Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Turkey’s past provides insights into the EU’s future – The Beaver

Turkey’s past provides insights into the EU’s future

by Abir Qazilbash on 23 Nov 2011 in News
The Woflson Theatre was filled with discussion during a public lecture entitled “Turkish angles: Europe’s nation states” which featured three distinguished academics who have extensively studied Turkish politics, law and identity. John Breuilly, Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity in the LSE’s Department of Government, Sir Francis Jacobs, Law Professor at King’s College London, and Professor Umut Özkirimli from Lund University’s Centre for Middle East Studies discussed the ways in which Turkish perspectives have shifted our understanding of European identity.

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