A Istanbul. Historical and Contemporary Representations of Europe

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ORIENT-INSTITUT ISTANBUL
Historical and Contemporary Representations of Europe: Turkey, Persia, the Arab World, and Russia, 1850s-1910s and the 1990s to Present

Thursday, 7 June
19:00 – 21:00 Opening and Keynote Lecture
Erik-Jan Zürcher: Young Turk Perceptions of Europe as Threat and as Model

Friday, 8 June

09:00 – 09:15 Words of Welcome

Part I: Russia and Persia
09:15 – 10:30
Benjamin Beuerle: Russia in Last Place? Representations of Western Europe in Russian Reform Debates, 1906-1917
Christian Methfessel: Representations of Europe and the Press Coverage of British Colonial Wars against Muslim Enemies (1896-1904) and the Military Intervention in Persia (1909)
Chair/Discussant: Stefan Wiese

Coffee break

Part II: Ottoman Empire
11:00 – 12:45
Leyla von Mende: On the Way to Europe: Ottoman Travels through Southeast Europe at the Turn of the 20th Century
Ahmet Ersoy: Ottoman Gothic: Evocations of the Medieval Past in Late Ottoman Architecture
Yavuz Köse: The Role of Consumption in Creating an Image of Europe in the Late Ottoman Empire
Chair/Discussant:Erik-Jan Zürcher

Lunch break

Part III: The Turkish Republic
14:15 – 15:45
Christoph Ramm: Constructing the Ottoman/Turkish Europe – The Civilizing Mission in the Late Ottoman Empire and in the Turkish Republic
Hakan Yılmaz: Europe and Turkey: Mutual Perceptions at the Level of the Public Opinions
Meltem Müftüler-Baç: Democracy, Identity and Multiculturalism in the European Union and Turkey’s Role
Chair/Discussant: Andreas Weiß

Coffee break

Part IV: The Arab World
16:15 – 17:30
Johan Wagner: Representations of Europe Held by French and German Think Tanks Working on the Maghreb after 1989
Ahmed Badawi: A Far Enemy or a Partner for Peace and Development:
Representations of Europe among Contemporary Egyptian Islamists
Chair/Discussant: Ulrike Freitag

Saturday, 9 June
09:00 – 10:30 Hartmut Kaelble: Closing Comment and Discussion
11:00 – 14:00 Malte Fuhrmann: Encountering Europe in the Streets of Galata (walking tour)

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