Central-Eurasia-L Announcement Archive
2. Conferences and Lecture Series
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CONF./CFP- Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Jan. 16
Posted by: Hawaii International Conference <social hicsocial.org>
Posted: 28 Sep 2001
Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions
Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
June 11-15, 2002
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu Hawaii, USA
Submission Deadline: January 16, 2002
Sponsored by: University of Hawaii - West Oahu; and College of Tropical
Agriculture and Human Resources-University of Hawaii.
Web address: http://www.hicsocial.org
email address: socialhicsocial.org
The 2002 Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences will be held
from June 11 (Tuesday) to June 15 (Saturday), 2002 at the Sheraton Waikiki
Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. Pre-session workshops will be held on June 11,
with the concurrent sessions to start on Wednesday, June 12, 2002. The
Conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and
professionals from social sciences and related fields to interact with
members inside and outside their own particular disciplines.
Cross-disciplinary submissions are welcome.
Topic Areas (All Areas of Social Sciences are Invited)
* Anthropology
* Area Studies (African, American, Asian, European, Hispanic, Islamic,
Jewish, Middle Eastern, Russian, Women's and all other areas of cultural
and ethnic studies)
* Communication
* Economics
* Ethnic Studies/International Studies
* Geography
* International Relations
* Journalism
* Political Science
* Psychology
* Public Administration
* Sociology
* Urban and Regional Planning
* Women's studies
* Other Areas of Social Sciences
* Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas.
The Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences encourages the
following types of papers/abstracts/submissions for any of the listed
areas of Social Sciences:
Research Papers - Completed papers.
Abstracts - Abstracts of completed or proposed research.
Student Papers - Research by students.
Poster Sessions/Research Tables - informal presentation of papers or abstracts.
Work-in-Progress Reports or Proposals for future projects.
Reports on issues related to teaching.
Panel Discussions, Practitioner Forums and Tutorials are invited.
Workshop Proposals are invited.
For more information about submissions see:
http://www.hicsocial.org/cfp_ss.htm
Submission Guidelines
1. Submissions may be made electronically via e-mail to
socialhicsocial.org or mailed. Electronic submissions are preferred.
Submissions will be acknowledged within 48 hours.
If submissions are mailed, submit two copies of your paper, report,
abstract, proposal or study. Submissions imply that at least one author
will register for the conference and be present at the time designated in
the conference program. Submissions must be received by January 16, 2002.
E-Mail, fax or mail submissions to:
Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
2440 Campus Road #519
Honolulu HI, 96822, USA
Telephone: (808) 947-7187
Fax: (808) 947-2420
E-mail: socialhicsocial.org
There is a limit of two contributed papers per lead author.
2. Each submission should include a separate title page. The title page
should include:
a. title of the submission,
b. topic area of the submission,
c. two or three keywords that describe the submission,
d. name(s) of the author(s),
e. mailing address(es),
f. e-mail address(es),
g. phone number(s),
h. fax number(s),
i. corresponding author if different than lead author.
Correspondence regarding receipt of submission will be made by e-mail
unless another mode of correspondence is requested. Notification of
acceptances will be mailed as soon as the reviewing process is completed.
BE SURE AND INCLUDE THE TOPIC AREA AND TWO OR THREE KEY WORDS DESCRIBING
THE SUBMISSION. This will help facilitate the reviewing process. If an
early acceptance is needed for visa or budgetary reasons, please include
that information with the submission.
3. All submissions will be subject to a review process. Submissions will
only be published in the conference proceedings if at least one of the
authors attends the conference. Instructions for submitting a computer
readable format for the proceedings will be provided when the submission
is accepted.
4. If you wish to be a reviewer, session chair, or discussant, please
e-mail your request to socialhicsocial.org and indicate the topic area
in which you are interested. Registration for the conference is required
to be a session chair or discussant.
5. If you wish to organize a session in a particular topic area or in a
language other than English please contact socialhicsocial.org.
Web address: http://www.hicsocial.org
Email Address: socialhicsocial.org
CONFERENCE- Tbilisi Institute of Asia and Africa Tenth Anniversary
Posted by: Guram Chikovani <tiaammc.net.ge>
Posted: 28 Sep 2001
[NOTE: Those interested in participating should make this known to Prof.
Chikovani as soon as possible. --CA-L]
Tbilisi Institute of Asia and Africa
Association for Relations of Georgia with Arab Countries
Invitation
Tbilisi Institute of Asia and Africa invites you to take part in the
International Conference, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the
foundation of the Tbilisi Institute of Asia and Africa.
The Conference will be held in the Conference Hall of the TIAA in 15-17
October 2001.
In case of your acceptance to participate in the Conference, we kindly ask
you to send us the title of your paper.
Yours truly,
Prof. Guram Chikovani
3 Acad. G. Tsereteli Str.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel: +995 32 230 883/231 873
Fax: +995 32 233 008
E-mail: TIAAmmc.net.ge
SEMINAR- US Policy Options toward Afghanistan and Central Asia after Sept.
11
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <efinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 20 Sep 2001
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend a special session
of the Open Forum series:
"U.S. Policy Options toward Afghanistan and Central Asia after September 11"
with Barnett Rubin of the NYU Center on International Cooperation
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, Room 3B
New York, NY 10019
Barnett Rubin is Director of Studies & Senior Fellow at the Center on
International Cooperation at New York University. Previously, he has served
as Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Preventative Action at
the Council on Foreign Relations. He taught Political Science at Yale and
Columbia Universities and was a Fellow of the United States Institute of Peace.
He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on conflict, state
building, and human rights in Afghanistan, Nigeria, Central Asia, Central Africa,
and the Balkans.
To RSVP please fax this sheet to Erin Finnerty at (212) 548-4607 or e-mail a
response to efinnertysorosny.org.
Name:
Affiliation:
E-mail address:
____ I will attend the September 25th event.
____ I will not attend the September 25th event.
If you are unable to attend, you can read a synopsis of the Open Forum and
subscribe to a weekly news bulletin at <www.EurasiaNet.org>.
CONF./CFP- Caspian Sea: Prospects and Challenges, Tehran, 22-23 Dec. 2001
Posted by: IPIS <IPIS.1mail.dci.co.ir>
Posted: 20 Sep 2001
Call for Papers
The Ninth International Seminar on Central Asia and the Caucasus: The
Caspian Sea; Prospects and Challenges
22-23 December 2001
Situated alongside ancient trade routes, the Caspian region has historically
served as the crossroad of great civilizations. Within less than a decade
that followed the Soviet disintegration, this region has assumed
considerable strategic significance, attracting worldwide attention. At the
present juncture, the stability and development of this region are
threatened by competing economic, political, and strategic interests. It is
beset by a plethora of unresolved ethnic and political conflicts. In this
light, an evaluation of the impacts of various trends unfolding in the
region will invariably affect the future of interactions and regional or
international cooperation in this corner of the world.
In the context of its triadic objectives of disseminating international
relations literature, encouraging regional research and conducting studies
on the Islamic Republic of Iran's foreign policy, the Center for the Study
of Central Asia and the Caucasus at the Institute for Political and
International Studies will organize the Ninth International Seminar on
Central Asia and the Caucasus in 22-23 December 2001 in order to contribute
to the study of developments in the Caspian region.
Against this backdrop, interested observers, academics, and researchers are
invited to submit their articles on any of the following topics and
participate in this gathering.
1st. The Caspian Region in the Contemporary International System
1. Evaluation of the Caspian Sea's Geopolitical Situation
2. Globalization: Impacts on the Caspian Sea
3. Role of Regional and International Organizations in the Caspian Region
4. Role of Multinationals in the Caspian Region
2nd. Role of Regional Cooperation in Maintaining Peace, Stability, and
Security in the Caspian Zone
1. Evaluation of the Impact of Political Cooperation in Fostering Regional
Peace, Stability, and Security in the Caspian Zone
2. Grounds for Economic Cooperation: Role in the Economic Development of the
Countries of the Caspian Region
3. Evaluation of the Legal and Commercial Systems of the Countries of the
Caspian Region
4. Obstacles to the Expansion of Trade and Business Ties among the Countries
of the Caspian Region
5. Evaluation of Regional and International Rivalries: Question of Oil
Pipeline Construction
6. Evaluation of Communication Routes in the Caspian Region (North-South
Corridor and TRASICA)
7. Revival of the Silk Road: Impact on Regional Peace, Stability, and
Security in the Caspian Zone
3rd. Political and Security Arrangements in the Caspian Region
1. Evaluation of the Repercussions of Militarization of the Caspian Sea:
Impacts on the Security of the Regional Countries
2. Evaluation of the Role of Regional and Extra-regional Countries in the
Security of the Caspian Region
3. Evaluation of Proposed Security Schemes and Arrangements in the Caspian
Region
4. Evaluation of the Role of International and Regional Organizations in the
Preservation of Peace and Stability in the Caspian Zone
4th. The Legal and Environmental Status of the Caspian Sea
1. Evaluation of the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea: Comparison with Other
Lakes in the World
2. Evaluation of the Positions of the Littoral Countries
on the Caspian Sea's Legal Regime on the Basis of International Norms and
Regulations
3. Evaluation of the Legal Regime of the Caspian Sea on the Basis of the
1921 and 1941 Iran-Soviet Treaties
4. Determination of the Caspian Sea's Legal Regime: Probable Scenarios
5. Environment: Ways to Utilize Caspian Sea's Energy Resources
6. Environment: Ways to Utilize Marine Species in the Caspian Sea
7. Environmental Challenges in the Caspian Sea
8. Oil and Gas Transfer on the Caspian Seabed: Destructive Impacts on the
Environment
5th. Evaluation of the Socio-Cultural Developments in the Countries of the
Caspian Region
1. Evaluation of the Origins of Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in the
Caspian Region (Crises in Karabakh, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Abkhazia, and...)
2. Evaluation of Security Threats in the Caspian Region (Religious
Extremism, Illegal Migration, Drug Trafficking, and Terrorism) and
Solutions to These Problems
3. Role of "Dialogue among Civilizations" in Restoring Peace, Stability, and
the Encouragement of Cooperation among the Countries of the Caspian Region
6th. Iran and the Caspian Sea
1. Evaluation of Iran's Policies in the Caspian Region over the Past Decade:
Guideline for the Future
2. A General Picture of the Iranian Foreign Policy in the Caspian Region
3. Iran's Role in the Transfer of Energy Resources in the Caspian Region
4. Iran's Role in the Development of the Communication Routes of the
Countries of the Caspian Region
Interested observers, researchers, and academics are hereby invited to
submit a one-page abstract on any of the foregoing topics to the Secretariat
of the Seminar by 22 November 2001.
Acceptance of the article abstract will be formally announced subsequent to
its receipt. Incoming articles will be evaluated by the Seminar's Screening
Committee.
Address:
Center for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus
Institute for Political and International Studies
P.O. Box : 19395/1793
Shahid Aghaie St. Shahid Bahonar Avenue
Tehran, Iran
Tel: 2802671-75
Fax: 2802649
Email: ipisdre-mfa.gov.ir
Web Site: http://www.dre-mfa.gov.ir
Sincerely yours,
The conference secretariat
IPIS (Institute for Political and International Studies)
Tel: (+98) 21 2802671-5
Fax: (+98) 21 2802649
P.O. Box: Iran, Tehran ,19395/1793
CONFERENCE- Bilingual Education and Conflict Prevention, Sept. 20-22, Bishkek
Posted by: Britta Korth <britta.korthcimera.org>
Posted: 18 Sep 2001
The first conference on Bilingual Education and Conflict Prevention will be
held in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) on September 20-22. Experiences, prospects and
concepts of bilingual Kyrgyz - Russian education will be discussed among
linguists, pedagogues, educators, local politicians and language planners.
For more information about the program, please contact britta.korthcimera.org
Britta Korth
CIMERA - Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Tel:
+996 - 312 - 66 36 93
+996 - 312 - 22 12 29
www.cimera.org
CONFERENCE- Religions and Environment, Florida International University, Nov.
8-9
Posted by: Chandana Chakrabarti <chakrabaelon.edu>
Posted: 17 Sep 2001
Religions and Environment
Scholars are invited to submit titles and abstracts (about 150 words) of
papers to be presented in the Interdisciplinary conference on "Religions and
Environment" to be held on November 8-9, 2001 at the Florida International
University, Miami, Florida.
The conference is sponsored by the Religion Department of the Florida
International University, Miami and the Society of Indian Philosophy &
Religion. The theme can be addressed critically, reflectively and creatively
by the philosophical, religious and scientific traditions of the World's great
civilizations. The program will include plenary addresses, volunteered
papers, invited papers and panel discussions. Registered participants who are
members of professional associations or societies are encouraged to
submit proposals for holding meetings in the conference on behalf of their
associations or societies.
The conference will also include sessions devoted to papers from graduate and
undergraduate students. Papers may be from any discipline or may be
interdisciplinary but must deal with the conference theme. Participants
should have a letter of endorsement sent by a faculty member, department chair
or some other appropriate person.
Hotel reservations during the conference have been made at the Ramada Crown
Hotel, 4041 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. The rate is $79 per night.
Conference participants may contact hotel (1-800-327-8163 by October 15) to
get this rate.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is October 15, 2001. The advance
registration fee for the conference is $60 and on site registration fee is
$85. The advance registration fee of $60 (due by October 15, 2001) should be
paid by check, drawn in favor of the Society of Indian Philosophy & Religion
mailed to:
The Secretary, Society of Indian Philosophy & Religion
Campus box 2336, Elon University
Elon, NC 27244.
If you would like to contribute a paper to this event please send an abstract
of about 150 words to:
Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti
Department of Religious Studies
Elon University,
Elon, NC 27244
E-mail: Chakrabaelon.edu
Phone: (336) 278-5713
Fax: (336)278-5627
CONFERENCE- Caucasus: Ethnic Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics, Tbilisi,
Oct. '01
Posted by: Levan Urushadze <iacerhrg98hotmail.com>
Posted: 12 Sep 2001
IACERHRG-2001 (Invitation)
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, September 11, 2001
Dear Sirs/Madams,
I inform you that on October 20-21, 2001, in Tbilisi will be hold the III
Annual Conference of the International Association "CAUCASUS: Ethnic
Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics" (IACERHRG).
Main themes of the Conference will be:
1) "The Caucasus: Human Rights and Education";
2) "The Rights of Nations and double standards in the contemporary World";
3) "Intercultural Relations of the Caucasian Nations";
4) "Problems of the Caucasian Geopolitics".
Deadline for registration (Name, degree, age, gender, organization,
position, address, phone, fax, e-mail) - October 1, 2001 (Registration fee -
50 USD).
Deadline for abstracts (1,5-2 pp.) - October 1, 2001.
Languages: Georgian, English, Russian.
Time limit for the lectures - 15 min.
Hotel:
Hotel "MORKINALI"
26 May Sqr. 1, Tbilisi
Tel.: (995 32) 221512
Fax: (995 32) 333356
(Per night - 25 USD).
It will be reserved the rooms in the hotel by the Organizing Commitee of the
Conference.
We cordially invite you to participate in our Conference. We hope for your
coming in Tbilisi.
With kind regards,
Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze,
Co-Chairman of IACERHRG, Chairman
of the Organizing Commitee, Fellow
of the International Academy for
Intercultural Research (IAIR)
IACERHRG
G.Tsabadze Street 3-32
Tbilisi 380012
Republic of Georgia.
Tel/Fax: (995 32) 348651
Fax: (995 32) 001153
E-mail: iacerhrg98hotmail.com
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/iacerhrg/iacerhrg.html
[Forwarded from: CivilSoc]
CONFERENCE CANCELLATION- Conference in Honor of Prof. Edward Allworth, 09/14
Posted by: Peter James Sinnott <pjs7columbia.edu>
Posted: 11 Sep 2001
Because of the tragedy in New York the conference scheduled for Friday
September 14th is canceled. It will be rescheduled.
Peter Sinnott
CONFERENCE- Conference in Honor of Prof. Edward Allworth, Columbia, Sept.
14, 2001
Posted by: Peter James Sinnott <pjs7columbia.edu>
Posted: 10 Sep 2001
Friday, September 14, 2001
This conference is presented by former students of Professor Edward
Allworth in honor of his career at Columbia University's Middle East and
Asian Languages and Cultures Department and at the Harriman Institute as
the Professor of Turco-Soviet Studies and the founder of the Nationalities
Program. The conference is organized by the Caspian Project of Columbia
University at the School of International and Public Affairs.
* * * This conference is open to all * * *
9am Opening Remarks - Peter Sinnott
PANEL I Language, Culture and Literature
9:15-11am
Eden Naby, Research Associate, Harvard University
"The Place of Cultural History"
Caroline Sawyer, Assistant Professor, SUNY Binghampton
"Evolution of a Turco-Persian Myth: The Figure of Afrasayab in Ferdousi's
Shahnameh and the Divan-e Lughat-e Turk"
Xijuan Zhou, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies, Willamette
University
"Shamanism in Uyghur Literature"
PANEL II Challenges in Rule, Transition and Development
11:15-1pm
Cassandra Cavanaugh, Assistant Professor of History, College of the Holy
Cross
"'Making them More Accustomed to Us': Russia's medical mission in Central
Asia"
Martha Merrill, Visiting Scholar, Ural and Altaic Dept., Indiana
University
"Similarities Across a Century, Differences Across a Decade"
Guita Ranjbaran, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology CUNY
"Law and Social Engineering in Soviet and Post-Soviet Tajikistan"
LUNCH 1-2:15pm
PANEL III Intellectual History
2:30-5pm
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, United Nations Development Program
"A Century of Politics, Patronage, and Passion: Sadr-ZAia's Bukharan
Diary"
Maliheh Tyrell, Visiting Scholar, Teachers' College, Columbia University
"Abbasgulu Agha Bakikhanov (1794-1847)"
Ibrahim Yuksel, Ph.D. Candidate, Mealac, Columbia University
"Central Asia - Azerbaijan Intelloectual Connections at the turn of the
20th Century"
Shawn Lyons, Assistant Dean & Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
at Charlottesville
"Otabek Returns: Jadidist Problems in Modern Uzbekistan"
The conference will be held at the Kellogg Center of the School of
International and Public Affairs on the 15th floor. It is located just
off Amsterdam Avenue at 420 West 118th St. Take number 1/9 subway to
116th St. and cross campus to Amsterdam Avenue.
For further information, please contact:
Peter Sinnott at 212.854.2332 or by email at <pjs7columbia.edu>.
SEMINAR- Roundtable Discussion "Human Tragedy in Afghanistan", Paris
Posted by: Guissou Jahangiri <guissoujahangirihotmail.com>
Posted: 10 Sep 2001
[The following announcement in French is an invitation to attend a
roundtable discussion entitled "Human Tragedy in Afghanistan" on 25
September in Paris. --CA-L]
OPEN ASIA FEMME DANS LA CITE
11, rue Toullier 2 Allée Max Jacob
75005 PARIS 93240 STAINS
Tél. 01 47 97 32 97 tél. 01 48 22 76 80
openasia-mail.com mous.closfree.fr
Paris, le 10 septembre 2001
Madame, Monsieur,
Depuis plus d'une année, OPEN ASIA France organise régulièrement des
rencontres thématiques ouvrant des débats sur l'Asie médiane et notamment
l'Afghanistan avec des invités de domaines variés.
OPEN ASIA en partenariat avec l'Association FEMME DANS LA CITE, se réunit
pour une soirée autour de la question de l'Afghanistan avec des témoignages,
des échanges et une exposition photographique :
MARDI 25 SEPTEMBRE 2001 à 18 Heures
30 av. Louis Bordes à STAINS
(ex locaux de "Saveurs du monde")
En présence de Monsieur BEAUMALE, Maire de Stains, et de Monsieur TAIBI,
Maire Adjoint et Conseiller Général.
Cette rencontre se terminera par une dégustation culinaire afghane.
Comptant vivement sur votre participation,
Cordialement,
Guissou Jahangiri
Directrice d'Open Asia
P.S. : Pour une bonne organisation, merci de nous confirmer votre venue à
l'aide du coupon réponse (réservation obligatoire) avant le 21 septembre
2001 soit :
- par courrier FEMME DANS LA CITE : 2 allée Max Jacob 93240 STAINS
- par courrier électronique : mous.closfree.fr
P.J. : programme.
-------------------------------
OPEN ASIA FEMME DANS LA CITE
11, rue Toullier 2 Allée Max Jacob
75005 PARIS 93240 STAINS
Tél. 01 47 97 32 97 Tél. 01 48 22 76 80
openasia-mail.com mous.closfree.fr
Soirée thématique du 25 septembre 2001 à 18 heures
30 avenue Louis Bordes à STAINS (93)
Métro: Ligne 13 St. Denis Université puis bus 253 ou 250 (Mairie de Stains)
RER D - Stains/Pierrefitte puis bus 150 (Mairie de Stains)
Par A1 Sortie Stains.
TABLE RONDE : TRAGÉDIE HUMAINE EN AFGHANISTAN
Présentation géopolitique de l'Afghanistan.
Débat présenté et animé par Fereshteh TABIB.
Intervenants :
Héritage culturel sous menace des Talibans.
* Latif PEDRAM, Écrivain et journaliste afghan, réfugié politique en France,
membre du Parlement International des Écrivains.
Femmes en Afghanistan : absentes ou actrices de leur devenir.
* Guissou JAHANGIRI, journaliste au Courrier International, directrice de
l'Association OPEN ASIA FRANCE.
Témoignages
* Heshmat FORUZ, Responsable de l'Association Humanitaire Afghane en Bretagne.
Exposition photographique
* Reza - Webistan - Photojournalise, collaborateur de National Geographic,
ancien représentant de l'O.N.U. en Afghanistan, spécialiste de la Route de
la soie.
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COUPON- RÉPONSE
(réservation obligatoire)
à retourner AVANT LE 21 SEPTEMBRE 2001
à "FEMME DANS LA CITE" 2 Allée Max Jacob à STAINS (93)
Ou par e-mail : mous.closfree.fr
TABLE RONDE : TRAGÉDIE HUMAINE EN AFGHANISTAN
Nom: Prénom:
Institution ou Association :
Adresse :
Télécopie/e-mail :
Participera à la soirée du 25 septembre 2001 (Débat - Collation)
Participera seulement au débat du 25 septembre 2001.
CONFERENCE- FEL Conference: Endangered Languages and the Media, 20-23 Sept.,
Morocco
Posted by: Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>
Posted: 28 Aug 2001
The Fifth Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages "Endangered
Languages and the Media" is to be held at Agadir, Morocco, from 20 to 23
September 2001. The programme is now published at: http://www.ogmios.org/prog2001.htm
If you would like a copy but cannot read it there for some reason, please
contact me directly.
There is still time to register. If you would like to do so, please contact
Nigel Birch, the FEL secretary, at <Nigel.Birchepsrc.ac.uk>.
Nicholas Ostler
President
Foundation for Endangered Languages
http://www.ogmios.org
Batheaston Villa, 172 Bailbrook Lane
Bath BA1 7AA England
+44-1225-85-2865 fax +44-1225-85-9258
nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk
SEMINAR- Non-Roman Character Sets for the Internet, AAASS, Nov. 15
Posted by: Steve Corrsin <ag5153wayne.edu>
Posted: 22 Aug 2001
AAASS Preconference: Slavic Internet Resources: Getting up to Speed in
Three Short Hours
On Thursday, November 15th, from 9AM-12PM in the Tidewater Room of the Hyatt
Hotel, the Slavic Librarians from the Bibliography and Documentation
Committee will hold a preconference designed to acquaint Slavic scholars
with a variety of research resources available on-line. The program and
demonstrations will include the basic techniques of preparing your computer
to handle special non-Roman character sets, using your browser's features to
organize your research, how and where to find information on diverse topics
including language and literature, politics and government, etc. and how to
make contact with scholars through various avenues of electronic
communication. There will be opportunities for questions and answers during
the session.
We have available seating for up to 70 attendees, but we request that those
planning to attend the presentation contact Allan Urbanic (phone/voicemail:
510 758-9236 or email: aurbaniclibrary.berkeley.edu) in order to assure we
will be able to accommodate all who wish to participate.
Stephen D. Corrsin
Assistant Director of Technical Services and Head of Acquisitions
Wayne State University Libraries, Technical Services and Systems
5150 Anthony Wayne Dr.
Detroit MI 48202
tel (313) 577-4005
fax (313) 577-3615
email ag5153wayne.edu
CONF./CFP- Women of the Aral Sea, Nukus, 6-8 September 2001
Posted by: Elmira Aleinikova <udasanukus.freenet.uz>
Posted: 6 Aug 2001
On 6-8 September 2001, Nukus (Republic of Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan) the
internatioal conference, "Women of the Aral Sea: On the Boarders of
Centuries," will be held; dedicated to the ten year anniversary of the
independent women's magazine "Aral Kuzlari."
With the new century and the new millennium the world is moving ahead with
gigantic leaps, bringing with it new unbelievable discoveries everyday. The
Internet enveloped our planet and created a new virtual world. With the fall
of the USSR, many new countries emerged, including Uzbekistan. This year,
Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan are celebrating ten years of independence. The
path Uzbekistan has taken since independence has been a short but difficult
one. It has been a path that has affected the fate of the women primarily.
How are the lives of the women of the Aral Sea region fated? How are their
lives effected by the Aral Sea disaster? What is the role of modern
Karakalpak women in the social and political issues of the republic? These
are questions which we feel are extremely important because women are the
root of society. The government is trying to solve women's problems with
various methods. Through the initiative of Islam Karimov, the president of
the republic of Uzbekistan, 2001 was announced as the year of the "Woman and
Child." However, in our opinion, only women can solve their problems by
themselves. It is necessary to have a discussion on many different levels
for this, with information about the experiences of women from other
countries and concrete actions of women by themselves. One form of
discussing these issues is the mass media.
Currently in Karakalpakstan there is only one independent women's magazine
called "Aral Kuzlari," which will celebrate its ten-year anniversary this
year. This magazine can become the stage where the women can raise awareness
of women's problems in the Aral Sea region. All of these questions and
issues will be discussed at the international conference "Women of the Aral
Sea: On the Boarders of Centuries," dedicated to the ten year anniversary of
the magazine, "Aral Kuzlari." The date of the conference is the 6th-8th of
September 2001.
The following topics will be discussed at the conference:
- Women and Politics
- Violence to Women
- Women in the Market Economy
- Women and Education
- Women and the Mass Media and Perspectives of the independent magazine
"Aral Kuzlari" development
- Women and Family: a discussion of culture and traditions Women and Health
The topics will be discussed generally as a group and then in small group
sessions, where participants of the conference will have the opportunity to
work out concrete solutions to these issues. A summary of reports will be
accepted until 15th June 2001. Summaries should be no longer than two pages
on Microsoft Word 98, 12 point font, single spaced.
Summaries should be sent via email to:
E-mail: udasanukus.freenet.uz
Fax: +99 (861)2177229
Mail:
Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan 742000 Nukus
prospekt Berdaha 41, 8th floor
Union for Defence of the Aral Sea and Amudarya
The conference languages are Karakalpak, Russian, and English.
Sincerely,
Elmira Aleinikova
Conference Coordinator
E-mail: udasanukus.freenet.uz
[Forwarded from: Announcements-liatp.centralasia.net]
CONF./CFP- 21st Century: Time of Comprehension of Great Traditions
Posted by: Aizhan Mukanbetkalieva <aizhanmyahoo.com>
Posted: 27 Jul 2001
On 19 October 2001 the scientific community of Al-Farabi Kazakh State
National University will celebrate 70th jubilee of Kazakhstani scholar Dr.
Agyn Kassymzhanov. An International conference "21st century: Time of
Comprehension of Great Traditions" will be organized on October 19-20 2001
in Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University in Almaty as a part of this
event.
Conference will have the next sections:
- Great Steppe and Turk civilization: culture, philosophy, politics and
geopolitics
- The Islamic culture and Al-Farabi legacy: science, religion, arts,
theology, and philosophy
- Philosophical legacy of A. Kassymzhanov and modern time
The Conference organizers are:
- Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University
- Al-Farabi Center
- Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Science (Kazakhstan)
The Conference papers will be published before the conference date.
Applications must be sent to:
Administrative building, room 402
Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University
71 Al-Farabi Ave.
Almaty 480078
Republic of Kazakhstan
E-mail: nartayfreenet.kz
Contact Phones:
(7-3272) 471-488 (extension 1178)
(7-3272) 680-383 - Dr. Anel Kassymzhanova
(7-3272) 556-771 - Aina Kabylova
(7-3272) 284-523 - Ainur Kurmanalieva
The requirements for the papers
Papers no longer than 8 pages should be submitted on diskette with
determination of file name in Microsoft Word (Times New Roman, Font 14,
with single spacing, for Russian -- Times New Roman Cyr, for Kazakh -- Times
Kaz, Font 13, format RTF). The list of citation should be placed at the end
of paper. On the application form authors should give a name, address, place
of job\study, office and home phone numbers. Abstracts should reflect main
content of paper and be not longer than 6-7 lines.
The deadline for papers is as soon as possible, but not later than September
1, 2001.
Dr. Agyn Kassymzhanov, well-known scholar, is one of the first Soviet
Philosophers who studied legacy of al-Farabi. First translations of
al-Farabi books into Russian were published under his supervision. Agyn
Kassymzhanov was one of the first Kazakh professors who established
Kazakhstani School of philosophy. He left significant philosophical impact
in the areas of national and foreign history of philosophy, theory of
epistemology and dialectic, philosophy of science, steppe civilization and
spiritual legacy of Kazakh people. He was one of initiators and organizers
of International conference, devoted to 1100-years jubilee of al-Farabi
(Moscow-Alma-Ata-Baghdad) in 1975. In 1996-1997 Oklahoma State University
invited him as a Fulbright visiting scholar to teach a new course entitled
"The introduction to the Central Asia Study" for American students. In 1999
Dr. Kassymzhanov with the Foundation of Ebbert conducted the presentation of
the book of Dr. Rufolf. al-Maturidi and Sunni theology in Samarkand. In
2000 he published his last project, the book "The Portraits, The Steppe by
the Point of View of Outsiders: from Herodotus to Humboldt". Over 25 years
of his activity were connected with Kazakh national University. He graduated
from this school, grew from assistant professor to head of department,
director of the institute of professor training, dean of Philosophy
Department, director of al-Farabi Center. He conducted the research of 7
Doctors of Sciences and more than 70 Candidate of Sciences. He organized 8
summer philosophy school for junior scholars.
Al-Farabi Center
Republican research and methodical al-Farabi center was established in 1993.
Center is conducting a various researches of legacy of al-Farabi, his impact
on the Eastern culture, and Kazakh spiritual culture.
Center is a sub-department of Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi.
The following books were published after foundation of the Center:
- Kassymzhanov, A. al-Farabi and spiritual legacy, 1994
- Kassymzhanov, A. The Portraits, 1995
- Kassymzhanov, A. Grate Thinkers of the Steppe, 1996
- Kassymzhanov, A. al-Farabi. Second Edition, 1997
- Kassymzhanov, A. Kosho-Tcaidam monuments, 1998
- Kassymzhanov, A. al-Farabi: The Problem of Cultural Synthesis, 1998
- Kassymzhanova, A. A. Substantiation of Political Science in al-Farabi
Legacy, 1998
- Kassymzhanov, A. The Portraits. The Steppe by the Point of View of
Outsiders: From Herodotus to Humbold, 2000.
In 1994 Center organized International conference "al-Farabi in the history
of Oriental people science and culture". The Center conducted the round
table "The Spiritual legacy of the past in the modern educational processes
and in the industry of tourism" as a part of International conference
"Bekmakhanov readings "Turk civilization".
The activity of the Center is concentrated on the next trends:
- information and consultations
- publishing
- organization of conferences, seminars and meetings
- museum
- library
- popularization of al-Farabi legacy.
The Center plans to publish the following books:
- Kassymzhanova, A.A. al-Farabi and arab-muslim culture.
- Bibliography of publications of Dr. Agyn Kassymzhanov.
- al-Farabi, Big Book of Music. Translation of Kabylova, A.S. and
Kurmanalieva, A.D.
- Kazakh-Russian-English philosophical dictionary
- An Anthology: The World of Islam. To the memory of Dr. Kassymzhanov.
- Selected works of Dr. Kassymzhanov. To the 70 jubilee of scholar.
Dr. Anel Kassymzhanova - the director of Center
Address: Administrative building, room 402
Kazakh National University
Ave. al-Farabi 71
Almaty 480078
Republic of Kazakhstan
Phone: (7-3272) 471-488 (extension 1178)
(7-3272) 680-383 - Dr. Anel Kassymzhanova
(7-3272) 556-771 - Aina Kabylova
(7-3272) 284-523 - Ainur Kurmanalieva
CONFERENCE- Central Asia and the Caspian Basin, Edinburgh, 7-8 Dec. 2001
Posted by: Margaret Beechey <m.beecheyed.ac.uk>
Posted: 27 Jul 2001
The Edinburgh Symposium:
Central Asia and the Caspian Basin: A Decade Post-Independence
7-8 December 2001
The University of Edinburgh
in association with
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies, USA
Le Monde Iranien, CNRS, Paris,
British East-West Centre, UK
Sponsored By:
The British Academy
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Department for International Development
We are pleased to announce the Edinburgh Symposium, Central Asia and the
Caspian Basin: A Decade Post-Independence.
The Symposium will be co-hosted by the Department of Politics and the School
of Law on 7-8 December 2001.
The Symposium is held in association with the British East-West Centre,
Harvard University, and the CNRS in Paris. Uniting leading academics and
practitioners in the field - including from the UK, USA, Europe and Central
Asia - the Edinburgh Symposium will be the largest of its kind held to date
in the UK. The Symposium is sponsored by the British Academy, the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development,
UK Government. Details of the conference can be found at:
http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/conferences/cac
or email
m.beecheyed.ac.uk
The strategic area of Central Asia has undergone a profound transformation
in the first decade of its independence. The implications of geopolitical
change in this new world region, housing over 300 million inhabitants and
substantial natural resources, are considerable. Occurring as it does ten
years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the timely Edinburgh Symposium
will:
- provide a multidisciplinary assessment of a region of growing political
and economic importance;
- bring together Western and Central Asian researchers - from the UK, USA,
Europe and the five states of Central Asia;
- stimulate a frank exchange between practitioners and leading academics in
the field, in particular between academics, UK government and
representatives of the oil and gas sector.
The Symposium is organised around seven thematic panels, each of which
consists of short presentations, to be followed by roundtable discussion:
PROGRAMME
Friday 7th December, 2001
08.30 - 09.30
Registration and coffee
09.30 - 0945
OPENING ADDRESS
09.45 - 11.00
INTRODUCTIONS
Sally Cummings, University of Edinburgh (Kazakhstan)
Meg Luckins, British East-West Centre (Kyrgyzstan)
Shirin Akiner, SOAS, London (Tajikistan)
Annette Bohr, University of Cambridge (Turkmenistan)
Stuart Horsman, FCO (Uzbekistan)
11.00 - 11.30
Coffee
11.30 - 12.45
POLITICAL and LEGAL REFORM
Sally Cummings, Edinburgh (Authoritarianism)
Shirin Akiner, SOAS (Political Order and Succession)
Scott Newton, SOAS (Legal Reform in Central Asia)
John Anderson, St. Andrews University (Constitutional Reform in Central Asia)
12.45 - 14.30
Lunch
14.30 - 15.45
ECONOMIC and LEGAL REFORM
Pauline Luong Jones, Yale University (Energy Development Strategies)
Helen Boss, Consultant, (Comparing Economic Reform in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
and Turkmenistan)
Erzhan Dosmukhametov, Oxford University (Foreign Investment Law in Central
Asia)
Brian Cassidy, Ledingham Chalmers, Solicitors (The Foreign Investment Regime
in Azerbaijan)
15.45 - 16.15
Tea
16.15 - 17.30
LAND REFORM
Malcolm Childress, University of Wisconsin Madison (Agricultural
Restructuring and Performance in Central Asia)
Brian Cassidy, Ledingham Chalmers, Solicitors (The Legal Regulation of
Privatisation in Azerbaijan)
Mr Tolobek Omuraliev, Director, Gosregister(Land registration in Kyrgyzstan)
Mr Maksatbek Tashbolotov, Director, Kalys Consult (Land market development
in Kyrgystan)
18.00 - 19.00
Conference Reception
19.00 - 22.00
Conference Dinner
Saturday 8th December, 2001
09.15 - 10.45
CIVIL SOCIETY and NATION-BUILDING
Ruth Mandel, University College, London (Civil Society in Central Asia)
John Schoeberlein, Harvard University (Cultural change)
Pal Kolsto, University of Oslo, Norway (Nation-building and Language
Standardisation in Kazakhstan)
Sergei Gretsky, Tajikistan (Civil Society in Central Asia)
10.45 - 11.15
Coffee
11.15 - 12.45
THE CASPIAN: OIL, PIPELINES and the ENVIRONMENT
John Roberts (Caspian Oil and Gas: how far have we come and where are we
going?)
Alan Boyle, University of Edinburgh (oil/water swaps)
Stuart Horsman, FCO (Environment)
Adnan Amkhan, Energy Charter Secretariat (Energy transit issues)
Peter Riches, Texaco Oil Corporation (Perspectives on political risk for oil
and gas field developments in Central Asia)
12.45 - 14.30
Lunch
14.30 - 15.45
STABILITY and SECURITY in CENTRAL ASIA
Roy Allison, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Central Asian
military reform)
Ravshan Alimov, Director, Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies,
Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan's perceptions of stability and security in Central
Asia)
Anna Zelkina, SOAS, (Islamic Fundamentalism)
Rafis Abazov, Kyrgyzstan (Foreign Policy Making in Central Asia)
15.45 - 16.15
Tea
16.15 - 17.30
GEOPOLITICS of CENTRAL ASIA
Olivier Roy, CNRS, Paris (Islam in Central Asia: How to Assess the Afghan
Influence?)
Talgat Ismagambetov, Kazakhstan (Russia and China)
John Erickson, University of Edinburgh (Geopolitics, Geostrategy and
Geoeconomics in Eurasia)
Details of the conference can be found at:
http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/conferences/cac
or email m.beecheyed.ac.uk.
CONFERENCE- Central Asia: Past, Present and Future, London, 1-2 Nov. 2001
Posted by: Elizabeth Whitehouse <ew14soas.ac.uk>
Posted: 25 Jul 2001
Royal Society for Asian Affairs
Centenary Conference
Central Asia: past, present and future
1 - 2 November 2001
held in association with
The Centre on Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus, SOAS
under the auspices of
The Centre of Near & Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS
Conference Sponsors
HSBC
The British Academy
Venue: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Thornhaugh
Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
The Royal Society for Asian Affairs was founded in 1901 to promote greater
knowledge and understanding of Central Asia and surrounding countries. It
has since expanded its activities to include the whole of Asia. In this its
centenary year the RSAA is holding this conference to heighten public
awareness of the importance of contemporary Central Asia and to further the
development of commercial and academic interest in the region.
Email: inforsaa.org.uk; Website: www.rsaa.org.uk
The Centre on Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus was established as
one of the regional centres at the School of Oriental and African Studies in
November 2000. Its mission is to promote the study of the region and to
serve as a resource for academic, government, non-governmental and business
constituencies.
The Centre of Near & Middle Eastern Studies, also part of the School of
Oriental and African Studies, seeks to promote knowledge and understanding
of all aspects of the Middle East and to bridge gaps between different
spheres of interest in the region. Centre activities include public lecture
series, seminars, conferences and panel discussions, publications and a
scholarship programme. For further details, please contact the Centre at the
address given overleaf.
Thursday 1 November
9:45-10:30 Registration and Coffee
10:30-11:00 Welcome by Sir Donald Hawley KCMG, MBE, Chairman of RSAA
Council, and
OPENING ADDRESS
The Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC
11:00-13:00 VISIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA
Anthropology of Repression: changing needs for state control in Central
Asian regimes
John Schoeberlein, Harvard University
Soviet Orientalism and Central Asia
Sergei Panarin, Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow
Central Asian Islam: contested territory
Shirin Akiner, SOAS
Discussant: Annette Bohr, University of Manchester
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 POST-SOVIET DEVELOPMENTS & CONCERNS
Introduction: John Macgregor CVO, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
The Dilemmas of Agrarian Reform in Uzbekistan
Deniz Kandiyoti, SOAS
Constructing Nationalisms
Olivier Roy, CNRS
Lessons From the Past: water management in Central Asia
Sarah O'Hara, University of Nottingham
Discussant Michael Kaser, University of Birmingham
16:00 Tea
18:30 RECEPTION Locarno Suite, FCO
Friday 2 November
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30-12:30 THE VIEW FROM WITHIN
Introduction: Eldar Oripov, Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies,
Uzbekistan
Political Islam in Uzbekistan
Alisher Ilkhamov, Expert Sociological Centre, Uzbekistan
Central Asia: vulnerable frontiers, disintegration and co-operation
Anara Tabyshalieva, Institute for Regional Studies, Kyrgyzstan
Development of a Financial System in a Post-socialist Country
Grigori Marchenko, National Bank of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
Discussant: Anna Zelkina, SOAS
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 WHITHER CENTRAL ASIA?
Introduction: Gavin Graham, Shell, Regional Representative
Energy Development Strategies in Central Asia and their Implications for
Future Political and Economic Development
Pauline Jones Luong, Yale University
Conflicting Interests: the great game replayed
Scott Newton, SOAS
Macro-economic Transition in former Soviet Central Asia: stagnation and
progress
Max Spoor, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Discussant: Yelena Kalyuzhnova, University of Reading
Closing Remarks followed by Tea
Enquiries:
The Centre of Near & Middle Eastern Studies
Rm 479, SOAS, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG
Tel: 020 7898 4340/4490
Fax: 020 7898 4329
Email: meconfsoas.ac.uk
Registration Form
Title:
First name(s):
Surname:
Affiliation (institution/company/university):
Position:
Address:
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
Date:
Registration rates:
Corporate £100
Individual £40
RSAA/CNMES individual members & academics £30
Full-time students £10
Please include proof of student status if you wish to register at the
student rate. Registration fee includes: admission, sandwich lunch and
refreshments and admission to an evening reception at the Locarno Suite,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, on 1st November.
If you wish to register please return the registration form, with payment
(UK cheque made payable to 'SOAS', banker's draft in UK sterling, or Visa
and Mastercard) to:
RSAA Centenary Conference
Centre of Near & Middle Eastern Studies Room
479, SOAS, Russell Square
London WC1H OXG
United Kingdom
Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Room 479, SOAS,
University of London
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London, WC1H OXG
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7898 4340
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7898 4329
CONFERENCE- Endangered Languages and the Media, Agadir, Morocco, 20-23 Sept.
2001
Posted by: Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>
Posted: 18 Jul 2001
The Fifth FEL Conference
ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AND THE MEDIA
Agadir, Morocco: 20-23 September 2001
Among the most powerful instruments of the process we have come to know as
globalization are the mass media. Through the written and spoken word, the
world's mass media, their ownership increasingly concentrated, exercise a
strong influence on all but the very remotest of the world's languages. And
the pattern of use and control of the world's press and broadcasting has
shifted even faster than the shrinking of the world's minority languages.
The venue for this year's conference, our first outside the English-speaking
world, is the coastal city of Agadir, Morocco. Our conference programme
gives an opportunity to exchange ideas and experience on this challenging
topic with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds, as well as to explore
the city, the beaches (swimming possible until late autumn) and the
hinterland. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, within reach of the Sahara,
Agadir and its surroundings are fascinating in terms of history, culture and
nature (with unique bird reserves).
This conference welcomes everyone with an interest in and concern for the
use of endangered and minority languages in the printed, broadcast and
electronic media. We are inviting not only academic researchers in the
fields of endangered languages and media studies, but also media
professionals and practising journalists, and of course native speakers of
endangered languages. With that in mind we are offering a 25% discount on
the registration fee for journalists from any country who can produce proof
of their status (journalists' union card, press card &c.) when registering
for the conference.
CONFERENCE SCOPE AND AIMS
What exactly is the relationship between the globalization of the media and
increased pressure on minority languages? Is there a hopeful side, as the
cost and technology bases of the media are revolutionized?
The fifth international conference of the Foundation for Endangered
Languages aims to pinpoint the processes and seek new tactics for coping
with them: hoping, at the very least, to channel some of the power of the
media for the good of small languages, and put forward tentative answers to
many pending questions.
ORGANIZERS
Hassan Ouzzate (Conference Chairman, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco),
Christopher Moseley (Conference Programme Chair), Nicholas Ostler
(President, FEL), Nigel Birch (Secretary, FEL)
Programme committee:
Hassan Ouzzate, Nicholas Ostler, Christopher Moseley, Nigel Birch, Karen
Johnson-Weiner, Davyth Hicks, Mahendra Verma, Alasdair MacCaluim, Louanna
Furbee, Karl Teeter, Eugene McKendry, Paul Baker, Patrick Williamson
VENUE AND PROGRAMME
The venue for the conference and the accommodation is Hotel Aferni, Avenue
General Kettani, Agadir, Morocco (tel. +212 48 84 07 30)
The programme includes presentations by over 25 speakers, drawn from every
continent in the world. A particular feature of FEL conferences is that
there are no concurrent sessions, so that a common spirit is built up among
all the participants. As a result, our conferences usually develop into
rather touching occasions.
Thursday 20/9
Arrival & Registration - Welcome dinner
Friday 21/9
Opening Session, Setting the Scene, including Keynote Address:
Power of the media for the good of small languages: an Indian experience of
enriching diversity
Lachman Kubchandani, Centre for Communication Studies, Pune, India
Session Two: How the State Caters for Language Minorities
Session Three: Self-help: Grass-roots solutions for small languages
Saturday 22/9
Session Four: New Media: a place for small languages in Cyberspace
Open Forum: short presentations by other attendees
Foundation for Endangered Languages - Annual General Meeting
Video session: presented by attendees
Sunday 23/9
Session Five: Cementing the Community: Media as Carriers of Minority Traditions
Session Six: Language in the Ether: Across Political Boundaries
Closing session
The language of the conference will be English, but presentations and
questions in French will be accepted. For other translation/interpretation
requirements, please consult the Conference Chairman, Hassan Ouzzate
<hasouzzcasanet.net.ma>.
In additional to the scheduled programme, the Foundation will be running an
art exhibition and a book display; publishers are supplying books for sale.
For full information about the conference, and for registration forms, contact:
Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>
CFP- 10 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Volgograd, 25-28
Sept.
Posted by: Segov <segovmail.ru>
Posted: 12 Jul 2001
Call for Papers
"Ten Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States"
Volgograd, September 25-28, 2001
To be held by
Volgograd State University
and
Russian International Studies Association
Sponsored by
Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation - Russia) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
I. Integration Processes in CIS: Gains and Failures.
1. Economic integration in the CIS.
2. Security Issues: old and new challenges.
3. Regional dimension of the CIS integration: new boundaries,
trans-border
co-operation and conflicts.
4. Social and Humanitarian Issues: migration, ethnocultural and religious
problems, civil rights.
II. CIS and the World
1. CIS and external centers of influence.
2. Foreign Debt of CIS states, international investments.
3. CIS states in the international organizations.
III. Russia and CIS Countries.
1. Russian policy towards CIS: main choices.
2. Bilateral relations of Russia with CIS countries.
3. Russia in the Caspian region: energy issues and politics.
Deadline for proposals is September 1, 2001.
Please send your proposals to: "10 years of CIS" conference, Volgograd State
University, 30, 2-nd Prodolnaya Street, Volgograd State University,
Volgograd, 400062, RUSSIA or by e-mail to: confvolsu.ru
Please include in your proposal: your name, title and abstract of your paper
(not longer than 400 words), address and contact information, and current
curriculum vitae.
If you have questions please contact:
Dr. Sergei Golunov: sgolunovhotbox.ru or
Dr. Ivan Kurilla: ikurillaic.volsu.ru
Phone: 7 (8442) 43-3722
CONFERENCE/CALL FOR PAPERS- Mongol-Yuan Conference, Nanjing, 12-15 August
2002
Posted by: Liu Yingsheng <liuysnju.edu.cn>
Posted: 7 Jul 2001
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MONGOL-YUAN STUDIES
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
Dear Colleague:
In memory of 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Professor Han Rulin,
the outstanding Chinese scholar of Mongol-Yuan studies, Nanjing University,
the Institute of Political Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences, the Normal College of Hong Kong and the Chinese National Society
of Mongol-Yuan Studies, are going to organize an "International Conference
on Mongol-Yuan Studies" jointly.
1. Time of the Conference: August 12-15, 2000
2. Place: Nanjing University
3. Topics:
1) "Politics and Society in Yuan China"
2) "Mongols in the World History"
The language of the conference will be Chinese and English.
4. Address of the Organizing Committee:
Professor Liu Yingsheng
Department of History , Nanjing University
Hankou Road 22, 210093, Nanjing
P. R. of China
Tel: +86/(0)25-3593162, +86/(0)25/3594516
Fax: +86/(0)25-3593855
E-mail: liuysnju.edu.cn, instysnju.edu.cn
5. Fees:
1) All Participants are kindly asked to cover their own travel costs.
2) Registration fee:
a. USD100.00 per participant if it is paid before Dec.31, 2001,and
USD25.00 per person for spouses and children if paid before Dec.
31, 2001 in case they wish to be arranged by the Committee
b. For those who pay their registration fee before April 30, 2002,
USD120.00 per participant, and USD30.00 per person for spouses
and children.
c. 50% of the registration fee can be returned when the participants
can not participate in the conference in case the Organizing
Committee is informed before Aug. 11, 2002. The costs of the
transfer will be kindly paid by the participants.
3. Accommodation costs: breakfast is extra; need to be paid before April 30,
2002 for reservation.
a. Single room: USD20.00/per night
b. Double room: USD35/per night
c. Two-rooms flat: USD50/per night
100% of the paid reservation can be returned when the participants cannot
participate in the conference in case the Organizing Committee is informed
before Aug. 1, 2002. And 70% may be returned if the Committee is informed
before Aug. 10, 2002. The costs of the transfer will be kindly paid by the
participants.
Please notice that the paid reservation can not be returned if the
Committee is informed after Aug. 11, 2002.
4. Foods can be paid after your arrival
a. USD15.00 per person/per day (including breakfast)
b. Children younger than 10 years old: USD8.00 per person/per day
5. Sightseeing and visiting: to Zhengjiang or Yangzhou (not yet fixed)
USD50.00 for all participants and dependent persons (including travel costs
and tickets)
6. Deadline: Dec. 31, 2001
7. Abstracts: Participants are kindly requested their abstracts of papers to
be limited in 2 pages, and to send to the Committee by email (the way of
attachment, in Chinese or in English)
8. The ways of contact: Using mail, or fax or email.
9. The Organizing Committee would like to offer it's help if the
participants wish to travel in other parts of China after the conference.
With best regards
Sincerely yours
Chen Gaohua, the Chairman of the Committee
Liu Yingsheng, Sec.Gen. of the Committee
May 30, 2001, Nanjing
Participants are kindly requested to send the following information to the
Organizing Committee at their earliest convenience:
Your name:
Gender:
Your employer:
Present position:
Mailing Address:
Tel.:
Fax:
Email:
The topic of your paper:
For those who will bring their spouses and children:
Name of the spouse:
Names of the children:
CALL FOR PAPERS/CONFERENCE- Central Asia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, 26-27
Sept. 2001, Bishkek
Posted by: Bashir Yaghmurly <bashirychef.net>
Posted: 4 Jul 2001
Call for Paper
Year 2001, Year of Dialogue among Civilizations
On the occasion of the designation of year 2001 as the year of "Dialogue
among Civilizations", Center for Documents and Diplomatic History of the
Iranian Foreign Ministry and University of Sociology of Bishkek are planning
to set up a conference entitled "Central Asia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow"
in 26-27 September 2001 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Inspired by the ideas of
the presidents of both countries, this event occurs with respect to the 10th
year of the independence of Central Asian countries and with the subject of
dialogue among civilizations of the Silk Road area.
The following subjects are to be examined:
* Growth and Development of Central Asian Civilizations after the Influence
of Islam to the Region
* The Golden Age of Central Asia (10th -14th Centuries A.D.)
* Impacts of Economic Crises resulted from the Rush of Different Groups
into the Central Asia on the Decline of the Silk Highway
* The Peripheral Powers' Policies toward Central Asia in 18th20th
Centuries (Britain, China, Iran, Russia)
* Distortion of Central Asian History and Culture in the Contemporary Period
* Central Asia in the Last Century
* Central Asia: Challenge with Cultural Crises (Irreligiousness, Distortion
of History, Salafiyya, Globalization)
The scholars and interested individuals are invited to submit the abstract
of their papers (150 words, in English) no later than Aug. 10, 2001 at the
following address:
Fax: (++9821) 2802649
E-Mail: Moujaniyahoo.com
CONFERENCE- Central Asia Divided or United?, Bishkek, 26-28 June
Posted by: Cimera <contactcimera.org>
Posted: 1 Jul 2001
[NOTE: Due to circumstance beyond the control of CentralAsia-L and the
conference organizers, this posting was received after the event. The
information will nevertheless undoubtedly be of interest to some
CentralAsia-L list members. --CA-L]
CENTRAL ASIA DIVIDED or UNITED?
Regional Conference to be held in Bishkek, June 26 to 28, 2001, Hotel Pinara
organized and financed by:
Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Tashkent,
with the assistance of UNESCO, UNDP, OSCE and CIMERA, Switzerland
The three-day conference will analyze the dynamism of integration and
polarization in post-Soviet Central Asia. It will include four sessions:
First Session: Integration as Political Aim of the Central Asian Countries
Second Session. New Challenges to Regional Security and Perspectives of
Integration in Central Asia
Third Session: Socio-Ethnic Aspects of Regional Integration
Fourth Session: Analyses of Public Opinion of the Youth of the Four Central
Asian States on Integration Issues
Fifth Session: The Role of Mass Media in the Process of Regional Integration
English and Russian are the working languages at the Conference.
Publication: It is intended to prepare a publication of the conference-
papers and -findings.
In case of interest with conference results, contact:
Schreiber, Wolfgang <kas-uzbbcc.com.uz>
Here follows the conference programme:
Tuesday, 26.06.01
08.30-09.00 Registration of Participants
09.00-09.20 Welcome of Participants and Opening of Forum
Murabek Imanaliev
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Wolfgang Schreiber
Country Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation to
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
Winfried Schneider-Deters
Country Representative of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation to
Central Asia and Caucasus
09.20-09.45 Addresses
Jerzy Wieclaw
Head of Centre, OSCE Centre in Kyrgyzstan
Yuri Misnikov
UNDP - Deputy Resident Representative in Kyrgyzstan
Michael Barry Lane
Regional Adviser for Central Asia
UNESCO Representative in Uzbekistan
Vicken Cheterian
Director of CIMERA-Project for Central Asia
09.45-10.45 First Session: Integration as Political Aim of the Central Asian
Countries
Moderator during the first session:
N. N.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan
Mukhtar Shakhanov
Ambassador of Kazakhstan
Alisher Salakhitinov (requested)
Ambassador of Uzbekistan
Dr. Serik Primbetov
Dep. Head of Executive Committee
Intergovernmental Council of the
Central Asian Economic Union
10.45-11.00 Coffeebreak
Second Session: New Challenges to Regional Security and
Perspectives of Integration in Central Asia
Moderator - Doctor Yerlan Karin, Director,
Central Asian Agency of Political Studies
11:00-11:25 Regional Security System: The Outcomes of Expert Survey
Doctor Yerlan Karin,
Director, Central Asian Agency of Political Studies
11:25-11:50 Hierarchy of Internal Threats to Regional Security
Farkhad Khamrayev,
Political Expert, Uzbekistan
11:50-12:15 External Political Factor of Conflict Situations in Central Asia
Leonid Bondarets,
Researcher, International Institute for Strategic
Research, Kyrgyzstan
12:15-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:25 Demarcation of the Borders and Regional Security
Alamanov Salamat,
Head, Department of Foreign Relations and Regional Problems,
Prime-Minister's Office
The State Commission for Border Demarcation, Kyrgyzstan
14:25-14:50 Use of Water Resources as a Factor of Integration of the People
of Central Asia
Tachir Majidov,
Director, "Suvchi" Association for Sustainable Development
of Water Resources, Uzbekistan
14:50-15:15 Discussion
15:15-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-16:10 Formation of Institutions of Regional Security
Rashid Abdullo
Expert of Independent Information Agency 'ASIA PLUS'
16:10-16:35 Possible Ways of Neutralization of Conflict Zones
in the Central Asian Region
Erkin Tukumov,
Institute for Strategic Research of the Republic of Kazakhstan
16:35-17:00 Discussion
17:00-18:00 Summary of the day
Wednesday, 27.06. 2001
Third Session: Socio-Ethnic Aspects of Regional Integration
Moderator:
Dr. Nurbek Omuraliyev
Director, Center of Social Studies of the
National Academy of Science of the Kyrgyz Republic
09:00-09:25 Kazakhstan: Present Ethno-Democratic Processes
Doctor Dmitry Nurumov,
Expert for Legal Questions,
OSCE-Centre, Almaty
09:25-09:40 Discussion
09:40-10:05 Ethnicity and Government:
The Tajik Experience
Dr. Saodat Olimova,
Deputy Director, Analytical Center "Shark", Tajikistan
10:05-10:20 Discussion
10:20-10:45 Poly-Ethnicity in Ferghana-Valley: Social Advantages and
Challenges
Sergey Masurenko,
Independent Analyst, "S-Monitor Group"
10:45-11:00 Discussion
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:40 Philosophic and Culturological Analysis of Integration
in Central Asia: Parallels and Perspectives
Professor Dr. Aron Brudny
Corresponding Member of the NAS of KYRGYZSTAN
11:40-12:00 Discussion
12:00-12:20 Fergana Valley: A Centre for Friendship or Source of
Disagreements?
Dr. Nurbek Omuraliyev,
Director, Center of Social Studies, NAS of Kyrgyzstan
12:20-12:35 Discussion
12:35-13:00 General discussion and summary of the session
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Fourth Session: Analyses of Public Opinion of the Youth of the Four Central
Asian States on Integration Issues
Moderator:
Marat Khodjimukhamedov,
Deputy Director, Institute of Public Opinion "Ijtimoniy fikr"
14:00-14:20 For Uzbekistan
Dr. Marat Khodjimukhamedov,
Deputy Director, Institute of Public Opinion "Ijtimoniy fikr"
14:20-14:35 Discussion
14:35-14:55 For Kazakhstan
Dr. Yerlan Karin,
Director, Central Asian Agency of Political Studies, Alma-Ata
14:55-15:10 Discussion
15:10-15:40 Coffee break
15:40-16:00 For Kyrgyzstan
Dr. Nurbek Omuraliyev,
Director, Center of Sociological Studies under the National
Academy of Science of the Kyrgyz Republic
16:00-16:15 Discussion
16:15-16:35 For Tajikistan
Dr. Kakhramon Bakayev,
Director, Center of Sociologic Studies "MIRROR", Tajikistan
16:35-16:50 Discussion
16:50-17:15 Summary and Comparative Analysis of Public Opinion of Youth of
the
Four Central Asian States on Integration Issues
Dr. Marat Khodjimukhamedov,
Deputy Director, Institute of Public Opinion "Ijtimoiy fikr"
17:15-18:00 General discussion, summary of the session
Thursday, 28.06. 2001
Fifth Session: The Role of Mass Media in the Process of Regional Integration"
Moderator: Dr. Gulnara Babadjanova,
Director, International Center for In-Service Training
of Journalists
09:00-09:25 Mass Media in Central Asia in times of Globalization
Vicken Cheterian
Director, Center for Study and Support of Civil Development of
Mass Media" (CIMERA)
9:25-9:40 Discussion
Integration Processes in Central Asia in the Mirror of Mass Media
9:40-10:10 For Tajikistan
Nuriddin Karshibayev
Chairman, National Association of Independent Mass Media
in Tajikistan
10:10-10:40 Discussion
10:40-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:20 For Kyrgyzstan
Elmira Toktogulova
CIMERA Project Coordinator
11:20-11:50 Discussion
11:50-12:10 For Kazakhstan
Dr. Dosym Satpajev
Political Surveyor Newspaper "New Generation"
Editor of the Representative Office of the Institute for War and
Peace Reporting
12:10-12:30 Discussion
12:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-14:50 For Uzbekistan
Yuriy Chernogayev,
Correspondent, "Tashkentskaya Pravda" daily newspaper
14:50-15:20 Discussion
15:20-15:45 General discussion, summary of the session
Dr. Gulnara Babajanova,
Director, International Center of Journalist Retraining,
Uzbekistan
15:45-16:30 Closing Remarks, Summary of the conference
by the moderators of the sessions
17:00-20:00 Reception and Dinner
EVENT- Conference in Honor of Edward Allworth
Posted by: Peter James Sinnott <pjs7columbia.edu>
Posted: 29 Jun 2001
On Friday September 14, 2001 there will be a conference and dinner to honor
the career of Edward Allworth, Professor Emeritus of the Middle East & Asian
Languages and Cultures Department of Columbia University. Former students
and colleagues of his are invited to attend and, if feasible, present a
paper that will be part of a forthcoming festschrift to mark Professor
Allworth's career at Columbia University. A dinner will follow in the
evening. The conference will be held at the Kellogg Center on the 15th
floor of the International Affairs Building of Columbia University, 420 West
118th Street. Those interested in attending and possibly participating in
this event are asked to contact Peter Sinnott by Email at pjs7columbia.edu
or by telephone at 212.854.2332; fax: 212.854.1413
EVENT- Teach-in about the Uyghurs in China, Washington, DC, June 28
Posted by: Kathy Polias <kpoliasuyghurs.org>
Posted: 27 Jun 2001
Uyghur Human Rights Coalition Teach-in at George Washington University
(Washington, DC):
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE UYGHURS OF THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION
The Uyghurs are the indigenous Turkic people of the Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region of China. For decades, they have protested the Chinese
government's policies of political oppression, religious persecution,
colonization, andcultural genocide.
Come hear several Uyghurs' accounts of the Chinese government's horrific
human rights violations against the Uyghur people. Find out what you can do
to help end the Uyghurs' suffering.
WHEN? Thursday, June 28, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
WHERE? George Washington University, Funger Hall (2201 G St., NW), Room
209, Washington DC (walking distance from the Foggy Bottom Metro Station)
SPONSORED BY: the Uyghur Human Rights Coalition
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kathy Polias, Co-Director, Uyghur Human
Rights Coalition, at (202)548-6084, kpoliasuyghurs.org.
CONF./CFP- Karaganda University, 10th Anniv. of Kazakhstan, 19-21 Sept. 2001
Posted by: KarGU Conference <conferencekargu.krg.kz>
Posted: 19 Jun 2001
Karaganda State University named after E. A. Buketov (Kazakhstan)
Call for papers
Karaganda State University named after E. A. Buketov, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
will be holding its international scientific practical conference, dedicated
to the 10th anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan on 19-21 September 2001.
Contemporary Issues of Education and Science in the Beginning of the Century
The themes of parallel sessions are:
I. Contemporary issues in education
1. Realization of education strategy in Kazakhstan
2. Quality improvement, fundamentalization and humanitarization of education
3. Education space formation
4. Education as a sphere of creative and professional activity: new
education technologies
5. Development of continuing education in higher education institutions
6. Ecological education
II. Contemporary issues in science
1. Problems and perspectives of integrated development of science and education
2. The role of education and research in solving global civilization
problems and ensuring stable development
3. Science as a sphere of creative and professional activity: achievements
and problems
4. Problems in fundamental science and the humanities
5. Problems in the humanities and social sciences
The conference languages: Kazakh, Russian, English
The goal of the conference is to bring together leaders of educational
institutions, faculty, researchers and postgraduate students.
Papers may be both presentations and posters. The papers should contain the
results of actual research and have scientific importance.
The proceedings of the conference will be published. One author can submit
only one paper. The names of co-authors should not appear in more than three
papers. Abstracts, which do not meet requirements and received later than 15
August 2001, will not be included in the programme.
Applications and abstracts (500-600 words) should be submitted no later than
15 August 2000 to:
Erzhanov N.T.
First Vice-Rector
Republic of Kazakhstan, 470074, Karaganda
Universitetskaja str.28, KarGU
or
(preferably) to: conferencekargu.krg.kz (an application and abstract should
be in one file)
Application form
1. Title of the paper
2. Personal information
3. Academic degree
4. Position
5. Country, city
6. Organization
7. Address
8. Telephone number
9. Fax number
10. E-mail
11. I am going to make plenary/session/poster presentation.
12. The name of the session
13. Hotel reservation
- Applications will be viewed by the Executive Committee. All applicants
will receive notification about the result of selection by 20 August 2001.
- Following notification of acceptance, the selected speakers will be asked
to submit the full text of their presentations by 30 August 2001. Please,
indicate you mail and preferably e-mail address.
- After receiving the full text by the Committee participants will receive
invitations by 15 September 2001 - Registration fees - US$10
Requirements to abstracts
Abstracts should be submitted in WinWord97 format
Page format: A4]
Boders: Top: 2, Bottom: 2, Left: 3, Right: 2
Font: Times New Roman
Character size: 14
Paragraph alignment: Center a title, justify the text
First-line indent marker - 1 cm
Submission of papers
1. Papers should be no more than 2,500 words
2. Papers should meet the same requirements as abstracts do. Pictures are
placed into the text in the formats *.jpg and *.gif.
Please, send abstracts and papers to:
Nurlan T. Erzhanov
First Vice-Rector
Karaganda State University named after E.A.Buketov
Universitetskaya str., 28,
470074, Karaganda
Republic of Kazakstan
E-mail: conferencekargu.krg.kz
WWW: http://www.ksu.kz
Contact telephone numbers:
Nurlan T. Erzhanov
First Vice-Rector
Tel: (7-3212) 74-49-40
Abai S. Masalimov
Vice-Rector on scientific work
Tel: (7-3212) 74-49-41
CONF./PROG. INFORMATION- CARN - Central Asia Research Network
Posted by: Britta Korth <britta.korthcimera.org>
Posted: 27 May 2001
Dear Colleagues,
The Central Asia Research Network - CARN - is happy to announce its internet
presence. CARN is a network of young scholars, who are conducting research
in and about Central Asia and meet once per year to present and discuss
research and projects. The next CARN conference will be on June 29th - July
1st 2001 in Utrecht (Netherlands). Contact Nienke van der Heide
<vanderheidepscw.uva.nl> for more details about the conference, or visit
http://www.ca-research-net.org
for information about the network.
If you wish to participate in the network or have questions, please contact
<britta.korthcimera.org>.
Britta Korth
CIMERA
Britta Korth
Rue de l' Athénée 28
CH - 1211 Geneva 12
Tel.: +41-22-347 52 06 / +41-61-681 84 76
mobile: +41-76-411 29 11
Fax: +41-22-346 64 66
www.cimera.org
CONF./CFP- Women's Rights and Parenthood in Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Oct. 18-19
Posted by: IREX/Tashkent <irextashirex.org.uz>
Posted: 18 May 2001
Call for papers for a conference on "Improving Women's Rights and
Responsible Parenthood in Uzbekistan" to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on
18-19 October 2001.
The conference is organized under the auspices of IREX (International
Research and Exchanges Board) and Transnational Family Research Institute
(USA) in cooperation with World Federation for Mental Health Committee on
Responsible Parenthood and local NGOs.
The conference will bring together alumni of ECA (Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs) officials, independent foreign and local experts on gender
issues, mass media, and health providers.
The conference is expected to facilitate communication with and among local
and international participants, exchange experience on advocating women's
rights and reproductive health, strengthen action-oriented research, foster
media interest and disseminate recommendations beyond Uzbekistan to other
countries of Central Asia.
Any area of social sciences or humanities research that focuses on gender
issues is welcomed. In particular, research focusing on women's poverty,
reproductive health and reproductive rights, reproductive behavior, sex
education, gender-based discrimination and violence, the role of women in
economic development are encouraged.
Participants wishing to present a paper are asked to submit a 2-page
abstract in English or Russian by August 15, 2001. Please send your abstract
to Gulnara Kuzibaeva: kuzibayevamail.ru
For any information, please contact to:
Dr. Gulnara Kuzibayeva
Tel: (998712) 565502
Email: kuzibaevamail.ru
Dr. Mumtoza Abdurazzakova
Tel: (998712) 558358; (998-71) 139-1058
Email: irextashirex.org.uz
CONFERENCE- Uyghurs in the Twenty-First Century, May 26, Washington, DC
Posted by: Turdi <tudiHaol.com>
Posted: 17 May 2001
Conference:
UYGHURS IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
WHEN: 9:00 AM, May 26, 2001
WHERE: J. W. Marriot
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20004
Tel: 202-393-2000
Contacts:
Turdi Ghoja
Tel/fax: (609) 585-3904
E-mail: Turdiuyghuramerican.org
Jack Churchward
Tel: (727) 441-3982
E-mail: jchurchwarduyghuramerican.org
Programs:
A: English Speakers Panel:
1. Ancient Uyghur Script
Kuddus Issiyev, Ph.D.
This paper discusses the ancient Uyghur scripts and Buddha manuscripts.
2. Demographic Change in East Turkistan in the Last 50 years.
Mr. Tughluk Abdurazak
3. Cyber-Communities: Internet Interaction among Uygur Expatriates
Yitzhak Shichor, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science
Department of East Asian Studies
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
4. To Change or Not To Change
Mr. Turdi Ghoja
This paper describes the social problems Uyghurs are facing today.
5. Uyghurs and the Media
Mr. A. A. Seytoff
Journalist
6. Family Planning Among Uyghurs
Mr. Rajab Rahmatullah
B: Uyghur Speakers Panel:
1. Twelve Uyghur Muqam
Tamara-Hanum Alibakiyeva, Ph.D.
Author of two books and numerous papers on Uyghur music
2. Are the Four Great Chinese Inventions really invented in China?
Kurban Wali
Well-known Uyghur Historian, author of several books and numerous papers.
3. The Guiding Principles for the Chinese Historians in studying the Uyghur
Political History
Nabijan Tursun Ph.D.
Author of numerous publications
4. New Developments in Uyghur Culture
Bahtiyar Shemshidin (Kyr)
5. China's Western Development Plan
Sadik Seley (Turkey)
AGENDA
9:00 - 9:20 AM Registration
9:20 - 9:30 AM Opening Remarks
9:30 - 11:00 AM English Speakers Panel 1
11:00 - 11:10 AM BREAK
11:10 - 12:30 PM English Speakers Panel 2
12:30 - 1:45 PM LUNCH
1:45 - 3:30 PM Uyghur Speakers Panel 1
3:30 - 3:45 PM Break
3:45 - 5:30 Uyghur Speakers Panel
5: 30 - 5:50 PM Closing Remarks
We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference on May 26.
Conference Organizing Committee
CFP- Geopolitics of Central Asia in the Post-Cold War Era
Posted by: Ertan Efegil <ertan.efegilemu.edu.tr>
Posted: 17 May 2001
Call for Papers
GEOPOLITICS OF CENTRAL ASIA
IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA:
A SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Caspian Sea energy basin
became major topic in the international system. Although until 1997 the
great powers did not deal with the region in a radical way, today especially
three poles, the United States / European Union - Russia - China, are in a
diplomatic conflict to determine basic principles of post-Cold War period
and members of the poles. The United States and European Union pole has
tried to encourage realization of democratic and economic reforms in the
Caspian Sea region and integration of Central Asian and Caucasian states to
the world community. For Russian politicians Russia and Commonwealth of
Independent States will together create a pole in the multi-polar system.
However although it appears as the Russian strategic partner, China has
pursued different policy toward the Central Asia that is contrary to the
interests of both the United States and Russia. Result of the diplomatic
confrontation among the great powers is of great importance for
understanding major parameters of new world order in the 21st century.
Therefore we, Dr. Ertan Efegil, Dr. Ercan Sancakli and Dr. Meryem Kirimli,
have intended to publish an edit book, which will answer the following
questions:
Topics:
1- How feasible is the notion that the Russian Federation can integrate with
the European Union?
A - Economic Dimension,
B - Political Dimension,
C - Military Dimension
2- Can Russia expand its barriers against Turkey's influence in the Central
Asian region?
3- Can Turkey forge and expand barriers against Russia's influence in
Central Asia?
4- To what extent have the five Turkic states become Turkey's "near abroad"?
5- Is the continuation of periodic bilateral tensions between Russia and
Turkey set to continue in the 21st Century?
6- From the point of view of globalization, can any form of substantial
multilateral cooperation emerge between Russia, China, the three
Transcaucasian states, and the five Central Asian states?
7- Is the establishment of a "United States of Turkish Republics" possible?
If so, what are the basic parameters for such a kind of Union, particularly
with regard to religion, ethnicity, nationality, economy, commerce, the
military, or security concerns?
8- In the foreseeable future, what kind of balance of power will emerge in
the international system? What are the probable outcomes of a possible
"great competition" between China, Russia and the USA/EU blocks and its
impact on the new world order? Where is the place of Turkey and the five
Central Asian States in this configuration?
9- What is the geopolitical importance of Central Asia in the post-cold war
international system?
10- At the systemic level, is any form of global cooperation between Russia
and the United States possible? To what extent will the "Islamic problem",
or the global economy figure in this equation?
11- What are the primary geopolitical aims of the EU/USA blocks in the
formation of a new world order? How will these primary aims effect Turkey?
12- Will Turkey's cultural, economic and political influence in the Eurasia
decline or increase in the 21st century?
Consequently Please do not hesitate to contact us if you intend to
contribute to this project. By preparing an essay on one of the issues
listed below, you can make a worthwhile contribution to our dynamic project.
Please fill the information sheet below that declares your intention and
forward us. Dateline for the proposal is June 15, 2001. Dateline for
submission of the essay is August 15, 2001. Languages of the edit book are
Turkish and English.
Best regards,
Dr. Ertan Efegil
Eastern Mediterranean University
ertan.efegilemu.edu.tr
Dr. Meryem Kirimli
Cankaya University
kirimlicankaya.edu.tr
Dr. Ercan Sancak
Sancak25yahoo.com
INFORMATION SHEET
Name:
Institution:
Title of your essay:
Question no:
Contact Address:
E-mail:
Phone:
Fax:
CONF./CFP- History of Saian-Altai, Abakan, Khakas Republic, Oct. 6-12
Posted by: Timur Davletov <timurdavletovhotmail.com>
Posted: 17 May 2001
Khakas State University named after N.F. Katanov invites you to take part in
the International Scientific-practical Conference
"Current Problems of the History of the Saian-Altai and Contiguous Territories"
Khakas State University, Abakan
6 - 12 October 2001
The aim of Conference's organizing is exchange of scientific information
related to problems of researching of history of Southern Siberia and its
contiguous territories' peoples in order to definite the main conceptions of
region's historical and cultural development.
The priority subjects [the agenda] of conference's working:
1. Historiography and Sourcelogy. History of Saian-Altai and its contiguous
territories as the natural-historical process under spotlight of analysis
of abroad and national thoughts.
2. Ethnogenesis and Ethnic processes. History of formation of modern
ethnoses of region and of ethnic conscious' transformation.
3. Ethno-political processes. Specifics of formation of inter-tribal unions
and states within Saian-Altai and its contiguous territories.
4. Ethno-cultural processes. Historical contacts, common and specific in
cultures of peoples lived in this region. Birth, interaction and
developmentof religious systems of Saian-Altai.
The Organizing Committee requests to transmit all applies for attending to
plenary and sectional works no later than June 15th, 2001; and resumes of
papers, speeches, and communiques no later than September 1st, 2001 toward
mailing address of the Organizing Committee.
The Organizing Committee has a right to select the scientific papers of
presentations and speeches at conference. If your resume of presentation
would be included to the program of conference, you will be informed about
conditions of participation by an information Letter #2.
Working languages of conference are English and Russian.
For more detailed information, please, contact the Organizing Committee of
Conference to following address: Vladimir KICHEEV. Director of the History
and Law's Institute of the Khakas State University named after N.F. Katanov.
Lenin Ave. # 92, 655017 Abakan, Khakas Republic, Russian Federation.
Tel: +7 (39022) 65-107, (39022) 67-177
Fax: +7 (39022) 65-331
The Organizing Committee
FORUM- Environmental Issues in the Caspian Basin, Washington, May 22
Posted by: Michelle Kinman <michelleisar.org>
Posted: 15 May 2001
ISAR Announces a Forum on Environmental Issues in the Caspian Basin
with
Alexandra Ewing, USAID
Vladimir Mamaev, Caspian Environment Programme
Sergey Solyanik, Green Salvation, Almaty, Kazakhstan
You are cordially invited to a forum on Environmental Issues in the Caspian
Basin sponsored by ISAR: Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in
Eurasia. ISAR, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, has been
working in the Caspian Basin for the past two and a half years, bringing
together Caspian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as they work to
address regional environmental problems in the basin.
As the world focuses its attention on oil and gas reserves in the Caspian
region, environmental issues have been largely ignored. However, a growing
group of local and international activists, scientists, funders and policy
makers are turning their attention to environmental concerns including the
role of nongovernmental organizations and other community-based groups in
addressing local problems, threats to sturgeon, seals and other species
native to the Caspian basin, and regional efforts to join governmental and
nongovernmental actors in the region.
Please join us as we discuss environmental problems in the region with
experts from the World Bank, Caspian Environment Programme, Green Salvation
(a Kazakh environmental NGO), and the US Agency for International Development.
Where: ISAR, 4th Floor Conference Room, 1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW
When: May 22, 2001 12:00-2:00 PM
PLEASE RSVP to Michelle Kinman by May 21.
Tel: 202-387-3034
Fax: 202-667-3291
E-mail: michelleisar.org
SEMINAR- Microeconomic Policy Analysis & Modeling in Central Asia, 20-22
June
Posted by: Izamova Elvira <elviracer.uz>
Posted: 10 May 2001
A subregional seminar: Microeconomic Policy Analysis and Modeling in the
Economies of Central Asia
Date: 20-22 June 2001
Venue: Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan
Participants: Civil servants, academics, scientists, researchers from
Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and regional UNDP country offices, ESCAP.
Consultants: Academics from India, China (or Viet Nam), Russia and
Uzbekistan, ESCAP
Organizers: UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP), Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Center for Economic Research
ESCAP in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan is
organizing a sub-regional Seminar on "Macroeconomic Policy Analysis and
Modeling in Transition Economies" to be held in Tashkent 20-22 June 2001.
The Conference main topic: Microeconomic Policy Analysis and Modeling in the
Economies of Central Asia
The program of the Seminar:
20 June 2001
1. The experience of Uzbekistan in macroeconomic modeling:
a. SAM model
b. RMSM-X model;
c. Small size macroeconomic econometric model of Uzbekistan
2. Open discussion
21 June 2001
1. Sustainable Human Development Model (SHDM) for Bangladesh and Viet Nam
2. The experience of India in macroeconomic modeling
3. The experience of the Russian Federation
4. Open discussion
22 June, 2001
1. National statements of the participating countries
2. Open discussion
3. Conclusion and recommendations
Language: English, Uzbek, Russian
Participation fee:
For local participants- 3000 Uzbek soums
For participants from CIS countries- $30
For international participants-$90
For local students- 1000 Uzbek soums
For international students- $50
Deadline for papers: 10 June 2001
There is no special application form. The letter of intention indicating
Name, area of inertest, affiliating institution and tel. or E-mail should be
submitted not later than 20 May 2001 to:
71, Buyuk Ipak Yuli St.
700137 Tashkent
Republic of Uzbekistan
Tel.: (998-712) 670605, 679313, 670526
Fax: (998-712) 670564
Web: http://www.cer.uz
For more information, please:
Visit our Web-site: www.cer.uz or contact Khusnia Muradova: Khusniacer.uz
Requirements to the articles:
- All articles must meet the subject and themes of Conference
- Articles must be printed in the Microsoft Word
- Articles must not exceed 4-5 pages (A4), including tables and pictures
- A hard copy of the article and its electronic version must be submitted not
later than 20 May 2001.
The Editorial Board of the Seminar will select the articles and the authors
of the selected articles will be informed by e-mail, fax, or phone
CONF./CFP- Territory and Territoriality in Middle East, Florence, 16-19 Dec.
Posted by: Geopolitics <geopolbgumail.bgu.ac.il>
Posted: 10 May 2001
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy
(Ben Gurion University, Israel)
The International Journal, Geopolitics
with the support of:
The Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
of the European University Institute in Florence
invites scholars to submit proposals for a three day workshop on the topic of:
SYMBOLIC AND PRACTICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE TERRITORIAL DISCOURSE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
to be held at the:
European University Institute Florence, December 16-19th, 2001.
The object of the workshop is to establish a network of scholars who will
examine notions of territory as they relate to the Middle East. Drawing on
the cultural and political definitions of territory as they are commonly
expressed as part of the western geographical discourse, the aim of the
workshop will be to examine the existence of contending or simply different
definitions in a region which has experienced different cultural and
political influences. Particular focus will be given to the symbolic
dimensions of territory, as expressed through religious and cultural
attachment to place and space, as well as the political and tangible
dimensions of territory which are normally expressed through territorial
compartmentalization and the modern State system.
The impact of globalization has resulted in a rethinking of many of the
western paradigms relating to the territorial dimension in social and
political analysis. In particular, notions of territorial fixation and State
boundaries are being questioned as the normative framework for understanding
the functioning and sovereignty of the modern State. European notions of the
territorial -- Westphalian -- nation State, which were exported to other
cultural regions, such as Asia and Africa, as part of the colonial and
imperial enterprises are now being brought into question within the European
heartland itself. In regions, such as the Middle East, where such notions
were forcefully superimposed upon local cultures or otherwise fused with
local understandings of such concepts, it is not clear to what extent the
so-called impact of globalization and "boundary openings" is relevant to
contemporary political discourse.
The objective of the first workshop will be to determine the main themes to
be analysed in greater depth in future meetings. Territory will be examined
from both the concrete/tangible and symbolic/ abstract dimensions as it
relates to both European/Christian and Middle Eastern/Islamic political
traditions. This requires bringing together 8-10 scholars from the wider
field of critical geopolitics, cultural studies and historical geography,
some of whom will deal with the wider issues relating to the influence of
culture and religion on territorial politics, others dealing specifically
with the influence -- past and present -- of various Islamic value systems on
notions of territory and the way that this is translated into contemporary
political discourse of both States and individuals.
The project coordinator is Professor David Newman of the Department of
Politics and Government at Ben Gurion University in Israel, and editor of
the journal, Geopolitics, in which papers presented at the workshop will be
peer reviewed and prepared for publication.
The workshop will open with a keynote lecture dealing with the influence of
culture and religion on the political dimensions of territory.
Other sessions would deal with the following topics:
- Space and Place in Islamic, Christian and Jewish traditions
- Political territory and the State in the Middle East
- Boundaries and their imposition in non-European cultures
- The impact of globalization on Boundaries and Territory in the Middle East
Each session will last for a full three hours and will have two in depth
presentations and ample time for discussion.
At the end of the workshop, specific research agendas will be drawn up for
each of the four topics, with an aim at creating a network of scholars who
will explore these issues in greater detail over the subsequent two-year
period.
The first workshop will be held on 16-19 December 2001, at the European
University Institute in Florence. Interested participants should submit a
one-page abstract of their proposed paper, together with a short version of
their CV, no later than 26th June 2001. Applications can be sent via email
(in RTF or WORD format) to the following email address:
E-mail: geopolbgumail.bgu.ac.il
In the subject line of the message, applicants should write: Territory
Workshop Application: Name of applicant
Successful participants will be notified by the beginning of August 2001,
and they will be expected to supply full versions of their presentation by
the beginning of November 2001. Participants will have their return airfare
(economy class) covered, as well as three nights accommodation in Florence,
and meals during the period of the workshop.
No honorariums will be paid for papers, but there will be a written
commitment by participants to prepare full manuscripts for possible
publication in Geopolitics, subject to normal review procedures.
CONFERENCE- People, Park, and Mountain Ecotourism, Namche, Nepal, Dec. 5-8
Posted by: Seth Sicroff <bridges-prtdlycos.com>
Posted: 8 May 2001
Announcing, in conjunction with the International Year of the Mountains and
the International Year of Ecotourism, 2000:
The Namche Conference
People, Park, and Mountain Ecotourism
at Namche Bazaar (Khumbu, Nepal)
Dec. 5-8, 2002
Bridges-PRTD and Prof. Teiji Watanabe (Laboratory of Geoecology, Hokkaido
University, Japan) jointly announce a global conference to be held in Namche
Bazar on Dec. 5 - 8, 2002. If you are interest in co-sponsoring this event,
or supporting it in other ways, please contact us as soon as possible:
ncbridges-prtd.com.
Location:
Namche Bazar (3450 m) is the gateway to Sagarmatha National Park, 4-5 days
from Everest Base Camp. It is accessible by air, generally by way of Lukla
airstrip, one and a half days below Namche. We will also organize treks from
the trailhead at Jiri; this trek takes 9 or 10 days, and we will depart from
Kathmandu on Nov. 24.
Focus:
Presentations and workshops will cover a range of topics, according to the
interests of participants. These may range from high altitude waste disposal
to the viability of introducing South American camelids (llamas and alpacas)
in other mountain environments. However, special attention will be given to
the role of parks in mountain ecotourism. We should take advantage of the
expert opinion of the local people as well as their guests (trekkers and
mountaineers) in considering the experience of Sagarmatha National Park. We
will also hear reports from other parks, both in Nepal and around the world:
our intention is to generate results that will be useful to Sagarmatha
stakeholders and to stakeholders in all remote mountain ecotourism
destinations.
Costs:
Registration fees will be as follows:
Citizens and permanent residents of Nepal: no charge
Students and citizens of Himalayan nations other than Nepal (Bhutan, China,
India, Pakistan): $20.
Others: $40 for early registration (by Dec. 31, 2001); afterwards, $55.
More details will be posted as they are available -- see Update page on
Bridges-PRTD website (http://www.bridges-prtd.com)
Contact: Seth Sicroff
email: namchebridges-prtd.com
fax: (708) 575-6620
Seth Sicroff
Director,
Bridges: Projects in Rational Tourism Development
http://www.bridges-prtd.com
GO!Bag
http://www.go-bag.com
and
Sunrise Pashmina
http://www.sunrise-pashmina.com
Bridges sponsors a program of study-abroad and community volunteer work
focusing on the Khumbu and Rolwaling, Nepal.
GO!Bag is a project of Briges-PRTD, which designed and promotes a
collapsible trash bag for trekkers.
Sunrise Pashmina is one element of an economic development project focusing
on Jhochhen Tole, Kathmandu.
WORKSHOP/CFP- Anthropology & Gender in the Middle East, Berlin, 30 Nov.-2
Dec.
Posted by: Anja Peleikis <anja.peleikisrz.hu-berlin.de>
Posted: 5 May 2001
CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop
Anthropology in the Middle East: Gendered Perspectives
Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin, Germany
30 November - 2 December 2001
Convenors:
Anja Peleikis, Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin
Friederike Stolleis, University of Bamberg
Unlike the Anglo-American and French academic traditions, where
anthropological research on the Middle East has generally been encouraged,
the production of knowledge on the region has been the main preserve of
historians and Islamic scientists in Germany. This raises questions about
the position of anthropological studies of the Middle East and North Africa
in German academic life. How did the two disciplines of anthropology and
Middle East studies develop historically without hardly ever overlapping?
And how do individual researchers combine theoretical and methodological
knowledge with their regional specialisation? This workshop explicitly aims
at bringing together anthropologists who work on the Middle East and North
Africa, from Germany and abroad.
We would like to invite reseachers who are interested to present their work
through a gender-aware perspective. We believe that gender relations provide
a particularly useful lens through which to describe and analyse the
changing life-worlds of women and men. These worlds are embedded in social,
economic and political transformation in the region and in large-scale
transnational and global processes.
The workshop is set within the context of the themes of "translocality" and
the "public sphere", two lines of research which shape a diverse variety of
research projects at the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies in Berlin. We do
not expect to exhaust these broad subjects, but to provide a forum for their
exploration, focussing on three main themes:
1. Locating Anthropology in the Middle East
This session shall give room to explore the historical and actual
involvement of anthropological endeavours in the Middle East. In an
increasingly globalised world the practice of fieldwork and the researcher's
identities have been questioned and re-conceptualised. We would like to
encourage discussions which explore this challenge of coming to terms with
the changed context of ethnographic work in Middle East societies which
become more and more deterritorialised.
2. Transnational/Translocal Agency and the (Re-)construction of Gender
Relations
In this panel we would like to focus on the changes and continuities in
gender systems within the context of ongoing mobility and the emergence of
transnational and translocal communities. Several questions might be
addressed: How can migration experiences reinforce or loosen gender
asymmetries? How are local gender identities redefined and reconstructed in
globalised, de-territorialised contexts? How are political, social or
religious movements linked transnationally and how are they gendered?
3. Gender and the Public Sphere
Recent research on Middle East societies has challenged the notion that
social worlds of men and women are reducible to spheres of "private" and
"public" with power limited to men in the public arena. We would like to
challenge the usefulness of a public-private distinction for the
understanding of contemporary women's lives in the Middle East. Questions
may include: How do activities taking place in private interfere with or
influence public life and vice versa? Is the distinction between "public and
private space" synonymous with that between "public and private life"? How
would a definition of public and private need to be formulated in order to
remain flexible to cultural variation? Can we talk of the emergence of
transnational public spheres?
We are looking for active participants who would like to present a paper
themselves or act as discussant. If you would like to participate, please
inform us by 31st of May 2001. If you want to submit a paper, please do also
send us a preliminary title and a brief outline of one to two pages as well
as two or three sentences about yourself (studies, current occupation).
Contributions should be in English and must be submitted in written form by
October 15th.
The workshop will take place on the premises of the Centre for Modern
Oriental Studies, Kirchweg 33, Berlin Nikolassee, from Friday afternoon,
30th November to Sunday lunchtime 2nd of December. There will be limited
funding available to cover travel expenses and accommodation for conference
participants. However, we encourage you to seek alternative funding where
possible.
Friederike Stolleis and Anja Peleikis
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details:
Dr. Anja Peleikis
Centre for Modern Oriental Studies
Kirchweg 33
D-14129 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49-(0)30-80307-0/231
Fax: +49-(0)30-80307-210
e-mail: anja.peleikisrz.hu-berlin.de
Website: http://www.zmo.de
CONFERENCE- Issues of Science, Education, and Culture, Osh Univ., Sept. 21
Posted by: Osh University International Relations Dept <irdcnit.osh.kg>
Posted: 3 May 2001
Dear Colleagues!
Welcome to the conference, devoted to the jubilee of Osh state university.
Below is the informational letter of the conference. If you have questions
don't hesitate to contact. Hoping for the best,
Sincerely yours,
Erkingul Karakozueva
Office-Manager
International Relations Department
Osh State University
331 Lenin St.
Osh 714000
Kyrgyzstan
Tel: +996(3222) 22912
fax: +996(3222) 57558
e-mail: irdcnit.osh.kg, erkingulnetmail.kg, erkingulkyahoo.com
Ministry of Education and Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic
Osh State University
Informative Letter # 1
On September 21, 2001 the International scientific and practical conference
Issues of Science, Education, and Culture at the Threshold of the 21st
Century devoted to the 50th jubilee of Osh State University will take place.
The conference will be held in the following areas:
1. Social and Humanitarian Sciences
2. Philological Sciences
3. Physics and Mathematics Sciences
4. Natural and Geography Sciences
5. Innovative Methods and Modern Technology in Education
To participate in the conference it is necessary to send by post or to hand
in by August 20 the following:
1. A report in the form of a scientific article of no more than 7 pages in
size typed on a diskette 3,5 and on the white paper of A4 format
(printed by
a laser printer) and prepared for publication (according to the
below-mentioned rules). The file name on the diskette is required to be
named by the name of the first author. The reports can also be sent by
E-mail.
2. Application (according to the form attached) for participation in the
conference
Address of the organising committee:
Senior Secretary of the organising committee
of the conference "Issues..."
331 Lenin Street
Osh 714000
Kyrgyzstan
tel: [996](3222)2-87-28, 2-68-23
E-mail: confcnit.osh.kg
After the selection of the reports they will be published and the conference
participants will be sent the invitation to the conference by normal mail or
E-mail at the address mentioned in the application form.
Requirements to arranging of the reports
The reports should be typed in Times New Roman Cyr font (in case the reports
are in Kyrgyz they should be in Menchik Text), size 14, in any of the
following formats:
Microsoft Office: Word 2,0 - 7,0 for Windows 3.x/98 NT; Word Perfect for
Windows; (Word 95 for Windows 98/NT is the most preferable). The margins on
top, at the bottom, on the right and on the left should be by 2,5 sm.; space
between lines should be 1,5.
Conference Languages: Kyrgyz, Russian and English
The Organising Committee
on, and Culture, Osh Univ., Sept. 21
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CONFERENCE- 16th Middle East History and Theory Conference, Chicago, May 11-12
Posted by: Ilker Evrim Binbas <iebinbasmidway.uchicago.edu>
Posted: 3 May 2001
16th MIDDLE EAST HISTORY AND THEORY CONFERENCE
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Chicago
May 11-12, 2001
Location: Ida Noyes Hall
1212 E.59th Street
Chicago, IL, 60637
The Complete Program is available at
HTTP://CAS.UCHICAGO.EDU/MEHT
SPECIAL FEATURES:
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Devin DeWeese
(Indiana University)
History, Hagiography, and the Problem of Religious Language:
Some Thoughts on Approaches to Islamic Hagiographical Sources
May 11, 2001; 5:00
Ida Noyes Hall
SYMPOSIUM ON MODERN TURKISH STUDIES
May 11-12, 2001
Ida Noyes Hall, Library
POSTER EXHIBITION
IMAGES OF A REVOLUTION: THE 1979 IRANIAN REVOLUTION IN PROPAGANDA POSTERS
Courtesy
Middle East Documentation Center, Regenstein Library
The University of Chicago
CONCERT
ELMIRA KUCHUMKUL-KIZI
(Kyrgyz Musician and Singer)
May 11, 2001; 7:30-9:00
Ida Noyes Hall, Library
Organization Committee:
Ilker Evrim Binbas, Conference Coordinator
iebinbasmidway.uchicago.edu
Patrick A. Hatcher, Conference Coordinator
pahatchemidway.uchicago.edu
Middle East History and Theory Conference
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Chicago
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60637
Tel: 773/702 8297
Fax: 773/702 2587
SEMINAR- Patterns of Development, Univ. of Reading, May 11
Posted by: Yelena Kalyuzhnova <y.kaluyzhnovareading.ac.uk>
Posted: 30 Apr 2001
Dear Colleagues,
The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies and The School of Business will be hosting
a seminar "Comparing Patterns of Development: Institutional Frameworks and
Market Structures" on May 11, 2001 (The University of Reading). Please see
attached draft of the programme. For further details please contact Ms
Evelyn McDonald - administrator of the seminar.
e-mail: s.smeltreading.ac.uk
tel: 44 (0118) 9316205
fax: 44 (0118) 9316274
Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Director
The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
The University of Reading
Whiteknights, PO Box 218
Reading, RG6 6AA
UK
tel: 44 118 9316637
fax: 44 118 9316274
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/IEAS
CONFERENCE- Geopolitical and Economic Transitions in Eurasia, Istanbul, 10-12
May
Posted by: Berdal Aral <baralfatih.edu.tr>
Posted: 26 Apr 2001
ULUSLARARASI KONFERANS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
AVRASYA'DA EKONOMIK GEÇIS SÜRECI VE JEOPOLITIK DENGELER
THE GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS IN EURASIA
10-12 Mayis 2001
10-12 May 2001
Fatih Üniversitesi, Istanbul
Istanbul, Fatih University
Konferans Salonu
Conference Hall
Fatih University
School of Economics and Administrative Sciences
TURKEY
Indiana University
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Culture-Middle Eastern Studies
Program (NELCMESP)
USA
Thursday, 10 May 2001
Persembe, 10 Mayis 2001
WELCOME AND OPENING SESSION
AÇILIS OTURUMU
(9:30-10:30)
Turgut Balkas
President, Fatih University, TURKEY
Jamil Brownson
Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
Oktay Vural, MP
Izmir Milletvekili
Ahat Andican, MP
Istanbul Milletvekili
Mehmet Keçeciler
Devlet Bakani
State Minister
Coffee break
Ara
(10:30-11:00)
SESSION I
I. OTURUM
(11:00:12:30)
CURRENT ISSUES IN THE EURASIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
AVRASYA EKONOMI POLITIGINE ILISKIN GÜNCEL MESELELER
Moderator: Üzeyir Garih
ALARKO, General Director, TURKEY
Vildan Serin
Dean, School of Economics and Administrative Sciences, TURKEY
Recent Trends of Foreign Direct Investment in Eurasia: Impacts of the
Market Economy Transition
Avrasya'da Dogrudan Yabanci Yatirimlarda Son Gelismeler: Piyasa Ekonomisine
Geçis Sürecinin Etkileri
Mark Lusk
Director of International Programs, The University of Montana, USA
The Internationalization of the University of Montana with Special Emphasis
on Recent Initiatives in Central Asia
Orta Asya'da Son Dönemdeki Girisimler Özelinde Montana Üniversitesinin
Uluslararasilasmasi
Yurdakul Yigitgüden
Undersecretary for Ministry of Energy, TURKEY
Eurasia and Energy Policies
Avrasya'da Enerji Politikalari
Mytyev Mukhammed Chikitaevich
International University of Kyrgyzstan, KYRGYZSTAN
The Role of Governments in Central Asian States at this time of Transition
Geçis Sürecinde Orta Asya Ülkelerinde Hükümetlerin Rolü
Lunch Break
Ögle Yemegi Arasi
(12:30-14:00)
SESSION II
II. OTURUM
(14:00-15:30)
ECONOMIC RELATIONS
IKTISADI ILISKILER
Moderator: Ahmet Kara
Head, Department of Economics, Fatih University, TURKEY
Giovanni Ercolani
Scottish Centre for International Security, University of Aberdeen, SCOTLAND
Turkey and Energy: Human Factor and Security
Türkiye ve Enerji: Beseri Faktör ve Güvenlik
Gökhan Bacik
Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
The Blue Stream Project and Its Analysis in a Regional Context
Bölgesel Baglamda Mavi Akim Projesi
Eric W. Sievers
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P., KAZAKHSTAN
Central Asia's Lost Capital Assets: Denial of Development or Curse of
Globalization?
Orta Asya'nin Yitirilen Sermaye Varliklari: Kalkinmanin Engellenmesi mi,
Küresellesmenin Laneti mi?
Mark Lusk
Director of International Programs, The University of Montana, USA
Agricultural Reform and the Environment in Central Asia
Orta Asya'da Tarim Reformu ve Çevre
Bülent Aras
Head, Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
The Organisation of Black Sea Economic Cooperation and Regional Security
Karadeniz Ekonomik Isbirligi Örgütü ve Bölgesel Güvenlik
Coffee break
Ara
(15:30-15:45)
SESSION III
III. OTURUM
(15:45-17:15)
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
ULUSLARASI POLITIKA
Moderator: Sam Wilson
Department of Management, Fatih University, TURKEY
Juliboy Eltazarov
Department of Uzbek Language, Samarkand State University, UZBEKISTAN
Some Problems of Competition among the World Geopolitical Powers in the
Post-Soviet Central Asia
Sovyetler Birligi Sonrasi Dönemde Orta Asya'da Jeopolitik Dünya Güçlerinin
Rekabetinden Kaynaklanan Sorunlar
Suat Kiniklioglu
Department of Political Science, Bilkent Üniversity, TURKEY
Turkey and Russia: A Strategic Partnership?
Türkiye ve Rusya: Stratejik Bir Ortaklik mi?
Munira Shahidi
President of the Z. Shahidi International Foundation,
Chief editor of the Fonus, TAJIKISTAN
Forming New International Relationships in Tajikistan
Tacikistan'da Yeni Uluslararasi Iliskiler Düzeninin Olusturulmasi
Ahmet Okumus
Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
Russian Historical Imagination and Its Consequences for Central Asia
Ruslarin Tarih Tasavvuru ve Bunun Orta Asya'daki Etkileri
Dinner
Aksam Yemegi
(18:00-19:30)
Friday, 11 May 2001
Cuma, 11 Mayis 2001
SESSION IV
IV. OTURUM
(9:30-11:00)
TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION AND PROBLEMS IN EURASIA
AVRASYA'DA ULUSLARARASI ISBIRLIGI VE BASLICA SORUNLAR
Moderator: Nazif Shahrani
Indiana University, USA
Murat Alakel
Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
Political and Legal Aspects of the Caspian Sea Dispute
Hazar Denizi Uyusmazliginin Siyasi ve Hukuki Boyutlari
George Petrakos
Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, GREECE
Regional Cooperation in the Balkans: A Strategy of Development for the 21st
Century
Balkanlar'da Bölgesel Isbirligi: 21. Yüzyil için bir Kalkinma Stratejisi
Berdal Aral
Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
Cases of Direct and Indirect Aggression as Violations of International Law
in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Orta Asya'da ve Kafkaslar'da Uluslararasi Hukuka Aykiri Nitelikteki
Dogrudan ve Dolayli Saldirganlik Örnekleri
Alexi Danchev
Department of Economics, Fatih University, TURKEY
Transboundary Atmospheric Pollution and Eurasian Cooperation: the Case of
SO2 Transmission and Turkey
Uluslararasi Düzeydeki Hava Kirliligine Karsi Avrasya'da Isbirligi: SO2
Gazinin Yol Açtigi Kirlilik ve Türkiye
Zeki Uyanik
Department of Public Administration, Fatih University, TURKEY
Environmental Problems in the Black Sea Area
Karadeniz Bölgesinde Çevresel Sorunlar
Coffee Break
Ara
(11:00-11:15)
SESSION V
V. OTURUM
(11:15-12:30)
IDENTITY AND CIVIL SOCIETY
KIMLIK VE SIVIL TOPLUM
Moderator: Mim Kemal Öke
Bosphorus University, TURKEY
Simon Heap
Senior Researcher, INTRAC, Oxford, UK
Civil Society and External Donors in Central Asia
Orta Asya'da Sivil Toplum ve Dis Yardim
Mamurjan Nishanov
Head of the International Relations Department,
Tashkent State Oriental Studies Institute, UZBEKISTAN
Cultural Integration and its Influence in Central Asia
Kültürel Bütünlesme ve Bunun Orta Asya'daki Etkileri
Kemal Özden
Department of Public Administration, Fatih University, TURKEY
Liberation Movements in the Republic of Daghestan after the Collapse of the
Soviet Union
Sovyetler Birligi'nin Dagilmasindan sonra Dagistan Cumhuriyeti'ndeki
Kurtulus Hareketleri
M. Nazif Shahrani
Indiana University, USA
Prospects for Re-building Communities of Trust in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Sovyetler Birligi Sonrasinda Orta Asya'da Güvenilir Toplumsal
Insiyatiflerin Yeniden Insa Imkânlari
Lunch Break
Ögle Yemegi Arasi
(12:30-14:00)
SESSION VI
VI. OTURUM
(14:00-15:30)
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES OF TRANSITION
GEÇIS SÜRECINDE DEVLETLERIN YASADIGI ÖZGÜL DENEYIMLER
Moderator: Jamil Brownson
Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
Stoyan Totev
Deputy Director, Institute of Economics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
BULGARIA
Why are Southeastern European Countries Different? Transition Process and
Prospects for Overcoming Divergence
Güneydogu Avrupa Ülkeleri Neden Farkli? Geçis Süreci ve Farkliliklarin
Giderilme Imkânlari
Sammas Salur
Department of Public Administration, Fatih University, TURKEY
Opportunities and Risks for Natural Resource Development in the Former
Soviet Republics: The Azerbaijani Case
Eski Sovyet Cumhuriyetleri'nde Dogal Kaynaklarin Etkin Isletilmesine
Iliskin Firsatlar ve Riskler: Azerbeycan Örnegi
Ibrahim Öztürk
Department of Economics, Marmara University, TURKEY
The Rationale and Limitations of Authoritarian Developmentalism in Central
Asian Countries
Orta Asya Ülkelerinde Otoriter Kalkinmaciligin Baslica Sebepleri ve Bunun
Sinirlari
Gökhan Sahin
Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
Change and Continuity vis-à-vis Turkish Foreign Policy in Central Asia
Türkiye'nin Orta Asya'ya Yönelik Dis Politikasinda Degisim ve Süreklilik
Coffee Break
Ara
(15:30-15:45)
SESSION VII
VII. OTURUM
(15:45-16:45)
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
ULUSLARARASI GÜVENLIK
Moderator: Cengiz Okman
Marmara University, TURKEY
Sergey V. Golunov
Deputy Director of the Centre for Eurasian Studies, Volgograd State
University, RUSSIA
Central Asian Borders in Transition: Prospects for Security and Cooperation
in the 21st Century
Orta Asya'da Degisim Halindeki Sinirlar: 21. Yüzyilda Güvenlik ve Isbirligi
Imkânlari
Engin Erdem
Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
Weapons of Mass Destruction in Central Asia
Orta Asya'da Kitle Imha Silahlari
Miguel Angel Perez Martin
University Autonomous of Madrid, SPAIN
Security Community in the Caspian Sea Region
Hazar Denizi Bölgesinde Güvenlik Toplulugu
Coffee Break
Ara
(16:45-17:00)
CLOSING SESSION
KAPANIS OTURUMU
(17:00-17:30)
Amberin Zaman
The Economist
M. Nazif Shahrani
Indiana University, USA
Ilber Ortayli
Ankara University, TURKEY
Jamil Brownson
Department of International Relations, Fatih University, TURKEY
Dinner
Aksam Yemegi
(18:00-19:30)
Saturday, 12 May 2001
Cumartesi, 12 Mayis 2001
A TOUR OF ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL TURU
Departure
Kalkis Saati ve Yeri
9:30, Fatih University
Visits to the Topkapi Palace Museum, the Blue Mosque- Sultanahmet, the St.
Sophia Museum, and the Suleymaniye Mosque
A YACHT TRIP ON THE BOSPHORUS
BOGAZDA YAT TURU
(15:00-17:00)
Conference Committee
Konferans Komitesi
Vildan Serin, Fatih University, TURKEY
Henry Glassie, Indiana University, USA
Nazif Shahrani, Indiana University, USA
Jamil Brownson, Fatih University, TURKEY
Berdal Aral, Fatih University, TURKEY
Hizir Murat Köse, Fatih University, TURKEY
CONTACT
Fatih University, 34900 Büyükçekmece, Istanbul
Tel: (90) 212 889 08 10/5502-5011-5022
or directly to (90) 212 889 11 97
Fax: (90) 212 889 11 62
E-mail: baralfatih.edu.tr
NOTE: Simultaneous translation to & from English and Turkish will be provided.
NOT: Ingilizce ve Türkçe simültane çeviri yapilacaktir.
CONFERENCE- Armenian Constantinople, UCLA, May 19-20
Posted by: R. G. Hovannisian <hovannishistory.ucla.edu>
Posted: 25 Apr 2001
"ARMENIAN CONSTANTINOPLE" CONFERENCE AT UCLA IN MAY
UCLA--The eighth in the series of international conferences on historic
Armenian cities and provinces will be held in Dickson Auditorium the UCLA
campus on Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20. Armenian Constantinople will be
featured, with the participation of scholars from Armenia, Argentina,
Canada, England, France, Turkey, and the United States. According to
conference organizer Professor Richard Hovannisian, the Saturday sessions
from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. are devoted to the Armenian presence in
Constantinople from Byzantine times to the nineteenth century. The Sunday
sessions from 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. concentrate on the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. The Sunday morning session only will be conducted in
the Armenian language with five presentations, including three by scholars
from Armenia.
The conference is sponsored by the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in
Modern Armenian History in cooperation with the UCLA International Studies
and Overseas Programs; Division of Social Sciences; Center for European and
Russian Studies; and the Department of History; as well as the Organization
of Istanbul Armenians.
"We are thankful to the scholars and gratified by the appreciative public
who together have made this series truly exceptional," said AEF Chairholder
Richard Hovannisian. "Constantinople was the largest and most important
Armenian center in the Ottoman Empire, and it is appropriate that after
focusing on the provinces of historic Armenia, we should explore the rich
heritage of Armenian Bolis." The preceding conferences in this series have
been on Van/Vaspurakan; Baghesh/Bitlis and Taron/Mush; Tsopk/Kharpert;
Karin/Erzerum; Sebastia/Sivas; Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa; and
Cilicia. The next in the series on November 10-11, 2001, will feature
Kars, Ani, and the Black Sea Communities.
The conference proceedings are being edited and published. The first,
"ArmenianVan/Vaspurakan" is now available, and "Armenian Baghesh/Bitlis and
Taron/Mush" will be released during the summer. The others will follow.
The Armenian Constantinople conference is open to the public at no charge.
Parking is available in structure no. 3, entry from Hilgard Avenue at
Sunset Boulevard. For further information
e-mail: Hovannishistory.ucla.edu or telephone (a.m. hours): 310-825-3375.
Saturday, May 19, 9:30 A.M.-6:00 P.M.
Morning Sessions: 9:30 AM--1:00 PM
Armenian Constantinople
Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA
Constantinople and Early Armenian Literature
Robert W. Thomson, Oxford University
Armenian Officers in Constantinople from the 7th through 9th Centuries: The
Imperial Temptation
Mikael Nichanian, Universite de Paris-IV (Sorbonne)
Ninth Century Armenian Elites in Constantinople: Emperor Basil and
Patriarch Photius
Manea E. Shirinian, Matenadaran, Erevan
INTERMISSION
Patterns of Contact and Communication: Constantinople and Armenia, 860-976
Tim Greenwood, Oxford University
Arakel Baghisetsi's 'Elegy on the Capital City of Stamboul'
Leonardo Alishan, Salt Lake City
The Evolution and Role of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
Kevork Bardakjian, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
LUNCH RECESS
Afternoon Sessions: 2:00-6:00 PM
Armenian Manuscript Painting in Constantinople
Christina Maranci, University of Chicago
Revelations of a Colophon in a 1623 Bible
Ina B. MacCabe, Tufts University
Architects, Craftsmen, Weavers: Armenians and Ottoman Art
Lucy Der Manuelian, Tufts University
INTERMISSION
Cyrus Hamlin and American Education in Constantinople
Barbara Merguerian, Armenian International Women's Association
The Armenian Community of Bolis in the 19th Century
Ovannes Kilicdagi, Bosporus University, Istanbul
Armenian Literary Views of 19th Century Constantinople
Victoria Rowe, University of Toronto
The Armenian Dialect of "Bolis"
Bert Vaux, Harvard University
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 10:00 AM-6:00 PM
Morning Session in Armenian: 10:00-12:30
Armenian Artists in 19th-20th Century Constantinople
Levon Chookaszian, Erevan State University
Constantinople and the Balian Family of Architects
Sarkis Balmanoukian, Los Angeles
The Pagan Movement and Daniel Varuzhan
Souren Danielian, "Spiurk" Scientific Educational Center, Erevan
Constantinople and the Catastrophe: The Voice of Gostan Zarian
Vartan Matiossian, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires
The Armenian Community of Bolis and Its Contemporary Oral Tradition
Verjine Svazlian, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Erevan
Conclusion of Session in Armenian
LUNCH RECESS
Afternoon Sessions: 1:30-6:00 PM
The Musical World of Armenians in Constantinople
Lucina Agbabian-Hubbard, University of Southern California
Armenian Intelligentsia of Constantinople, 1908-1915
Robert Krikorian, Harvard University
The Satirical Side of the Pre-Genocide Press, 1908-1915
Gia Aivazian, UCLA
The A.R.F. in Constantinople in the Constitutional Period
Dikran Kaligian, Boston College
INTERMISSION
'La Renaissance' and the Aftermath of World War I
Herve Georgelin, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences, Paris
Redefining Literary Identity in Post-War Istanbul (Zahrad & Khrakhuni)
Peter Cowe, UCLA
From Constantinople to Erevan: The Odyssey of Vahram Papazian
Robert H. Hewsen, Rowan Univerisity of New Jersey
The French Connection: Peter Sourian and Constantinople
David Calonne, Wayne State University
A Restrospective
Richard Hovannisian
Photographic Exhibit: Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht
CONF./CFP- Uyghurs in the Twenty-First Century
Posted by: Turdi Ghoja <TudiHaol.com>
Posted: 24 Apr 2001
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE: "UYGHURS in TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY"
A conference titled the "Uyghurs in Twenty-first Century" will be held on
May 26, 2001, in Washington, DC. The purpose of the conference is to
provide a forum for discussing issues and problems which will have great
impact on the future of Uyghurs. A variety of topics related to the current
situation and future of Uyghurs can be presented.
A general list of suggested topics:
- China's "Western Development Plan"
- The Gas Pipeline
- Social issues in today's Uyghur society
- Challenge for the exiled Uyghur community
- Central Asian Uyghurs: Their role
- Internet and Uyghurs
- Human Rights
- Religion
- Education
We are seeking papers from western scholars, Uyghurs, graduate or
undergraduate students and others. This conference will be restricted to
scientific studies only, therefore, all the presentations need to be
approached scientifically. (For people who are interested in activism
aspect, we can arrange a different gathering on the next day, May 27.)
Speakers may present whatever they find or think, even things you think we
may not like to hear. Each speaker will be given no more than 30 minutes
including question times.
This is a good opportunity to take a good look at Uyghurs and share what you
see, and find out what others see.
If you like to present a paper, please send your abstract no later than May
17. If you just want to attend, please let us know by sending an e-mail or
calling us.
Unfortunately, we are not able to cover the travel expenses of the
presenters and participants, but, we will cover the conference fee.
We welcome participants from all communities.
A preliminary program for the conference is included below.
The conference is organized and sponsored by Uyghur American Association.
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE:
UYGHURS IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
WHEN: 9:00 AM, May 26, 2001
WHERE: Marriot Hotel, Down Town Washington, DC
Contacts:
Turdi Ghoja
Tel/fax: (609) 585-3904
Turdiuyghuramerican.org
http://uyghuramerican.org/contact.html
Jack Churchward
Tel: (727) 441-3982
jchurchwarduyghuramerican.org
http://uyghuramerican.org/
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
9:00 - 9:20 AM Registration
9:20 - 9:30 AM Opening Remarks
9:30 - 11:00 AM English Speakers Panel 1:
11:00 - 11:10 AM BREAK
11:10 - 12:30 PM English Speakers Panel 2:
12:30 - 1:45 PM LUNCH
1:45 - 3: 30 PM Uyghur Speakers Panel 1:
3:30 - 3:45 PM Break
3:45 - 5:30 Uyghur Speakers Panel 2:
5: 30 - 5:50 PM Closing Remarks
We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference on May 26.
Conference Organizing Committee
CONFERENCE- Internet and Democracy Across Asia - Online Conference
Posted by: Steven Clift <slcpublicus.net>
Posted: 24 Apr 2001
Online Conference, Spring 2001
The Internet and Democracy Across Asia:
Online Trends in Governance, Civil Society and Media
To participate, e-mail:
do-asia-subscribeyahoogroups.com
Hosted by Democracies Online Newswire - Join over 1800 subscribers on our
main low volume, announcement e-list - http://e-democracy.org/do
Details
The Internet and Democracy Across Asia:
Online Trends in Governance, Civil Society and Media
An online conference via e-mail hosted by Democracies Online -
http://www.e-democracy.org/do - Spring 2001
Join experts, practitioners, and journalists interested in role of the
Internet in democracy, governance, civil society, politics, and media across
the many countries of Asia. This is the first online event on these trends
specifically focused on Asia. If you have a story to tell, research to
share, or want to simply learn about what is happening, then join us.
The online conference will begin in late Spring 2001 once 150 participants
subscribe to our facilitated e-mail list. The online exchange will last
approximately one month. There is no fee to participate. Please help
spread the word.
To participate, send an e-mail to:
do-asia-subscribeyahoogroups.com
Note: The e-mail list of participants will remain private and anonymous
participation is permitted. "Lurkers" are welcome.
You will be asked to confirm your subscription via e-mail. The DO- ASIA
online event uses simple e-mail list technology. Posting rules and
guidelines will help limit the number of messages each day in to enable
those with slow or limited Internet connections to participate fully. The
primary language of the online exchange is English. The use of other
languages is appropriate and additional conversations, country or
language-specific via other web forums or e-mail lists, organized by online
event participants are encouraged.
Country Contacts are sought to promote this event in specific Asian
countries. If you can help make this a great online event, join the DO-ASIA
Team by subscribing to our behind the scenes online event organizing e-mail
list <do-asia-team-subscribeyahoogroups.com>.
Steven L. Clift
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
W: http://www.publicus.net
E: cliftpublicus.net
T: +1.612.822.8667
ICQ: 13789183
CONFERENCE- Int'l Year of Volunteers 2001 Regional Conference, Almaty 10-11
May
Posted by: Diana Perez-Buck <Diana.Perez-Buckiyv2001.org>
Posted: 19 Apr 2001
The International Year of Volunteers 2001 (IYV 2001) Regional Conference
for Central Asia and the Newly Independent States, will take place in
Almaty, Kazakhstan on 10-11 May 2001.
As the focal point for the Year designated by the United Nations General
Assembly, United Nations Volunteers has been organizing a series of
regional conferences aimed at supporting countries to maximize the
opportunities IYV 2001 offers to foster volunteer activity. The aims of
these conferences is to bring together representatives from governments,
volunteer organizations, academia and mass media who share a common
interest in strengthening the recognition, promotion, facilitation and
networking of volunteers.
The IYV 2001 Conference in Almaty will focus on fostering a dialogue on
ways in which governments in the region can strengthen volunteer activity.
This input will contribute to the United Nations General Assembly plenary
on volunteering at the end of 2001, where the Report of UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan containing recommendations on government support for
volunteer activity will be discussed.
For more information, please contact:
Diana Pérez-Buck
Team IYV 2001 Brussels Liaison Officer
United Nations Volunteers
14 Rue Montoyer,
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel. (32 2) 505 4628
Fax. (32 2) 503 4729
diana.perez-buckunv.org
http://www.iyv2001.org
CONFERENCE- CANCELLED: Centrality and Plurality, Astana [Nov. 2001]
Posted by: EWNSIC <ewnsicnetmail.kg>
Posted: 19 Apr 2001
Dear Readers:
We regret to inform that the recently announced conference "Centrality and
Plurality" planned for November 2001 in Astana, Kazakstan will not be held.
We sincerely apologise to all people who expressed an interest in it and
hope that there will be further opportunities for fruitful cooperation in
the future.
Regretfully,
Organising Committee of EWNSIC
CONF./CFP- University Training and Scholarship, Almaty, July 2-4, 2001
Posted by: University Kainar <kainaritte.kz>
Posted: 18 Apr 2001
Dear Colleagues,
"Kainar" University, a member of the International Association of the
Universities of UNESCO has an honor to inform you, that it will hold the
International Conference "University Training and Scholarship" in
cooperation with MAU in July 2-4, 2001.
The topics of the conference reports include the following:
- University training and the development of scholarship in the modern world;
- Applying international experience in the reform of training systems and
scholarships in the countries of the CIS and Kazakhstan;
- Private education: Position and the role under modern conditions;
- Scholarship in the conditions of the market economy: Current conditions
and the prospects for development;
- Attestation of the scientific pedagogical personnel in Kazakhstan and in
the world;
- The issue of providing continuing training;
- General pedagogical and the concrete methodical issues of training;
- Training technologies and scholarly methods in different fields of
knowledge;
To the conference are invited Kazakhstani and foreign scholars, embassies
representatives, UNESCO, universities, members of the I.U.A. and other
international organizations accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan,
managers of training and scholarship, and young scholars.
Those who so wish to submit a paper to the conference:
Reports must be presented in the text version up to 5 pages without the page
numeration in A4 format in RTF, Times New Roman, 14 points font,
single-spaced, printed in 1 (one) copy and also on 3.5" diskette. The
margins: left - 30 mm; right - 15 mm; upper and lower - 20 mm. The report
must be edited scientifically, stylistic, technical and have no the
information for limited distribution. Notes at the end of text in order of
appearance. The report ought to have a summary (4-5 sentences).
The publication of conference materials will be done by the H.A.B. of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, before the beginning of the conference.
We will glad to receive your application for participation in conference
before the May 10, 2001. The deadline for the reports: May 20, 2001.
Our address:
7a Satpayev St. (corner of Seyfullin St.)
Office 203
480013 Almaty
Tel.: +7 (3272) 64-67-86, 62-95-54, 62-04-03
Fax: +7 (3272) 62-04-03, 62-95-54
E-mail: kainaritte.kz
The participation fee: $100. You may send information by e-mail.
You may settle the account: "Bank TURANALEM" Phh 600300011882 KBE17 MFO
190501306 R/S 900070908.
The meeting place:
The plenary session and coffee breaks the Conference Hall of Hyatt Regency.
Sections will be held in halls of the "Kainar" University.
The Organizers
LECTURE- Caspian Sea Legal Regime: Iranian Perspectives, Columbia Univ., Apr.19
Posted by: Peter James Sinnott <pjs7columbia.edu>
Posted: 17 Apr 2001
THIS THURSDAY:
The Columbia University Caspian Project
and
The Harriman & Middle East Institutes
present:
The Caspian Sea Legal Regime: Iranian Perspectives
Dr. Saeid Mirzaee-Yengezeh
Senior Counselor
Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran
to the United Nations
Thursday, April 19
4 pm - 6 pm
Room 1118, International Affairs Building
Coffee, tea and cookies will be served.
CONFERENCE- The Geopolitical and Economic Transitions in Eurasia, Istanbul,
9-12 May
Posted by: Gökhan BACIK <bacekoyahoo.com>
Posted: 15 Apr 2001
Purpose:
The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, policy-makers, and
members of the private sector in order to examine in a comprehensive way,
the region's future. The conference intends to address the prospects and
constraints facing the region in its transition to develop better
functioning economies and more democratic political structures.
The Conference Themes:
- The role of the state in the transition processes,
- The prospects for successful transitions
- The nature of the relations between the governments and the private
sector businesses involved in the process--conflicts or harmony?
- The part intra-regional and global linkages might play in the process
- The quests for identity and the part civil society might play in the
transitions
- Natural and human resources for development: assets and limits
- Location: Eurasia's spatial advantages and liabilities
- The role of IGOs and NGOs (Word Bank, UN, Soros Foundation, etc.)
- Policy recommendations
Preliminary Schedule:
9 May 2001, Wednesday
Arrival
10 May 2001, Thursday (All day)
Conference Sessions I & II
11 May 2001, Friday (Morning)
Conference Sessions III
11 May 2001, Friday (Afternoon)
A Yacht Trip on the Bosphorus
12 May 2001, Saturday (All Day)
A Tour of Istanbul (with visits to the Topkapi Palace Museum, the Blue
Mosque-Sultanahmet, the St. Sophia Museum, and the Suleymaniye Mosque)
Conference Fees & Expenses:
For all participants, other than those invited to make presentations, the
conference fee is $US 100 which will include all conference materials and
the lunches provided by Fatih University. For presenters, fees are waived,
and accommodations, transportation in Istanbul, and meals at Fatih
University will be provided by the organizers of the conference. All
conference participants, including presenters, will be responsible for costs
for travel to and from Istanbul and for Turkish visas, if required.
Location of the Conference:
Fatih University, Hadimkoy, 34900
Buyukcekmece Istanbul, Turkey
Sponsors of the Conference:
Fatih University, Turkey
Indiana University, USA
CONF./CFP- Purity & Danger in East European Politics & Culture, SSEES,
London
Posted by: SSEES Graduate Studies Office <agardnerssees.ac.uk>
Posted: 15 Apr 2001
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University College London
from the Graduate Studies Office
E-mail agardnerssees.ac.uk
ssees_conference_2001yahoo.com
CALL FOR PAPERS
The post-graduate students of the School of Slavonic and East European
Studies with the full support of the academic staff are organising an
interdisciplinary conference, Faith, Dope and Charity. Purity and Danger in
East European Politics and Culture. The conference is intended to continue
the tradition started with the post-graduate conference 'Between the Bloc
and the Hard Place', London 1999 and 'Eastern and Central Europe: Lessons
from the Past, Prospects for the Future', Warsaw, 2000.
The objectives of the conference are: to examine the persistence of
Enlightenment idiom in contemporary political discourses; to examine the
notions of orthodoxy, heresy and heterodoxy in politics and culture; the
changing meaning of morality; to examine boundaries and mentalités.
The conference aims to provoke discussion on changes in Central and Eastern
Europe including the former Soviet Union in a primarily student-led academic
setting. Our aim is to provide young researchers with a chance to establish
contacts within Europe, Central Asia, North America and beyond. The
conference is primarily directed towards research students working in the
humanities and social sciences. We expect the audience to comprise both
post-graduate students and university teachers. Members of the diplomatic
corps and various media representing the region will be invited to participate.
Faith, Dope and Charity. Purity and Danger in East European Politics and
Culture
Politics
- Heterodoxy in Russian and east European thought;
- Integration/ disintegration/ globalisation as threat or promise;
- Changes in the meaning of nation and national; new conceptions of
East/West/Central;
- The impact of new media;
- Civil society; interpretations of 'freedom' and 'rights';
- The new politics.
Sociology
- Notions of purity and danger at the turn of the millennium;
- Intermarriage in Russia and in eastern Europe; nationalist and notions of
miscegenation;
- Post-communist Churches; religious sects as a refuge from or threat to
conceptions of national culture;
- The impact of NGOs;
- Feminist movements; Cultural gender - gender in transition; Balkan
masculinity;
- The new non-ethnic minorities: gay and lesbian society, pacifists,
vegetarians/ vegans.
Economics
- Economic heterodoxy;
- The impact of the free market on national economies;
- The meaning of corruption;
- IMF attitudes towards emerging economies;
- The impact of the Kosovo crisis on neighbouring economies;
- The role of former spies and policemen (KGB, etc.) in today's economies.
History and Historiography
- Memory and its users; the political and literary uses of nostalgia;
- 'Time' - historical trends, future prospects;
- The consequences of selective pasts;
- European borders and 'Europeanisation';
- Eclecticism in east European nation-building from the late nineteenth
century onwards.
Literature, film, arts and music
- The cultivation of popular culture: youth culture; pornography; the drug
culture;
- Heterodoxy and high culture;
- Literary products of the drug culture; the representation of drug culture
in the arts; alcohol and literature.
Language
- Language purism; the invasion of the English language;
- Political correctness as an expression or denial of common sense.
The conference will take place on the premises of the School of Slavonic and
East European Studies, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU between
16 - 18 November 2001.
200-300-word outlines of proposed papers should be sent to:
ssees_conference_2001yahoo.com by 15 May 2001.
If you have any further enquiries, please contact Trude Johansson,
Dessislava Dragneva or Nick Sturdee also at: ssees_conference_2001yahoo.com
CONF./CFP- Eurasian Steppes in Prehistory and Middle Ages, March 2002
Posted by: Institute of the History of Material Culture <nikbokinfopro.spb.su>
Posted: 13 Apr 2001
Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of the History of Material Culture
The State Hermitage Museum
International conference
"EURASIAN STEPPES IN PREHISTORY AND THE MIDDLE AGES",
commemorating the centenary of the birth of Professor
MIKHAEL GRIAZNOV
The U.S.S.R. State Prize winner, Honoured Scholar of the Russian Federation,
Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute.
The conference will be held in Saint.-Petersburg, March 11-16, 2002,
at the Institute of the History of Material Culture Russian Academy of
Science (Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya, 18) and at the State Hermitage
(Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya, 34).
TENTATIVE TOPICS:
1) History of archaeological studies in the Eurasian steppes;
--Mikhail Griaznov's scholarly legacy;
2) Archaeological cultures of the Eurasian steppes, their chronology and
periodization, and their cultural and historical significance;
3) Physical anthropology and ethnography of the Eurasian steppes population;
4) Cultural history of the Siberian peoples;
5) Ancient Siberian art.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Prof. E. N. Nosov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Chairman
Prof. M. B. Piotrovsky, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, President
Dr. V. A. Alekshin
Dr. M. N. Pshenitsina, Secretary
Prof. D. G. Savinov
Prof. A. Yu. Alexeyev
Prof. V. M. Masson, Honorary Scholar of Russia
Dr. Prof. N. A. Bokovenko
V. S. Bochkarev
Prof. E. B. Vadetskaya
Dr. G. V. Dluzhnevskaya
Yu. Yu. Piotrovsky
S. V. Krasnienko
L. A. Sokolova
S. V. Pankova
DEADLINES
Application and registration forms: May 1, 2001.
Complete abstracts (1500 words): November 1, 2001.
You can mail your materials to M. N. Pshenitsyna, Secretary
Institute of the History of Material Culture, Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya, 18,
Saint-Petersburg, 191186, Russia.
You can also send them by e-mail at (adminarcheo.ru) or
(nikbokinfopro.spb.su)
Russia, 191186, St.-Petersburg
Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya, 18
Institute of the History of Material Culture RAS
tel.: +7 (812) 312-14-84
fax: +7 (812) 311-62-71
CONF./CFP- OSCE and Challenges of Transition in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Posted by: Segolene Adam <adamhei.unige.ch>
Posted: 12 Apr 2001
The OSCE Cluster of Competence at the Graduate Institute of International
Studies
Calls for Papers
For a conference on "The OSCE and the Multiple Challenges of Transition in
the Caucasus and Central Asia (1991-2001)" to be held at the Graduate
Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland on 6-8 December 2001.
Abstracts of papers covering social, political, economic or international
aspects of transition over the last decade in the states concerned are to be
submitted by 18 May 2001 in English or in French.
Further details about possible topics and guidelines for application can be
found on our website http://heiwww.unige.ch/news.html
For any information, please contact:
Ségolène Adam
Project Coordinator
OSCE Cluster of Competence - PSIO
The Graduate Institute of International Studies
E-mail: adamhei.unige.ch
Phone: +41 22/ 908 57 43
Fax: +41 22/ 738 35 82
CONFERENCE- Program Update: Central Asia Palimpsest, Berkeley, Apr. 21
Posted by: Caucasus and Central Asia Program <ccaspuclink.berkeley.edu>
Posted: 10 Apr 2001
Update:
Central Asia Palimpsest: (Re) Emerging Identities and New Global Imprints
Conference
April 21-22, 2001
University of California, Berkeley
Conference Program
Saturday, April 21: 105 North Gate Hall
9.15: Opening Remarks
Sanjyot Mehendale
Caucasus and Central Asia Program
University of California, Berkeley
9.30 - 12.30
Panel I: Post-Soviet Central Asia - Challenges of Autonomy
Chair: David Hooson, Department of Geography, UC Berkeley
9.30-10.15
Post-totalitarian Society in Contemporary Central Asia
Anatoly Khazanov
University of Wisconsin
10.15-11.00
Dividing Lines: Physical Infrastructures and Policy Coordination Among the
States of Central Asia
Gregory Gleason
University of New Mexico
11.00 - 11.15: Coffee/Tea Break
11.15-12.00
The Taliban and the Issues of Security and Integration in Central Asia
Natalya Khan
Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan
12.00-12.30: Discussion
12.30-14.00: Lunch Break
14.00- 17.00
Panel II: Global Repositioning - Central Asia and the World
14.00-14.45
Foreign Policy Vectors in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Building Security,
Attracting Investment
Shirin Akiner
School of Oriental and African Studies, London
14.45-15.30
Cyber-separatism: Pioneering Global Islam on the Borders of Imperialism in
Central Asia
Dru Gladney
University of Hawaii, Manoa
15.30-15.45: Coffee/Tea Break
15.45-16.30
Threat from Abroad: Perceptions of Missionary Activity in Independent
Kazakhstan
William Fierman
Indiana University/
16.30-17.00: Discussion
Discussant: Andre Gunder Frank, Visiting Distinguished Professor, Florida
International University
Sunday, April 22: 105 North Gate Hall
9.00-12.45
Panel III: The Architecture of Identity
Chair: Harsha Ram, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
9.00-9.45
The History of Turkic and Tajik Identities in Central Asia
Beatrice F. Manz
Tufts University
9.45-10.30
The Concept of Nation and the (Re) Conceptualization of Identities in
Central Asia (19th-21st Centuries)
Uli Schamiloglu
University of Wisconsin
10.30 - 10.45: Coffee/Tea Break
10.45-11.30
Kazakh Identity: Renaissance as Invention of Tradition
Alma Kunanbaeva
University of California
11.30-12.15
The Reemergence of Clan Identities in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Kathleen Collins
Dartmouth College
12.15-12.45: Discussion
Discussant: Siamak Adhami, Saddleback College
12.45 - 14.00: Lunch Break
14.00-14.45
Women's Criminality in Tajikistan
Fatimakhon Ahmedova, Visiting Scholar, Indiana University
14.45-17.00
Panel IV: Ancient Histories, New Uses
Chair: David Stronach, Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
14.45-15.30
Independence and Cultural Heritage in Uzbekistan
Rustam Suleymanov
Institute of Archaeology, Samarkand
15.30-15.45: Coffee break
15.45-16.30
Uncovering the Past in Present-day Central Asia
Frantz Grenet
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Paris
16.30-16.50: Discussion
16.50-17.00: Closing Remarks
The conference is free and open to the public. However, if you plan on
attending the conference, please send an email to the Caucasus and Central
Asia Program (ccaspuclink.berkeley.edu). In addition, please look for
updates and maps on the CCAsP
website(http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~bsp/caucasus/index.html).
The conference was made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation
(through the Institute of International Studies) and is sponsored by the
Caucasus and Central Asia Program, Berkeley Program in Soviet and
Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Slavic, East-European and Eurasian
Studies, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, and the Central Asia/Silk
Road Working Group.
Caucasus and Central Asia Program
Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
266 Stephens Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: (510) 643-5845
Fax: (510) 643-5045
Email: ccaspuclink.berkeley.edu
SEMINAR- William Maley, Capitol Hill Forum on Afghanistan, Apr. 16
Posted by: Daoud Yaqub <dyaqubafghanistanfoundation.org>
Posted: 10 Apr 2001
Afghanistan Foundation
209 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington D.C. 2003
The Honorable Don Ritter, Sc.D., Chairman
Member of Congress 1979-1993
Capitol Hill Policymakers Forum
Presented by the
Afghanistan Foundation
Monday April 16, 2001 at 2:00 PM
at the US Senate Dirksen Office Building.
Room 419
The featured speaker will be:
William Maley
"The Dilemmas of Assistance to Afghanistan"
The recent destruction of the Buddha Statues by the Taliban, and the current
Afghan refugee flows as a result of the drought, famine, and conflict have
highlighted Afghanistan once again. Moreover, US national security concerns
such as terrorism and narcotics loom large as well. Yet the international
community is in a quandary over means of assisting the Afghan people,
without bolstering the Taliban.
Dr. Maley has a long-standing interest in Afghan politics, and is a regular
visitor to the region. He has co-authored Regime Change in Afghanistan:
Foreign Intervention and the Politics of Legitimacy, 1991. Dr. Maley has
also edited Fundamentalism Reborn? Afghanistan and the Taliban, 1998 and The
Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1989. In addition, Dr. Maley has been
published in a wide-range of scholarly journals as well as written many
chapters in a number of books. Topics include: Refugee Issues, Foreign
Policy of the Taliban, International Humanitarian Law, as well as State and
Civil Society in the USSR.
Dr. Maley has served as a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University, he
is also a Barrister of the High Court of Australia, a member of the Foreign
Affairs Council, and Chairman of the Refugee Council of Australia.
To Attend RSVP
Afghanistan Foundation
Attn: Daoud Yaqub, Executive Director
Dyaqubafghanistanfoundation.org
Phone (202) 543-1177 Fax (202) 543-7931
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and General Brent Scowcroft
National Honorary Co-Chairman
CONFERENCE- Caught in the Crossfire, IWPR, Bishkek, April 20
Posted by: Anna McTaggart <annaiwpr.net>
Posted: 8 Apr 2001
In response to the recent crackdown on independent media throughout Central
Asia, IWPR's Kyrgyz office will host a regional conference "Caught in the
Crossfire" on April 20, 2001.
For further details, please contact IWPR's Bishkek office:
Manas Ave., 40, room 321, 325
Bishkek 720001
Kyrgyzstan
tel/fax. +996 (312) 21-72-55
e-mail: chinaraiwpr.infotel.kg
or
IWPR's London office:
tel. +44 (20) 7713-7130
e-mail: annaiwpr.net
For more information see: http://www.iwpr.net
[Forwarded from: nisscholarships]
CONF./CFP- International Relations in CIS, Omsk, June 7-8, 2001
Posted by: Anton Dubel <commonomsk.edu>
Posted: 8 Apr 2001
Dear Colleagues,
We are honored to invite you to participate in the International Conference
"International Relations for Developing Economic and Social Process in the
CIS", June 7-8, 2001 in Omsk, Russian Federation.
The peace and security in CIS are intricately connected to economic
prosperity and political stability, which has been growing in recent years
but could be disrupted at any time by external and internal forces.
This International Conference will bring together alumni of BECA Programs,
governmental officials, independent foreign and local experts, mass media
leaders, specialists in Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, International Law and
International Human Rights, Social, Political and Economic Sciences, Civic
Education, Comparative and International Education, teachers working on
issues related to topic of the Conference.
The agenda will cover the following topics:
1. Diplomacy and Democracy.
2. International Law and Economics.
3. International Human Rights.
4. Independent Mass Media and International Relations.
5. Foreign Economy and Foreign Policy.
6. Public Relations and Modern Competitive Situation.
7. International Experience in solving Social Problems.
8. Comparative and International Education.
9. International Scientific, Cultural, Educational and Business Exchange
Programs: Experience and Perspectives.
The key issue is to support the process of globalization through democratic
development in CIS, strengthening Social and Economic Process which mainly
depends on critical thinking of a person and her/his ability for independent
decision making. This International Conference is wonderful opportunity to
create a forum for working out the information and methodological tools on
how to support citizens' participation in the process of Civil Society
development in Russia, to investigate and study International Relations in
CIS, to implement positive international experience of the countries which
are the leaders in developing Social and Economic process through
Democratization.
Publication of Conference papers book will disseminate the articles of the
Conference participants within the local community, region and state
libraries, and mass media agencies.
Terms of Participation:
In order to take part in the Conference we invite you to fill out an
Application form. The application form is attached to the Information
Letter. The Conference Papers should be submitted by May 5, 2001.
For more information please contact,
Anton Dubel
Deputy Director, International Programs and Projects
Please send your application to the following address:
Inter-Universities Center for International Cooperation
and Academic Mobility
14 Naberezhnaya Tukhachevskogo, # 333
Omsk 644099, Russia
Tel./fax: +7 (3812) 243-795
E-mail: commonomsk.edu
http://www.omgpu.omsk.edu/international
[Forwarded from: nisscholarships]
SEMINAR- M. Mooradian, Armenian Genocide, Yale University, April 13
Posted by: Zaruhi Sahakyan <zaruhi.sahakyanyale.edu>
Posted: 6 Apr 2001
Seminar - Moorad Mooradian, "Unrecognized Genocide in Turkey and its
Consequences", April 13, 2:30p.m, Yale Univ.
Yale Association of New Independent States (YANIS) and Genocide Studies
Program present
"Unrecognized Genocide in Turkey and its Consequences"
The seminar will take place at 2:30p.m. on Friday, April 13 at 28 Hillhouse
Ave., room 106, Yale University.
The speaker of the seminar is Prof. Moorad Mooradian. The seminar is to
commemorate Armenian Genocide in Turkey happened in 1915-1920. It is our
contribution to the commemoration that takes place every year on April 24.
The seminar is supported by McDougal Center and OISS. Refreshments will be
served.
CANCELLATION- Centrality and Plurality Conference in Astana Cancelled
Posted by: EWNSIC <ewnsicnetmail.kg>
Posted: 4 Apr 2001
Dear Readers:
We regret to inform that the recently announced conference "Centrality and
Plurality" planned for November 2001 in Astana, Kazakstan will not be held.
We sincerely apologise to all people who expressed an interest in it and
hope that there will be further opportunities for fruitful cooperation in
the future.
Regretfully,
Organising Committee of EWNSIC
LECTURE- Thomas Goltz, Caspian Hydrocarbon Sweepstakes, Boston Univ., Apr.
11
Posted by: Miriam Lanskoy <mlanskoybu.edu>
Posted: 3 Apr 2001
The Boston University
Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy
and
The Center for International Relations
present
A Lecture by Thomas Goltz
"The Great Hydrocarbon Sweepstakes In and Around the Caspian"
With a special video presentation on the Baku-Ceyhan Oil Odyssey
Wednesday, April 11, 2001 at 4:30 PM
At the Center for International Relations
154 Bay State Road
For details or to reserve a seat, please call the Institute at
353-5815 by Monday, April 9.
CONF./CFP- Centrality and Plurality, Nov. 2001, Astana
Posted by: East-West-North-South International Committee <ewnsicnetmail.kg>
Posted: 1 Apr 2001
CONF./CFP
Centrality and Plurality: Philosophy, Spirituality and Civil Society on the
Silk Road
Civilisational interaction, processes of globalization and universalisation
of local cultures, and the joint efforts for the implementation of field
based studies are the first steps towards the establishment of a structural
and functional civil society in Central Asia. Because the world is facing
the challenges of a single global culture (both nomadic and sedentary),
scientific and religious experts would like to invite you to an
international round table on the above mentioned topic. In the light of
these reflections, proposals are invited on the following four themes:
- Inter-culturalism at the crossroads of pre-global world civilisations
- Intra-religious dialogue conceived as a paramount dimension of
interactions with inter-religious dialogue
- The emergence and convergence of plural societies and mixed cultures
- The impact of post-thought on the development of civil society in Central
Asia
It is hoped that a major outcome of this round table will be the creation of
chairs in Intercultural Ethnic Civilisation and Ecology/New Information
Technologies, to interact with the existing network of chairs in
Inter-religious Dialogue and The Consolidation of Democracy. The forum will
be hosted by the recently-formed East-West-North-South International
Committee on Philosophy, Spirituality and Civil Society (EWNSIC). It will
take place on 1-12 November 2001 in Astana, Kazakhstan. This round table
will be followed by a symposium of chairs to formulate a framework for
further intercultural projects in 2002.
Please submit abstracts (1 page) to the Organising Committee of EWNSIC, at
ewnsicnetmail.kg, by July 15, 2001. Further details will be announced when
we have a list of confirmed speakers.
CONFERENCE- Central Asia Palimpsest: Re-emerging Identities, Berkeley, Apr.
21
Posted by: Sanjyot Mehendale <sanjyotmuclink4.berkeley.edu>
Posted: 31 Mar 2001
Central Asia Palimpsest:
(Re) Emerging Identities and New Global Imprints
Conference Program
Saturday, April 21: 105 North Gate Hall
9.15: Opening Remarks
Sanjyot Mehendale
Caucasus and Central Asia Program
University of California, Berkeley
9.30 - 12.30
Panel I: Post-Soviet Central Asia - Challenges of Autonomy
9.30-10.15
Post-totalitarian Society in Contemporary Central Asia
Anatoly Khazanov
University of Wisconsin
10.15-11.00
Dividing Lines: Physical Infrastructures and Policy Coordination Among the
States of Central Asia
Gregory Gleason
University of New Mexico
11.00 - 11.15: Coffee/Tea Break
11.15-12.00
The Taliban and the Issues of Security and Integration in Central Asia
Natalya Khan
Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan
12.00-12.30: Discussion
12.30-14.00: Lunch Break
14.00- 17.00
Panel II: Global Repositioning - Central Asia and the World
14.00-14.45
Foreign Policy Vectors in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Building Security,
Attracting Investment
Shirin Akiner
School of Oriental and African Studies, London
14.45-15.30
Cyber-separatism: Pioneering Global Islam on the Borders of Imperialism in
Central Asia
Dru Gladney
University of Hawaii, Manoa
15.30-15.45: Coffee/Tea Break
15.45-16.30
(Topic TBA)
William Fierman
Indiana University
Andre Gunder Frank
Visiting Distinguished Professor, Florida International University
16.30-17.00: Discussion
Sunday, April 22: 105 North Gate Hall
9.00-12.45
Panel III: The Architecture of Identity
Discussant: Siamak Adhami, Saddleback College
9.00-9.45
The History of Turkic and Tajik Identities in Central Asia
Beatrice F. Manz
Tufts University
9.45-10.30
The Concept of Nation and the (Re) Conceptualization of Identities in
Central Asia (19th-21st Centuries)
Uli Schamiloglu
University of Wisconsin
10.30 - 10.45: Coffee/Tea Break
10.45-11.30
Kazakh Identity: Renaissance as Invention of Tradition
Alma Kunanbaeva
University of California
11.30-12.15
The Reemergence of Clan Identities in Post-Soviet Central Asia"
Kathleen Collins
Dartmouth College
12.15-12.45: Discussion
12.45 - 14.00: Lunch Break
14.00-16.00
Panel IV: Ancient Histories, New Uses
14.00-14.45
Independence and Cultural Heritage in Uzbekistan
Rustam Suleymanov
Institute of Archaeology, Samarkand
14.45-15.30
Uncovering the Past in Present-day Central Asia
Frantz Grenet
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Paris
15.30-16.00: Discussion
For further information, contact:
Sanjyot Mehendale
tel.: +1 (510) 643-5845
Dana Sherry
tel.: +1 (510) 643-5844
Caucasus and Central Asia Program
Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
266 Stephens Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Tel: +1 (510) 643-5845
Fax: +1 (510) 643-5045
CONFERENCE- Central and Inner Asia Seminar, Programme, Toronto, 4-5 May
Posted by: Gillian Long <gillian.longutoronto.ca>
Posted: 27 Mar 2001
Dear Colleagues,
I have appended the programme for this year's conference to be held in
Toronto on May 4-5. We do hope that many of you will be able to join us for
this, our 7th annual gathering.
We suggest that you bookmark our website:
http://www.utoronto.ca/deeds/ - click on Research and then CIAS.
If any last minute changes should become necessary, we will post them there.
With very best wishes,
Michael Gervers and Gillian Long
CENTRAL AND INNER ASIA SEMINAR
in association with
THE JOINT CENTRE FOR ASIA PACIFIC STUDIES
7th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
FRIDAY & SATURDAY MAY 4 & 5, 2001
MUNK CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, 1 DEVONSHIRE PLACE,
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
FRIDAY
9.15 - 9.30 REGISTRATION
9.30 - 10.00 OPENING REMARKS
10.00 - 11.00
DAVID JONGEWARD, (University of Toronto): "Cataloguing the Royal Ontario
Museum Collection of Gandhara Sculpture"
11.00 - 11.30
YUSUF DZAFAROV, (CIAS associate Toronto): "The ethnic origins of the Huns
and their appearance in Eastern Europe"
11.30 - 11.50 Break
11.50 - 12.20
HYE-YOUNG IM, (Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto): "Some
observations on the honorific system of Korean"
12.20 - 12.50
RAHAT ACHYLOVA, (Kyrgyz State & Indiana University): "Reconciling civil
society's traditional values with the requirements of a market economy in
contemporary Kyrgyzstan"
1.00 - 2.00 Lunch
2.00 - 2.30
OTTO FARKAS, (World Vision Canada): "Reinventing the Dzud: an evolving
disaster and an evolving term"
2.30 - 3.00
SARFAROZ NIYOZOV, (PhD candidate, OISE/UT): "Teaching in Tajikistan: a
window to understanding continuity and change"
3.00 - 3.30
GEORGE ZHAO, (East Asian Studies, University of Toronto): "Population
decadence and dynastic decline in the Mongol empire"
3.30 - 3.50 Break
3.50 - 4.20
ROBERT M. CUTLER, (Research Fellow, Inst. of European and Russian Studies,
Carleton University): "Geo-cultural Behaviours in Contemporary Kazakstan:
Linkages from Domestic Authority Patterns to Foreign Policy Conducts"
4.20 - 4.50
BASAK BURCU TEKIN & KEMAL HAKAN TEKIN, (History of Art Dept., Erciyes
University, Kayseri, Turkey): "Examples of iconographical usage: The bronze
basin from the Hodja (Seyh) Ahmed Yesevi Shrine in Turkestan and the nisan
tasi in the Mevlana's lodge in Konya"
SATURDAY
9.30 - 10.00
GULNARA MOLDASHEVA, (Visiting Professor, Indiana University): "Economic
Perspectives of Central Asia: Competing in the Global Marketplace"
10.00 - 10.30
MAKSET KARLIBAEV, (Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Uzbek
Academy of Sciences, Karakalpak): "A Historiographical analysis of the art
of the Karakalpaks"
10.30 - 11.00
Talant MAWKANULI, (Dept. of Slavic Languages, Univ. of Wisconsin): "Nomadic
Cultural Perspective in the Kazak Language"
11.00 - 11.20 Break
11.20 - 11.50
S. SAFAROV, S. ABDULHAIROV, F. MUHTAROV, (Samarkand University): "Traces of
ancient symbols and ritual and the perception of space in nomadic cultures"
11.50 - 12.20
TOSHIO HORII, "Returning home: a review of recent work tracing the origin of
the Hata people to the territory of Kazakhstan
12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
2pm - SPECIAL - At the Royal Ontario Museum,
"Legacy in Gold: Scythian Treasures from Ancient Ukraine", with KRZYSZTOF
CIUK, Curator
REGISTRATION FEE $30
($10 for Students and Seniors)
includes light lunch and mid-session refreshments on both days
For programme information please contact:
MICHAEL GERVERS
102063.2152compuserve.com
TO REGISTER contact GILLIAN LONG
Phone & Fax 416 978 4882
gillian.longutoronto.ca
The activities of the Central and Inner Asian Seminar are also generously
supported by the Departments of East Asian Studies, History, and Near and
Middle Eastern Civilizations, the Centres for Russian and East European
Studies, and for the Study of Religion, and by the School of Graduate
Studies, all of the University of Toronto.
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
TORONTO, ONTARIO, M5S 3H1
http://www.utoronto.ca/deeds/
CONFERENCE- Day Conference on Community, Identity and the State, Tel Aviv,
17 Apr.
Posted by: Moshe Gammer <gammerpost.tau.ac.il>
Posted: 26 Mar 2001
COMMUNITY, IDENTITY AND THE STATE
A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE IN TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
Organized by Moshe Gammer
Department of Middle Eastern and African History
Tel Aviv University
Tuesday, 17 April 2001
All sessions will take place in Room 496, Gilman Building,
on the main campus of Tel Aviv University.
The sessions are open to the public.
10:00 - 10:30: Opening
Coffee
Welcome: Joseph Kostiner, Head,
School of History
10:30 - 11:30 Session 1: Islam and the State
Yaacov Ro'i
The State versus Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Nuzgar Ter-Organov
Islamic Nationalism in Iran and its Ideological, Military and Foreign
Policy Aspects
Coffee
12:00 - 14:00 Session 2: Political Communities -- a Comparative View
Paul Geiss
Political Community and State Structures in European and Non-European
Societies.
Mottie Tomarkin
Ethno-Moral Discourse and Political Accommodation: A Comparative View
Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin
Non-Formal Structures of Power (Clans) in the Modern World: the Cases
of Kyrgyzstan, the Ukraine, Russia, and Nigeria
Lunch break
15:00 - 16:30 Session 3:: Nationalisms
and the State
Eyal Zisser
Syria - State and National Identity - Between Pan-Arabism and Syrian
Nationalism
Ofra Bengio
The Challenge of Kurdish Nationalism to the Iraqi State
Anat Lapidot-Firilla
Remembering, Recording, Reconstructing: Time and Space Axis of Turkish
Identities
Tea
17:00 - 18:00 Session 4: Unusual Agents of Forging Identity
Gerardo Leibner
Radicalism and Integration: Andean Agrarian Communities and the Peruvian
State in the 1920's
Daniel Zisenwein
Traditional Monarchy and The Emergence of Modern Nationalism: The
Moroccan Expereince
Dr. Moshe Gammer
Dept of Middle Eastern and African History
Tel Aviv University
69978 Tel Aviv
ISRAEL
Tel: +9723 6409476
Fax: +9723 6406934
e-mail: moshegapost.tau.ac.il
CONF./CFP- Endangered Languages & the Media: Agadir, Morocco, Sept
2001
Posted by: Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>
Posted: 25 Mar 2001
Fifth International Conference
hosted by the
Foundation for Endangered Languages
"Endangered Languages and the Media"
Agadir, Morocco - 21-24 September 2001
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Among the most powerful instruments of the process we have come to know as
"globalization" are the mass media. Through the medium of the written and
spoken word, the increasingly concentrated ownership of the world's mass
media exercises a strong influence on the hearts and minds of all but the
very remotest of the world's languages. The pattern of use and control of
the world's press and broadcasting has shifted even faster than the speed of
shrinkage of the world's minority languages.
What exactly is the relationship between the globalization of the media and
increased pressure on minority languages? Is there a hopeful side, as the
cost and technology bases of the media are revolutionized? The fifth
international conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages aims to
pinpoint the processes and seek new tactics for coping with them: hoping, at
the very least, to channel some of the power of the media for the good of
small languages.
We hope to find answers to many questions, not all of them obvious. For
example:
- What effect does the global availability of satellite broadcasting have
on the world's smaller languages?
- What is the meaning of a free press if some languages are denied a voice
in it?
- Must the Internet inevitably exclude smaller languages from access to the
electronic media, or is it ultimately a force for diversity?
- Is a big fashionable metropolitan language always the guarantee of
commercial success in the music recording industry?
- How can speakers of minority languages get access to training in
journalism?
- Is it the state's responsibility to subsidize broadcasting in minority
languages? Why?
- What happens when emigrant communities abroad are better served by media
in their new country than those from their old home?
To seek answers to these and other questions, the Foundation for Endangered
Languages hereby calls for papers to be presented at its fifth conference,
'Endangered Languages and the Media', planned for the University of Agadir,
Morocco, for 21-24 September 2001.
It is no coincidence that we choose this venue for the conference, at the
heart of one of the most promising regions of Morocco in terms of economic
activity, but also in terms of intellectual activity trying to come to terms
with the identity crisis that faces most North Africans. In Agadir, as in
most of Morocco and North Africa, the streets echo with a polyphony of local
and foreign languages: Tashelhit (Southern Amazigh, known as Berber), Darija
(Moroccan Arabic), as well as Standard Arabic, French, Spanish, English and
the occasional note of German, Italian or Japanese.
Agadir, on the Atlantic coast of southern Morocco, has great sweeping
beaches but none of the nondescript high rise blocks of the Mediterranean
beach resorts. For those interested in wildlife, in September the River Sous
can provide a rich variety of migrating seabirds and waders. The river
valley itself is one of the most famous ornithological regions in the
country. Agadir was first settled by Hanno, a Carthaginian explorer on his
way south round Africa in the 5th century BC. 2000 years later, ca 1500, it
was re-founded as a Portuguese staging-post for more sustained
circumnavigation. It came under Moroccan rule around 1536.
We invite contributions not only from the academic disciplines of
linguistics and media studies, but also from active practitioners in the
field - those with first-hand experience from which we can learn of the
world's threatened languages and their struggle for survival and equal
status with those of international communication in the ether and on the
printed page. We have much to learn from each other, and we invite you to
share your knowledge and experience with us in the beautiful setting of an
ancient city that has long been at the crossroads of communication between
Europe and Africa. The conference will also provide ample opportunity to
explore the surrounding area as well.
The Foundation for Endangered Languages is a registered charity in England
and Wales. FEL conferences, besides being opportunities to discuss the
issues from a global viewpoint, are working meetings of the Foundation,
defining our overall policy for future years. Participants at the conference
therefore, unless offering media coverage, need to be members of the
Foundation. There are full facilities to join on arrival, but all proposers
are strongly urged to join as soon as possible, and so take full part in the
Foundation's activities in the lead-up to the conference.
Presentations will last twenty minutes each, with a further ten minutes for
discussion. Authors will be expected to submit a written paper for
publication in the Proceedings well in advance of the conference. All
presentations should be accessible largely in English, but use of the
languages of interest, for quotation or exemplification, may well be
appropriate.
Organizers:
Hassan Ouzzate, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
Nicholas Ostler, Foundation for Endangered Languages, Bath, England
Christopher Moseley, BBC Monitoring Service, England
Nigel Birch, EPSRC, United Kingdom
R. McKenna Brown, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts should not exceed 500 words. They can be submitted in either of
two ways: (preferably) by electronic submission, but also on paper. They
should be in English.
A) Electronic submission:
Electronic submission (by 10 April 2001) should be in plain ASCII text email
message, giving the following details:
# NAME : Name of first author
# TITLE: Title of the paper
# EMAIL: E-mail address of the first author
# ADDR: Postal address of the first author
# TEL: Telephone number of the first author, if any
# FAX: Fax number of the first author
and in a separate section
# ABSTR: Abstract of the paper
B) Paper abstracts:
Three copies should be sent, (again, for delivery by 10 April 2001), to:
Christopher Moseley
2 Wanbourne Lane
Nettlebed
Oxfordshire RG9 5AH
England
(fax +44-1491-641922)
This should have a clear short title, but should not bear anything to
identify the author(s).
On a separate sheet, please include the following information:
NAME: Names of the author(s)
TITLE: Title of the paper
EMAIL: Email address of the first author, if any
ADDR: Postal address of the first author
TEL: Telephone number of the first author, if any
FAX: Fax number of the first author, if any
The name of the first author will be used in all correspondence.
If possible, please also send an e-mail to Christopher Moseley at
<Chris_Moseleymon.bbc.co.uk> informing him of the hard copy submission.
This is in case the hard copy does not reach its destination. This e-mail
should contain the information specified in the section below.
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission deadline April 10
Notification of Committee's decision May 14
Authors submit camera-ready text July 23
Conference Sept 21-24
Nicholas Ostler
President
Foundation for Endangered Languages
Registered Charity 1070616
Batheaston Villa, 172 Bailbrook Lane
Bath BA1 7AA England
+44-1225-85-2865 fax +44-1225-85-9258
nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk
http://www.ogmios.org
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Philosophy/CTLL/FEL/
CONF./CFP- Water Conference in Tashkent, 28-29 May 2001
Posted by: Suvchi <suvchifreenet.uz>
Posted: 24 Mar 2001
Call for Papers
"Technical and Economic Problems of Water Management in the Aral Sea Basin"
From 28-29 May, 2001 in the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and
Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (TIAME) will take place a Conference on
the theme "Technical and Economic Problems of Water Management in the Aral
Sea Basin"
Organizers of Conference:
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management of Uzbekistan
Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers
(TIIAME)
Sponsors and co-organizers of Conference:
Association of Uzbekistan for Sustainable Water Resources Development-Suvchi
Main themes of Conference:
- Water resources management and environmental protection
- Water saving techniques and technologies in the irrigated agriculture
- Institutional and organizational aspects of water management in the Aral
Sea Basin
- Economic aspects of efficient water use
Place of Conference:
Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers
(TIIAME)
Contact of working group of Conference:
Room 208a, Korpus G
39 Kari-Niazov Street
Tashkent 700000
Uzbekistan
Tel.: +998 (71) 137-19-80
Fax: +998 (71) 137-46-65
E-mail: auswrfreenet.uz, suvchifreenet.uz
For participating in Conference, for presenting oral or poster presentation
have a Conference Fee:
For local participants- 3000 Uzbek soums
For participants from CIS countries- $30
For international participants-$90
For local students- 1000 Uzbek soums
For international students- $50
Requirements to the articles:
- All articles must meet the subject and themes of Conference
- Articles must be printed in the Microsoft Word, by two line spacing in
the Times New Roman font
- Articles not must exceed 15 pages, including tables and pictures
The 4 hard copies of articles and electronic version must be submitted no
later than 1 May 2001. Electronic versions will be accepted.
The articles will be selected by the Editorial Board of Conference and
authors of selected articles will be informed by e-mail, fax.
After the conference, there will be cultural program: visit to historical
sites Bukhara and Samarqand. Price of cultural program:
For local participants- 2500 Uzbek soums
For CIS participants- $20
For International participants-$80
[Forwarded from: Announcements-L (IATP)]
CONF./CFP- Annual Conference 2001 - Central Eurasian Studies Society
Posted by: Uli Schamiloglu <uschamilfacstaff.wisc.edu>
Posted: 23 Mar 2001
From: Steve Sabol and Uli Schamiloglu (CESS Conference Committee Co-chairs)
Re: Call for Papers 2001 - Central Eurasian Studies Society
Date: March 23, 2001
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES SOCIETY
October 11-14, 2001
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The SOCIETY FOR CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES in conjunction with the Department
of Languages and Cultures of Asia, the Central Asian Studies Program, and
the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce the convening of the second annual
meeting of the Central Eurasian Studies Society. This annual conference of
the Central Eurasian Studies Society replaces the earlier annual Workshop on
Central Asian Studies.
We would like to request submission of paper proposals, and proposals for
pre-organized panels, that concern Central Asian and Central Eurasian
studies. These include: history, languages, cultures, and modern states and
societies of the Turkic, Mongolian, Iranian, Caucasian, Tibetan and other
peoples of the Black Sea region, the Crimea, the Caucasus, the Middle Volga
region, Central and Inner Asia and Siberia, and teaching and research about
these topics and areas.
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Participants wishing to present a paper are asked to submit an abstract of
150-250 words, and conference registration by May 15, 2001, using the form
and response information below. Pre-organized panels sponsored by scholarly
organizations related to any part of Central Eurasia are welcome.
Confirmation of paper or panel acceptance will be available by July 1, 2001.
We will do our best to accommodate proposals for papers after that date,
but we do wish to encourage early submissions.
PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
[Note: On-line conference registration is available at:
http://www.wisc.edu/creeca/]
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 (150-250 words):
FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS/ON-LINE REGISTRATION:
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
University of Wisconsin
210 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1397 U.S.A.
tel.: 1-608-262-3379; fax 1-608-265-3062
E-mail: creecaintl-institute.wisc.edu
Website: http://www.wisc.edu/creeca/
Abstracts for the 2000 CESS Annual Conference are available on-line at the
CESS website:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/cess
Abstracts for the 2001 CESS Annual Conference are available on-line at the
the CESS website:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/cess
and/or CREECA website:
http://www.wisc.edu/creeca/
CESS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
The CESS Conference Committee consists of John Colarusso (McMaster U.),
Justin Rudelson (U. Maryland), Steven Sabol (U. North Carolina-Charlotte,
co-chair), and Uli Schamiloglu (U. Wisconsin-Madison, co-chair). For further
information on submission of abstracts or other aspects of the CESS Annual
Conference contact:
Steven Sabol (co-chair)
Assistant Professor
Department of History
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
tel: 1-704-687-4632
fax: 1-704-687-3218
email: sosabolnewmail.uncc.edu
OR
Uli Schamiloglu (co-chair)
Professor
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
1254 Van Hise, 1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706 USA
tel: 1-608-262-7141 (office), 1-608-262-3012 (department)
fax: 608-265-3538
email: uschamilfacstaff.wisc.edu
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Arrival is Thursday, October 11 afternoon/evening and departure is Sunday,
October 14 at noon. The keynote speaker(s), the registration fee, and
additional details concerning the program will be announced at a later date.
(There is usually an informal gathering on Thursday evening and the program
begins on Friday.) Registration/meetings will take place at the Lowell
Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Some meetings will also take
place on campus near by. Hotel registration information is available at the
end of this message.
The goal of the annual Workshop on Central Asian Studies (established in
1996) was 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. One result of this series of annual meetings was an effort during
the fourth annual workshop in 1999 to establish a new scholarly society
known as the Central Eurasian Studies Society. This new society held its
first annual meeting in conjunction with the fifth annual workshop in 2000,
and held its first elections soon after. Information on the CESS follows.
THE CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES SOCIETY
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) is a private, non-political,
non-profit, U.S.-based organization of scholars who are interested in the
study of Central Eurasia, and its history, languages, cultures, and modern
states and societies. We define the Central Eurasian region broadly to
include Turkic, Mongolian, Iranian, Caucasian, Tibetan and other peoples.
Geographically, Central Eurasia extends from of the Black Sea region, the
Crimea, and the Caucasus in the west, through the Middle Volga region,
Afghanistan, Central and Inner Asia, and on to and southeastern Siberia,
Mongolia and Tibet in the east.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society's purpose is to promote high standards
of research and teaching, and to foster communication among scholars through
meetings and publications. The Society works to facilitate interaction
among senior, established scholars, junior scholars, graduate students, and
unaffiliated scholars in North America and throughout the world. We hold an
Annual Conference, and coordinate panels at various conferences relevant to
Central Eurasian studies. The Society also works to promote the publication
of peer-reviewed scholarship and other information essential to the building
the field. As soon as practicable, we plan to begin publishing, twice
annually, a bulletin that focuses on research reports, book reviews,
information on the current state of the field worldwide, and related topics.
We invite anyone who shares these interests to become a member and
participate in our activities.
To learn more about CESS:
1. Come to the Information Meeting on CESS at the ASN Convention.
2. Contact CESS President, John Schoeberlein, by e-mail at:
<CESSfas.harvard.edu>, or write to: John Schoeberlein/CESS, Harvard Forum
for Central Asian Studies, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
3. Attend the Second CESS Annual Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, 11-14
October, 2001. For further information about the Annual Conference, contact
Steve Sabol <sosabolnewmail.uncc.edu> or Uli Schamiloglu
<uschamilfacstaff.wisc.edu>.
To become a member, fill in the on-line registration form. Dues are $30 for
full members; $15 for student and retired members; and free for some members
depending on which countries they come from:
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu
CESS BOARD
The CESS Board elected in 2000 consists of the following people:
John Schoeberlein (ex officio, President),
Marianne Kamp (ex officio, "Past-President")
John Colarusso
Alisher Ilkhamov
Wang Jianping
Virginia Martin
Steven Sabol
Uli Schamiloglu
HOTEL RESERVATION INFORMATION
Please make reservations at:
Wisconsin Center Guest House
Lowell Hall
610 Langdon Street
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
tel. 1-608-256-2621; fax 1-608-262-5445
lowellecc.uwex.edu
October 2001 room rates are $62/night single; $72/night double (includes
parking & complimentary breakfast).
Uli Schamiloglu
Professor of Turkic & Central Eurasian Studies
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
1254 Van Hise, 1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706 USA
tel. 1-608-262-7141 (office), 1-608-262-3012 (department), 1-608-265-3538 (fax)
Email: uschamilfacstaff.wisc.edu
LCA website: polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/langasia
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