Wisdom School Feb 08, 2012 10:15 Promoting the visibility of role models within the Turkish speaking community in Britain Wisdom School As a non-profit organization LCSS has organized an event in relation to “Raising Expectations” to encourage and inspire ethnic minority students in London for the entrance Oxbridge universities. Wisdom School was our first [...]
Documentary Screening: "Söz Bizde - We Have the Voice" - Turkish Youth in London Nov 15, 2011 16:00 Semra Eren-Nijhar Documentary Screening: "Söz Bizde - We Have the Voice" - Turkish Youth in London ‘SÖZ BİZDE’ ( 2010) is a documentary which focuses on how young Turkish people are invisible to the policy and decision makers [...]
Professional Development Workshop Series 2011-2012 Nov 04, 2011 10:00 Dr Fahri Karakas Professional Development Workshop Series 2011-2012 During the 2011-2012 academic year, LCSS is organizing a brand new Professional Development Workshop (PDW) series for PhD and graduate students of all levels. The PDW series will be open to graduate students or researchers from all [...]
LCSS Welcome Reception 2011/12 Nov 02, 2011 18:30 Welcome Reception at the University of Westminster for Turkish postgraduate students LCSS Welcome Reception 2011/12 After the successful gathering we had at the beginning of past academic year, LCSS and University of Westminster, once again would like to bring together UK based early career researchers, and postgraduate students [...]
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, [...]
