International Conference
The PKK, Kurdish Nationalism and the Future of
Turkey
Thursday November 7, 2013
VIRGINIA TECH NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
1021 PRINCE STREET ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314
RSVP IS REQUIRED:
Tel: 202-378-8606
Organized
and Sponsored by
OPENING REMARKS BY KEMAL SILAY, INDIANA
UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON
PANEL - 1:
Kurdish Nationalism and Imperial Legacy
8:30 - 10:00 AM
Moderator: Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech
De Facto States and the Independence Question: Is
Iraqi Kurdistan an Exception? - Zheger Hassan (University of Western Ontario)
Europe’s Kurdish Diaspora as Bellwether - Vera
Eccarius-Kelly (Siena College)
The Evolution of Kurdish Nationalism within the Turkish State Discourse -
İnci Aksu Kargın (Indiana University, Bloomington)
PANEL - 2: Room - I
Young Academicians and Kurdish Nationalism
10:30 - 12:00 AM
Moderator: Tuğrul Keskin, Portland State University
Modernization, Religiosity, and Ethno-nationalism of
the Kurds in Turkey - Keri Hughes (California State University - Long Beach)
From Juba to Erbil: The Growth of Cross-Continental
Consciousness - Evan Fowler (John Hopkins University)
Political Mobilization Theory, Syrian Kurds and PKK
- Wladimir van Wilgenburg (The JamestownFoundation)
PANEL - 3: Room - II
Kurdish Nationalism in Contemporary Turkey
10:30 AM - 12 :00 PM
Moderator: Birol Yeşilada, Portland State University
Emergence of Kurdish Nationalist Movement: From
Social Movement Theories Perspective -
Rahman Dağ (Exeter University)
The “Arab Spring” and the Kurdish Community: An
Analysis of the Kurdish Movement in Turkey in the Aftermath of the Arab
Revolutions - Tülin Şen (King's CollegeLondon)
Language and Nation Building: The History of Kurdish
in Turkey - Engin Gülbey (Ankara Strategic Institute)
Evolution of Turkish Nationalism and the Changing Nature of Kurdish
Problem - Salim Çevik (Ipek University)
PANEL - 4: Room -I
PKK and Kurdish Nationalism
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Moderator: Birol Yeşilada, Portland State
University
US Policies and PKK’s New Situation - Deniz Tansi (Yeditepe University)
The PKK and Kurdish Movement in the 1970s - Ahmet
Hamdi Akkaya (Ghent University)
Turkey’s War on Terror: A Comparison of Applied
Strategies in Dealing with the PKK -
Doğan Koç (GülenInstitute-University of Houston)
Managing Violent Conflicts of Mesopotamia through
Regionalism: Emergence of Kurdish Sphere as a Game Changing Actor for
Contestation and Peace Process - Haluk Baran Bingöl (Kennesaw State University)
PANEL -5: Room -II
The Kurds and the Future of Turkey
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Moderator: Joshua Hendrick (Loyola University ofMaryland)
Understanding the “Kurdish Question”: an
ethnographic case study in Yüksekova Tahir Abbas (Fatih University) and İsmail
Hakkı Yiğit (Mississippi State University)
‘Prepared for Peace, Ready for War’? Context and
Challenges of the Current Peace Process - Edel Hughes (University of EastLondon)
An Ethnographic Account of the Compulsory Public
Service of Doctors in Hakkari: The Limits of the JDP’s Assimilation Strategy
and the Production of Space - İlker Cörüt (Central European University)
Imperialism and Kurdish Nationalism in Turkish Press - Begümşen Ergenekon (Middle East Technical University)
Imperialism and Kurdish Nationalism in Turkish Press - Begümşen Ergenekon (Middle East Technical University)
PANEL -6:
The Kurds and the Future of Turkey
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Moderator: Kemal Silay, Indiana University,Bloomington
Negotiations Between Pro-Islamic Government and
Öcalan, the PKK Question for Turkey - Ali Kemal Özcan (Tunceli University)
The AKP’s Kurdish“Closing” - Elif Genç (York
University)
From the Right for Independence to the Claims for
Territorial Autonomy: The Kurdish Questions in Turkey - Maya Arakon (SüleymanŞah University)
The Correlates of Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey: A more definitive
test - Faruk Ekmekçi (Ipek University)
DINNER: 7:30 - 10:00 PM
BY INVITATION ONLY
INDIGO LANDING RESTAURANT
ONE MARINA DRIVE
ALEXANDRIA, VA
| 22314
ORGANIZERS:
Kemal
Silay, Professor of Turkish Language and Literature; Ottoman and
Modern Turkish Studies Endowed Chair Professor; Director, Turkish Language
Flagship Center; Director, Turkish Studies Program Indiana University
Gerard
Toal, Professor of Government and International Affairs. Director of the
Government and International Affairs program; Virginia Tech
Tuğrul
Keskin, Assistant Professor of International and Middle East
Studies; Affiliated Faculty of Black Studies Sociology, and Turkish
Studies; Portland State University
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