ICONS, IMAGES, AND IDEOLOGIES OF RELIGION AND NATION:
Secularism, Religious Nationalism, and the Public Sphere in Comparative Perspective
October 15 - 17, 2004
Bilkent University
Schedule
- 15 October 2004, Friday
17.30 - 18.30 Welcome Reception at Uptown Cafe at Bilkent University
- 16 October 2004, Saturday
9.00 - 10.45 Session I: “Urban Space and Architecture”
- Maha Yahya, Department of Architecture – MIT
- Guven Arif Sargin, Department of Architecture – METU
- Ravi Sundaram, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
10.45 -11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 - 12.45 Session II: “Media”
- Sabina Kidwai, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre
- Ayse Oncu, Sociology – Boğaziçi University
12.45 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 16.00 Session III: “Film”
- Alev Çınar, Political Science – Bilkent Univeristy
- Samia Mehrez – American University in Cairo
- Nezih Erdoğan – Bahcesehir University
16.00 - 16.30 Break
16.30 - 17.30 Roundtable Discussion: Secularism, Religion and the Visual Public Sphere
18.30 Dinner
- 17 October 2004, Sunday
9.00 - 10.45 Session I: “Public Performance and Rituals”
- Srirupa Roy, Political Science – U.of Massachusetts/Amherst
- Arzu Ozturkmen, History – Bogazici University
- Gizem Zencirci, Political Science – Bilkent University
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 - 12.45 Session II: “Civil Society and Public Sphere”
- Martina Reiker – American University in Cairo
- Buket Turkmen, Sociology – Galatasaray University
12.45 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 16.00 Session III: “Iconography and Images”
- Fawwaz Traboulsi – Lebanese American University
- Usha Zacharias – Westfield State College, USA
- Walid Sadek – American University in Beirut
16.00 - 16.30 Break
16.30 - 17.30 Roundtable: Establishing a Network
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