SEMINAR ON THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS
15th June 2006
Reval Hotel Lietuva
Conference hall Zeta, Konstitucijos Ave. 20, Vilnius
08.45 Registration of participants
09.00 Opening of the seminar
Moderator: Mr. Audronius Ažubalis, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Introductory word:
Prof. Justinas Karosas, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
09.05 PRESENTING THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS INITIATIVE
H. E. Mr. Fidel López Alvarez, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the Republic of Lithuania
09.15 A COMMON NEED TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER
H.E. Ms. Sanivar Kizildeli, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Lithuania
09.25 Dialogue of Civilizations and Lithuania
Mr. Rokas Bernotas, Director of the Multilateral Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
09.35 Imagination of Otherness: Interaction of Civilizations in the Light of Postcolonial Discourse
Dr. hab. Audrius Beinorius, Director of the Centre of Oriental Studies, Vilnius University
09.50 The Impossibility of Civilization (Beyond Clash and Dialogue)
Dr. Egdūnas Račius, Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences, Vilnius University
10.05 Discussions and comments
10.20 When will the Republic of Lithuania Recover THE Experience of Multiculturalism of the GrAND DUTCHY of Lithuania
Mr. Liudvikas Gadeikis, Editor-in-Chief of the weekly Veidas
10.35 Representatives from religious groups of Lithuania:
The Reverend Lionginas VIRBALAS, Lithuanian Bishops Conference
The Reverend Vladimir Seliavko, Russian Orthodox Church
The Reverend Algimantas Kvedaravičius, Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church
11.15 Discussions and comments
11.30 Coffee break
11.50 Continuation of seminar
Moderator: Prof. Leonidas Donskis, Director of the Institute of Political Sciences and Diplomacy, Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University
12.00 Secularism, Islam and Democracy in Turkey
Dr. Binnaz Toprak, Professor at the Bogazici University in Istanbul[1]
12.15 Generational and Gender Relations
Mr. Semih Dundar Idiz, journalist of the CNN-Turk and the newspaper Miliyet
12.30 Discussions and comments
12.45 THE Military: the Guardian of or Obstacle on the Way to Democracy
Dr. Ilter Turan, Professor at the Bilgi University in Istanbul
13.00 Formal (Declared) and Informal (Lived by) Values
Mr. Levent Korkut, Chairman of Amnesty International Turkey, Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Turkish Civil Society Development Centre
13.15 Discussions and conclusions
13.30 End of seminar
1 Special thanks to Mr. Tayfun UZUNOVA, Lithuanian Honorary Consul in Turkey, for the contribution as regards the arrival of the Turkish guests to Lithuania.
