September 30, 2009
Baskin Oran Seminar Series to Begin October 19
From October 19 to November 4, the Kokkalis Program will host the Baskin Oran Seminar Series "Western Impact and Turkey," a series of six seminars held across the University and a rare opportunity to learn from a scholar and practitioner of exceptional note. Dr. Baskin Oran, emeritus professor at Ankara University and one of Turkey's boldest public intellectuals, will deliver all six seminars, examining a number of issues including modernization and westernization, religion-state relations, identity conflicts, and minority rights.
For more information, please visit the News section. To download a syllabus of the lecture series, click here.
July 20, 2009
Kokkalis Program Web Media
The Kokkalis Program can now be found on the internet’s most popular social networking and multimedia websites. Click the following links to discover new platforms for keeping in touch with fellow alumni and to keep track of the Kokkalis Program’s activities from near and afar:
Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cambridge-MA/Kokkalis-Program/97779763384
Members of this popular social networking site can become fans of the Kokkalis Program to have brief updates delivered directly to their Facebook homepage.
YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/kokkalisprogram
The majority of Kokkalis Program lectures and events are now archived online, available for viewing in full-length. YouTube members can also subscribe to automatic video updates.
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokkalis/
View photographs from recent Kokkalis Program events.
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Upcoming Events
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 4:15 p.m.
Is Europe a Failed Democracy? Will the Lisbon Treaty Make a Difference? And If Not, What Will?
A debate featuring:
Jonathan Faull, director general for justice, freedom, security of the European Commission
Jean-Claude Piris, director general of the Legal Service, Council of the European Union
Joseph Weiler, University Professor, professor of law, and Jean Monnet Chair, NYU School of Law
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 4:15 p.m.
1989-2009, Twenty Years of Change: Winners and Losers – What Next?
Dr. Dimitris Keridis, associate professor of International Relations, University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki) and founding director of the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 6:00 p.m.
Film Screening: The Edge of Heaven (Turkey/Germany, 2007)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2:15 p.m.
Why Europe Must Resist the Lure of Genteel Decline
David Rennie, European Union correspondent and Charlemagne Columnist, The Economist
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