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INTERACT: France, Turkey, EU University Dialogue

 Summer School on

“Managing Diversity: EU and Turkey”

 This program is implemented by the European Institute of the İstanbul Bilgi University, in partnership with Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and Institut Français d’Etudes Anatoliennes (IFEA) within the framework of INTERACT: France, Turkey, EU University Dialogue project funded by the European Commission’s EU-Turkey Civil Society Dialogue program.

 15 – 31 July 2009

  First Week

 Wednesday, July 15^th, 2009

 09:30 – 12:30h            Opening session and presentation of the INTERACT Project and the Summer School programme 

                              –     Senem AYDIN, İstanbul Bilgi University, European Institute and Department of International Relations

-      Jean MARCOU, İFEA, Senior Research Fellow and University of Grenoble        

 Keynote Speech by Volkan VURAL, Retired Ambassador, Former Secretary General of EU Affairs 

 Introduction of Student Participants

 Complementary Coffee, Tea and Cookies

 Presentation of the logistics details of accommodation and stay by

     -      Gülperi Vural, İstanbul Bilgi University European Institute Coordinator

     -      Kerem Çiftçioğlu, İstanbul Bilgi University European Institute Project Assistant.

        13:30 – 16:30h-           The History of EU-Turkey Relations

Emre GÖNEN, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations  

  Thursday, July 16^th, 2009

 9.30 – 12:30h:             Nationalism in Turkey: An Impediment to EU Accession?

Umut ÖZKIRIMLI, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations

  13.30h – 16.30h:          Guided visit of Istanbul and visit to Phanar Patriarchy

 Friday, July 17^th, 2009

 9.30h – 12.30h:            EU Enlargement Policy: How does it Work?

                                   Emre GÖNEN, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations                              

13.30h -16.30h:           Nationalism in Turkey and Greece

Umut ÖZKIRIMLI, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations

 Sunday, July 19^th, 2009:   Boat Excursion along the Bosphorus to the Black Sea

Second Week

Monday, July 20^th, 2009

9.30h – 12.30h:            Diversity in Turkey: A General Framework on Issues of Democracy in Turkey

Ayhan KAYA, İstanbul Bilgi University, Director of the European Institute, Department of International Relations

13.30h -16.00h:           Turkish Accession in the French Debate: Islam, Immigration, Identity

Riva KASTORYANO, Sciences Po Paris

16.00:                         Guided Visit to a Mosque

Tuesday, July 21^st, 2009

9.30h – 12.30h :           EU Accession Negotiations with Turkey

                                   Joost LAGENDIJK, Member of European Parliament

13.30h-16.30h :           European Public Opinion on Turkey: Challenges to Diversity

Alain SERVANTIE, DG Enlargement European Commission

Wednesday, July 22^nd, 2009

9.30 h -12.30h:            Diversification of Turkish Foreign Policy and its Implications for Turkey’s Relations with the EU

Soli ÖZEL, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations

13.30h-16.30h:            Migrants and Descendents from Turkey in France: Behaviour and Discourse
towards Turkey’s Accession to the EU

Samim AKGÖNÜL, Assoc. Professor, Strasbourg University and Galatasaray University

Thursday, July 23^rd, 2009

9.30 h -12.30h:            Why Aren’t We There Yet?: Turkey’s Media Debates and Challenges Lying Ahead in the EU Process

Aslı Tunç, İstanbul Bilgi University, Vice Dean of the School of Communications

  13.30h – 15.30h:         Multiculturalism in Europe and Turkish Accession

Riva KASTORYANO, Sciences Po Paris.   

 Possibility to switch this lecture for guided tour to Armenian Patriarchy

 Friday, July 24^th, 2009

 9.30 h -12.30h:            Turkey’s Domestic Reform Trajectory: The Scope for Diversity

                                   Soli ÖZEL, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International

 13.30h-16.30h:            National Identity in Europe and Turkish Accession: Cases of France, Germany and the UK

Senem AYDIN, İstanbul Bilgi University, European Institute and Department of International Relations

 Saturday,July 25^th,2009

 Afternoon: Guided visit to Alevi Communion (Şahkulu Sultan Dergahı)

 Third Week

Monday, July 27^th, 2009

9.30h -12.30h:             Emre GÖNEN, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations (TBC)

13.30h-16.30h:            Situating Turkey in Europe: A Historical Perspective

Özge Onursal, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations

Tuesday, July 28^th, 2009

 9.30h -12.30h:             Lessons Learnt? : The Use(s) of EU Conditionality in Central and
Eastern Europe and Turkey    

Deniz Mc Donald, Central European University, Budapest

 1.30h- 16.30h:             The role of Civil Society and Communication in the Accession Process

Alain SERVANTIE, DG Enlargement, European Commission

  Wednesday, July 29^th, 2009 

 9.30h-12.30h:              Q&A Session: All you wanted to know but never asked about EU-Turkey relations

Moderator: Senem AYDIN, İstanbul Bilgi University, Departmant of International Relations

 13.30h-16.30h:            Discursive Construction of European Identity in the EU’s Relations with Turkey: The Case of the European Institutions

Senem AYDIN, İstanbul Bilgi University, Departmant of International Relations

  Thursday, July 30^th, 2009

 9.30h -12.30h:             Debates on Europeanisation

Özge Onursal, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations

  13.30h – 16.30h:          Issue of Migration within the Scope of Turkish Accession

Ayhan KAYA, İstanbul Bilgi University, Director of the European Institute, Department of International Relations

  Friday, July 31^st, 2009

 9.30h -12.30h:             Impact of Nabucco project pipeline on Turkish-Russian relations

Laurent VINATIER, Sciences Po Paris-Centre for International Studies and Research.

13.30h – 15.00            Round table: TOPIC (TBC)

Laurent VINATIER, Sciences Po Paris-Centre for International Studies and Research

Deniz Mc Donald, Central European University, Budapest

Ayhan KAYA, İstanbul Bilgi University, Director of the European Institute, Department of International Relations

Senem AYDIN, İstanbul Bilgi University, Departmant of International Relations

 Saturday, August 1^st, 2009

                                   Departure