Turkey and Europe: Mobility, Creativity and Trajectories

A joint conference of the Academia Europaea and the Commission for Migration and Integration Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Theatersaal, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, 1010 Vienna

Programme


Monday, 15 October 2012

9:00 Welcoming Addresses
Arnold Suppan | Vice President, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Anne Buttimer | Chair of the Social Sciences Section, Academia Europaea

9:20 Introduction
Justin Stagl | University of Salzburg, Department of Political Science and Sociology

9:30 Alexander H. de Groot | University of Leiden, Department of Oriental Studies
The Image of the Turk in Western Europe from the 16th Century to Our Time

10:15 Max Haller | University of Graz, Department of Sociology
The Image of Turkey in Europe Today: A Review of Recent German and Austrian Research

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Natalia Skaro | University of Dubrovnik, Department of Communication Studies
Turkish Groups and Turkish Images on the Balkans

12:30 Lunch Break

14:00 Heinz Fassmann | University of Vienna, Department of Geography
Turks in Europe: Migration Flows, Migrant Stocks and Demographic Structure

15:00 Yale Ferguson | Rutgers University, Graduate School at Newark, Department of Political Science
Turks in Europe: The Changing International Context

16:00 Coffee Break

16:30 Tüzin Baycan | Istanbul Technical University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Turkish Entrepreneurship in Europe

19:00 Reception in the Courtyard, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, 1010 Vienna

 

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

9:00 Gudrun Biffl | University of Krems, Department Migration and Globalization
The Role of Migrations in the Economic Relations between Europe and Turkey

10:00 Sylvia Hahn | University of Salzburg, Department of History
The Turks Compared to Other Migrant Groups in Europe

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Ayse Caglar | University of Vienna, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Rescaling Migration Scholarship

12:30 Lunch Break

14:30 Adem Kumcu | European-Turkish Business Confederation, Brussels
The Role of European-Turkish Civil Activities in Turkish Accession to the EU

15:00 Coffee Break

15:30 Esma Durugönül | Akdeniz University, Faculty of Letters
Turkish Return Migration from Europe

16:30 Summaries
Anne Buttimer
Justin Stagl

17:00 Open Discussion