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CONFERENCE- Central Eurasian Studies Conference, Bloomington, Mar. 27
Posted by: Katherine Petrie <kapetrie indiana.edu>
Posted: 17 Mar 1999
CONFERENCE- Central Eurasian Studies Conference, Bloomington, Mar. 27
The 6th annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference will be held at Indiana
University-Bloomington on Saturday, March 27. There is no charge to attend
the sessions: if you are within reasonable transportation distance, we invite
you to come!
The program and other information is available from the website:
http://www.indiana.edu/~iaunrc/conf99web.html#program
The Sixth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference
at Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
Saturday, March 27, 1999
Sponsored by
The Association of Central Eurasian Students
The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center
Papers in all regions and disciplines of Central Eurasian Studies will be
presented by graduate students and independent scholars from around the world.
Please email acesindiana.edu for more information or check back on this page.
To contact us by phone, call (812) 855-9510 or fax us at (812) 855-7500.
REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE
9:00 AM-9:30 AM Room: 008
MORNING SESSION
9:30 AM-12:00 AM
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES I
Farrukh Salihov (Rutgers University, Newark)
State Administration in Tajikistan: Understanding Reality
Eric M. McGlinchey (Princeton University)
Kyrgyzstan: A Case of State Decentralization in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Gulnara Abdullaeva (University of Kentucky)
Higher Education and Development in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan
ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND INNER ASIAN HISTORY
Daniel Prior (Indiana University)
Tonukuk, the Man: Using Ethnopoetics to Revive an Old Turkic Voice in Stone
Ablet Kamalov (Kazakh Academy of Sciences)
Turks and Uighurs During the Rebellion of An Lushan
Melinda Niekum (California State University)
Shamanism, Imagery, and Acculturation in Sogdiana
Akram Habibullaev (Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania)
Arabic Literature in Khwarezm (11th-13th Centuries)
Paul Losensky (Indiana University)
Strolling through Bukhara: Urban Topography in the poetry of Sayyida Nasafi
IMAGES OF MONGOLIAN INDENTITIES
Alicia Campi (President, U.S.-Mongolia Advisory Group)
Ancient Kharakhorum-New Development Area
Academician Shagdaryn Bira (Secretary-General, International Association
for Mongol Studies [IAMS], Mongolia)
Traditional Mongolian Political Concepts in the 13th and 14th Centuries
(Academician Bira's presentation is sponsored by The Mongolia Society
and The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center)
Robert Montgomery (Indiana University)
The Buriat National Committee and Buriat Language Issues between the
February and October Revolutions
Baatar Tsend (Academy of Sciences of Mongolia)
The Present Situation in the Kazakh-Mongolian Community
LUNCH
12:00PM-1:00PM Room: 008
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:00PM-3:30PM
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES II
Capt. Richard Dabrowski (USAF Special Operations School)
Post-Soviet Cultural Monuments in Uzbekistan and their Foreign Policy
Implications
Cagri Erdem, and Joseph Leitmann-Santa-Cruz (San Francisco State
University)
Energy Politics and Ethnic Conflicts: Power Struggle in the Greater Caspian
Region
Kapan K. Kadrzhanov (Kazakh National Technical University)
Population and Languages Functioning in Modern Kazakhstan
Jamilya Ukudeeva (University of California, Riverside)
Application of Political Science Theories to the Rise of Ethnic
Insurgencies in Kyrgyzstan
POST-SOVIET ECONOMIC ISSUES
Azhar Kadrzhanova (Kazakhstan Post-Privatization Fund);Gulnara Arayeva
(Demeu Ltd.)
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Development in Kazakhstan
Joseph Salukvadze (Tbilisi State University/M.I.T.)
Land Reform and Land Management in Post-Soviet Georgia
Kathy Metzo (Indiana University)
Conserving World Heritage Through 'Traditionally Integrated Development'"
Brian Donahoe (Indiana University)
Institutional Upheaval and the Decline of Reindeer Herding in the Republic
of Tuva
FINNO-UGRIC CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC ISSUES
Piibi-Kai Kivik (Tartu University)
Talking Changes
Liz Peterson (Indiana University)
The Linguistic Situation of the Saami Region of Northern Europe
Mariya Niendorf (Indiana University)
Belief of Sauna Spirits among Young Finns
Gabor Molnar (Indiana University)
How to Translate a Parable
REFLECTIONS OF MODERN MONGOLIAN IDENTITY
William Rozycki (Indiana University)
Dating Styles and Cultural Influence: Kalmyk Epistolary Practice in the
Early 1800s
Peter Marsh (Indiana University)
Music, Nationalism and the Emergence of an Independent Mongolia: The Case
of the Horse-Head Fiddle
Daniel Hruschka (Emory University)
Badarchin Tales: Wandering on the Margins of Morality
Tamas Csornai-Kovacs (Eotvos Lorand University of Science)
Nomads on Four Wheels: Mongolian Driver-Folklore or Wax-Works of a Vanished
Cult
COFFEE/TEA BREAK
3:30 PM-4:00 PM Room: 008
EVENING SESSION
4:00PM-6:30PM
CURRENTS AND CROSS-CURRENTS IN CENTRAL ASIAN IDENTITY
Catherine Poujol (French Institute of Central Asian Studies, Tashkent)
Is there a "Central Asian Russian" Identity in the Post-Soviet Independent
States?
Paul Georg Geiss (University of Vienna)
Turkmen Tribalism
Sebastien Peyrouse (French Institute of Central Asian Studies, Tashkent)
A Christian Revival in Central Asia? Between Introversion and Universalism
Marlene Laruelle (French Institute of Central Asian Studies, Tashkent)
"Orient" and "Occident": The Russian and Turko-Muslim Eurasianist
Discursive Paradoxes
ENVIRONMENT IN EURASIA
Susan Gallagher (University of New Mexico)
The Syr Darya River Basin of Central Asia: Economic Development,
Environmental Crisis, Conflict and Reform
Ajiniyaz R. Reimov (Indiana University)
Biodiversity of the Aral Sea Area
Keely Lange (University of Notre Dame)
In Defense of the Aral: The Environment and the Uzbek National Security
Agenda
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE EASTERN BALTIC SEA REGION: MEDIA, EDUCATION,
WELFARE AND INVESTMENT
Eve Nilenders (Indiana University)
Through Uncharted Waters Towards an Uncertain Goal: The Course of
Broadcasting Legislation in Estonia and Poland
Kara Brown (Indiana University)
The Making of a Minority: Minority Education in an Independent Estonia
Lisa Raupp (Indiana University)
Women and the Finnish Welfare State, 1987-1995: An Evaluation of 'Crisis'
and Change
Terri Ziacik (Indiana University)
An Assessment and Comparison of the Estonian Investment Climate: Results
from a Survey of Foreign Investors
SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS OF IDENTITY IN WORD, DEED AND ART
Lena Sullivan (Boston)
Buddhist Elements in Tajik Jewelry
Leila Rahimovna Dodykhudoeva (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Ethno-Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of West Pamir: A Reflection of
Traditional Religious Beliefs in Language
Susan Crate (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
The Contemporary Yhyakh: The Ludic as Segue to Ethnicity, Politics and
Economy
Zarifa Nazarova (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Ethnolinguistic Analysis of Lexica devoted to the Pamir New Year Rituals
and Traditions
Alejandro Chaoul (Rice University)
Tracing the Origins of Cho (GCOD) in the Bon Tradition: A Dialogic Approach
cutting through Sectarian Boundaries
RECEPTION AT THE UNIVERSITY CLUB (Indiana Memorial Union Bldg)
7:00PM-9:00PM
CONFERENCE- Soyuz- Post-Communist Cultural Studies, Bloomington, Apr.9-11
Posted by: Central Asia Forum <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 17 Mar 1999
CONFERENCE- Soyuz- Post-Communist Cultural Studies, Bloomington, Apr.9-11
[See website for more information: http://www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb/soyuz.html]
[Thanks to Katherine Petrie <kapetrieindiana.edu> for passing this on.]
Peripheral Visions: Views for the Margins
SOYUZ - the research network for Post-Communist Cultural Studies
Annual Conference April 9-11, 1999, Mathers Museum, Indiana University.
The theme for this year's conference focuses on changes in the periphery of the
former Communist states since the fall of Communism. This includes changes in
the composition of the periphery (geographical, social, and economic) and
changes in relationships between periphery and center.
Friday, April 9, 1999
8-9 Registration
9-10:30 Institutional Upheaval
* Elena Govorina: "The Impact of Traditional and Modern Social
Institutions on Formation of National Self-Awareness of
Native People of the North (Evenki)."
* Halina Manzanova, BIRP, "The Socio-Economic Consequences of
Small Farm Development in the Condition of a Social Reform
in a Village from the Point of View of National Group
Interests"
* Joseph Salukvadze, Tbilisi State University: "Changes in
Land Management in Post-Soviet Georgia."
* Tracie L. Wilson, Indiana University: "Where the Bison Still
Roam: Wildlife Preservation and Animal Welfare in Poland and
Beyond."
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-1:00 Development of Human Resources in Central Asia
* Martin Spechler, Indiana University-Purdue University at
Indianapolis: "Regional Cooperation in Central Asia."
* Farrukh Salihov, Rutgers University: "State Administration
in Tajikistan: Understanding Reality"
* Cholpon E. Alieva, University of Minnesota: "Forming the
Philosophy of Cultural Education in Post-Soviet Space:
Reform of the Educational System in Kyrgyzstan."
* 10 minute break
* Bermet Stakeeva, Forum of Women's NGOs of Kyrgyzstan:
"Reproductive Health in Kyrgyzstan."
* Gulnara Kuzibaeva, Georgetown University: "Changes in
Marriage Patterns and Fertility in Uzbekistan."
1:00-2:30 Lunch
2:30-4:00 Border Crossings
* Baatar Tsend, Academy of Sciences of Mongolia, "Social and
Cultural Changes of the Mongol-American Community"
* Natalia Shostak, University of Alberta: " 'Value Village' in
My Village: Western Ukrainians and the Overseas Kin."
* J.A. Dickinson, University of Michigan: "Working at the
Margins: Narratives of Migrant Labor and Social Change in a
Ukrainian Border Community."
* Naomi Roslyn Galtz, University of Michigan: "A Modest
Periphery: Drinking, Dreaming, and Making-Do at the Moscow
Dacha"
4:00-4:15 break
4:15-6:15 Intellectual Centers and Shifts
* Tamara Sivertseva, Institute of Oriental Studies: "The Quest
for National Identity in the North Caucasus"
* Dana Mukanova, Lyudvig Ulubabyan, Center for Central Asian
Studies, Yerevan, Armenia: "Armenian-Kypchak Relations."
* Paul Aligica, Indiana University and Academy of Economic
Studies, Bucharest: "Institutions, Culture and the
Transition Process: An Alternative Approach to
Post-Communist Social Dynamics."
* 10 minute break
* Nurgul Djanaeva, International University of Kyrgyzstan:
"Internationalization of Higher Education in Kyrgyzstan."
* Dubravka Zarkov, University Nijmegan: "Dwelling in the
Intersections: Intellectual Geography of East and West."
6:15-7:00 free time
7:00 pm-10:00 pm Reception in University Club
Saturday, April 10, 1999
9-10:15 am Symbolic Representations of Identity
* Tatiana Suspitsina, University of Michigan: "The Rape of
Holy Mother Russia and Hatred of Femininity: The Use of
Feminine Imagery in Russian Nationalist Press."
* Olga Sezneva, New York University: "Living in the Russian
Present With a German Past: Problems of Identity in the City
of Kaliningrad."
* Greta Uehling, University of Michigan: "The Repatriation of
Crimean Tatars: The "House" as Metaphor, Idiom, and
Narrative Structuring Device."
10:15-10:30 coffee break
10:30-12:15 Reflections of Indigenous Culture as (Dis)empowering
* Eva Fridman, "Escaping Within: Lost in the Boundaries."
* K. David Harrison, Yale University: "The Language and
Meta-Language of Shamanism in Tyva (Tuva)."
* Shawn T. Lyons, UW-Madison, "Inhibited By Independence:
Modeern Uzbek Cultural Criticism and the Fear of the
Postcolonial."
* Alexander King, University of Virginia: "Hijacking
Indigenous Culture in the Russian Periphery."
12:15-2:00 pm Lunch
2:00-4:15 Fruits of the Fall: Successes and Failures in
Post-Soviet Experiments in Industry, Economic Development, and
Democracy
* John Ziker, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: "Survival
Economy and Core-Periphery Dynamics in the Taimyr Autonomous
Region."
* Susie Crate, UNC, "Diamond Mining in Post-Soviet Russia:
Accounting for the Past, Looking to the Future."
* Oksan Bayulgen, University of Texas: "Ruinous Riches? Oil
and/or Democracy in Azerbaijan."
* 10 minute break
* Elvira Mamytova, Kyrgyz Association of Social Science
Research: "Power and Opposition: Per Aspera ad Democracy."
* Alexander Danilovich, Southern Illinois University: "The
Domestic Politics of International Integration: Russia and
Belarus."
4:15-4:30 break
4:30-5:45 Feast or Famine: Corruption, Consumption, and Poverty
* Tanja Duric-Kuzmanovic, Advanced Business School, Novi Sad,
Serbia: "Poverty and Directed Non-Development in Serbia."
* Serguei Alex Oushakine, Columbia University: "The Quantity
of Style: Imaginary Consumption in the New Russia."
* Tawnia Sanford, East European Branch, Association of
Universities and Colleges of Canada: "The Creation of
Criminal Russia."
* Jan Koehler, "Time of the Lads: Organizing Violence and
Structuring Trust Beyond the State in Post-Soviet Georgia."
CONFERENCE- International Relations, Almaty Kazakstan, April 1999
Posted by: Gulmira G. Burkitbaeva <burkitkazuwl.itpm.alma-ata.su>
Posted: 16 Mar 1999
CONFERENCE- International Relations, Almaty Kazakstan, April 1999
The Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages
announces the International Scientific-Practical Conference on
"International Relations: Theory-Practice-Search," which is to be held in
April 29-30, 1999 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This conference is organized by
KazSUIR & WL and devoted to the first anniversary of acquiring the status
of the University of International Relations and World Languages and the
name of Abylai Khan, distinguished statesman of Kazakhstan and great diplomat.
The goals of the conference are to discuss actual, theoretical and
practical problems, to exchange experience and coordinate efforts in the
sphere of training international relations specialists in all institutions
of Kazakhstan, to search new perspective directions in scientific
researchers, theoretical and practical insurance of external priorities of
the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The work of the following sections is planned:
Section 1: Kazakhstan in the System of International Relations
Section 2: World Policy and Multilateral Diplomacy
Section 3: World Economics and International Relations
Section 4: International Relations and World Communication Area
Section 5: Country study and Regional Researchers
Section 6: The role of Language in International Cooperation
Working languages: Kazakh, Russian, and English.
Place: All meetings will be held in the main building of KazSUIR & WL at
the address: Almaty, 200 Mouratbayev Street.
Publications: The materials of conference participants will be published.
Requirements to manuscripts: To publish conference materials it is
necessary to send application and the text of the report due to applying
form using one of the conference work languages by March 25, 1999 to the
address of organization committee. The text volume is 3-5 pages. Manuscript
to publication is accepted in two ways: printed and set up MS Word (6.0 or
7.0); and electronic version put at diskette or sent by E-mail.
Format requirements:
1) Report title is in the center of the document, on the following line to
the center is the surname and initials of the author, and full name of
author's office or organization where he works
2) The list of references cited using original language of the source at
the end of the report in the following way (number in order, author's name
(initials), source name, place and year of issue, number and pages (for
magazines), title of the article (for newspapers). Reference in the text
due to the original number of sources is indicated in brackets. Graphs,
diagrams and other graphic materials are set out (arranged) on separate
pages. Desired position is shown in the text for graphic materials location.
3) In E-mail version, file code is to begin with symbols showing the
author's name or the name of the first author.
4) Print Times Roman Cyr, Baltica Kaz. (13 pt); interval -1,5; upper and
lower space-2,5 cm. left side-3 cm, right side-2 cm.
All materials will be published in the original. The author is responsible
for the content, style and accuracy of the article. Manuscripts are not
reviewed and sent back. The organization committee reserves the rights for
publication or declination of the manuscript.
Address of the organization committee:
480072 Almaty
200 Mouratbayev St.
Kazakh State Abylai Khan University
of International Relations and World Languages
International Relations Faculty, Room 316,
Secretary Kaupova Ulbala
Tel: (3272) 67 37 65
Fax: (3272) 67 44 73/ 67 19 97
E-mail: burkitkazuwl.itpm.alma-ata.su
Application for participation in the International Scientific-Practical
Conference:
"International Relations: Theory-Practice-Search"
Send your application to the organization committee.
Ulbala Kaupova
Executive Secretary of the Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS- Yale Central Asia Summer Seminar 1999
Posted by: cenasiayale.edu
Posted: 9 Mar 1999
CALL FOR PAPERS- Yale Central Asia Summer Seminar 1999
The Yale Center for International and Area Studies is pleased to invite
applications to the Yale Central Asia Summer Seminar for 1999 entitled
"Designing Institutions to meet the Challenges of Democratic Governance." The
Seminar will be held at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut from July 19
through 30, 1999.
Applications are welcome from individuals 45 years or younger and who are
early or mid-career level practitioners, officials and scholars. Participants
must be citizens of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan.
The Seminar will involve a combination of lectures and working groups, and a
final product, such as a paper or case study, will be required from each
participant.
English language fluency is a requirement, and all semi-finalists will be
interviewed to determine their suitability for the Seminar.
Below you will find the e-mail application form and a cover sheet describing
the Seminar. We would appreciate your assistance in disseminating information
about our program and look forward to communicating with you during that
process.
Applications are due March 15, 1999. We will accept them via e-mail, fax,
postal service or one of the courier services. All contact information can be
found on the application forms. If you would like us to fax this
information to you, please let us know as soon as possible by email at <cenasiayale.edu>
or fax us at (+1) 203.432.9383.
YALE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES (YCIAS)
Yale Central Asia Summer Seminar 1999
"BUILDING STATES AND MARKETS IN CENTRAL ASIA:
Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century"
Topic:
"Designing Institutions to Meet the Challenges of Democratic Governance"
Date: July 19-30, 1999
Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT., USA
Application Deadline: March 15, 1999
Faculty Directors:
William Foltz, H.J. Heinz Professor of Political Science;
Chair, International Affairs Council, YCIAS
Pauline Jones Luong, Assistant Professor,
Department of Political Science, Yale University
Language Requirement:
Advanced level of English reading, writing and oral comprehension
and speaking
Participants:
25 scholars, practitioners and mid-level public sector officials, age 45 years
or younger, from Central Asia and with direct interest and experience in
governance or institution building will be invited to participate.
Selection will be based on:
- Academic or professional qualifications
- Experience and Interest
- Proof of English skills
Contents and Goals of the Seminar:
This seminar is designed to review the changing requirements of statehood in
Central Asia in the current international context. Institutional and political
reform in transition economies will be the focus of the seminar, but the
faculty directors will also cover various governance issues. The seminar will
meet for a two week period.
Academic directors, other faculty at Yale and invited specialists will
present a series of lectures.
Among the issues covered are:
* Changing requirements of statehood in the post-Cold war;
changing requirements of statehood in a global environment
* Challenges to state-and nation-building in countries with multiple
ethnic communities; challenges to building democracy in an
Islamic society
* Creating institutions for democracy: electoral systems,
political parties, civil service reform, and an independent
judicial system
* Strategies to reduce corruption
* Importance of civil society for political stability; the role
of NGOs in a democracy
The seminar will involve a combination of lectures and working groups. A
final product, such as a paper, case study, or report, will be required of
each participant. Participants will be organized into working groups and will use
afternoon sessions to develop group reports that will be policy-relevant.
These reports will be edited and published in a Seminar Volume.
Yale University will assume the costs for travel and room and board for
participants. Costs of application, visa, passports and other costs of
preparing to attend will be the responsibility of the individual applicant.
APPLICATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS
For the Yale Center for International and Area Studies
Yale Central Asia Summer Seminar 1999
July 19-30, 1999
Instructions:
Below is the E-mail Application for the 1999 Yale Central Asia Summer Seminar
To fill out the application online, please "reply" to this email without
erasing the message and fill in the information as requested. The application
has four parts, each of which must be fully completed:
1. Registration Form
2. Current Academic Activities
3. English Language Evaluation
4. Application Activities
When you have completed filling out the form in, please
address the message to the following email address: cenasiayale.edu. You may
also respond to the questions on a separate sheet of paper. Please be sure to
separate the different parts of the application.
You may fax the completed application to: (+1) 203.387.7408
Or send it to:
The Yale Center for International and Area Studies
Central Asia Summer Seminar
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT. 06520-8206
USA
The street address is:
The Yale Center for International and Area Studies
Henry R. Luce Hall
34 Hillhouse Ave.
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
Application, Part 1
REGISTRATION FORM
1. PERSONAL DATA
Last name:
First name:
Date of birth:
Academic degree:
Citizenship:
Passport number:
Place of birth:
2. EMPLOYMENT DATA
University/Institution:
Faculty:
Department:
Areas of Specialization:
Position:
3. ADDRESSES
a) Home address:
Home Phone:
Home Fax:
Home Email:
b) Business address
Work Phone:
Work Fax:
Work Email:
How do you prefer we contact you:
a) Home address?
b) Business address?
c) Home fax?
d) Work Fax?
e) Home Email?
f) Work Email?
4. What are your academic expectations for the seminar?
5. On which topic(s) could you contribute to seminar discussions
and the final report?
6. Which seminar topics do you find most interesting and would
like tolearn more about?
Signature
Date
City
Application Part 2
CURRENT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Last name/First name:
University/Institution:
1. Teaching and Research (Topics)
2. Administration (Areas of responsibility)
3. What other conferences or seminars of this kind have you attended?
4. Have you attended seminars in English-speaking countries?
List the last three with dates.
Signature
Date
City
Application Part 3
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVALUATION
Last name/First name:
University/Institution:
All semi-finalists will be tested for English language ability.
1. Where did you acquire your English skills?
How long did you study English?
2. Have you ever lived or worked in an English speaking environment?
If so, where and when?
3. Estimate your own proficiency in English
Reading Comprehension Excellent... Good ... Fair ... Poor...
Writing Excellent... Good ... Fair ... Poor...
Speaking Excellent... Good ... Fair ... Poor...
Oral Comprehension Excellent... Good ... Fair ... Poor....
Signature
Date
City
APPLICATION ESSAYS
Please provide the following:
1. An essay describing, in 250 words, your reasons for attending the
seminar and what you would be able to add to such a seminar.
2. An essay of no more than 500 words, describing how your work in the past
four to five years is relevant to the seminar. In what way has your training
and experience prepared you to make contributions? How would you use the
knowledge derived from the seminar upon your return?
3. Curriculum vitae or resume,including your academic experience.
4. If applicable: A short outline of your current research work
(up to 1000 words), relevant to the topic of the seminar.
If you have any questions, please contact us at:
The Yale Center for International and Area Studies
Yale University
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT. 06520-8206
Phone: (+1) 203.432.3410
Fax: (+1) 203.387.7408
Email: cenasiayale.edu
WORKSHOP- SSRC Dissertation Workshop on Middle East
Posted by: Peter Szanton <szantonssrc.org>
Posted: 5 Mar 1999
WORKSHOP- SSRC Dissertation Workshop on Middle East
Forwarded from: Peter Szanton &lt;szantonssrc.org&gt;
SSRC Dissertation Workshop on
States and Societies in the Middle East
The Social Science Research Council Program on the Near and Middle East
invites applications for a dissertation workshop to be held in summer 1999.
Graduate students who are currently writing dissertations in any
discipline in the social sciences on topics concerning the interaction of
states and societies are welcome to apply. The workshop is open with
respect to particular thematic concerns or methodological approaches.
However, the Council particularly welcomes applications from students using
institutional, political economy, and comparative methods, broadly defined.
Cross-regional projects that include but are not limited to Middle East
cases are also eligible.
The workshop will be held in the Middle East in July 1999, and will include
approximately 12-14 student participants and four faculty who will meet
over the course of a week for intensive and critical discussion of
students' dissertation projects.
To apply for the workshop, students must submit the following:
(1) a copy of their dissertation proposal
(2) proof that the proposal has been approved by the students'
department
(3) 2 letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the
student's principal advisor
(4) a 5-page double-spaced summary of the dissertation project.
The summary must define what the core theoretical concerns
of the project are and what its contribution will be; what
methods are being applied and their relevance the project's
theoretical concerns; which cases have been selected and
why; and what literatures the thesis draws on and/or
challenges. The summary should also indicate what progress
has been made on the thesis at the time of application.
To be eligible, applicants must be U.S. citizens, currently enrolled in an
accredited Ph.D. program, and be at the stage of writing the dissertation
by the time of the deadline for applications. The deadline for receipt of
applications at the SSRC is Monday, March 15, 1999. Decisions will be
announced by May 1999.
Please address all questions and correspondence, including applications, to:
Near and Middle East Program
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727
CONFERENCE- Xinjiang Conference in Cambridge, Mass. on March 14, 1999
Posted by: Gardner Bovingdon <gb12cornell.edu>
Posted: 4 Mar 1999
CONFERENCE- Xinjiang Conference in Cambridge, Mass. on March 14, 1999
In conjunction with the two panels on Xinjiang included in the 1999 AAS
conference, there will be a conference on Xinjiang at the Harvard
University Fairbank Center on Sunday, March 14. A list of participants
is included below. There are no registration fees for the latter
conference. All are welcome. If you are interested in attending,
please respond to Gardner Bovingdon at gb12cornell.edu by Friday, March 5.
Note: this conference is sponsored by the Cornell University Department
of Government and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It
is not connected with Harvard University.
Introductory Remarks, 8:45 a.m.
Panel 3: Ethnicity & Development
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami, USA, Ethnicity and Economic
Development in Xinjiang
James Seymour, Columbia University, USA, "The Role of the Bingtuan
(Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) in the Sinification of
Xinjiang"
Stanley Toops, Miami University, USA, "The Population Landscape of
Xinjiang/East Turkistan"
George Zhao, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA, Xinjiang and
Regional Development
Linda Benson, Oakland University, USA, Uygur Education Before and After
Guomindang Control of Xinjiang
Discussant: Laura Newby, Oxford University, UK
Panel 4: Politics & Culture
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Ildiko Beller-Hann, University of Kent, UK, Popular Religion in Xinjiang
Michael Dillon, University of Durham, UK, Transnational Sufi Orders and
Xinjiang
Wang Jian-min, Zhongyang Minzu Daxue, PRC, and Harvard University, USA,
TBA
Christina Cesaro, University of Kent, UK, Food, Religion and Uygur
Identity in Xinjiang
Discussant: Jacqueline Armijo-Hussein, Cornell University, USA
Gardner Bovingdon
Department of Government
125 McGraw Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
607-277-9433 (h)
607-255-4530 (f)
gb12cornell.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS - Middle East Economic Association
Posted by: Central Asia Forum <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 Mar 1999
CALL FOR PAPERS - Middle East Economic Association
THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (MEEA)
The meeting is to be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Allied
Social Science Association
Boston, Massachusetts
January 7-9, 2000
Please send a one-page abstract by April 10, 1999 to the following address:
E. Mine Cinar
Executive Secretary
Middle East Economic Association
Department of Economics
Loyola University Chicago
820 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Please include with your abstract the following information:
- Name and Mailing address
- Position
- Phone Number, FAX, Email
- Institutional Affiliation
- If you have a co-author for your paper: his/her above information
- An indication whether you would be willing to serve as a chair or discussant
of a session on (please state the general topics of your interest)
NOTE: Please send abstracts only if you are certain that you will take
part in the meeting. Only members in good standing can participate in the program.
Abstracts should be accompanied with a program participation fee of US$25.00
and the 1999 membership dues of US$45.00.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS- Book Series on Postcommunist States
Posted by: Gerard Greenway <gerard.greenwaygbhap.com>
Posted: 15 Feb 1999
CALL FOR PROPOSALS- Book Series on Postcommunist States
Harwood Academic Publishers is a member of The Gordon and Breach Publishing
Group (www.gbhap.com), an international academic publisher established more
than 30 years ago. We are just about to complete the commissioning of a
series of country studies entitled Postcommunist States and Nations. At the
end of this post you will find the list of titles and authors. The books are
compact analytical studies covering the background history, politics and
political prospects, economics and economic outlook, and international
relations of each of the countries.
We are now keen to build on the publishing that we have initiated with the
Postcommunist series and we seek proposals for high-quality edited
collections and monographs on all aspects of the organisation of the
societies of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Particular topics
that we are seeking to commission on include: rights, parties, migration,
elites, globalisation, gender, attitudes to NATO and EU enlargement,
harmonisation of laws for EU entry, federal relations, resource politics,
education and civic education, tax and welfare, investment, economic crime,
issues of economic transition in general. Please do contact me if you would
like to discuss an idea. Thanks for your attention. The list of
Postcommunist series titles and authors is below.
Gerard Greenway
Commissioning Editor, Social Sciences
Harwood Academic Publishers
POSTCOMMUNIST STATES AND NATIONS SERIES
Titles and authors at January 1999
Albania, Pano, Western Illinois U
Armenia, Krikorian & Masih, Kennan Institute for Advanced Studies
Azerbaijan, Swietochowski, History, Monmouth U
Belarus, Marples, History and Classics, U of Alberta
Bosnia, Proposal invited
Bulgaria, Bell, U of Maryland
Croatia, Proposal invited
Czech Republic, Fawn, International Relations, U of St Andrews
Estonia, Smith, European Studies, U of Bradford
Georgia, Proposal under consideration
Kazakhstan, Proposal invited
Kyrgyzstan, Anderson, International Relations, U of St Andrews
Latvia, Manuscript under consideration
Lithuania, Lane, European Studies, U of Bradford
Macedonia, Szajkowski, Politics, U of Exeter
Poland, Sanford, Politics, U of Bristol
Romania, Roper, Social Sciences, Pace U
Tadzhikistan, Andreyev, St Hugh's, Oxford U
Ukraine, Dyczok, Russian and European Studies, U of Toronto
Uzbekistan, Melvin, Politics, U of Leeds
Hungary, Batonyi, European Studies, Bradford U
Russia, Robinson, Government, Essex U
Slovakia, Henderson, Politics, U of Leicester
Slovenia, Carmichael, Politics, Middlesex U
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Allcock and Jiggins,
Human Studies, U of Bradford
Official publication date: March 6, 1999.
Manuscript expected 1998/early 99.
Harwood Academic Publishers is a member of The Gordon and Breach Publishing
Group
Contact:
Gerard Greenway
Commissioning Editor, Social Sciences
Harwood Academic Publishers
PO Box 90
Reading RG1 8JL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)118 952 0314 (direct line)
Fax: +44 (0)118 956 8211
E-mail: gerard.greenwaygbhap.com
Web: http://www.gbhap.com
CALL FOR PAPERS- 14th Annual Middle East History & Theory, Apr. 10-11
Posted by: Scott Lucas <sclucasmidway.uchicago.edu>
Posted: 15 Feb 1999
CALL FOR PAPERS- 14th Annual Middle East History & Theory, Apr. 10-11
Middle East History and Theory Conference
at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of the University of Chicago
April 10-11, 1999
Keynote Address:
Professor John L. Esposito, Director
Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
The Middle East History and Theory Conference provides a forum for students
and faculty in the social sciences and humanities to present papers treating
Middle Eastern/Islamic history, culture, society, and politics from the 7th
century to present. Graduate Students are particularly urged to
participate: both individual papers and pre-arranged panels can be accommodated.
A one page abstract and curriculum vitae must be received by Friday,
FEBRUARY 19. Working papers must be received by Friday March 20.
FREE ACCOMMODATIONS are available on a first come, first serve basis, so it
pays to send your abstract in ASAP to:
Scott Lucas & Rochdi Younsi
MEHTW Coordinators
Center for Middle East Studies
University of Chicago
5828 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
OR TO
sclucasmidway.uchicago.edu
Further information is available at either of these addresses.
CONFERENCE- Southeastern Conference on Central Asia, Savannah
Posted by: Thomas Howard <thomas_howardmailgate.armstrong.edu>
Posted: 9 Feb 1999
CONFERENCE- Southeastern Conference on Central Asia, Savannah
You are invited to attend the Second Annual Southeastern Conference on Central
Asia, which will be held on March 4 and 5, 1999, at Armstrong Atlantic
State University in Savannah, Georgia. It will begin on Thursday evening
and run all day Friday and into Friday evening; participants can then spend
the weekend in historic Savannah.
Speakers include:
Sodyq S. Safaev
(Uzbekistan's Ambassador to the U.S.),
topic to be announced.
Philip Micklin (Western Michigan University) on Thursday evening, speaking on
international water issues in Central Asia.
Peter Sinnott (Columbia University):
"Urbanization and Urbanism in Uzbekistan: Central Asian Modernity Reconsidered."
John Dunn (Valdosta State University):
"The Paper Nation: Nationalist Iconography as Reflected on Uzbek Banknotes."
Charles Kurzman (UNC-Chapel Hill): "Uzbek Identity and the Subjugation of
the Rural."
Registration is free for students, $40 for college
professors, and $20 for high school teachers and other non-students.
Please pass along this invitation to others who may be interested.
For more information, contact: Thomas Howard
<thomas_howardmailgate.armstrong.edu>
WORKSHOP- "Mongolian & Tibetan Historical Sources: Computer Approaches"
Posted by: astolglasnet.ru
Posted: 6 Jan 1999
WORKSHOP- "Mongolian & Tibetan Historical Sources: Computer Approaches"
INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES
OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
ORIENTALISTS' SOCIETY
ORIENTALIST INFORMATION CENTRE
EURASIAN ORIENTAL SERVER
would like to invite you to take part in the
International Workshop
"Mongolian and Tibetan Historical Sources:
Computer Approaches
14-16 July 1999, Moscow, Russia
Items under discussion:
Electronic editing, describing and systematising of Mongolian and Tibetan
manuscripts and inscriptions, fine arts masterpieces, folklore texts and
artifacts, etc.Discussing over theory, methods and technology of creating the
electronic catalogues and databases of Mongolian and Tibetan texts their keeping
and handling, also exchanging the electronic copies of these texts and
promoting the long-distance access to them.
You are welcomed to take part in the workshop. Will you be so kind as to
fill in this form of claim:
Given Name:
Family Name:
Institute/Organisation:
Position:
Title of your presentation:
Postal address:
Tel/Fax:
E-mail:
audio-visual equipment for your presentation (OHP, LCD Projector, Slide
Projector, Video Player, Internet connection)
Please, send your claim and abstract of your presentation (200-300 words)
before 28 Feb. 1999 at the address:
postmasterorient.ru or ivranglasnet.ru or using the fax No 095.9257788
Lists of participants and presentations will be placed at the EURASIAN
ORIENTAL SERVER (EAOS http://www.orient.ru)
Dimitry D. Vasilyev
vice-president
Orientalists' Society of the RAS
tel: (7-095)-9285764
dmivasglas.apc.org
CONFERENCE- Shamanism & Other Indigenous Beliefs, Moscow, June 1999
Posted by: Dmitrij A. Funk <d_funkexcite.com>
Posted: 16 Dec 1998
CONFERENCE- Shamanism & Other Indigenous Beliefs, Moscow, June 1999
[NOTE: For further information, including a list of plenary and sectional
sessions, please see contacts below.]
Dear Colleague!
We invite you to participate in the international congress on
"Shamanism and Other Indigenous Spiritual Beliefs and Practices", to be
held June 7-11, 1999 at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. The main aim of the Congress is a
discussion of indigenous spiritual beliefs and practices by ethnologists,
ethnographers, psychologists, folklorists, and neurophysiologists to
explore the phenomenon of shamanism and related practices as a complex, so
as to further our understanding of their essence, to review the
opportunities for its continuation in a "Renaissance" at the boundary of
third millennium.
During the Congress representatives of different academic and
scientific approaches to the study of shamanic personae, magicians,
healers, medicine people, people with extrasensory perception, and folk
medicine are expected to share their ideas and experiences. As a result of
the Congress a permanent international scholarly seminar based at the IEA
RAS (Moscow) is to be set up, "Shamanism and Other Indigenous Spiritual
Beliefs and Practices", with an annual meeting, a publishing series, and
its own journal.
Conference sponsors also include: the Gorky Institute of World
Literature, the Scientific Folklore Council (Moscow), the Foundation for
Transpersonal Psychology (Moscow), the International Society for Shamanic
Research (Budapest, Hungary), the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (Mill
Valley, California, USA), and the Saybrook Graduate School (San Francisco,
USA).
During the Congress plenary and sectional sessions are planned, as
well as round tables discussions.
Working languages of the Congress: Russian and English.
Applications should include a curriculum vita, the topic of the
presentation, an abstract up to 1 page long, and photocopy of any foreign
passport for processing your visa. The deadline is January 1, 1999.
Approximate time for presentations: plenary session - 20 minutes,
sectional session - 15 min., sectional reports - 10 min., contributions
during discussion - 5 min.
The texts of your presentations (up to 10 pages), and reports (up
to 7 pages) will be accepted until March 1, 1999 as electronic data (on
diskette - Word 6.0/7.0 or via e-mail in ASCII format).
Summaries and material (the texts of the presentations and
reports) will be published by the beginning of the Congress in the author's
versions (except where abridgements are unavoidable for technical reasons).
A summary of up to 10 lines in the second working language of the
Congress must be attached to the text of the presentation or report.
The Organizing Committee retains the right to select the materials
for publishing.
Application fee - $150 US.
The Congress' working group (Dr. Valentina Kharitonova, Dr.
Dmitrij Funk and Alexander Kalabanov) can be reached at the following address:
117334 Russia, Moscow
Leninskij prospect, 32a
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of RAS
Department of Northern and Siberian Peoples
Organizing Committee of the Congress
"Shamanism and Other Indigenous Spiritual Beliefs and Practices"
Tel. Office: (095) 938-1871, (095) 938-5719
Tel. Home: (095) 531-69-78
Fax: (095) (095) 938-0600
e-mail: D_Funkmailexcite.com
Preliminary suggestions for the work of the academic seminar and on
material for publishing are welcome at the same address.
Chairman of the Organizing Committee,
Director IEA RAS, Professor
V.A. Tishkov
CONFERENCE- Second Annual Avesta Conference, Sept. 1999, Calgary
Posted by: Pallan R. Ichaporia <PIchaporiaaol.com>
Posted: 8 Dec 1998
CONFERENCE- Second Annual Avesta Conference, Sept. 1999, Calgary
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL AVESTA CONFERENCE
ARRANGED & SPONSORED BY
ZOROASTRIAN EDUCATION & RESEARCH SOCIETY
HOSTED BY
ZOROASTRIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
SEPTEMBER 24 TO 26, 1999
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
This unique conference is arranged to follow up on the tremendous success
of the First International Avesta Conference. The aim is to promote
knowledge and understanding of all aspects of Zoroastrianism from the
Gathas, Young Avesta, Pahlavi, Parsi/Zoroastrian Literature, Rituals and
Traditions as they evolved in the last three thousand years. This
Conference is designed for scholars, academicians, students and members of
the Zoroastrian community and all those who are interested in understanding
the Zoroastrian religion. World renowned scholars are invited and will
participate and share their research and knowledge. Further information
will follow from time to time
For more information, including a list of participating scholars, pl. contact
ZERS Board Members:
Dr. Pallan R. Ichaporia, Chairman (610) 589-5419
Ms. Khorshed Jungalwala-Director, (978) 443-6858
Mr Sarosh Manekshaw-Director (713) 870-9317
ZAA Chairman:
Mr. Firdosh Mehta (403) 438 4371
Z.E.R.S, IS AN INDEPENDENT TAX EXEMPT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION Z.E.R.S. IS
DEDICATED TO PURE ZOROASTRIAN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AND ARRANGING
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON AVESTA/PAHLAVI/ PARSI ZOROASTRIAN
LITERATURE/RITUALS AND TRADITIONS
ZERS Invites Tax Exempt Donations
To Be Co-Sponsors: $5000.00
Benefactors: $1000.00
Donors: $100-$900
Advertisements are invited for The Program Book
The Rates are as follows:
Outside Back Cover-Full Page- $500.00
Inside Back Cover-Full Page- $400.00
Inside Front Cover-Full Page- $300.00
Full page-$200
Half Page-$100
1/4 Page- $75
1/8 Page-$50
Please send your donations and Advts (camera ready) to
Mrs. Khorshed Jungalwala at 53, Firecut Lane, Sudbury,Mass, 01776
Checks should be cut on the name of ZERS. Thank you
LECTURE- Mongolia's Current Situation, Ambassador Enkhsaikhan, NYU
Posted by: Central Asia Forum <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Dec 1998
LECTURE- Mongolia's Current Situation, Ambassador Enkhsaikhan, NYU
The Indo-Mongolian Society would like to invite you to a very important
lecture by
Ambassador Jargalsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations
"Mongolia's Current Political and Socio-Economic Situation"
Friday, December 11, 1998, 6:30 pm
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies
New York University
50 Washington Square South (Entrance on Sullivan Street)
Ambassador Enkhsaikhan's lecture will include an insightful look into the
current key issues that modern day Mongolia is facing. Included in
Ambassador Enkhsiakhan's presentation will be a discussion of the course of
economic reforms and what obstacles have been encountered regarding
economic and political transitional difficulties. In addition, there will
be a presentation of an outline of Mongolia's foreign policy, and its
relationship with its two giant neighbors.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern
Studies. Admission is free.
CALL FOR PAPERS- Uzbekistan in the 21st Century, May 1999
Posted by: Reuel Hanks <hreuelokway.okstate.edu>
Posted: 3 Dec 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Uzbekistan in the 21st Century, May 1999
A conference on "Uzbekistan in the 21st Century: Transition and
Integration," will be held at Samarkand State Institute of Foreign
Languages (SSIFL), May 12th and 13th, 1999.
This conference is jointly sponsored by SSIFL and Oklahoma State
University. Conference organizers are Yusuf Abdullaev (Rector, SSIFL) and
Reuel Hanks (Assistant Professor of Geography, OSU).
Papers may be delivered in Uzbek, English or Russian. Papers accepted for
the conference program must focus on aspects of transition and integration
in the social, political, economic or cultural spheres. Papers with common
themes will be grouped into panels, and most or all panels will include
both Uzbeki and foreign scholars. Translation during the meeting will be
provided by the Translation Dept. of SSIFL. Selected papers will be
considered for publication in the Journal of Central Asian Studies. The
final session of the conference will be devoted to informal roundtable
discussions, designed to foster cooperation and scholarly dialogue between
Uzbeki and foreign participants. Papers from junior faculty and advanced
graduate students are especially encouraged.
Interested scholars should send a c.v. and an abstract of approximately 200
words to by January 31st, 1999:
Dr. Reuel Hanks
Dept. of Geography
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
FAX: (405)-744-5620
e-mail: rhanksokway.okstate.edu
Foreign participants must obtain their own travel funding to Tashkent.
Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages will provide transportation
from Tashkent to Samarkand, accommodation during the conference, and
facilitate visa processing. For those interested, SSIFL will provide a
visit to Shakhrisabz, after the conclusion of the conference.
WORKSHOP- SSRC Dissertation Workshop on Middle East
Posted by: David Szanton <szantonssrc.org>
Posted: 3 Dec 1998
WORKSHOP- SSRC Dissertation Workshop on Middle East
SSRC Dissertation Workshop on States & Societies in the Middle East
The Social Science Research Council Program on the Near and Middle East
invites applications for a dissertation workshop to be held in summer 1999.
Graduate students who are currently writing dissertations in any discipline
in the social sciences on topics concerning the interaction of states and
societies are welcome to apply. The workshop is open with respect to
particular thematic concerns or methodological approaches. However, the
Council particularly welcomes applications from students using
institutional, political economy, and comparative methods, broadly defined.
Cross-regional projects that include but are not limited to Middle East
cases are also eligible.
The workshop will be held in the Middle East in July 1999, and will include
approximately 12-14 student participants and four faculty who will meet
over the course of a week for intensive and critical discussion of
students' dissertation projects.
To apply for the workshop, students must submit the following:
(1) a copy of their dissertation proposal
(2) proof that the proposal has been approved by the students'
department
(3) 2 letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the
student's principal advisor
(4) a 5-page double-spaced summary of the dissertation project. The
summary must define what the core theoretical concerns of the
project are and what its contribution will be; what methods are
being applied and their relevance the project's theoretical
concerns; which cases have been selected and why; and what
literatures the thesis draws on and/or challenges. The summary
should also indicate what progress has been made on the thesis at
the time of application.
To be eligible, applicants must be U.S. citizens, currently enrolled in an
accredited Ph.D. program, and be at the stage of writing the dissertation
by the time of the deadline for applications. The deadline for receipt of
applications at the SSRC is Monday, March 15, 1999. Decisions will be
announced by May 1999.
Please address all questions and correspondence, including applications, to:
Near and Middle East Program
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727
LECTURE- "Silk Road", Daniel Waugh, U of Washington
Posted by: Daniel Waugh <dwaughu.washington.edu>
Posted: 23 Nov 1998
LECTURE- "Silk Road", Daniel Waugh, U of Washington
The World Affairs Council, in partnership with the Russian, East European
and Central Asian Studies Center at the University of Washington presents
in its "Going Global" series: "Adventures on the Silk Road," a
slide-illustrated lecture by Daniel Waugh, on Thursday, December 10, 1998,
Smith Hall 205, University of Washington (Seattle), at 6 PM. The event is
a "brown bag dinner" (bring your own). The presentation is free of charge
for World Affairs Council members and students, faculty and staff of the UW
REECAS program; for others, there is a fee of $7, which helps support World
Affairs Council programs.
The speaker has traveled extensively in Central Asia, visiting historic
cities such as Samarkand and Kashgar, hiking among the Kyrgyz herders in
the mountains, bicycling more than 1000 km from Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan, and
most recently studying the Buddhist art in the caves at Dunhuang. He will
be teaching a new course on the Silk Road at the University of Washington
next spring.
WEBSITE- Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy, BU
Posted by: Miriam Lanskoy <mlanskoybu.edu>
Posted: 23 Nov 1998
WEBSITE- Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy, BU
We are a research institute at Boston University that studies the political
transformation and international policies of the post-Soviet states.
Our bimonthly publication, Perspective, offers analyses of current events
in Russia and the NIS. We have made available full texts of articles
contributed by experts -- primarily from Russia's academic community,
government and the mass media, as well as US analysts.
http://www.bu.edu/iscip/perspective.html
We provide web-based access to our database at no charge to the public. It
describes in detail major events, trends, policies, institutions, and
personalities from the Gorbachev period onward. A broad range of materials
from various sources has been utilized to provide what is believed to be a
comprehensive collection of information, commentary, and analysis on
post-Soviet affairs. http://www.bu.edu/iscip/database.html
Miriam Lanskoy
Program Manager
Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy (ISCIP)
at Boston University
mlanskoybu.edu
phone:(617) 353-5815
fax:(617) 353-7185
http://web.bu.edu/iscip
CONFERENCE- Agricultural Development in Central Asia, U of Washington
Posted by: Kurt Engelmann <kengelu.washington.edu>
Posted: 20 Nov 1998
CONFERENCE- Agricultural Development in Central Asia, U of Washington
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL ASIA:
Between Russia and the Middle East
November 20-22, 1998
University of Washington--Seattle Campus
HUB 106 B
For more details, including program and abstracts, visit:
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~reecas/events/aridprog.htm
Sponsored by The Russian, East European and Central Asian Center and the
Middle East Center, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS:
MICHAEL BONINE is Professor of Geography, University of Arizona, Tucson
RENEE GIOVARELLI is Staff Attorney, Rural Development Institute, Seattle
GREGORY IOFFE is Associate Professor of Geography, Radford University,
Virginia
PAUL KALDJIAN is a Ph.D. candidate, Geography, University of Arizona
PHILIP MICKLIN is Professor of Geography, Western Michigan University
LEONARD ROLFES is Deputy Director, Rural Development Institute, Seattle
BORIS RUMER is an Associate of the Davis Center for Russian Studies,
Harvard University
DMITRY SHARKOV is a Ph.D. candidate, Geography, University of Washington
WILL SWEARINGEN is Professor of Geography and Director, International
Environmental Technologies, Montana State University-Bozeman
DANIEL WAUGH is Associate Professor of History and International Studies,
University of Washington
STEPHEN K. WEGREN is Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern
Methodist University
CRAIG ZUMBRUNNEN is Professor of Geography, University of Washington
CALL FOR PAPERS- Central Eurasian Studies Conference
Posted by: Katherine Petrie <kapetrieindiana.edu>
Posted: 18 Nov 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Central Eurasian Studies Conference
[Forwarded from AnthEurasia-L]
CALL FOR PAPERS
THE SIXTH ANNUAL CENTRAL
EURASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY,
BLOOMINGTON
MARCH 27TH, 1999
Graduate students, faculty and independent scholars are invited to submit
abstracts of papers on Central Eurasian issues in all fields. The
countries of focus for this conference range from Finland and the Baltic
countries through Hungary and Turkey, to Central Asia, Mongolia and the
Mongolic regions in Russia and China, to Tibet.
Abstracts up to two double spaced pages are due January 8, 1999.
Abstracts are expected to be comprehensive and publishable - a collection
of abstracts of papers selected will be published by the date of the
conference. Please, indicate affiliation (if any), street address, E-mail
address and telephone/fax number.
Notifications of acceptance and other materials will be sent to the authors
of accepted papers on January 20. There is a $ 20 fee for participants who
are not currently affiliated with the Bloomington Campus. The fee is
payable after receiving the notification of acceptance and should be sent
together with a letter of intention to attend which is due on
January 30, 1999.
Please, send abstracts to:
The Sixth Annual Central Eurasian Conference
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
fax: (812) 855-7500
Telephone: (812) 855-9510
E-mail: acesindiana.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS- Conference on Turkic Languages, U of Manchester
Posted by: Cigdem Balim <cbnessie.mcc.ac.uk>
Posted: 13 Nov 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Conference on Turkic Languages, U of Manchester
THE FIRST MANCHESTER CONFERENCE ON TURKIC LANGUAGES
6-7 April 1999, University of Manchester
The North-West Centre for Linguistics and the Research Group on Central
Asia and the Caucasus are pleased to announce their first joint conference
on Turkic languages.
Papers are invited on all areas of linguistics from researchers who work on
Turkic languages. Papers will be 35 minutes long with 10 minutes discussion
time. There will also be a poster session. Proceedings are planned to be
published as a part of a series on Turkic Linguistics.
Please send your abstracts (of around 500 words with a selective
bibliography) not later than 1 FEBRUARY 1999 to:
Cigdem Balim-Harding
Coordinator, Research Group on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3069
Fax: +44 (0)161 275 3264
email: cigdem.balimman.ac.uk
Conference details will shortly appear on the web page for the RGCAC:
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/mes/Asia.htm
SEMINAR- Empires, States, and Political Imagination, U. of Michigan
Posted by: Bruce Grant <bgrant1swarthmore.edu>
Posted: 12 Nov 1998
SEMINAR- Empires, States, and Political Imagination, U. of Michigan
[Forwarded from AnthEurasia-L]
For more information and applications, as below, please contact Jane
Burbank, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Russian and
East European Studies at the U of Michigan <jburbankumich.edu> or Michele
Austin, Program Coordinator for Michigan's Advanced Study Center
<maustinumich.edu>.
Please do not use automatic reply to respond to this message.
****
International Institute of the University of Michigan
Advanced Study Center
1999-2000 Seminar on Empires, States, and Political Imagination
Faculty Chairs: Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper
The Advanced Study Center will devote the year 1999-2000 to the study of
empires. In much of social science as well as in popular conceptions, the
nation-state is regarded as the central unit of historical activity. Yet
the idea of a "nation" was, even during most of the last two centuries,
only one way of representing political affiliation. Stepping back from the
nation-state framework opens up possibilities for examining ways in which
people imagined their links to each other and how they sought to exercise
power.
The Advanced Study Center invites proposals for scholars to come to the
University of Michigan for periods of between a week and semester to
participate in discussion of these topics. The goal of this proposal is to
open up space for attention to the various ways in which territorial
boundaries and territorial interconnections have been put together, to the
different forms in which affinity has been expressed and collectivities
organized, to the relations of state-based institutions with networks that
cut across political organization. We thus welcome a wide range of
proposals. Although our juxtaposition of empire-states against
nation-states suggests a focus on the eighteenth to twentieth centuries,
the issues we raise stretch back even further than that, and we encourage
contributions on premodern empires as well. We hope to see proposals about
the relationship of contiguous empire to overseas empire and about
comparisons of such empires as those of the Ottomans, the Hapsburgs, the
British, the Chinese, and the Russians. We are interested in the various
publics that took an interest in imperial projects, and debates between
nation-centered conceptions and imperial perspectives.
Participation
University of Michigan students and faculty, as well as pre-doctoral and
post-doctoral scholars, community organizers, media professionals, and
cultural practitioners from outside the University may apply to participate
in the seminar. The Advanced Study Center will offer a small number of
long-term fellowships and one-to-four-week visiting fellowships. Fellows
may also be associated with one of the International Institute's affiliated
area centers and programs when appropriate. Scholars are encouraged to
combine support from the Advanced Study Center with supplementary sources
of funding: sabbatical support, other fellowships, or foundation grants.
Application Procedures and Deadline:
Advanced Study Center seminar participants will be selected from two pools
of candidates: self-applicants and nominees. Applications will be
accepted from Ph.D. students, junior and senior scholars, and
professionals. The Advanced Study Center also welcomes nominations of
senior scholars and practitioners.
The deadline for receipt of applications and nominations is December 1,
1998. Award decisions will be made by the Advanced Study Center by March
31, 1999.
Applications should include:
cover letter.
a research statement of no more than 1200 words responsive to the
described field of inquiry for 1999-2000.
curriculum vitae.
completed application form found on the seminar announcement.
one letter of recommendation sent separately by a referee familiar with
the project.
Nominations must include:
a letter of recommendation explaining how the nominee's participation
would engage the field of inquiry.
the nominee's qualifications and affiliation.
contact address of nominee, including telephone/fax numbers and e-mail
address.
curriculum vitae of nominee.
**Applications and nominations transmitted by fax should also be sent by
air mail.
**E-mail applications and nominations will NOT be accepted.
Applications and nominations should be mailed to:
Michelle Austin
Program Coordinator
Advanced Study Center
International Institute
University of Michigan
1080 S. University, Room 2663
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Phone: 734-764-2268
FAX: 734-763-9154
e-mail: maustinumich.edu
LECTURE- Turkey Facing the 21st Century, Paul Henze, SAIS
Posted by: Cem Orekli <noreklisais-jhu.edu>
Posted: 9 Nov 1998
LECTURE- Turkey Facing the 21st Century, Paul Henze, SAIS
The Turkish Student Association of SAIS - Johns Hopkins University
cordially invites you to a lecture by
PAUL B. HENZE
Resident Consultant at the RAND Corporation
Author of Ataturk's Legacy
on
"Turkey Facing the 21st Century"
Wednesday, November 11
12:30 - 14:00
Nitze Building Room 417
SAIS - Johns Hopkins University
1740 Massachussets Avenue N.W.
Washington D.C.
Refreshments will be served
Biography of Paul B. Henze:
Paul Henze has been a Resident Consultant at RAND's Washington office
since 1982, working on projects related to Turkey, Russia, the Caucasus,
Central Asia and Africa. A graduate of the Harvard Soviet Program in
1950, he had a 30-year career in government and government-related
organizations. He served in the US Embassy in Ankara in the late 1950s and
again during 1974-77. He was a senior aide to Zbigniew Brzezinski in the
National Security Council 1977-1980 with, among other things,
responsibilities for Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus. He also chaired the
Nationalities Working Group, a high-level task force that focussed on the
non-Russian regions of the Soviet Union. He retired from government at the
end of 1980 and became a Wilson Fellow at the Smithsonian, 1981-82.
During recent years he had made frequent visits to Turkey, to the
Caucasus, and to Central Asia. He has published numerous articles in
newspapers and journals as well as scholarly reports. He has just
published a book on the modern history of Turkey: "Ataturk's Legacy".
Please contact Cem Orekli at noreklisais-jhu.edu to attend this event or
for more information.
LECTURE- "The Imperial Mughal Hunt", Ebba Koch, NYU
Posted by: Central Asia Forum <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 6 Nov 1998
LECTURE- "The Imperial Mughal Hunt", Ebba Koch, NYU
The Indo-Mongolian Society would like to invite you to a lecture by
Dr. Ebba Koch
Professor, Institute of Art History, University of Vienna
"The Imperial Mughal Hunt: Its Political and Symbolic Importance, Its
Techniques, and Its Representation in Painting"
Thursday, November 9, 6:30pm
Hagop Kevorkian Centre for Near Eastern Studies
New York University
50 Washington Square South (entrance on Sullivan Street)
In this lecture, Dr. Koch will vividly bring to life the grand drama of
life and death that was the Imperial Hunt and will help us to see that
along with the pursuit of the kill were the politics of imperial
legitimacy, demonstrations of martial prowess and territorial dominance.
The Mughals Akar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan, like their Mongol forebears,
were proud of confronting lions in single combat, and these scenes of royal
glory were an ample and distinct genre of Mughal painting devoted to grand
depictions of regal heroism.
The meeting is co-sponsored by the Hagop Kevorkian Centre for Near Eastern
Studies. Admission is free.
For further information, please contact:
The Indo-Mongolian Society
(212) 726-2453
or
The Hagop Kevorkian Centre for Near Eastern
Studies
(212) 998-8877
CONFERENCE- Christianization of the Caucasus, Vienna, 9-12 Dec. 1999
Posted by: Christian Gastgeber <christian.gastgeberoeaw.ac.at>
Posted: 3 Nov 1998
CONFERENCE- Christianization of the Caucasus, Vienna, 9-12 Dec. 1999
Die Christianisierung des Kaukasus
[The Christianization of the Caucasus]
(Armenia, Georgia, Albania)
Internationales Symposion an der OEsterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Wien, 9.-12. 12. 1999
Veranstalter:
OEsterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Kommission fuer Byzantinistik Institut fuer Byzantinistik und
Neograezistik der Universitaet Wien OEsterreichisch-armenische
Studiengesellschaft
Organisation:
Prof. Dr. Werner SEIBT
Erzbischof Hon.-Prof. Dr. Mesrob K. KRIKORIAN
A-1010 Wien, Postgasse 7/1/3
Tel. 0043-1-5120217, 51581-430, 7122506
Fax: 0043-1-5127023, 5139541, 7122506
Das Symposion ist der offizielle Beitrag OEsterreichs zum
1700-Jahr-Jubilaeum der Christianisierung Armeniens. Weiters feiert die
Kommission fuer Byzantinistik ihr 50-jaehriges Bestehen.
Wissenschaftlicher Schwerpunkt: 9.-10.12.1999
Eroeffnung im Festsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaften
1010 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Arbeitssitzungen im Theatersaal des Herbert Hunger-Hauses
1010 Wien, Sonnenfelsg. 19.
Referenten:
Dr. Irina ARZHANTSEVA (Russland)
Prof. Dr. Gilbert DAGRON, Praesident der AIEByz (Frankreich)
Prof. Dr. Wachtang DJOBADZE (USA)
Prof. Dr. Tedo DUNDUA (Georgien)
S. H. Katholikos KAREKIN I. (Armenien)
S. Em. Erzbischof Hon.-Prof. Dr. Mesrob K. KRIKORIAN (Wien)
Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre MAHE (Frankreich)
Prof. Dr. Bernard OUTTIER (Frankreich)
Prof. Dr. Donald RAYFIELD (England)
Prof. Dr. Werner SEIBT (Wien)
Altpraesident Dr. Levon TER PETROSSYAN (Armenien)
Dr. Nicole THIERRY (Frankreich)
Prof. Dr. Robert W. THOMSON (England)
Prof. Dr. Karen YUZBASHYAN (Russland)
P. Prof. Dr. Boghos Levon ZEKIYAN (Italien)
Kulturell-religioeser Schwerpunkt: 11.-12.12.1999
In diesem Zusammenhang sind auch Sonderausstellungen geplant:
Das byzantinische Siegel als Kunstwerk (Arbeitstitel)
Kunsthistorisches Museum Photoausstellung
Georgische Architektur des Mittelalters
OEsterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Schaetze aus Ejmiacin
For more information, contact:
Prof. Dr. Werner Seibt
A-1010 Wien
Postgasse 7/1/3
Fax: [43](1)512-70-23
LECTURE- 1998 Nava'i Lecture at Georgetown University Nov. 30
Posted by: David Nalle <DavidN5512aol.com>
Posted: 3 Nov 1998
LECTURE- 1998 Nava'i Lecture at Georgetown University Nov. 30
Dr. Pauline Jones Luong, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale
University, has been chosen to deliver the ninth annual Nava'i Lecture in
Central Asian Studies, at Georgetown University in Washington, DC on
November 30.
Dr. Jones Luong's talk, "The Future of Central Asian Statehood," will focus
on Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and their divergent strategies
toward development of oil and gas reserves -- and the impact those
strategies, and international involvement, are having on the hoped-for
emergence of democratic civil societies.
The Nava'i Lecture series was established in 1990 to give recognition to
outstanding young scholars entering the field of Central Asian studies. It
is jointly sponsored by Georgetown's Center for Eurasian, Russian and East
European Studies and the Alfred Friendly Foundation.
This year's lecture is scheduled for 5:30 pm, Monday, November 30 in the
University's Intercultural Center. Admission is free and reservations a re
appreciated but not required. Call CERES at 202-687-6080.
CALL FOR PAPERS- Berkeley Linguistics Society- Session on Turkic Languages
Posted by: Abdulrakhim Aitbayev <rakhimlochbrandy.mines.edu>
Posted: 3 Nov 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Berkeley Linguistics Society- Session on Turkic Languages
THE BERKELEY LINGUISTICS SOCIETY
BLS 25
[Forwarded from: uighur-ltaklamakan.org]
[NOTE: For further information, please see contact information below.]
The Berkeley Linguistics Society is pleased to announce its Twenty-Fifth
Annual Meeting, to be held February 13-15, 1999. The conference will
consist of a General Session and a Parasession on Saturday and Sunday,
followed by a Special Session on Monday.
*** General Session
The General Session will cover all areas of general linguistic interest.
Invited Speakers
CAROL FOWLER, Haskins Laboratories, Univ. of Connecticut, Yale Univ.
STEPHEN LEVINSON, Max Planck Institut fur Psycholinguistik, Nijmegen
BJORN LINDBLOM, Univ. of Stockholm and Univ. of Texas, Austin
ALEC MARANTZ, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*** Parasession: Loan Word Phenomena
The Parasession invites papers on loan word phenomena from various
theoretical, historical, sociolinguistic, and typological perspectives, as
well as descriptive works and field reports. Areas of interest include
stratification of the lexicon and loan word 'subgrammars', re-lexification,
the role of orthography, markedness effects, second-language acquisition,
child language, bilingualism and code-switching, etc.
Invited Speakers
ELLEN BROSELOW, State University of New York, Stony Brook
GARLAND CANNON, Texas A&M University
JUNKO ITO & ARMIN MESTER, University of California, Santa Cruz
*** Special Session: Issues in Caucasian, Dravidian and Turkic Linguistics
The Special Session will feature research on Caucasian, Dravidian and
Turkic languages. Papers addressing both diachronic and synchronic issues
are welcome. Potential topics include theoretical and descriptive accounts
of structural features, writing systems and transcription problems,
language reform, and the reconstruction of the respective Proto-languages,
including the question of Altaic linguistic unity.
Invited Speakers
LARS JOHANSON, Universitat Mainz
K.P. MOHANAN, National University of Singapore
JOHANNA NICHOLS, University of California, Berkeley
***
We encourage proposals from diverse theoretical frameworks and welcome
papers from related disciplines, such as Anthropology, Cognitive Science,
Computer Science, Literature, Philosophy, and Psychology.
Papers presented at the conference will be published in the Society's
Proceedings, and authors who present papers agree to provide camera-ready
copy (not to exceed 12 pages) by May 15, 1999. Presentations will be
allotted 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions. We ask that you make
your abstract as specific as possible, including a statement of your topic
or problem, your approach, and your conclusions. An author may submit at
most one single and one joint abstract. In case of joint authorship, one
address should be designated for communication with BLS. Send abstracts to:
BLS 25 Abstracts Committee, 1203 Dwinelle Hall, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720. Abstracts must be received by 4:00 p.m., November 2,
1998. We may be contacted by e-mail at <blssocrates.berkeley.edu>.
Information on e-mail submission and additional guidelines for abstracts
can be found at our web site (http://faust.linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS).
We will not accept faxed abstracts.
Registration Fees: Before February 5, 1999; $15 for students, $30 for
non-students; After February 5, 1999; $20 for students, $35 for non-students.
LECTURE SERIES- Central Asia Today, Tokyo, Oct.-Dec. 1998
Posted by: SATO Koji <koji_satojpf.go.jp>
Posted: 3 Nov 1998
LECTURE SERIES- Central Asia Today, Tokyo, Oct.-Dec. 1998
The Japan Foundation Asia Center is organizing a series of lectures for the
general public, entitled "Central Asia Today" (within the framework of the
Lectures for Better Understanding of Asia) from October to December, 1998,
every Wednesday, 19:00-20:30, at The Japan Foundation Asia Center (Tokyo).
The lectures are only in Japanese.
In general images of "Central Asia" in Japan, a kind of romanticism related
with history of the Silk Road and a kind of dynamics of Chingiz Khan Empire
or Timur Empire, seem to have attracted people's interest to great extent.
On the other hand, after the emergence of the independent Central Asian
states in 1991, people have been getting more information on current
Central Asia, which is somehow far from those images. Focusing mostly on
the former Soviet Central Asia, the lecturers of the course are trying to
fill this "gap" for better understanding of today's Central Asia: What has
happened in its modern history; What kind of political, social and cultural
life do Central Asian people have today; How diverse their world is, etc.
Lecturers and titles:
(1) Oct. 1 OBIYA Chika, "Central Asia--history and today: Guidance
for the course."
(2) Oct. 7 OBIYA Chika, "New history and new nations in Central Asia"
(3) Oct. 14 KOMATSU Hisao, "The conception of Turkistan"
(4) Oct. 21 UYAMA Tomohiko, "The challenges of Kazak intellectuals"
(5) Oct. 28 SHINMEN Yasushi, "Central Asia and China in modern
history"
(6) Nov. 4 YOSHIDA Setsuko, "Modern 'nomadic' culture among the Kirghiz"
(7) Nov. 11 SAKAI Hiroki, "The world of Central Asian epics"
(8) Nov. 18 SHIMADA Shizuo, "Tajik culture in Central Asia: Some
phases of its literature"
(9) Nov. 25 TODA Noriko, "Significance of traditional music in modern
Central Asia"
(10) Dec. 2 NISHIKIMI Koji, "Privatization in agriculture in Kazakstan"
For further information and inquiry on the course, please contact to the
person in charge by e-mail.
Mr. SATO Koji
Culture & Information Div., The Japan Foundation Asia Center
(Address: Akasaka Twin Tower, 2-17-22, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
E-mail: Koji_Satojpf.go.jp
Website of the Japan Foundation: http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/index.html
LECTURE- Mongols and Manchus, Sechin Jagchid, NYU
Posted by: Central Asia Forum <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 28 Oct 1998
LECTURE- Mongols and Manchus, Sechin Jagchid, NYU
The Indo-Mongolian Society would like to invite you to a lecture by
Professor Sechin Jagchid
"The Historic Relationship of the Mongols and the Manchus"
Friday, October 30, 6:30pm
Hagop Kevorkian Centre for Near Eastern Studies, New York University
50 Washington Square South (entrance on Sullivan Street)
Professor Jagchid will introduce us to the Manchus who invaded China in the
spring of 1644 and established the Qing Empire. The Manchu in many ways
modeled themselves on the Mongols and the Manchu army included large
contingents of Mongol cavalry and government officials. The Mongol/Manchu
relationship, like many other relationships, had its ups and downs and
Professor Jagchid will bring this fiery involvement to life for us in his
lecture. Professor Jagchid is the author of "Peace, War and Trade Along
the Great Wall" and "Mongolia's Culture and Society".
The meeting is co-sponsored by the Hagop Kevorkian Centre for Near Eastern
Studies. Admission is free.
CALL FOR PAPERS- Central & Inner Asia Seminar, Toronto, Apr. 1999
Posted by: Michael Gervers <102063.2152compuserve.com>
Posted: 27 Oct 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Central & Inner Asia Seminar, Toronto, Apr. 1999
Call for Papers, and Profile
Central and Inner Asia Seminar
University of Toronto
The Central and Inner Asia Seminar (CIAS) is dedicated to studying the
cultures and activities of ancient and modern nomadic peoples that occupy
the region from the China Sea to Eastern Europe, and the relationship they
have to the surrounding sedentary cultures. The CIAS grew out of the
Canada-Mongolia Association in 1990 and at that time began sponsoring a
regular series of annual lectures. In 1993 the individual lectures were
replaced by an annual seminar and the proceedings from these have been
printed in two volumes of working papers. A third volume is in press.
The next Seminar is scheduled to take place at the University of Toronto on
Friday and Saturday, 23-24 April 1999. The subject of discussion will be
"RELIGION, CUSTOMARY LAW AND MATERIAL CULTURE AMONG THE NOMADS." The
organizers would welcome proposals on this subject, which may be
interpreted broadly in terms of the historical past and of influences
transmitted to modern life and values. By "customary law", is meant the
complex of nomadic Turko-Mongolian customs and traditions which were
elevated to the status of law (known as the YASA) by Chingiz Khan in the
13th century, and which often conflicted with the laws and practices of the
religions of Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism when these spread among the
various nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppe. "Material culture"
encompasses the physical remains, (archaeological, art historical, and
architectural) which played a role in religion or law, or the interaction
of the two.
Proposals may be for twenty- or forty-minute presentations and should be
sent to Professor Michael Gervers and to Professor Wayne Schlepp.
Resources permitting, the Proceedings of the Seminar will be published (for
previous publications, consult the below-mentioned website).
While participants will be responsible for their travel and living
expenses, the organizers will make every effort to facilitate the stay in
Toronto and, upon request, to advise about the availability of modestly
priced accommodation.
Financial support for the activities of the CIAS comes mainly from the York
Univeristy/University of Toronto Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies
(JCAPS). Other sources of assistance within the University of Toronto
include the Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES), The
Centre for the Study of Religion, The Department of East Asian Studies
(EAS), The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, The
Department of History, and the School of Graduate Studies (SGS).
Further information may be obtained:
1) from the CIAS website: http://www.utoronto.ca/deeds/cias/
2) from the organizers of the Seminar:
Professor Michael Gervers: 102063.2152compuserve.com
Professor Wayne Schlepp: schleppeagle.ca
3) by writing to:
Central and Inner Asia Seminar
c/o The DEEDS Project,
Rm. 14290 Robarts Library,
130 St. George St.,
University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H1
CONFERENCE- Caspian Environment Conference, Columbia University, Oct.30
Posted by: caspiancolumbia.edu
Posted: 26 Oct 1998
CONFERENCE- Caspian Environment Conference, Columbia University, Oct.30
The Columbia Caspian Project
School of International & Public Affairs * Columbia University
Presents a conference on
Oil & Environmental Security in the Caspian and Black Seas
October 30, 1998
Kellogg Conference Center, 15th Floor
International Affairs Building
420 West 118th Street (Amsterdam Avenue)
New York, NY 10027
As Caspian oil production increases, concern for environmental security
will intensify. Resolving this issue will require the cooperation of oil
producers, government regulators, international agencies, and ecological NGOs.
This day-long conference will gather representatives from these sectors
who will address the vectors of environmental security, oil productivity,
and political dynamics.
Co-Directors
Richard Bulliet, Director, Middle East Institute
Mark von Hagen, Director, Harriman Institute
Conference Organizer
Peter Sinnott
This conference is made possible by a gift from the EXXON Corporation
Program
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Introductory Remarks
* Mark von Hagen, Director, Harriman Institute & Co-Director,
Columbia Caspian Project
8:45-10:30
* Tadeusz Swietochowski Monmouth University
"The Caspian as a Region in History"
* David Aubrey Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute
"The Caspian Environment"
* Richard Levine U.S. Geological Survey
"The Kara-Bogaz-Gul"
10:45-12:00
* Scott Horton Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP
"Legal Implications to Proposed Divisions of the Caspian Sea"
* Mark Rosen Captain, JAGC, US Navy
"The Special Situation of the Bophorus"
* James Clayton Caucasus Advisory Group and ISAR
"Georgia: Environment and the Pipeline to the Black Sea"
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Keynote Address
* Faik Askerov Azerbaijan International Operating Company(AIOC)
"The Formation of Ecological Impact Statements and their
Co-ordination within the AIOC Consortium"
1:00-3:50
* Douglas Blum Providence College
"Domestic Politics and Russia's Caspian Policy"
* Amir Badakhshan Sharif University of Technology, Iran
"Iranian Perspectives on Environmental Problems in the Caspian
Sea Region"
* Gordon Feller Integrated Strategies
"Caspian Oil and its Environmental Impact on Turkmenistan"
* Kamran Abdullaev Ecoil-Ruzgar and EcoEnergy Academy of
Azerbaijan
"Environmental Issues in Azerbaijan"
* Russell D. Tait Senior Environmental Advisor to Exxon
Ventures (CIS)
"Azerbaijan Exploration and Production Operators:
Environmental Activities and Initiatives"
3:50-4:00 Closing Remarks
* Peter Sinnott Columbia Caspian Project
The conference costs $300 for Corporate attendees $200 for Non-profit
Columbia University faculty and students may attend for free but will be
required to pay for the plated lunch.
You may send a check to the Columbia University Caspian Project Middle East
Institute, Room 1113 IAB, 420 West 118th Street OR, Pay by check or cash at
the time of registration. BUT, please register by email to:
caspiancolumbia.edu OR, by telephone to Peter Sinnott 212.854.2332
CALL FOR PAPERS- SOYUZ Conference, April 1999
Posted by: Katherine Metzo <kmetzoindiana.edu>
Posted: 23 Oct 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- SOYUZ Conference, April 1999
Peripheral Visions: Views for the Margins
SOYUZ--the research network for Post-Communist Cultural Studies
Annual Conference
April 9-11, 1999
Indiana University
The theme for this year's conference focuses on changes in the periphery
of the former Communist states since the fall of Communism. This includes
changes in the composition of the periphery (geographical, social, and
economic) and changes in relationships between periphery and center. We
are also looking for papers that address how disciplinary approaches to
the study of the periphery have changed. And perhaps most importantly we
are looking for the point of view of those in the periphery.
Possible topics include, but are by no means limited to:
nationalism and identity poverty and homelessness
elderly and youth crime/mafia
rural communities religious and ethnic minorities
management of natural resources alternative lifestyles
gender and family issues regionalization
tourism (eco-, cultural-,historical-)
development emerging institutions
alcoholism "tradition" and cultural change
Abstracts should be sent to:
Katherine Metzo
Department of Anthropology
130 Student Building
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
or to <kmetzoindiana.edu>
Please include name, title of paper, academic affiliation, and a 200-word
abstract. Electronic submissions or submissions on diskette (please
indicate name of file and program) are preferred.
Due: December 15, 1998
Some free housing will be available with IU students for graduate students
and foreign guests. A bloc of hotel rooms has been reserved. Further
information on accommodations will be sent to program participants or upon
request.
CALL FOR PAPERS- Central Eurasian Studies Conference, Indiana University
Posted by: Daniel Prior <dpriorindiana.edu>
Posted: 15 Oct 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Central Eurasian Studies Conference, Indiana University
CALL FOR PAPERS
THE SIXTH ANNUAL CENTRAL
EURASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY,
BLOOMINGTON
MARCH 27TH, 1999
Graduate students, faculty and independent scholars are invited to submit
abstracts of papers on Central Eurasian issues in all fields. Two panels
are being organized for Central Asian papers, one on ancient and medieval
Central Asia, and another on modern Central Asia.
Abstracts up to two double spaced pages are due January 8, 1999.
Abstracts are expected to be comprehensive and publishable - a collection
of abstracts of papers selected will be published by the date of the
conference. Please, indicate affiliation (if any), street address, E-mail
address and telephone/fax number.
Notifications of acceptance and other materials will be sent to the authors
of accepted papers on January 20. There is a $ 20 fee for participants who
are not currently affiliated with the Bloomington Campus. The fee is
payable after receiving the notification of acceptance and should be sent
together with a letter of intention to attend which is due on
January 30, 1999.
Please, send abstracts to:
The Sixth Annual Central Eurasian Conference
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
fax: (812) 855-7500
Telephone: (812) 855-9510
E-mail: acesindiana.edu
Queries and abstracts may also be e-mailed directly to the Central Asia
panel moderators:
Ron Sela, Ancient and Medieval Central Asia (rselaindiana.edu)
Daniel Prior, Modern Central Asia (dpriorindiana.edu)
Association of Central Eurasian Students
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-2408
CALL FOR PAPERS- Privatization, Transnational Communication & Media
Posted by: Hussein Amin
Posted: 8 October 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Privatization, Transnational Communication & Media
[Papers on Central Asia are encouraged in particular]
Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE)
Third Annual Conference
"Privatization, Transnational Communication, and Media"
Cairo, Egypt September 7-10, 1998
Communication educators and media professionals throughout North Africa,
the Middle East, South Asia, Europe and the United States are invited to
submit proposals for the Third International Conference of the Arab-U.S.
Association for Communication Educators. The conference will be held in
Cairo, Egypt, September 7 -10, 1998, hosted by The American University in
Cairo. Co-sponsors include Cairo University, AUSACE, Georgia State
University's Center for International Media Education and Transnational
Broadcasting Study <tbs>, the Internet journal published by the Adham
Center for Television Journalism.
Papers and panels on the primary themes, "Privatization, Transnational
Communication, and Media" will be welcomed as well as papers on the related
topics of:
- Media Technology
- Cultural Communication
- Educational Technology
- Women and Communication
- Advertising and public relations
The deadline for papers and proposals to be received is July 1, 1998.
Applicants should mail or fax a one-page abstract of papers or proposals in
Arabic or English.
In the United States send proposals to:
Dr. Carolyn Crimmins
Georgia State University
Dept. of Communication
One Park Plaza, 10th floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Fax: 770-423-6740
E-mail: joucccpanthergsu.edu
In the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and Europe send proposals to:
Dr. Hussein Amin
The American University in Cairo
The Adham Center for Television Journalism
P.O. Box 2511
11511 Cairo, EGYPT
Fax: 202-355-7565 or 202-364-4699
E-mail: h_aminaucegypt.edu
Applicants whose proposals are approved will receive confirmation within
four weeks. For more information, please contact Dr. Hussien Amin, by
e-mail or Fax at: 202-355-7565.
Hussein Amin
The Adham Center for Television Journalism
The American University in Cairo.
P.O. Box 2511 Cairo 1151 Egypt.
ph. ofc.:(20-2)357-5418/~24. fx. ofc.:(20-2)355-7565
ph. res.:(20-2)364-2318. ph/fx. res.:(20-2)364-4699
email : h_aminaucegypt.edu Website: http://inf.auc.eun.eg
Premiering soon http://www.tbsjournal.com/
CONFERENCE- ESCAS Conference, Venice, Italy, 8-10 October
Posted by: European Society for Central Asian Studies ESCAS
Posted: 8 October 1998
6th Conference, Venice, 8-10 October 1998
Second Circular
To those who have sent their abstracts:
Thank you for your joining to the 6th ESCAS Conference which will take
place on October 8-10 in Venice. (S. Giorgio, "Fondazione G. Cini")
Unfortunately we have no subvention up to now. It means that everybody
attending the Conference has to bear the cost of journey and staying in
Venice. Still for scholars coming from soft-currency countries (former
Soviet Union), I have reserved 25 single rooms (70.000 Lire per night)
Hotels are available, if reserved on time (about 150.000 Lire per night for
single room). If you need a double room, please indicate. I appreciate if
you send me your hotel reservation as soon as possible. You can reach me by
sending fax to the following number: +(39)(41) 524 18 47
Later on a more detailed circular follows,
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Giampiero Bellingeri
Dipartimento di Studi Eurasiatici
Universita Ca Foscari di Venezia
S. Polo 2035
30125 Venezia
Italy
CONFERENCE- European Conference of Iranian Studies, Paris, Sept. 1999
Posted by: Central Asia Forum <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 5 Oct 1998
CONFERENCE- European Conference of Iranian Studies, Paris, Sept. 1999
The Fourth European Conference of Iranian Studies will be held in Paris
September 6-10, 1999. The conference is organized by "Monde Iranian" and
is open to all specialists of Iranian civilization from its origins to
modern times, members and non-members of the Societas Iranologica Europaea
(SIE) alike.
Papers, in one of the official languages of the Societas (French, English,
German and Italian) should not exceed 20 minutes. Papers will be presented
by theme and arranged by subject in parallel sessions. Anyone wishing to
arrange a workshop on a specific theme should please indicate this on the
registration form.
The deadline for registration is 15 October 1998.
Costs (not including travel or accommodations, payable before 15 June 1999):
Members of the SIE: 300 FFR / 45 EUR / 60 USD
Non-members: 600 FFR / 90 EUR / 120 USD
Students: 100 FFR / 15 EUR / 20 USD
The conference will be held at the Cite universitaire internationale de
Paris. Any participant wishing to be accommodated at the Cite can obtain a
room at a moderate cost.
For further information, including a registration form, contact:
Secretariat
Monde Iranien
CNRS - 27, rus Paul Bert
94 204 IVRY-sur-Seine France
Tel: 33 (0) 1 49 60 40 05
Fax: 33 (0) 1 45 21 94 19
<irandrl.cnrs.fr>
CONFERENCE- Association for the Study of Nationalities, April 1999
Posted by: Dominique Arel <Dominique_ArelBrown.edu>
Posted: 22 Sep 1998
CONFERENCE- Association for the Study of Nationalities, April 1999
[NOTE: For application and further conference information, please see
addresses below.]
Call for Papers
"Rethinking Identities:
State, Nation, Culture"
ASN 4th Annual Convention
International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
15-17 April 1999
The central theme of the 1999 Convention of the Association for the Study
of Nationalities (ASN) will revolve around questions of identities in
East-Central Europe and the post-Soviet Union. Special considerations will
be given to inter-disciplinary panel proposals.
Videos/Films. The Convention intends to show short videos (10-15 minutes),
integrated into regular panels, as well as medium- and full-length videos
or films, as special events. We welcome suggestions and proposals for
videos and films focussing on East-Central Europe or the former Soviet
Union. All correspondence should be sent to the Program Chair, Dominique
Arel (address below).
Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no particular application
form to fill out. The vast majority of proposals were e-mailed to the
Program Chair last year, but proposals sent by fax or regular mail are also
accepted. For instructions on the proposals, see the "Application
Information" below. All proposals must be sent to the Program Chair,
Dominique Arel (address below). Deadline for proposals: 10 December 1998
Registration. Registration fees are $25 for ASN Members, $40 for
Non-Members ($20 for East European Non-Members) and $10 for Students.
Registration will be waived for students if they become first-time ASN
Members (at the student rate of $25). All panel participants have to
register by March 18th, 1999.
Funding. Participants are responsible for seeking their own funds to cover
all travel and accommodation costs. ASN is unable to assist participants
financially, including applicants from Eastern Europe.
Accommodation. ASN has a list of several recommended hotels, some in the
$55-$75 price range, others in the $100-120 area. For further information,
please contact the Convention Coordinator Oded Eran (address below).
Advertisements/Exhibitors. Due to considerations of space, advertisers and
exhibitors are encouraged to place their order early. For information,
please contact the Convention Coordinator Oded Eran (address below).
Web Site. Our web site will soon provide continuously updated information
on the ASN Convention: <http://library.pace.edu/asn>.
We look forward to seeing you at the convention!
Dominique Arel
ASN Convention Program Chair
Watson Institute
Brown University, Box 1970
Two Stimson Ave.
Providence, RI 02912
401 863 9296 tel
401 863 1270 fax
darelbrown.edu
Oded Eran
ASN Convention Coordinator
Harriman Institute
Columbia U.
1215 IAB, Columbia University
410 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212 854 6239 tel
212 666 3481 fax
asncolumbia.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS- German Middle East Studies Association, Nov. 1998
Posted by: DAVO <DAVOGeo.Uni-Mainz.DE>
Posted: 21 Sep 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- German Middle East Studies Association, Nov. 1998
[NOTE: For further information, including registration form, please see
addresses below.]
Invitation to the Fifth Annual Congress of the German Middle East
Studies Association (DAVO)
Main theme: "Transformation of Societies in the Middle East"
Congress Centre of Banz Monastery, 19-21 November 1998
>From 19 - 21 November 1998 the German Middle East Studies Association
for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO) is organizing its
fifth annual conference at the congress centre of Banz Monastery. We
welcome papers on contemporary Middle East studies and the impact of
this region on the development of other parts of the world. Middle East
studies are understood to include disciplines relevant to the study of
an area comprising all Arab states and territories, Afghanistan, Iran,
Pakistan, Turkey, Israel and the Muslim states of the former USSR.
Preorganized panels and individual papers
Proposals for preorganised panels and workshops on a common theme with
at least three papers presented and chair are strongly encouraged.
Individual paper submissions will be grouped into panels and assigned a
chair. Although most of the papers will be held in German, English
papers and discussions are strongly encouraged. The abstract (up to a
maximum of 150 words) of each paper will be published in the next
DAVO-Nachrichten. The abstract should arrive by e-mail ordisk at the Editor
of DAVO-Nachrichten before 15 December 1998.
Presentation of posters
Research projects can be presented within the framework of a
presentation of posters. Especially younger academics and postgraduate
students are strongly encouraged to use this opportunity to present
their work. The posters should not exceed 1.20 m in width and 1.50 m in
height. The presentation of posters will take place over the whole day
of Friday, 20 November 1998.
Book exhibition
A book exhibition is planned for the whole duration of the conference.
Institutes, publishing companies and book shops are invited to present,
free of charge, publications concerned with the Middle East, and to sell
copies of these publications through their own employees. Please send
copies for the exhibition - with brochures and order forms - to the DAVO
Conference Organization before 13 November 1998.
Registration of participants, papers and posters
Please use the following forms (or those available on the DAVO homepage
http://www.geo.uni-mainz.de/davo) for the registration of your
participation as well as for papers and posters. The registration forms
should be send to the DAVO Conference Organization, Prof. Dr. H. Kopp,
Institute for Geography, Kochstr. 4/4, D-91504 Erlangen, Tel.
++49/9131/852012, Fax: ++49/9131/852013, e-mail: h.koppgeographie.
uni-erlangen.de together with the conference fees before 25 October
1998. Extra fees will become due for later registrations.
LECTURES-Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, The Asia Society, NY
Posted by: Robert Radtke <robertrasiasoc.org>
Posted: 18 Sep 1998
LECTURES- LECTURES- Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, The Asia Society, NY
The Asia Society (725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, NYC) is organizing two
meetings focusing on Central Asia in the coming weeks. Members of your
Center/Institute might find the meetings of interest, and I would like
to invite anyone to attend as a guest of the Asia Society. If someone
would like to come, please just reply to me via e-mail and I will see
that they are registered for the event as my guest.
EVENTS ARE:
On Wednesday, September 30th, at 6:30 p.m.
H.E. Talbak Nazarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan will
speak on
"Tajikistan: Opportunities for the Future"
On Friday, October 2nd, at 8:30 a.m.
H.E. Mr. Kassymjomart Tokaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
will speak on
"Kazakhstan's Role at the Crossroads of Asia
Thank you.
Robert W. Radtke
Associate Director, Policy Programs
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Tel: 212-288-6400
Fax: 212-517-8315
E-mail: rradtkeasiasoc.org
CONFERENCE- US Geostrategic Interests in Uzbekistan and Central Asia
Posted by: aucc2erols.com
Posted: 15 Sep 1998
CONFERENCE- US Geostrategic Interests in Uzbekistan and Central Asia
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1998
RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, ROOM 385
WASHINGTON, D.C.
This event is being sponsored by the American Foreign Policy Institute and
the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce and is free of charge.
No registration is required.
SCHEDULE
9:30 a.m.
Welcome: Domenick G. Scaglione, Chairman of the Board, American Foreign
Policy Institute
9:40
Remarks: Robert S. Pace, Executive Director, American-Uzbekistan Chamber
of Commerce
9:45
Keynote Speech: Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY), Chairman, House
International Relations Committee
10:10
H. E. Sodyq S.Safaev, Ambassador of Uzbekistan
10:35
Dr. Sherzod Abduliev, Former Advisor to President of Uzbekistan Islam
Karimov
10:55
Dr. Ariel Cohen, The Heritage Foundation
11:20
Dr. Paul Goble, Communications Director, RFE/RL
11:45
Dr. Dan Davidson, Executive Director, American Councils for
International Education (ACIE)
12:10
Ladd Connell, Uzbekistan Desk Officer, U.S. Dept. of State
12:35
Dr. Trevor Gunn, BISNIS, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:15 p.m.
Senator William Roth (R-DE)
2:35
Robert S. Pace, Executive Director, American-Uzbekistan Chamber of
Commerce (AUCC)
2:50
Mary Beth Donnelly, Vice President, Newmont Gold Company
3:10
Guli Yuldasheva, Economic Expert, Institute of Strategic and
International Studies of Uzbekistan
3:30
William Taylor, Coordinator for Assistance to the NIS, U.S. Department of State
3:50
Carlos Pascual, Director for Russia and Eurasia,National Security Council
4:10
Scott Horton, Esq., Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP
4:30
Dr. Nozar Alaolmolki, Chairman, Political Science Dept., Hiram University
4:50
Concluding Remarks: Dr. Z. Michael Szaz, President, American Foreign
Policy Institute
CONFERENCE- Rug Convention, Textile Museum, Washington DC
Posted by: Tova Brandt <tbrandttextilemuseum.org>
Posted: 4 Sep 1998
CONFERENCE- Rug Convention, Textile Museum, Washington DC
I am pleased to offer information on The Textile Museum's 21st Rug
Convention, "What's New in Old Turkmens". This year's convention will take
place on October 16, 17, and 18, located at both The Textile Museum and the
beautiful Corcoran Gallery. As always, the weekend program strives to
promote scholarship, camaraderie, and the informal exchange of ideas.
The Saturday schedule of presentations promises to address a variety of
perspectives on the study of Turkmen rugs. Professor Larry Clark will
discuss the ethnic and cultural history of the Turkmen people, followed by
E.B. (Ned) Long's overview of methods of rug analysis. Peter Hoffmeister
will present findings from his continuing research of Turkmen pieces in
European collections. Harald Bohmer will share the results of dye analysis
performed on rugs from The Textile Museum and private collections. Peter
Hagerty will offer insight into the current practice of sheep herding. To
conclude, Carol Bier will summarize the day's presentations.
Other aspects of the weekend include a special showing of Turkmen rugs from
The Textile Museum's collection, a "Show & Tell" segment where participants
may share their own private pieces, and a reception at a private residence
in Washington.
For more information, or to receive a brochure with a full schedule of
events and registration information, contact Tova Brandt at
tbrandttextilemuseum.org, call (202) 667-0441, ext. 11, or fax (202)
483-0994.
CONFERENCE- Development of Central Asia, Urumqi, China, Sept. 13-18
Posted by: CoDoCA <101651.1370compuserve.com>
Posted: 3 Sep 1998
CONFERENCE- Development of Central Asia, Urumqi, China, Sept. 13-18
[NOTE: For further information, including a tentative conference schedule,
please see contact information below.]
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
The Conference on "strategic considerations for the development of Central
Asia" will be held from September 13-18, 1998 in Urumqi, China. More than
150 people from 25 countries including high level leaders from China and
Central Asia will attend this breakthrough meeting. The conference will be
organised by the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography under the
Chinese Academy of Sciences and CoDoCA, in association with the
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Nepal.
Central Asia, which includes much of inland China, spans a huge continental
landmass with high mountains ranges and plateaus which form the source of
most of Asia's great rivers. Ecological balance here affects the global
ecosystem as a whole; yet much of Central Asia's arid and semi-arid
landmass has already been seriously degraded and is subject to growing
desertification. Therefore, the peoples and governments in Central Asia are
faced with a major challenge as they step into the new millennium: how to
plan for development that is truly sustainable in environmental, social and
economic terms.
These issues will be discussed at the Urumqi conference, which is the
follow up of a preliminary conference in Mongolia in 1994. We expect
minister-level delegations from China (Mr Xie Zhang Hua, Minister, National
Environmental Protection Agency), Kazakhstan (Mr Daulkeev, Minister of
Environment), Kyrghyzstan, Uzbekistan and the Altai Republic of the
Russian Federation and senior-level government delegations from other
Central Asian countries. There are 50 paper presentations from experts
from the region and abroad. The conference is sponsored by the Dutch and
Swiss Governments and the Ford Foundation.
Sander G. Tideman
Prof. Song Yu Dong
organising committee
The conference will be held at the Hotel World Plaza in Urumqi.
Room rate is from RMB 550 per night. Bookings can be made directly at:
Hotel World Plaza, attn: Maximilian So, General Manager
Address: 2 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
tel:+86-991-3836400/3836360; fax: +86-991-3836399/3839007
email: hwppublic.wl.xj.cn
More information at Organising Committee:
CoDoCA
Gooibergstraat 8
1406 SL Bussum
The Netherlands
tel: +31-35-6934266
fax: +31-35-6935254
CONFERENCE- Electricity Privatization in Kazakhstan, August 25
Posted by: Wallace Kaufman <wkaufmansprintmail.com>
Posted: 7 Aug 1998
CONFERENCE- Electricity Privatization in Kazakhstan, August 25
August 25 All Over the Globe, a bilingual Kazakhstani newspaper, presents a
national conference on privatizing electric transmission lines. The
conference is sponsored by AES, Tractebel, and KEGOC (the state owned
company providing national transmission lines.)
More information from All Over the Globe, ipakaznet.kz
CONFERENCE- Revival of Silk Road, Yerevan, October 1998
Posted by: Magy Nargizyan <magyfreenet.am>
Posted: 29 Jul 1998
CONFERENCE- Revival of Silk Road, Yerevan, October 1998
[NOTE: The registration deadline for the conference is August 5, 1998. For
full information, including a registration form, please contact the
organizers at the address given below.]
Scientific-Practical Conference
on Revival of Great Silk Road
Yerevan, October 14-18, 1998
We would like to inform you that from 14th to 18th October 1998 the
International scientific-practical conference on "the Great Silk Road: its
historical role, the tendencies and perspectives of revival in modern
conditions" will be held in Yerevan. The organizers of conference are the
Armenia-Kazakstan Society, the Armenian Society of Cultural Communications
with Foreign Countries, the National Academy of Sciences of RA, Yerevan
State University. We expect that from Kazakstan will be participate the
followings institutes and organizations: the Academy of Sciences of
Kazakstan, Republican State Enterprise - Agency KHABAR, Institute of
Strategic Researches at the President of the Republic Kazakstan, Institute
of Development of Kazakstan.
The Project including:
(a) Holding of an International scientific-practical conference with the
edition of the conference materials as Newsletters in Russian and English
languages;
(b) Realization of fair - exhibition of manufactured goods and items of the
Handicraftsmen;
(c) Realization of meeting of the business people who show interest to
Armenia and are willing to promote the prosperity and well being of our
states; discussion of a wide spectrum of the issues and ideas concerning
the development and strengthening multilateral cooperation between Armenia
and the states of the Caucasus and Asia;
(d) Organization during the conference of a round-table and debates;
(e) During the forum is provided the realization of the cultural measures.
- Concert program (the songs, dances etc.),
- Exhibition of souvenirs or items reflecting the history of the Silk Road
- Photographic exhibition or exposition of paintings,
- Observation excursion within Yerevan with visit to the Museums
- Visiting of the cultural-historical places: Garni, Geghard, and Etshmiadzin.
In the conference are supposed the participation of representatives from
region Caucasus-Asia.
For participating in the work of the conference will be invited scientists
from the countries of Europe and USA, who work on the problems concerning
with investigations of the region Caucasus-Asia.
The conference aims at stimulating international activities of scientists
and the business people from East and West tending to encourage free
exchange of information and views on today's standing of science, economic
and culture. We believe the event will contribute to extensive contacts
between them.
Topics:
- Discussing the cultural-historical roots of mutual relations between the
peoples of the Caucasus and Asia;
- Promoting the development of new communications channels and modes
between the Caucasus and Asia, and discussing the principles "of the
actions' plan to revive the ancient Silk Road";
- Elaborating the practical recommendations for cooperation in transitional
period, and defining the personal interest by each of the countries in
expansion of multilateral cooperation;
- Development of a cognitive tourism: the rebirth, preservation, and stable
development of cultural legacy of the peoples in the region.
With pleasure we have to honor of inviting you to join this prestigious
project. For obtaining more information, you are pleased to contact us:
E-mail: danaakod.arminco.com
Sincerely,
Dr Eduard Khurshudian
Coordinator in science issue,
Dr. Dana Moukanova
Chairman of the Armenia-Kazakstan Society
AOKS
Abovian St. 3
375001 Yerevan-Armenia
Fax: (8852) 506202
Tel.: (8852) 581241, 564514, 562227
CONFERENCE- Wisconsin Workshop on Central Asian Studies, Oct. 98: 8/1 Deadline
Posted by: Deborah Soper <creecavms2.macc.wisc.edu>
Posted: 14 Jul 1998
CONFERENCE- Wisc. Workshop on Central Asian Studies, Oct. 98: 8/1 Deadline
ATTENTION:
LAST CALL FOR PAPERS!!
ABSTRACTS DUE AUGUST 1, 1998
Workshop on Central Asian Studies
October 8-11, 1998
University of Wisconsin-Madison
[Note: For complete information on the Workshop, please see contact
information below.]
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Participants wishing to present a paper are asked to submit by August 1,
1998 the title of their proposed presentation together with a one-paragraph
abstract, and the information requested below:
FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS OR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
University of Wisconsin-Madison
210 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison,WI 53706-1397
608-262-3379
Fax 608-265-3062
creecamacc.wisc.edu
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/creeca/
CONFERENCE- Financial Conference in Reading, UK, Sept. 25, 1998
Posted by: Dr. Yelena Kalyuzhnova <y.kaluyzhnovareading.ac.uk>
Posted: 30 Jun 1998
CONFERENCE- Financial Conference in Reading, UK, Sept. 25, 1998
The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies and the ISMA Centre - The Business
School for Financial Market annouce a forthcoming conference entitled
'Entering the World Financial Market: East and Central Europe and the
CIS countries,' which will take place at the University of Reading on
September 25, 1998.
Among the participants we expect representatives from The EBRD,IBRD,
EIU, etc.., as well as prominent academics working in the field and
representatives of businesses with interests in Eastern and Central
Europe, and the CIS countries.
Please address all enquiries to the conference administrators Nick
Tucker, e-mail: cpssreading.ac.uk Tel: 44 (0118) 9316205 Fax: 44
(0118) 9755442.Or
Elaine Reid, e-mail: E.ReidISMAcentre.reading.ac.uk Tel: 44 (0118)
9314741 Fax: 44 (0118) 9314741
We look forward to meeting you at the conference.
Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova tel: 44 118 9316637
Co-ordinator fax: 44 118 9755442
The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/EIS/GSEIS/ceas/ceas.html
GSEIS, The University of Reading
Whiteknights, PO Box 218,
Reading, RG6 6AA
UK
SEMINAR- IAS Central Asian Seminar (Tokyo)
Posted by: Chika Obiya <obiyaidc.minpaku.ac.jp>
Posted: 22 Jun 1998
SEMINAR- IAS Central Asian Seminar (Tokyo)
The Second IAS Central Asian Seminar
Central Asia Network of IAS Unit 1 (Islamic Area Studies project--
see its web site: http://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IAS/) will hold THE SECOND
IAS CENTRAL ASIAN SEMINAR in collaboration with IAS Unit 3 and the inter-
institutional project of the Japan Center for Area Studies, JCAS (National
Museum of Ethnology, NME, Osaka--see the web site: http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/)
"Political, economical and social changes in West Asia." The theme will
be the national delimitation in Central Asia. We will also have a small
party after the seminar at the same venue.
If you are interested in participating in the seminar, please get in
contact with Prof. Komatsu (The Univ. of Tokyo) by e-mail:
komatsul.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
If you are going to attend the party too, this should be also informed.
Very unfortunately, this time there is no possibility of financial
support from our side for participation from abroad.
*THE SECOND IAS CENTRAL ASIAN SEMINAR*
Date: July 10 (Fri.) 14:00-
Venue: Sanjo-kaikan, The Univ. of Tokyo
Speakers:
(1)Prof. KOMATSU Hisao (Prof., The Univ. of Tokyo)
"Some notes on the National Delimitation in Central Asia"
(2)Dr. John S. SCHOEBERLEIN (Director, Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies)
"The National Delimitation as a Historical Moment and a Conceptural
Trajectory of Central Asian Identity"
Name: OBIYA Chika
E-mail: obiyaidc.minpaku.ac.jp
Fax: +81-6-878-8353
Japan Center for Area Studies
National Museum of Ethnology
10-1 Senri Expo Park, Suita, Osaka 565-8511
Japan
CONFERENCE- Center for Iranian Research & Analysis (CIRA), August 1999
Posted by: Kamran M. Dadkhah <kdadkhahlynx.dac.neu.edu>
Posted: 16 Jun 1998
CONFERENCE- Center for Iranian Research & Analysis (CIRA), August 1999
The 17th Annual CIRA Conference will be held in Boston April 23-24, 1999
The theme of the conference is
Iran at the Threshold of the New Millennium
Abstracts of papers are solicited as well as proposals for complete
sessions or discussion panels. Topics may include all aspects of society
and culture in Iran as well as the Middle East and the Central Asian
republics of the former Soviet Union. In particular papers are welcome
on the following subjects:
Iran in the international community
Dialogue of civilizations
transfer of technology: problems and prospects
US-Iranian relations
Shi'ism and democracry
Women and Islam
Islam and nationalism
Monetary policy and inflation
Resources of the Caspian Sea
Economic sanctions and free trade
International trade among Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries
Iranian media and freedom of expression
Foreign policy of Iran
International market for oil
Macroeconomic issues facing Iran
Iran and the Persian Gulf states
Civil Society in the Middle East
Please send abstracts and proposals before November 30, 1998 to:
Kamran Dadkhah
Dept. of Economics
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115
Sponsored by Northeastern University
http://www.dac.neu.edu/cira
CONFERENCE- Slavic-Eurasian World: Regionology, Slavic Res. Ctr., Sapporo
Posted by: Kimitaka Matsuzato <kimpop.slav.hokudai.ac.jp>
Posted: 15 Jun 1998
CONFERENCE- Slavic-Eurasian World: Regionology, Slavic Res. Ctr., Sapporo
1998 Slavic Research Center Summer Symposium on
Regions: A Prism to View the Slavic-Eurasian World
Towards a Discipline of "Regionology"
July 22-25, 1998
Sapporo, Japan
July 22 (Wed.)
Keynote Speech
by I.M. KLYAMKIN (Independent Institute of Sociological Analysis, Russia)
July 23 (Thurs.)
Session 1 "Civilizational" Approach to Regions
N.M. YAKOVENKO (Kievo-Mohylya Academy, Ukraine)
Early Modern Ukraine between Eurasia and West: Imagination and
Reality (in Russian)
V.I. SHISHKIN (Institute of History, SB RAS, Russia)
State Institutions in Siberia. The First Half of the 20 Century
T. UYAMA (SRC)
Geography of Civilizations: A Spatial Analysis of Activities of the
Kazakh Intelligentsia, Mid-19th to 20th Century
Lunch Break
Session 2 Regional Sociology
M.D. KENNEDY (Michigan University, USA)
The Spatial Articulation of Identity and Social Problems: Estonia,
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan through Focus Groups
S. SONODA (Chuo University)
"Soft" Regional Identity in Slovak Communities?: An Impressionalistic
Essay in Comparison with China
Session 3 Regionalization of Russian Economy
P. RUTLAND (Wesleyan University, USA)
The Political Economy of Russian Regionalism
A. PONOMARENKO (State Committee for Statistics, Russia)
Gross Regional Product for Russian Regions: Method of Calculation and
First Results
S. ROSEFILDE (University of North Carolina, USA)
Unlocking Northeast Asia's Development Potential: The Russian Paradox
Reception party at Aspen Hotel
July 24 (Fri.)
Session 4 Analytical Tools for Regionology
A.V. POSTNIKOV (Institute of the History of Natural Science and
Technology, RAS, Russia)
The General Trends in the History of the Russian Cartography: The
17-19 Centuries
T. HARA (SRC)
How Siberia was Perceived in Japan?: The 19-20 Centuries
C. OBIYA (National Museum of Ethnology)
Horizons of the Concept of "Aziatskaia Rossiia"
Lunch Break
Session 5 Regions and Political Science
S. SPIEGELEIRE (Institute for Security Studies, Western European Union)
Gulliver's Strings: Russia's Regions and the Rest of the World
J.F. YOUNG (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
What Center? What Periphery?: Sakha-Yakutia and Intergovernmental
Relations in Russia
K. MATSUZATO (SRC)
Progressive North, Conservative South?: Reading the Regional Elite as
a Key to Russian Electoral Puzzles
Session 6 "Cultural" Approach to Regions
H.A. JANASZEK-IVANICKOVA (Silesian University, Poland)
Western Slavs' Regional and National Consciousness in the Light of
the Contemporary Essay. Myth and Reality
S.I. RYZHENKOV (International Institute for Humanity and Political
Studies, Russia)
"Golden Age" of Regions: Mythology and its Exploitation by Regional
Administrations (in Russian)
July 25 (Sat.)
Excursion to Otaru
To where: Otaru, the commercial and cultural center of Hokkaido before the war
Place to visit:
1. Former Otaru office of the Japanese Mail Shipping Company, where
the meeting was held after the Japanese-Russian War on border in
Sakhalin island between the countries
2. Aoyama Residence Museum designed in a Japanese style (Lunch)
3. Old Fishery House Museum
4. Otaru canal and shopping
Date: July 25; starting at 10 a.m. in front of the entrance of the
Faculty of Law; ending at 5 p.m.
Fee: 3,800 yen, including transportation, lunch and museum fees
SEMINAR- Theresa Sabonis-Helf, Nuclear Newly Independent States
Posted by: Fiona_Hill/FS/KSGksg.harvard.edu
Posted: 12 Jun 1998
SEMINAR- Theresa Sabonis-Helf, Nuclear Newly Independent States
"Power Politics: Energy Strategies of Armenia, Lithuania, and
Ukraine, the Nuclear Newly Independent States"
Theresa Sabonis-Helf, Emory University
Wednesday, June 17, 1-2:30, Perkins Room, HIID, 1 Eliot Street
WORKSHOP- Qajar Religion and Society, Oxford, Sept. 1998
Posted by: Robert M Gleave <r.m.gleavebristol.ac.uk>
Posted: 1 Jun 1998
WORKSHOP- Qajar Religion and Society, Oxford, Sept. 1998
Religion and Society in Qajar Iran
Workshop to be held at St Anthony's College, Oxford, UK
Thursday 3 September 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS
This day workshop is the first to be held under the project "Religion and
Society in Qajar Iran", sponsored by the British Institute of Persian
Studies (BIPS). The project is one of a number sponsored by BIPS, and
began last year (1997), and will continue until 2000. The workshop will
include papers from a number of scholars involved in the project, though
those scholars outside the project are also invited to offer papers, and
there are still a limited number of slots available in the programme.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, you are advised to
contact the project co-ordinator by 30 June 1998, sending a 300 word
proposal:
Dr Robert Gleave (Conference Co-ordinator)
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
BRISTOL BS8 1TB
Fax: (UK) 117-929 7850
Tel: (UK) 117-928 8168
Email: r.m.gleavebristol.ac.uk
Finances
There are a limited number of places on the workshop, both for people
giving papers (participants) and other interested parties (observers).
Accommodation is available free of charge for participants in the
workshop. There is also a limited amount of accommodation for observers.
There is a very limited fund to enable participants and observers to
travel to the workshop. Travel grants are available for travel within the
UK only.
CONFERENCE- Historical Sources of Eurasian & N. African Civ., Moscow
Posted by: Alexander A. Stolyarov <astolglasnet.ru>
Posted: 1 Jun 1998
CONFERENCE- Historical Sources of Eurasian & N. African Civ., Moscow
At June 2 there begins the 2nd International Conference "Historical Sources
of Eurasian and North African Civilizations: Computer Approaches" at
Zvenigorod in the vicinity of Moscow.
The program of the Conference can be found at the address
http://www.orient.ru/events/hisour98/index.htm
Russian and CIS scholars will be present among the participants of the
Conference; some of them do not have the possibility of working within
Internet at home.
During the Conference email will be constantly working at the address
<postmasterorient.ru>. You can use it for sending your greetings (either to
all participants or to somebody of them) and also for asking your questions
or for expressing your opinion.
Your questions and remarks will be sounded at the panels of the Conference
and the whole discussion will be in shortest time published at the EAOS
server http://www.orient.ru).
If you wish you may send your messages in the next day or two.
Dimitry D. Vasilyev
CALL FOR PAPERS- British Association of Slavonic & East European Studies,
Mar. 1999
Posted by: Peter I Barta <p.bartasurrey.ac.uk>
Posted: 1 Jun 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- British Assoc. of Slavonic & East European Studies, Mar. 1999
Please submit 100-word abstracts for 20-minute conference papers on Russian
and Eastern European literature, cultural studies, women's studies, gender
studies, film, media and theatre studies: accepted papers will be given at
the annual convention of the BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SLAVONIC AND EAST
EUROPEAN STUDIES (BASEES) in Cambridge (UK), 27-29 March 1999. Please send
your abstract to Dr Peter I. Barta, School of Language and International
Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH, UK by 1 October
1998.
Dr Peter I. Barta
Department of Linguistic and International Studies
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 5XH
UK
telephone 01483 300800 x 2822
fax 01483 259527; e-mail p.bartasurrey.ac.uk
Source: post-socialist-areas
CALL FOR PAPERS- Economic Conference in Almaty, Oct. 1998
Posted by: Dennis McConnell, Maine Business School <macmaine.edu>
Posted: 11 Jun 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Economic Conference in Almaty, Oct. 1998
I have recently received, by post, an announcement of a forthcoming
conference sponsored by the Department of Economical Theory, Institute of
Economics and Law, Kazak State National University in Almaty. The full
title of the conference is "International Scientific-Practical Conference:
Theory and Practice of Mixed Economy." The conference is schedule for
October 8-10, 1998.
The conference organizers are seeking papers for the following sessions:
* Mixed Economy: Problems of Forming and Functioning
* Economical Mechanism of Mixed Economy
* Institutional Transformations in Conditions of Formation of
Mixed Economy
* Role of Government in Mixed Economy
* Legal Aspects of Functioning of Mixed Economy
Also on the program is a Round-Table with the title: Discussional Problems
of Mixed Economy.
Scholars who would like to submit a paper for consideration are asked to
submit a 5-8 page paper on a 3.5 inch disk in MSWord format for Windows,
using the Times New Roman font.
I do not, at the moment, have a reliable e-mail address at that
institution. But in case one becomes available, it may also make sense for
you to include your e-mail address in the registration form. (** List
members in Almaty who can provide an appropriate e-mail address are asked
to provide the address to me. I can then forward the address to interested
list members)
Paper Submissions and Registration Form can be mailed to:
Prof. A.B. Sadvakosova
Department of Economical Theory
Institute of Economics and Law
Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University
Al-Farabi Avenue 71
480078 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tel: (7-3272) 47-28-12
Fax: (7-3272) 47-26-09
CALL FOR PAPERS- German Middle East Studies (DAVO) Conference, Nov. 1998
Posted by: DAVO <DAVOGeo.Uni-Mainz.DE>
Posted: 6 Jun 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- German Middle East Studies (DAVO) Conference, Nov. 1998
Fifth Annual Conference of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)
"The Transformation of Societies in the Middle East"
Congress-Centre of Banz Monastry/Northern Bavaria, November 19-21, 1998
Call for Papers
The German Middle East Studies Association (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Vorderer Orient, DAVO) was established in 1993. Since then almost 500
scholars not only from Germany, but also from other European countries,
North America and the Middle East have become members of DAVO. The main aim
of DAVO is to improve the exchange of information on Middle East studies
between its members and various national and international institutions.
This aim is pursued by:
* publishing a guide to German and international Middle East studies
"DAVO-Nachrichten", including a roster of members, recent and future
meetings, publications, research projects, reviews and presentations of
institutions engaged in Middle East studies (two issues per year, each
150 - 180 pages, about half of the text is in English and French),
* operating a weekly up-dated DAVO-homepage on the World Wide Web
containing shortly announced conferences and other information relevant
to Middle East studies,
* and organising conferences on Middle East studies.
Middle East studies are understood to include disciplines relevant to the
study of an area comprising all Arab states and territories, Afghanistan,
Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, the Muslim states of the former USSR and Israel,
including also the impact of this region on the development of other parts
of the world.
The main theme of the Fifth Annual Conference of DAVO will be: "The
Transformation of Societies in the Middle East". This theme is not an
exclusive one, and the conference organisers welcome papers and panels on
other subjects, too.
So far the following panels have been announced:
* The relation between transformation and tradition in Middle Eastern
politics
* Transformation of the political elites in the Middle East
* The impact of structural adjustment on the transformation of the economy
and the society
* Social, political and economic transformation in the states of the GCC
* Social transformation in Israel, Palestine and Jordan
* Culturally embedded behaviour of entrepreneurs engaged in the
transformation of the economy
* Beyond Islamism - secular development processes in contemporary Islamic
societies
* Housing quarters in urban agglomerations of the Middle East
* Economic, social and ecological consequences of tourism in the Maghreb
countries
* Communities of Muslim immigrants in Germany
Each speaker is allowed 20 minutes for the presentation of the paper and 10
minutes for discussion. Although the majority of the papers will be held in
German, presentations and discussions in English are encouraged.
In order to be included into the provisional program in the September issue
of the DAVO-Nachrichten it is recommended to submit proposals and abstracts
(about 150 words) before August 15, 1998. Final deadline: October 15, 1998.
Further details on registration will be available in the DAVO-Nachrichten
and on the DAVO-homepage at the beginning of September.
The congress-centre of Banz Monastry is located in a beautiful surrounding
about 60 km north of the city of Nuremberg in Northern Bavaria. The centre
can be reached from abroad by airplane (via Frankfurt, Munich or Nuremberg)
and train.
Please send your proposals and abstracts to:
DAVO-Congress Organisation
Prof. Dr. Horst Kopp
Institute of Geography
Kochstrasse 4
D-91054 Erlangen
Tel.: +49-9131-852011
Fax: +49-9131-852013
e-mail: hkopppc.geographie.uni-erlangen.de
For a free copy of DAVO-Nachrichten contact:
Prof. Dr. Gunter Meyer
Centre for Research on the Arab World
Institute of Geography
University of Mainz
D-55099 Mainz
Tel.: +49-6131-392701 or -393446
Fax: +49-6131-394736
e-mail: DAVOgeo.Uni-Mainz.de
Further information at DAVO-homepage: http://www.geo.uni-mainz.de/davo
CALL FOR PROPOSALS- Summer School Program 1999
Posted by: Craig Zelizer <czelizerirex.org>
Posted: 29 May 1998
CALL FOR PROPOSALS- Summer School Program 1999
To enhance the development of higher education in the social sciences and
humanities in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and
the Transcaucasus, HESP is calling for proposals for the HESP Summer School
Program 1999. The program seeks to promote continuing education, present
and encourage new methods of teaching, provide a forum for the exchange of
ideas on current methodologies and research, and increase interaction
within the international academic community.
The HESP Summer School Program is designed exclusively for younger
university teachers (junior faculty) from Central and Eastern Europe,
Central Asia and the Transcaucasus. Young university teachers who have not
yet completed their studies and researchers involved in teaching may also
participate in the program.
The Summer School courses focus on disciplines and topics within the social
sciences and humanities for which there is a need for curriculum
development. Courses incorporate new teaching methods. In addition to
lectures, courses include activities such as discussions, debates and role
playing, all designed to encourage participants to express their opinion
about the material they are studying. In addition, participants are given
written assignments and research projects to be completed independently.
The Summer Schools seek to foster an intellectual environment that actively
engages the participants leading to discussions, debates and projects
extending beyond the classroom.
HESP will give grants for Summer Schools on a matching-fund basis with HESP
covering no more than 50% of the overall costs of the program. HESP will
cover more or less of the cost of individual summer schools depending on
their merit and HESP's funding priorities. In general grants will range
from $10,000 to $50,000. HESP will provide advice and assistance to identify
additional sources of funds.
Summer Schools are overseen by a course director who works with a
coordinator (administrator) and resource people (teaching staff) to
organize and administer the summer school. Course Directors may be local or
western individuals connected to a university, NGO or National Soros
Foundation.
Proposals are welcome from potential course directors. Following are
organizational guidelines. Please submit proposals to the HESP Budapest
office by 30 June 1998.
SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM 1999
APPLICATION PROCESS
A complete proposal will contain the following items:
* Information Sheet
* Statement of Purpose
o Justify the need for a summer school in the proposed field
and show how the summer school will address that need.
* Course Descriptions
o Provide a brief summary of the course, a detailed outline of
the topics to be covered and the teaching methods to be
used.
o On a separate sheet, provide a justification of the topics
covered and an explanation of the teaching methods to be
used in delivering the course.
* Reading Lists
o For each course provide a reading list which corresponds to
the course outline, listing both required and optional
reading.
* Resource People
o Include a list of resource people and their CV's. Indicate
which courses or lecturers they will teach.
* Participants
o Indicate the number of participants and their desired
countries of origin.
* Letters of Support
o Provide letters of support from:
o a host institution promising to provide in-kind support in
the form of office space, classrooms, housing, access to
office equipment and computer facilities and
administrative support.
o other funding sources- e.g. the National Soros Foundation,
international organizations, local NGOs-- stating that
they will CONSIDER providing funding once the final
proposal is submitted.
Mail the complete proposal to the following address:
Open Society Institute
Higher Education Support Program
Nador Utca 11
H-1051 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: (36 1) 327 3100
Fax: (36 1) 327 3864
E-mail: HESPosi.hu
Deadlines
* Proposals due: 30 June 1998
* Revised proposals and detailed budget: 30 October 1998
See the HESP Program Website: http://www.osi.hu/hesp/ss99/c.htm
CONFERENCES- Marmara University, Center for Turkic Studies
Posted by: Prof Dr Emine Gursoy-Naskali <naskaliturk.net>
Posted: 23 May 1998
CONFERENCES- Marmara University, Center for Turkic Studies
The Center for Turkic Studies of Marmara University (Istanbul / Turkey) is
organising two symposiums in 1998 and one in 1999. Please contact me if
you are interested in any of these meetings, whether it be as audience or
as a participant with a paper; both are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
Marmara University
Director of the Center for Turkic Studies
Fen Edebiyat Fakultesi, Goztepe, Istanbul
tel./fax: 0216.3603148; 0216.3482227; naskaliturk.net
A symposium on "Tobacco in a historical and cultural perspective" with
reference to Turkish and Turkic history and culture. Date: 22-23 October
1998; Place: Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Names (so far) of participants with a paper: Prof. Mehmet Genc (Istanbul),
Prof. Dimitri Vasilyev (Moscow), Prof. Maurizio Pistoso (Bolonya), Fahri
Kaya (Skopje), Dr. Iris Beybutova (Bishkek), Dr. Arus Yumul (Istanbul), Dr.
Gulden Sagol (Istanbul), Metin Inegollu (Istanbul), Doc. Dr. Metin Onal
(Manisa), Dr. Mustafa Oner (Izmir), Prof. Baha Tanman (Istanbul), Prof.
Nejat Gogunc (Sakarya), Dr. Esra Karabacak (Istanbul), Dr. Mesut Sen
(Istanbul), Burcak Evren (Istanbul), Fehmi Yilmaz (Istanbul), Vakit
Mercimek (Manisa), Harid Fedai (Gazi Magosa), Erdal Sahin (Istanbul), Dr.
Yuksel Kirimli (Istanbul), Prof. Dr. Taylan Akkayan (Istanbul), Prof. Dr.
Tuncer Baykara (Izmir), Dr. Bahriye Ceri (Kocaeli), Dr. Fahrunisa Bilecik
(Istanbul), Dr. Nihat Oztoprak (Istanbul), Dr. Cemil Ozturk (Istanbul),
Arzu Erdogan (Istanbul), Prof. Emine Gursoy-Naskali (Istanbul).
A symposium on "Shoe in a historical and cultural perspective" with
reference to Turkish and Turkic history and culture. Date: 10-11 December
1998; Place: Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Names (so far) of participants with a paper: Dr. Anna Vanzan (Venice), Dr.
Mesut Sen (Istanbul), Prof. V. N. Basilov (Moscow), Dr. N. Nekrasova
(Moskova), Prof. G. A. Suleymanova (Kazan), Prof. Isenbike Togan (Ankara),
Prof. Surayia Faroghi (Munih), Prof. Tuncer Baykara (Izmir), Prof. Maurizio
Pistoso (Bolonya), Dr. Jurgen Wasim Frembgen (Munih), Arzu Erdogan
(Istanbul), Prof. Nuray Yildiz (Istanbul), Halil Acikgoz (Istanbul), Doc.
Dr. Hulya Tezcan (Istanbul), Dr. Yasar Coruhlu (Istanbul), Esin Akalin
(Toronto), Dr. Yuksel Kirimli (Istanbul), Prof. Taylan Akkayan (Istanbul),
Halil Acikgoz (Istanbul), Kerime Ustunova (Bursa), Dr. Tulin Coruhlu
(Sakarya), Prof. Baha Tanman (Istanbul), Prof. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
(Istanbul).
A symposium on "Greetings" (Forms of greeting with reference to Turkish and
Turkic history and culture). Do contact me if you would like to participate
or have suggestions on this symposium which is to take place sometime in
1999 to coincide with the 700 anniversary of the founding of the Ottoman
Empire.
The Center for Turkic Studies has convened symposiums on:
"Hairstyles in Turkic Culture" 1998
"Siberia and the Turkic peoples of Siberia" 1996
"From the Steppes to Independence: The Kirghiz Epic Manas" 1995
"Horse in Turkic Culture and Modern Horse Raising" 1994
The papers presented in these symposiums is available in book form;
"Hairstyles in Turkic Culture" is under preparation:
"Sibirya Arastirmalari", ed. Emine Gursoy-Naskali, Simurg Yayinlari,
Istanbul 1997
"Turk Kulturunde At ve Cagdas Atcilik", ed. Emine Gursoy-Naskali, Istanbul
1995
"Bozkirdan Bagimsizliga Manas", ed. Emine Gursoy-Naskali, Turk Dil Kurumu
Yayinlari, Ankara 1995
CONFERENCE- Caucasian War, Makhachkala, Daghestan, Sept. 1998
Posted by: Akhmed Osmanov <instistdatacom.ru>
Posted: 22 May 1998
CONFERENCE- Caucasian War, Makhachkala, Daghestan, Sept. 1998
The Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Daghestan
Centre of Sciences and Institute of Russian history of the Russian Academy
of Sciences will hold an international conference on "Caucasian war: Issues
for Discussion and New Approaches" in Makhachkala in September 1998.
On the conference it is supposed to discuss and designate the new concepts
and decisions on the following problems:
- Reasons for confrontation of Russia and of some peoples of Northern
Caucasus in the 19th century.
- The Northern Caucasus in the politics of the Great Powers.
- Chronological and geographical boundaries of Caucasian war, it's
beginning and end.
- Character, driving forces, basic stages of northeast and northwest
Caucasian peoples' liberation war in the 19th century.
- Ideology of the peoples liberation movements (Sufism and Sufi orders in
the Northern Caucasus, 18th-19th centuries).
- Questions of strategy and tactics in Caucasian war.
- Creation of state association (Imamat) with Shamil under the leadership,
it's construction, internal and external politics.
- Political, social and demographic consequences of the Caucasian war for
the peoples of Northern Caucasus and Russia.
- Migration of the peoples of Northern Caucasus to the countries of Near
East and it's reasons.
- Estimation of the of Caucasian war results in Russian and Western
European historiography in 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
- Problems of the source study and historiography of Caucasian war at the
present stage.
- International importance of the liberation struggle of the Northern
Caucasian peoples.
There will be a "Roundtable" on the results of the work of conference. We
invite you to take part in the conference with the report and ask to submit
a 3-page abstract (typed with 1.5 line spacing) by the June 15, 1998.
Our address:
Prof. Osmanov A. I.
Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography
Magomed Yaragi St., 75
367030 Makhachkala
Russia
Tel.: [7](872+2) 629377, 629094
Fax: [7](872+2) 624175
CONFERENCE- Central Asian Investment Conferences
Posted by: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 19 May 1998
CONFERENCE- Central Asian Investment Conferences
[The following notice is forwarded from the CEEMAN-L list]
The May issue of the Investment Promotion Network newsletter of the World
Bank listed several conferences which may be of interest to list members.
I have presented the conference announcements below.
IPAnet - Investment Promotion Network (http://www.ipanet.net)
The World Bank Group's Information Exchange for International Investors
The IPAnet Briefing
Volume 1, Issue 5
May, 1998
Kazakstan Investment Summit
Organized by: International Herald Tribune
Almaty, Kazakstan
June 4-5, 1998
Contact: Ms. Lynda Lofaso
Phone: 44-171-420-0304
Fax: 44-171-836-0717
E-Mail: llofasoiht.com
Mining Investment and Business Opportunities in Central Asia, The Balkans
and Caucasus Countries
Organized by: Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The Conrad Hotel
Istanbul Turkey
June 17-18, 1998
Contact(s): Ms. Laura Gorman at LGORMANworldbank.org
Further information available at:
http://www.ipanet.net/documents/WorldBank/conferences/istanbul/istanbro.htm
Mongolia Investor's Conference on Agro-Industry and Tourism
Organized by: Board of Foreign Investment, Government of Mongolia;
The World Bank
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
June 24-26, 1998
Contact: Mr. V. Enkhbold at: investboardmagicnet.mn
Further information is available at:
http://www.mol.mn/bfi/invest/index.html/
SEMINAR- New Social Science Methods for CIS Professors, July 1998
Posted by: Martha Merrill <mmerrillinfotel.kg>
Posted: 19 May 1998
SEMINAR- New Social Science Methods for CIS Professors, July 1998
SEMINAR for CIS Professors
NEW METHODS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
Bishkek and Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
July 19-August 1, 1998
This seminar, funded by Soros (Higher Education Support Program and
Soros-Kyrgyzstan) and by USIA, and organized by the Office of International
Affairs at the International University of Kyrgyzstan, will be taught by
four American professors and is offered free of charge (with
accommodations, food, and travel expenses paid for) to twenty professors
and scholars from the CIS and Mongolia. The most important reading
materials will be translated into Russian, and lectures will be translated,
although knowledge of English would be an asset for participants, as the
American professors do not speak Russian.
The professors who will teach at the seminar have specializations in the
following fields: sociology, public health, social work, cross-cultural
communication, nursing, psychological aspects of health care, and
international relations. Dr. Kevin Bales is a professor at Roehampton
Institute in London and Dr. Karma Castleberry is a professor at Radford
University in Virginia. Mr. Peter Maramaldi is completing a doctoral
dissertation at Columbia University in New York and Mr. Thomas Wood is
completing a doctoral dissertation at the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy (Tufts University) in Massachusetts.
Professors and scholars from all fields who are interested in new methods
of social science research, quantitative and qualitative, are urged to
apply. A complete list of the topics to be covered may be obtained from
the summer school organizers.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, June 1, 1998
Curriculum vitae and statement of research interest and/or why you
wish to attend required.
For further information and a complete list of topics to be covered, contact:
Dr. Nurgul Djanaeva, Vice President for International Affairs
Dr. Martha Merrill, Fulbright Scholar
International University of Kyrgyzstan
255 Chuy Prospect, Office 105
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Phone: 996-3312-21-82-33
Fax: 996-3312-21-96-15
<iukimfiko.bishkek.su>
(Please do NOT use the telephone numbers listed in the HESP Summer School
brochure, as they are not correct. Please do NOT respond directly to
Martha Merrill's e-mail, as I will not be receiving mail at this address
during the application period.)
Martha C. Merrill, Fulbright Scholar
c/o Kelly Keiderling, PAO
USIS-Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Department of State
Washington, DC 20521-7040
996-3312-25-38-07 phone at home
996-3312-21-37-72 or 21-36-32 phones at USIS
996-3312-21-09-48 fax at USIS
996-3312-21-82-33 office phone Int'l Affairs at the International Univ.
996-3312-21-76-15 phone at the International University (my office)
996-3312-21-96-15 fax at the International University
<mmerrillinfotel.kg>
WORKSHOP- University of Illinois' Summer Research Laboratory
Posted by: Anthony Bichel <abichelhawaii.edu>
Posted: 18 May 1998
WORKSHOP- University of Illinois' Summer Research Laboratory
This summer the Central Asian workshop component of the University of
Illinois' Summer Research Laboratory, will highlight the teaching of
Central Asian studies, as opposed to language instruction, and focus on the
contributions of "young scholars" (advanced graduate students and junior
faculty). This workshop is a stepping stone toward the organization of a
Central Asian Studies Association, and dovetails with the efforts of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison's program to organize Central Asian
language instruction and of the Central Asia Institute to organize senior
scholars, and the business and policy communities.
Participants are asked to prepare a brief analysis of the teaching of
Central Asian issues at their respective universities. A formal paper is
NOT required. Rather, the purpose is to form consensus on the state of the
discipline (i.e. Central Asian studies), form networks to better coordinate
grant opportunities, and discuss way of promoting Central Asia within area
studies.
Drawing upon a wide variety of disciplines (ex. history, political science,
economics, literature, anthropology) as well as a geographic distribution
of scholars, the program this summer will be an opportunity to connect the
community as well as to assess the development of Central Asian studies
here in the United States.
The tentative schedule for the workshop begins with introductory sessions
on July ninth for both the workshop and the library, so that you may make
general use of facilities in your free time. On the tenth there will be
sessions featuring the social sciences and the eleventh will highlight the
humanities. The allotment of time to each of the disciplines will depend
on the response. On the morning of the twelfth there will be an in-depth
session on the University of Illinois' Central Asian holdings, for those
intending to stay longer and pursue individual research. As an additional
benefit, the confluence of this workshop with the Summer Research
Laboratory allows attendees to have the benefits of the University of
Illinois' considerable library collections, which will be open to
participants, and housing at the quite comfortable and convenient Illini
Towers available at a subsidized rate. Funding is being sought to help
defray the travel costs of those traveling the farthest.
In addition there will be a session on networking and resources available
for fostering collaboration. There will also be an informational session
that will serve to highlight the importance of the Net for this cooperation.
Those interested in attending should send a copy of their CV to the address
below, specifying their discipline and sub-field, and including, if
possible, copies of any syllabi incorporating the teaching of Central Asia.
Keely Lange
Department of Government
and International Studies
219 O'Shaughnessy Hall
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN 46556
keely.o.lange.3nd.edu
CONFERENCE- History & Culture of Osh in the pre-Mongol Epoch, Osh, Sept.
1998
Posted by: Central Asia Forum <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 May 1998
CONFERENCE- History & Culture of Osh in the pre-Mongol Epoch, Osh, Sept. 1998
First Circular
The National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, the State
directorate and the Osh regional organization plan to hold a conference:
"The History and Culture of Osh and the Osh Region in the pre-Mongol
Epoch". The conference will take place in the city of Osh, Kyrgyz
Republic, in September, 1998. The following topics are suggested for
discussion:
1. The political history of the Kara Khan dynasty and the Karakhanid
regional centre at Uzgand.
2. Urban life in the Ferghana Valley in the Karakhanid epoch.
3. The development of architecture in the period 1000-1200 A.D. and the
Uzgand mausoleums in the Central Asian cultural context.
4. Ceramic production in the period 1000-1200 A.D. and the ceramics of the
Osh region in the Central Asian cultural context.
Accommodations will be provided for conference participants. We ask you to
let us know about the possibility of your participation and the theme of
your report. Contributors should send their abstracts for preliminary
publication before 1 May 1998.
Kyrgyz respublikasynyn uluttuk ilimder akademiiasy
Natsional'naia akademiia nauk Kyrgyzskoi respubliki
720071 Bishkek 71
Chui Prospekt, 265a
tel.: [7](3312)24-27-44, faks: 24-36-07, teleks: 245140
The coordinator of the program is:
Professor Vadim M. Masson
Institute of the History of Material Culture
Russian Academy of Sciences
Dvortsovaia nab. 18
191065 St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
Fax: [7](812)311-62-70
LECTURE- Xiongnu and the West, Sophia-Karin Psarras, Stanford Univ.
Posted by: Adela C.Y. Lee <aleesilk-road.com>
Posted: 17 May 1998
LECTURE- Xiongnu and the West, Sophia-Karin Psarras, Stanford Univ.
IASSG 1998 LECTURE SERIES
Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University
Inner Asia/Silkroad Study Group (IASSG)
present
"The Xiongnu and the West"
by
Dr. Sophia-Karin Psarras, Independent Scholar
Thursday, May 21, 1998 7:30 p.m.
Room 161J, Building 160, Stanford University
Dr. Psarras discusses the problem of the Xiongnu, the Yuezhi, and the Altai:
their participation in developments occurring contemporaneously in the
western steppe (with the Sarmatians, for instance), their use of Hellenized
Persian motifs and style of execution (to varying extents), and the nature
of the exchange between them.In her new book, Han Material Culture, Dr.
Psarras created an extensive object typology-chronology based on material
from positively-dated tombs. Her work allows for a finer dating of much
non-Chinese material known to be roughly contemporaneous with the Han, as
attested by coin, garment hook, mirror, or other items of Chinese
manufacture of uncertain date. Because of the close relationship of the Han
with her neighbors, varying in kind and extent according to the peoples
involved, some non-Chinese sites also yield Han pottery and bronze ware,
which may now be dated with considerable precision. In turn, based on the
dates thus provided, non-Chinese objects may be dated and a network of
interrelated chronologies established. While it remains unclear how much
time is represented by the "circa" prefacing such dates in the non-Chinese
context, this process does allow for a clearer understanding of non-Chinese
sites. As a result, the interaction of cultures becomes clearer.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information and map
see Silkroad Foundation website at http://www.silk-road.com or email
aleesilk-road.com.
CONFERENCE- 6th ESCAS Conference, Univ. of Venice, Oct. 8-10, 1998
Posted by: Gabriele Rasuly-Palaczek <gabriele.rasulyunivie.ac.at>
Posted: 14 May 1998
CONFERENCE- 6th ESCAS Conference, Univ. of Venice, Oct. 8-10, 1998
The 6th ESCAS Conference is scheduled to be held at Universita Ca Foscari
di Venezia in Venice, Italy, 8-10 Oct. 1998. The conference, whose general
theme is Central Asia: A Decade of Reforms, Centuries of Memories, will be
organized in the three following panels:
* Space and Time in Central Asian History: Constructing the new national
identities, reinterpretations and reevaluations of Central Asian history.
* Redrawing the Lines of Identity: Views and analyzes in the fields of
language, literature, religion, social anthropology, art, architecture
and archaeology.
* Reforms and Representations of Legitimacy: Studying the contemporary
issues, such as economic reforms, regional cooperation, local and regional
conflicts, Central Asia in an international context as well as other
economic, social, political and environmental topics.
Further information can be obtained from the local organizer:
Dr. Giampiero BELLINGERI
Dipartimento di Studi Eurasiatici
Universita ca Foscari di Venezia
S. Polo 2035
30125 Venezia
Italy
phone (office) 041/ 52 87 220
fax: 041/ 52 41 847
CONFERENCE- International Round Table on Safavid Persia, Edinburgh, Aug. 1998
Posted by: Andrew Newman <ajnholyrood.ed.ac.uk>
Posted: 13 May 1998
CONFERENCE- International Round Table on Safavid Persia, Edinburgh, Aug. 1998
The Third International Round Table on Safavid Persia
The University of Edinburgh
William Robertson Hall, 8
George Square
19-22 August 1998
Sponsored by:
The Barakat Trust; The Foreign and Commonwealth Office; The Iran Heritage
Foundation; The National Museums of Scotland; Out of the Nomad's Tent,
Edinburgh; The University of Edinburgh's Arts, Divinity and Music Faculty
Group Research Fund
History:
The first of these Round Tables was held in Paris at the Centre National de
la Recherche Scientifique in 1989, and the second at Pembroke College,
Cambridge, in 1993. The papers from these earlier meetings have been
published. The first volume is entitled Etudes Safavides, sous la
direction de Jean Calmard, Institut Francais de Recherche en Iran
(Paris-Teheran, 1993), ISBN 2-909961-02-8. The second volume is entitled
Safavid Persia, The History and Politics of an Islamic Society, Charles
Melville, ed., (London, New York: I. B. Tauris, 1996), ISBN hardback:
1-86064-023-0; paperback: 1-86064-086-9.
The 1998 Round Table:
In contrast with the earlier Round Tables, the 1998 Round Table will be
open to the wider academic community and members of the public. Information
on registration and a list of speakers and their paper topics can be found
below.
Confirmed Speakers:
Professor James Allan, Dr. Sussan Babaie, Dr. Kathryn Babayan, Dr.
Ebadollah Bahari, Dr. Michele Bernardini, Dr. Jean Calmard, Dr. Sheila
Canby, Dr John Emerson, Professor Ehsan Eshraqi, Dr. Willem M. Floor,
Professor Dr. Bert Fragner, Professor Masahi Haneda, Dr. Robert D.
McChesney, Dr. Farhad Mehran, Dr. Charles Melville, Dr. H. Mir Ja`fari, Mr.
Rasoul Jafarion, Mr Alexander Morton, Dr. Sholeh A. Quinn, Mr. Mansor
Sefatgol, Professor Antony Welch, Mr. Iraj Afshar, Professor R Hillenbrand,
Dr. R. Matthee, Dr. P. Losensky, Dr. E. Tucker, Dr. D. Stewart, Dr. A.
Burton, Mr. A. Yamaguchi, Dr. Maria Szuppe.
Further information:
Contact Dr. Andrew Newman, IMES, 7-8 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LW,
UK, http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/eiasime/events/RoundTable.html, or
AJNholyrood.ed.ac.uk.
CONFERENCE- Second Orientalists' Workshop, Barnaul, Russia
Posted by: Vladimir S Boyko <boykohistory.bspu.altai.su>
Posted: 13 May 1998
CONFERENCE- Second Orientalists' Workshop, Barnaul, Russia
Second Orientalists'Workshop dedicated to the memory of Solomon G. Livshits
Barnaul, 21 April 1998
The research workshop was organized by the Laboratory "Russia and East"
under the auspices of Barnaul Pedagogical University in Barnaul (Russia) on
21 April 1998.
The main focuses of the workshop were as follows:
- the research and educational activities of late Prof. Solomon G.
Livshits - the pioneer of Oriental Studies at South-Western Siberia
- Russian-Central Asian connections
The following papers are of the interest of those focusing on Central Asia:
Andrienko S.E.(Semipalatinsk Museum, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan).
Nestorians in mediaeval Mongolia
Umansky A.P.(Barnaul Pedagogical Univ.). The V. Bubennoy Legation to
Jungharia in 1665-66
Bredichina N. (Novoaltaisk High School, Novoaltaisk). On the Tulihien
Legation to Kalmyk Khan Ayuka in 1712-1715
Moiseev V. A. (Altai State Univ.). The Smelting of Silver in Altai
Works for Russian Consulates at Kulja and Tshugutshak
Khakhalin K. V. (Altai State Univ.). On Russian-Chinese Border Conflict
at Ili River in 1863
Datsishen V. G. (Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical Univ., Krasnoyarsk). The
Problem of Russian-Chinese Relations in Sinkiang at the
end of XIX century
Batalova T. I. (Barnaul Pedagogical Univ.). On Railway Building'
Projects in Northern Kazakhstan at the end of XIX -
the beginning of XX centuries
Boyko V. S. (Barnaul Pedagogical Univ.). Ethno-political Conflicts in
Modern Afghanistan: Koh-e-Daman Uprising of 1930
Barmin V. A. (Barnaul Pedagogical Univ.). Soviet Policy Towards
Chinese Province Sinkiang during 1934-1941
Matis V. I. (Barnaul Pedagogical Univ.). On the Characteristic of the
Spiritual Image of Altaiians
Bosin Yu. V. (The Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow). The Compa-
rative Analysis of Russian and American Interests in Post-
Soviet Central Asia: The Statement of Problem.
The abstracts of this workshop are published in a brochure "The Second
Orientalists' Workshop dedicated to the Memory of Solomon G. Livshits".
Barnaul, Barnaul Pedagogical University Publishers, 1998, 55 pp. and are
available now for purchase in conjunction with the materials of The First
Livshits Workshop. Price is $ 7 - it includes inland/overseas postage and
packing.
We have too at the stock the abstracts of recent regional conference
"Russia, Siberia, and Central Asian States: the Interrelation of the
Peoples and Cultures". Barnaul, Barnaul Pedagogical University Publishers,
1997, 80 pp. Price $ 6; Solomon G. Livshits. The Japanese Politics towards
Siberia in 1918-1920. Barnaul, Barnaul Pedagogical Institute, 1991, 120 pp.
Price $ 8.
Please send your inquiries to Dr Vladimir Boyko. E-mail:
boykohistory.bspu.altai.su
or
Barnaul 656031
Molodezhnaya 55
Russia
Fax: 7-3852-260836
LECTURE- Formation of Capital Markets in Kazakhstan, Columbia Univ.
Posted by: Peter James Sinnott <pjs7columbia.edu>
Posted: 7 May 1998
LECTURE- Formation of Capital Markets in Kazakhstan, Columbia Univ.
The Columbia Caspian Project
will hold a lecture
"The Formation of Capital Markets in Kazakhstan"
Magzhan Auezov, School of International & Public Affairs
Friday May 15th at 4:30 pm
Lecture and discussion will be held in the Lindsay Rogers room of the
International Affairs building, Columbia University 420 West 118th St.
(corner of Amsterdam Avenue) New York
For further information on the Caspian Project please contact:
Peter Sinnott Alidad Mafinezam
tel. 212.854.2332 212.854.2585
fax. 212.854.1413 212.854.1413
email pjs7columbia.edu am514columbia.edu
CONFERENCE- Geopolitics of Oil, Gas, and Ecology in the Caucasus, Berkeley
Posted by: Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies <bspsocrates.berkeley.edu>
Posted: 6 May 1998
CONFERENCE- Geopolitics of Oil, Gas, and Ecology in the Caucasus, Berkeley
Saturday, May 16 is our Annual Caucasus Conference. This year's topic is
The Geopolitics of Oil, Gas, and Ecology in the Caucasus and Caspian Basin.
The conference is free and open to the public. Please see below for the
conference schedule:
8:30 Coffee
9:00 Introduction
George Breslauer (Professor of Political Science; Chair, Program
in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies)
9:20 "State Building and Petro Revenues"
Terry Karl (Professor of Political Science, Stanford University)
10:10 Break
10:20 "Politics and Environment in the Caucasus and Caspian Littoral"
David Hooson (Professor Emeritus of Geography, UC Berkeley)
11:10 "The Geopolitics of Oil in the Caucasus"
Robert Ebel (Director, Energy, and National Security at the Center
for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS))
12:00 Lunch Break
1:00 "Pipeline routes and Pipeline Politics"
Onnic marashian (Editor Emeritus, Platts Oilgram)
1:50 "International Law and Ownership of the Caspian Seabed"
Scott Horton (Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler)
2:40 "Oil and Ecology in the Caucasus"
Michael E. Clayton (Program Director for Georgia, Initiative for
Social Action and Revival (ISAR))
3:30 Break
3:40 "Russian Foreign Policy and Strategic Interests in the Caspian
Region"
Igor Zevelev (Fellow, United States Institute of Peace and USA
Canada Institute)
4:30 "The Congress and United States Foreign Policy Toward the
Contemporary Caucasus"
Michael Ochs (Advisor to the US Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe, Washington DC)
**Funding for this conference has been made possible by grants from the
Ford Foundation to the Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
and the US Department of Education Title VI Program of the Center for
Slavic and East European Studies**
Sasha Radovich
Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
bspsocrates.berkeley.edu
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~bsp/
University of California at Berkeley
361 Stephens Hall # 2304
Berkeley, CA 94720-2304
Phone: 510/643-6737
Fax: 510/643-5045
CONFERENCE- Nicholas Poppe Symposium, University of Washington, May 9, 1998
Posted by: Kagan Arik <kaganau.washington.edu>
Posted: 4 May 1998
CONFERENCE- Nicholas Poppe Symposium, University of Washington, May 9, 1998
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Turkish
Circle, the Kazak and Kirghiz Studies Group and the Central Asian Studies
Group at the University of Washington present:
The Tenth Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium in Central/Inner Asian Studies
Saturday, May 9th, 1998
University of Washington, Seattle
DENNY HALL ROOMS 215 & 215A
PROGRAM:
8:45-9:00 MORNING TEA (provided by the host committee)
9:00-9:30 Introduction: "Nicholas Poppe Remembered", Ilse D.
Cirtautas, University of Washington, Central Asian
Turkic Studies, Department of Near Eastern
Languages & Civilization.
SESSION 1: Current Political and Economic Issues in Central Asia
9:30-10:00 "Planning for a Beautiful Tashkent", Nimat Akmalov,
Foreign Department, Mayor's Office, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
10:00-10:30 "Land Reform and Water Resources in Kirghizstan", Tasia
Asakawa, University of Washington.
10:30-11:00 "Liberalization Processes in Kazakstan's Foreign Trade
Activities", Dilyaram Sansybayeva, Senior Economist,
National Bank of Kazakstan, Almaty, IREX Visiting
Scholar, Department of Economics, Univ. of Washington.
11:00-11:45 DISCUSSION
11:45-12:30 LUNCH (Provided by Host Committee)
SESSION 2: Representation, Identity and Colonialism
12:30-1:00 "National Consciousness and the Epic Songs of the Central
Asian Peoples", Maria Kozhevnikova, Univ. of Washington.
1:00-1:30 "Creating "Tatar Savagery": Eisenstein's "Ivan Grozniy" as
a Vehicle for Great Russian Nationalism", Helen Faller,
Dept. of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
1:30-2:00 "Protecting the Rights of Minorities: The Case of the
Uighurs of Xinjiang", Rajen S. Pareck, Columbia University.
2:00-2:30 "Bridges of Modernity: Intellectual Antecedents of
Turkestani Jadidism", Ken Petersen, Univ. of Washington.
2:30-3:15 DISCUSSION
3:15-3:30 TEA (Provided by Host Committee)
SESSION 3: Culture and Literature
3:30-4:00 "The Kazak Minstrel Aqan Seri (1843-1913)", Ilse D.
Cirtautas, University of Washington.
4:00-4:30 "Central Asian Turkic Wisdom Literature", Elmira
Kochumkul, University of Washington.
4:30-5:00 "Numinousness and the Concept of "Qut" Among the Kazaks of
Xinjiang", Kagan Arik, University of Washington.
5:00-5:45 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS
Participants are also invited to attend the keynote address for the
workshop "The Ottoman Empire and the Coming of the Modern State" on the
evening of May 9th, and the events of the workshop on Sunday, May 10th :
8:00PM, May 9th: Keynote Address for "The Ottoman Empire and the Coming of
the Modern State", May 9th-10th, University of Washington, Kane Hall, Room
210: "Between Empire and Republic: The First Moderns in Turkish Architecture",
Sibel Bozdogan, MIT, Department of Architecture.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Kagan Arik, kaganau.washington.edu
CONFERENCE- Problems of Security and Progress, Tashkent, May 15
Posted by: Nazokat Kasymova <nazikahal.freenet.uz>
Posted: 4 May 1998
CONFERENCE- Problems of Security and Progress, Tashkent, May 15
A Scholarly Conference will take place at Tashkent State Institute of
Oriental Studies (Uzbekistan) on May 15, 1998. The subject is "The
Problems of Security and Progress on the Threshold of the Twenty-first
Century" (including regional aspects).
For more information, contact:
Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies
Lakhuti str. 25
700047 Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Tel.: 371-1334521
Fax: 3712-406565
Nazokat Kasymova
University of World Economy and Diplomacy
WORKSHOP- Identity Formation & Social Issues, Univ. of Mich., May 11-15,
1998
Posted by: Donna E Parmelee <parmeleeumich.edu>
Posted: 1 May 1998
WORKSHOP- Identity Formation & Social Issues, Univ. of Mich., May 11-15, 1998
WORKSHOP ON
IDENTITY FORMATION AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
May 11-15, 1998
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
An international workshop convened by the
University of Michigan Center for Russian and East European Studies
The workshop will be organized around discussion of papers prepared by
faculty and graduate students from the US, Estonia, Ukraine, and
Uzbekistan who participated in CREES's Ford Foundation-sponsored training
and research project on "Identity Formation and Social Issues in Estonia,
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan." Discussants include scholars from the
University of Michigan and from Finland, Poland, Croatia, and Turkey.
The workshop is made possible by grants from The Ford Foundation:
"Crossing Borders: Revitalizing Area Studies," awarded to the University
of Michigan International Institute, and "Identity Formation and Social
Issues in Estonia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan," awarded to the University of
Michigan Center for Russian and East European Studies.
For a complete program, see our website:
http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/crees/fsugrant/index.html
For further information, contact:
Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan
Suite 4668, 1080 South University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Tel. 734/764-0351 * Fax 734/763-4765 * E-mail <creesumich.edu>
Donna Parmelee, Program Associate
Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of Michigan
Suite 4668, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Tel: 734/647-2238; Fax: 734/763-4765
http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/crees
CONFERENCE- UPDATE: Wisconsin Workshop on Central Asian Studies, Oct. 1998
Posted by: Uli Schamiloglu <uschamilvms2.macc.wisc.edu>
Posted: 30 Apr 1998
CONFERENCE- UPDATE: Wisconsin Workshop on Central Asian Studies, Oct. 1998
SECOND CIRCULAR
Workshop on Central Asian Studies
October 8-11, 1998
University of Wisconsin-Madison
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Annual Theme for 1998:
REWRITING CENTRAL ASIAN HISTORY
In addition to the keynote address and plenary session devoted to the theme
of the conference, there has been an expression of interest in a series of
additional topics, including:
* Central Asian politics & security
* Turkic linguistics
* Jadid drama & literature
* Tatarstan
We encourage the submission of abstracts for panels or individual papers
on any range of topics relating to Central Asian Studies.
2. Keynote Speaker:
PROFESSOR ROZIYA GALIEVNA MUKMINOVA
Professor Mukminova, who has just returned from lecturing at the Ecole des
Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris), is one of the leading
specialists in the social and economic history of medieval Central Asia.
She serves as chair of the Department of Central Asian History at the
Institute of History of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences in Tashkent. As one
of the leading historians in Uzbekistan, she is intimately familiar the
writing of new national histories in Uzbekistan and elsewhere in Central
Asia. This will be a rare opportunity to meet with a scholar of her stature
and reputation in the United States.
3. Concert of Central Asian Music
THE ILYAS MALAYEV ENSEMBLE
Ilyas Malayev (b. 1936) spent most of his life in Central Asia (Tashkent)
until he emigrated in 1992. He is well known internationally as perhaps the
leading performer of classical Central Asian shash maqam music as described
in the New York Times, the recent book 'The Hundred Thousand Fools of God',
and the website for his recent CD:
http://www.shanachie.com/artists/ilyasMalayevEnsemble/
4. Other scholarly & cultural programs (to be announced)
Sponsored by the
CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM
and the
CENTER FOR RUSSIA, EAST EUROPE, AND CENTRAL ASIA
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
WORKSHOP INFORMATION
The Central Asian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
(in conjunction with the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia)
is pleased to announce the convening of the second annual Workshop on
Central Asian Studies on October 9-12, 1998 (arrival October 8
afternoon/evening -- departure October 11 noon).
The goal of this annual workshop is to offer an opportunity for scholars,
institutions, and organizations interested in the Central Asian field to
meet annually to discuss how we research, teach, and coordinate efforts in
the Central Asian field. Each annual meeting of the Workshop on Central
Asian Studies will have a special theme around which there will be one or
more panels with an emphasis on expanded discussion. The theme for the
plenary session of the 1998 meeting of the workshop is "Rewriting Central
Asian History ". (The theme for the first meeting of the Workshop in 1996
was "The Legacy of Russian Colonialism in Central Asia", and the theme for
the second meeting in 1997 was "The Formation of National Identities in
Central Asia".) Suggestions for future themes are welcomed.
PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
Workshop on Central Asian Studies (October 8-11, 1998)
Please make reservations at:
Wisconsin Center Guest House
Lowell Hall
610 Langdon Street
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
tel. 608/256-2621; fax 608/262-5445
Rooms: October 1998 room rates not available at this time
(October 1997 rates were $49/night single; $58/night double, includes
parking & complimentary breakfast)
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Participants wishing to present a paper are asked to submit by August 1,
1998 the title of their proposed presentation together with a one-paragraph
abstract, and the information requested below:
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Telephone & fax:
4. Email:
5. Educational background (highest degree, year, institution, major):
6. Current institutional affiliation:
7. Title of Presentation:
8. Abstract:
Confirmation of presentation status will be available by September 15, 1998.
FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS OR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
University of Wisconsin
210 Ingraham Hall
tel. 608/262-3379; fax 608/265-3062
E-mail: creecamacc.wisc.edu
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/creeca/
OR
Uli Schamiloglu
Associate Professor of Central Asian Studies &
Coordinator, Workshop on Central Asian Studies
1452 Van Hise Hall -- University of Wisconsin
1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
tel. 1-608-262-7141 off.; 1-608-262-3498 dept.; 1-608-265-2814 fax
tel. 1-608-243-8300 residence
E-mail: uschamilmacc.wisc.edu
[Please note that I will be unavailable June 1--July 31, 1998, though I may
be able to check my email infrequently. I strongly recommend contacting
CREECA for further information!]
CONFERENCE- Ethnic History of Turkic Peoples of Siberia..., Omsk, Russia
Posted by: Ilia Lotkin <iliaeawarn.omsk.su>
Posted: 28 Apr 1998
CONFERENCE- Ethnic History of Turkic Peoples of Siberia..., Omsk, Russia
The Fourth International Scientific Conference on "The Ethnic History of
Turkic Peoples of Siberia and Neighboring Territories" will be held in the
city Omsk, Siberia, Russia on October 29-31, 1998.
Conferences on "The Ethnic History of Turkic Peoples of Siberia and
Neighboring Territories" have been held in Omsk since 1979. The main
purpose of the conferences is the coordination of the activity of
turkologists of Russia, CIS and Western countries, especially in present
days, in the conditions of separation of scientific communities on the
territory of former USSR. Turcological conferences in Omsk are almost
single forums, traditionally uniting the associations of turkologists from
all Turkish republics of CIS, including, naturally, Russia, where the
numbers of Turkic-language population occupies the second place after the
Slavic population.
The Main Directions:
* The forming and the ethnic history of Turkic peoples of Russia and
neighboring countries.
* Historical ethnology and contemporary culture of Turkic peoples.
* History and modern development of Turkic literatures.
* The problems of Old-Turkic archaeology, archaeological Turkic relics
of Antiquities and Medieval time.
* Ethnic processes in Turkic societies in a New and Modern time.
* The problems of Turkic linguistics.
* The physical anthropology in the regions of Turkic peoples.
We await your submissions with the name (last, first), title, position,
complete home and working addresses, phone, fax, e-mail, as well as the
paper up to 5 pages on English or Russian by May 20, 1998.
The papers will be published before the beginning of the conference.
Send your materials to address:
Dr. Alexander Seleznev
Pr. Mira 55 a
Omsk University
Chair of Ethnography and Museum Research
644077 Omsk
RUSSIA
tel.: [7](3812)664515, 695647
fax: [7](3812)641201
e-mail: iliaeawarn.omsk.su
CALL FOR PAPERS- Water Resources Management in the Islamic World
Posted by: Manon Therien <mtherienidrc.ca>
Posted: 22 Apr 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Water Resources Management in the Islamic World
International Development Research Centre
Centre de recherches pour le developement international
CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop on Water Resources Management in the Islamic World
December 1-3, 1998
Amman, Jordan
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is an independent
agency set up and funded primarily by the Canadian government. IDRC's
mission is 'empowerment through knowledge' and its mandate is to initiate,
support and conduct research to help communities in the developing world
find solutions to their social, economic and environmental problems.
PURPOSE OF WORKSHOP
IDRC supports research on water management in many Islamic countries,
predominately in Africa and the Middle East. In order to support its
programming, IDRC is organizing a workshop with support from the
International Water Resources Association (IWRA) and the Inter-Islamic
Network on Water Resources Demand and Management (INWRDAM), on Water
Resources Management in the Islamic World.
WORKSHOP GOAL
The following workshop goal supports IDRC's commitment to promote equity
for the poor in developing countries:
Develop a better understanding of Islamic perspectives relating to selected
water management practices and outline research necessary to develop water
management policies which will improve the lives of the poor.
APPROACH
The workshop will explore both Islamic doctrine and Muslim water management
practices in developing countries. That is, IDRC wishes to examine Islamic
water management from both a religious and a cultural viewpoint. In
addition to developing a fuller understanding of Water Management in the
Islamic world, IDRC wishes to identify applied research needs to improve
water management (WM) in developing Islamic countries.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
* Develop an understanding of Islamic Water Management (IWM) Principles,
including context and exceptions
* Outline majority and minority interpretations of IWM Principles
* Review approaches to develop IWM Principle-based water policies
* Examine selected actual WM practices in Islamic Countries
* Compare IWM Principles or Muslim practices with Dublin conference
principles
* Outline applied research necessary to develop WM policies
THEMES
The workshop will be divided into three sessions, each of which will focus
on one of the following themes:
Water Demand Management
* importance of equity in Islam
* Islamic view of demand management, including pricing
* methods of subsidizing the poor; alternatives to pricing
* sector pricing (urban (industrial, domestic) and rural (agricultural))
* differential pricing vs. quality and source
* community self-management and conservation
* required regulatory and institutional reforms
* other economic instruments (soft loans/investment subsidies, economic
instruments for effluent (charges, trading, permits)
* gender and equity considerations
Water Markets
* privatization in Islam
* public (land and water) goods vs. private goods in Islam
* tradeable property and water rights
* surface vs. ground water
* community water sharing and allocation organizations
* conflict resolution strategies
* equity in allocation and pricing
Wastewater Reuse
* importance of purity and cleanliness in Islam
* importance of protecting the environment in Islam
* use and disposal of raw wastewater
* use and disposal of treated wastewater
* equity in allocation and pricing
* differential pricing depending upon quality level
BACKGROUND PAPERS
Two types of background papers are being commissioned. The first should
present the Islamic context for each theme, with key quotations from the
Quran and Hadith clearly referenced so that all participants understand and
have access to the basic Islamic position. Where possible, reference
should be made where government policies and laws are based upon Sharia,
for instance in Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Iran. Where possible, references
should also be made to existing fatwas. Second, case-studies from various
Islamic countries on actual water management practices, can be presented.
Where practices contradict Sharia, this should be noted. Co-authored
papers are welcome.
WORKSHOP OUTPUTS
* better understanding of Islam as it relates to water management
* research needs for improved water management
* network of researchers who appreciate water management within an Islamic
context
* published workshop proceedings, including full workshop papers
WORKSHOP REACH
It is expected that outputs from the workshop will be useful to the
following groups and individuals:
* donor organizations
* non-governmental organizations and community groups
* policy makers in Islamic countries
* Muslim thinkers, scholars and leaders
PARTICIPANTS
The workshop is intended to be a small meeting of about 25 participants,
all with specific knowledge related to the workshop themes, which they can
share with other participants. As such, the majority of the selected
participants will write and present papers.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Please submit an abstract not exceeding 1000 words on one of the above
mentioned topics, or, a topic which does not appear, but which is related
to the workshop themes. The higher the quality of the abstract the more
likely it will be selected for development into a paper. The abstract
should be as focussed as possible with specific reference to Quranic verses
and Hadith. It should also establish clear links between the Quranic
verses and Hadith, and contemporary practices and policies.
The organizers will use the submitted abstracts to refine the workshop
program, so alternate suggestions, as well as comments on the overall
thematic program, are welcome.
The abstracts will be reviewed by a committee consisting of the workshop
organizers. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to write a full
paper to present in Amman. A small number of additional participants,
recognized as experts in the water demand management, water markets and
wastewater reuse, will also be invited to the workshop.
Each selected author will receive a small honorarium of CAD$1000, upon
receipt of a full paper which meets workshop guidelines. Workshop travel,
accommodations and per diem will be covered for all selected participants,
except for those from other donor organizations.
DEADLINES
Abstracts are due by June 12, 1998. IDRC will acknowledge all abstracts
received. Selected authors will be notified within two weeks. Full papers
will be due by September 4, 1998. Abstracts can be mailed, faxed or
e-mailed to Ms. Manon Therien, program assistant, at the following
destination:
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
P.O. Box 8500
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1P 6M1
Fax: (613) 567-7748
E-mail: MTherienidrc.ca
Note, if you are attaching the abstract to an e-mail, please identify
clearly which word processing package was used and specify the version, as
well.
For further questions contact:
Manon Therien
Phone: (613) 236-6163 X 2073
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