THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ACADEMIC DEBATE OVER THE EVENTS OF 1915 IN AN INCREASINGLY ISLAMOPHOBIC WEST - ASSIST. PROF. CHRISTOPHER GUNN
On 9 December 2016, Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM) will host Assist. Prof. Christopher Gunn to deliver a conference titled The Current State of the Academic Debate over the Events of 1915 in an Increasingly Islamophobic West. At this conference, Assist. Prof. Gunn will speak about the recent scholarship on 1915 events with a particular focus on the mode and counters of the debates in Western academia within the wider cultural context.
Assist. Prof. Christopher Gunn received his Ph.D. in History from Florida State University. He has spent nearly six years researching in Budapest, Istanbul, Ankara, and Antalya. His current research interests include the Ottoman Empire and its borderlands, particularly the Balkans and Caucasus, the Empire’s successor states, transnational political violence, and efforts towards reconciliation. He is the author of several academic articles and book chapters including Getting Away with Murder: Soghomon Tehlirian, ASALA and the Justice Commandos, 1921-1984 (in War & Collapse: World War I and the Ottoman State, edited by Hakan Yavuz, 896-917, Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 2015) and The 1960 Coup in Turkey: A U.S. Intelligence Failure or a Successful Intervention? (Journal of Cold War Studies Vol. 17, No. 2, p. 103-139, 2015).
Your presence will be appreciated.
The conference will be held in English.
There will be no translation service.
Venue: AVİM Conference Hall
Address: Süleyman Nazif Sok. No:12/B D.5, Çankaya/ANKARA
Date: 9 December 2016
Time: 14:00 – 16:30
RSVP: Hülya Önalp
Telephone: 0 312 438 50 23-24
Fax: 0 312 438 50 26
E-mail: honalp@avim.org.tr