The last event

Our first international symposium on European Union, Turkey, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa (10December 2011), at the University of London, SOAS campus went very well. Feedback we received from the speakers and the audience were all encouraging and positive. It has been a very tiring journey for us to organize the day for it to run smoothly. But at the end it was worth it.

We are now in the process of organising another event. Publishing process for the last event's papers has already begun. As BRC we are hoping to create a platform for academics and independent researchers to achieve their potentials.

Once again we would like to thank all of you who came to make this event such a successful and fruitful occasion.

 Speakers of the last event

1-        Gabriella Gimigliano, “Europe and Islam: Contract law and Sharia’s rules”, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

2-       Aijan Sharshenova, “The Kyrgyz natural resources: the interplay of economics and politics”, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

3-     Agata Biernat, “Change in Turkish-Egyptian relations after winning the Justice and Development Party”, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

4-        Elif Cetin, “Politicisation of Immigration in Europe”, University of Cambridge, Cambridge,  United Kingdom

5-      Hakkı Gűrkaş, (Assistant Professor of History), “Conflict with Official Culture in Islamic Societies: Ambivalent Humiliation of Ulema and Symbolic Profanation of Mosque in Turkey, the Middle East, and Central Asia”,  Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

6-     Danai Konstanta, “Food Rituals around death in contemporary Greece: Eat to feel / live, or why we should give Persephone another chance", University of London, Goldsmiths, United Kingdom

7-      Fatmanil Doner, Making a Living: Changing Rural Livelihoods under Structural Adjustment Programs, Bogazici Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkey

8-      Onur Suzan Komurcu, (Lecturer) “We bark from the third row”: The position of the Ballhaus Naunynstrasse in Berlin’s cultural landscape and the funding of cultural diversity work, University of London, Goldsmiths College, London, United Kingdom

9-       Audrey C. Cash, “State-Civil Society Relationships in Oil-Rich Developing Countries: Case Study of Chad”,  University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

10-      Katherine Hughes, “Heritage, power and pastiche: modern Tajik buildings and historical architectural reconstructions”, University of London,  SOAS , London, United Kingdom

11-    Razi Ashraf, “The war in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s position”, (independent Researcher, Writer)University of London, SOAS, London, United Kingdom

12-        Diana Kudaibergenova, “The power representation in symbolic fields of Almaty and Astana”, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

13-      Dr. Sevket Hylton Akyildiz, “The Uzbek people and the Olympics 1951-2012 CE: prestige and multiculturalism”, (Lecturer) Arcadia University, London, United Kingdom

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