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10:30
Registration
11:00
Welcoming Remarks
Cem ÖZDEMIR, Member of the European
Parliament, The Greens/EFA
Admiral DASDEMIR, President of the
Federation of European Circassians
Moderator:
Zeynel A. BESLENEY, Ph.D.,
The School of Slavonic Studies, University College London,
UK
11:20
Part I: "Who are the Circassians?"
John COLARUSSO,
Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Anthropology and Department of Linguistics and
Languages,
McMaster University, Canada
11:30
Part II: "Preservation and Promotion of the Circassian Language"
Speakers:
Leonard
ORBAN, EU Commissioner for Multilingualism -
/tbc/
The Treasure that is the Circassian
Language
John COLARUSSO
12:20
Part III: "History of the Circassians - and a Look to the Future"
Speakers:
Geopolitical features of Circassia
throughout history and an interpretation of recent developments in the
region
Lars Funch HANSEN, Researcher in Geography
and Communication, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Social, cultural and political formations
in Circassian Diaspora in the past and today, relations with the
Caucasus
Sefer E. BERZEG, Lawyer, Author and
Activist, Turkey
The Russian final subjugation of
Northwestern Caucasus: Colonial Atrocities and European Responsibilities
Irma KREITEN, Ph.D in History, Southampton
University, UK
13:30
Closing remarks
13:45
Sandwich Buffet
14:30
Exhibition of
The German
Society for Nature Conservation
(NABU)
on nature conservation in the Caucasus
Remarks:
Leif
MILLER, President of NABU –
Cem ÖZDEMIR, MEP
15:00
Meeting with Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, President of the European
Parliament - /tbc/
15:30
Briefing with MEPs
representing each of the major political groups on the outcome of
the conference
16:30
Briefing with the delegate from Abkhazia on the recent developments
in the region.
FEDERATION
OF EUROPEAN CIRCASSIANS
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