STATE, RELIGION, NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE ADVENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
An international symposium organized by the
Research and Development Center – Intercollege
and the Dialogue Chair in Middle Eastern Studies – Intercollege
Friday and Saturday, 18-19 March 2005
17.00
Intercollege, Nicosia
Friday, March 18, 2005
Welcoming Address:
17.15 – 17.30 Kypros Chrysostomides
Spokesman of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus
SESSION I – THE BROADER CONTEXT
Chair: Michael Attalides
Dean of the School of Humanities, Intercollege, Cyprus
17.30 – 17.50 Duŝan T. Bataković
Ambassador, Embassy of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Greece
“The Collapse of Former Yugoslavia and the Role of the EU: The Record and Future Prospects”
17.50 – 18.10 Shlomo Avineri
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
“The Dialectics of Tradition and Secularization in the Construction of National Identity: The Case of Israel”
18.10-18.30 Andreas Theophanous
Research and Development Center – Intercollege, Cyprus
“Ethnic Nationalism and State Identity in the Republic of Cyprus and the Advent of the EU”
18.30 – 18.50 Discussion
18.50 – 19.10 Break
SESSION II – SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE AND TURKEY
Chair: Farid Mirbagheri
Dialogue Chair in Middle Eastern Studies, Intercollege, Cyprus
19.10 – 19.30 Costas Melakopides
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
“Religion and Nationalism in Greece and the Impact of EU Accession: The Rhetoric and the Record”
19.30 – 19.50 Emel Akcali
Cukurova University, Turkey
“Nationalism and State-building: Turkey’s Historical Experience and the Impact of the EU since the Helsinki Summit”
19.50 – 20.10 Spyros Sfetas
Aristotelio University of Thessaloniki, Institute of Balkan Studies, Greece
“National Identity, State Sovereignty and the EU Challenge: The Case of the Former Communist Balkan Countries”
20.10 – 20.30 Discussion
Saturday, March 19, 2005
SESSION III – THE MIDDLE EAST
Chair: Andreas Theophanous
Research and Development Center – Intercollege, Cyprus
09.30 – 09.50 Farid Mirbagheri
Dialogue Chair in Middle Eastern Studies, Intercollege, Cyprus
“Temporal Religion and / or Spiritual Politics: A Theoretical Analysis of Religious Discourse in Islamic Tradition”
09.50 – 10.10 Ramin Jahanbegloo
Teheran University, Iran
“The Impact of Religion on Politics in Moslem Nations and the Case of Iran”
10.10 – 10.30 Habib Malik
Lebanese American University
“Religion and National Identity: Lessons from the Case of Lebanon”
10.30 – 10.50 Discussion
10.50 – 11.05 Break
SESSION IV – THE EASTERN EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE
Chair: Andreas Theophanous
Research and Development Center – Intercollege, Cyprus
11.05 – 11.25 Nikolay Petrov
Carnegie Moscow Center, Russia
“Identity Evolution and Identity Revolution in Russia”
11.25 – 11.45 Marios Sarris
Intercollege, Cyprus
“Constructing the other in Europe: the Orthodox Christian Predicament”
11.45 – 12.00 Discussion
12.00 – 12.15 Break
12.15 – 12.35 Victor Roudometof
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
“The Orthodox Churches, Globalization and the EU”
12.35 – 12.55 Zbigniew Szymanski
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Cyprus
“Return to Diversity: National and Ethnic Minorities in Poland after 1989”
12.55 – 13.10 Discussion
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