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16-18 December, 2011 – History Education Meeting in Belgrade, Serbia. The Joint History Project's History Education Committee finalised its push to expand this highly successful history book series to cover more recent times. During a two-day meeting in Belgrade, the editors and contributors discussed the publication within a larger circle of participants and received input from a renowned international expert in the field of Southeast European History. The fruitful meeting was the last in a series of three meetings made possible by the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Institute for Sustainable Communities.
 2 – 4 December, Dynamic Teaching Tools Concept Meeting in Thessaloniki – Some of the most accomplished educators and researchers from the region and from the United States gathered in Thessaloniki to create the framework for a new dynamic teaching methodology tool. This talented, multi-faceted group will ultimately publish a manual that will provide teachers with the latest research on teaching methods and ideas on how these methods can be used in their classrooms. While this project builds upon CDRSEE's highly successful Joint History Project, the information and ideas within will not be limited to history classes, but rather will be focused on the art of teaching in a rapidly changing society. The manual will be translated into six different languages. This was the first meeting, with the next scheduled for spring 2012 in Tirana. The project is funded by the European Union, under the IPA Programme.
 1 December, 2011 – CDRSEE and the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) will kick off a new project in December, organising a series of lively debates about controversial regional issues and broadcasting these debates via major local TV stations throughout the region. The idea of “Similarities Between Differences” is to foster an exchange of ideas and a real debate about the issues that are plaguing these countries, impeding EU accession and reconciliation. This is not your everyday talk show. This series will bring together untainted, well-respected and unbiased individuals from a wide field of social sciences, including anthropology, ethnology, cultural studies, applied ethics and many others. The topics will not be easy or comfortable, but the wider debates that spring from this series can lead to real solutions and a mutual understanding. More information on the EFB is available at www.balkanfund.org.
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| Members of the Board of Directors |
Selcuk Erez
Selcuk Erez, born in 1936, living in Istanbul has been educated
as a gynaecologist at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical School at New
York. He is now a university professor at the University of Istanbul but
is better known for his widely read column in Cumhuriyet daily newspaper
.
Present and past memberships and positions include:
- Member of the of the jury of "The Haldun Taner Award
in Literature", the most important literary award in Turkey, since
its creation in 1987.
- He has acted as the cultural advisor to the Mayor of
Istanbul.
- Has served as a member of the administrative board of
the Municipal Theater of Istanbul.
- Member of the Jury of "Afife Jale Theater Awards".
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the Taksim Conferences,
an influential political discussion group.
- Member of the Association of History of Medicineof Turkey.
- Has been a member of the Representative Committee by
the Founders of the Press Council of Turkey.
- One of the founding members of the Aybay Foundation
for Legal Studies.
- Has been a member of the Ethics Committee of the Chamber
of Medicine of Istanbul.
His collected works have been published in nine volumes:
- Aklimizin ambargolari ( Embargoes of our mind ) ( essays
) 1988 Aybay Publishers, 1993 Sel Yayincilik.
- Milli fizik, milli kimya (National physics and national
chemistry) (essays) 1992 Sel Yayincilik.
- Agirmesrep kadinlar (Women of heavy conduct) (stories)
1993, 1994 Bilgi Publishers.
- Istanbul nerededir, orada kimler yasar ? (Where is Istanbul
and who lives there?) (essays on Istanbul) 1995 Sel Yayincilik.
- Trendelenburg pozisyonu (The Trendelenburg position)
(stories) 1996 Sel Yayincilik.
- Istankoyalti Bodrum (Bodrum, close to Istankoy) (an
essay on the past of an Aegean village) 1996, 1997 Bilgi Publishers.
- Koktendinsizler (The radical irreligious) (essays) 1997
Sel Yayincilik.
- Tekbacaklilar, cok ayaklilar (The single legged and
the multilegged) (a contemporary bestiary) 2000 Bilgi Publishers.
- Mesa nichta stin Ayiasophia: A night in Haghia Sophia
(selected stories translated into Greek) printed by Paratiritis Publishing
House (Thessaloniki, Greece).
- Makrikoye donus (Back to Makrikeuy) (A novel) in print,
Dogan Yayincilik, Istanbul, 2002
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