Events: Seminars and Talks

• News about departmental seminars and talks taking place in Spring 2011 will be announced later.

• "Constructing Turkish "Exceptionalism": Discourses of Liminality and Hybridity in post-Cold War Turkish Foreign Policy",, by Dr. Lerna Yanık, Political Science, Bilkent University -- Wednesday, November 3, 1:30 p.m.; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)

• 'Immigrant Political Action in Europe',, by Dr. Aida Paskeviciute, Department of Government, University of Essex -- Wednesday, February 3rd, 3:30 p.m.; Room: A130 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• 'The Disintegration of American Primacy and the New World Orders', by Vassilis K. Fouskas, Prof. of International Relations, Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus -- Wednesday, February 17th, 3:30 p.m.; Room: A-130
  
  
• 'The Impact of 'Incidental Emotional Cues' in Political Behavior', by Dr. Cengiz Erisen -- Wednesday, February 24th, 3:30 p.m.; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Democracy and the Inequality Paradox: How Democracy Has Increased Income Disparities in Post-Communist and Southern Europe", by Ekrem Karakoç, Pennsylvania State University -- Wednesday, March 10, 3:30 p.m.; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Funerals and Elections: The Effects of Terrorism on Voting Behavior in Turkey", by Arzu Kibris, Political Science, Sabanci University -- Wednesday, March 31st, 3:30 p.m.; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "The Constitutional Court of Turkey and Judicial Activism", by Dr. Zeki Sarigil, Political Science, Bilkent University -- Wednesday, May 12, 3:30 p.m.; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)

• "Path Dependence and Ethnonationalism: The Laz and Kurds in Turkey", by Dr. Zeki Sarıgil, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Friday, October 9, 1:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Headscarves and Modernity Revisited: Work and Fıtrat in the Age of Neo-liberalism", by Dr. Dilek Cindoğlu, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Friday, November 13, 1:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Trials of Europeanization: Turkish Political Culture and the European Union", by Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Friday, December 11, 1:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Diplomacy, Domestic Politics, and Anti-Americanism in Turkey", by Erin McGrath, Visiting Research Fellow, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Friday, December 18, 1:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)

• "Understanding the Variance in Party Authoritarianism: The Case of Turkey", by Pelin Ayan, PhD Candidate, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Thursday, February 12, 3:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "When and How Parliaments Influence Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey's Iraq Decision", by Dr. Juliet Kaarbo, Visiting Research Fellow, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Thursday, February 26, 3:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Academic Socialization Series: Publication", by Faculty Members, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Thursday, March 5, 3:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Academic Socialization Series: Research Grants", by Dr. Dilek Cindoglu, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Thursday, March 12, 3:30 PM; Room: T271 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "A question of identity: Colonialism, postcolonialism and Morocco's quest to join the European Community", by Volkan İpek, PhD Candidate, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Thursday, March 19, 3:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Academic Socialization Series: Job Hunt", by Dr. Esra Çuhadar-Gürkaynak, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Thursday, March 26, 3:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Tradition (and Politics)", by Dr. James Alexander, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Thursday, May 28, 3:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)
  
  
• "Coalition Politics and Foreign Policy", by Dr. Juliet Kaarbo, Visiting Research Fellow, Political Science Department, Bilkent University -- Thursday, June 4, 3:30 PM; Room: A214 (Seminar Room)

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