Day 1, 23. November 2017
21 Nov, 4 pm
11:00-13:00	Registration		Niagara main hall
13:00-13:15	Opening and introduction	NI: B0E15			Karina Vamling and Bo Petersson, Co-directors of Russia and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR), Malmö University
13:15-14:00	Keynote Speech: What Do the Tbilisi Archives Really Tell Us?	NI: B0E15			Walter Richmond, Occidental College, Los Angeles
14:00-14:45	Keynote Speech: Survival and Transformation of Circassian Identity in the Eastern Marmara Region in Turkey through Gastronationalism and Ethno-Tourism	NI:B0E15			Zeynel Besleney, Editor of Journal of Caucasian Studies – JOCAS (Turkey)
14:45-15:00	Amjad Jaimoukha – In memoriam	NI:B0E15			Lars Funch Hansen, Caucasus Studies, Malmö University
15:00-15:15	Coffee Break
15:15-16:00	Poster Session – Presentations of Organizations and Materials
	Location:					Niagara main hall, 2.floor
	Gunsel Avci & Didem Baş Bilge	Circassian Women Solidarity Association in Turkey
	Faidi Mahmoud Barsbai	Circassian Culture Association of Nuremberg Germany
	Adel Bashqawi	Book presentation: Circassia Born to be Free
	Didem Baş Bilge	Circassian Organizations Federation (Turkey)
	Ufuk Çevik	Federation of Caucasian Associations (Kaffed)
	Merab Chukhua	Circassian Cultural Centre, Tbilisi, Georgia
	Caspar ten Dam	The Association for the Study of EthnoGeoPolitics
	Zuhdi Janbej Janbek	Circassian Charity Association in Jordan
	Basel Katt & Tina Abzakh	Circassian Repatriation Organization
	Hamed Kazemzadeh	Caucasus Studies at Center for East European Studies, Warsaw
	Walter Richmond	Archive materials
	Avraham Shmulevich	Circassian Congress and Circassian Union
	Ali İhsan Tarı	Adige Language Association in Turkey
Plenary Session II 16:00-17:00
16:00-16:45	Keynote Speech: The Legacy of the Sochi Olympics and Future Trajectories			NI:B0E15			Sufian Zhemukhov, George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies: Circassian Issue
16:45-17:00	Concluding part			NI:B0E15
18:30–	Conference dinner			Niagara restaurant

Circassians in the 21^st century: Identity and Survival – in the homeland and diaspora

Day 2, 24. November 2017 – Panel Sessions 1-3. 09:00-10:00
	Panel 1			Panel 2
Location/room	G8: 508			G8: 505
09:00-09:30	Didem Baş Bilge, Circassian Organizations Federation: Circassians Refugees of Syria, solidarity cases of Diaspora in Turkey			Avraham Shmulevich, Institute of Eastern Partnership: The relationship between the Circassians and the Türks in the North Caucasus
09:30-10:00	Cahit Aslan, Çukurova University, Faculty of Education: Identity and Survival in the Circassians of Turkey: Expectations and Facts			Islam Tekushev: Circassian Civil Society and Russian Authorities
10:00-10.15	Coffee Break
Panel Sessions 3.1 & 4.1 10.15–12.00
	Panel 3.1		Panel 4.1
	Homeland and Diaspora – Minority Conditions. Status, Trends, Perspectives.		Survival of Circassian Culture and Traditions in the Era of Globalisation.
Location/room	G8:508		NI: C0319
10:15-10:30	Introduction by moderator Zeynel Besleney, Editor of Journal of Caucasian Studies-JOCAS (Turkey)		Introduction by moderator Madina Tlostanova, Department of Thematic Studies/Gender Studies Unit, Linköping University, Sweden
10:30-11:00	Giuliano Bifolchi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education, and Society: The current situation of the Circassian community in Iraq: the struggle for survival and formal recognition		Ufuk Çevik, Faculty of Tourism Department of Tourism Management Anadolu University, Turkey: An Analysis of the Effects Participating in Diaspora Tourism of Circassians Living in Turkey on Their Place Attachment
11:00-11:30	Chen Bram, Truman Institute, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem: Identity challenges of a diaspora minority: lessons from the case studies of Circassians in Israel and in the U.S.A		Hamed Kazemzadeh, Center for East European Studies, University of Warsaw: Last survivors of Circassian in Persia; Identity and Traditions
11:30-12:00	Adel Bashqawi, Amman, Jordan: The Prolonged Circassian Suffering
12:00-13:00	Lunch Break
Panel Sessions 3.2 & 4.2, 13:00-15:15
	Panel 3.2	Panel 4.2
	Circassian civil society mobilisation and organisation.	Circassian language. The role of language in contemporary Circassian revival
Location/room	G8: 508	G8: 505
13:00-13:15	Introduction by moderator Lars Funch Hansen, Caucasus Studies, Malmö University	Introduction by moderator Merab Chukhua, Tbilisi State University & Circassian Culture Center (Georgia): Study of Circassian and other Iberian-Caucasian languages in Georgia as a part of the cultural policy of the region
13:15-13:45	Dijan Özkurt, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University & Mimarsinan Fine Arts University: Informal Circassian Organisations in Turkey after 2000: The Case of Caucasus Forum	Marziyat Bidanok, Kerashev Institute of Research in the Humanities of the Adyghe Republic, Maykop, Russia: The preservation of the Circassian language and Circassian culture in the context of globalization
13:45-14:15	Jade Cemre Erciyes The mIRC Circassians: The Circassian Diaspora Online at the Beginning of the 21^st Century	Miriam Yamak, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Language, the Pillar of our Survival
14:15-14:45	Yasmine Shawwaf, International Development, Community & Environment Department, Clark University & Chen Bram, Truman Institute, Hebrew University: The hybrid Circassian: Challenges of Identity in Open Societies	Hamit Yüksel, Erciyes University, Turkey:Revival of Adygabze on Facebook
14:45-15:15	Matthew Hedges, Durham University: The Role of Minorities in Regime Security Strategy: A Case Study of the Circassians in King Hussein’s Jordan
15:15-15:30	Coffee Break
Plenary Session III, 15:30-16:30
Location/room	G8:125
15:30-16:30	Closing Panel Discussion