Monday, 1 September 2008

Circassian Day in European Parliament‏

Federation of European Circassians

and

Cem ÖZDEMİR

Member of European Parliament

PRESENTS

"Circassian Day" in the European Parliament

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Past, Present and Future of the Circassians

10:30 Registration
11:00 WelcomingRemarks

Cem ÖZDEMIR,Member of the European Parliament, The Greens/EFA

AdmiralDASDEMIR, 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 ofAnthropology 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
TheTreasure 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 andaninterpretation of recent developments in the region
Lars FunchHANSEN, Research Scient., Center for Caucasus Studies, ØresundUniversity,Denmark

Social, cultural and political formations in CircassianDiaspora, relationswith the Caucasus in the past and today.

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, SouthamptonUniversity, UK

13:30 Closingremarks
13:45 SandwichBuffet
14:30 Exhibitionof The GermanSocietyfor Nature Conservation(NABU) on natureconservation in the Caucasus. Remarks: Leif MILLER,President of NABU – Cem ÖZDEMIR, MEP

15:00 Meetingwith Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, President ofthe European Parliament
15:30 Briefingwith MEPs representing each ofthe major political groups on the outcome of the conference

16:30 Briefing with the delegate from Abkhaziaon the recent developments in theregion--

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