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LIGHT MILLENNIUM in collaboration with the COLUMBIA University
Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and
Cultures and Middle East Institute, and
the Consulate General of SWEDEN in New
York cordially invites you to the below
program on Wednesday, February 25, 2009,
NYC:
A Book Presentation and Signing:
TURKEY DECODED
by:
Ann
DISMORR
Swedish
Ambassador to Turkey from 2001-2005
Introduction of the author by:
Ambassador Ulf HJERTONSSON
Moderator:
Professor Peter AWN
Dean
of General Studies and Director of MEI
at Columbia University
DATE:
On Wednesday,
February
25, 2009
TIME:
Reception
6:30 pm, with program to follow
VENUE:
Columbia
University,
International Affairs Building (IAB
room 1501, 15th floor)
Located at 420 W. 118th Street (at Amsterdam
Avenue)
Please RSVP by:
February
24, 2009,
5PM.
Please RSVP to> contact@lightmillennium.org
Web
site:
http://lightmillennium.org
- This event is free and open to the
general public. Maximum
sitting capacity: 155
Ann DISMORR’s
book, Turkey Decoded, examines Turkey's
foreign policy, ties with the US and
the Middle East, as well as troubled
relations with the EU. As Dismorr notes,
obstacles to Turkey's path toward the
European Union lie within Turkey as
well as within the borders of the EU.
As a secular democracy with an overwhelming
Muslim population, Turkey could hold
the key to increased understanding and
tolerance between East and West. But
there is a growing concern in both Turkey
and the West about Turkey's "Islamization".
Ann Dismorr was the Swedish Ambassador
to Turkey from 2001–2005. She has
extensive knowledge of the region and
of Islam, having lived in Saudi Arabia,
worked on the Middle East peace process
and served as an ambassador in Lebanon.
Since 2006 she is the Ambassador/Head
of the International Department of the
Swedish Parliament, working actively
to enhance the understanding and dialogue
with the Muslim world.
Following the presentation, there will
be an open discussion with the participation
of the attendees. The session will be
moderated by Prof.
Peter AWN.
The American Turkish
Society (www.americanturkishsociety.org),
as a part of its Meet the Ambassadors
program, will host a reception in honor
of Ambassador Ann DISMORR and guests
at the event's venue.
Producers of the
program: Bircan Ünver,
Light Millennium & Prof.
Etem Erol, Columbia University
&
Martina Högberg, Consulate
General of Sweden in New York
Invitation
for printing>(pdf file)
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For full version of the Media Release>
For more information:
contact@lightmillennium.org,
ee2105@columbia.edu,
martina.hogberg@foreign.ministry.se
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