(2005) 'Conference : Third Cultural Studies Conference : « Identity and Culture », June 14-17th, 2005, Koc University, Istanbul. Organized by Cultural Studies Association and Koc University Center for Strategic Studies. 14-17 June 2005, Elite Hotel, Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey.', European Journal of Turkish Studies, archives , Archives, URL : http://www.ejts.org/document326.html
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Conference : Third Cultural Studies Conference : « Identity and Culture », June 14-17th, 2005, Koc University, Istanbul. Organized by Cultural Studies Association and Koc University Center for Strategic Studies. 14-17 June 2005, Elite Hotel, Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Cultural Studies Association of Turkey and the Center for Strategic
Studies of Koc University are organizing a cultural studies conference
entitled "Identity and Culture" on 14-17th June 2005 in Istanbul. Whether in
connection with Turkey's wish to enter the EU, the aftermath of the fall of
the Soviet Union, or developments ensuing from the two Gulf wars, identity
has become a problematic much discussed both in academic and political
circles. Focu! sing on issues of identity in its multiple relationships with
various facets of culture, the interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary
conference aims to interrogate established notions of identity within the
context of Turkish culture, the cultures of Turkey, and the cultures of
Turks. Over 160 papers will be presented by participants coming from the US,
Canada, various countries in Europe, Israel, Ukraine and Azerbaidjan.
Keynote speakers:
Bozkurt Guvenc (Hacettepe U and Yeditepe U)
Culture-Identity: National Identities
(in Turkish)
Nur Yalman (Harvard U)
Is Identity Something We Can Hold? What does the Humanities Say?
(in Turkish)
Plenary speakers:
Peter Alford Andrews (Koln U)
Ethnicity in Turkey: Evidence and Analysis
(in Turkish)
Fuat Keyman (Koc U)
The Issue of Cultural Identity in Turkey and Democratization: Multicultural
Constitutional Citizenship
(in Turkish)
Jacob Landau (Jerusalem! Hebrew U)
Panturkism: Changing Ideologies
Geoffrey Lewis (Oxford U)
How the Turkish Language Reform Divided the People
Serif Mardin (Sabanci U)
Turkish Exceptionalism in Islam
(in Turkish)
Uli Schamiloglu (U of Wisconsin-Madison)
The Concept of Nation and the (Re)conceptualization of Identities in the
Turkic Republics of Central Asia (19th-21st. centuries)
(in Turkish)
The conference program, registration form and information on accommodation
can be found at http://kk05.cstgroup.org/
For more information, write to the conference secretary, Sule Tarakcioglu at
Conference organizers: Gonul Pultar , Timur Kocaoglu
