizers have already been able to raise funds to make this academic exchange
possible. Travel costs may be covered, depending of availability of funding.
Applicants should send a 500 words of resume of their proposed paper to Prof.
Niyazi Kizilyurek until July 15, 2006.<BR><BR>Niyazi Kizilyurek <</FONT><A
href="mailto:niyazi@ucy.ac.cy"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">niyazi@ucy.ac.cy</FONT></A><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">><BR> <BR>Organising
Committee:<BR> <BR>Niyazi Kizilyurek, <BR>Chairman, Department of Turkish
and ME Studies, University of Cyprus<BR><BR>Ayhan Aktar, <BR>Department of
Political Science and Int. Relations, Marmara University<BR><BR>Umut Ozkirimli,
<BR>Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi
University<BR><BR>--<BR>Niyazi Kizilyurek<BR><</FONT><A
href="mailto:niyazi@ucy.ac.cy"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">niyazi@ucy.ac.cy</FONT></A><FONT
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