"Religion and Society"

International research seminar with sessions in Austria and Turkey

Lecture and consultation visit to Turkey (5-13 May 2011)


Prof. Dr. Hans Koechler, President of the I.P.O., center, and Prof. Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv, former Director of the Dept. of International Relations Ankara University,  at his right, with researchers and students of Innsbruck University in front of the Rectorate of Bilkent University, Ankara. From left: Mr. Josef Seyrling, Dr. Andreas Th. Müller (Dept. of International Law), Dr. Gabriele Osthoff-Münnix (University of Münster, Germany), Mrs. Gabriele Parsert, Mrs. Francine Mitterer, Dr. Marie-Luisa Frick (Dept. of Philosophy), Mr. Durmuş Gamsız, Director of the Peace Institute in Innsbruck (Austria), and Dr. Andreas Oberprantacher (Dept. of Philosophy).

The lectures, seminars and discussions in Turkey (in Istanbul, Mardin and Ankara) were coordinated by the International Progress Organization in cooperation with the Foundation for Sciences and Arts / Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı (BISAV) (Istanbul), the Inter-cultural Dialogue Platform / Kültürler Arası Diyalog Platformu (KADIP) (Istanbul),  Hacettepe University (Ankara), Bilkent University (Ankara), and Mardin Artuklu University (Mardin).

» Project description  (German)

» Seminar schedule  (Austria and Turkey)

» Seminar on Religion, State and Society in Turkey  (Istanbul)

» Guest lecture Prof. Andaloussi

» Panel discussion "Islam in Austria"

 

Islam in Turkey

Lectures by Mr. Kerim Balcı and Prof. Dr. Ihsan Yılmaz

Inter-cultural Dialogue Platform / Kültürler Arası Diyalog Platformu (KADİP)

Istanbul, Inter-cultural Dialogue Center (KADIM), 6 and 7 May 2011

 

 

The Treaty of Lausanne and the Current Situation of Religious Minorities in Turkey

Lecture by Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis (Greece), Asst. Professor at Bilkent University (Ankara)

Evangelicalism in the United States: Its Impact on Pakistan-US Relations

 Lecture by Ms. Minhas Majeed Khan, Lecturer at the Dept. of International Relations at the University of Peshawar (Pakistan)

International Progress Organization

Istanbul, Inter-cultural Dialogue Center (KADIM), 6 May 2011

 

 

Religion, State and Society in Turkey

Lectures by  by Prof. Dr. Adnan Aslan, Dr. Nurullah Ardıc, Prof. Dr. Günay Göksu Özdoğan, Prof. Dr. Nuri Tinaz

Foundation for Sciences and Arts / Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı (BISAV)

Istanbul, 7 May 2011 

 

 

Information visit to the Province of Mardin

Meetings with  H.E. Mr. Turhan Ayvaz, Governor of the Province of Mardin, and Horiepiskopos (Chorbishop) Gabriyel Akyüz (Mardin); visits of Atak College (Mardin) and Mor Gabriel Monastery (Midyat)

9-11 May 2011

 

Information visit to Mardin Artuklu University

Meeting with the Rector Prof. Dr. Serdar Bedii Omay and consultations with faculty members

Mardin, 9-10 May 2011

 

Visit at Deyrulzafaran Monastery

Meeting with His Eminence Archbishop Filuksinos Saliba Özmen
Metropolitan of Mardin and Diyarbakir (Syrian Orthodox Church)

Mardin, 9 May 2011

Islam, Society and Science

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv, former Director of the Institute of International Relations at Ankara University

Bilkent University 

Ankara, 12 May 2011 

 

 

Secularism and the Politics of Religion in Europe

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization

Joint session with the PhD Seminar "Religion and Politics" (Dr. M. Murat Erdoğan)
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Hacettepe University

Ankara,
12 May 2011 

 

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