Interactions between the Armenian and Turkish Intellectuals: Issues of Power and Autonomy
Interactions between the Armenian and Turkish Intellectuals: Issues of Power and Autonomy
Work-in-Progress Presentation
to be delivered by Okan Doğan, Hrant Dink Foundation Armenia-Turkey Fellowship Scheme Fellow at CRRC-Armenia
| Date & Time: | June 15, 15:00-16:00 |
| Location: | CRRC-Armenia office (1 Alex Manoogian Street, YSU Library building, 6th floor, room 602) |
| Language: | English |
OVERVIEW
This research aims to identify the main parameters that affect Armenian intellectuals’ approaches to historical and contemporary political issues with Turkey. In this research, intellectuals are taken as agents of symbolic power, who play a crucial role in the construction, circulation and exchange of knowledge and political opinion within and across societies. Armenian intellectuals who receive information from the Turkish public space, and disseminate it to its Armenian counterpart after configuring, modifying and reconstructing it comprise the persons of interest here. The questions that arise with respect to their activity are related to the extent towards which they are autonomous, the potential challenges implied in their interactions with the Armenian state and its decision-makers, and the ways in which they interact with Turkish intellectuals throughout their joint activities. The presentation will explore these questions by making use of in-depth interviews conducted with Armenian academics, journalists, and NGO-workers. There will be an open discussion after the presentation.
TARGET GROUP
The lecture is addressed to faculty members, students, junior researchers and young professionals in the field of Turkish studies and Genocide studies. The event is open to the general public.
OKAN DOĞAN’S SHORT BIO
Okan Doğan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University, Turkey, and an International Fellow at CRRC-Armenia through Hrant Dink Foundation fellowship scheme. His Ph.D. research draws upon the literature on the sociology of intellectuals and sociology of knowledge and focuses on the debates about the Armenian Genocide in the Turkish intellectual field in recent years.
PARTICIPATION
To participate please register by sending an email at [email protected] until June 14, 16:00.
* Okan Dogan is doing his fellowship at CRRC-Armenia within the Turkey-Armenia Fellowship Scheme which in 2017-2019 is implemented by the Hrant Dink Foundation in partnership with Gyumri Youth Initiative Centre, with the support of the UK Government’s Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund.