Date: Monday, November 27, 2006

Place: Cultural Center (Albert Long Hall), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Agenda:

10:30-10:45	Opening Remarks by Prof. Masami Arai Paper presentation and Discussion (30+15 minutes for each)
[1st Session]
10:45-11:30	Masako Matsui (Lecturer, Keio University, Tokyo) "Capitulations and Tariff Questions in the Early Nineteenth Century"
11:30-12:15	Fumiko Sawae (Lecturer, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) "Islamist Women and Public Sphere in Turkey" Commentators: Prof. Şevket Pamuk (Boğaziçi University) Prof. Metin Heper (Bilkent University)
12:15-13:30	Lunch
[2nd Session]
13:30-14:15	Housam Darwisheh (Ph.D. Candidate, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) "The Parliamentary Experience of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt"
14:15-15:00	Taku Osoegawa (Researcher, The Institute of Energy Economics, Tokyo) "How did the Lebanese Government Deal with the Crisis in Lebanon?" Commentators: Prof. Abdul-Rahim Abu-Husayn (American University of Beirut) Prof. Hilal Khashan (American University of Beirut)
15:00-15:20	Break
[3rd Session]
15:20-16:05	Takayuki Nakamura (Ph.D. Candidate, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) "Essai sur la communication creole." (English translation will be provided) Commentators: Prof. Jale Parla (Istanbul Bilgi University) Prof. Ayhan Kaya (Istanbul Bilgi University)
16:05-16:50	Lecture Prof. Osamu Nishitani (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) "Deux notions occidentales de l'Humanite : Anthropos et Humanitas"(English translation will be provided)
16:50-17:00	Concluding Remarks and Thanks by Prof. Hidemitsu Kuroki