Graz – ESI lecture: Do outsiders get the Balkans and Turkey?

Photo: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

The University of Graz and the European Stability Initiative
are pleased to invite you to a public lecture

Do outsiders get the Balkans and Turkey?

Thursday, 22 January 2015, 17.00-18.30

Bosnia, European Raj (2003) – Kayseri and Islamic Calvinism (2005)

Universität Graz
Zentrum für Südosteuropastudien
HS 23.03, Erdgeschoss, Mozartgasse 3, 8010 Graz

How can a think tank write reports that have impact? Can headlines be planned? Is impact on the public debate and impact on policy makers the same? Starting with ESI publications on Bosnia – the European Raj (2003); Lost in the Bosnian labyrinth (2013); Protest and Illusions (2004-2014) – this presentation by ESI chairman Gerald Knaus examines the strategy of a European think tank: from research strategies to writing style to dissemination efforts. The presentation also looks at the background story to a widely read report on Turkey – Islamic Calvinists (2005) – and the challenge of tackling another burning political issue in Turkey today: political justice.

• Travails of the European Raj – Media reactions
• Islamic Calvinists. Change and Conservatism in Central Anatolia – Media reactions
• Lost in the Bosnian labyrinth. Why the Sejdic-Finci case should not block an EU application – Media reactions
• Protests and Illusions – How Bosnia and Herzegovina lost a decade
• Kafka's world – the trial of Mehmet O.

Gerald Knaus