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Balkan in Transformation at Dogus Univesity

DETAILED AGENDA OF THE CONFERENCE Friday, December 16 9:30-10:00 Registration/ Coffee & Tea 10:00 -10:30 Welcoming Words: Prof. Elif Cepni, Rector of Dogus University and Prof. Ertan Oktay, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences 10:30-12:45 session "The Use of History and Religion in the Balkan Conflicts: Comparative Perspectives"

Speakers: Prof. Ineta Dabasinskiene, Vytautas Magnus University, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Kaunas "Language and Nationalities Policies in the Post-Soviet Space with a Baltic Focus" Prof. Istar Gzaydin, Dogus University, Faculty of Law, "Regulating Religion in Turkey" Dr. Maximilian Hartmuth, independent scholar, "The Making (and Breaking) of the Modern Balkan Nations: "Cultural Heritage": a Catastrophic Success" Chair: Dr. Ana Devic, Dogus University, Department of International Relations

13:00 -14:15 Lunch

14:30 -15:45 session "Balkans in the New Europe: Economic Perspectives" Speakers: Dr. Renzo Daviddi, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo "How to Improve Economic Policy-Making in Western Balkans? Lessons from the Global Economic Crisis" Commentator/ Discussant: Prof. Yusuf Ziya Irbe, Member of Turkish Parliament (Antalya) Chair: Prof. Ertan Oktay

15:45-16:15 Coffee Break 16:15-18:00 session "Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean in the New Europe: Political Perspectives" Speakers: Prof. Stefano Bianchini, University of Bologna-Forli, Roberto Ruffilli School of Political Science "Challenging Nation-State's Politics and Identity: the Yugoslav Collapse, the EU crisis and the Prospect of Reconciliation in the Balkans" Prof. Stanislav Tkachenko, School of International Relations, Saint-Petersburg State University "The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Comparison with Other States with Limited Recognition: Russia's View?" Dr. Ana Devic, Dogus University, Department of International Relations "Possibilities and Obstacles for a Pan-Regional Peace-Building in the Post-Yugoslav Space" Chair: Prof. Ali Fuat Borovali, Head of Department of International Relations

Saturday, December 17

9:30-10:00 Coffee/ tea 10:00 -13:30 Roundtable/ Plenary session

Chair: Prof. Besim Blent Bali, Dogus University, Department of Economics and Finance

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