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LIGHT MILLENNIUM in collaboration with the COLUMBIA University
Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and
Cultures, Middle East Institute, and the
Consulate General of SWEDEN in New York,
proudly presents:
A
Book Presentation and Signing:
TURKEY
DECODED
by:
Ann
DISMORR
Swedish Ambassador to Turkey from
2001-2005
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Introduction
of the author by:
Ambassador Ulf HJERTONSSON
Moderator:
Professor Peter AWN
Dean of General Studies and
Director of MEI at Columbia
University
WHEN:On Wednesday,
February 25, 2009
TIME: Registration &
Reception 6:30 pm, with program
to follow
WHERE:Columbia University,
International Affairs Building
(IAB room 1501, 15th floor)
Located at 420 W. 118th Street
(at Amsterdam Avenue)
Please RSVP by: February
24, 2009, 5PM.
Please RSVP to>
contact@lightmillennium.org
Web site: http://lightmillennium.org
- This event is free and
open to the general public.
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Ann
DISMORR’s book, “Turkey
Decoded”, examines Turkey's
foreign policy, ties with the US and
the Middle East, as well as troubled
relations with the EU.
Some of the twenty-first century's greatest
challenges are reflected in Turkey-EU
relations: the widening gap between
the West and the Muslim world, terrorism,
and the struggle for human rights and
democratization. Although membership
talks were launched more than three
years ago and are anticipated to finish
in 2014, fully fledged membership is
far from certain. There is growing concern
in both Turkey and the West about Turkey's
"Islamization."
Ann DISMORR examines
the implications of Turkey's affiliation
with Europe while also addressing its
role in the Middle East and its complex
relationship with the U.S. She pays
particular attention to the sweeping
reforms initiated by the Justice and
Development Party, and to the career
and policies of one-time political prisoner
and current Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
From the unique view point of one of
the few female ambassadors to Turkey,
DISMORR
describes a country in transition, covering
topics from the Kurds to the Iraq War,
women's rights, the crisis over Cyprus
and the polarizing presidential election
of 2007.
"Turkey Decoded" includes
the following 12 chapters:
1)
Turkish Identity;
2) Turkey
in the Waiting Room of the European
Union;
3) Changing
EU-Turkish Relations, 1999-2007;
4) Pro-Islamic
Party Gained Power and Succeed in
Historic EU Breakthrough;
5) From
Human Rights Deficit to Progress;
6)
The Kurdish Question: A Roadblock
to Turkish EU Membership?; |
7)
Women Between Tradition and
Transformation;
8)
Changing US-Turkish Relations
and their Impact on the EU Process;
9) Turkey's
Role in the Middle East: Possibilities
and Limitations;
10) Turkey:
Bridge or Barrier Between East and
West?;
11) Turkey's
Future: EU Success Story or Unfulfilled
Promise?;
12) The
Beginning of a Post-Kemalist Era. |
Following the presentation, there will
be an open discussion moderated by Prof.
Peter AWN.
The American Turkish Society(www.americanturkishsociety.org),
as a part of its Meet
the Ambassadors program,
will host a reception in honor of Ambassador
Ann DISMORR
and guests at the event's venue.
For
INVITATION of the Feb.25th Program>
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Update:
An additional program
on TURKEY DECODED with Ambassador Ann
DISMORR
On Monday, February 23, 2009
YALE - Council on Middle
East Studies/Connecticut
TIME: Reception 6:00 pm, with program
to follow
WHERE: YALE University, Luce
Hall, 34
Hillhouse Ave. New Haven, CT.
(203) 432-343-8206
Introduction
of the author by:
Ambassador Sallama SHAKER, Visiting
Professor, Yale University;
First woman Counselor to the Egyptian
Embassy in Turkey and at the Egyptian
Embassy in Washington D.C.
Following the presentation, there will
be an open discussion with the participation
of the attendees. The session will be
moderated by Ambassador Sallama SHAKER.
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This event is free and open to the general
public
Please RSVP to>
Bircan Ünver,
E-mail: contact@lightmillennium.org
(please indicate your RSVP to YALE
in the subject line).
Please RSVP by: February
23, 2009, 12PM.
This program organized by LIGHT MILLENNIUM
in collaboration with the YALE University
Council on Middle East Studies, and
the Consulate General of SWEDEN in New
York.
Producers
of the program: Bircan Ünver, Light
Millennium & Molly Moran,
Yale University & Martina
Högberg, Consulate General of
Sweden in New York.
For more information:
contact@lightmillennium.org,felisa.baynes@yale.edu,
martina.hogberg@foreign.ministry.se
Special Thanks To: Prof. Marcia C.INHORN,
Chair of the Council of Middle East
Studies at The Whitney and Betty
MacMillan Center for International and
Area Studies.
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Invitation/Yale - Feb.23 Program>
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About
the Author:
Ann DISMORR has extensive knowledge
of the region and of Islam, having lived
in Saudi Arabia, worked on the Middle
East peace process and served as an
ambassador in Lebanon. Since 2006 she
is the Ambassador/Head of the International
Department of the Swedish Parliament,
and working actively to enhance the
understanding and dialogue with the
Muslim world.
DISMORR's other key
positions:
- Swedish Foreign Ministry 1981
- Senior advisor on Parliament’s
project on its relations with the Muslim
world in the EU’s immediate vicinity
(launched in 2005)
- Ambassador in Turkey and Azerbaijan
2001-2005
- Ambassador in Lebanon 1999-2001
- Counsellor, Swedish UN Mission in
Geneva 1995-99; in charge of human rights
issues
- Deputy Director, Foreign Ministry
in Stockholm 1993-95; political department,
Middle East department
Diplomatic Advisor to Sten Andersson,
Former Foreign Minister and special
envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian peace
talks 1993-97
- Executive assistant to Foreign Minister
Margareta af Ugglas, 1991-92
- Negotiating EU-EFTA affairs, Foreign
Ministry Trade Department, 1988-89
- Embassy in the UK; first secretary,
economic affairs, 1985-88
- Embassy in Zimbabwe; second secretary,
1983-85
- Chairperson of the Friendship Association
of the Swedish Research Institute in
Istanbul.
- Author of the book "Turkey Decoded"
(published by Saqi books, London in
2008)
- Co-author of the book “Plikten
och äventyret” (published
by Carlsson Bokförlag 2008)
- PhD studies at Yale University, Connecticut,
USA, 1990-91, political science (EU-USA
relations)
- Postgraduate studies (political science),
University of Gothenburg
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Stockholm
- Lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1979-1981,
1982-83.
About
Ambassador Ulf HJERTONSSON:
As of March 1, 2006, Ambassador Ulf
HJERTONSSON is the
Consul General of Sweden in
New York. Ambassador Ulf
HJERTONSSON has worked for
the Swedish Ministry
for Foreign Affairs since
1965. His career in the Swedish
foreign service has included a number
of key appointments, both in Stockholm
and abroad.
Most recently, from 2001 to 2006, he was
Ambassador of Sweden in Helsinki, Finland.
Prior to this, he served as Special
Adviser to the Foreign Minister and Chairman
of the EU-US Task Force during the
Swedish EU Presidency in 2001.
Previous appointments include Director
General for Political Affairs at the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in
1995; Ambassador of Sweden in Madrid,
Spain, in 1989; Minister at the
Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC
in 1985; Foreign Policy Adviser to
Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1984;
and Assistant Under-Secretary for Political
Affairs in 1983.
His first diplomatic assignment was at
the Swedish Embassy in Santiago de
Chile, followed by the Permanent
Mission of Sweden to the United Nations
in New York in 1967, and the Swedish
delegation to the European Communities
in Brussels in 1978.
Ulf HJERTONSSON
has a special interest in language and
literature and has published a number
of literary translations, including works
by Pablo Neruda and Michel Tournier.
About
Professor Peter J. AWN:
On July 1, 2008, Professor
Peter J. AWN took up his three-year
term as Director of
the Middle East Institute.
He also continues to serve as Dean
of the School of General Studies at Columbia.
Peter J. AWN
is Professor of Islamic Religion and Comparative
Religion in the Department of Religion.
He received his Ph.D. in Islamic Religion
and Comparative Religion from Harvard
University in 1978, at which point he
joined the Columbia faculty. Previously
he earned degrees in Philosophy, Classical
Languages, and Christian Theology. Professor
AWN's book, "Satan's
Tragedy and Redemption: Iblîs in
Sufi Psychology", received a
book award from the American Council
of Learned Societies. In 1984 he was
the first recipient of the "Phillip
and Ruth Hettleman Award" for
distinguished teaching and research. In
1995 Professor AWN
was awarded the "Great Teacher
Award" from the Society
of Columbia Graduates. Professor
AWN has
received numerous grants including a Fulbright
and several grants from the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
He was also a Principal Investigator on
the Muslim Communities in New York City
research project, sponsored by the Ford
Foundation. In addition to his work
at Columbia, Professor Awn has been Visiting
Professor of Religion at Princeton University.
Professor AWN
has traveled widely in Europe, the Middle
East, North Africa, Iran, and South Asia.
In addition to his service as Dean of
the School of General Studies (GS), Professor
AWN currently serves as Acting
Dean of the School of Continuing Education
(SCE). He has served as chair of
the Department of Religion, chair
of the Steering Committee of the Chairs
of the Arts & Sciences Departments,
and chair of the Executive Committee
of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences.
In addition he has served as Director
of Graduate Studies for the Department
of Religion, and Arts & Sciences Faculty
Liaison to the Office of University
Development and Alumni Relations.
Producers of the program:
Bircan Ünver,
Light Millennium & Prof.
Etem Erol, Columbia University
&
Martina Högberg, Consulate
General of Sweden in New York
For more information:
contact@lightmillennium.org,
ee2105@columbia.edu,
martina.hogberg@foreign.ministry.se
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For INVITATION>
http://www.lightmillennium.org/events/ann_dismorr_turkey.html
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At Yale - On Monday, February 23:
About Sallama SHAKER, Visiting Professor,
Islamic
Studies and Middle East Studies, Yale
University
Ambassador Sallama SHAKER has held
a number of positions in the Egyptian
government over nearly four decades. Most
recently, she has served as Egypt's assistant
minister of foreign affairs. Previously,
among many other positions, she was the
ambassador to Canada; consul general at
the Embassy of Egypt in Washington; and
assistant minister for cultural and education
relations, and religious affairs and dialogue.
Shaker has an interest in subjects as
diverse as: women, power politics and
liberation movements; the economic aspects
of Chinese foreign policy; development
and Islamic values; women in Islam; and
conflict resolution.
Shaker has been a consultant to the World
Bank and to the International Fund for
Agricultural Development and a senior
associate at the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.
Ambassador Shaker was first woman Counselor
to the Egyptian Embassy in Turkey and
at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington
D.C.
She was the first women to hold the position
of Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
for the Americas between 1996 -2004 before
being posted to Canada. She got her PH.D.
in International Development at American
University in D.C.
Ambassador Shaker wrote books on Turkey
and its Privatization Experience, Building
Peace in the Middle East, Canada and
the Middle East and written many researches
on feminization of poverty and women role
as agents of change in the Arab World,
challenges facing Arab women in a globalized
era and on building bridges between Islam
and the West and interfaith dialog, and
she is a member of PeaceXPeace
and International Women Peace Movement.
Previously
published on: January 28, 2009, NY
Updates made on: Feb. 6, 9 and 17,
2009, NY
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