[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: International Post-Kemalism seminar

[Onur Inal]

Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 16:32:38 +0300
From: Medi Nahmiyaz <Medin at vanleer.org.il>

Dear H-Turk members,

We would like to kindly remind that only 10 more days are left to
submits proposals for the international post-Kemalism workshop which
will be organized in Jerusalem. For more information about the
workshop please see the announcement below.

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A POST-KEMALIST TURKEY
An International Workshop
Monday-Tuesday, 3-4 October 2011

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (Contemporary Turkish Studies Forum),
in collaboration with the University of Rome Tor Vergata (CSPS, Centre
for the Study and Documentation of Religions and Political
Institutions in Post-Secular Society), and the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem (Institute of Asian and African Studies; Forum for Turkish
Studies) are organizing an international workshop titled “A
Post-Kemalist Turkey?” to be held at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

In the past decade Kemalism has encountered widespread criticism both
as an ideology and as a modernization project. Most of the criticism
has focused on the incompatibility of Kemalism with liberal democracy
and the diversity of Turkish society. Thus the term post-Kemalism
refers both to a chronological framework and to an epistemological
analysis that offers new paradigms for Turkish society and for state
building.

The aim of this workshop is to map and develop a coherent approach to
post-Kemalism. Is it possible to argue that Turkey has entered a
"post-Kemalist" period in terms of civil-military relations,
secularism, foreign relations, and cultural and economic
transformations? What is the role of an Islamic-oriented political
party and civil communities in this transformation? Can a new model
for a social contract be introduced?

We are calling for papers to be presented at the two-day event. The
workshop is open to researchers and research students from a variety
of disciplines. Among possible themes are: Critique of the
modernization project; Critique of civil-military relations; Critique
of the secularist project.

Steering committee: Dr. Eyal Ginio, Dr. Anat Lapidot-Firilla, Dr. Massimo Rosati

Proposals should be 1-2 pages long, and will be accepted no later than
Friday, 20 May 2011. Limited funds will be available for some
participants. Please send your proposal to the workshop coordinator:
Medi Nahmiyaz, email:
Medin at vanleer.org.il<mailto:Medin at vanleer.org.il>

For more information on the workshop:
http://www.vanleer.org.il/Data/UploadedFiles/Files/Call%20Post%20Kemalizm.pdf