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The Compulsory Exchange of Populations between Greece and Turkey:
Assessment of the Consequences of the Trreaty of Lausanne 1923 (75th
Annicversary)
Programme update
BACKGROUND
The conference is planned to mark the 75th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne and the Compulsory Exchange of
Populations in which the forced migration of well over one million people was ratified by the League of Nations in 1923.
This unprecedented official population exchange between Greece and Turkey had manifold ramifications - political,
economic, demographic, social, and cultural dimensions - indeed in all aspects of the life of these two countries.
Surprisingly, however, the event and its aftermath have not been widely studied and there has been no co-ordinated
assessment of its consequences. Its additional importance lies in the long time-scale : there is particular contemporary relevance
to the study of the many aspects of the population exchange, particularly for our broader understanding of forced migration,
of the long-term processes of resettlement and absorption, and of identity formation.
CONFERENCE AIMS
The primary intention is to explore the multifaceted consequences - economic, social, cultural, demographic,
settlement/landscape - for both countries. It is hoped that this will provide new insights into developments in these states over
the past 75 years. Within a wider context, however, exploration of a variety of issues associated with the exchange may aid our
understanding of current political tensions and their proposed solutions in the region of the Balkans and of the eastern
Mediterranean.
The conference will provide an academic forum for scholars who do not have the chance for regular contact, in some cases
because of the divisions between their disciplines, in others for geo-political reasons. Papers will cover diverse disciplines -
history, sociology, anthropology, geography, architecture, folklore, literature.
CONTACT: Prof Renee Hirschon
c/o Dominique Attala
Refugee Studies Programme
Queen Elizabeth House
21 St Giles, Oxford
OX1 3LA
Tel: +44-(0)1865 270272
Fax: +44-(0)1865 270721
Wednesday 16 September
2.00 - 5.30pm Registration in Wadham College Conference Office
7.30pm Dinner Wadham College (for speakers only)
College bar will be open each day from 6.00pm
Thursday 17 September
9.00-10.00am Registration (Coffee/tea)
10.00-10.30am Official Welcome: Dr D. Turton, Director of RSP
Opening Address: Professor Ren,e Hirschon, Conference Convenor
Session Chair: Dr Guy Goodwin-Gill
10.30-11.15am Mr Michael Barutciski (RSP, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford):
Population Exchanges and The International Refugee Regime
Discussion
11.15-12.00pm Mr Michael Dark (Princeton):
The Comparative Politics of the Greco-Turkish Exchange
Discussion
12.00-2.00pm Lunch break
Session Chair:
2.00-2.45pm Professor Thanos Veremis (University of Athens):
The Legacy of the Asia Minor Catastrophe in Greece
Discussion
2.45-3.30pm Professor Zafer Toprak (Bogazi3i University):
The Demographic Consequences of the Lausanne Treaty in Turkey
Discussion
3.30-4.15pm Dr Elisabeth Kontogiorgi:
Economic and Social Consequences of Refugee Resettlement in
Northern Greece
Discussion
4.15-6.30pm FREE
6.30pm-7.30pm Reception and book launch :
Blackwells Bookshop, Broad Street
7.30pm Dinner Wadham College
Friday 18 September
8.15-9.00am Registration Conference Office
Session Chair: Professor Richard Clogg
9.15-10.00am Professor Baskin Oran (Ankara University):
The Story of Those who Stayed (Lessons to be drawn from the
application of Articles 1 and 2 of the 1923 Convention)
Discussion
10.00-10.45am Dr Gueliz Erginsoy (Mimar Sinan University):
Sweet as an Almond: From Gliki to Bademli: Full time and Part time Citizenship
Discussion
10.45-11.15am Coffee
11.15-12.00pm Professor Alexis Alexandris:
Religion or Ethnicity: The Lausanne Treaty and the Identity Issue of the Minorities
in Turkey and Greece
Discussion
12.00-1.45pm Lunch break
Session Chair: Dr Charles Stewart
1.45-2.30pm Dr Ayhan Aktar (Marmara University):
Homogenizing the Nation: Turkifying the Economy:
Turkish Experience of Populations Exchange Reconsidered
Discussion
2.30-3.15pm Professor Caglar Keyder (Bogazi3i University):
Consequences of the Exchange of Populations on the Formation of
Nationhood and Citizenship in Turkey
Discussion
3.15-4.00pm Mr Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos :
The Greek-Turkish Exchange of Populations and the Reformation of Greek
National Identity
Discussion
4.00-4.30pm Tea/Coffee
4.30-7.15pm INFORMAL FORUM:
Personal Responses to Refugee Issues
Professor Renos Papadopoulos
Mr Kemal Kuscu
VIDEO Okinaga Room
7.30pm Dinner Wadham College
Saturday 19 September
8.15-9.15am Registration - Conference Office
Session Chair: Dr Laurie Hart
9.15-10.00am Dr Alexandra Yerolympos (University of Thessaloniki):
Temporary Solutions and Long-term Dysfunctions: Town Planning in
Greece between the Wars and the Refugee Problem
Discussion
10.00-10.45am Dr Vassilis Collonas:
The Architectural Expression of the Greeks of Asia Minor, Before and After
the Exchange of Populations in 1923
Discussion
10.45-11.15am Coffee
11.15-12.00pm Ms Vasso Stelaku:
The Cultural and Religious Tradition of Cappadocian Refugees, as a
Stimulus of Place Identity in their Settlements in Greece: The Case of
New Karvali and New Prokopi
Discussion
12.00-1.45pm Lunch break
Session Chair:
1.45-2.30pm Dr Hercule Millas:
The Exchange of Populations in Turkish Literature
Discussion
2.30-3.15pm Professor Peter Mackridge (University of Oxford):
The Myth of Asia Minor in Greek Fiction
Discussion
3.15-4.15 pm Mr Tolga K"ker (University of Southern California):
Creating the Other For Nation Building
Discussion
Ms Leyla Keskiner (Indiana University):
Lessons in being Refugees: The tale of Mucahirs in Turkey
Discussion
4.15-4.45pm Tea/Coffee
4.45-5.30pm Music from the Aegean Region
Performers: Matthaios Tsakourides, Cahit Baylav
7.30pm Formal Conference Dinner Rhodes House,
South Parks Road, Oxford (by the generous provision
of The Iznik Restaurant, London)
Sunday 20 September
8.15-9.15am Registration Conference Office
Session Chair
9.15-10.00am Ms Christine Philliou (Princeton University):
Death and Regeneration: The Historiographical Aftermath of
"1923"and the Greek/Turkish Exchange of Populations
Discussion
10.00-10.45am Ms Sophia Koufopoulou (Michigan State University):
Cretan, Turkish-Cretan, Moslem-Cretan, Giridli, Kritiki and/or Cundali:
The Politics of Ethnic-Local Identity Formation
Discussion
10.45-11.00am Coffee
11.00-11.45am Dr Eftihia Voutira (University of Oxford):
When Greeks meet other Greeks: The long term consequences of the Lausanne
Treaty and policy issues in the contemporary Greek context
Discussion
11.45-12.30pm PANEL DISCUSSION: ASSESSMENT AND CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Refugee Studies Programme is very grateful to the following for generous support for
the Conference:
The EFG Private Bank, London
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, Research Analysts Department
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, United Nations Department
The Hellenic Foundation
The Iznik Restaurant, London
The AG Leventis Foundation
The Alexander S Onassis Foundation, Athens
The Roberts Centre, London
TUSIAD, Istanbul
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cultural Section, Ankara
Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford
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