[Discussion] conf. : Turkey's Engagement with Modernity, Oxford

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from Carol Davies <carol.davies@oriental-institute.oxford.ac.uk>

The Programme on Contemporary Turkey=92s
Major Conference

Turkey's Engagement with Modernity: The Twentieth Century
22-25 September 2004
St Antony's College, Oxford, UK


Wednesday 22 September

2 - 4pm	Registration - Buttery

Welcome Session:  Sir Marrack Goulding, Warden, St Antony=92s College, Ox=
ford

5pm	Keynote Speech:  Dr Andrew Mango (London Middle East Institute)
Ataturk and Kemalism through the 20th Century

Thursday 23 September

9am		Session 1.  Security of State and Society
Chair:   Professor Neil MacFarlane, St Anne=92s College, Oxford

Dr Ian Lesser (Pacific Council): The Evolution of Turkish National Securi=
ty
Strategy
Professor Feroz Ahmad (Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies):=20
   The
Military and Politics
Professor Halis Akder (METU):  Public Health Issues

11.15am	Session 2.  Nations & Nationalism
		Chair:  Dr Renee Hirschon, St Peter=92s College, Oxford

Professor Erik-Jan Z=FCrcher (University of Leiden):  Islam in the Servic=
e=20
of the
State
Professor Halil Berktay (Sabanc&#305; University): Non-Turkish=20
experiences
Professor Murat Belge (Bilgi University):  Cultural Aspects of Nationalis=
m

2.15pm	Session 3. Education
		Chair:  Professor Geoffrey Lewis, St Antony=92s College, Oxford

Professor &#304;lter Turan (Bilgi University): The Evolution of=20
University Governance
in Turkey
Dr Ben Fortna (SOAS): The Ottoman Educational Legacy
Dr G=FCn Kut (Bo&#287;azi=E7i University):  Elite and Mass Schools

4.30pm	Session 4.  Cities & Urbanisation
		Chair:  Dr Eugene Rogan, St Antony=92s College, Oxford

Dr Leyla Neyzi (Sabanc&#305; University): Oral History of Istanbul
Dr Sibel Bozdo&#287;an (MIT):  =93National=94, =93International=94 and =93=
Post=94=20
Modern:
Culture and Politics of Architecture in Republican Turkey
Dr Jenny White (Boston University): Rural Turkey in the Cities

Friday 24 September

9am	Keynote Speech:  Professor &#350;evket Pamuk (Bo&#287;azi=E7i Univers=
ity)
100 Years of Turkish Economic History

11.15am 	Session 5.  Islam
	Chair:  Mr Ronald Nettler, Mansfield College, Oxford

Professor &#350;erif Mardin (Sabanc&#305; University): Islam and the=20
Turkish soul
Professor Elisabeth =D6zdalga (METU):  Transformation of Sufi-based=20
communities in
modern Turkey: The Nak&#351;ibendis, the Nurcus, and the G=FClen communit=
y
		Dr David Shankland (University of Bristol):  Islam and the Kemalist Sta=
te

2.15pm	Session 6.  Gender
		Chair:   To be confirmed?

Professor Ye&#351;im Arat (Bo&#287;azi=E7i University):  Nation Building=20
and Feminism in
early Republican Turkey
Professor Zehra Arat (Purchase College, SUNY):  Opportunities, Freedoms a=
nd
Restrictions:  Women and Employment in Turkey
Professor Aynur &#304;lyaso&#287;lu (Marmara University):  From=20
Empowerment to
Invisibility:  The Rise and Demise of Islamist Women=92s Movements in Tur=
key

Saturday 25 September

9am		Session 7.  Public Policy and Economics
		Chair:  Professor Michael Kaser, St Antony=92s College, Oxford

Professor Ersin Kalayc&#305;o&#287;lu (Sabanc&#305; University): The=20
Turkish Grand National
Assembly:  New Challenges and Old Problems
Mr Soli =D6zel (Bilgi University): Interest groups and policymaking
		Professor Sencer Ayata (METU):  Poverty in Republican Turkey=09

11.15am	Session 8.  International Relations
		Chair:  Dr Philip Robins, St Antony=92s College, Oxford

Professor &#304;lber Ortayl&#305;  (Bilkent University): Locating Turkey
Dr Nuri Yurdusev (METU): Turkey=92s Engagement with Europe:  Confrontatio=
n,
Management and Cooperation
Professor Henri Barkey (Lehigh University): Turkey and the Great Powers

2.15pm	Session 9.  Mass Media & Popular Culture
		Chair:  Dr Walter Armbrust, St Antony=92s College, Oxford

Dr &#350;ahin Alpay (Bah=E7e&#351;ehir University):  Media and Democracy=20
in Turkey
Professor Ay&#351;e =D6nc=FC (Sabanc&#305; University):  Television and t=
he=20
Changing
Configurations of Public Culture in Contemporary Turkey
Dr Arus Yumul (Bilgi University):  Fashion and Lifestyle(s) in Turkey

4.30pm	Session 10.  Literature & the Arts
		Chair:  Dr Celia Kerslake, St Antony=92s College, Oxford

Professor N=FCket Esen (Bo&#287;azi=E7i University):  The Turkish Novel
Mr Orhan Ko=E7ak (editor of Virgul,  and Toplum ve Bilim) :  Cultural=20
Politics
Mr Vecdi Sayar (Bilgi University):  Turkish Modernization and Artistic=20
Institutions