Wed, Mar. 5: European Union and the Transformation of Islamic Perspectives in Turkey

[Neelanjan Sircar]

Event: European Union and the Transformation of Islamic Perspectives in Turkey
Date: Wednesday, March 5
Time: 4:30 ? 6:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, 802

?European Union and the Transformation of Islamic Perspectives in Turkey?

A talk by
Hasan Kösebalaban
Postdoctoral Scholar, Michigan State University

Discussant: Mona El-Ghobashy,
Professor of Political Science at Barnard College

This talk is based on the working paper ?European Union and the
Transformation of Islamic Perspectives in Turkey.?

This paper examines Turkey?s membership process to the European Union
with regard to the Islamic movements? changing perspectives toward the
West. It analyzes why several Islamic actors recently left their
anti-EU attitudes and became keen supporters of Turkey?s membership to
the EU.

Recent publications by Hasan Kosebalaban (PhD, University of Utah)
include "The Rise of Anatolian Cities and the Failure of the
Modernization Paradigm" in the Fall 2007 issue of Critique: Critical
Middle Eastern Studies.

Date: Wednesday, March 5
Time: 4:30 ? 6:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, 802

A reception will follow the talk.

To copy of the paper may be downloaded at:
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/cdtr/events/index.html

The talk is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democracy,
Toleration and Religion (CDTR), Institute for Social and Economic
Research and Policy (ISERP), and the Institute for Religion, Culture
and Public Life (IRCPL).

For more information, please contact Ahmet Kuru: ak2...@columbia.edu