| The Turkish Vice-Consul, the Hon Mr Ozgur Sahin, is pictured with the... The Turkish Vice-Consul, the Hon Mr Ozgur Sahin, is pictured with the History and Politics students who are soon departing for Istanbul and the Gallipoli Peninsula. Flanking the Vice-Consul are the trip’s tour leaders Associate Professor John McQuilton and PhD researcher, Jen Hawksley |
Gallipoli Study Tour students meet Turkish Vice-Consul
17 Jun 2008 | Bernie Goldie
UOW’s School of History and Politics is running a Gallipoli Study Tour for the first time this year and ahead of the students’ departure on Sunday 22 June they today (17 June) met the Turkish Vice-Consul when he visited Wollongong.
Associate Professor John McQuilton and PhD researcher, Jen Hawksley, will be the tour leaders for 14 second and third year history students soon leaving for an eight-day visit to Istanbul and the Gallipoli Peninsula.
“The students have all worked incredibly hard with second jobs, fund raising and supportive families to be able to come on the trip – the first of its kind for the school,” Professor McQuilton said.
He said that as part of the pre-departure classes, the group today hosted a visit by the Hon Mr Ozgur Sahin, Vice-Consul to the Republic of Turkey in Australia.
The Vice-Consul addressed the students on modern Turkey and the influence of the Gallipoli campaign on Turkish culture and nationalism. Earlier in the day, the Vice-Consul was officially welcomed to the University with a special morning tea hosted by the UOW Executive.
And on 18 June the School of History and Politics will stage an address by Jennifer Lawless, who is the Inspector of the History Syllabus at the NSW Board of Studies, whose own PhD thesis looks at the experience of Australian POWs on Gallipoli.
She has travelled and researched in Turkey seven times, most recently as a result of an Endeavour Foundation Grant.
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