CONF.- The Circassians: Past, Present and Future, May 21, 2007, Washington, DC
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The Circassians: Past, Present and Future
In Cooperation with: The Circassian Cultural Institute
Monday, May 21, 2007 (Official Circassian Memorial Day) 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location:
The Jamestown Foundation
1111 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Reservations are required. Please e-mail your name and affiliation to:
rsvp-may21@jamestown.org
Agenda
Registration: 8:30 AM
Introduction: 9:00 AM
Glen E. Howard
President, The Jamestown Foundation
Opening Remarks
Zack Barsik
President, the Circassian Cultural Institute
Morning Panel
The Circassians: 9:10-10:45 AM
Paul Henze
Rand Corporation (Retired)
"Who are the Circassians? A Historical Perspective on the Circassians
and Imperial Russia"
Dr. Kemal Karpat
Director of the Center of Turkish Studies, Department of History,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"The Circassian Migration to Turkey"
Fatima Tlisova
Former North Caucasus Correspondent, Regnum News Agency
"The Circassians Today & the Resurgence of Circassian Nationalism in
the North Caucasus"
Glen E. Howard
Moderator
Coffee Break: 10:45-11:00 AM
Russia's Circassian Frontier: 11:00-12:30 PM
Dr. John Colarusso
McMaster University
Moderator
Ali Berzeg
Executive Director, Circassian Congress Movement, Maikop, Adygeia, Russia
"The Democratic NGO Movement in Adygeia"
Haci Bayram
Human Rights Activist
"NGOs in the North Caucasus & Their Impact on Civil Society & the War
in Chechnya"
Dr. Matthew Light
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
University of Massachusetts Amherst
"The Proposed Merger of Adygeia and Krasnodarskii Krai: Why, Why Now,
and What Next?"
Mairbek Vachagaev
Doctoral Candidate Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS), Paris, France
"The Military Jammats in Karachai-Cherkess"
Luncheon: 12:30-1:15 PM
Keynote Address: 1:15-1:45 Pm
Paul Goble
Professor, Institute of World Politics
"Are the Circassians Again Looking Beyond Their Borders?"
Afternoon Panel
The Circassian Diaspora: 2:00-4:00 PM
Dr. Kemal Karpat
Director of the Center of Turkish Studies, Department of History,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator
Dr. Alexandre Toumarkine
Vice Director, The French Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
"Where Are the Circassians Today? The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey &
the Middle East"
Ziad Hajjo
Circassian-American
"The Circassian Diaspora in America"
Close Of Conference: 4:00 PM
Reservations are required. Please e-mail your name and affiliation to:
rsvp-may21@jamestown.org
The Jamestown Foundation
1111 16th St. NW
7th Floor Conference Room
Washington, DC 20036
http://jamestown.org/events_details.php?event_id=33
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