Seminar om Tyrkiets lange vej ind i EU

Time: Thursday, 7 October at 10 – 12 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

Questions pertaining to the EU’s future enlargement remain high on the Turkish political agenda with the weakening of the prospects of membership in all probability slowing down the country’s diffusion to European norms.

Time: Thursday, 7 October at 10 – 12 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

Questions pertaining to the EU’s future enlargement remain high on the Turkish political agenda with the weakening of the prospects of membership in all probability slowing down the country’s diffusion to European norms.

The implications pertain to the construction of identities, foreign policy as well as political reform.

Turkey’s new regional foreign policy activism stands undoubtedly out as one of the consequences, although built on a foreign policy role conception that stresses the country’s dual identity as both European and Asian, but also as Western and Islamic.

In general, the construction of European and Turkish identities vis-à-vis each other is likely to remain an important area of contestation with far-reaching consequences for Europe and the unfolding of international relations more broadly.

Speakers

Bahar Rumelili, Associate Professor
Dietrich Jung, Professor, University of Southern Denmark

PROGRAMME

10.00-10.15
Arrival and coffee

10.15-10.30
Introduction by Stefano Guzzini, Senior Researcher, DIIS

10.30-11.10
Turkey: Identity, Foreign Policy, and Socialization in the Post Enlargement Europe by Bahar Rumelili, Associate Professor

11.10-11.20
Discussant: Dietrich Jung, Professor, University of Southern Denmark

11.20-12.00
Open Discussion

Chair: Stefano Guzzini, Senior Researcher, DIIS

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form on http://www.diis.dk/sw99304.asp

And do so no later than Wednesday, 6 October 2010 at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), The Conference Section, Strandgade 56, 1401 Kbn K, tlf. 32 69 87 51, e-mail: [email protected] og web: www.diis.dk