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September 28, 2005
Defensive vs. Liberal Nationalism, Democratization, and Turkey's Kurdish Problem
Murat Somer, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Koc University, Istanbul
Visiting Faculty, CMES, Harvard University
October 31, 2005
"Cyprus: What's Next?"
Mehmet Ali Talat, 'President of the Republic of Northern Cyprus'.
November 02, 2005
Greece and Turkey: From Rivals to Partners in Europe?
Dimitris Keridis, Constantine Karamanlis Associate Professor in Hellenic and Southeast European Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts
November 8, 2005
Cool Istanbul: What Happens in Turkish Cinema
Fatih Ozguven, Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Film and Television and Renowned Film critic
November 15, 2005
Effect of National and International Politics on the Cultural Heritage of Northern Cyprus.
Muge Sevketoglu, Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology
Eastern Mediterranean University
November 30, 2005
Urbanism, Alevism/Sunnism and Leftism in a Gecekondo (Squatter) Context: Discourses, Practices, Identities
Tahire Erman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara and Fulbright Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University 2004-2005
February 15, 2006
Widening or Deepening: The Current Angst About EU Enlargement
Ahmet Evin, Professor, Sabanci University, Istanbul
Co-sponsored by the Kokkalis Program for Southeastern and East-Central Europe
February 22, 2006
The Triumph of the Secular Public Sphere in Turkey
Tolga Köker, Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
March 8, 2006
Leonardo and His Turkish Connection
Bülent Atalay, Author of Math and the Mona Lisa: the Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci and Professor of Physics, University of Mary Washington
March 22, 2006
Between Islam and the Turkish State: The Politics of Engagement
Berna Turam, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Hampshire College
April 5, 2006
The Gaze of the Insider/Outsider: Greek Subjects of the Ottoman Empire
Roberta Micallef, Assistant Professor of Turkish, Boston University
April 19, 2006
Islamic Women’s Sexuality Challenging Islamic Counter Publics in Turkey
Buket Türkmen, Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University and Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Galatasaray University, Istanbul
May 3, 2006
Today as History: The Evolution of a Project on Writing the History of an Island
Gunduz Vassaf, Psychologist, Author
May 5, 2006
“Turkey, the Middle East and the E.U.”
Mithat Bereket, CNN Turk
Co-sponsored with the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe
at the John F.Kennedy School of Government
September 29
Two Years of an Islamist Government in Secular Turkey: A Critique
Kemal Guruz, Former President, Council Higher Education Council, Turkey,
1999-2003 and Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Fellow 2004-2005
October 12
The Politics of East and West
Orhan Pamuk, author and novelist
October 13
Turkey and Iraq: Managing an Impossible Conflict Next Door
Henri Barkey, Professor and Chair Department of International Relations,
Lehigh University
November 2
Sufism, Calligraphy, and Animation: A Discussion of the Film
`Amentu Gemisi Nasil Yurudu¹ (1970) by Sezer Tansug and Tonguc Yasar
Irvin Schick, Research Scientist and Lecturer, MIT
November 10
“What's in ‘a piece of cloth’? Rights, freedoms aand the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in Turkey”
Irvin Schick, Research Scientist and Lecturer, MIT
November 17
The EU and Turkey: What to Expect
Soli Ozel, Professor of Political Science, Istanbul Bilgi University
February 9
"Along the Road to the E.U.: Is the Turkish Army Transforming?"
Ersel Aydinli, Assistant Professor of International relations, Bilkent University and Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
February 22
"Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation"
David Phillips, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations
co-sponsored with The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, International Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
March 16
"Iran's Nuclear Program and its Implications for Turkey's Security"
Mustafa Kibaroglu, Associate Professor of International Relations, Bilkent University, Ankara and Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Monday, April 4, 2005
“An Update on Turkey-US Relations”
Faruk Logoglu, Turkish Ambassador to the United States
April 6
"Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the 'Athenian' Current in Turkish Strategic Culture"
Malik Mufti, Associate Professor of Political of Political Science and Director of the International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies Programs, Tufts University
Thursday, April 28, 2005
"Turkish Foreign Policy and the United States"
Mr. Egemen Bagis, Chair of the Turkish parliament's Turkey-U.S. Friendship
Caucus, and Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Wednesday, February 11
"Turkish U.S-Relations"
Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey 4:30pm - 6:00pm Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1033 Mass Ave., Room 11
Wednesday, February 25
"Turkey-Russian Relations"
Victor Panin, Professor of Political Science, Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University and Fulbright Fellow, Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University 4:30pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, Room 406, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, March 10
"The Future Of Turkish Foreign Policy"
Panel and Book Celebration Dimitris Keridis, Assistant Professor of International Politics, University of Macedonia, Greece, and Director of the Athens-based Kokkalis Foundation Lenore G. Martin, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College and Associate, WCFIA and Affiliate in Research CMES Harvard University 4:30pm - 6:00pm Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Garden Room, Reception following in the Rotunda Co-sponsored with the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe
Monday, March 15
"The EU and the Triangle of Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus: Problems and Prospects"
Joseph S. Joseph, Associate Professor of International relations and European Affairs, Jean Monnet Chair in European Foreign and Security Policy and Chair, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus 5:00pm - 6:30pm CMES, College House, Room 406, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, March 17
"Redefining Religious Authority in Contemporary Turkish Alevism: The Modern Dede"
Markus Dressler, Adjunct Professor, New York University, Department of Near Eastern and Islamic Studies Commentator: Aykan Erdemir, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University 4:30pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, Room 406, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, March 24
"The AK Party's First Year in Government"
Metin Heper, Professor of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara and Visiting Professor, Brandeis University 4:30pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, Room 406, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, April 7
"Arab View of the Turks, the Untold Story"
Saleh Abdel Jawad, Associate Professor of Political Science and History, Bir Zeit University and Visiting Professor, Department of History, Harvard University 4:30pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, Room 406, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, April 28
"Historical Memory and the Main Manifestations of Armenian National Identity Changes During the Karabagh Movement: Armenia", 1988-1990
Harutyun Marutyan, Senior Researcher, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia and Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Anthropology Program, MIT 4:30pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, Room 406, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue Tuesday, May 11 The Ottoman Biographical Tradition Professor Mustafa Isen, Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture, Turkey 2:00pm - 4:00pm CMES, College House, Room 406, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, September 24
"Recapping the Summer: A Rooundtable Discussion"
(Featuring CMES PhD students Erdem Cipa and Aykan Erdemir on their month of military service) Moderator: Professor Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koc Professor of Turkish Studies 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 4th Floor Conference Room, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, November 12
"The Military and the Development and Justice Party in Turkey"
Metin Heper, Professor of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara and Visiting Professor, Brandeis University Co-sponsored with the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern & East Central Europe 4:15pm - 6:00pm This meeting will take place in the Fainsod Room, Third Floor, Littauer Building, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Wendesday, November 19
"Test Case of U.S.- Turkish Relations: Iraq 2003"
Idris Bal, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Security Sciences, Ankara, and Fulbright Visiting Scholar, CMES 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, Fifth Floor lounge, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Monday, November 24
"Turkey's EU Candidacy, Iraq Policy, and Regional Role:Transatlantic Perspectives"
Ahmet Evin, Sabanci University 4:00pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, Room 406, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, December 3
"Perceiving Turkey in the Arab World"
Discussion leader Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn Professor, Department of History and Archeology, American University of Beirut& Visiting Professor, Harvard University 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, Room 506, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, February 5
"Ottoman Revolt Against the West? Rethinking Hamidian Era Pan-Islamic Trends in Global Comparative Perspectives"
Cemil Aydin, Fellow, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, February 12
"Europe's Geographical Limits and Turkey's European Vocation"
Ahmet Evin, Founding Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University; Member of Istanbul Policy Center 4:15pm - 6:00pm CES, Lower Level Conference Room, 27 Kirkland St
Wendesday, February 19
"Venerated Mothers, Emancipated Daughters, Condemned Sisters: Femininity and Marginality in Turkey's Modernization Map of Belonging"
Elif Safak, Novelist and Fellow, Five College Women's Research Center, Amherst, Massachusetts 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, March 5
"Who is Turkish? Who Can Become Turkish? Citizenship and Nationality in Interwar Turkey"
Soner Cagaptay, Instructor of History, Yale University and Coordinator, Turkish Research Program, The Washington Center for Near East Policy 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Monday, March 31
"Ertan Aydin Affiliation and title of talk TBA"
4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Tuesday, April 1A Triangular Search for Democratic Peace: EU-Greece-Turkey Kemal Kirisci, Jean Monnet Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Center for European Studies, Boagazici University, Istanbul 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, April 23
"The AK Party in Power: Domestic and Foreign Policy Variables"
Sencer Ayata, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara and Fulbright Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, April 30
"(Not) Getting to Yes: The US, Turkey, and Operation Iraqi Freedom Barak Salmoni"
Lecturer in History, Moravian College 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday, May 7
"The Gender Dimension of Poverty in Turkey"
Ayse Ayata, Professor of Political Science, Middle East Technical University, Ankara and Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Wednesday October 2, 2002
"Democracy's Turkish Test"
Discussion led by Michael A. Reynolds, Fellow, John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES Seminar Room, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Tuesday October 15, 2002
"New Directions in Turkish Politics Sabri Sayari"
Visiting Profressor, School of Foreign Service, and Executive Director, Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University 4:15pm - 6:00pm John F. Kennedy School of Government, Littauer 140 This event is co-sponsored by the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern Europe
Wednesday October 30, 2002
"Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey's Concerns About Federalism in Iraq"
David Phillips, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Thursday October 31, 2002
"The Armenian Turkish Reconciliation Effort"
David Phillips, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations 3:00pm - 4:30pm Barker Center, Thompson Room (110), Quincy Street
Monday November 4, 2002
"Turkey After the Elections"
Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies; Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University 4:15pm - 6:00pm CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Monday December 2, 2002
"The Nature of Turkish Nationalism, Past and Present"
David Kushner, Professor, University of Haifa, Israel
Wednesday, January 16th, 2002
Coolidge Hall, Room 1 12:15-2:00 PM
"Guild Structure and Membership in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Fluidity in Organization"
Dr. Eunjeong Yi, PhD in History, Harvard University
Tuesday, March 5th, 2002 Coolidge Hal, Room 14:15-6:00 PM
"Caspian Geopolitics: The Vision from Moscow"
Carol Saivetz, Research Associate, Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University & Executive Director, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
Tuesday, March 19th, 2002
Coolidge Hall, Room 14:15-6:00 PM
"Cancer Research among Two Anatolian Communities in Turkey and Europe"
Iman Roushdy Hammady, PhD, Fox Cancer Center, Philadelphia and Post-Doctoral Fellow, CMES, Harvard University
Tuesday, April 16th, 2002
Coolidge Hall, Room 14:15-6:00 PM
"Embedded Conjugalities: An Exploration of Familial Lives in Istanbul"
Belgin Tekce, Professor at the Sociology Department of Bogazici University, Istanbul and Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Tuesday, April 30th, 2002
Coolidge Hall, Room 14:15-6:00 PM
Turkey and The European Union: Experience and Prospects
Alain Servantie, Advisor, European Commission on Enlargement and European Fellow, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Wednesday, January 31, 4:15-6:00pm
"U.S.-Turkish Relations: Navigating New Courses"
Discussion Leader: Burcu Bostanoglu, Associate Professor of International Relations, Gazi University, Ankara
Wednesday, February 7, 4:15-6:00pm
"Formations and Transformations of the Image of the Turk in European Literary Sources in History and Today and the Power of the Media"
Discussion Leader: Nedret Kuran Burcoglu, CMES Visiting Scholar and Vice Director of the Center for European Studies and Professor of Translation Studies at Bogazici University, Istanbul
Wednesday, February 21, 4:15-6:00pm
"Turkey's Foriegn Policy: Ataturkist Visions and Post-Cold War Needs"
Discussion Leader: Barry Rubin, Editor of Turkish Studies and the Middle East Review of International Studies and Director of the BESA Center for Strategic Studies, Israel
Wednesday, March 7 4:15-6:00pm
"Andrew Mango's Ataturk: A Critical Review"
Discussion Leader: Feroz Ahmadr, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Wednesday, March 21, 4:15-6:00pm
"Turkish-American Relations: The Chrome Issue During the Second World War"
Discussion Leader: Gul Barkay, PhD, CMES Visiting Scholar and Research Assistant, Institute of the Turkish Revolution, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir
Wednesday, September 27 12:15-2:00 p.m.
"Turkey's Current Economic Program"
Discussant: Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, Kennedy School, Harvard University.
Wednesday, October 11 4:00-6:00 p.m.
"The 1908 Revolution in the Ottoman Empire and the Turks of the Russian Empire"
Discussant: Hakan Kirimli, Associate Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; Fellow, Ukrainian Institute, Harvard University.
Wednesday, October 18 4:00-6:00 p.m.
"Notions of Citizenship and Practices of Immigration in Turkey"
Discussant: Kemal Kirisci Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Monday, November 6 4:00-6:00 p.m.
"Homogenizing the Nation by Diplomacy: Greek-Turkish Population Exchange, 1923-24"
Discussant: Ayhan Aktar, Associate Professor, Marmara University; Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Wednesday, December 13 4:00-6:00 p.m.
"The Van Region from 1350 to 1600: The Kurdish Principalities Under Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Administration"
Discussant: Thomas Alexander Sinclair, Assistant Professor at the University of Cyprus and Visiting Scholar at NELC, Harvard University.
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