[Bilimsel Haber] Conf: Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle: Cyprus, Greece and, Turkey - 10-11 November, Univ. of Cyprus

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Dear Colleagues,

Below is the program of the conference on Greek, Turkish and Cypriot Nationalisms, organized by the Department of Turkish and ME Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia.

For more information, please write to Prof. Niyazi Kizilyurek, Chairman:
niyazi at ucy.ca.cy

Or you can write to my e-mail address: aktar at ucy.ac.cy

Ayhan Aktar, Visiting Professor
Dept. of Turkish Studies,
75, Kallipoleos Avenue
P.O. Box 20537
CY 1678 Nicosia CYPRUS
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Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle: Cyprus, Greece and Turkey

10 – 11 November 2006

University of Cyprus, Main Conference Hall

FRIDAY, 10th of NOVEMBER 2006

09.00 – 09.30 Welcoming Speeches
09.30 – 10.15 Keynote Speech
John Breuilly - Bringing History back into Nationalism?

I. 10.30 – 11.30 Turkish Nationalism: Formation and its Consolidation

Ayhan Aktar - Conversion of ‘Country’ into a ‘Fatherland Case of Turkification Examined, 1923 – 1934.

Suavi Aydin - The Use and Abuse of Archaeology & Anthropology in formulating Turkish National Narrative.

Günay G. Öogan - Turkish Nationalism Reconsidered: The "Heaviness" of State-patriotism in Nation-Building.

II. 12.15 – 14.15 Greek Nationalism: Between Church and the State (Session Chair: Rebecca Bryant)

Renee Hirschon - Dismantling the Millet: Religion and National Identity in Contemporary Greece

Sia Anagnastopoulou - Intriguing dimensions of Nationalism: Greek Nationalism in the Cypriot Context

Michalis Michail - History, Myth and Nationalism. The Case of the Ottoman Period of Cyprus History

Amaryllis Logotheti - Religion and Nationalism in Greece and Turkey during the Cold War: A Comparative Approach


III. 15.15 - 16.15 Greek and Turkish Nationalisms Compared.
(Session Chair: Renee Hirschon)

Umut Ozkirimli and Spyros Sofos - Tormented by History: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis - Ethnic Nationalism and the Changing Face of the "Other" in Greece and Turkey

IV. 16.30 - 18.00 Foreign Policy & Nationalism: Turkish & Greek Cases. (Session Chair: Y. Papadakis)

Gul İnanc- Narratives of Diplomats: Nationalism and Representation of Turkish Foreign Policy

Harry Tzimitras - Alternative Forms of Nationalism: Superiority through Law in Greek Foreign Policy

Gilles Bertrand - Nationalist Considerations in the Making of Foreign Policy: Greek and Turkish Cases Compared.

SATURDAY, 11th of NOVEMBER 2006

V. 09.00 – 11.00Nationalism in Cyprus
(Session Chair: Gül İnanç)

Altay Nevzat - Securing the Office of Müftü: Nationalism, Religion and the Turks of Cyprus

Andrekos Varnava - The Emergence of Greek National Identity amongst the Orthodox Cypriots: British Imperialism and Modernity, 1878-1910

Rebecca Bryant - The Pieces of Peace: Property and the New (Trans)national Order in Cyprus

Yannis Papadakis - Cyprus in Histories, Histories in Cyprus: Comparing schoolbooks on the 'History of Cyprus'.

Jan Asmussen - Function of conspiracy theories in the construction of Cypriot identities.

VI. 11.30 – 12.10 Monitoring Nationalism in the Press
(Session Chair: Matthias Kappler)

Emre Gökalp & Niko Panagiotou - Greece vs. Turkey! Nationalist Discourses in the (Sports)press

Yiannis Ioannou - "Selling" Nationalism: Nationalism and Advertising in the Cypriot Press, 1900-1931

VII. 13.00 – 14.40 Nationalism and the Left in Cyprus & Turkey (Session Chair: Umut Özkırımlı)

Serpil Güvenç- Nationalist Discourse of the Left pertinent to the Cyprus issue during the 1960's: the Case of the Turkish Labour Party (TIP).

Nicos Trimikliniotis - A Cypriot Communist Post-Modern Power Dilemma: Between Soft 'OXI' and Hard Choices

Stavros Tombazos - Cypriot Left: Between Nationalism and Anti-Imperialism 

Ceasar Mavratzas - The Referendum of April 24, 2004: A Resounding Victory for Greek-Cypriot Nationalism and the Nationalization of the Left.

Niyazi Kızılyürek - Cypriot Left and Perception of National Question in Cyprus

15.00 – 15.30 Closing remarks:

Niyazi Kızılyürek Ayhan Aktar Umut Özkırımlı