The 2004 Middle East & Central Asia

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The 2004 Middle East & Central Asia   

Politics, Economics, and Society Conference  

Transitions and Inequality in the 21st Century

  Sept. 9th – 11th,  University of Utah,  Salt Lake City,  USA                   

 

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th  10:45 am- 11:50 am  Hinckley Institute, Orson Spenser Hall, Room 253

Plenary Lecture: U.S. Middle East Policy and its Implications for World Order

Prof. Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco                              

  

Thursday  Sept. 9th  1:00 pm- 2:40 pm   Room: Parlor A

Panel I: “Iraq Nation Building Experiment”

A Critique of the Shi'ite Political Movements in Iraq

Alexander Dawoody

Western Michigan University (alxdawoody@cs.com)

Iraq's Financial Obligations and their Economic and Social Detriments

Ahmed Jiyad, UNDP-Uganda (ahmed.jiyad@ncep.or.ug)

The Sistani Factor: The Role of Shi’i Quietism in the Democratization of Post-Saddam Iraq

Babak Rahimi, European Univ. Institute (brahimi77@hotmail.com)

Speculations about Iraq's Federalism: Potential Threats & Solutions

Jana Kolarikova

San Diego State University (thejana@cox.net)

Voices of Violence in Iraqi Kurdistan

Rachael Rudolph

American University (rachaelrudolph@mindspring.com)

Moderator:

Richard Lux, University of Utah (luxorama@yahoo.com)

Discussant: Masoud Kazemzadeh

Utah Valley State College (kazemzma@uvsc.edu)

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th  1:00 pm- 2:40 pm  Room: Parlor B

Panel II: “Comparative Political Economies of the Middle East”

State-Labor Relations and the Shaping of Modern Turkish Politics

Brian Mello

University of Washington (bmello@u.washington.edu)

Social Capital, Survival, and Courrption in Egypt

Joana Odencrantz

University of Utah (joana.odencrantz@poli-sci.utah.edu)

The Intifada and the Israeli Tourism Industry: An Interupted Time-Series Approach

Basel Saleh

College of St. Benedict/ St. John's University (bsaleh@csbsju.edu)

Moderator:

Edward Epstein, University of Utah (eepstein@poli-sci.utah.edu)

Discussant:

Alexander Bligh

College of Judea and Samaria -Israel (ab1061@columbia.edu)

 

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th  1:00 pm- 2:40 pm  Room: Collegiate

Panel III: “Gendered Traditions and Modernities”

Diverging Modernities? Comparative Study of Turkish and Iranian Women

Aysin Yildirim, Fatih University (aysinyildirim@yahoo.com)

Zeynep Sahin, Selcuk University (zeynepsahin@selcuk.edu.tr)

Re-Orienting the Queer: The Alternative Nation

Amir Baradaran, Concordia University (amirbarad@yahoo.com)

Constructions of Femininity and Womenhood: Virginity Examinations in Turkey

Iklim Goksel, University of Illinois-Chicago (igoksel@msn.com)

Moderator:

Lindsay Calhoun, University of Utah (lnzc_2000@yahoo.com)

Discussant:

Shirin Akiner, University of London (akiner@dial.pipex.com)

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th   3:00 pm- 4:40 pm   Room: Parlor A

Panel IV: “Analyses of the U.S. Intervention in Iraq”

Lessons Unlearnt? A Comparison of U.S. Occupations of Iraq and Japan

Koji Haraguchi, University of Utah (k.haraguchi@m.cc.utah.edu)

A Bridge Too Far? Coalition-Building and the War in Iraq

Brent Talbot, U.S. Air Force Academy (brent.talbot@usafa.af.mil)

An Army Whose Men Love Death: Al-Qaida and the U.S. War in Iraq

Jerry M. Long, Baylor University (Jerry_Long@baylor.edu)

Iran and the U.S. Intervention in Iraq: Concerns and Opportunities

Bayram Sinkaya, METU (bsinkaya@metu.edu.tr)

Moderator:

Wendy Lombardi, Univ. of Utah (wendy.lombardi@hsc.utah.edu)

Discussant:

Michael Collins Dunn, Middle East Institute (editor@mideasti.org)

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th   3:00 pm- 4:40 pm  Room: Parlor B    

Panel V: “Past and Futures of Political Islam”

Which Way Islamists? From One Islamism to Another

Abdullahi Gallab, BYU (abdullahi_gallab@byu.edu)

Confrontation or Collaboration: State-Islamist Interaction in Egypt

Gamze Cavdar, University of Utah (gamzecavdar2001@yahoo.com)

Islamic Martyrdom in its Post-Colonial Condition

Lindsay Calhoun, University of Utah (lnzc_2000@yahoo.com)

‘Islamic Puritans’ in Azerbaijan: Fight for Faith or Political Influence?

Husameddin Mamedov

Azerbaijan Ataturk Center (yevlah@yahoo.com)

Moderator:

Sofie Sunden

Sodertorn Univ./Stockholm University (sofie.sunden@sh.se)

Discussant:

Frederick Quinn, U.S. State Dept. (frederickquinn@hotmail.com)

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th  3:00 pm- 4:40 pm   Room: Collegiate 

Panel VI: “Comparative Dilemmas of State Building”

Saviours of Nation or Robber Barons? Warlords in Post-Soviet Tajikistan

Kirill Nourzhanov

Australian National University (kirill.nour@anu.edu.au)

Nation Building in Azerbaijan: Soviet Legacy and the Impact of the Karabkh Conflict

Suha Bolukbasi

Middle East Technical University (suhab@metu.edu.tr)

Consequences of a Failed Referendum:The 2004 Reunification Vote of Cyprus

Christina Wendt

Humboldt University, Berlin (christina.wendt@web.de)

Islamic and Secular Terror for Kurdish Independence:

The Cases of the PKK and Hizbullah

Emrullah Uslu

University of Utah (e.uslu@utah.edu)

Moderator:

Diloro Iskandarova

Russian-Tajik Slavonic University (iskandarova@hotmail.com)

Discussant:

Vartuhi Tonoyan

University of Mannheim (tonoyan@mail.ifm.uni-mannheim.de)

 

 

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th  4:30 pm-5:45 pm  Hinckley Institute

Lecture:  Reflections on a Literary Career 

Prof. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak

Director of Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland

(Part of the Reza Ali Khazeni Memorial Lecture Series)

 

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th  5:00 pm- 6:40 pm   Room: Parlor B

Panel VII: “Ramifications of Globalized Media on the MidEast”

The Iranian Revolution in the Egyptian Press

Hanan Hammad

University of Texas, Austin (phammad@hotmail.com)

The Kurdish Diaspora's Challenge to State Media Hegemony in Turkey

James Redman, University of Utah (james.redman@anthro.utah.edu)

Events, Technologies, and Cultures: A Comparison of Arabic and American Visual Media

Tayseer Gomaa, Binghamton University (gomaa@binghamton.edu)

The Role of Global Media in International Politics: The Case of Al-Jazeera and the War in Iraq

Berrin Askin

Middle East Technical University (e126773@metu.edu.tr)

The Cyprus Issue: Conflict Resolution in Film Dipictions

Muberra Yuksel, Kadir Has University (muberray@khas.edu.tr)

Moderator:

Paul Hartzog, University of Utah (paulbhartzog@panarchy.com)

Discussant:

R. Kevin Lacey, Binghamton University (klacey@binghamton.edu)

 

 

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th  5:00 pm- 6:40 pm   Room: Collegiate

Panel VIII: “Dynamics of Turkey’s Foreign Policy”

From Euphoria to Collaboration: Turkey's Policy toward Azerbaijan

Khoshkadem Hasanova

Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (yevlah@yahoo.com)

Turkish Islamists and the EU: A Shift in Interests or Perceptions?

Hasan Kösebalaban

University of Utah (hasan.kosebalaban@poli-sci.utah.edu)

Turkish Foreign Policy in the 'Greater Middle East Initiative'

Zeynep Arikanli, Galatasaray University (zarikanli@gsu.edu.tr)

The Match between Ideas and Leadership: Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Middle East

Havva Karakas-Keles

Syracuse University (hkarakas@maxwell.syr.edu)

Moderator:

Mehmet Ali Dogan, University of Utah (malidogan@yahoo.com)

Discussant:

Seyed Mohammad Mussavi-Rizi

Tufts University (seyed.mussavirizi@tufts.edu)

 

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th  5:00 pm- 6:40 pm   Room: Parlor A 

Panel IX: “Rhetoric and Realities of Human Rights”

The Arab Charter of Human Rights and the Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights: Readings and Consequences

Osire Glacier

McGill University (Osire@hotmail.com)

The Unexpected Fusion of Realpolitik and Human Rights in Chechnya

Vsevolod Gunitskiy

Center for Defense Information (vgunitskiy@cdi.org)

A Middle East Democracy and Human Rights Report

Emile Sahliyeh

University of North Texas (sahliyeh@po6.cas.unt.edu)

Iranian Reactions to U.S. Foreign Human Rights Policy since 9-11

Anisseh Van Engeland-Nourai

Institut d'Etudes Politiques and Harvard University

(anicee.van-engeland@wanadoo.fr)

Hegemon as Violator: The Consequences of Abu Ghreib on International Human Rights

Kristian Alexander, University of Utah (k.alexander@utah.edu)

Moderator:

Babak Rahimi

European University Institute (brahimi77@hotmail.com)

Discussant:

Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco (stephen@coho.org)

 

 

Thursday  Sept. 9th  7:00 pm -7:45 pm

Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library  (1st floor): Pizza Dinner!

 

8:00 pm- 9:30 pm, Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library

Plenary Lecture: Transitions and Inequality in Contemporary

Middle East & Central Asia: Realities and Perceptions          

Prof. Shirin Akiner, University of London                              

Dr. Michael Collins Dunn, Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C.

 

                                                

Friday  Sept. 10th  9:00 am – 10:40 am   Room: Parlor B

Panel X: “Intersections of Globalization and Traditions”

Turkey-Based Uighur Organizations: The Case of the East Turkestan Foundation

Sehnaz Bagci, Selcuk University (sehnazbag@hotmail.com)

Saban Calis, Selcuk University (scalis@selcuk.edu.tr)

Globalization and the Preservation of Traditional Arts

Lloyd Miller

Brigham Young University (lm@mail.burgoyne.com)

‘Virtual Nation’: The Tatar Diaspora of the Far East in the Age of Globalization

Larissa Ousmanova

University of Shimane - Japan (ousmanova@yahoo.com)

A New Age for Civilization?

Roger Doost, Clemson University (droger@clemson.edu)

Globalization vs. Traditionalism in Central Asia

Bahora Hurramova

Samarqand State University (hbahora@rambler.ru)

Moderator:

Peter Kraus

University of Utah (peter.kraus@library.utah.edu)

Discussant:

Seyed Mohammad Mussavi-Rizi

Tufts University (seyed.mussavirizi@tufts.edu)

 

Friday  Sept. 10th   9:00 am- 10:40 am   Room: Collegiate

Panel XI: “New Challenges to U.S. Foreign Policy”

New Challenges to U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Central Asia

Edvar Akay, University of Newcastle (e.a.akay@newcastle.ac.uk)

Hasan Horkuc, University of Durham (hasan.horkuc@blueyonder.co.uk)

Canada and the U.S. Emergency Force (UNEF, 1956-1967)—

Past Experience, Current Lessons

Alexander Bligh

College of Judea and Samaria -Israel (ab1061@columbia.edu)

Moderator:

Diloro Iskandarova

Russian-Tajik Slavonic University (iskandarova@hotmail.com)

Discussant:

Kirill Nourzhanov

Australian National University (kirill.nour@anu.edu.au)

  

Friday Sept. 10th  11:00 am – 12:40 pm   Room: Collegiate

Panel XII: “Thoughts on Terrorism and State Violence”

Hijacking the Global War on Terror

Julie Tremper

University of Denver (jtremper@du.edu)

Combating Terrorism in Central Asia: Explaining Differences in State Responses

Mariya Omelicheva

Purdue University (omelicheva@polsci.purdue.edu)

Central Asia in the Context of the Lebensraum Policy of China

Baris Adibelli

Ankara University (adibelli@politics.ankara.edu.tr)

Moderator:

Yanqi Tong, University of Utah (y.tong@m.cc.utah.edu)

Discussant:

Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco (stephen@coho.org)

 

Friday Sept. 10th  11:00 am – 12:40 pm   Room: Parlor B

Panel XIII: “Studies in Gendered Nationalisms”

Gender, Nationalism and the Nuclear Family in Tajikistan

Diloro Iskandarova

Russian-Tajik Slavonic University (iskandarova@hotmail.com)

State Feminism and the Obstacles to Women's Rights in Turkey

Itir Bagdadi Ok

Izmir University of Economics (itir.ok@ieu.edu.tr)

The Gendered Discourse of Nationalism: A Reading of Jordanian Female Identity

Trish Stuhan, University of Utah (tstuhan@yahoo.com)

Moderator:

Ewa Wasilewska, University of Utah (mruczek@aol.com)

Discussant:

Anisseh Van Engeland-Nourai (anicee.van-engeland@wanadoo.fr)

Institut d'Etudes Politiques and Harvard University

 

 

 Friday Sept. 10th  2:00 pm- 3:50 pm  Ballroom

Plenary Panel: Perspectives on the Post-9-11 World            

Panelists:                               

  Prof. Shirin Akiner, University of London                            

  Dr. Michael Collins Dunn, Middle East Institute                 

  Prof. Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco                

  H.E. Khamrokhon Zaripov, Ambassador of Tajikistan to the U.S.

Moderator:                                                                             

  Prof. Peter Sluglett, University of Utah                                            

 

  

Friday  Sept. 10th  4:10 pm- 5:50 pm   Room: Parlor B

Panel XIV: “Interconnections of Democratization, Corruption, and Civil Society”

Corruption and Civil Society: Empirical Evidence from Emerging Democracies in the Trans-Caucasus

Khatchik DerGhoukassian

Universidad de San Andres/ Universidad de Barcelona (khatchikd@hotmail.com)

Robert Strohmeyer

University of Mannheim (strohmey@mail.ifm.uni-mannheim.de)

Vartuhi Tonoyan

University of Mannheim (tonoyan@mail.ifm.uni-mannheim.de)

The 2003 Presidential Elections of Azerbaijan: Developments in a Fluctuating Zone of Influence

Alexander Murinson

University of London (murinson@hotmail.com)

Against the Tide: Georgia's 'Rose Revolution' in Comparative Perspective

Christoph Stefes

University of Denver (cstefes@carbon.cudenver.edu)

Linking Development, Environment, and Political Change in Transitional Georgia

Amanda Wooden

Northeastern Illinois University (a-wooden@neiu.edu)

Support for Anticorruption Measures in Kazakhstan

Philip Nichols

University of Pennsylvania (nicholsp@wharton.upenn.edu)

Moderator:

Azer Mammadov

University of Utah (azermammadov@mail.com)

Discussant:

Edward Epstein

University of Utah (eepstein@poli-sci.utah.edu)

 

 

Friday  Sept. 10th  4:10 pm- 5:50 pm   Room: Collegiate

Panel XV: “Origins and Futures of the Palestine-Israel Dilemma”

Palestinian Violence and the Second Intifada: Explaining Suicide Attacks

Sean Yom, Harvard University (yom@fas.harvard.edu)

Basel Saleh, College of St. Benedict/ St. John's University (bsaleh@csbsju.edu)

Awaiting Their Fates: The future of the Palestinian Refugees and the PLO

JoAnn DiGeorgia-Lutz

Texas A&M University (joann_lutz@tamu-commerce.edu)

The Israeli-Palestinian Stalemate: The Role of Intagibles and the Quest for Legitimacy

Paul Scham, Midde East Institute (pscham@gwu.edu)

The Shift to the Right: U.S. Policy Toward Israel

Stephen Zunes

University of San Francisco (stephen@coho.org)

Moderator:

Joshua Gold

Salt Lake Community College (josh.gold@slcc.edu)

Discussant:

Eric Hooglund

Center for Palestine Studies (hooglund@palestine-studies.org)

 

(You can purchase a light dinner in the Student Union Cafeteria prior to attending the next event)

 

Friday Sept. 10th  6:30 pm- 8:00 pm  Museum of Fine Arts

The 2004 Reza Ali Khazeni Memorial Lecture:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

The Mystical Master Narrative in Persian Poetry                  

Prof. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak Director of Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland                                      

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th  9:30 am- 11:10 am   Room: Parlor B

Panel XVI: “Fellowships, Grants, and Foreign Studies”

Research Opportunities in the Middle East & Central Asia

Sarah Shields

IREX (sshields@irex.org)

Research Programs of Fulbright, Islamic Civilization Innitiative, NSEP, Gilman, and Freeman Asia

Karen de Bartolome

Institute of International Education (kdebartolome@iie.org)

Moderator:

Marjorie Jensen, University of Utah (marje.jensen@admin.utah.edu)

 

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th  9:30 am- 11:10 am   Room: Collegiate

Panel XVII: “Fundamentalism, Democracy, and Islam”

Deconstructing and Demystifying ‘Wahhabism’

R. Kevin Lacey

Binghamton University (klacey@binghamton.edu)

Danny Saldago, Jr., Binghamton University (jazirapr@yahoo.com)

A Religion, Not a State: Ali Abd al-Raziq and the Controversy over the Idea of the Islamic State

Souad Ali

Arizona State University (souad.ali@asu.edu)

Islamic Extremism in Kyrgyzstan—An Update

Erkin Abildaev

Diplomatic Academy of Kyrgyzstan (gulayim_kr2002@mail.ru)

Understanding Politicization of Religion in Post-Soviet Eurasia:

The Cases of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan

Sofie Sunden

Sodertorn University/Stockholm University (sofie.sunden@sh.se)

Moderator:

Abdullahi Gallab

Brigham Young University (abdullahi_gallab@byu.edu)

Discussant:

Michael Collins Dunn, Middle East Institute (editor@mideasti.org)

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th  10:30 am  Orson Spenser Hall, Room 255

Lecture:  Tajaddod dar she’re farsi

 (Modernity in Persian Poetry – Delivered in Persian)

Prof. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak                                                           

Director of Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland  

(Part of the Reza Ali Khazeni Memorial Lecture Series)

 

 

 Saturday  Sept. 11th  11:45 am- 1:25 pm  Union Theatre

Panel XVIII: “Poetry and Mysticism”

Film: Omar Khayyam (30 Minutes)

Hasan Sherkat

Independent Film Maker (hsherkat@hotmail.com)

Musings on the Mystical Poets of the East

Roger Doost

Clemson University (droger@clemson.edu)

The Power of Dance as Cultural Representation in the Middle East and Central Asia

Katherine St. John

Brigham Young University (ksj@easternartists.com)

Moderator and Discussant:

Margaret Paydar

University of Utah (m.paydar@juno.com)

 

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th  11:30 am- 1:10 pm   Room: Parlor B

Panel XIX: “Dissecting Nationalisms and Identities”

Syrian Arab Nationalism: Forging Constructed Identities Across Uncommon Bonds

Vince Peacock

University of Utah (vbpeacock@yahoo.com)

Explaining Palestinian Nationalism through Polanyi's 'Protectionism'

Joshua Gubler

University of Utah (gublerjw@aucegypt.edu)

Bringing in Legitimacy and Discourse: Identity (Re)production in Turkish Modernization

Mustafa Gurbuz

Bilkent University (gurbuzm@bilkent.edu.tr)

Beyond Two Identities: Turkish Immigrants in Germany

Tugrul Keskingoren

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (tugrulk@vt.edu)

Moderator:

Korkut Erturk, University of Utah (korkut@economics.utah.edu)

Discussant:

Shirin Akiner, University of London (akiner@dial.pipex.com)

 

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th  11:30 am- 1:10 pm   Room: Collegiate

Panel XX: “Congruence & Conflict within U.S. Human Rights and Foreign Policies in Uzbekistan”

Human Rights Norms and U.S. Foreign Policy in Central Asia: The Case of Uzbekistan

Akram Mukhamatkulov

Aga Khan Foundation -Tajikistan (mukhamatkulov@akhp.org)

Rhetoric vs. Reality of Democracy and Human Rights in Central Asia:

 An Analysis of U.S. Relations with Uzbekistan

Farhod Inogambaev,Columbia University (fi2106@columbia.edu)

Political Islam in Uzbekistan: Origins and State Responses

Melissa Gribbon

California State University, San Bernardino (seabrook79@aol.com)

Outsourcing the State: Delegating Security and Critical Functions in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan

Neema Noori

Columbia University (nn88@columbia.edu)

Moderator:

Anisseh Van Engeland-Nourai (anicee.van-engeland@wanadoo.fr)

Institut d'Etudes Politiques and Harvard University

Discussant:

Kirill Nourzhanov

Australian National University (kirill.nour@anu.edu.au)

 

 Saturday  Sept. 11th  2:30 pm – 4:10 pm   Room: Parlor B

Panel XXI: “Educational Policies in Contexts of History and Culture”

Turkish Modernization through the Lenses of Language Reform and the Experiment in Village Institues

Fethi Keles, Syracuse University (fkeles@syr.edu)

Multilingual Education in Central Asia: Policies and Impacts

Ainura Djumaeva

CIMERA, Kyrgyzstan (ainura.jumaeva@cimera.org)

Political Culture, Civil Society, and Public Religion: Musings on the Gulen Movement

Etga Ugur

University of Utah (etga.ugur@poli-sci.utah.edu)

What Should We Name This Ship? The Experience of Naming and Renaming Ships within the Context of Language Policies in Early Republican Turkey

Hale Yilmaz, University of Utah (hale.yilmaz@m.cc.utah.edu)

Moderator:

Nadia Kulikova, University of Utah (nadiakulikova@yahoo.com)

Discussant:

Peter Sluglett

University of Utah (sluglett@aol.com)

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th   2:30 am – 4:10 pm   Room: Collegiate

Panel XXII: “Interpretations and Implementations of Law in Islamic Societies”

The Doctrine of 'Maslahat/Zarurat' and Islamic Law in Iran: A Lesson in Clerical Pragmatism

Mehran Tamadonfar

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (tamadonf@unlv.nevada.edu)

Protection of Civil and Political Rights in Egypt: The Role of the Administrative Courts

Mahmoud Hamad, University of Utah (u0308775@utah.edu)

Polygamy: Muslim Scholars' Conflicting Discourse

Souad Ali, Arizona State University (souad.ali@asu.edu)

Moderator:

Bernard Weiss, University of Utah (bweiss1@comcast.net)

Discussant:

Masoud Kazemzadeh

Utah Valley State College (kazemzma@uvsc.edu)

 

 Saturday  Sept. 11th   2:30 pm- 4:10 pm   Room: Parlor A

Panel XXIII: “Human Security and International Development”

Swords into Blackboards: The Role of Provincial Reonstruction Teams in Education and Nation-Building in Afghanistan

Michael Sinclair

Independent Scholar (msinclairafg04@yahoo.ca)

Demographic Tendencies in Uzbekistan

Zamira Turakulova

Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences (zamira_turakulova@yahoo.com)

The New Security Environment and Turkey's Experience with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

Nursin Guney

Yildiz Technical University (nguney@superonline.com)

 The Emerging World Order and Multilateral Coercive Diplomacy:

The Cases of the Bosnian War (1992-95) and the Second Gulf War (2002-03)

Giray Sadik

University of Georgia (giray@uga.edu)

Moderator:

Peter Von Sivers

University of Utah (peter.vonsivers@m.cc.utah.edu)

Discussant:

Thomas Barfield

Boston University (barfield@bu.edu)

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th   4:30 pm – 6:10 pm   Room: Parlor B

Panel XXIV: “Investigating the Sources and Solutions of Ethnic Conflict”

The Rise of Ethnic Conflict in Afghanistan

Abdul-Qayum Mohmand

University of Utah (a.mohmand@utah.edu)

A Comparison of Ethnic Relations under Imperial Iran vs. the Islamic Republic

Ruber Diaz

University of Utah (ruberdiaz@hotmail.com)

Osh: A Decade of Interethnic Stability

Alisher Khamidov

Johns Hopkins University (akhamid1@jhu.edu)

The Phenomenon of Intolerance in the Fergahana Valley

Umar Shavurov, University of Salvador -Argentina (umarshavurov@yahoo.com)

Moderator:

Ewa Wasilewska

University of Utah (mruczek@aol.com)

Discussant:

Thomas Barfield

Boston University (barfield@bu.edu)

 

Saturday Sept. 11th  4:30 pm- 6:10 pm   Room: Parlor A

Panel XXV: “Democratization and Political Culture”

Democratization in Contemporary Turkey

Necip Yildiz

Bilkent University (necip@bilkent.edu.tr)

Dissecting Jordan's Liberal Path from Hussein to Abdullah

Joseph Nevo

University of Haifa (jnevo@research.haifa.ac.il)

Economic Surplus and the Development of Islamic Economics

Mary Wrenn, Idaho State University (vwrenn@hotmail.com)

Mohamed El-Hodiri, University of Kansas (elhodiri@ku.edu)

J. Ron Stanfield, Colorado State University (rstanfie@lamar.colostate.edu)

Moderator:

Mehrdad Tamadonfar

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (tamadonf@unlv.nevada.edu)

Discussant:

Vartuhi Tonoyan

University of Mannheim (tonoyan@mail.ifm.uni-mannheim.de)

 

 Saturday  Sept. 11th  4:30 pm- 6:10 pm   Room: Collegiate

Panel XXVI: “Political Economy of Oil”

Monetary Policy Strategy in Azerbaijan: Developments and Prospects

Khagani Abdullayev

National Bank of Azerbaijan (a_khagani@nba.az)

The Economic and Strategic Aspects of Caspian's Energy Resources

Osman Nuri Aras

Qafqaz University (aras@qafqaz.edu.az)

The Political Economy of Oil in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Pinar Arikan

Middle East Technical University (pinararikan@yahoo.com)

Building a Fortress or Sandcastle?Foreign Investments in Azerbaijan

Mehmet Kalyoncu

University of Utah (kalyoncumehmet@yahoo.com)

The Paradox of Energy Dependent Development:

The Cases of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan

Seyed Mohammad Mussavi-Rizi

Tufts University (seyed.mussavirizi@tufts.edu)

Moderator:

Roger Doost, Clemson University (droger@clemson.edu)

Discussant:

Howard Lehman

University of Utah (howard.lehman@poli-sci.utah.edu)

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th

6:30 pm- 8:00 pm  Fine Arts Museum  PERSIAN  DINNER

 

8:15 pm- 9:15 pm  Fine Arts Museum Auditorium

  Middle Eastern and Central Asian Dance Extravaganza                        

University of Utah Character Dance Ensemble and Eastern Arts

 

                                   

Sunday  Sept. 12th  11:30 am – 3 pm

PICNIC!  Cotton Wood Canyon, Salt Lake City


 

 

The Transformation of Islamic Movements

in Turkey: The Origins and Policies of the

Justice and Development Party

Sept. 10th – 11th, 2004

University of Utah,  Salt Lake City

 

 

Friday  Sept. 10th  9:00 am- 10:45 am  Room: Parlor A

JDP Panel 1: “Identity, Ideology, and Organization”

Turkish Religious Market(s): A View Based on the Religious Economy Theory

Massimo Introvigne

Center for Studies on New Religions -Italy (mintrovigne@virgilio.it)

Ideology and Organization of the JDP

Hakan Yavuz

University of Utah (hakan.yavuz@poli-sci.utah.edu)

An Assessment of the Dilemmas Facing the JDP

Sultan Tepe

University of Illinois-Chicago (sultant@uic.edu)

Political Identity, Political Islam and Conservative Democracy

Yalcin Akdoĝan

Advisor to Prime Minister of Turkey (yalcinakdogan@mynet.com)

Religious Fundamentalist Threats in Turkey (1980-2004)

M. Bilgehan Ozturk

University of Chicago (mbozturk@uchicago.edu)

Moderator:

Chandran Kukathas

University of Utah (chandran.kukathas@poli-sci.utah.edu)

Discussant:

William Hale

University of London (wh1@soas.ac.uk)

 

 

Friday  Sept. 10th  11:00 am- 1:00 pm   Room: Parlor A

JDP Panel 2: “Political Economy & Civilian-Military Relations”

Political Economy of the JDP

Ziya Öniş, Koc University (zonis@ku.edu.tr)

The New Generation Islamists of Turkey: The JDP in the 2002 General Election and 2004 Municipality Elections

Ali Carkoĝlu, Sabanci University (alicarkoglu@sabanciuniv.edu)

JDP's Policy Toward Labor

Engin Yildirim, Sakarya University (yildirim@sakarya.edu.tr)

The Anti-Terror Policies of the JDP

Nihat Ali Özcan, Independent Researcher (naozcan@kablonet.com.tr)

Symbols and Shadow-Play: Military-JDP Relations 2002-04

Gareth Jenkins, Independent Journalist (garethhjenkins@yahoo.com)

Moderator:

Roberta Micallef, U. of Utah (roberta.micallef@mail.hum.utah.edu)

Discussants:

Korkut Erturk, University of Utah (korkut@economics.utah.edu)

Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah (hakan.yavuz@poli-sci.utah.edu)

 

Friday  Sept. 10th  4:10 pm- 5:50 pm   Room: Parlor A

JDP Panel 3: “Domestic Transformations and Government Policies”

Human Rights Discourse of the JDP

Ihsan Daĝı, METU (dagi@metu.edu.tr)

JDP’s Policy Towards the Kurds

Michael Gunter, Tennessee Tech. University (mgunter@tntech.edu)

JDP and the Role of Women in Politics

Nilufer Narli, Kadir Has University (narli@khas.edu.tr)

Moderator: Frederick Quinn

US State Department (frederickquinn@hotmail.com)

Discussant: Ziya Öniş, Koc University (zonis@ku.edu.tr)

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th  9:30 am- 11:15 am   Room: Parlor A

JDP Panel Four: “Labor and Laicism”

The JDP and Laicism

Tolga Köker, Hamline University (tkoker@hamilton.edu)

JDP’s Conservatism and the Politics of Territorial-Progressive Democracy in Turkey

Gökhan Yücel, University of Oxford (gokhan.yucel@sant.ox.ac.uk)

Christian Democracy and the AKP: Parallels and Contrasts

William Hale, University of London (wh1@soas.ac.uk)

Moderator: Kemal Silay, Indiana University (ksilay@indiana.edu)

Discussant: Eric Hooglund

Center for Palestine Studies (hooglund@palestine-studies.org)

 

 

Saturday  Sept. 11th  11:30 am – 1:10 pm   Room: Parlor A

JDP Panel Five: “Foreign Policy of the JDP”

The Tension between Identity and Interests in Turkey's Foreign Policy

Mujeeb R. Khan

University of California, Berkeley (mujkhan5@yahoo.com)

Turkey's EU Membership

H. Tarik Oĝuzlu, Bilkent University (oguzlu@hotmail.com)

Iraqi Crisis and the JDP

Saban Kardas, University of Utah (saban.kardas@poli-sci.utah.edu)

JDP and Turkish Foreign Policy

Burhanettin Duran, Sakarya University (bduran@sakarya.edu.tr)

Identity and Foreign Policy: The Case of the JDP

Hasan Kösebalaban

University of Utah (hasan.kosebalaban@poli-sci.utah.edu)

Moderator: Ihsan Daĝı, METU (dagi@metu.edu.tr)

Discussant:

Soner Caĝaptay, Washington Institute for Near East Policy (sonerc@washingtoninstitute.org)

 

6:30 pm- 8:00 pm  Fine Arts Museum:  PERSIAN  DINNER!

 

                                                                                          

 

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