Mine Gögüs Tan is a professor of sociology at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Ankara University. Born and raised in Gaziantep, Turkey ,she graduated from Anacortes High School , Washington, USA. Tan completed her undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Law, Ankara University, received her M.A. degree in sociology from Washington State University and Ph.D. in Sociology of Law, from Ankara University. She was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University from July 1976 to August 1977. She has taught and published on sociology of education, women in education, feminist pedagogy, history of childhood and oral history.

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22 APRIL

CIS 10th Anniversary Symposium - Turkey in Europe : Cultures in Collision?
Saturday 22 April 2006

The CIS (Centre for Islamic Studies) at London School of Theology will be marking its 10th anniversary by holding a Symposium on Saturday, 22 April 2006 , entitled Turkey in Europe : Cultures in Collision?
This symposium will engage with one of the most pressing issues of modern day Europe , its cultures and future ramifications for the European Union.

Speakers will present a range of perspectives on the status and significance of Turkey .

For further information and to reserve your place please contact:
cis@lst.ac.uk or telephone 01923 456160

Lisbet Diers
Guthrie Administrator
London School of Theology
Green Lane , Northwood
Middx HA6 2UW
Tel: 01923 456 160
Fax: 01923 456 001
Email: cis@lst.ac.uk

13 MAY

An International Conference

Writing Turkey : Then and Now

The Mansion House, Trent Park

Middlesex University Campus

The continuing debate on admitting Turkey into the European Union provides the immediate context for this international conference, which will explore Turkey’s historical and contemporary roles in the shaping of the twenty-first century by focusing on the various registers in which Turkey has represented itself, and been represented, to the international community by scholars, historians, creative writers and journalists. It is widely understood among scholars that the Ottoman Empire was multi-national and pluralist, based on the principle that nationality, ethnicity and religion were not barriers to participation in civil society. Yet in Western Europe and the USA the notion of Turkey as a peace-maker sits at odds with a powerful tradition of hostile representations reaching back beyond the Allied defeat at Gallipoli to the times of Mehmed II’s capture of Istanbul in 1453 and subsequent Ottoman invasions into Europe .

The aim of this conference is to examine the historical position of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic , to assess the continuing contribution of Turkish writers to European and world cultures, while at the same time exploring directions for making those contributions better known and more widely understood. To this end, we have invited a number of internationally distinguished historians, creative writers, journalists and foreign policy experts to discuss Writing Turkey: Then and Now by focusing on topics from their perspectives as leading figures in their respective fields: how the writing of Ottoman and Turkish history has influenced contemporary issues and debates; how Turkish novelists and poets have shaped perceptions of Turkey internally and internationally; how the press and other media have represented Turkey’s contemporary place in the production of global culture; and what the implications of Turkey’s accession to the EU might be.

Speakers include

Alev Adil, poet, London
Dr Tunc Aybak, Middlesex University
David Barchard, international consultant, Ankara and York
Mehmet Ali Birand, Kanal 7 TV, Istanbul
[Professor Atila Eralp, METU, Ankara ]
Andrew Finkel, journalist, CNN-Turk, Istanbul
Maureen Freely, writer and translator, University of Warwick
[Fadi Hakura, Chatham House]
Professor Reina Lewis, University of East London
Professor Gabriel Piterberg, St Antony’s College, Oxford
Elif Shafak, novelist, Istanbul
Professor Nukhet Sirman, Bosphorus University , Istanbul
Dr Mehmet Ugur, Greenwich University

Sponsors include: Middlesex University Research Office, Middlesex University Press, Dr Sami Kent, [British Academy, pending]

Further details concerning registration and timetable will be available toward the end of February. Meanwhile, please fee free to contact the conveners by email:

Dr. Mehmet Ali Dikderdem M.Dikerdem@mdx.ac.uk

Professor Gerald MacLean macindetroit@hotmail.com