Young Scholars on Turkey (YSOT) 2011 Conference
Co-Sponsored by
SETA Foundation at Washington D.C., The Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS), and Ali Vural Ak Global Islamic Studies Center at George Mason University
Introductory Remarks
Nuh Yilmaz (SETA Foundation at Washington DC)
Keynote Address
Ambassador Ross Wilson (The Atlantic Council)
Panel I – National Identity, Religion and Democracy in Contemporary Turkey
Moderator: Kadir Ustun (SETA Foundation at Washington DC)
Discussant: Burhanettin Duran (Istanbul Sehir University)
Matthew de Tar (Northwestern University) “Figures of Nationalist Speech in Atatürk’s Great Speech”
Sarah Fischer (American University) “The Politics of Education Policy in Turkey: Secularism and Gender in Turkey’s Primary Education System”
Neslihan Cevik (University of Virginia) “Re-theorizing Contemporary Islam in Turkey: Muslimism and Sites of Hybridity”
Panel II – Turkey and the EU: Partners at Odds?
Moderator: Cemil Aydin (George Mason University)
Discussant: Emiliano Alessandri (The German Marshall Fund of the United States)
Ravza Kavakci Kan (Howard University) “Turkish Challenge to the Orientalist Narrative of the EU”
Selcen Oner (Bahcesehir University) “The Place of the EU in Multi-Dimensional Turkish Foreign Policy”
Juliette Tolay (University of Delaware) “Turkey’s “Europeanness”: Evidence from Turkey’s Immigration Policies”
Panel III – Turkish Foreign Policy
Moderator: David Cuthell (Institute of Turkish Studies)
Discussant: Omer Taspinar (Brookings Institution)
Nick Danforth (Georgetown University) “US Attitude toward Turkish Democracy during the Cold War”
Ryan Kennedy & Matthew Dickenson (University of Houston) “Turkish Neocons? Popular Perceptions of Foreign Policy in Turkey”
Ali Balci (Sakarya University) “Turkish-Israeli Relations: The Role of Securitization in Turkish Foreign Policy”
Concluding Remarks
David Cuthell (Institute of Turkish Studies)
