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PINAR BÝLGÝN
Department of International Relations


Conference Papers

  • ‘Dialogue among Civilizations as Security Practice’, IRI/PUC-Rio Seminar: ‘Security and Insecurity Debate’, Rio de Janerio, September 2-4, 2008. (invited speaker)
  • Roundtable: ‘The study of IR in Central and Eastern Europe’, World International Studies Congress, Ljubljana, July 23-26, 2008.
  • ‘Theory and Practice in Security Studies: A Critical Perspective’, METU Conference on International Relations, ‘Hegemony or Empire? Prospects for Contemporary World Order’, METU, Ankara, June 18-20, 2008.

·         ‘The Uses of “Geopolitical Truths” in Turkey: Searching for Epistemological Certainty at a time of Ontological Insecurity’, METU Conference on International Relations, ‘Hegemony or Empire? Prospects for Contemporary World Order’, METU, Ankara, June 18-20, 2008.

·         ‘Türkiye'de Egemen Güven(siz)lik Anlayýþýnýn Yeniden Üretiminde “Jeopolitik Gerçeklerin” Rolü’, Çalýþtay: 1908’den 2008’e Ulus-Devlet ve Ordu, Yýldýz Teknik Üniversitesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararasý Ýliþkiler Bölümü, 5-6 Haziran 2008 (invited workshop participant).

  • ‘Turkey’s `Geopolitics Dogma`: International and Intra-national Relations’, paper presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, 26-29 March, 2008.
  • ‘Making Turkey’s Transformation Possible: Claiming `security-speak` - not Desecuritization!’, paper presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 26-29 2008.
  • ‘Globalization of World Politics, Transformation of "Traditional" Societies and Persistence of Human Insecurities’, presented at the international conference, ‘Globalization, Difference, and Human Securities’, GLOCOL, Osaka University, Japan, 12-14 March 2008. (invited speaker)
  • ‘The Securityness of Secularism and Women’s Security in Turkey’, CULT Seminar, Sabancý University, December 2007. (invited speaker)
  • ‘Turkey’s Experience with Secularism: An Opportunity for or a Challenge to Dialogue between `Europe` and the `Middle East`’, presentation at the conference entitled ‘The Challenges of Transformation: Visions and Revisions of the Middle East and North Africa, organised by Freïe Universität Berlin & Heinrich Böll Stiftung, December 12-14, 2007, Berlin. (invited speaker)
  • ‘Secularism and Security in Turkey: From the Early Republican Era to the EU Accession Process', paper presented at the ECPR Conference organised by the Standing Group on International Relations, Turin, Italy, September 12-15, 2007.
  • ‘Turkey and Security in “Europe”: Included and Excluded’, paper presented at the 4th ECPR General Conference, Pisa, Italy, September 6-8, 2007.
  • ‘Studying Security in Europe, Securing Turkey a Place in Europe’, paper presented at the 5th EuPRA Conference, Sakarya, August 21-24, 2007 (invited speaker)
  • ‘Making Turkey’s Transformation Possible: Hijacking “Security-speak”—not Desecuritization!’ paper presented at Koç University Conference, June 1-2, 2007. (invited speaker) 
  • ‘Thinking Past “Western” Security Studies?’ paper presented at the 48th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, USA, February 28-March 3, 2007
  • 'Secularism, Security and Turkey’, paper presented to the Department of International Politics, European Studies Research Group, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, February 2007. (invited speaker)
  • ‘Religion, Secularism, Security and Turkey’, paper presented at the conference ‘Turkey in Europe: Religion, Politics and the Politics of Religion’, organized by the University of Copenhagen & the Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 18-20, 2007 (invited speaker)
  • ‘Towards a Shared Approach to Security in the Mediterranean?’ paper presented at the V. International Seminar on ‘Security and Defence in The Mediterranean’, organized by Ministerio de Defesa & Fundció CIDOB, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, 4-5 December 2006. (invited key-note speaker)
  • ‘The Politics of Jeopolitik in Turkey’, paper presented as the Annual Convention of the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association, Tartu, Estonia, July 2006.
  • ‘The Politics of Geopolitics in Turkey’, paper presented at the workshop on ‘The Power of Geopolitics in post-Cold War Europe’ organised by DIIS, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2006. (invited speaker)
  • ‘Globalisation and Security: the Case of Turkey’, paper presented to GLODEM, Koç University, Ýstanbul, Turkey, April 2006. (invited speaker)
  • (with Adam David Morton) ‘Globalization, Security and “State Failure”’, paper presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, USA, March 2006.
  • ‘What Future for Middle East Studies?’, paper presented at the World International Studies Congress, Ýstanbul, Turkey, August 2005.
  • (with Adam David Morton) ‘Globalization, Security and “State Failure”’, paper presented at the World International Studies Congress, Ýstanbul, Turkey, August 2005.
  • ‘Rethinking “National Security” Outside the Core’, paper presented at the 46th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, March 1-5, 2005.
  • ‘The (Ir)relevance of Theory in Middle East Studies: The Security Communities Approach and Middle East Politics’, paper presented at the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations, the Hague, Netherlands, September 9-11, 2004.
  • (with Adam David Morton) ‘From “Rogue” to “Failed” States? The Fallacy of Short-termism’, paper presented at the Security Bytes Conference, Lancaster, UK, July 16-17, 2004. (invited speaker)
  • ‘Turkey’s Changing Security Discourses: A Critical Security Studies Perspective’, paper presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montréal, Canada, March 17-20, 2004.
  • ‘The Analysis of Security in Turkey: A Cold War Legacy?’, paper presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montréal, Canada, March 17-20, 2004
  • ‘Rethinking Turkey’s Security Discourse: The Challenge of Globalization’, paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, USA, August 19-September 1, 2002
  • ‘Clash of Cultures? Differences Between Turkey and the European Union on Security’, presentation to the meeting on U.S.-Turkish Interests: Convergence and Divergence, organized by the Foreign Policy Institute, Ankara and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington, DC, USA, September 4-5, 2002 (invited speaker)
  • ‘The Making of the “Mediterranean” Region: Changing Geopolitical Images of the European Union and Turkey in the Post-Cold War Era’, paper presented at the Third Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence, Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Italy, March 20-24, 2002
  • ‘(with Adam David Morton) ‘Historicising Representations of “Failed States”: Beyond the Cold War Annexation of the Social Sciences?’, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association, University of Edinburgh, UK, December 17-19, 2001
  • ‘Turkey and the European Union: Yesterday’s Answers to Tomorrow’s Security Problems?’, paper presented at the conference Non-military Crisis Management: Meaning of the Term and its Use in European Integration organised by the Tampere Peace Research Institute, Scottish Centre for International Security and the Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland, April 19-20, 2001. (invited speaker)
  • (with Adam David Morton) ‘Historicising Representations of “Failed States”: Beyond the Cold War Annexation of the Social Sciences?’ paper presented at the conference The Global Constitution of “Failed States”: The Consequences of a New Imperialism? Organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex, UK,  April 18-20, 2001
  • ‘Meanings of Security in the Middle East’, paper presented at the conference Security for the Twenty-first Century organised by the National Defence Institute, Lisbon, Portugal, November 20, 2000. (invited speaker)
  • ‘Evaluating the Potential for the Creation of a Security Community in the Middle East’, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association, Bradford University, UK, December 18-19, 2000
  • ‘Security, Securitization and Grassroots Statecraft: A Middle Eastern Perspective’, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association, Manchester University, UK, December 20-22, 1999
  • ‘Re-visioning Security in the Middle East: A Critical Security Studies Perspective’, paper presented at the European Consortium on Political Research Joint Sessions, Mannheim, Germany, March 26-31, 1999
  •  ‘Contesting Statist Common Sense: Agents and Referents from a Critical Security Studies Perspective’, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association, University of Sussex, UK, December 14-16, 1998
  • ‘Inventing Middle Easts? Making Regions through Security Discourses’, paper presented at the Nordic Society for Middle East Studies Biannual Conference, Oslo, Norway, August 13-16 1998
  • ‘Inventing the Middle East? The Making of a Region Through Security Discourse: A Critical Security Studies Perspective’, paper presented at the Contemporary Research in International Political Theory (CRIPT), BISA working group workshop, Bristol University, UK, November 8, 1997