A NEW MEDITERRANEAN CULTURAL POLICY IN THE MAKING:

TOWARDS A MULTICULTURAL DIALOGUE, COHERENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Institution

CIRP - Crossroads Interdisciplinary Research Platform

Project team: Prof.Dr.(Mrs.) Nedret Kuran-Burçoglu (Head of the Project), Dr.Esra LaGro, Dogus University, .Prof.Dr.Enrique Banus (Centro de Estudios Europeos, Univ. Of Navarra, Spain), Prof.Dr.Peter Bendixen (Rudolph Arnheim Institut, Germany); Mrs. Odile Chenal (European Cultural Foundation, The Netherlands), Dr.Susan Miller (Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, USA), Dr. Ted LaGro, Director of NIAS, Prof. Dr. Ehud Toledano (Telaviv University Israel), Prof.Dr. Ramez Maalouf (Beiruth University, Lebanon), Prof.Dr.Mohamed Kerou, (University of Tunis, Tunisia), Dr. Ahmed Abdallah (Al-Jeel Centre for Youth and Social Research, Egypt), Prof.Dr.Ottavia Schmidt (University of Trieste, Italy), Dr.Hercules Millas, University of Rhodos, Prof.Dr.Pierre Chabal, University of Le Havre.

Duration

 Four years: October 2000-November 2004. (Projects I and II are completed in January 2005)

Funded by
• UNESCO (project award),
• European Cultural Foundation,
Matching funds:
• Quincentennary Foundation
• German Orient Institute,
• Bogaziçi University Foundation,
• Istek Foundation.

Project Outcomes

* Foundation of an NGO: Crossroads Interdisciplinary Research Platform, CIRP (2001)
• Organization of 2 International Workshops:

• 1st Workshop took place on September 6-7th, 2001, hosted by CES, Bogaziçi University.

• 2nd Workshop took place on December 20-21st, 2001, hosted by Yeditepe University