Russia and the Circassians : An Internal Problem or an International Matter?

THE CARR CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
JOHN F.KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

PRESENTS

IN COOPERATION WITH:

THE DAVIS CENTER FOR RUSSIAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES

THE JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION

THE CIRCASSIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE

APRIL 8

Morning panel

9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Location:

John Kennedy School of Government

79 JFK St., Taubman building, Nye A,

Cambridge, MA 02138

Afternoon panel

2:00 P.M. – 5:00 PM

Location:

The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

1730 Cambridge Street,

Cambridge, MA 02138

Room S050 at CGIS South Building

AGENDA

Morning Panels

Kennedy School of Government

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Registration and breakfast 9:00 a.m.

Panel #1 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Introduction

Dr. Lois Andreasen

Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts

Stephen Shenfield

“Who are Circassians? A Historical Perspective”

Analyst, Johnson’s Russia List

Irma Kreiten

“On the path to genocide - The Russian ‘final subjugation’ of Northwestern Caucasus in a comparative perspective”

Ph.D. in Comparative Genocide Studies

Southampton University, Great Britain.

Justin McCarthy

“The deportation of Circassians from the Caucasus to the Ottoman Empire”.

Professor, Louisville University

Glen Howard

Moderator

President, Jamestown Foundation

Coffee break 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.

Panel #2 11:30 p.m. – 1:00 pm.

Ibragim Yagan

“The Circassians Resistance against Russian colonialism – History and the current situation”

Exclusive director, For Human Rights

Nalchik, North Caucasus

Joshua Rubenstein

“Russia’s Human Rights policy and the current situation”

Director, Northeast Region

Amnesty International, USA

Paul Goble

"Circassians in the North Caucasus and the Broader World: Attentive Co-Ethnics, Neglectful Governments"

Professor, Institute of World Politics

Conclusion

Close of the morning panel 1:00 p.m.

Afternoon Panel

CGIS South Building

1:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Lunch 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Afternoon Panel 2:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Introduction

John Colarusso

Moderator

Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Department of Linguistics and Languages

McMaster University, Canada

Zack Barsaqua

“The Circassian Ethos”

Circassian Cultural Institute

Baj Nusret Bas

“The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey”

President, Caucasian House

Istanbul, Turkey

Matthew Light

“Territorial Restructuring in the Russian Federation and the Future of the Circassian Republics"

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Fatima Tlisova

The War on Circassian Nationalism

Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts

Glen Howard

“Russia’s Circassia Problem, The Sochi Olympics & its Repercussions for the Northwest Caucasus: Is there a Role for the US?

President - The Jamestown Foundation

End of Seminar 5:00 p.m.