[Bilimsel Haber] 1st International Symposium: Turkish Studies Today, 1 - 2 June 2007, University of Athens

[Onur Inal]

Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies
School of Philosophy, University of Athens

1st International Symposium
Turkish Studies Today

1 - 2 June 2007
University of Athens, Historical Archive
45, Skoufa Street

Friday, June 1st, 2007

18.00 Registration
18.15 Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Ioannis N. Karakostas, Vice-Rector, University of Athens
Prof. Athanasios Markopoulos, Head of the Department of Turkish and
Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens

Opening session
Chair: Prof. Constantinos Svolopoulos, Member of the Academy of Athens 
19.00 A. Markopoulos, Professor, Head of Department of Turkish Studies
and Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens, The Department of
Turkish Studies of Athens University
19.30 Cemal Kafadar, Professor, Harvard University, Turkish Studies in
the United States Today 
20.00 Elizabeth Zachariadou, Professor, University of Crete, Turkish
Studies in Crete
20.30 Discussion

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
Morning session
Ottoman Studies
9.00 - 9.20 
John Alexander, Professor, University of Thessaloniki, Ottoman Studies
at the Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki
9.20 - 9.40 
Sofia Laiou, Lecturer, Ionion University, Ottoman Studies at the Ionion
University 
9.40 - 10.00 
Antonis Anastasopoulos, Lecturer, University of Crete, Turkish Studies
Today at the University of Crete and the Institute for Mediterranean
Studies 
10.00 - 10.20 
Emilia Themopoulou, Assistant Professor, University of Ioannina,
Engaging, Studying and Interpreting the Ottoman Past: Some Thoughts on
the Teaching on Ottoman History 
10.20 - 10.40 
Sia Anagnostopoulou, Assistant Professor, Panteion University, Ottoman
and Turkish Studies in the Greek-Speaking World (Greece and Cyprus): An
Important and Rapidly Growing Scientific Field
10.40-11.00 
Evangelia Balta, Institute for Neohellenic Research: Ottoman Studies in
Greece 
11.00-11.20 
Discussion 11.20-11.40 

Coffee Break

Modern Turkish History
11.40 - 12.00 
Selim Deringil, Professor, Bogazici University, New Approaches to the
"diplomatic history" of the Ottoman Empire
12.00 - 12.20 
Ayhan Aktar, Professor, Marmara University, Difficulties of Setting up a
Turkish Studies Department in the Hellenic World: Experiences from the
University of Cyprus 
12.20 - 12.40 
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Isik University, The Instruction of Republican
Turkish History in a Turkish Private University

International Relations
12.40 - 13.00 
Thanos Veremis, Professor, University of Athens, Kemalism and Islam:
Symbiosis or Collision?
13.00 - 13.20
William Hale, Visiting Professor, Sabanci University, Turkey, the US and
Iraq
13.20 - 13.40 
Thanos Dokos - Antonis Deriziotis, Department of Turkish Studies,
University of Athens, Teaching Turkish Foreign Policy to a Greek
Audience 
13.40 - 14.00 Discussion

Evening Session

Language, Society and Culture
17.30 - 17.50
Eleni Sella, Maria Mavropoulou, Sophia Prokou, Department of Turkish
Studies, University of Athens, Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language 
to Greek-speaking students: the case of the Department of Turkish and
Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens 
17.50 - 18.10 
Udo Steinbach, Professor, University of Hamburg, Turkish-German
Relations: Turkey and Germany, Strong Relations, Weak Knowledge 
18.10 - 18.30
Lesley Peirce, Professor, New York University, Law, Gender, and Society
18.30 - 18.50
Helen Gara, Lecturer, Aegean University, History, Anthropology and the
Ottoman Past
18.50 - 19.10
H. Millas, Department of Turkish Studies, University of Athens, Pitfalls
in Presenting the Other¹ 
19.10 - 19.30
Discussion 
19.30 - 20.00
Concluding Remarks

Organizing Committee
Prof. Athanasios Markopoulos
Head of Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, University of
Athens 
Professors Athanasios Veremis, Kostas Gavroglou, Olga Katsiardi Hering, 
Members of the Governing Committee, Department of Turkish and Modern
Asian Studies, University of Athens

Secretary: 
Aikaterini Pavlopoulou
Paraskevi Kalamara

Tel. : 210-3634 592, Email: pavlocat at turkmas.uoa.gr