Seminar Programme 2011

Seminar Programme 2011 (in association with Central Asia Studies and Kurdish Studies. Mondays at 17.00. The titles and some dates are subject to confirmation. Locations to be announced.

Late-January / February (tbc): Monica Whitlock (formerly BBC world service) introducing her film on Uzbekistan: Through the Looking Glass: The Andijan Massacre

Monday 7 February. 17.00 Stephen Mitchell, Turks and Kurds in Adiyaman. Regional politics and the uses of antiquity

Monday 14 Match, 17.00 Kerem Oktem,(Oxford). Launch of his new book, Angry Nation, dealing with Turkey since 1989 . This study deals with the very recent history of Turkey since the coup and with a special focus on the muted strands of official historiography and political analysis.

Monday 21 March. Madeleine Reeves, University of Manchester. Mourning, violence and political community in Kyrgyzstan's "April Events" of 2010. Queen's Building, Margaret Room 1, 5.15-6.45pm

May 16th: Nick Megoran (Geography, University of Newcastle): Title tbc (on the Christian reconciliation walk in Turkey).