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Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies
School of Philosophy, University of Athens

Athens : 1st International Symposium -   Turkish Studies Today

1 - 2 June 2007
University of Athens, Historical Archive
45, Skoufa Street

Friday, June 1st, 2007
18.00 Registration
18.15 Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Ioannis N. Karakostas, Vice-Rector, University of Athens
Prof. Athanasios Markopoulos, Head of the Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens

Opening session

Chair: Prof. Constantinos Svolopoulos, Member of the Academy of Athens
19.00 A. Markopoulos, Professor, Head of Department of Turkish Studies and Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens: The Department of Turkish Studies of Athens University

19.30 Cemal Kafadar, Professor, Harvard University: Turkish Studies in the United States Today

20.00 Elizabeth Zachariadou, Professor, University of Crete: Turkish Studies in Crete

20.30 Discussion

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
Morning session

Ottoman Studies

9.00-9.20 John Alexander, Professor, University of Thessaloniki: Ottoman Studies at the Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki

9.20-9.40 Sofia Laiou, Lecturer, Ionion University: Ottoman Studies at the Ionion University

9.40-10.00 Antonis Anastasopoulos, Lecturer, University of Crete: Turkish Studies Today at the University of Crete and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies

10.00-10.20 Emilia Themopoulou, Assistant Professor, University of Ioannina: Engaging, Studying and Interpreting the Ottoman Past: Some Thoughts on the
Teaching on Ottoman History

10.20-10.40 Sia Anagnostopoulou, Assistant Professor, Panteion University: Ottoman and Turkish Studies in the Greek-Speaking World (Greece and Cyprus): An Important and Rapidly Growing Scientific Field

10.40-11.00 Evangelia Balta, Institute for Neohellenic Research: Ottoman Studies in Greece

11.00-11.20 Discussion
11.20-11.40 Coffee Break

Modern Turkish History

11.40-12.00 Selim Deringil, Professor, Bogazici University: New Approaches to the "diplomatic history" of the Ottoman Empire

12.00-12.20 Ayhan Aktar, Professor, Marmara University: Difficulties of Setting up a Turkish Studies Department in the Hellenic World: Experiences from the University of Cyprus

12.20-12.40 Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Isik University: The Instruction of Republican Turkish History in a Turkish Private University

International Relations

12.40 -13.00 Thanos Veremis, Professor, University of Athens: Kemalism and Islam: Symbiosis or Collision?

13.00-13.20 William Hale, Visiting Professor, Sabanci University: Turkey, the US and Iraq

13.20-13.40 Thanos Dokos  - Antonis Deriziotis, Department of Turkish Studies, University of Athens: Teaching Turkish Foreign Policy to a Greek Audience

13.40-14.00 Discussion

Evening Session
Language, Society and Culture

17.30-17.50 Eleni Sella, Maria Mavropoulou, Sophia Prokou, Department of Turkish Studies, University of Athens: Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language
to Greek-speaking students: the case of the Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens

17.50-18.10 Udo Steinbach, Professor, University of Hamburg: Turkish-German Relations: Turkey and Germany, Strong Relations, Weak Knowledge

18.10-18.30 Lesley Peirce, Professor, New York University: Law, Gender, and Society

18.30-18.50 Helen Gara, Lecturer, Aegean University: History, Anthropology and the Ottoman Past

18.50-19.10 H. Millas, Department of Turkish Studies, University of Athens: Pitfalls in Presenting the "Other"

19.10-19.30 Discussion
19.30-20.00 Concluding Remarks

Organizing Committee
Prof. Athanasios Markopoulos
Head of Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens
Professors Athanasios Veremis, Kostas Gavroglou, Olga Katsiardi-Hering, Members of the Governing Committee, Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens

Secretary: Aikaterini Pavlopoulou and Paraskevi Kalamara
Tel. :  210-3634 592, Email: pavlocat@turkmas.uoa.gr