[Bilimsel Haber] CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference-The PKK, Kurdish Nationalism and the Future of Turkey, Washington DC - Thursday, November 7, 2013

[Tugrul Keskin]

CALL FOR PAPERS: 
 
International Conference:
The PKK, Kurdish Nationalism and the Future of Turkey
 
Thursday, November 7, 2013
 
Virginia Tech National Capital Region
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314



http://turkeyandkurds.blogspot.com/
 
Organized and Sponsored by
School of Public & International Affairs, Virginia Tech, National Capital
Region.
Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Chair (Indiana University)
Center for Turkish Studies (Portland State University)
 
We plan to organize an international conference on the PKK, Kurdish
Nationalism and the Future of Turkey. This will be a one day conference with
four specific panels. The conference will be held at the Virginia Tech
Alexandria Campus, in the heart of Old Town, Alexandria, and the Washington
DC metro region.
 
The objective of this conference is to understand the complex relationship
between Kurds and Modern Turkey. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire left
unprecedented political conditions in the region, with the formation of
nation-states without any social and economic foundations. In this context,
the new form of nationalism attempted to create a territory-based form of
national identity; however, demographic challenges such as urban and rural
demographic contradictions), a lack of higher education, lack of an
established rule of law and of capital accumulation has led to instability
and the formation of a non-organic type of modernization and national
identity in the region and Turkey. In the meantime, transnational economic
development has weakened the role of the nation-state over the last 30 years
and ethnic nationalisms have emerged across the Middle East. This set the
stage for the resurgence of Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and
Iran. The Marxist-based Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) first waged war
against the Turkish Nation State in 1984. However, as a result of the
social, political and economic transformations in the world and US
involvement in the region, the PKK changed its ideological foundation from
Marxism to nationalism in 1995, as part of the 5th PKK Congress. At this
time, the Marxist star was removed from its flag and ethnic nationalist
symbols and slogans were used to replace it. At the same time, more than
sixty percent of the Kurdish population migrated to non-Kurdish
industrialized cities in Turkey. Today, the Kurdish population in modern
Turkey is more educated, urbanized, and they invest in the Western as much
as the Eastern part of the country. Therefore, aspirations and objectives of
Kurdish Nationalism is currently in a stage of transformation, and its
objectives have begun to shift from that of obtaining an independent Kurdish
State to seeking the status as equal citizens of modern Turkey. The latter
objective ­ the integration of the Kurdish population into the larger
population of Turkey - is likely to create numerous opportunities for the
modernization of Turkey and the wider region. In this conference, we will
explore this transformation, and possible future trajectories between Turkey
and its relations with the Kurds.
 
You will find detailed information about the conference below:
 
PANEL-1: Kurdish Nationalism in Iran, Iraq and Syria
We welcome submissions related to, but not limited to the following
subjects:
€   Kurdish nationalism in Iran
€   Kurdish nationalism in Iraq
€   Kurdish nationalism in Syria
€   Kurdish nationalism in the Diaspora
 
PANEL-2: Kurdish Nationalism in Contemporary Turkey
We welcome submissions related to, but not limited to the following
subjects:
€   Kurdish Nationalism in historical context
€   Kurdish and Turkish nationalisms
€   Imperialism and Kurdish nationalism
€   American foreign policy towards Turkey and the Kurds
 
PANEL-3: PKK and Kurdish Nationalism
We welcome submissions related to, but not limited to the following
subjects:
€   Origin and development of the PKK
€   The PKK and the Œwar on terrorism.¹
€   Relationship between the PKK, the US and Europe
 
PANEL-4: The Kurds and the Future of Turkey
We welcome submissions related to, but not limited to the following
subjects:
€   The future relationship between Kurds and Turkey
€   JDP and Kurdish Nationalism
€   Kurdish regional government and Turkey
€   Future trajectories of American foreign policy towards Turkey and the
Kurds 
€   Future trajectories of Turkish and Kurdish politics
 
Please submit your interest, with a short abstract (300-400 Words) and short
bio (100-200 words). The deadline for abstract submissions is Monday, August
19th 2013. The authors of accepted papers will be notified by September 1st
2013. 
 
Please submit your paper to the following address: tugrulk at vt.edu
 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate contact us.
 
Dr. Kemal Silay, Professor of Turkish Language and Literature; Ottoman and
Modern Turkish Studies Endowed Chair Professor; Director, Turkish Language
Flagship Center; Director, Turkish Studies Program;

Indiana University 

Dr. Tugrul Keskin, Assistant Professor of International and Middle East
Studies; Affiliated Faculty of Black Studies Sociology, and Turkish Studies;
Portland State University

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Tugrul Keskin

Assistant Professor of International and Middle Eastern Studies
Affiliated Faculty of Black Studies
Sociology and Center for Turkish Studies
Middle East Studies Coordinator (INTL)
Portland State University

Editor of Sociology of Islam Journal (Brill)
http://www.brill.nl/sociology-islam
Book Review Editor for the Societies Without Borders
http://societieswithoutborders.com <http://societieswithoutborders.com/> /
International Studies and Global Sociology
http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot.com/


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