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Turkey in the Modern World > 2010-2011 Seminar Schedule

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Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: September 22, 2010
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"The Challenges of Constitutional Change: Recent Developments"

Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.
Speakers
Feldman, Noah
Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School.; Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School.

Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Deep Mountain: Across the Turkish-Armenian Divide"

Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.
Speakers
Temelkuran, Ece
Columnist, Haberturk. Author.

Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: November 4, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Recalibrating Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey, the U.S. and the Middle East"

Co-sponsored by the Middle East Seminar, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Speakers
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.

Middle East Seminar
Date: November 4, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Recalibrating Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey, the U.S. and the Middle East"

Co-sponsored by the Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Speakers
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.

Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: November 17, 2010
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Deepening Democracy or Undermining It? The Ergenekon and Sledgehammer Trials in Turkey"

Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.
Speakers
Rodrik, Dani
Faculty Associate. Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School.

*Event Rescheduled: Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: February 2, 2011
Time: 5:30 pm
This is open to the public.

**DATE CHANGE: Due to inclement weather on February 2nd, the Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World, featuring M. Sukru Hanioglu, has been rescheduled to February 16, 2011.**

Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.

Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: February 16, 2011
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Anthropology, History, and Linguistics: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and the New Turkish Nationalism, 1923-1938"

Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.
Speakers
Hanioglu, M. Sukru
Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs, and Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University.

Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: February 23, 2011
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"History as a Resource in Foreign Policy"

Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.
Speakers
Walker, Joshua W.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Crown Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Brandeis University; Assistant Professor in Leadership Studies, University of Richmond.

New Event: Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World*
Date: March 23, 2011
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Toward a New Europe: 50 Years of Turk in Germany"

*Please note this calendar addition.
Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.
Speakers
Vassaf, Gunduz
Writer, psychologist, and columnist, Radikal Newspaper.

Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: March 30, 2011
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Turkey on the Eve of Elections: Politics, Society and Judiciary"


Co-sponsored by Kokkalis Program on Southeastern & East-Central Europe.

Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.
Speakers
Paker, Can
Chairperson, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV).
Kurban, Dilek
Democratization Program Director, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV).
Mahçupyan, Etyen
Democratization Program Advisor, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV).

Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: April 27, 2011
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.
"The methods (Census, Plebiscite, Statistics) to Determine the Fate of Disputed Territories; Iraqi-Kurdish Case"
Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.
Speakers
Dundar, Fuat
Junior Research Fellow, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University.

Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
Date: May 11, 2011
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"The Constitutional Amendments of 2010 in Turkey"

Moderator/Chair
Martin, Lenore G.
Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.
Kafadar, Cemal
Faculty Associate. Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Department of History, Harvard University.
Speakers
Sahinkaya, Yalcin
Coordinating Judge, Academy of Justice, Turkey.
Calisir, Mehmet
Judge, Directorship of Strategy Development, Ministry of Justice, Turkey.
Demir, Timur
Judge, Directorship of International Law and Foreign Relations, Ministry of Justice, Turkey.