Campagna-Kerven Lecture on Modern Turkey April 19, 2017

Fatma Müge Göçek

Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies

University of Michigan

"Minorities in Turkey: from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic"

At the Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston

Boston University

6:00 P.M., April 19, 2017

Professor Herbert Mason, R.I.P.

MASON, Herbert Warren II Of Newbury, MA, died suddenly on New Year's Day. He was Emeritus University Professor and William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of History and Religious Thought at Boston University and President of the Association des Amis Louis Massignon, Paris. Herbert Mason translated many of Massignon's works from French to English. An eminent scholar and translator, writer and poet, he has lived for long periods of time in France and Ireland, and has traveled extensively in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Japan. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages, including French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Japanese. His verse narrative Gilgamesh, an interpretation of the ancient Sumerian epic poem transcends boundaries of age, language, religion, and time. It was nominated for a National Book Award and is taught in high schools and colleges. He is survived by his wife, Jeanine Young-Mason, his children Cathleen Mason, Paul Mason, Sarah Mason and their families and his step sons Scott Angell, Gregg Angell, and Glenn Angell and their families and his sister, Sarah Nelson and her family. A Funeral Mass will be offered at Immaculate Conception Church, Newburyport, MA on Friday, January 6, 2017 at 10:30 with interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery immediately following the Mass. There will be a public memorial service on April 22, 2017 at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. A fuller obituary will follow at a later date. The family is establishing an International Writing Prize in his name to be awarded annually.

Published in The Boston Globe on Jan. 5, 2017- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=herbert-warren-mason&pid=183342560&#sthash.ckKHEDPw.dpuf

"The Turkish Complex" is the topic of the 2015 Campagna-Kerven Lecture on Modern Turkey at Boston University

Reserve your seat for the 20th annual CKLS lecture.

This years lecture is delivered by Professor Jenny White from the Department of Anthropology at Boston University.  Those who follow Turkey will be well-acquainted with her writings (and her blog Kamil Pasha), not least her most recent book: Muslim Natonalism and the New Turks.

Can Iraq be Saved? Streaming audio and report now available.

The lecture by Dr. Joseph R. Núñez, sponsored by the Boston University Institute for Iraqi Studies (@IISBU) is now available in streaming audio.  The rapporteur's report by Alec Lynde may also be downloaded in PDF.

The IISBU website also contains reports and streaming audio and video from the workshop series on refugees.  Or check the Facebook page or Google+ page.

Can Iraq Be Saved?

Retired Colonel Joseph Núñez spent five years in Iraq. What makes him relatively unique is that much of his time was spent in Iraq's provinces, so he has been, so to speak, in the weeds. His talk is sponsored by the Institute for Iraqi Studies (@IISBU) at the Pardee School, 121 Bay State Road, First Floor, on November 19th at 4 p.M. I have known the speaker for a long time, beginning with three years as colleagues on the West Point faculty. This shoud be a fascinating talk.

“On Memory and Democracy: Skeletons in the Turkish Closet”--The 2014 Campagna-Kerven Lecture on Modern Turkey

As some of you will recall, in April Ayşe Kadıoğlu, Dean Faculty at Sabanci University gave a thoughtful and gutsy talk at Boston University.  The streaming video of the lecture is also available on the CKLS website (where you may also find eight other previous lectures.

Video from the April 2013 Boston University meeting

Intro by Prof. A R Norton

State-Society Questions:

Professor Gareth Stansfield (University of Exeter) Moderator article
10:15 a.m. H.E. Abdul Latif Rashid, “The Kurds of Iraq”

Video from the April 2013 Boston University meeting

Video 2 of 3

Featuring Prof Ali Banuazizi, Prof Matteo Legrenzi and Amb Charles Dunbar

Video from the April 2013 Boston University meeting

April 2013 conference Iraq+10
Video 3 of 3

State-Society Questions II:

Professor Eric Davis (Rutgers University), Moderator
Dr. Hanan al-Fatlawi (M.P.), “The Dynamics of Parliamentary Life in a Free Iraq”

"Citizenship and Community in Iraqi Politics and Society", Sami Zubaida, April 2 at Boston U.

The Institute for Iraqi Studies at Boston University is please to present:

"Citizenship and Community in Iraqi Politics and Society"

Speaker: Sami Zubaida

Monday, April 2, 2012

4:30 PM

Boston University, Room B19, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215

The Shattered Nation: Protest, Violence and Social Fragmentation in the Syrian Uprising

Paulo Pinto, April 3, 2012 at Boston University

Professors Haider Ala Hamoudi and Abbas Kadhim named Senior Fellows of the Institute for Iraqi Studies

For the biographical details and publication information, see this link.  http://www.bu.edu/iis/non-resident-fellows-2/

ELif Shafak's 2011 Campagna-Kerven Lecture: streaming video

CK Website.

The Campagna-Kerven Lecture Series on Modern Turkey

The lecture is today, [was] May 3, 2011.  The speaker is Elif Shafak, the renowned novelist.

Facebook page for the lecture.

Also noteworthy for readers who care about and follow Turkey, BU colleague Jenny White's Kamil Pasha receives a well-deserved plug.  White's blog, cited here periodically, provides well-crafted insight into Turkish culture, society and politics.

Reminder: The Campagna-Kerven Lecture on Modern Turkey featuring Elif Shafak is May 3 at 4:30 P.M.

Or on Facebook.

April 14: Public Lecture/Roundtable: "Fallout in the Middle East: Where Do We Go From Here?"

Eva Bellin: People Power and the Possibilities of Democratic Transition in the Middle East, April 12

Mark your calendar for May 3, 2011, when Elif Shafak will deliver Boston University's annual Campagna-Kerven lecture on modern Turkey

The lecture archive is also available.

Elif Shafak is delivering the 2010-11 Campagna-Kerven Lecture on Modern Turkey this spring at Boston University

[The date is May 3, 2011]

She has a thoughtful OPED in the NYTimes, "Finally, Turkey Looks East."  Readers will know that Shafak is a gifted novelist.

"When Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down, there was widespread celebration in Turkey. It’s a topsy-turvy world. The Europe we loved and admired for so long has looked down on Turkey, but the Middle East we ignored is suddenly looking up to us as a force to be reckoned with. Now there is much talk of Turkey serving as a model for a new Egypt.
Considering all this, it has been rather disconcerting to hear politicians and talking heads in the United States speak about Turkey as if it is in thrall to radical Islamists. Even President Obama has described our country as an “Islamic” democracy. But what does it mean to be an Islamic democracy?
"Turkey defies clichés. Turkish society is a debating society, with some people passionately in favor of the governing Justice and Development Party and some passionately against it. At a recent event I heard an academic applaud the government for curtailing the power of the military, while a journalist criticized it for conducting groundless trials against army officers and restricting the press."

More details on the upcoming lecture will be released soon.

Facebook page.

Yasser el-Shimy on Egypt

Also see his Jan 27th Foreign Policy post.

Links to several other helpful pieces.