Conference: Russia and Circassians: An Internal Problem or an International Matter?
Conference
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Russia and Circassians: An Internal Problem or an International Matter? April 8, 2008
In Cooperation with: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, The Jamestown Foundation, The Circassian Cultural Institute.
Morning panel
9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Location:
John Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK St., Taubman building, Nye A,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Afternoon panel
2:00 P.M. – 5:00 PM
Location:
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Room S050 at CGIS South Building
AGENDA
Morning Panels
Kennedy School of Government
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Registration and breakfast 9:00 a.m.
Panel #1 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Introduction
Dr. Lois Andreasen
Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Stephen Shenfield
“Who are Circassians? A Historical Perspective”
Analyst, Johnson’s Russia List
Irma Kreiten
“On the path to genocide - The Russian ‘final subjugation’ of Northwestern Caucasus in a comparative perspective”
Ph.D. in Comparative Genocide Studies
Southampton University, Great Britain.
John Colarusso
“The deportation of Circassians from the Caucasus to the Ottoman Empire”.
Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Department of Linguistics and Languages
McMaster University, Canada
Glen Howard
Moderator
President, Jamestown Foundation
Coffee break 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Panel #2 11:30 p.m. – 1:00 pm.
Ibragim Yagan
“The Circassians Resistance against Russian colonialism – History and the current situation”
Exclusive director, For Human Rights
Nalchik, North Caucasus
Joshua Rubenstein
“Russia’s Human Rights policy and the current situation”
Director, Northeast Region
Amnesty International, USA
Paul Goble
"Circassians in the North Caucasus and the Broader World: Attentive Co-Ethnics, Neglectful Governments"
Professor, Institute of World Politics
Conclusion
Close of the morning panel 1:00 p.m.
Afternoon Panel
CGIS South Building
1:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Lunch 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Afternoon Panel 2:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Introduction
John Colarusso
Moderator
Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Department of Linguistics and Languages
McMaster University, Canada
Zack Barsaqua
“The Circassian Ethos”
Circassian Cultural Institute
Nusret Baş
“The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey”
President, Caucasian House
Istanbul, Turkey
Matthew Light
“Territorial Restructuring in the Russian Federation and the Future of the Circassian Republics"
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Fatima Tlisova
The War on Circassian Nationalism
Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Glen Howard
“Russia’s Circassia Problem, The Sochi Olympics & its Repercussions for the Northwest Caucasus: Is there a Role for the US?
President - The Jamestown Foundation
End of Seminar 5:00 p.m.
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