Applications of Genetics to the Reconstruction of Human Evolution and History
Dr. Brunetto Chiarelli and Dr. Timur Gültekin

Evolution and Creationism
Dr. Charles Susanne
1. Introduction (Charles Susanne, Free University Brussels))
2. The situation on Evolutionary Biology vs Creationism in Protestant Scandinavia (Ingrid Berg, Elisabeth Iregren, Hans Christian Petersen,Stockholm University, Lund University, University of Southern Denmark)
3. Why Religions reject Evolution? The complex relationships among Religion, Science and Politics./(Kally Simitoupoulou and Nikos Xirotiris, Thrace University, Greece)
4. About the situation in catholic countries (Charles Susanne, Free University Brussels)
5. About the situation in Turkey (Erksin Gulec, University of Ankara)
6. Intelligent Design. When faith claims rationality (Free University Brussels)
7. Education and Evolution in School Systems (Anna Heumann) still in discussion
8. The dilogue between the Church God and Love and the indigenous people: a case of Dourados reserve-MS,Brazil (Maria Alcantara) still in discussion

Globalization and Anthropology
Dr. Sibel Ozbudun

IUAES Commission on Urban Anthropology
Chairperson: Dr. Giuliana B. Prato
Executive Secretary: Dr. Marcello Mollica
1. "Political Mobilization: Understanding Determinants and Constraints"
Dr. Marcello Mollica and Dr. Kayhan Delibas

2. "Anthropology and Identity: Disenfranchising Concepts from Disciplinary Mindsets"
Dr. Nuran Erol Işık

3. "Migration, Identity and Gender in Latin-America"
Dr. Lars Leer

4. "Migration and Urbanization: Emerging Situation in Multiethnic Societies"
Dr. Sumita Chaudhuri

Britsih anthropologist Dr. Verreir Elwin
Ethnographic Documentary Film
Biswajeet Bora
www.angeloftheaboriginals.com

IUAES-Commission of Anthropology of the Middle East
Chairperson: Dr. Soheila Shahshahani
Senior Vice-President of IUAES
Editor of Anthropology of the Middle East
Email: soheilairan@gmail.com

Executive Secretary: Dr. Birgit Reinel
Managing Editor of Anthropology of the Middle East
Email: birgitreinel@yahoo.de

Session 1: Encounters between the Local and the Global in the Middle East
Chair: Soraya Tremayne (soraya.tremayne@anthro.ox.ac.uk)

Session 2: Material Cultures in the Middle East – Integration or Dispersion
Chair: Soheila Shahshahani (soheilairan@gmail.com)

Session 3: Rituals and Change in the Middle East
Chair: Zubaydah Ashkanani (zashk@yahoo.com)

Session 4: Recent studies in Genetic Anthropology in the Middle East
Chair: Hassen Chaabani (hassenchaabani07@yahoo.fr)

IUAES-Commission on Theoretical Anthropology (COTA)
Petr Skalník
IUAES Vice-President
COTA Chairperson

Session 1: Anthropology and Philosophy
Session 2: Current Advances in the Anthropological Theory of the State
Session 3: Culture Theory across Culture

Abstract: Commission on Theoretical Anthropology (COTA) will meet in Antalya and discuss the questions which could not be raised at Kunming due to the absence of most paper givers. There will be three paper sessions: 1) Anthropology and Philosophy; 2) Current Advances in the Anthropological Theory of the State and 3) Culture Theory across Culture. The first session will recapitulate the results of the project which already nears its completion as the would be presenters at Kunming have submitted their papers to the editors Ananta Kumar Giri and John Clammer. In Antalya we will discuss the individual papers and the draft of the introduction written by the editors. In the second session the participants will evaluate the publication of most papers prepared for Kunming 2008 in Social Evolution and History 8 (1), 2009. The third session will examine the latest developments in culture theory as it is ramified by world cultural diversity.

Commission on Enterprise Anthropology
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Zhang Jijiao
Secretary: Professor Tomoko Hamada
Vice-Executive Secretary: Associate Prof. Du Fachun

Session 1: Enterprise and Cross-cultural/ Cross-Ethnic Business
Session 2: Enterprise and Consumer
Session 3: Enterprise and Social Responsibility

Summary: Enterprise is not only a kind of economic organization, but also a kind of social and cultural organization. Anthropology has recently moved into the study of modern corporations and business organizations.

"Secular Change and Socio-Economic Inequalities"
Dr. Basak Koca Özer

IUAES Commission on Human Rights
1. Human Rights: Emerging Challenges in the Present Day World
2. Human Rights and Disadvantaged People: The Issue of Human Security and Survival.
Dr. B. Chaudhuri

Commission on Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development
Session Convener: Dr. Rudnev Viatcheslav (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, E-mail: roudnev@mail.ru )