13 January 2017 Friday

10:00-10:30

WELCOME ADDRESSES

Bahri ŞAHİN

President of Yıldız Technical University

Halit EREN

Director General of IRCICA

10:30-12:30

PANEL 1: TERMINOLOGY AND CONTENT

(Chair: Halit Eren)

Ali ÇAKSU

Islamophobia as a Western Tool of Fear Mongering

Elena LUKINYKH

Patriotism as the Modern Justification of Islamophobia

Silva KALČIĆ

Neo-Orientalism in the Contemporary Image

Alma JEFTIĆ

The (Un)Conscious Bias: Origins and Development of Islamophobia in Europe

15:00-17:00

PANEL 2: CENTRAL AND WESTERN EUROPE

(Chair: Amir Duranović)

Isa BLUMI

Nothing New: Islamophobia by Default in Postwar Migration of Turkish and Balkan Muslims to Germany

Leyla YILDIRIM

The Social impact of islamophobia on Muslims in the Netherlands

Mehmet Osman GÜLYEŞİL

How do you deal with the Stranger? Islam between Leitkultur and Multiculturalism in Germany

Linda HYÖKKI

Islamophobic discourse in Finland. From mosque debates to Ramadan festivities

14 January 2017 Saturday

10:00-11:30

PANEL 3: REFUGEES AND ISLAMOPHOBIA

 (Chair: Cengiz Tomar)

Peter POLAK-SPRINGER

Refugees and Islamophobia in the Arab Media: A Focus on Germany and Eastern Europe

Abraham HADI

Islamophobia in Europe and its Repercussions in the East

Abdeslam MARFOUK

I’m Neither Racist nor Xenophobic, but: Dissecting: European Attitudes towards a Ban on Muslims’ Immigration

11:50-13:20

PANEL 4: EASTERN BALKANS

(Chair: Ali Çaksu)

Mehmet HACISALİHOĞLU

History Education in the Balkans and Islamophobia

Ali HÜSEYİNOĞLU

Examining the Status of Islam and Islamophobia in Greece

Esra ÖZSÜER

Ottoman Past in the Greek Imagination and Islamophobia

15:00-16:30

PANEL 5: WESTERN BALKANS

(Chair: Isa Blumi)

Amir DURANOVIĆ

Islamic community in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Islamophobia

Jeton MEHMETI

The Challenges of Post-War Institutional Arrangements of Religion in Kosovo

FINAL DISCUSSION