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Seminar by Oktar Türel

Department of Economics cordially invites all graduates, students, faculty and friends to the first one of our 50th Year Seminars.

 

Oktar Türel (METU)

Ortusen Anlatilar: Liberal XIX. Yüzyilda Macaristan ve (Ressam) Mihaly Munkacsy

Tarih: 16 Kasim 2009
Yer: Cobanoglu Salonu, IIBF A Binasi
Saat: 14:40

 
Yeni Türkü Concert

Department of Economics will organize a concert on 2nd of October 2009, Friday at Kemal Kurdas Hall of METU Culture and Convention Center. The concert will start at 21:00, just after the cocktail of the conference. The invitations are available from Department of Economics and Asterya Tourism. We expect to see all our alumni, students and faculty in the concert.

Organization Committee

 
CRISIS, RESTRUCTURING THE WORLD ECONOMY AND TURKEY

Conference on

CRISIS, RESTRUCTURING THE WORLD ECONOMY AND TURKEY



2 October 2009
Kemal Kurdas Hall
Culture and Convention Center
METU / Ankara

(The conference is open to public and participation is free.)


Program


09:30-10:00 Opening speech


10:00-12:00 Session 1
Reforms in Global Finance and Developing Countries

Covenor: Kamil Yılmaz (Koç University)

The Future of Global Financial Regulation
Robert Wade (LSE)

Reform of the International Financial Architecture:
What is at Stake for Developing Countries?

Yılmaz Akyüz (UNCTAD)

Economic Policies in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis:
Why are They So Different in Some of the Emerging Market Economies?

Fatih Özatay (TOBB ETU)


12:00-13:30 Lunch break


13:30-15:30 Session 2
Theories of Crises and Development

Convenor: Fikret Şenses (METU)

Keynes and the Crisis
Lance Taylor (New School)

How to Overcome a Crisis of Underconsumption
Çağlar Keyder (Boğaziçi University)

Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark:
How Development has Disappeared from Today's "Development" Discourse

Ha Joon Chang (Cambridge University)


15:30-16:00 Coffee break


16:00-18:00 Session 3
Comparative Analyses of Economic Crises in Turkey

Convenor: Yakup Kepenek (METU)

Economic Crises in Turkey in Retrospect and Prospect:
A Comparative Analysis of Failures in 1994, 2000-1 and 2008-9

Oktar Türel (METU)

A Comparison of Capital Movements during Two Crises: 2000-2001 and 2008-2009
Korkut Boratav (Ankara University)

Crisis Experience: Is it an Asset or Liability for Turkey?
Hasan Ersel (Sabancı University)

(The conference is open to public and participation is free.) 

18:00-20:00 Reception

21:00-23:00 Yen Türkü Concert

(Invitations for Concert are available from Department of Economics and Asterya Tourism)

Organization

Sponsors

METU Economic Research Center


Turkey GarantiBank


The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Department of Economics
Middle East Technical University
Ankara 06531 Turkey
www.erc.metu.edu.tr
Phone: (90 312) 210 2003

 
Alumni Day Concert

Department of Economics will organize a concert on the Alumni Day of 27th of June 2009, Saturday at FEAS A Building. The concert will start at 17:00, just after the alumni meeting in the department. We expect to see all our alumni, students and faculty in the concert.

Organization Committee

 
Alumni Day

This year aluni day will be held on 27th June 2009. There will be special activities in the honor of 50th year of department. We expect to see all our faculty, students and graduates in our department on alumni day.

Details will be announced soon.