Angry Nation - Turkey since 1989 Oct 19, 2011 18:00 Kerem Oktem Angry Nation - Turkey since 1989 Since its re-emergence as nation-state in 1923, Turkey has often looked like an odd appendix to the West situated in the borderlands of Europe and the Middle East. Economically backward, inward looking, marred by political violence, [...]
Ethnic Relations in Europe Oct 05, 2011 16:00 Prof Michael Parker Banton Ethnic Relations in Europe According to one recent study, European countries that have combined multicultural policies with a strong welfare state have been less able to integrate immigrants from outside the continent. Another has been equally blunt: `the US integrates migrants into [...]
Making Diversity Work: Perspectives in Multicultural Pedagogy May 31, 2011 21:29 Dr Tozun Issa Making Diversity Work: Perspectives in Multicultural Pedagogy The debate surrounding the so called minority education in the UK has been with us for more than half a century, ever since the first groups of migrant workers’ children began appearing in [...]
Earthquakes and People: A Stressful Relationship May 16, 2011 15:00 Dr Suleyman Nalbant Earthquakes and People: A Stressful Relationship In this talk, Dr. Nalbant convinced that faults and earthquakes work based on their own rules and laws that started to become clear to human recently. In their natural way of working, some communities are [...]
International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on Kosovo, Self-determination and Unrecognised Entities May 16, 2011 17:00 Prof Bill Bowring International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on Kosovo, Self-determination and Unrecognised Entities This talk focused on the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on Kosovo, self-determination, and unrecognised entities: Abkhaziya, Nagorno Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, South Ossetiya, Transdniestria. [...]
Immigration: Is the coalition on the right track or are its policies going to do more harm than good? Apr 12, 2011 18:00 Alp Mehmet MVO Immigration: Is the coalition on the right track or are its policies going to do more harm than good? This presentation from Alp Mehmet, of Migration Watch UK, [...]
Istanbul Criteria: The Construction of a City’s Identity Mar 14, 2011 16:00 Assistant Prof Nagihan Haliloglu Istanbul Criteria: The Construction of a City’s Identity This paper is a study of how two contemporary Turkish novelists respond and contribute to the ways in which Istanbul is being re-inscribed into Turkish culture. When looking at their [...]
Panel Discussion: Social and Educational Integration of the Turkish Speaking Community in Britain Mar 09, 2011 13:00 Alev Yaman, Dr K Onur Unutulmaz Panel Discussion: Social and Educational Integration of the Turkish Speaking Community in Britain London Centre for Social Studies in collaboration with Cambridge Turkish Society hosted this panel discussion to highlight the [...]
Where are we now? Three generations of thinking about the role of research in policy and practice Mar 08, 2011 15:00 Dr Annette Boaz Where are we now? Three generations of thinking about the role of research in policy and practice The talk has explored the role of research in policy and practice. It [...]
Complexity: Theory & Practice Feb 15, 2011 16:00 Prof Eve Mitleton-Kelly Complexity: Theory & Practice Complex social problems appear intractable because they are often approached in a linear and simplistic way. Although such problems are multi-dimensional, the favoured approach and solution, in most organisations, is frequently mono-dimensional focusing on one aspect of the problem such as [...]
