Sessions to be held in Room LG111, David Keir Building (there will be signs at the entrance)
Tuesday, 20 May
8.30 a.m. – 9.00 a.m.
Registration
9.00 a.m. – 9.30 a.m.
Welcome
Evanthia Lyons Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Neophytos Loizides Queen’s University Belfast, UK
9.30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
Session 1: Social Psychology And Bicommunal Encounters
Chair:Brandon Hamber INCORE, University of Ulster, UK
Women and Change in Cyprus: Feminisms and Gender in Conflict Maria Hadjipavlou University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Reconciliation in Cyprus: the role of political, social trust and emotions Dimitra Pahis University of Surrey, UK and Evanthia Lyons Queen’s University Belfast, UK
The "Other Cypriots" and their inclusion to the solution of the Cyprus Question Emel Akçali University of Birmingham, UK
Greek-Cypriot Rejection of the Annan Plan: A Reflection of an ‘Unjust’ Plan or Failure to Construct Transcendent Identities? Nikos Ilia and Evanthia Lyons Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Discussant: Ed Cairns University of Ulster, UK
11.00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
Coffee Break
11.15 a.m. – 12.45 p.m.
Session 2: Narratives And Division In Intractable Conflicts
Chair: Adrian Guelke Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Mutual Non-Recognition and Narratives in Protracted Ethnic Conflicts: The Intractable Cyprus Case Alexis Heraclides Panteion University of Social and Economic Sciences, Greece
Questioning the walls between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots Naciye Doratli Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
Generational Violences, Gender, and Unspeakable Remains: Cyprus Beyond Trauma Anna Agathangelou York University, Canada
Off the Wall: Politics Animated on Inanimate Objects Elizabeth Doering University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Discussant: Emel Akçali University of Birmingham, UK
12.45 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Lunch Break
Welcome
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis University of Athens/ELIAMEP, Greece
Shane T. O'Neill Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Evanthia Lyons Queen’s University Belfast, UK
2.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Session 3: Cyprus And Northern Ireland: Religion, Violence And Peacebuilding
Chair: Dominic Bryan Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Political Violence, Legitimation, and Temporality in Ireland and Cyprus Charalambos Demetriou European University Institute, Italy
Neglecting Never-Never Land? The Irish Religious Response to the Cyprus Question 1954-60 Helen O’Shea University of Edinburgh, UK
Religion and Ethno-national Conflict: The Role of Religious Actors in Northern Ireland and Cyprus Jessica Blomkvist Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Designing Referendums in Deeply Divided Places Neophytos Loizides Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Discussant: Daphne Halikiopoulou London School of Economics, UK
3.30 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.
Coffee Break
3.45 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.
Session 4: Intercommunalism And Education Across The Divide
Chair: Ephraim Nimni Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Writing across the Divide: Cyprus and the Literary Negotiation of Difference Spurgeon Thompson European University, Cyprus
Dementia Cypria: On the Social Psychological Context of the Intercommunal Negotiations Zenon Stavrinides University of Leeds, UK
History Education: A Process of Reform through Multiple Actors Elizabeth Clark Tufts, USA
Dismantling the Cyprus Conspiracy: The US role in the Cypriot Crises of 1963, 1967, and 1974 Caroline Wenzke Notre Dame, USA
Discussant: Maria Hadjipavlou University of Cyprus, Cyprus
6.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
Keynote Address, Venue: The Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast
Negotiating a Historic Compromise: The Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Herbert C. Kelman, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus Harvard University, USA
Wednesday, 21 May
8.30 a.m. – 9.00 a.m.
Registration
9.00 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.
Session 1: Legitimization And Stability In Cyprus And Other Divided Places
Chair: Dr Yvonne Galligan Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Imagined Electorates: Ethnic Marking in the Political Institutions of Divided Societies Evangelos Liaras Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Unearthing the truth: the politics of exhumations in Cyprus and Spain Iosif Kovras Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Divided we stand? Lessons from the federal arrangement in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Cyprus Soeren Keil University of Kent in Canterbury, UK
Justice and Stability in South-Eastern Europe: A Democratic Defence Katerina Mantouvalou University College London, UK
Discussant: Roberto Belloni Queen’s University Belfast, UK
10.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.
Coffee Break
10.45 a.m. – 12.45 a.m.
Session 2: Nicosia And Partitioned Cities
Chair: Beverley Milton-Edwards Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Building Partnership for the Future: An overview of bi-communal initiatives in Cyprus Karim Hadjri Queen’s University Belfast, UK
The quest for the role of division in urban development of Nicosia and prospects for urban integration Resmiye Alpar Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
The Divided City Lefkoşa Aytanga Dener Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, Çiler Kırşan Yükselen Cyprus International University, Cyprus & Nezire Özgece Cyprus International University, Cyprus
A Little Bit of History and a Lot of Opinion: Biased Authenticity in Belfast and Nicosia Madeleine Leonard Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Discussant: Naciye Doratli Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
12.15 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Lunch Break
1.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Roundtable: The Future Of The Reunification Of Cyprus: Barriers And Facilitators
Chair: Evanthia Lyons Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Emel Akçali University of Birmingham, UK
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis University of Athens/ELIAMEP, Greece
Maria Hadjipavlou University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Alexis Heraclides Panteion University of Social and Economic Sciences, Greece
Erol Kaymak Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
Herbert Kelman Harvard University, USA
Dan Lindley Notre Dame, USA
3.00 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.
Coffee Break
3.15 p.m. – 4.45 p.m.
Session 3: European Integration: Borders And Identities
Chair: Michael Simopoulos INCORE, University of Ulster, UK
The EU’s Impact on the Cyprus Conflict: Towards Open Frontiers? George Christou University of Warwick, UK
Comparing Conflict Resolution in Partitioned States and Proximity to the
EU Avishai Ehrlich Tel Aviv University, Israel
Identities and Borders: Comparative EU impacts in Cyprus and Northern Ireland Erol Kaymak Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
Cyprus as the EU Anomaly: The EU’s Challenges and Opportunities Harry Anastasiou Portland University. USA
Discussant: Neophytos Loizides Queen’s University Belfast, UK
4.45 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Coffee Break
5.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Session 4: Consociationalism, Human Rights And The European Union
Chair: Brendan O’Leary University of Pennsylvanian, USA
The Impact of European Integration on the Moral Debate on the Reunification of Cyprus Bruno Coppieters Vrije Universiteit, Belgium
Consociational Democracy: The Only Possible Democratic Solution for Cyprus Tufan Erhürman Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
Is there a 'European solution’? Accommodating a settlement based on the principles of bi-zonality, bi-communality and political equality of the communities in the Union legal order Nikos Skoutaris European University Institute, Italy
Four Years on: Is the Turkish Cypriot Community still committed to its pro-reunification stance? Sertac Sonan University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Discussant: Dan Lindley Notre Dame, USA
6.30 p.m. – 6.45 p.m.
Closing Remarks By Organisers
*Schedule is subject to changes.
Workshop Dinner
Workshop dinner is tentatively scheduled for 21 May at 8.00 p.m. Crown Bar (http://www.crownbar.com/) followed by a visit to the historic Kelly’s Cellar pub. In both places we will get a brief history presentation by the owners. Dinner is for panellists and by invitation. All participants are invited to Kelly’s Cellar pub after 10.00 p.m.
46 Great Victoria Street, BT2 7BA (028 9027 9901)
Kelly's Cellars
30-32 Bank Street, BT1 1HL (028 9024 6058)
Venue for drinks after conference dinner.
Bus Tour
Our bus tour for panelists which includes the city’s ‘peace walls’ and murals will take place on May 19th between 7:00-9:00PM (sun in Belfast sets around 9:30 PM in May). The bus will leave in front of Pearl Court Guest House 11 Malone Road http://www.pearlcourt.com/ across the road from the School of Psychology.
To check for availability please contact Neophytos Loizides at n.loizides@qub.ac.uk
Mitchell Conference
The Mitchell conference 'Moving on from Conflict: Lessons from Northern Ireland' will take place after the workshop on 22-23 May 2008. Both events are organised by Queen’s University, Belfast to celebrate its centenary anniversary and the 10 year anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The list of speakers includes former President of Ireland Dr Mary Robinson, former Senator George Mitchell and Archbishop ofCape Town Dr Desmond Tutu. For more info please visit http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/mitchellconference/