Central-Eurasia-L Announcement Archive
2. Conferences and Lecture Series
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SEMINAR- An Iranian Journey, Central Eurasia Project Open Forum, Oct. 24
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <EFinnerty sorosny.org>
Posted: 8 Oct 2002
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend:
An Iranian Journey
with
Afshin Molavi
Author, Persian Pilgrimages
Thursday, October 24, 2002, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, Room 3AB, New York, NY 10019
Afshin Molavi is a journalist and writer with wide experience in the Middle
East and Washington. His articles from the Middle East have appeared in the
Washington Post, Reuters, BusinessWeek, UPI, the Journal of Commerce, Middle
East Policy Journal and the Globe and Mail of Canada. From 1997 to 1998, he
was a Dubai-based staff correspondent for the Reuters news agency. From 1999
to 2000, he was a free-lance Iran correspondent for the Washington Post and
a Riyadh-based reporter for the English language daily Arab News. He is a
graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park and the Johns Hopkins
University School of Advanced International Studies. Mr. Molavi has lectured
on Iran at the Woodrow Wilson Center (where he was an Iran studies fellow),
the Middle East Institute, Georgetown University and Columbia University,
the National Defense University, and Johns Hopkins SAIS.
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 October 24th event.
___ I will not attend the October 24th 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>.
SEMINAR SERIES- Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, University of Reading
Posted by: Yelena Kalyuzhnova <y.kaluyzhnovareading.ac.uk>
Posted: 7 Oct 2002
Dear Colleagues,
Please find below the information about weekly seminars at the Centre for
Euro-Asian Studies, The University of Reading.
WEEKLY SEMINARS
Every Wednesday in Room 128, FOLSS
5.00 p.m.-6.00 p.m.
October 16, 2002
Dr. Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, The Centre for Euro- Asian Studies
"Managing of the oil wealth: Azeri and Kazakh Oil Funds"
October 23, 2002
Dr Maria Vagliasindi, Principal Economist, Chief Economist's Office,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
"Development of telecom sector across transitional economies"
October 30, 2002
H.E. Yerlan Idrisov, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, London
"Kazakhstan through years of Independence"
November 6, 2002
Dr Dafne Ter-Sakarian, Analyst, Russia and Central Asia, Economist
Intelligence Unit
"Khans and Clans: the structure of authoritarianism in Central Asia"
November 13, 2002
Dr. Alena Zemplinerova, The Centre for Economic Research and Graduate
Education, Charles University, Czech Republic
"Czech Way of Privatisation: Strengths and Weaknesses"
November 20, 2002
Professor Wladimir Andreff, Professor at the University Paris 1 Panthéon
Sorbonne, Faculty of Economics
"The new transnational corporations: outward foreign direct investment from
post communist economies in transition"
November 27, 2002
Mr Colin. Nesbeth, Commercial Manager, M&T, ChevronTexaco
<topic to be confirmed>
December 4, 2002
Dr Keming Yang, Sociology Department, The University of Reading
"Administrative Protection Costs for Private Enterprises in China"
Additional information:
Ms Evelyn McDonald,
Administrator, The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
E-mail: "E.McDonald <e.mcdonaldreading.ac.uk>
Tel: 44 118 9316205
Fax: 44 118 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 3786637
fax: 44 118 3786274
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/IEAS
LECTURE- Nat'l Identities in S. Caucasus & C. Asia, Ronald Suny, 8 Oct., London
Posted by: Bhavna Dave <bd4soas.ac.uk>
Posted: 7 Oct 2002
School of Oriental and African Studies
"Constructing Primordialism: National Identities in the South Caucasus and
Central Asia"
Speaker: Prof Ronald Grigor Suny
University of Chicago
Tuesday, 8 October, 2002, 6PM
Room G3 (Ground floor - SOAS main building)
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1
All Welcome
The talk is co-sponsored by:
Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus (SOAS)
The Armenian Institute
The Centre for the Study of Democracy and Society, Department of
Anthropology, UCL
Enquiries: Dr. Bhavna Dave
Tel: (020) 7898 4734
Email: <bd4soas.ac.uk>
SEMINAR SERIES- Challenges of the Middle East and Central Asia, Moscow Univ.
Posted by: Yuri Bossin <iouriiaas.msu.ru>
Posted: 4 Oct 2002
[NOTE: Central-Eurasia-L received this notice late, so it is unfortunately
after the fact. Note, meanwhile, that this is one in an on-going series of
lectures. --CE-L]
Dear Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce that after the summer break we are resuming the
Seminar Series on "Challenges and Perspectives of the Middle East and
Central Asia in 21st Century."
The next meeting will take place on Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 4 p.m., in
the Second Round Hall at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow
State University, 11 Mokhovaya Street, Moscow.
Dotsent V. Zaytsev will speak on "The Great Game" in the Black Sea-Caspian
region. New Scenarios".
Dotsent Zaytsev has been teaching the history of Iran and Afghanistan for
about 35 years and is one of the most renowned Russian scholars in the
field. He is the author of numerous publications covering a broad range of
problems related to the Middle East and Central Asia as well as cultural,
ethnic and religious interaction in the era of globalization.
Snacks and refreshments will be served.
The Seminars Series has been made possible due to the grant from
International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) with the funds provided by
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the United States
Department of State. None of these organizations bears responsibility for
the views expressed.
The event is open to public. All are welcome.
Dr. Yuri V. Bossin
Dotsent
Institute of Asian and African Studies,
Moscow Lomonosov State University (MGU)
Department of the Near and Middle Eastern Countries
11 Mokhovaya Street, Suite 257, Moscow 103009, Russia
Phone: (095) 203-4407
Fax: (095) 203-3647
E-mail: <iouriiaas.msu.ru>
LECTURE- 450th Anniversary of Fall of Kazan, Nadir Devlet, 15 Oct., Istanbul
Posted by: Emine Gürsoy-Naskali <Naskaliturk.net>
Posted: 4 Oct 2002
Institute of Turkic Studies
Marmara University
On the 450th anniversary of the Russian invasion and fall of the Kazan Khanate
Prof. Dr. NADIR DEVLET
will deliver a lecture titled
"450 Years of Russian Rule in Kazan"
All interested are cordially invited.
Prof. Dr. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
Director
Place: Marmara University, Goztepe Campus, Conference Hall in the
Faculty of Engineering
Date: Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 14.00
LECTURE SERIES- Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus, SOAS
Posted by: SOAS Centres and Programme Office <centressoas.ac.uk>
Posted: 2 Oct 2002
Dear All,
Please find below details of the next seminar for the Centre of
Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus - Term 1 at SOAS. The seminar
will be held in room G3 (ground floor of the main building). Please also
check notices in the reception areas on the day in case of room changes.
If there are any significant changes or updates to this talk or future talks
we will try to notify you a week in advance. Please also check the SOAS
website www.soas.ac.uk/events for updates and other events.
The seminar details are also included below - in case of attachment
problems.
Kind regards,
Centres & Programmes Office
Brunei Gallery
Constructing Primordialism: National Identities in the South Caucasus and
Central Asia
Speaker: Ronald Grigor Suny
(University of Chicago)
Tuesday 8 October 6-8pm
Room G3
(Ground floor main building)
All Welcome
The talk is Co-sponsored by Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the
Caucasus, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Society, Department of
Anthropology, UCL.
Enquiries: Sarah Jones, tel: (020) 7898 4893 / email: centressoas.ac.uk
CFP- 10th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conf., Indiana Univ., April 12,
2003
Posted by: Association of Central Eurasian Students <acesindiana.edu>
Posted: 27 Sep 2002
CALL FOR PAPERS
THE TENTH ANNUAL CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
USA
Saturday, April 12th, 2003
ACES (the Association of Central Eurasian Students, Indiana University) is
proud to announce the Tenth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference.
Graduate students, faculty and independent scholars are invited to submit
abstracts of papers on Central Eurasian issues in all fields.
Central Eurasia is defined, for the purpose of this conference, as the vast
area including or corresponding to present-day Mongolia, Western China
(Xinjiang), Tibet, Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, as well as the historic regions of Khorasan and
northern Afghanistan), Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, and
other regions which include Finno-Ugric peoples.
ABSTRACTS:
Central Eurasian Studies Conference abstracts of no more than 750 words are
due by January 13, 2003. Abstracts are expected to be comprehensive and
publishable--a collection of abstracts of accepted papers will be published
by the date of the conference. Please provide the following with your abstract:
* names of all authors (also note name of the person presenting the paper)
* institution affiliation (if any)
* mailing address
* e-mail address
* telephone/fax numbers
Please e-mail abstracts in an attachment (.doc or .rtf formats preferred) to:
ACESindiana.edu
OR, mail a print-out of your abstract to:
The Tenth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
fax: (812) 855-7500
Telephone: (812) 855-9510
For further details, please visit the "Events" link from the Central
Eurasian Studies Department webpage <http://www.indiana.edu/~ceus/>. The
conference webpage will be set up shortly
<http://php.indiana.edu/~aces/conf2003web.htm>.
Notifications of acceptance and other materials will be e-mailed to the
authors of accepted papers by January 31, 2003. ACES regrets that it
cannot provide any funding to participants.
Thank you!
Association of Central Eurasian Students
CFP- Soyuz Annual Symposium, February 7-8, 2003, UMass Amherst
Posted by: Julie Hemment <jhemmentanthro.umass.edu>
Posted: 27 Sep 2002
2003 ANNUAL SOYUZ SYMPOSIUM
Ethnographies of Postsocialism
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts February 7-8, 2003
SOYUZ, the Network of Postsocialist Cultural Studies invites paper
submissions for its 2003 meeting. Presentations may be from any discipline
(anthropology, sociology, folklore, political science, history, literary
criticism, etc.) and may focus on any aspect of social life - religion,
politics, economics and exchange, kinship and the family, gender, language,
the arts - but papers must strive to creatively and successfully combine
solid ethnographic and/or empirical evidence with cultural theory. We hope
to be able to make travel subsidies available for up to two foreign
presenters (from the region), and to be able to offer a limited number of
travel grants to graduate students. Panelists will be encouraged to publish
their papers in the Anthropology of East Europe Review.
Soyuz is an official interest group of the American Anthropological
Association. Its members are scholars of a variety of disciplines who share
an interest in ethnographic, historical, and cultural studies approaches to
scholarly inquiry of the former socialist world. The symposium, held
annually since the early 1990s, is at once an intimate forum where scholars
can exchange ideas and engage in dialogue, and the site of cutting edge
presentations from some of the most exciting thinkers within the subfield.
Please send abstracts of 250 words or less by email to:
Julie Hemment, Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst
(jhemmentanthro.umass.edu). Please include your name, title of paper and
academic affiliation.
The deadline for abstracts is November 10 2002
Julie Hemment
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
UMass Amherst
tel: 413 577 1104
fax: 413 545 9494
CONF./CFP- Karaganda University, 30th Anniversary Conference, Nov. 21-23,
2002
Posted by: Apiyeva Dinara <apievakargu.krg.kz>
Posted: 27 Sep 2002
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 30th anniversary of Karaganda State University, 21-23, November, 2002.
Actual Problems of Ecology
The themes of parallel sessions are:
* Actual environmental problems
* Human environment and health
* Radiation security and social-ecological problems
* Industry and labour ecology
* A space-vehicle launching site past, present, future
* Problems of ecological education
The conference languages: Kazakh, Russian, English
The goal of the conference is to bring together leaders and specialists of
educational and research 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 25
October, 2002, will not be included in the program.
Applications and abstracts (500-600 words) should be submitted no later than
25 October, 2002 to:
Erzhanov N.T.
First Vice-Rector
Republic of Kazakhstan, 470074, Karaganda
Universitetskaja str.28, KarGU
or to:
<erzhankargu.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.
- After receiving the full text by the Committee participants will receive
invitations by 5, November, 2002
- Registration fees US$10
Requirements to abstracts
* Abstracts should be submitted in WinWord97 format
* Page format: A4]
* Borders: 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
* Papers should be no more than 2,500 words
* 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: <erzhankargu.krg.kz>
WWW: <http://www.ksu.kz>
Tel: 8 (3212) 74-55-95
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
Dinara Apiyeva
Director, Center for Strategic Development
Karaganda State University named after E.A.Buketov
ul.Universitetskaya, 28
470074 Karaganda
Kazakhstan
tel.: +7 (3212) 745595/733974
fax: +7 (3212) 474767
e-mail: <apievakargu.krg.kz>, <d_apiyevamail.ru>, <d_apiyevaok.kz>
SEMINAR- Seminar and Exhibition on Uyghur Language, Oct. 26, 2002, Sweden
Posted by: Turdi Ghoja <TudiHaol.com>
Posted: 25 Sep 2002
The Uyghurs
* The people
* The language
* The literature
Dear Friends,
You are invited to a seminar on the Uyghur language and to visit an
exhibition at the University Library of Lund University with Ambassador
Gunnar Jarring's Collections of Eastern Turki Manuscripts, Lithographs
and Prints from Kashgar. The seminar is in the memory of Gunnar Jarring
who recently fulfilled his lifework.
* Time: Saturday 26 October, 2002, 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Festival
evening 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
* Place: Västerkyrkan in Lund and the University Library in Lund,
Sweden.
The cost for lunch is SEK 55 and for dinner SEK 95.
If you need accommodation please contact the trainhostel on telephone
number: 46 46 14 28 20
The telephone number to the tourist agency in Lund is: 46 46 35 50 40
The seminar will be held in Uyghur and Swedish. Please let us now when
you apply if you need interpretation to another language.
Please, make your application before October 1 to
<barbro.froderbergsmf.se>
Mission Covenant Church of Sweden, telephone: 46-8-674 07 43
Warm welcome!
Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
Lund University Library
Vasterkyrkan, Lund
The Educational Association of the Free Churches of Sweden
CONFERENCE Islam: The Public and Private Spheres, New School Univ., New York
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <EFinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 25 Sep 2002
Please do not reply to this email. Instead, please send inquiries to
socresnewschool.edu or call 212.229.2488.
You are cordially invited to attend:
Islam: The Public and Private Spheres
A Social Research Conference at New School University
December 5-7, 2002
Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, New York City
The distinction between public and private is one of society's most crucial
and contested issues. Islam, the world's most populous religion, is also, at
least in the West, perhaps the most misunderstood. This conference explores
the diversity of Islamic societies worldwide, probing their varying
conceptions of privacy as a way of illuminating how these societies resemble
and differ from each other and from our own, at a time when this
understanding is of critical importance.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5
Session 1: Keynote Address
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Understandings of public and private in Islamic societies.
Speaker: Mohsen Kadivar
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6
Session 2: Islamic Law: Boundaries and Rights: Case Studies
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
How are questions of boundaries and rights negotiated in states governed by
Sharia? How do these negotiations compare with those in predominantly
Muslim states governed by civil law, or possibly Islamic communities in the
diaspora?
Speakers: Baber Johansen, Brinkley Messick, Roy Mottahedeh, Frank E. Vogel
Moderator: Talal Asad
Session 3: Individual, Family, Community and State: Case Studies
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
What is the concept of the individual? How are distinctions between public
and private articulated within and across the boundaries of individual,
family, community and state?
Speakers: Juan Cole, Nilufer Gole, Mehrangiz Kar, Saba Mahmood
Moderator: Leila Ahmed
Conference Reception 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Session 4: Media and Information: Case Studies
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Who determines what and how information is made public? What is the role of
the media in civil society and its impact on privacy?
Speakers: Geneive Abdo, Jon Anderson, Hafez al-Mirazi, Hassan Mneimneh
Moderator: Kian Tajbakhsh
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7
Session 5: Representations of Privacy in Literature and Film: Case Studies
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
How are the concepts of privacy and the private sphere interpreted and
represented in literature and film? Art imitating life/life imitating art?
Speakers: Hamid Dabashi, Assia Djebar, Azar Nafisi, Orhan Pamuk
Moderator: Farhad Kazemi
Session 6: Film Screening and Discussion
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
WAITING (Iran, 1975), A film by Amir Naderi
The film will be followed by a discussion between Mr. Naderi and Hamid
Dabashi focusing on how privacy is represented in this and other of his films.
Moderator: Hamid Dabashi
For more information or to register, visit our conference website at
www.socres.org/islam, call 212.229.2488, or email socresnewschool.edu.
Admission is $30 or $7 for each individual session. Full-time students with
valid ID admitted free.
CFP- Russian Ethnological Association, Biannual Meeting, Omsk, June 2003
Posted by: Sergei Abashin <abashiniea.ras.ru>
Posted: 24 Sep 2002
We invite you to take part in the upcoming meetings of the Russian
ethnological association which will take place in Omsk, June 3-6, 2003. The
5th Congress of Ethnographers and Anthropologists of Russia is organised by
the Association of ethnographers and anthropologists of Russia in
collaboration with the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian
Academy of Sciences, Omsk State University, Omsk Branch of the Novosibirsk
Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy and Siberian Institute of
Cultural Studies with the support of Omsk region administration.
The main theme of the Congress is anthropological perspectives on space and
culture. Other important subjects include ethnic and cultural development,
ethnocultural situations, especially in Siberia, issues of academic
institutions development, ethnographic museum organization etc. New findings
in physical anthropology, gender research and legal anthropology, historical
ethnography and ethnodemography would be discussed in special panels.
While we encourage paper contributions to all panels of the meetings, please
note that we are also interested in putting together a panel and a
round-table discussion "Western Anthropologists on Russia".
Additional information related to the Congress you could obtain via
http://www.iea.ras.ru/conferences/5/index.html.
Paper and panel proposals and other inquiries address to:
Sergei Abashin <abashiniea.ras.ru>, <kongressmail.ru>
CONF./CFP- 8th Annual Conv., Assoc. for Study of Nationalities, 3-5 Apr. 2003
Posted by: Dominique Arel <dominique_arelbrown.edu>
Posted: 23 Sep 2002
Call for Papers
8th Annual World Convention
of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
"History, National Identity, and Political Order
in the New Eastern Europe and Eurasia"
International Affairs Building
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
3-5 April 2003
***Earlier submission deadline: 21 November 2002***
100 panels on the Balkans, Baltics, Caucasus, Central Europe, Central Asia,
Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, China, and Mongolia,as well as thematic panels on
Nationalism, Islamic Movements, Conflict Resolution, Democratization,
Demography, Language Issues, Geography, Interpretations of History,
Ethnicity in Film and Literature, Theoretical Approaches to the Nation
ASN has become the most attended international scholarly gathering dealing
with issues of national identity, nationalism, ethnic conflict and
state-building in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union,
Central Asia, and adjacent areas. Disciplines represented include political
science, history, anthropology, sociology, economics, geography, and
socio-linguistics.
The central theme of the 2003 Convention addresses the complex interaction
of history, national identity, and political order in both the past and the
present. Proposals may focus on particular cases, theoretical questions, or
cross-regional comparisons. Papers or panels comparing cases of the
post-Communist world with cases from other regions of the world are
encouraged. Given contemporary trends and events, proposals dealing with
Islamic movements, ethnic violence, intercultural contact and exchange, the
Balkans and Central Asia are particularly welcome. Unlike most conventions,
ASN accepts individual paper proposals, although full panel proposals have a
greater chance of being accepted, due to space constraints.
The ASN World Convention's yearly theme specifically refers to a core number
of panels. Since the Convention is far larger in scope than a thematic
conference, we invite, as in previous years, proposals on a wide range of
topics related to identity, nationalism, conflict and state-building in
Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central Asia, and
adjacent areas.
Themes in previous conventions included Nationalism and Federalism in the
Russian Federation; Ethnic Minorities in Georgia; Ukrainian Foreign Policy
Orientation: East or West?; The Kosovo War; The Russian-Chechen War(s);
Bosnia after Dayton: Disintegration or Reintegration; Security, Energy, and
Foreign Policy South of Russia; What Is European Identity?; Forced
Migrations in the Balkans and the Caucasus; Approaches to the Prevention of
Ethnic Conflict and many more. The ASN web site
<http://www.nationalities.org> contains a complete list of the 2002 panels.
Videos/Films. The 2002 Convention was enhanced by the highly successful
screening of short videos (10-15 minutes), accompanying presentations in
regular panels, as well as medium- and full-length documentaries or feature
films in video format, shown as special screenings followed by a general
discussion. For 2003, proposals partly or entirely revolving around video,
film, or audio-visual material (including slides and power point
presentations) are strongly encouraged. As a rule, the convention intends to
show video or film material produced within the past year or two. Videos
screened in the past two years included "L'Opium des Talibans," "War in the
Land of the Mujaheddin," "Gulag," and "Good Kurds/Bad Kurds". All
suggestions and proposals should be sent to the Chair of the Video/Film
Section, Dominique Arel <darelbrown.edu>.
Location. The Convention will be held at the Harriman Institute at Columbia
University, New York (address below).
Schedule. The convention will begin on Thursday, April 3rd, at 1 PM, and end
on Saturday, April 5th in the early evening. No panels will be held on Sunday.
Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no particular application
form to fill out. Proposals can simply be e-mailed to the Program Chair.
For instructions on the proposals, see the "Application Information" below.
All proposals must be sent to Troy McGrath, ASN Convention Program Chair, at
<asnhartwick.edu>.
Registration. Registration fees are $45 for ASN Members, $60 for Non-Members
and $30 for Students. All panel participants have to pre-register by March
1st, 2003. Non-panel participants are also urged to pre-register early.
Please note that the Convention will be unable to refund preregisterees
after March 1st, 2003. Pre-registration by panel participants and
attendees can be done electronically, by fax, or by regular mail. A
registration form can be downloaded from our ASN web page or be requested
from Gordon Bardos <gnb12columbia.edu>.
Funding. Participants are responsible for seeking their own funds to cover
all travel and accommodation costs. ASN is unfortunately unable to assist
participants financially, including applicants from Central and Eastern
Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Central Asia.
Accommodation. The Convention does not have particular arrangements with
hotels. Our ASN web site, however, provides a list of several hotels, in
various price ranges. Participants and attendees are strongly encouraged to
reserve as early as possible.
Advertisements/Exhibitors. Several dozen publishers and companies had
exhibits and/or advertised in the Convention Program in past years. Due to
considerations of space, advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to place
their order early. For information, please contact the Gordon Bardos
<gnb12columbia.edu>.
Convention Papers. The convention papers will be available for sale at the
Convention for $1 apiece. That policy has proven a huge success in the past.
Web Site. Our web site <http://www.nationalities.org> provides continuously
updated information on the ASN World Convention.
Membership Subscription to ASN. A yearly membership to ASN is $60 ($35 for
students). Members receive the journal Nationalities Papers quarterly, the
periodical Analysis of Current Events (ACE) quarterly, and the newsletter
ASNews twice/year, as well as a registration discount at the ASN Annual
World Convention. ASN Members also have the option of subscribing to
Europe-Asia Studies at the cut-rate of $60 yearly. A membership form can be
downloaded from our ASN web page <http://www.nationalities.org>, or be
requested from Gordon Bardos <gnb12columbia.edu>
We look forward to seeing you at the convention!
Troy McGrath, Program Chair
Application Information
ASN is accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, or individual papers.
There is no particular form to fill out. Proposals have to be emailed to the
Program Chair at <asnhartwick.edu>. All proposals must be included IN THE
BODY OF A SINGLE EMAIL. Attachments will be accepted only if they repeat the
content of an email message/proposal. Proposals and CVs exceeding the word
limit (see below) will be returned to the sender.
Proposals for panels with presentations based on papers must include:
* a chair, no more than three paper-givers and a discussant
* the title of the panel, as well as the title for each of the papers
* the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email (very
important) of all participants
* a one-paragraph biographical statement of each participant (Not a CV)
Proposals for roundtables must include:
* a chair and no more than four presenters
* the title of the roundtable and a short (one paragraph) description of the
purpose/theme of the roundtable
* the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email (very
important) of all participants
* a one-paragraph biographical statement of each participant (Not a CV)
NOTE: A panel features presentations based on written papers. A roundtable
therefore is not based on specific papers, but rather on a number of
organized presentations. The number of roundtables, however, will be limited.
Proposals for individual papers must include:
* the title, and a 250-500 word abstract of the paper
* the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email (very
important) of the applicant
* a one-paragraph biographical statement of each participant
If audio-visual equipment is required, please indicate so in your
application. Please understand that not ALL video/technical requests can be
accommodated.
As before, applicants must abide by three golden rules:
* No participant may be listed more than once on a given panel
* No participant may present more than one paper at the convention
* No participant may appear more than twice in the convention program
The proposals must be sent to Troy McGrath via email. An international
Program Committee will be entrusted with the final selections.
Deadline for proposals: 21 November 2002
For information on panel and paper proposals: Troy McGrath
ASN Convention Program Chair
Political Science Department,
Arnold Hall, Box 76,
Hartwick College,
Oneonta, NY 13820
tel: (607) 431-4586
fax: (607) 431-4351
e-mail: <asnhartwick.edu>
For information on exhibits and advertisements in the convention program:
Gordon Bardos
ASN Convention Director
Harriman Institute
Columbia University
1216 IAB
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-8487 tel
(212) 666-3481 fax
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CONFERENCE Symposium, The Mughal Court, University of Pennsylvania, Sept.
28, 2002
Posted by: David Magier <magiercolumbia.edu>
Posted: 19 Sep 2002
The following event announcement comes to your listserv or mailing list
from the EVENTS CALENDAR section of SARAI. Please contact event
organizers directly for any further information.
David Magier
SARAI
Symposium on the Mughal Court (University of Pennsylvania)
28 September 2002
10:00am to 5:00pm
University of Pennsylvania
Woody Room, First Floor
Van Pelt Library (34th and Walnut)
Philadelphia, PA
South Asia Saturdays:
Symposium On The Mughal Court
10 a. m. Introduction
10:15 a. m. Session I: Styles of Authority
* "Mirrors and gigantic shadows: from Malekshah to Jahangir"
Neguin Yaveri, Columbia University
* "Mughal Authority as Seen from its Frontiers: Rebellions in Bengal
and the Deccan"
Richard Eaton, University of Arizona
* "Marginal England"
Peter Stallybrass, University of Pennsylvania
12:30 -- 2:00 p. m. Lunch
2:00 p. m. Session II: Poetry and Poetics
* "Aesthetic Pursuits and the Poetics of Mughal Persian Poetry"
Sunil Sharma, Harvard University
* "Literary Responses to Mughal Rule: Brajbhasha Historical Poems
from the Hindi Riti Tradition"
Allison Busch, University of Chicago
* "Representing Rajputs in a Mughal Milieu"
Cynthia Talbot, University of Texas at Austin
Free and open to the public, but preregistration required by
September 25. Please contact Jody Chavez <jchavezccat.sas.upenn.edu>
to preregister for the symposium.
CONFERENCE ESCAS VIII, Bordeaux, France, Sept. 25-28, 2002
Posted by: Touraj Atabaki <atabakilet.uu.nl>
Posted: 18 Sep 2002
CONF.- ESCAS VIII, Bordeaux, France, Sept. 25-28, 2002
VIIIth International Conference of ESCAS
ESCAS VIII
September 25-28, 2002
Bordeaux, France
Central Asia in Transition: Models, Disruptions, Centrality
With support from:
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Institut français d'Etudes sur l'Asie centrale (IFEAC, French Institute for
Central Asian Studies)
PROGRAM
Opening session
Wednesday, 25th of September, 2002
14h00 - 18h00
Institut d'Etudes politiques (Institute of political studies, address: 11,
avenue Ausone, Domaine Universitaire)
08h00 - 14h00: Registration of participants
14h00 Welcome words
Prof. Dr. Touraj ATABAKI
Dr. Catherine POUJOL-FOURNIAU
Dr. Vincent FOURNIAU
14h30 Post-Soviet Historiography: Who Speaks for the "Central Asian" Past?,
in English
Prof. Dr. Turaj ATABAKI, Professor at the Amsterdam University, ESCAS
President, Netherlands
15h00 Nation-building as a barrier to democratization in Central Asia, in
English
Dr. Ertan EFEGIL, Professor at the East-Mediterranean University, Turkey
Dr. Yilmaz COLAK, Professor at the East-Mediterranean University, Turkey
15h30 Coffee break
15h40 The new approaches of Central Asia research, in English
Dr. Meruert ABUSEITOVA, Director of the Institute of Orientalism, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
16h10 Central Asia and its borders, in French
Dr. Françoise ROLLAN, Maison des Sciences de l'homme Aquitaine, Bordeaux,
France
16h40 Paper being prepared, in French
Dr. Vincent FOURNIAU, EHESS, Paris Bordeaux, France
17h10 Discussion
17h30 Closure of the opening session
20h00 Opening dinner
SESSIONS BY PANELS
Panel I Questions of periodization: the centrality of Central Asia and
the rewriting of history
Panel II Political, economic and social models in the Central Asian history
Panel III Cultural and religious models
Panel IV Colonial and Soviet disruptions
Panel V Post-Soviet transformations
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des Suds
Room A
Panel I, Questions of periodization: the centrality of Central Asia and the
rewriting of history
09h00 Mondialisation and Kazakh culture, in Russian
Dr. Seit KASKABASSOV, Professor, director of the Art and literature
institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan
09h30 Shibanid-Uzbek period in post-Soviet Uzbek historiography and in
Historical Novels, in English
Dr. Nurten KILIC-SHUEBEL, Professor at the Department of Religious Studies,
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA
10h00 History, histroriography and transition: the Uzbek state confronts its
past, in English
Dr. Anita SENGUPTA, Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta, India
10h30 To the question of periodisation of Central Asian culture history in
20th century, in Russian
Dr. Pariza MIRZA-AKHMEDOVA, scholar at the Institute for language and
literature studies of the Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
11h00 Coffee break
11h10 Mythologization of the History in post-Soviet Kazakhstan: the main
factors and models of transformation, in English
Dr. Irina EROFEEVA, Professor, scholar at the Institute of history and
ethnology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
11h40 Mythologization of the Turkic peoples history, in English
Anuar GALIEV, PhD, vice-director of the International Centre for Qypchaq
Studies, Kazakhstan
12h10 A new approach to the periodization of the Turkic history of Central
Asia and Eurasia, in English
Dr. Kemal CICEK, Professor at the Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon,
Turkey
13h00 Discussion
13h00 Lunch break
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des Suds
Room B
Panel II, Economic and social models in the Central Asian history
09h00 Central Asia in the approach of "Geopolitica", in English
Dr. Mario NORDIO, Professor at the University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Italy
09h30 Availability of a base for sociogenesis of the post-Socialist state, in
English
Farroukh SALIHOV, PhD candidate, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA -
Uzbekistan
10h00 Restructuring of commercial banks in the Republic of Uzbekistan, in
English
Nodira RAKHIMKHODJAEVA, senior lecturer at the University of World Economy in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
10h30 Uzbek musical folklore and its contribution to the modern life, in the
context of national construction in Uzbekistan, in English
Dr. Iroda GANIEVA, Fine arts Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
11h00 Coffee break
11h10 Islam and HIV/AIDS in Central Asia : crisis of traditional values, in
English
Alisher HAMIDOV, student at the Institute for International Peace Studies,
Notre-Dame University, Indiana, USA - Kirghizstan
11h40 The role and the place of Uzbekistan in world production of cotton-wood,
in English
Saidakmal KASIMOV, student at the Economy University of Tashkent, Uzbekistan
12h10 Bilinguism in the literature of the Republics of ex-USSR, in English
Dr. Rahliya GEYBULLAEVA, scholar at the Institute of literature, Academy of
sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan
13h00 Discussion
13h00 Lunch break
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room A
Panel III
09h00 Ethnicity, pan-Turkism and Islam in the future of the Central Asia, in
English
Dr. Rafik KURBANOV, Professor, scholar at the Institute of philosophy,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
09h30 Ethnicity instead of economical and cultural identity : Soviet
transformation of Kazakh identity, in English
Dr. Nurbulat MASSANOV, Professor, President of the Association of political
sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan
10h00 Central Asians in the Turkic identity discourse of late imperial Russia,
in English
Dr. Azade-Ayse RORLICH, Associate professor at the University of Southern
California, USA
10h30 The role of the Akhal-Tékké horses in the history of the Turkmen people,
in French
Ogoulbibi AMMANIYAZOVA-MARIAS, assistant film-maker for documentary films,
free-lance, Paris, France
11h00 Coffee break
11h10 Polyethnical cultural model in Kazakhstan, in English
Elena KONDAUROVA, lecturer at the Almaty Conservatory, Kazakhstan
11h40 The literature as a mirror of the Kazakh society, in French
Dr. Margarita MADANOVA, Professor at the Institute for art and literature
studies, Almaty, Kazakhstan
12h10 Particularities of East-West cultural synthesis. (Uzbekistan, XX
century, a new man, new literature), in Russian
Dr. Suvonkul MELIEV, scholar at the Institute for language and literature
studies, Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
13h00 Discussion
13h00 Lunch break
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room B
Panel IV
09h00 Muslim look at the Russian conquest of Turkistan at the end of the 19th
century. Evaluation of the new reality pro and contra, in French
Shodmon VOHIDOV, PhD, associated scholar at IFEAC, Diderot grant holder,
France- Uzbekistan
09h30 Muslims having participate in the Russian conquest of the Central Asia,
in Russian
Valeriy GERMANOV, scholar at the Institute of history, Academy of sciences,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
10h00 Particularity of town planning and architecture of Ferghana valley in
colonial period (end 19 - beginning 20 century), in English
Mavluda YUSUPOVA, PhD, scholar at the Fine Arts Institute, Fine Arts
Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
10h30 Non - archaeology, or why the Western archaeology schools specialized on
Central Asia were not founded in 19th the beginning of the 20th centuries
in Russian Turkistan, in French
Dr. Svetlana GORSHENINA, independent scholar, Suisse - Canada
11h00 Coffee break
11h10 The first sedentarization of Kazakhs, in French
Isabelle OHAYON, PhD candidate, INALCO, long term grant holder at IFEAC, France
- Uzbekistan
11h40 Analysis of the Russian policy inthe field of economics based on the
history of Asisiy Muhammad Aziz ibn Margiloniy, in English
Dr. Dilorom SANGIROVA, Professor at the Gulistan University, Uzbekistan
12h10 The formation of the basis of parliamentarism in Turkestan, in English
Dr. Saidakbar AGZAMHOJAEV, Islamic University of Tashkent, Uzbekistan
13h00 Discussion
13h00 Lunch break
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room C
Panel V
09h00 The features of the New Central Asia development, in English
Dr. Irina MOROZOVA, scholar at the Institute of Asian and African studies,
Moscow University, Russia
09h30 Transnationalization of Kazakhstan's Economy in Transition Period, in
Russian
Leila MUZAPAROVA, scholar at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
10h00 Changes in post-Soviet Uzbek economy in post-Soviet era, in Russian
Umida NARIMANOVA, specialist of structural transformation in the industry,
Ministry of macroeconomics and industry, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
10h30 Political credibility and economic development : a case of Central Asia,
in English
Dr. Vugar BAYRAMOV, Professor at the Economic University, Baku, Azerbaijan
11h00 Coffee break
11h10 Central Asia: from the centrality to the enclavement, in French
Gaël RABALLAND, PhD candidate, University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne,
France
11h40 Post-Soviet transformations of the rural milieu in Kazakhstan based on
the example of the Caspian Sea region (seashore and plateau of Ust-Yurt), in
Russian
Aïman OMARBEKOVA, PhD, scholar at the Geography Institute, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
12h10 Kazakhstan : Objectives of reforms in the field of social protection as
tested by results, in English
Ulbosyn ZHANATAEVA, PhD, scholar at the Moscow State Social University,
Russia
13h00 Discussion
13h00 Lunch break
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
14h30-18h00
Maison des Suds
Room A
Panel I, Questions of periodization: the centrality of Central Asia and the
rewriting of history
14h30 Safavids and Kalmyks in the 17th century : a preliminary assessment, in
English
Dr. Giorgio ROTA, member of the ESCAS board, Professor at the University of
Venice, Italy
15h00 The origin of ethnonym 'Afghan' (A proposal for a new hypothesis), in
English
Dr. Jadviga PSTRUSIÑSKA, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
15h30 Rehabilitating "national" forms of Islam - Naqshbandiya, ..., in English
Maria LOUW, PhD student, Department of ethnography and social
anthropology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
16h00 Coffee break
16h10 The main trends in the Tajik literature in 20th century, a general
approach to its périodization, in Russian
Dr. Kamoliddin AINI, Professor, Academician, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
16h40 Some new data on the 17th century miniatures, their signification for
periodization of the Central Asian miniatures, in Russian
Dr. Mukaddima ASHRAFI, Professor at the Institute of history, Academy of
sciences, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
17h10 Modern Chinese historiography of Central Asia : history of Uighurs or
history of Xinjiang?, in English
Abudalimu ABULAITI, professo rat the Ili Normal Institute, China
17h40 Discussion
18h00 Session closing
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
14h30-18h00
Maison des Suds
Room B
Panel II, Economic and social models in the Central Asian history
14h30 Economic migration in post-soviet Central Asia : old and new trends
in Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan and Uzbekistan, in English
Rafis ABASOV, visiting scholar at the Harriman University, New York, USA
15h00 Minorities and national case in Kirghizistan from 1850 till now, in
French
David GAÜZÈRE, doctoral student, University of Bordeaux III, France
15h30 State structures and political regionalism in Turkmenistan, in English
Dr. Paul GEISS, scholar at the German Institute of Middle Orient Studies,
Hamburg, Germany
16h00 Coffee break
16h10 The patterns of the development in Central Asia: Khorazm in the 18th
the beginning of the 20th century (thinking over Khiva Khans' yarliks), in
Russian
Dr. Elyor KARIMOV, President of the young scientists association,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
16h40 Social-historical roots of Jadidism in Central Asia, in English
Dr. Hamidulla BOLTABAEV, Professor at the National University Ulugbeg,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17h10 Revolution in the revolution : the Muslim alternative by Turar
Ryskulov in Turkistan, in French
Dr. Marco BUTTINO, Associated professor at the Turin University, Italy
17h40 Uzbek and Kazakh foreign policy in Comparative Perspective : A New
Game, in English
Brian GRODSKY, researcher at the University of Michigan, USA
18h10 Discussion
18h30 Session closing
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
14h30-18h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room A
Panel III
14h30 The memory of the nomad architecture in the Central Asian house,
between disruption and continuity, in French
Jean-Paul LOUBES, architect, professor at the School of architecture,
Bordeaux, France
15h00 Reflections on the heritage. Architectural art of Central Asia in
11th-12th centuries ; sources and late medieval forms from 19th 20th
centuries, in Russian
Dr. Nina NEMTSEVA, scholar at the Institute of history, Academy of
sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15h30 The history of development of applied arts in Uzbekistan on the
materials from the museum collections, in Russian
Ravshan FATHULLAEV, PhD, scholar at the Fine Arts Institute, Fine Arts
Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
16h00 Coffee break
16h10 Diversité, ruptures et continuités dans les cimetières d'Asie
centrale, in French
Jean-Louis BACQUÉ-GRAMMONT, directeur de recherches au CNRS, France
16h40 Some data on the genealogy of the sheikhs Ichkiya, in Russian
Dr. Bobur AMINOV, Academy of State Construction, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17h10 The death in the culture and mentality of today's Kirghiz, in French
Ruslan RAHIMOV, chief of the department of International relations of the
Institute of European Civilisationes, Bishkek, Kirghizistan
17h40 Discussion
18h00 Session closing
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
14h30-18h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room B
Panel IV
14h30 From Tashkent via Kokand to Moscow and Paris : the life story of a
colonial crossborder, in English
Dov YAROSHEVSKI, PhD, scholar at the Tel-Aviv University, Israel
15h00 Sujet en géstation, in French
Dr. Catherine POUJOL-FOURNIAU, membre du bureau de l'ESCAS, Professor à
l'INALCO, France
15h30 Modesto Gavazzi's journey to Turkestan and captivity in Bukhara : an
assessment of the Italian understanding of Russian Central Asia, in English
Paolo SARTORI, PhD candidate, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Italy
16h00 Coffee break
16h10 The birth and the significance of Djadid press in Bukhara
(1912-1913), in English
Dr. Boybuhta DUSTKARAEV, Professor at the World Languages University,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
16h40 The attitude towards the anti-colonial struggle and towards the
personality of Dukchi Ishan : the position of Uzbek poets of the beginning
of the 20th century, in French
Dr. Aftandil ERKINOV, Professor at the National University Ulugbeg in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17h10 Colonial settlement and indigenization in the Uzbek art in 20th
century, in French
Boris CHUKHOVICH, PhD, invited scholar at the Montréal University, Canada
17h40 The model of Social Development in the Uzbekistan Society (the end of
the 19th century - the end of 1930-s), in Russian
Nodira MAHKAMOVA, PhD, Fine Arts Institute, Fine Arts Academy, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan
18h10 Discussion
18h30 Session closing
Thursday, 26th of September 2002
14h30-18h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room C
Panel V
14h30 Water shortage in Central Asia and re-routing of Siberian rivers to
Central Asia, in English
Dr. Abduhalil RAZZAKOV, Professor at the University of World Economy,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15h00 The Aral sea problem in the Karalpakia republic, in English
Alberto PRIEGO, PhD candidate, Madrid University, Spain
15h30 Transformation of the priorities in the process of economic reforms
in Kazakhstan, in English
Laura MASSANOVA, PhD, lecturer of the Technical University, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
16h00 Coffee break
16h10 The formation of the basis of parliamentarism in Turkestan, in English
Saidakbar AGZAMKHODJAEV, Tashkent Islamic University, Uzbekistan
16h40 Banking sector reforms in the public sector of Uzbekistan, in English
Komuna DJURAEVA, scholar, Professor, World Diplomacy and Economy
University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17h10 Development of small and medium size business in reforming the
economy of Uzbekistan, in English
Saidakhrol KASIMOV, PhD, director of the Tashkent professional high
school of economy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17h40 Discussion
18h00 Session closing
Friday, 27th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des Suds
Room B
Panel II, economic and social models in the Central Asian history
09h00 From the Volga Waters to the Tianshan Mountains, in English
Dr. Michael FRIEDERICH, Professor at the Bamberg University, Germany
09h30 From the Cultural Heritage of the Central Asia : Middle Persian
Language - Aspects of Formation and Development, in French
Hélène GIUNASHVILI, doctoral student at EPHE, Paris, France
10h00 Post-Soviet transformation in rite-and-ritual life of the Uzbek
people, in English
Dr. Zoya ARIFKHANOVA, Institute of history of the Academy of Sciences,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
10h30 Coffee break
10h40 Paper being prepared, in French
Dr. Marlène LARUELLE, EHESS, Paris, France
11h10 Paper being prepared, in French
Dr. Sébastien PEYROUSE, senior scholar at IFEAC, Tashkent, France -
Uzbekistan
11h40 Proprietary rights of Hindu Women over the milleniums a study, in
English
Kanta GUPTA, Calcutta, India
12h10 Discussion
13h00 Lunch break
Friday, 27th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room A
Panel III
09h00 Cultural models in Ce,tral Asia:universal and perticular aspects in
the traditional decorative art, in Russian
Dr. Shaizada TOHTABAEVA, scholar at the Institute of orientalism, Academy
of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan
09h30 The Scherbina Expedition (1896-1903) : the tenacity of Cultural
stereotypes, in English
Gulnar KENDIRBAI, independent scholar, Almaty, Kazakhstan
10h00 Central Asian artistic culture: perspectives of evolution, in French
Marfua HAMIDOVA, Professor, Fine Arts Institute, Fine Arts Academy,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
10h30 Academy science in Central Asia 1922-1998, in English
Dr. Eric SIEVERS, scholar at the Harvard University, USA
11h00 Coffee break
11h10 Folklore and modern singing, in Russian
Feruza YAKUBOVA, PhD, associated professor at the Fine Arts Institute,
Fine Arts Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
11h40 Orientalizing Western dramaturgy on Uzbek theatre stage, in English
Dr. Ildar MUHTAROV, scholar at the Fine Arts Institute, Fine Arts
Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
12h10 Pop-music as a model of national identification, in Russian
Iroda DADAJANOVA, PhD, scholar at the Fine Arts Institute, Fine Arts
Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
12h40 Discussion
13h00 Lunch break
Friday, 27th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room B
Panel IV
09h00 A new approach to the sovietization of Kazakhstan, formation of a
territory and a political directory, 1917-1921, in French
Xavier HALLEZ, PhD candidate, EHESS, long term grant holder at IFEAC,
France Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan
09h30 Collectivization in a frontier society : nomads and peasants between
famine and forced population displacement (Kazakhstan, 1928-1934), in
English
Niccolo PIANCIOLA, PhD candidate, University of Turin, Italy
10h00 Representations of transfer of power in Bukhara, 1920-24, in English
Suchandana CHATTERJEE, PhD, Professor at the Institute of Asian Studies,
Kolkata, India
10h30 The Defrost in the Soviet Uzbekistan : procedures of rehabilitation
of the persons, in French
Céline BEHR, DEA student at the University of Paris I - Sorbonne, France
11h00 Coffee break
11h10 Moslem clergy and the power, in English
Makset KARLYBAEV, doctoral student at the Institute of histoiry,
archeology and ethnography at the Karakalpak branch of the Academy of
Sciences, Nukus, Uzbekistan
11h40 Linguistical pluralism in Central Asiatic intellectuals' life and
works (the first third of the XXth century), in Russian
Dr. Dilbar RASHIDOVA, scholar at the Fine Arts Institute, Fine Artis
Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
12h10 Studying Islam and Soviet model of "militant" atheism in Uzbekistan
(based on materials of 1920-1930s, in English
Dr. Dilorom ALIMOVA, Professor, Director of the Institute of history,
Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
13h00 Discussion
13h00 Lunch break
Friday, 27th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room C
Panel V
09h00 Ways toward understanding ethnic and political processes in
post-Soviet Eurasia, in English
Mihaly DOBROVITS, PhD candidate, ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary
Tamas KENDE, PhD candidate, Miskolc University, Hungary
09h30 Adrift alone? Future of Radical Islam in Central Asia, in English
Dr. Amalendu MISRA, lecturer at the School of Politics, Queen's
University, Belfast, United Kingdom
10h00 Including islamists in legal politics : case of Tajikistan, in English
Kamolutdin ABDULLAEV, independent scholar, visiting fellow at the Yale
University, USA Tadjikistan
10h30 Challenges to Political Stability? Radical and extremist Islamism in
Central Asia, in English
Dr. Marie-Carin von GUMMPENBERG, consultant, Munich, Germany
11h00 Coffee break
11h10 The current geopolitical situation in Central Asia, in English
Dr. Dinora AZIMOVA, Professor at the University of World Economy and
Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Kamila KAZIMOVA, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan
11h40 Recent trends in the Central Asian press, in English
Catherine COSMAN, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Washington, D.C., USA
12h10 Problems and prospects in Central Asia, in Russian
Aibek KOCHKOROV, guest student at the Ludwig Maximilian University,
Munich, Germany Kirghizistan
12h40 Discussion
13h00 Lunch break
Friday, 27th of September 2002
14h30-18h00
Maison des Suds
Room B
Panel II, economic and social models in the Central Asian history
14h30 National Identity in Modern Central Asia, in English
Fatimahon AHMEDOVA, PhD, leading specialist, Hojend University, Tajikistan
15h00 New forms of ethnic groups in post-Soviet Kazakhstan: example of the
Korean minority, in French
Eunsil YIM, PhD candidate, EHESS, Paris, France
15h30 Women, marriage and the Nation-state : The Rise of Non-Consensual
Bride Kidnapping in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan, in English
Cynthia Werner, PhD, Professor at the Texas University, USA
16h00 Coffee break
16h10 Language revitalisation and ethnolinguistic vitality perceptions
among Bashkir and Altai speakers, in English
Kutlay YAGMUR, PhD, Professor at the Tilburg University, Netherlands
16h40 Mankurts and the Golden Man : history re-production in Kazakhstan, in
English
Janara NAURYZBAEVA, student at the Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USA -
Kazakhstan
17h10 The sociological movements in the Caucasus after the Soviet Union, in
English
Dr. Ertugrul AYDYN, Professor at the Karadeniz Technical University,
Trabzon, Turkey
17h40 Discussion
18h00 Session closing
Friday, 27th of September 2002
14h30-18h30
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room A
Panel III
14h30 Female shamanism in Central Asia, in English
Olga GORSHUNOVA, researcher at the Institute of ethnology and
anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
15h00 Zange-ata and Hazir-Ilyas in Siberia (to the problem of the
central-asian sources of Islam), in English
Dr. Alexandre SELEZNEV, senior lecturer at the Omsk University, Russia
Dr. Irina SELEZNEVA, scholar at the Siberian division of the Russian
institute of culturology, Omsk, Russia
15h30 Interpretation of religious genres in works of modern composers of
Uzbekistan, in Russian
Lola Uralova, scholar at the Fine Arts Institute, Fine Arts Academy,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
16h00 Coffee break
16h10 Religious piety of philosophers and virtues of religious scholars of
Central Asia revised once again, in English
Shaahmat MUTALOV, scholar at the University of Bloomington, Indiana, USA
- Uzbekistan
16h40 A Tatar look at the Sunni-Shii conflict in 1910 in Bukhara, in English
Dr. Ayse Gun SOYSAL, teacher at the Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul,
Turkey
17h10 Armenian nobles in Transcaucasian region in 18th century, in French
Aldo FERRARI, PhD, scholar at the Institute of orientalism, University of
Naples, Italy
17h40 Discussion
18h00 Session closing
Friday, 27th of September 2002
14h30-18h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room B
Panel IV
14h30 Uighurs in Kazakhstan and Central Asia: The Comparative Analysis of
Social-economic Situation, in English
Galina BARATOVA, PhD, senior researcher at the Institute of Orientalism,
Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan
15h00 Karakalpak statehood in XXth century : history and problems, in English
Askar DJUMASHEV, PhD candidate, Institute of history, archaeology and
ethnography, Karakalpak branch of the Academy of Sciences, Nukus, Uzbekistan
15h30 Some comments to the identity of Uzbeks of the province of Samarcande
in the modern period, in English
Azim MALIKOV, University of Samarkand, Uzbekistan
16h00 Coffee break
16h10 State-hood independence ideas in the movement for independent
Turkestan, in English
Dr. Kahramon RAJABOV, scholar at the Institute of history, Academy of
sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
16h40 Determinants of US/Soviet foreign policy and its impact in
Afghanistan, in English
Dr. Bernadette SEXTON, teaching assistant at the University of Limerick,
Ireland
17h10 Paper being prepared, in English
Franz WENNBERG, doctorant à l'University d'Uppsala, Suède IFEAC, Uzbekistan
17h40 Rewriting of the Uighur history in Central Asia, in English
Ablet KAMALOV, Centre of Ouïghour studies, Institute of Orientalism,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
18h10 Discussion
18h30 Session closing
Friday, 27th of September 2002
14h30-18h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room C
Panel V
14h30 What should be the stability base, in French
Farhod HAMRAEV, National University Ulugbeg, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15h00 Saviours of the Nation or Robber Barons? Warlords in post-Soviet
Tadjikistan, in English
Dr. Kirill NURZHANOV, lecturer at the Centre for Aran and Islamic
Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
15h30 Post-Soviet demographical dynamics in Kazakhstan, in French
Julien THOREZ, PhD candidate at the University of Paris X Nanterre /
IFEAC, France - Uzbekistan
16h00 Coffee break
16h10 Central Asia integration : between regionalisation and globalisation,
in English
Hezameddin VAEZ, PhD student, Leeds University, United Kingdom
16h40 The rise nd fall of the Turkish model for newly independent Turkic
States, in English
Saparbek TUYAKBAEV, MA student, Toronto University, Canada
17h10 Company museums in former Soviet countries of Central Asia, 12 years
later, in English
Antonio Eduardo MENDONCA, University of Lisbon, director of the Centre of
Soviet and post-Soviet studies, Lisbon, Portugal
17h40 Discussion
18h00 Session closing
Saturday, 28th of September 2002
09h00 13h00
Maison des sciences de l'homme Aquitaine
Room C
Panel V
09h00 The form and development of foreign policy strategy of independent
Uzbekistan, in English
Dr. Mirzohid RAHIMOV, scholar at the Institute of history, Academy of
sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
09h30 Kazakhstan foreign policy: decision-making méchanisms in the security
field, in Russian
Dr. Sanat KUSHKUMBAEV, vice-director of the Institute of Orientalism,
Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan
10h00 Why and how foreign outsiders and internal powers should find the way
for cooperation, in English
Alexander KUZNETSOV, student of the University of Ural, Yekaterinburg,
Russia
10h30 Opting out of the Afghan state or opting in? The Uzbeks of
NE-Afghanistan, in English
Dr. Gabriele RASULY-PALECZEK, Professor at the Institute for social and
cultural anthropology, University of Vienna, Austria
11h00 Coffee break
11h10 Foreign policy and domestic reform in Mongolia (1990-2000), in English
Batbayar TSEDENDAMBA, invited scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Centre,
Washington, D.C., USA - Mongolie
11h40 What civil society ? Looking beyond NGOs, a case study of
Tadjikistan, in English
Sabine FREIZER, PhD candidate, London School of Economics and Political
Science, United Kingdom
12h10 The role of NGO in human rights movement and development of ethical
values in South and Central Asia, in English
Ayaz Latif PALIJO, lawyer, President of the NGO Sindh Research Council
(SRC), Hyderabad, Pakistan
12h40 Central Asian relations in the post-Soviet era : the case of the
United States, in English
Enayatollah YAZDANI, MA in Political Science, research scholar at the
Melbourne University, Australia
13h10 Discussion
13h30 Lunch break
Conference closure
CONF./CFP- Central and Inner Asia Seminar, University of Toronto, May 2003
Posted by: Gillian Long <gillian.longutoronto.ca>
Posted: 17 Sep 2002
The Ninth Annual Conference of the Central and Inner Asia Seminar will be
held at the University of Toronto, Canada, on May 23-24 2003. The theme of
this gathering is "The Interaction between Land and People in Central and
Inner Asia."
We expect to publish the proceedings of the conference, along with the
papers from last year's conference, as volume 6 of 'Toronto Studies in
Central and Inner Asia'.
This is an invitation to submit proposals for papers, which may be 20 or 40
minutes long. Please include the title, a one-page summary and a short copy
of your curriculum vitae and send them, by email, to me at
<gillian.longutoronto.ca> or to Professor Michael Gervers at
<gerverschass.utoronto.ca>. The deadline for submissions is December 20,
2002 and those selected will be notified by email as soon as possible
thereafter.
We regret that we do not have the financial resources to help with any
travel costs. However we will do our best to expedite visa applications and
offer hospitality during the conference. Inexpensive accommodation is
available in university residences.
Please forward this message to anyone else who may be interested. For
further information see <ww.utoronto.ca/deeds/cias/cias.html>.
Sincerely,
Gillian Long
Administrative Co-ordinator for CIAS
(416)978-4882
CONFERENCE The Enclave Concept In Central And South Asia, Paris, Oct. 7, 2002
Posted by: Gael Raballand <lesballandnoos.fr>
Posted: 17 Sep 2002
The Enclave Concept In Central And South Asia
Oct. 7, 2002
CERI, 56 rue Jacob 75006 PARIS
The CERI (Center for International Studies and Research) is organizing a
one-day seminar about the enclave concept in Central and South Asia.
Land-lockedness of Central Asian countries has implications in the economic,
political and cultural fields of the region. Central Asian countries are
striving to break this relative isolation. Within this framework, relations
with neighboring countries are vital for the region. Moreover, the
perception from Tehran, Islamabad or New Delhi of Central Asian countries is
equally vital. Central Asian countries' initiatives to break land-lockedness
will be studied during this one-day seminar as well as perception from
Tehran, Islamabad and New Delhi of Central Asian countries.
Here is the program :
9h30-12h30
* Le coût économique de l'enclavement. Coûts et parades.
Gael Raballand (ROSES, Paris I Sorbonne University)
* Le cas afghan
Olivier Roy (CERI, Paris)
* Negotiating Nepal's access to the sea
Martin Glassner (Southern Connecticut State University)
* Enclaves et enclavement dans le Ferghana post-soviétique
Julien Thorez (former grant-holder from the French Research Insitute,
Tashkent)
14h- 17h
* Une perception positive de l enclavement : le cas ouzbek
Catherine Poujol (INALCO, Paris)
* Les perceptions indienne et pakistanaise de l Asie centrale
Max-Jean Zins (CNRS-CERI, Paris)
* La perception iranienne de l Asie centrale
Mohammed Reza-Djalili (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva)
If additional information would be needed, please contact
Gael Raballand, e-mail: <lesballandnoos.fr>
CONF./CFP- Mongolia Society Annual Meeting, March 27-30, 2003
Posted by: Susie Drost <monsocindiana.edu>
Posted: 12 Sep 2002
Annual Meeting of The Mongolia Society
Call for Papers
The 2003 annual meeting of The Mongolia Society entitled Mongolia and the
International Community will be held in conjunction with the Association for
Asian studies (AAS) in New York City, March 27-30, 2003. Therefore, we are
placing a call for panel participants. In order to participate, you must be
a member of The Mongolia Society* and submit an abstract for consideration
no later than December 10, 2002. The abstract must contain the title of the
paper and be no more than 300 words. If your abstract is accepted, you will
have 20 minutes to present your paper, which will include five minutes of
discussion. The exact date and time of the meeting and panel will be
announced as plans are formalized. Please submit your abstract to:
Dr. Alicia Campi, Panel Chair
6002 Ticonderoga Ct.
Burke, VA 22015
E-mail: usmagcampiaol.com
Phone/Fax 703-451-6456.
or
Susie Drost, Manager
The Mongolia Society
322 Goodbody Hall, IU
1011 E. 3rd. St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
E-Mail: monsocIndiana.edu
Tel: 812)855-4078
Fax: 812-855-7500
*Please contact Susie Drost for membership information or visit our webpage
at www.indiana.edu/~mongsoc
SEMINAR- OSI Event: Religion, Human Rights & Secularism in Muslim Societies
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <EFinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 10 Sep 2002
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend:
Synergy and Interdependence:
Religion, Human Rights and Secularism in Contemporary Muslim Societies
with
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, September 20, 2002
9:30-11:00
The Open Society Institute, Room 4D
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at
Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He holds an LLB (Honours)
University of Khartoum, Sudan; LLB (Honours) and Diploma in Criminology,
University of Cambridge, England; and Ph.D. in Law, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland. His previous positions include numerous academic posts
and serving as Executive Director of Human Rights Watch/Africa from
1993-95. Professor An-Na'im is the author of Toward an Islamic Reformation:
Civil Liberties, Human Rights and International Law, and has edited
numerous texts on human rights and culture. He has published over forty
articles and book chapters on human rights, constitutionalism, Islamic law
and politics.
For background on the subject of Professor An-Na'im's presentation, see his
article "Synergy and Interdependence of Religion, Human Rights and
Secularism": www.polylog.org/them/2/fcs7-en.htm
To RSVP please fax this sheet to Dan Sershen at (212) 548-4607 or e-mail a
response to dsershensorosny.org.
Name:
Affiliation:
E-mail address:
__ I will attend the September 20th event.
__ I will not attend the September 20th 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>.
CONFERENCE Int'l Conference on Language and Development, Tashkent, October
2003
Posted by: Martin Seviour <Martin.Seviourbritishcouncil.uz>
Posted: 9 Sep 2002
Sixth International Conference on Language and Development
15-17 October 2003
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education of Uzbekistan and
the British Council, Tashkent are pleased to announce the Sixth
International Conference on Language and Development.
The broad themes of the conference will be:
* Language policy and its relationship to broad issue of national
development, language planning, educational provision and multilingualism
* The effective design, implementation and evaluation of language and
literacy curricula in development contexts.
These issues will be approached from the perspective of policy makers,
language and literacy educators and that of multi-lateral and bilateral
donors.
The 2003 conference is the sixth in the series, which commenced in Bangkok
in 1993 and was followed by Bali in 1995, Langawi in 1997, Hanoi in 1999 and
Phnom Penh in 2001.
In addition to a full conference programme the organisers will be arranging
a variety of package options for participants who would like to visit
historic cities of Uzbekistan -- Bukhara, Samarkand, Khiva and Urgench
-- before or immediately after the conference.
For further information please contact:
Martin Seviour, Deputy Director
British Council, Tashkent
E-mail: <martin.seviourbritishcouncil.uz>
CONFERENCE Silk Road in the 21st Century, Yale University, Sept. 19-21, 2002
Posted by: Haynie Wheeler <haynie.wheeleryale.edu>
Posted: 7 Sep 2002
CONFERENCE: The Silk Road in the 21st Century -- Security and Insecurity in
Central Asia and the Caucasus: A Regional Challenge with Global Implications
September 19-21, 2002
The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization will hold a conference on
"Security and Insecurity in Central Asia and the Caucasus" on September 19
to 21. The conference will bring together practitioners and scholars to
explore geopolitics, including regional interests and areas for future
cooperation or conflict; cross-border challenges such as narcotics, crime
and Islamist movements; and civil war and civil peace. All conference panel
sessions are free and open to the public.
There will also be special presentations by Eduard Shevardnadze, President
of the Republic of Georgia (by live video link); Vartan Oskanian, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia; Robert Galucci, Dean
of Georgetown's School of Foreign Service; B. Lynn Pascoe of the U.S.
Department of State; and Ahmed Rashid, author of Jihad. Strobe Talbott,
formerly Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and now
President of the Brookings Institution, will moderate a concluding session
on "What have we learned and where do we go from here?"
The conference is co-sponsored with the Dayan and Cummings Centers of Tel
Aviv University and the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
(TESEV).
To view the conference program and to register, please visit the website of
the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization at www.ycsg.yale.edu. For
more information please e-mail globalizationyale.edu or call (203) 432-1900.
CONF./CFP- Third International Convention of Asia Scholars, Singapore, 8/2003
Posted by: International Convention of Asia Scholars <icas3secnus.edu.sg>
Posted: 7 Sep 2002
Third International Convention of Asia Scholars
CALL FOR PAPERS
Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
19/8-2003
The International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) is one of the largest
regular gatherings of scholars whose research centres on Asia and/or Asians,
especially in the humanities and social sciences. Building on the success of
ICAS1 (Leiden 1998) and ICAS2 (Berlin 2001), ICAS3 will be held in Singapore
from 19-22 August 2003.
ICAS3 is jointly organised by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and
the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and is
endorsed by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and the International
Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS).
CALL FOR PAPERS
Proposals are invited in any Asia-related field of research for:
- Organised panels
- Individual papers
- Poster presentations
- Special meetings
Deadline for submission is 1 October 2002.
REGISTRATION FEES
Early bird (till 31 January 2003) US$150
Standard (till 30 June 2003) US$180
Late/on-site US$250
Registration fees include lunches and a welcome dinner. Early registration
is now open and offers substantial savings. We look forward to welcoming you
to Singapore.
CONTACT DETAILS
For registration, financial assistance and other queries, please visit the
ICAS3 website at:
www.fas.nus.edu.sg/icas3
or contact:
ICAS3 ORGANISING COMMITTEE
c/o Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
National University of Singapore
AS7/05, Shaw Foundation Building,
5 Arts Link, Kent Ridge
Singapore 117570
Tel: (65) 6874 3805
Fax: (65) 6777 0751
Email: icas3secnus.edu.sg
CONF./CFP- Education in Russia and Eastern Europe, London, Nov. 23, 2002
Posted by: Clare McManus <c.mcmanussocsci.gla.ac.uk>
Posted: 6 Sep 2002
The STUDY GROUP ON EDUCATION IN RUSSIA, THE INDEPENDENT STATES AND EASTERN
EUROPE (SGERISEE) will be holding its annual conference on Saturday 23rd
November 2002 at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London.
Anyone interesting in presenting a paper at this conference should email
Clare McManus (c.mcmanussocsci.gla.ac.uk) as soon as possible.
SGERISEE is a group of people sharing a common interest in the academic
study of primary, secondary, special, comparative, higher and vocational
education in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Clare McManus
Secretary, SGERISEE
CONFERENCE Int'l Conference on Language and Development, Tashkent, October
2002
Posted by: Martin Seviour <Martin.Seviourbritishcouncil.uz>
Posted: 5 Sep 2002
Sixth International Conference on Language and Development
15-17 October 2003
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education of Uzbekistan and
the British Council, Tashkent are pleased to announce the Sixth
International Conference on Language and Development.
The broad themes of the conference will be:
* Language policy and its relationship to broad issue of national
development, language planning, educational provision and multilingualism
* The effective design, implementation and evaluation of language and
literacy curricula in development contexts.
These issues will be approached from the perspective of policy makers,
language and literacy educators and that of multi-lateral and bilateral
donors.
The 2003 conference is the sixth in the series, which commenced in Bangkok
in 1993 and was followed by Bali in 1995, Langawi in 1997, Hanoi in 1999 and
Phnom Penh in 2001.
In addition to a full conference programme the organisers will be arranging
a variety of package options for participants who would like to visit
historic cities of Uzbekistan -- Bukhara, Samarkand, Khiva and Urgench
-- before or immediately after the conference.
For further information please contact:
Martin Seviour, Deputy Director
British Council, Tashkent
E-mail: <martin.seviourbritishcouncil.uz>
CONF./CFP- Islam and Globalization, Islam and Localization, Stanford University
Posted by: Joel Beinin <beininstanford.edu>
Posted: 31 Aug 2002
Dear Colleagues:
The Islamic Studies Initiative of Stanford University invites you to submit
an abstract for a proposed paper to be delivered at a Workshop on "Islam and
Globalization, Islam and Localization." The goal of the workshop will be to
examine comparatively three periods: the expansion of the world capitalist
market into the Ottoman and Qajar empires from the mid-18th and early 19th
centuries, the classical "age of empire" from the 1870s to World War I, and
the latest phase of corporate-led globalization from the 1970s to the
present. These three periods are characterized by an accelerated circulation
of ideas, commodities, capital, and people -- phenomena now commonly called
globalization. Multifaceted movements of Islamic revival and reform across a
broad geographic range arose during all these periods. We wish to explore
what, if any, are the intersections between these two sets of processes.
We envision a small day-long workshop which will seek to address the
following questions: Are the Islamic movements of these periods comparable?
Is there anything comparable about the manner in which the movements of
Islamic revival and reform of each period intersect with the economic and
social processes of the two periods? Are the movements of Islamic revival
and reform part of the processes of globalization? Are they a form of
resistance to it? Or are they, in fact, expressions of local identities and
traditions?
Individual participants need not address all three periods in their
individual papers. Case studies situated in a single period or comparisons
of two periods are suitable. However, we encourage prospective participants
to think as broadly as possible. We will have a synthetic comparative
concluding to discuss what is comparable across the three periods. The
workshop is not premised on the hypothesis that there is any particular
direct connection between Islamic movements and processes of globalization;
we seek to explore that possibility based on better empirical evidence than
is now available.
Those interested in participating are invited to submit abstracts of no more
than 500 words by October 1, 2002. We will inform those whose abstracts
have been accepted for the workshop shortly thereafter. The workshop will
be held on Saturday, April 12, 2003 on the campus of Stanford University.
The Islamic Studies Initiative will reimburse participants' travel (economy
air fare) and lodging expenses (two nights) and provide an honorarium of $200.
Best wishes,
Joel Beinin & Ahmad Dallal
Joel Beinin
Professor of Middle East History
Department of History
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2024
President, Middle East Studies Association of North America, 2001-02
Tel: 650-723-4956
Fax: 650-725-0597
E-Mail: beininstanford.edu
CONFERENCE September 11 and the Uyghurs, Sept. 5, Washington, DC
Posted by: Alim Seytoff <alimuyghuramerican.org>
Posted: 29 Aug 2002
September 11 and the Uyghurs
The Uyghur American Association is going to hold "September 11 and the
Uyghurs Conference" in order to commemorate the first anniversary of that
tragic day in the history of the United States. September 11, 2001 has
changed the world and the lives of many people in the U.S. and around the
world. The lives of the Uyghur people have been negatively affected since
China decided to take advantage of this tragedy and label the Uyghurs
"terrorists". This conference is a forum where the listener can find out
whether the Uyghurs are really "terrorists" as China alleges or a indigenous
group that has a legitimate and just cause. UAA welcomes your attendance to
this conference.
Speakers:
1. Gaye Christefferson, professor of Naval Postgraduate School, will present
"Conflict Resolution" in regard to the Current Situation in East Turkestan
2. Dr. Justin Rudelson, author of "Uyghur Nationalism along China's Silk
Road", will present "What the Uyghur Diaspora Should Do at Present
Situation"
3. Jeff Corntassel, Assistant Professor of Virginia Tech University, will
present "Looking for the Terrorist Label: The Shanghai Cooperation
Organization and China's War Against the Uighur Nation after 9/11"
4. Louisa Coan Greve, Advisor for Amnesty International USA China
Coordination Group, will speak on "The Way Amnesty Looks at China's War on
Terrorism"
5. Timothy Cooper, Ambassador-at-Large for China Democracy Party, will speak
on "Passive Resistance for Democratic Change in China"
6. Rinchen Tashi, China Analyst for International Campaign for Tibet, will
speak on "How the Tibetans Look at China Equating the Uyghur Cause with
Terrorism"
When: September 5th (Thursday), 2002 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Rayburn Congressional Office Building #2105, Washington, DC.
Panel Information: Each panelist has 20-25 minutes to make the presentation.
The last 30-minute will be open for the floor for questions related to the
presented topics.
Contact:
Keyser Siyit
Director of Communications
Uyghur American Association
Phone: 202-997-4857
keyseruyghuramerican.org
Alim Seytoff
President,
Uyghur American Association
Phone: 202-321-2388
CONF./CFP- Caucasus and Central Asia in Globalization Process, Baku, May 2003
Posted by: Osman Nuri Aras <on_arasyahoo.com>
Posted: 29 Aug 2002
International Conference First Announcement and Invitation
Caucasus and Central Asia in the Globalization Process
Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan Republic
and
Qafqaz University
Baku
12-13 May 2003
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Qafqaz University is organizing an international conference on the topic
"Caucasus and Central Asia in the Globalization Process", that is scheduled
to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on the 12th-13th of May, 2003.
AIM OF THE CONFERENCE
Nowadays, especially in the process of developing information technologies
the concepts of globalization and new world tendency are in their transition
period. In this process, social life, way of thought, changes in economy and
politics and the consequences of these changes are clearly shown.
These global transformation, gained a new acceleration with the collapse of
the USSR, and diametrically opposed political system transformed into one.
In this new period, The Republics of Caucasus and Central Asia, turned
towards the free market economy and democracy for their political and
economic systems. Surely, transformation from central government and planned
economy into democracy and free market economy requires institutional,
structural and cultural reforms.
Countries which are undergoing changes due to globalization are called the
"countries in transition" or "transition economies". These countries, show
great effort in instituting and organizing institutions for their political
and economical development.
Countries of Caucasus and Central Asia affected by the world of
globalization, regionalism and mega competition attract attention and live
under the pressure of other developed countries.
In this conference we aim to discuss in academic environment the transition
period of the Caucasus and Central Asia countries, their economical,
political, and cultural changes and reform efforts, evaluation of the
results and effects of the globalization process in the area and discussion
on these topics.
IMPORTANT DATES:
03.02.2003: Submission of the Presentation title and abstract
15.02.2003: Announcements of accepted papers and conference
15.03.2003: Last date for the submission of the Presentation paper.
12-13.05.2003: Conference dates
CONFERENCE ORGANIZER:
Qafqaz University
www.qafqaz.edu.az
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION:
Azerbaijan Ministry of Education
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:
Prof. Dr. Erol Oral
Prof. Dr. Niftali Qocayev
Dr. Osman Nuri Aras
Dr. Selim Ozdemir
Dr. Alexandr Magill
Fikret Elma
Yavuz Kahraman
Vefa Abbasova
CONTACT:
1. Osman Nuri Aras
Qafqaz University
Neriman Nerimanov, 103
Yasamal
Baku
AZERBAIJAN
Tel: (+99412)387246/381562
Fax: (+99412) 981487
e-mail: arasqafqaz.edu.az
on_arasyahoo.com
2. Vefa Abbasova
Qafqaz University
Neriman Nerimanov, 103
Yasamal
Baku
AZERBAIJAN
Tel: (+99412)387246/381562
Fax: (+99412) 981487
e-mail: vefanurhotmail.com
PRESENTATION TOPICS
Economics
- Influence of globalization on economic approaches.
- Economic determinates of global system
- Globalization of production
- Financial globalization and Capital movements
- International Trade
- Influence of globalization on developed and developing countries
- Globalization, new economy and e-trade
- Influence of globalization on income distribution, Caucasus and Central Asia
- International Economic Problems and reflection on Caucasus and Central
Asian countries
- Economic importance of Caucasus and Central Asia in globalization world
- Influence of globalization on production factors of Caucasus and Central
Asia countries
- Economic influence of globalization on Caucasus and Central Asia countries
- Influence of globalization on Caucasus and Central Asia countries'
consumption culture
- Influence of globalization on management in Caucasus and Central Asia
- Globalization and multinational companies
Politics
- Political globalization
- Globalization process and regionalism-localism tendencies
- Role of international organisations in globalization in Caucasus and
Central Asia countries
- Political stability and establishment of security
- Political institutionalizm
- National government and establishment of national identity
- Authority and Legitimacy
- Administration concepts and political culture
- Democratisation
- View on rights and freedom
- Press
- Civil community
- Representation and participation
- Political parties
- Local governments
- Bureaucracy
- State-community relations
- Strategic role of Caucasus and Central Asia in globalization world
- Political influence of globalization on Caucasus and Central Asia
Culture
- Cultural globalization
- Global culture-local culture
- Social-cultural Influence of globalization on Caucasus and Central Asia
- Globalization and environment protection
- Globalization and struggle with narcotic, terror and organised crime
- Changes of cultural components in globalization process
- Globalization and identity
- Globalization and language
- Globalization, religion and morals
- Cultural degeneration
PRESENTATION - WRITING RULES
- Presentation Title, The author's Name / surname, academic title,
position, must be clearly shown.
- Presentations should be no more than 10 pages in length, (A4), abstracts
should be no more than 2 pages in length. Presentations and abstracts should
be in "14'point, Times L (for Azeri language), Times New Roman (for Turkish,
Russian, English papers); Page Set-up: Top 25 mm, Bottom 20 mm, Left 25,
Right 10 mm, Two copies of the text and a diskette or CD file (Word format)
of the papers should be sent to the following address (Qafqaz University,
Neriman Nerimanov, 103, Baku/AZERBAIJAN, Tel: (+99412)387246/381562) by
airmail, email or fax.
- Every participant can present only 2 papers. Presentations should have
innovation, effectiveness and creativity. Conference participants will be
selected by the Scientific Committee.
- Presentations could be in Azery, Turkish, English or Russian.
- Papers will not be returned to the author.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Prof. Dr. Erol Oral, Prof. Dr. Niftali Qocayev, Prof. Dr. Omer Okumus, Prof.
Dr. Maarife Haciyeva, Prof. Dr. Akif Huseyinli, Dr. Hakan Acar, Dr. Osman
Nuri Aras, Dr. Cihan Bulut, Dr. Eyup Zengin, Dr. Yilmaz Polat, Dr. Kerem
Memmedov, Dr. Murat Yanik, Dr. Selim Ozdemir, Dr. Memmedali Babasov, Dr.
Omer Faruk Unal, Dr. Ahmet Oksuz
CONF./CFP- Cultures of Turkey/Cultures of Turks Conference, Sept. 2003
Posted by: Gonul Pultar <gonulBilkent.EDU.TR>
Posted: 29 Aug 2002
Cultures of Turkey/Cultures of Turks
3-5 September 2003
Yüzüncü Yil University, Van (Turkey)
A cultural studies conference co-organized by the Group for Cultural Studies
in Turkey and Yüzüncü Yil University.
The Group for Cultural Studies in Turkey and Yüzüncü Yil University invite
proposals for a cultural studies conference they are co-organizing on 3-5
September 2003 in Van (Turkey). Focusing on the study of cultures generated
over the centuries in Turkey, and by Turks in various continents and
regions, the interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary conference aims to
interrogate established notions of culture both in Turkey and outside of
Turkey.
We welcome proposals for papers that break new ground in generating
theory, or constitute innovative critical work that would lead to theoretical
formulations and methodology, on such issues as--but not limited to--identity,
gender, class, ethnicity, nationhood, imperialism, post-coloniality,
orientalism, religion, and diasporic experience. The conference intends to
examine, besides Turkish culture; the cultures of what is now Turkey; the
cultures of Euro-Turks (and Turkish-Americans, Australasian Turks, etc.);
the residual Turkish cultures in former Ottoman territories in the Middle
East and the Balkans; the cultures of Turcophone countries and regions in
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (in Central Asia, the Caucasus
and the Russian Federation); and those of Turcophone minorities in such
countries as Iran and China.
The language of the conference is Turkish. Texts in English will be
accepted, however, if their translation into Turkish is provided.
Abstracts of 100-200 words or complete papers should be sent along with a
brief curriculum vitae. Panel proposals with three to four papers should
include, besides the panel proposal, abstracts of the papers in the panel, and
brief curriculum vitae of the chair, presenters, and discussant(s) if any.
Send no later than 31 October 2002 to:
Türkiye Kültür Arastirmalari Grubu
Sempozyum Koordinatörlügü
Ziaürrahman Caddesi 25/1
06700 Gaziosmanpasa, Ankara
Turkey
Fax: +90 (312) 266 5071
or e-mail to <programcstgroup.org>
The results will be announced in December 2002.
SEMINARS- Caucasus Media Institute (Yerevan), Chechen Crisis and Other Topics
Posted by: Vicken Cheterian <vickencaucasusmedia.org>
Posted: 28 Aug 2002
Upcoming events at the Caucasus Media Institute
Friday, August 30, 2002, 5:00 pm
Transformation of Chechen Crisis and Regional Challenges
Alexander Iskandarian (Head of Research Unit, CMI, Yerevan/Armenia)
Kameta Mezhieva (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Moscow
With Utopiana (Geneva) CMI organizes Utopian Encounters in the week of
September 2-8, 2002:
Programme
Tuesday, September 3, 2002, 17 h
The New Imperial Order, or the Globalization of the American Empire
Gilbert Achcar (political scientist, collaborator of Monde Diplomatique,
and professor at Université de Paris-VIII, Paris/France)
Wednesday September 4, 2002, 17h
The French Antilles, from Diaspora to the emergence of a people
Philippe Chanson (theologian and anthropologist, specialist of Creole
culture, Geneva/Switzerland).
Thursday, September 5, 2002, 17h
Cultural conflicts in the context of Globalization
Siddharta (journalist and cultural activist, Bangalor/India)
Friday, September 6, 2002, 17h
Utopia Personalized
Samuel Herzog (journalist and art critique, Basel/ Switzerland)
Caucasus Media Institute
Demirchyan Pagughi 23
375002 Yerevan
ARMENIA
Tel: +374 1 540631/540632
contactcaucasusmedia.org
CONF./CFP- Russia and Orient: Problems of Interaction, Volgograd, 28-30 Nov.
02
Posted by: Sergey Golunov <sgolunovhotbox.ru>
Posted: 27 Aug 2002
To be held by the Center of Regional and Transboundary Studies (Volgograd
State University) and the Department of the Commonwealth of Independent
States Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of
Sciences), Moscow. Sponsored by Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation -
Russia). The conference will be held at Volgograd State University, 28-30
November 2002.
The following topics are planned to be discussed:
1. Historical heritage as a Factor of Mutual Perception at the Level of
Social Consciousness.
a) Historical Offences and Their Mythologization.
b) The Influence of Ethnic Myths upon Interethnic and International
Relations.
2. The Social Status of Eastern Minorities in Russia and Vice Versa:
political, legal, social and ethno-cultural issues.
3. The Issues of Border Security and Transboundary Cooperation in the Light
of Interrelations between Russia and Eastern Countries: Challenges and
Possibilities.
Please send your proposals to:
Dr. Sergey Golunov
Volgograd State University
30, 2-nd Prodolnaya Street
Volgograd, 400062
RUSSIA
Tel.: +7 (8442) 43-20-25
Fax: +7 (8442) 43-37-22
E-mail: transboundhotbox.ru; goseravtlg.ru
URL: http://www.transbound.narod.ru/conf/orient_2002_eng.html
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.
Deadline for proposals is October 1, 2002.
All expenses of Russian participants related to their stay in Volgograd
will be covered by the organizers while the question of reimbursement for
their travel expenses will be considered individually. The Organizing
Committee encourages foreign participants to seek the
funding of their travel and other expenses and registration fee ($10). The
participants from the NIS and other Eastern European are recommended to
apply for travel grants to their national Open Society Institutes.
CONF./CFP- Stalin's Cultural Legacy, University of Bristol, March 15, 2003
Posted by: Mike O'Mahony <mike.omahonybristol.ac.uk>
Posted: 27 Aug 2002
Call for Papers: Stalin's Cultural Legacy
Location: United Kingdom
Call for Papers Deadline: 2002-12-16
Date Submitted: 2002-08-09
Announcement ID: 130977
Stalin's Cultural Legacy
Organised by the Centre for Russian and East European Cultural Studies (CREECS)
University of Bristol
Saturday 15th March 2003
The figure of Iosif Stalin has cast a long shadow over twentieth century
history and, over a decade since the fall of the Soviet Union, his impact
continues to dominate many social and political agendas. In the cultural
sphere Stalin's influence, both during and after his lifetime, was pervasive
and has most frequently been described as fundamentally negative. Reputedly
one of the chief authors of the doctrine of Socialist Realism and a staunch
opponent of modernism, Stalin is often regarded as having held the Soviet
Union back, and as responsible for a lost generation of cultural
development, experimentation and production. In March 2003 it will be fifty
years since the death of Stalin. This marks an interesting juncture at which
to explore precisely what has been and, indeed, what might continue to be
the cultural legacy of Stalin and Stalinism. This conference aims to explore
the notion of Stalin's legacy both during and after his lifetime within the
broad cultural arena.
Contributions are welcomed which will consider Stalin's cultural legacy in a
wide range of fields including, painting, cinema, photography, theatre,
literature, music and popular culture. Please sent an abstract of c.200
words by 16th December 2002 to:
Dr Mike O'Mahony
History of Art Department
University of Bristol
43 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UU
United Kingdom
Phone 00 44 (117) 954 6085
Email: mike.omahonybristol.ac.uk
Visit the website at
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/ArtHistory/stalinsculturallegacy.html
CONF. PROGRAM- Borders, Social Spaces and Identities, Cologne, Nov. 2002
Posted by: Britta Korth <britta.korthcimera.org>
Posted: 27 Aug 2002
Preliminary Conference Program
Third Annual Borders, Social Spaces and Identities Conference
November 15th - 17th 2002
University of Cologne
The conference is sponsored by the Department of Geography at the University
of Cologne (www.uni-koeln.de) and CIMERA (www.cimera.org).
Friday, November 15th
18h00 Arrival and Registration
19h00 Dinner
Saturday, November 16th
9h30-10h30 Panel I (first part) Civil Society and International Intervention
* Cargi Erdem, PhD Candidate, U Syracuse, New York
"Governing Transboundary Environmental Crisis: ENGO's and the Aral Sea
Basin"
* Sabine Freizer, PhD Candidate, LSE, London
"Community based organizations in Tajikistan"
10h30 - 11h00: Coffee Break
11h00 - 12h00 Panel I (second part) - Civil Society and International
Interventions:
* Ruslam Jalilov, MA American University in Kyrgyzstan/ U Bonn
"The Role of Non-Governmental Organisation Sector in Building "Civil
Society" in Kyrgyzstan"
* Dr. Marie-Carin von Gumppenberg, Munich
"The civil society - a driving political force in Kyrgyzstan"
12h00 - 13h00 Lunch
13h00 - 14h45 Panel II (first part) - Civil Society and National / Regional
Identities:
* Dr. Kubat Moldobaev, UNESCO, Bishkek/ Kyrgyzstan
"Kyrgyz-Russian intercultural dialogue"
* Sevara Sharapova, Tashkent
"Democracy, Civil Society and Islam - The case of Uzbekistan"
* Erdin Beshimov, American University in Kyrgyzstan
"Reassessing the Pillars of Civil Society A case study of Aksy political
opposition movement in southern Kyrgyzstan."
14h45 - 15h15 Coffee Break
15h15 - 16h30 Panel II (second part) - Civil Society and National / Regional
Identities:
* Birgit Brauer, PhD Candidate, Birmingham U
"National Identity in Kazakhstan"
* Aigul Aubanova, independent researcher, Kazakhstan
"The spiritual space in post-Soviet Kazakhstan"
16h30 - 16h45 Break
16h45 - 18h30: Panel III: Field Research in Central Asia:
* Hakan Gunes, Istanbul, PhD candidate, U Istanbul, Turkey
"Forms of sociopolitical identities in Central Asia"
* Elisabeth Richter, Junior Research Fellow, Berlin
"Evaluative Report on Field Studies in the Kazakh Republic in September
and October 200"
* Dr. Matthias Schmidt, U Erlangen or Mirjam Leuze, Cologne
"Field Research in Kyrgyzstan"
18h30: Free Time / Dinner (self organized)
Sunday, 17th November
9h30 - 10h30: Panel IV - Borders and Regional Security:
* Oybek Makhmudov
"Perspectives for Regional Security in Central Asia"
* Saparbek Tuyabayev, MA, Toronto U
"The Security Structure in Central Asia and the Foreign Security Politics
of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan"
10h30 - 11h00: Coffee Break
11h00 - 12h30: Borders and Social Spaces:
* Dr. Claudia Stein, U Cologne
"Creating New Spaces - Dividing the Ferghana-Valley"
* David W. Montgomery, Earhart Fellow, U Boston
"Language dividing spaces"
* Claudia Lüdtke, PhD Candidate, U Tübingen
"Social Spaces in Kyrgyzstan - The Case of Osh"
12h30 - 13h30 Lunch
13h30 - 15h00 Workshop: The Future of CARN (Central Asia Research Network)
If you are interested in participating, confirm your participation until
October 10th 2002 by email to Claudia.steinuni-koeln.de or by regular mail to:
Claudia Stein
Department of Geography, University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Köln
Conference fees are 35 Euros or 25 Euros respectively for participants whose
permanent place of residence is Central Asia. Your conference participation
is considered as confirmed only after we have received your participation
fee. Exceptions can be made for participants who live in one of the Central
Asian countries. Please note, that we do not cover costs for travelling or
accommodation. We will send you a list of accommodation possibilities
(hotel, hostel, private) with your confirmation as well as further
information on the conference, if you wish.
For further information, please contact Claudia Stein at the above mentioned
email address.
CIMERA
Britta Korth
P.O. Box 474
1211 Geneva 12
+41-22-347 52 06
fax: +41-22-830 18 41
www.cimera.org
CONFERENCE Science and Spirituality along the Silk Roads, Sept 18., Almaty
Posted by: Florent Le Duc <f.leducunesco.org>
Posted: 26 Aug 2002
Dear Colleagues:
I am writing to inform you about the following manifestation: the UNESCO
Almaty Regional Bureau for Central Asia supported by the Templeton
Foundation together with the Interdisciplinary University of Paris and the
Institute of Oriental Studies by the name R.B. Suleimenov under the Ministry
of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan organise the
conference "Science and spirituality Along the Silk Road" in Almaty,
Kazakhstan, September 18 to 20, in the National Academy of Science of the
Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty, Shevchenko 28.
This special conference will bring together cutting edge scientists from
around the world, various economic and political personalities, as well as
spiritual leaders representing the different religions of the region of
Central Asia. it will mark the conclusion - and undoubtedly one of the high
points - of a series of international conferences organized as part of the
program entitled Science And The Spiritual Quest in Harvard, Bucharest,
Rome, and Paris.
Programme:
September 19:
09.30-10.30 - Opening of the conference in the Big Hall of the National
Academy of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
10.30-12.35 - SESSION 1: "SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY ALONG THE SILK ROAD"
12.35-13.20 - Round Table
13.20-14.25 - break
14.25-17.15 - SESSION 2: "SCIENCE OF THE HUMAN PERSON" in the hall of the
presidium of the National Academy of Science of RK
17.15-18.15 - Round Table
September 20:
09.30-12.20 - SESSION 3: "PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS" in the hall of the
presidium of the National Academy of Science of RK
12.20-13.20 - Round table
13.20-14.25 - break
14.25-17.15 - SESSION 4: "FAITH AND MODERN SCIENCE: TWO ROADS TO KNOWLEDGE"
in the hall of the presidium of the National Academy of Science of RK
17.15-18.15 - Round Table
18.30-19.30 - OPENING CEREMONY OF THE UNESCO CHAIR "SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY"
For any information: invostokorient.samal.kz
With many thanks and best regards,
Florent Le Duc
Culture Officer
UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office for Central Asia
Office for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
67, Tole Bi Street
Tel: + 7 3272 58 26 43
Fax: + 7 3272 69 58 53
www.unesco.kz
CONF./CFP- Buddhism and Christianity in Central Asia, 1-3 Oct. 2002, Bishkek
Posted by: Buddhism and Christianity Conference <conf_kghotmail.kg>
Posted: 10 Aug 2002
Kyrgyz Center for World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport, and Architecture
NGO Kyrgyz Heritage
International Scientific Conference
"Buddhism and Christianity in Cultural Heritage of Central Asia"
1-3 October 2002, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Exhibition "Faith in Kyrgyzstan: History of Development"
The conference will discuss three themes subdivided into separate issues:
1. Christianity and Buddhism of antiquity and medieval ages as a part of
cultural heritage of peoples of Central Asia.
* Religions in the context of world history and culture
* The problem of tolerance in ancient and medieval Central Asia
* The role of religion in development of written language, literature,
art, and science in antiquity and medieval ages
* Ancient and medieval Christian and Buddhism architecture of Central
Asia.
2. The role of cultural/religious heritage in the current relationships of
peoples of Central Asia.
* Reminiscences of Christian and Buddhism ideas in traditional and modern
culture of Central Asia.
* Analysis of current relationships of confessions in the region.
3. Education of tolerance as the pledge of sustainable development of
Central Asia in XXI century.
* The role and place of cultural/religious heritage in the formation of
state ideologies in the countries of Central Asia
* The ways of implanting the ideas of tolerance into public consciousness
The working languages of the Conference: Kyrgyz, Russian, English
Participants are requested submit before September 10, 2002 an application form
and 5-7 page scientific abstract to organizing committee.
The conference materials will be published and available in Internet
The address of the committee:
265a Chui Ave., Room 316
Bishkek 720071
Kyrgyz Republic
Phone (+996 312) 24 33 83
E-mail: conf_kghotmail.kg
Website: http://siteistok.host.net.kg/doska_20020615.htm
SEMINAR- The Loya Jirga, Kawun Kakar (UN), Fremont, Calif., 2 Aug. 2002
Posted by: Farhad Azad <farhadafghanmagazine.com>
Posted: 30 Jul 2002
The Afghan Perspective Seminar Series
United Nations Officer Speaks about the Loya Jirga
Kawun Kakar, United Nations Officer serving four Eastern-Afghanistan
provinces, speaks about his work during the Spring of 2002 and about the Loya
Jirga. He shares his experiences during the convening process of the Loya
Jirga both at the Provincial level and at the convening of representatives
in Kabul.
Mr. Kakar is an Afghan-American professional currently on a short visit in
California before returning to his assignment with the United Nations.
We invite you to join us for this informative first-hand account of the
experiences of an Afghan-American working for the rebuilding of Afghanistan.
Date: Friday, August 2, 2002
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Afghan Coalition, Family Resources Center
39155 Liberty Street, Suite D-420
Fremont, CA 94538
CONF./CFP- Borders, Social Spaces and Identities, Cologne, Nov. 2002
Posted by: Britta Korth <britta.korthcimera.org>
Posted: 23 Jul 2002
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Central Asia Research Network is an open and growing network of young
scholars who are currently conducting research in and about Central Asia
(www.ca-research-net.org). A lot of research about Central Asia is going on
at different Universities in Europe and a lot of young and future scholars
express their wish for interdisciplinary and interinstitutional dialogue
among Central Asian studies.
The Department of Geography, University of Cologne and CIMERA
(www.cimera.org) are organizing the 3rd Conference in Cologne on Borders,
Social Spaces and Identities in Central Asia on Nov 15th - 17th 2002.
PhD candidates and other young scholars from Europe and Central Asia are
encouraged to send abstracts (300-500 words) in the electronic version to:
Britta.Korthcimera.org by August 15th.
Please indicate in which of the following panels you want to present a paper
or if you have other forms of presentations (documentary etc.).
* Civil Society and international intervention
* Education
* Borders in Central Asia
* Field Research in Central Asia
We cannot provide any funding for travel and hotel costs, but we are ready
to assist Central Asian scholars in identifying sources for funding and will
be able to recommend and organize cheap accommodation.
For further information please contact:
Claudia.Steinuni-koeln.de
CONF./REQUEST- To Those Who Submitted Proposals to the CESS Annual Conference
Posted by: John Schoeberlein <cessfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 14 Jul 2002
NOTE TO THOSE WHO SUBMITTED PAPER PROPOSALS FOR THE CENTRAL EURASIAN
STUDIES SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Dear Colleagues:
If you submitted a paper proposal to the Central Eurasian Studies Society
Annual Conference via the website in the period between June 1 and July 9,
and if you have not received confirmation that we received your *ABSTRACT*,
we must ask you to resubmit it. Unfortunately, there was a malfunction of
the web form and most of the submissions from that period were apparently
lost. We regret the extra trouble, and want to be sure that your proposals
are processed in time for you to participate in the conference.
Please also note that U.S. Immigration Service is experiencing substantial
delays in visa processing, so those who will need visas to attend the
conference should ensure that they apply for them as soon as possible. If
you will need a letter from us to enable this, please let us know.
All communications related to the conference should be addressed the
conference committee co-chair:
Prof. Uli Schamiloglu <uschamilfacstaff.wisc.edu>
One further note: On the 4-5 July, an e-mail problem resulted in the loss
of some CESS registration forms and sign-up forms for the CESS occasional
mailing list. If you submitted a web form around that time, please make
sure that we received it. I will send shortly confirmation to those whose
membership registration was received. If you do not receive this, please
fill in the web form again:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cess/CESS_Membership.html -- and again,
apologies for the inconvenience.
Reminder: the deadline for conference paper proposals is August 1. We've
had a tremendous response and are looking forward to a well-attended event,
and many interesting papers and rich exchanges.
Sincerely,
John Schoeberlein
President, Central Eurasian Studies Society
e-mail: CESSfas.harvard.edu
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cess/
CONFERENCE Gender and Higher Education, Dushanbe, Nov. 14-15, 2002
Posted by: Maxat Salpynov <msalpynovcareer.kz>
Posted: 25 Jun 2002
Dear Colleagues,
Educational Network is pleased to inform You of the conference "Gender:
Integration of actual gender issues into the system of higher education" to
be held in Dushanbe, November 14-15, 2002.
Instructors of higher learning, members of non-governmental organizations
and other interested persons, having experience and doing gender research
are kindly requested to send cv and completed applications for the
participation in the conference.
Deadline for applications: July 15, 2002
Julia Sakalbaeva
Program Assistant
Educational Network
Tel.: 7 3272 93-49-95; 93-49-97
Fax: 7 3272 93-49-98
E-mail: jsakalbaevacareer.kz
APPLICATION
Name:
Institution of Higher Education:
Position, academic degree:
Delivered disciplines:
Gender Research Publications:
Contact information: tel., fax, e-mail:
Reason(s) for participation in this conference:
HEARING- Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Central Asia, June 27
Posted by: F P Cowner <Fpcownerstate.gov>
Posted: 23 Jun 2002
Washington Foreign Press Center
Suite 800 National Press Building
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20045
Phone:(202) 504-6300
Fax:(202) 504-6334
Subject: HEARING: Balancing Military Assistance and Support for Human Rights in
Central Asia
Thursday, June 27, 2002
2:30 p.m., 419 Dirksen Building
FOR RELEASE: June 21, 2002
CONTACT: Lynne Weil 202-224-9194
WITNESSES:
PANEL 1
The Honorable Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights,
and Labor, Department of State
Washington, DC
The Honorable J.D. Crouch, Assistant Secretary for International Security
Policy,
Department of Defense
Washington, DC
Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia,
Department of State
Washington, DC
PANEL 2
Ms. Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, DC
The Honorable William Courtney,
Former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia
Former Senior Advisor to the National Security Council
Senior Vice President, National Security Programs, DynCorp
Washington, DC
SUBCOMMITTEE ON CENTRAL ASIA AND SOUTH CAUCASUS/OPEN
SENATOR TORRICELLI WILL PRESIDE
NOTE: All briefings are subject to change.
Please call (202) 504-6300 or visit the FPC web site: http://www.fpc.state.gov
for information on this schedule and other FPC Programs.
To review previous postings to this mailing list, visit:
http://lists.state.gov/archives/fpc.html
CONF./AWARD- CESS Annual Conference / Graduate Student Award for Best Paper
Posted by: Gregory Gleason <gleasongunm.edu>
Posted: 20 Jun 2002
CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
To promote new scholarship focusing on the culture and societies of the
Central Eurasia, the Central Eurasian Studies Society has established the
CESS Award for Best Graduate Paper. The CESS Best Graduate Paper Award
will give special recognition to a paper to be read by a graduate student
at the CESS Annual Conference. The winner of the annual prize will receive
$500 on attendance of the CESS Annual Conference. The prize is awarded
only to a conference attendee, though there is no obligation to use the
money for conference related costs. All enrolled graduate students are
eligible.
The paper submission should be consistent with framework of those presented
at the CESS Annual Conference, addressing any topic in the humanities or
social science study of Central Eurasia. The papers will be evaluated by a
three-member jury representing a range of disciplinary approaches. The
evaluation criteria will include originality, promise of offering
contribution to the field, appropriate use of information sources, and
quality of writing. With the agreement of the author, the winning paper
may be included in a conference panel. The paper may be drawn from thesis
work or intended for eventual publication, but should conform to standard
academic guidelines in terms of style and presentation. Papers may be
submitted electronically, or as a typed or computer-printed text. It is
the responsibility of the paper writer to ensure that it is delivered in
good order and on time. The winner of the CESS Award for Best Graduate
Paper will be honored at the Annual Conference.
Papers should be delivered to the Chair of the Award Committee, as follows;
any questions may be addressed to the same:
Prof. Gregory Gleason
Dept. of Political Science
Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
USA
E-mail: gleasongunm.edu
The submission deadline is Friday, September 6, 2002, 5:00 pm Eastern
Daylight Time (i.e., GMT -4:00). Submissions received after the deadline
may be considered in the next year's competition.
CESS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Please note that the deadline for submitting paper proposals for the
Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference has been extended.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: August 1, 2002
DATE AND LOCATION: Oct. 17-20, 2002 - University of Wisconsin, Madison
For further information about the CESS Annual Conference, please visit the
website, where you may find the call for papers and on-line registration:
http://www.wisc.edu/creeca/conferences/caworkshop.html
You may also contact one of the Conference Committee co-chairs: Uli
Schamiloglu <uschamilfacstaff.wisc.edu> or Gregory Gleason <gleasongunm.edu>.
Please see the CESS website for more membership registration and for
information about all of the activities of the Central Eurasian Studies
Society:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cess
CONF./CFP- Placing Gender in Postcommunism, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 18-19, 2002
Posted by: Havighurst Center <havighurstcentermuohio.edu>
Posted: 19 Jun 2002
Havighurst Center for Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Annual Grad
Student Conference
PLACING GENDER IN POSTCOMMUNISM
Invited speaker: Helena Goscilo, University of Pittsburgh
Miami University, Oxford, OH
October 18-19, 2002
The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami
University invites graduate student papers reflecting on the many ways
gender is implicated in postcommunist social, cultural, and political
formations. By calling for papers that "place" gender in post-communism, we
hope to promote two lines of inquiry:
1. What are the sites and spaces in which and through which gender is
(re-)constituted in postcommunism? We point to a range of kinds and levels
of place or space, from the most specific and local to the largest and/or
most diffuse, from communal apartments, kiosks, and farmers' markets to
medical, educational, legal, and political institutions, to nation states
(and the borders between them), to the internet. Papers might consider
transactions made on street corners or comparatively analyze regional
differences in gender-related policies or gendered participation in
parliaments or bureaucracies. They might highlight the gendered
implications of postcommunist architecture or the gendered aspects in the
travels of migrant laborers. Papers might also consider gender and gender
studies in postcommunist academic institutions or the role of gender in
civil society.
2. How can we most fruitfully place gender in terms of our own intellectual
discourses? And what are the imagined geographies which undergird our
thinking about gender in postcommunism? Much current work draws either
implicitly or explicitly on a dichotomy between feminisms east and west or
denies that such differences exist. We seek work that might point the way
to new and variegated feminist topographies. For instance, how might the
work on gender and postcolonial studies be brought to bear in thinking about
postcommunism? What would comparisons of Polish and Pakistani feminisms
look like? How might theories of intersectionality be brought to studies of
Roma women? How might feminist studies of Islam make sense of Islamic
postcommunist regions?
Papers may hail from any discipline (anthropology, sociology, political
science, literary criticism, folklore, religious studies, history, etc.) and
may focus on any aspect of social and political life in which gender is at
stake in any of the postcommunist countries in Central and Eastern Europe or
Central Eurasia. We strongly encourage proposals from grad students who
have already completed their dissertation research. The Havighurst Center
will provide accommodation in Oxford, ground transportation from the
airport, and partial travel funding (up to $250 for domestic travel and up
to $500 for international travel).
To be considered for the conference, submit an abstract of approximately 250
words and a CV to HavighurstCentermuohio.edu by August 1, 2002. Please
type "grad student conference" as the subject of the email. We plan to get
back to you by September 1, 2002. Final papers, of approximately 15-25
pages, must be submitted by October 1, 2002, when they will be posted on the
Havighurst website.
COURSE- Dari Classes in New York City
Posted by: Rameen Moshref <RameenMaol.com>
Posted: 18 Jun 2002
Beginner Dari classes starts Thurs., June 20, 2002 at Hunter College in NY.
This course starts with alphabet and would move on to words and sentences.
The course will start from 6:30 pm - 9 pm on Thurs. The class will end
September 5, 2002 and costs $150.
Interested individuals should e-mail <acmojalaaol.com> or call 718-445-6438
to reserve a spot.
CONFERENCE Endangered Languages and Their Languages (Program & Registration)
Posted by: Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>
Posted: 17 Jun 2002
Please find the FEL VI Conference 2002 Program below. It is entitled
"Endangered Languages and their Literatures", and will be held in at
the Posada Belen, Antigua Guatemala from 8 to 10 August 2002.
You can also find it posted it at:
http://www.has.vcu.edu/int/felprog.htm
Registration and Conference Information can be found at:
http://www.has.vcu.edu/int/felreginfo.htm
The information will also soon be available at the FEL website:
http://www.ogmios.org
If you cannot access any of these, please contact McKenna Brown directly, as
below.
Endangered Languages and Their Literatures
Foundation for Endangered Languages
Antigua, Guatemala - 8-10 August 2002
Thursday, August 8: Morning
9:00-12:00 Excursion to San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Thursday, August 8: Afternoon
2:00-3:30 Section 1: Strategies and Resources
Joel Sherzer, Keynote Address: AILLA (ailla.org): Archive of the Indigenous
Languages of Latin America
Monica Ward, The Pedagogical and Linguistic Issues Involved in Production
of EL Materials: A Case Study of Nawat
J.E. Lonergan, A Tarahumara-English Computational Semantic Lexicon
4:00-5:30 Section 2: Orthographies
Michal Brody, To the Letter: A Microanalysis of Currently Contested
Graphemes in the Maya of Yucatan
Pamela Innes, I can't read that way of writing: Linguistic and Indigenous
Systems clash in the Apache Language Revitalization Project
H. Russell Bernard & George Ngong Mbeh, Does Marking Tone Make Tone
Languages Easier to Read?
Friday, August 9: Morning
9:00-10:30 Section 3: Proverbs, Metaphor and Poetics
Chiroke Asogwa, Re-Kindling Interest in An Endangered Language: A Way
Forward for Igbo
Jule G--mez de Garc'a, "If you play with fire": Literary Production in
Jicarilla Apache
Jocelyn Ahlers, Cognitive Metaphor in Language Revitalization
11:00-12:00 Section 4: EL Literatures & Education
Joseph Blythe & Frances Kofod, Literature for the semi-literate: Issues for
Emerging Literacies in the Kimberley Region of North-Western Australia
Norman Thomson & Jepkorir Chepyator-Thomson, The Role of Educators as
Biological, Cultural, and Language Exterminators: Teaching for Creativity,
Measuring for Conformity
Friday, August 9: Afternoon
12:00-2:00 Annual General Meeting
2:00-3:30 Section 5: Strategies II
Alexis Lopez, Using Storytelling in Schools to Preserve Endangered Languages
Giovanna Micarelli & Hernán Gomez Decastro, On the Steps of Memory: Theater
Anthropology as an Instrument for Cultural and Linguistic Revitalization in
Indigenous Communities of the Colombian Amazon
Mary Morgan & Deepa Gurung, Languages Worth Writing: Endangered Languages
of Nepal
4:00-5:30 Section 6: Literacy in Newly Independent Lands
Aisoltan Bazarova, Turkmen Language: After Ten Years of Independence
Razi Nurullayev, Khinalig People and the Survival of Their Language
Emin Amrullayev, Azerbaijan: Linguistic Minorities in a Former Soviet State
Saturday, August 10: Morning
9:00-10:30 Section 7: Oral Literatures I: Collection
B'alam Mateo Toledo & Ajb'ee O. Jimímez, La literatura Maya desde las
comunidades ind'genas
Vianor Pérez Rivera (Iguaniginape Kungiler), La experiencia de recopilar el
conocimiento Kuna
Margaret Florey, Continuity In Oral Traditions Among Endangered Moluccan
Languages In Eastern Indonesia And The Dutch Diaspora
11:00-12:30 Section 8: Open Session/Local Presenters
Saturday, August 10: Afternoon
2:00-3:30 Section 8: Oral Literatures II: Diffusion
Ixcha'im Marliny Son, El rescate de los idiomas Mayas a través de los textos
Andrew E. Lieberman & Jacinto de Paz Pérez, The Blossoming of our
Ancestor's Words: Oral Tradition Collected and Published by Mayan Students
Laura Martin, Strategies for Promoting Endangered Language Literatures
Outside Their Local Communities
4:00-5:30 Section 9: Mayan Literature
Mar'a Luz Garc'a & Marta Cobo Raymundo, Bajo la montaña: Women's Stories of
la violencia
Janferie Stone, Maya Poetics: Renaissance in Continuity
Christopher Hadfield, A Tissue of Lies: History versus Myth in the Nature
of Time
Saturday, August 10: Evening
6:00-7:30 Mayan Poetry Reading & Reception
R. McKenna Brown, PhD
Conference Chairman
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and
Director, International Studies Program
Virginia Commonwealth University
310 North Shafer Street, Room 201
PO Box 843080
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3080 USA
+1.804.827.1671 fax +1.804.225.3479
http://www.has.vcu.edu/int/
voice mail +1.804.278.0216
SYMPOSIUM/CFP- The Children of War: Orphans, Istanbul, 31 Oct.-1 Nov., 2002
Posted by: Aylin Koc <aykocturk.net>
Posted: 10 Jun 2002
Call for Papers
The Center for Turkic Studies of Marmara University (Istanbul) is organising
a symposium on 31 October-1 November 2002 on "The Children of War: Orphans"
in view to gain an insight and understanding of a major phenomena which the
20th century with two world wars came to face and to cope.
You may approach the subject from the perspective of literature, history,
history of institutions, political science, law, sociology, psychology,
musicology, cinema, history of art, or record a memory, (for example, the
history of orphanages, the identity of a generation of children who were
brought up in Soviet orphanages, demographic changes which forced a
generation of children to come to age well before their time and its impact
on the social structure).
If you would like to take part in the symposium and present a paper, please
contact us before the 1st of August 2002. We look forward to your
participation.
Prof. Dr. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
Director of the Center for Turkic Studies
Marmara University
<naskaliturk.net>
Secretary to the Symposium
Aylin Koc
<aykocturk.net>
Aylin Koc
Marmara Universitesi
Turkiyat Arastirmalari Enstitusu
Goztepe Kampusu
Goztepe / Istanbul 81040
Turkey
tel: +90 (216) 345 60 69 / 21 (day-time); +90 (216) 325 23 41 (after 5 pm.)
mobile: +90 (542) 697 13 50
fax: +90 (216) 336 95 91
SEMINAR- Status of Women's Rights and Development in Afghanistan, June 6
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <efinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 30 May 2002
BREAKFAST FORUM
The Central Eurasia Project, the Program on Reproductive Health and Rights,
and the Network Women's Program invite you to attend a special breakfast forum:
The Status of Women's Rights and Development in Afghanistan
With
Soraya Paikan
Founder and Director of Afghan Women Lawyers and Professionals
And Jessica Neuwirth
President of Equality Now
With Discussants Hangama Anwari and Nafisa Kabuli, AWLPA board members
Thursday, June 6, 2002
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
The Open Society Institute, Room 3AB
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
To RSVP please contact Ms. Farrah Trinker at (212) 547-6904 or
ftrinkersorosny.org.
If you are unable to attend, you can read a synopsis of this event and
subscribe to a weekly news bulletin at <www.EurasiaNet.org>.
CONFERENCE 14th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium, Seattle, June 1
Posted by: Ilse Cirtautas <icirtu.washington.edu>
Posted: 27 May 2002
University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
14th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies
Saturday, June 1, 2002
8:30-6:30
Denny Hall 215-215A
Program
8:30-9:00 - Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
9:00-9:10 - Welcome Address: Professor Ilse D. Cirtautas
9:10-9:50 - "The Revolt of 1916 in Central Asia"
Jipar Duyshembiyeva, Graduate Student,
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
9:50-11:30 - "A Forgotten People: The Meshketian Turks"
Justin Odum, Graduate Student, Russian, East European & Central Asian
Program (REECAS), UW
11:30-12:10 - "Russia, China, the United States and Central Asia After
September 11"
Zulfiya Lafi, Graduate Student, Russian, East European & Central Asian
Program (REECAS), UW
12:10-12:20 - Awarding of the Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Association Prize
For the Best Student in First-Year Uzbek (2001-2002)
12:20-1:30 - Lunch
1:30-2:10 - "U.S. Policy in the Caspian Region and in Central Asia"
Batyr Hadjiyev, IREX Fellow, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
2:10-2:50 - "Opposition Voices in Kyrgyzstan"
Rafis Abazov, Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New
York
2:50-3:20 - "Western Social, Economic and Political Concepts in the Current
Uzbek Language"
Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW
3:20-3:30 - Coffee Break
3:30-6:30 - Session on Human Rights in Central Asia
Moderator / Discussant: Professor Stephen Hanson,
Department of Political Science, Director of the Russian, East European &
Central Asian Program (REECAS)
"Human Rights in Islam"
Ahmad Souaiaia, Ph.D. C., Interdisciplinary
Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies, UW
"Human Rights in Kazakhstan"
Zhakshylyk Khuseinov, Former Advisor to the President and Parliament of
Kazakhstan, Visiting Scholar, Russian, East European & Central Asian Program
(REECAS)
"Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan"
Rafis Abazov, Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New
York
"Human Rights in Uzbekistan"
David Hunsicker, Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and
Middle Eastern Studies, UW
Concluding Remarks: Stephen Hanson, Ilse D. Cirtautas
CONF./CFP- Collaboration in the Digital Age, Osaka, Sept. 20-23
Posted by: Caverlee Cary <cariuclink4.berkeley.edu>
Posted: 14 May 2002
Announcement and Call for Proposals
PACIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD CONSORTIUM 2002 ANNUAL CONFERENCE and Joint Meetings with:
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI),
Information Processing Society of Japan - SIG Computers and the Humanities
(IPSJ-SIGCH),
Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative (EBTI)
"Collaboration in the Digital Age"
University of Shimane, Japan
(September 15-18)
Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
(September 20-22)
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
(September 23)
http://pnc-ecai.oiu.ac.jp
The PNC 2002 Annual Conference brings together Japanese and international
scholars engaged in digital research in the humanities. Proposal abstracts
for presentations or computer-poster demonstrations are invited for the
conference in Osaka, September 20-23. Technical topics that will be
considered include GIS, digital libraries, electronic publication, archive
management, multilingual issues, spatial analysis in the humanities,
metadata and interoperability of digital data. Proposals are invited on
digital scholarly work on Asia, especially Japan, Tibet, and Central Asia.
Abstracts of proposals of up to 250 words can be submitted by email to:
ecaisocrates.berkeley.edu. Deadline: June 15, 2002. Notification of
acceptance: July 5, 2002.
Program and registration information are available at:
http://pnc-ecai.oiu.ac.jp/. Questions can be directed to
ecaisocrates.berkeley.edu or pnc-ecaioiu.ac.jp.
Assistance Provided By:
Osaka International University
The California Digital Library
Center for Japanese Studies, University of California, Berkeley
International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley
CONFERENCE Caucasus: Ethnic Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics, Oct. '02,
Tbilisi
Posted by: Levan Urushadze <iacerhrg98hotmail.com>
Posted: 1 Jun 2002
Dear Colleagues,
I inform you, that in October 26-27, 2002, in Tbilisi will hold the IV
Annual Conference of the International Association "Caucasus: Ethnic
Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics" (IACERHRG).
Main themes of the Conference: 1. "The question of National
Self-Determination and double standards"; 2. "The International Criminal
Court (ICC) and the ethnocide of the Chechen people"; 3. "Human Rights
situation in the Caucasus".
Participants: max. 100.
Languages: Georgian, English, Russian.
Time limit for lectures: 20 min.
Deadline for registration (Name and forename, organization, position, degree,
gender, age, nationality, street address, city, postal code, phone, fax,
e-mail, area of interest): October 1, 2002.
Registration fee: 50 USD.
Deadline for abstracts (1-1,5 pp.): October 1, 2002.
The rooms in the hotel "Morkinali" (per night - 20 USD) will be reserved by
the Organizing Committee.
Unfortunately we can not cover expenses for travel and accommodation.
I cordially invite you to participate in the Conference. I hope for your
coming in Tbilisi.
With kind regards,
Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze
Chairman of IACERHRG
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 24, 2002
IACERHRG
G.Tsabadze Street 3-32
Tbilisi 380012
Republic of Georgia.
Tel/Fax: (995) 32 348651
E-mail: iacerhrg98hotmail.com
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/iacerhrg/iacerhrg.html
SYMPOSIUM/CFP- The Children of War: Orphans, Istanbul, 31 Oct.-1 Nov., 2002
Posted by: Aylin Koc <aykocturk.net>
Posted: 10 Jun 2002
Call for Papers
The Center for Turkic Studies of Marmara University (Istanbul) is organising
a symposium on 31 October-1 November 2002 on "The Children of War: Orphans"
in view to gain an insight and understanding of a major phenomena which the
20th century with two world wars came to face and to cope.
You may approach the subject from the perspective of literature, history,
history of institutions, political science, law, sociology, psychology,
musicology, cinema, history of art, or record a memory, (for example, the
history of orphanages, the identity of a generation of children who were
brought up in Soviet orphanages, demographic changes which forced a
generation of children to come to age well before their time and its impact
on the social structure).
If you would like to take part in the symposium and present a paper, please
contact us before the 1st of August 2002. We look forward to your
participation.
Prof. Dr. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
Director of the Center for Turkic Studies
Marmara University
<naskaliturk.net>
Secretary to the Symposium
Aylin Koc
<aykocturk.net>
Aylin Koc
Marmara Universitesi
Turkiyat Arastirmalari Enstitusu
Goztepe Kampusu
Goztepe / Istanbul 81040
Turkey
tel: +90 (216) 345 60 69 / 21 (day-time); +90 (216) 325 23 41 (after 5 pm.)
mobile: +90 (542) 697 13 50
fax: +90 (216) 336 95 91
SEMINAR- Status of Women's Rights and Development in Afghanistan, June 6
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <efinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 30 May 2002
BREAKFAST FORUM
The Central Eurasia Project, the Program on Reproductive Health and Rights,
and the Network Women's Program invite you to attend a special breakfast forum:
The Status of Women's Rights and Development in Afghanistan
With
Soraya Paikan
Founder and Director of Afghan Women Lawyers and Professionals
And Jessica Neuwirth
President of Equality Now
With Discussants Hangama Anwari and Nafisa Kabuli, AWLPA board members
Thursday, June 6, 2002
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
The Open Society Institute, Room 3AB
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
To RSVP please contact Ms. Farrah Trinker at (212) 547-6904 or
ftrinkersorosny.org.
If you are unable to attend, you can read a synopsis of this event and
subscribe to a weekly news bulletin at <www.EurasiaNet.org>.
CONFERENCE 14th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium, Seattle, June 1
Posted by: Ilse Cirtautas <icirtu.washington.edu>
Posted: 27 May 2002
University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
14th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies
Saturday, June 1, 2002
8:30-6:30
Denny Hall 215-215A
Program
8:30-9:00 - Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
9:00-9:10 - Welcome Address: Professor Ilse D. Cirtautas
9:10-9:50 - "The Revolt of 1916 in Central Asia"
Jipar Duyshembiyeva, Graduate Student,
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
9:50-11:30 - "A Forgotten People: The Meshketian Turks"
Justin Odum, Graduate Student, Russian, East European & Central Asian
Program (REECAS), UW
11:30-12:10 - "Russia, China, the United States and Central Asia After
September 11"
Zulfiya Lafi, Graduate Student, Russian, East European & Central Asian
Program (REECAS), UW
12:10-12:20 - Awarding of the Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Association Prize
For the Best Student in First-Year Uzbek (2001-2002)
12:20-1:30 - Lunch
1:30-2:10 - "U.S. Policy in the Caspian Region and in Central Asia"
Batyr Hadjiyev, IREX Fellow, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
2:10-2:50 - "Opposition Voices in Kyrgyzstan"
Rafis Abazov, Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New
York
2:50-3:20 - "Western Social, Economic and Political Concepts in the Current
Uzbek Language"
Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW
3:20-3:30 - Coffee Break
3:30-6:30 - Session on Human Rights in Central Asia
Moderator / Discussant: Professor Stephen Hanson,
Department of Political Science, Director of the Russian, East European &
Central Asian Program (REECAS)
"Human Rights in Islam"
Ahmad Souaiaia, Ph.D. C., Interdisciplinary
Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies, UW
"Human Rights in Kazakhstan"
Zhakshylyk Khuseinov, Former Advisor to the President and Parliament of
Kazakhstan, Visiting Scholar, Russian, East European & Central Asian Program
(REECAS)
"Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan"
Rafis Abazov, Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New
York
"Human Rights in Uzbekistan"
David Hunsicker, Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and
Middle Eastern Studies, UW
Concluding Remarks: Stephen Hanson, Ilse D. Cirtautas
CONF./CFP- Collaboration in the Digital Age, Osaka, Sept. 20-23
Posted by: Caverlee Cary <cariuclink4.berkeley.edu>
Posted: 14 May 2002
Announcement and Call for Proposals
PACIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD CONSORTIUM 2002 ANNUAL CONFERENCE and Joint Meetings with:
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI),
Information Processing Society of Japan - SIG Computers and the Humanities
(IPSJ-SIGCH),
Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative (EBTI)
"Collaboration in the Digital Age"
University of Shimane, Japan
(September 15-18)
Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
(September 20-22)
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
(September 23)
http://pnc-ecai.oiu.ac.jp
The PNC 2002 Annual Conference brings together Japanese and international
scholars engaged in digital research in the humanities. Proposal abstracts
for presentations or computer-poster demonstrations are invited for the
conference in Osaka, September 20-23. Technical topics that will be
considered include GIS, digital libraries, electronic publication, archive
management, multilingual issues, spatial analysis in the humanities,
metadata and interoperability of digital data. Proposals are invited on
digital scholarly work on Asia, especially Japan, Tibet, and Central Asia.
Abstracts of proposals of up to 250 words can be submitted by email to:
ecaisocrates.berkeley.edu. Deadline: June 15, 2002. Notification of
acceptance: July 5, 2002.
Program and registration information are available at:
http://pnc-ecai.oiu.ac.jp/. Questions can be directed to
ecaisocrates.berkeley.edu or pnc-ecaioiu.ac.jp.
Assistance Provided By:
Osaka International University
The California Digital Library
Center for Japanese Studies, University of California, Berkeley
International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley
CONFERENCE Caucasus: Ethnic Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics, Oct. '02,
Tbilisi
Posted by: Levan Urushadze <iacerhrg98hotmail.com>
Posted: 1 Jun 2002
Dear Colleagues,
I inform you, that in October 26-27, 2002, in Tbilisi will hold the IV
Annual Conference of the International Association "Caucasus: Ethnic
Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics" (IACERHRG).
Main themes of the Conference: 1. "The question of National
Self-Determination and double standards"; 2. "The International Criminal
Court (ICC) and the ethnocide of the Chechen people"; 3. "Human Rights
situation in the Caucasus".
Participants: max. 100.
Languages: Georgian, English, Russian.
Time limit for lectures: 20 min.
Deadline for registration (Name and forename, organization, position, degree,
gender, age, nationality, street address, city, postal code, phone, fax,
e-mail, area of interest): October 1, 2002.
Registration fee: 50 USD.
Deadline for abstracts (1-1,5 pp.): October 1, 2002.
The rooms in the hotel "Morkinali" (per night - 20 USD) will be reserved by
the Organizing Committee.
Unfortunately we can not cover expenses for travel and accommodation.
I cordially invite you to participate in the Conference. I hope for your
coming in Tbilisi.
With kind regards,
Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze
Chairman of IACERHRG
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 24, 2002
IACERHRG
G.Tsabadze Street 3-32
Tbilisi 380012
Republic of Georgia.
Tel/Fax: (995) 32 348651
E-mail: iacerhrg98hotmail.com
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/iacerhrg/iacerhrg.html
CONFERENCE- Civilizations of Central Asia, Samarkand, 25-28 Sept. 2002
Posted by: K. Tashbaeva <hoqononline.ru>
Posted: 13 May 2002
Central Asia is one of the largest historical-cultural regions of the East
with its unique material and spiritual culture, where the processes of
formation of the ancient civilizations and foundation of the earliest state
communities took place. This process was promoted by two main factors:
* Location of Central Asia on the crossroads of the most important
trade-economical and ethno-cultural communication routs of Eurasia.
* The diversity of palaeo-geographical and ecological conditions of Central
Asia which promoted the formation of various economical and cultural types
and close contacts of settled agricultural, nomadic and semi-nomadic
cattle-breeding cultures.
These issues will be the main topics for discussion on the Conference on
"Civilizations of Central Asia: Sedentary and Nomadic Peoples: Traditions
and the Present"
The following main topics are:
1. Central Asia on the Threshold of Civilizations (economy, spiritual culture);
2. Ancient Civilizations (economy, spiritual culture, interactions between
settled peoples and nomads, formation of trade-economical relations);
3. Problems of Formation of Nomadic Civilizations (palaeo-ecological
environment in the development of nomadic societies, peculiarities of
social and economic life, definitions of civilization);
4. Medieval Civilizations (economy and social systems, culture and
religions, interactions between settled and nomadic civilizations, Central
Asia on the crossroads of the Great Silk Road).
5. Traditions and the Present (the modern types of communication, the
problems of tolerance, confessional processes and forms of interrelations.
The Conference will be held within the framework of the scientific program
of the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) and
organized in co-operation with the Institute of Archaeology of the Uzbek
Academy of Sciences, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (in
Tashkent) and with the UNESCO financial assistance.
The Conference will take place in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) from 25 to 28
September 2002.
In view of your knowledge and experience as well as your active interest in
this field we therefore have pleasure in inviting you to participate in our
Conference and presenting a communication (not exceeding 15 minutes). The
working languages of the Conference will be Russian and English.
If, as we hope, you are able to accept to participate, we should be grateful
if you would fill in the Application Form enclosed herewith and return it
before 30 May 2002 to Ms K. Tashbaeva, Director of IICAS (E-mail:
iicasonline.ru; fax: (998 662) 33 75 65; Tel: (998 662) 31 06 55)
The abstracts of papers should not exceed one standard page. The Organizing
Committee kindly asks you to forward the abstracts of your paper to the
above-mentioned.
The deadline for submitting the abstracts is 30 June 2002.
After receiving these documents the Organizing Committee will make all
necessary arrangements for your visa, and will be in direct contact with you
in this connection.
The Organizing Committee of IICAS encourages the participants to seek the
funding of their travel. Meal and accommodation are provided by the
Organizing Committee
The International Conference will be followed by the 7th session of the
Academic Council of the International Institute for Central Asian Studies
(IICAS), from 27 to 28 September 2002.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Sincerely yours,
K. Tashbaeva
Director
International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS)
19 University Boulevard
703029, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
E-mail: iicasonline.ru
Fax: (998 662) 33 75 65; Tel: (998 662) 31 06 55
SEMINAR- S. Ahmed, Pakistan: Dangers of Conventional Wisdom, New York, May
17
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <efinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 10 May 2002
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend:
Pakistan: The Dangers of Conventional Wisdom
with
Dr. Samina Ahmed
Of the International Crisis Group
Friday, May 17, 2002, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
1133 Avenue of the Americas, 24th Floor, Room 24A, New York, NY 10036
Samina Ahmed is Project Director for Pakistan/Afghanistan at the
International Crisis Group. She worked previously as a research fellow at
the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, the Institute of Regional
Studies, Islamabad, and the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs,
Karachi. Dr. Ahmed has a Master's in International Relations and a Ph.D. in
Political Science from the Australian National University, Canberra. She has
been the recipient of a number of research grants and awards and has worked
as a visiting Fellow at Oxford University, a Visiting Researcher at the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and a Visiting Scholar at
the Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque.
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 May 17th event.
___ I will not attend the May 17th 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>.
CONFERENCE- Dialogue of Cultures and Civilizations, Baku, 8-9 May 2002
Posted by: Mushfig Bashirov <assembly-bakuazeurotel.com>
Posted: 2 May 2002
You are invited to the International Conference of "The Dialogue of Cultures
and Civilisations: Baku - the Bridge Between the East and the West" to be
held in 8-9 May 2002 in the Crescent Beach Hotel in Baku.
The Conference is organised by the Azerbaijan National Committee (ANC) of
the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (hCa) and will cover the issue of the
crossroads of cultures and civilisations. The conference will be attended
by a number of well-known scientists and social-political figures from
abroad such as Dr Mary Kaldor, Professor of School of Economics, (UK), Dr
Dmitri Furman, Director of the Sakharov Fund (Russia), Dr Ataollah
Mohanjerani, Director of the Centre of the Dialogue of Civilisation at the
Iranian President (Iran), Dr Murad Belge, well-known public figure (Turkey),
Mr Mient Yan Faber, Director of the Inter-Church Council, the public figure
(the Netherlands), Dr Walid Salem, Professor of the Palestine University
etc. Also your intention in making speech in the Conference would, no
doubt, enrich our conference.
The exact time and program of workshops will be announced later, immediately
after the confirmation of attendance.
For further questions please contact:
Mushfig Bashirov/Head of International Secretariat
e-mail: assembly-bakuazeurotel.com
Tel: (99 412) 93 20 85
Fax: (99 412) 93 66 26
Mobile: (99 450) 355 88 95
CONFERENCE- Online Conference on Afghanistan
Posted by: Conflict Prevention Initiative <cpihpcrhsph.harvard.edu>
Posted: 1 May 2002
Dear Colleague,
We would like to extend an invitation for you to participate to the
first-ever online conference on reconstruction in Afghanistan, organized by
the Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research.
The Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) is a
research and policy program based at Harvard University established in a
partnership between the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the
United Nations and Harvard University. The Program is engaged in research
and advisory services on conflict prevention strategies, the management of
humanitarian crises, and the protection of civilians in conflict areas.
A key project of the Program is the Conflict Prevention Initiative (CPI).
CPI offers a website interface on conflict prevention and crisis management
developed in partnership with the UN Executive Office of the Secretary
General and the UN Department of Political Affairs. The CPI website provides
an interactive virtual platform for policy and decision makers to gain
access to information and academic resources as well as online discussion
forums and conferences on conflict prevention strategies. For more
information on the CPI project, please log on to:
http://www.preventconflict.org.
CPI launched a dedicated webportal in November 2001 on Central Asia, with a
particular focus on Afghanistan, offering news and analysis on the current
situation. Already, more than a 1000 users have registered to this free
service.
The password-protected conference on "Securing communities for
reconstruction in Afghanistan" will be hosted on the CPI Central Asia web
portal (http://www.preventconflict.org/portal/centralasia) from April 29 to
May 10, 2002. The e-conference follows a series of consultations with Afghan
civil society leaders in Kabul, Peshawar and Zahedan in March and April
2002. The consultations aimed to gather perspectives from Afghans on how
they understood the current security challenges in Afghanistan, especially
in the areas outside of Kabul that have been receiving little international
attention. See attached IRIN press release.
More than 80 participants have responded promptly to our invitation to take
part in this privileged discussion. Among them, UN and NGO policymakers,
donors, practitioners, scholars, and NGO activists are logging in from
Kabul, Peshawar, Islamabad, Tehran, as well as a number of US, European and
Asian cities.
If you wish to participate in the conference or get more information, please
contact the Harvard team at cpi_hpcrhsph.harvard.edu. You may also want to
register to the CPI Central Asia web portal
(http://www.preventconflict.org/portal/centralasia)
We look forward to welcoming you to the conference.
With best regards,
The Conflict Prevention Initiative (CPI)
Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR)
Email: cpi_hpcrhsph.harvard.edu
CONFERENCE- 17th MEHAT Conference at the University of Chicago, May 10-11,
2002
Posted by: Ilker Evrim Binbas <iebinbasmidway.uchicago.edu>
Posted: 30 Apr 2002
17th MIDDLE EAST HISTORY AND THEORY CONFERENCE
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Chicago
May 10-11, 2002
Location: Ida Noyes Hall
1212 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
The complete schedule is available at
http://cas.uchicago.edu/meht
SPECIAL EVENTS
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Richard Foltz
(University of Florida)
Does Nature Have Historical Agency?
Perspectives from the Silk Road, the Central Asia and Elsewhere
May 10, 2001; 5:00:6:30
Ida Noyes Hall
SPECIAL GUEST
Faruk Logoglu
Turkish Ambassador in Washington
Turkey and the Middle East
May 11, 2002; 3:00-5:00
Ida Noyes Hall
THE 2002 CENTRAL ASIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
SHASHMAQAM
Bukharan Jewish Music Ensemble
May 11, 2002; 7:30
International House
Talant Mawqanuli
Kazak Music from Xinjiang
May 10, 2002; 8:00
Ida Noyes Hall
Discussion on Musical Culture of Central Asia
Ted Levin
(Dartmouth College)
Martin Stokes
(The University of Chicago)
May 11, 2002; 1:00-3:00
Ida Noyes Hall
For more information please contact
Jacob Haar (jahaaruchicago.edu)
PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITION
Aphrodite Désirée Navab
What is Home after Exile?: An Iranian American Homecoming
May 10-11, 2002
Ida Noyes Hall
MAMLUK STUDIES SPECIAL SESSION
The Current State of Mamluk Studies
Bruce Craig (The University of Chicago)
Li Guo (University of Notre Dame)
Carl Petry (Northwestern University)
Warren Schultz (DePaul University)
May 10, 2002; 2:45-4:45
Ida Noyes Hall
CMES OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
The Middle East in the Middle West
May 11, 2002; 9:00-11:00
Ida Noyes Hall
Lab School - Ibn Khaldun Symposium
May 11, 2002; 12:30-2:300
Ida Noyes Hall
For more information please contact
Rasheed Husain (rihoseinmidway.uchicago.edu)
Organization Committee:
Ilker Evrim Binbas, Conference Coordinator
iebinbasmidway.uchicago.edu
Patrick G. Wing, Conference Coordinator
pgwingmidway.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- Afghanistan: A Photojournalistic Presentation, May 13, New York
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <efinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 30 Apr 2002
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend:
"Afghanistan: A Photojournalistic Presentation"
with
Reza
National Geographic Photographer and Founder of AINA
Monday, May 13, 2002, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, Room 3AB, New York, NY 10019
Reza has been on assignment for National Geographic Magazine since 1991,
covering Egypt, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia and China. From
1983 to 1990, he traveled many times to Afghanistan to cover the resistance
to the Soviet occupation. In 1990, he worked as a consultant for the United
Nations humanitarian program. In 1992, Reza was the only photographer to
enter into Kabul with Massoud. He has also worked for Agence Press France,
Newsweek and Time magazine, and has received several international photo
awards, including the World Press Photo award and the Hope Prize, for his
photos of Rwandan refugees. He is also the founder of AINA, a
not-for-profit foundation for the promotion of independent media and
cultural expression in Afghanistan.
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 May 13th event.
___ I will not attend the May 13th
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>.
CONFERENCE- Manifestations of Transformation in Central Asia, London, May
24
Posted by: Kai Wegerich <wegerichyahoo.com>
Posted: 30 Apr 2002
Conference
"Manifestations of Transformation in Central Asia:
Ten Years of Independence and Beyond"
May 24th 2002
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Brunei Gallery B202
Registration & Coffee: 9:00 - 10:00 (Brunei Gallery Foyer)
Morning Session: 10:00 - 12:00
Chair: Deniz Kandiyoti,
10:00-10:40 Jamshid Gaziyev, Department of Politics, University of Durham
"The Legacy of the Osh Conflict in Central Asian Patterns of Ethnic
Conflict"
10:40-11:20 Matteo Fumagalli, Department of Politics University of Edinburgh
"Re-Defining Borders and Sovereignties in Central Eurasia: Regional
Implications and Prospects in the Light of the Kazak-Uzbek Agreement"
11:20-12:00 Kai Wegerich, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London
"Coping with the dis-integration of river-basin management system:
multi-dimensional issues in Central Asia"
Lunch 12:00 - 13:30 (Brunei Gallery Foyer)
Afternoon Session: 13:30 - 15:30
Chair: Shirin Akiner
13:30-14:10 Johan Rasanayagam, Department of Social Anthropology,
University of Cambridge
"Economic Spheres in Uzbekistan: an Alternative to Dual Economy Models"
14:10-14:50 Ari Katz, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
"Learning from the Past or History Repeats Itself?: The World Bank in
Kyrgyzstan and Georgia"
14:50-15:30 Maria Elisabeth Louw, Department of Ethnography and Social
Anthropology University of Aarhus
"The Revival of Islam in Uzbekistan in Relation to Questions of Social
Justice"
Reception 15:40 (TBA)
Kai Wegerich, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG, UK
Tel: 44 (0) 20 7898 4560 Fax: 44 (0) 20 7898 4599
E-mail: wegerichyahoo.com
LECTURES- Oriental Institute - Istanbul, May - June 2002
Posted by: Emine Gürsoy-Naskali <Naskaliturk.net>
Posted: 26 Apr 2002
Lectures at the Orient Institute / Istanbul
May 2002-June 2002
Address:
Cihangir - Istanbul, Susam Sok. 16-18, Daire 8
Tel. 0212-293 60 67; Fax: 0212-249 63 59; e-mail: oiistattglobal.net
Wednesday, May 8, 18.00 p.m., Dr. Wolf-Dieter Lemke (Orient-Institut der DMG)
Ittifak picture postcards: German and Austrian pictorial propaganda
for the alliance with the Ottoman Empire (with slides)
Mittwoch, 15. Mai, 18.00 c.t., Dr. Udo Mischek (Universität Leipzig)
Zigeuner in Istanbul: Ein ethnologisches Forschungsvorhaben
Donnerstag, 23. Mai, 18.00 c.t., Dr. Raoul Motika, (Universität Heidelberg)
Entwicklungstendenzen des Islams in Tatarstan
Wednesday, June 5, 6 p.m., Dr. Elvan Gülöksüz (Technical University of
Istanbul)
The Reconstructing of the Izmit Bey Region After the Earthquake in 1999:
Regulations, Actors and Spatial Outcome
Wednesday, June 19, 6 p.m., Serpil Bilbasar, M.A. (Université Marc Bloch
Strassbourg)
Hapishane-i Umumi (1879): Population and Space
ROUNTABLE- Humanitarian Situation in Chechnya, Washington DC, April 25
Posted by: American Committee for Peace in Chechnya <acpcpeaceinchechnya.org>
Posted: 24 Apr 2002
The American Committee for Peace in Chechnya
and
Freedom House
invite you to a roundtable discussion on
THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN CHECHNYA
WITH
Simon Panek,
Director of Humanitarian Operations
The People in Need Foundation
Thursday, April 25 at 3:00 p.m., at Freedom House - 1319 18th Street, N.W.
(2nd floor ballroom)
Simon Panek is the Director of Humanitarian Operations for the People in
Need Foundation (PINF), which was the first international aid organization
to begin working in Chechnya following the outbreak of war in 1999. During
the war, PINF has remained a leading humanitarian organization in Chechnya,
providing refugees with food and non-food supplies, shelter, as well as
working to rebuild schools. Since its inception in 1994, the PINF has
provided more than $30 million in aid to 26 countries, including $5 million
to Chechnya.
In 1992, Mr. Panek co-founded Epicentrum, a team of journalists within the
daily Lidove Noviny newspaper specializing in conflict reporting. In the
same year, he also co-founded the Lidove Noviny Foundation, an organization,
which complemented Epicentrum's work by providing humanitarian assistance to
areas affected by war and natural disasters. In 1994, Epicentrum was
re-established as the People in Need Foundation (PINF) and Mr. Panek was
appointed director. In 1997, Mr. Panek stepped down as director of PINF but
currently serves as its chief of operations, as well as director of Chronos,
a documentary film production company.
* Please contact Matthew Brady at ACPC at 202.296.5101 ext. 134 or
acpcpeaceinchechnya.org with any questions about the event.
B.U. TALK- Women and Reconstruction in Afghanistan, April 24
Posted by: Women's Studies Program - Boston University <wspbu.edu>"fas.harvard.edu
Posted: 22 Apr 2002
Women's Studies Program
Presents a Forum on
Reconstructing Afghanistan: Women's Visions of Peace & Prosperity
Amita Kulkirni - Afghan Women's Activism in Peshawar
Fahima Vorgetts - Women's Rights and Education in Afghanistan
Fatima Gailani - Future of Afghan Women?
Ambassador Robin Raphel - Women and Peacemaking: An American Perspective
DATE: Wednesday, April 24
TIME: 4-7 p.m.
PLACE: COM Rm. 101 (640 Commonwealth Ave.)
Free and Open to the Public - Call 358-2370 704 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 101
CONFERENCECFP- Assoc. for the Study of Persianate Societies, Dushanbe, Sept.
2002
Posted by: William Beeman <William_Beemanbrown.edu>
Posted: 21 Apr 2002
Dear Colleagues:
We are pleased to inform you that the first ASPS Biennial Convention,
"Society, Language and Culture in the Persianate World," has been
rescheduled for September 15-17, 2002 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. As you know,
we unfortunately had to cancel the convention, which was to take place in
Shiraz last October with your participation. If you wish to present the
same paper, please inform us so that we can include you in the program. If
you wish to participate and present a different paper, please send us a new
abstract as soon as possible. If we do not receive a response by June 1,
2002, we will assume that you do not wish to participate.
Tajikistan Airlines flies from Munich to Dushanbe on Saturday, September 15,
5:30 PM, with a return flight from Dushanbe to Munich on Saturday, September
22, 10 AM. There is also a flight available from Istanbul to Dushanbe. In
addition to the conference, excursions to nearby cities will also be made
available. We will investigate the possibility of getting a special rate
for convention participants; we are also organizing an advisory committee to
assist with obtaining Visas and making travel arrangements. The Program
Committee is holding discussions with the Open Society Institute (OSI) to
explore ways to facilitate the applications of convention participants from
former Soviet and Eastern European countries. Possible sources of support
for travel from the United States and Western Europe will also be
investigated, and we would appreciate suggestions in this regard. We are
currently working with the Tajik National Commission for UNESCO and with
OSI, Tajikistan to obtain funding for all participants' local food and
lodging expenses. You will receive notification when such arrangements are
finalized.
Please send responses and abstracts by June 1, 2002 to Prof. Jo-Ann Gross,
Program Committee Chair, Department of History, The College of New Jersey,
P.O. Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718, USA. Fax: 609-730-1949; e-mail:
grosstcnj.edu. Electronic responses are encouraged. We look forward to
your participation in this exciting event in the history of Persianate Studies.
Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
website: http://persiansocieties.uchicago.edu/
SEMINAR- Open Forum: Barnett Rubin, Afghan Political Update, New York, April
26
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <efinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 19 Apr 2002
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend
"Afghanistan Today: A Political Update"
with
Barnett Rubin
of the NYU Center on International Cooperation
Friday, April 26, 2002
12:30 - 2:00
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 April 26th event.
___ I will not attend the April 26th 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>.
SEMINAR SERIES- Central Asian Studies Group, U. of Washington, Spring Term
Posted by: Ilse Cirtautas <icirtu.washington.edu>
Posted: 16 Apr 2002
University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES GROUP
(SUBGROUPS: KAZAKH & KIRGHIZ STUDIES, UZBEK CIRCLE)
Program for Spring Quarter 2002
President: Christina Szabo, e-mail: cmszabou.washington.edu
(Faculty Advisor: Ilse D. Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033;
e-mail: icirtu.washington.edu)
April 12
Friday
Get-Together: Students and faculty interested in Central Asian Studies are
cordially invited to a Pizza Lunch meeting
Denny Hall 215 A, 12:30-2:30 pm
April 18
"Recent Impressions of Uzbekistan"
David Hunsicker, Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near &
Middle Eastern Studies
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm
April 19
Friday
"Education and Educational Reforms in Kyrgyzstan"
Natalia Slastnikova, Assistant to the President, Kyrgyz-American University,
Bishkek
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm
April 25
Thursday
"Education and Educational Reforms in Kazakhstan"
Maira Katenova, Head of English Language Department, Jetisu State
University, Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm
April 26
Friday
No Program
April 27
Saturday
"Eighth Annual REECAS Regional Conference"
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Papers on Central Asia:
"The Meskhetian Turks: A Deported People Continue to Suffer" (Justin Odum,
Graduate Student, REECAS)
"The Geopolitical Situation in Central Asia and Its Effect on Post-Soviet
Central Asian States" (Zulfiya Lafi, Graduate Student, REECAS)
"Kazakhstan: The Results of Ten Years of Transition" (Zhakshylyk Khuseinov,
Former Advisor to the President and Parliament of Kazakhstan)
Also on the Program:
"Ten Years After the Soviet Union" (Plenary Session: Stephen Hanson,
Political Science, UW; Janusz Bugajski, Center for Strategic International
Studies, Washington, D.C.; Ilse Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages &
Civilization, UW: Mikhail Myagkov, Political Science, U of Oregon)
May 2
Thursday
"Lexical Changes in Uzbek Since Independence"
Ilse D. Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm
May 3
Friday
"Development of a Web-Centric, Customizable and Updatable Uzbek-English
Dictionary"
Hilary Chan, Computer Programmer, Seattle
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm
May 9
Thursday
Tentative:
"Children in Uzbek Orphanages"
Paula Quigley, President, Partnership for Healthy Children, Seattle
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm
May 10
Friday
"Recent Publications on Central Asia"
Olga Donohue, Graduate Student, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm
May16
Thursday
"Recent Publications on/in Kazakhstan"
Ilse D. Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm
May 17
Friday
"Recent Publications on/in Kyrgyzstan"
Ilse D. Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm
May 23
Thursday
"Recent Publications on/in Uzbekistan"
David Hunsicker, Ph.D. student, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near &
Middle Eastern Studies
Denny Hall, 12:30-1:30 pm
May 24
Friday
Program to be announced
May 30
Thursday
Program to be announced
May 31
Friday
No Program
June 1
Saturday
Fourteenth Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies
Denny Hall 215 and 215 A, 8:30 - 6:00 pm
Program will include a panel on "Human Rights in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan"
(For further details see upcoming announcements)
CONFERENCE- Workshop on Enterprise Reform, Univ. of Reading, May 13-14
Posted by: Yelena Kalyuzhnova <y.kaluyzhnovareading.ac.uk>
Posted: 15 Apr 2002
Dear Colleagues,
The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies would like to invite you to take a part in
the Second Workshop ROSES-CEAS. Please find the draft of the programme
below. This workshop is a final workshop in the contents of the
British-French Joint Project with the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique.
Workshop fee:
For the academics and professionals: £10
For the research students: £5
If you wish to attend please contact:
Evelyn McDonald (Administrator of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies)
ext. 6205 or
e-mail: e.mcdonaldreading.ac.uk
Regards,
Yelena
Panthéon Sorbonnne
ROSES - Research Centre on Transition Economics
The University of Reading (UK)
The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
Second CEAS - ROSES Workshop on Enterprise Reform
Reading
May 13-14, 2002
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
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
Sponsored by
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
The British Academy
May 13, 2002 (Room 229, Faculty of Letters and Sociual Sciences)
10.00-10.30 a.m. Registration & Coffee
10.30-11.00 a.m. Opening Remarks. Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, CEAS,
The University of Reading, UK
11.00-12.30 p.m. Panel I: Enterprise Reform - CEAS (Case study Poland)
Chair: Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova Director, CEAS, The University of Reading, UK
Professor Gérard Duchêne, Director, ROSES, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
"Entrepreneurship and institutions in transition: the impact of micro-
enterprises on Polish and Romanian growth"
Dr Krystyna Szymkiewicz, Deputy Director, ROSES, CNRS -University Paris 1
Pantheon Sorbonne
"Relations between banks and firms in Poland"
Dr Barbara Despiney, ROSES, CNRS -University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
"From Marshallian district to localized productive system. The Polish case"
12.30- 2.00 p.m. Lunch
2.00-3.30 p.m. Discussion Floor
Chair: Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, CEAS, The University of Reading, UK
Discussant: Professor Mark Casson, CEAS, The University of Reading, UK
Concluding Remarks. Professor Gérard Duchêne Director, ROSES, University Paris
1 Pantheon Sorbonne
May 14, 2002 (Room 229, Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences)
10.00-10.30 a.m. Coffee
10.30-11.00 a.m. Opening Remarks. Professor Gérard Duchêne Director, ROSES,
University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
11.00-12.30 p.m. Panel II: Enterprise Reform - ROSES (Case study Kazakhstan)
Chair: Professor Gérard Duchêne Director, ROSES, University Paris 1
Pantheon
Sorbonne
Professor Mark Casson, Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, CEAS, The University of Reading,
UK, Dr Maria Vagliasindi, EBRD , London
"Explaining the short-term employment behaviour of firms in transitional
economies: The case of Kazakhstan"
Ms. Natalia Shevchik, Dr Philip McCann CEAS, The University of Reading, UK
"The Geography of Industrial Change in the Economy of Kazakhstan"
Mr. Gaël Raballand Sorbonne University, Paris
"The impact of land-lockedness on trade: an empirical investigation"
12.30- 2.00 p.m. Lunch
2.00-3.30 p.m. Discussion Floor
Chair: Professor Gérard Duchêne Director, ROSES, University Paris 1
Pantheon-Sorbonne
Discussant: Mr. Gaël Raballand, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Concluding Remarks. Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, CEAS, The University of
Reading, UK
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
CONF./CFP- East-West Relations: Background & Perspectives, Sofia,
Oct. 17-18
Posted by: Roumiana Chukova <vlachunat.bg>
Posted: 15 Apr 2002
Conference Announcement
East-West Relations: Historical Background and Perspectives
Date: October 17-18, 2002
Location: Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
Contact Persons:
Violina Atanasova: E-mail: violina_atanasovhotmail.com
Roumiana Chukova: E-mail: vlachunat.bg
Dear Colleagues,
Department for World Modern History and International Relations of the
Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to present a
conference "East-West Relations. Historical Background and Perspectives" to
be held on October 17-18, 2002. The forum will point at the broad-based and
multiplex relations between the East and West with special focus on the
historical, cultural, economic and political interface.
Thus, the discussion is planed to encompass, but not limited to the
following sessions:
1. Development of East-West borders within historical framework;
2. Geopolitical interactions between East and West and root causes for
bipolar system institutionalization within international politics;
3. Regional aspects of East-West interaction. Mutual pervasion and repulsion.
Proposal are to be submitted before May, 15, 2002 by sending 2-pages
double-spaced summary of the paper, affiliation and complete address (fax
and E-mail). The best papers will be published in special print version.
The Institute of History does not cover the expenditures for travel and
accommodation.
Please, send your proposals:
To Violina Atanasova: violina_atanasovhotmail.com or Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Institute of History, Bulgaria, Sofia, 1113, 52, "Shipchenski
prohod" Str., bl. 17;
To Roumiana Chukova: vlachunat.bg
If you need additional information do not hesitate to contact us.
CONF./CFP- Post September 11 Foreign Policy Issues, KIMEP, Almaty, June
19-20
Posted by: Gulnur Bolyspayeva <gulnurkimep.kz>
Posted: 14 Apr 2002
KIMEP - SWU
Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research
and Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea
Summer Conference at KIMEP:
"Post September 11 Foreign Policy Issues:
Perspectives from Asia and the West"
June 19-20, 2002, Almaty, Kazakhstan
The KIMEP Center for Research and Development is pleased to announce a call
for papers to be presented at Summer Conference at KIMEP. The objective of
the conference will be to discuss the impact of September 11, 2001 event on
foreign policy in Asia, USA and Europe. Among anticipated participants are
scholars from Kazakhstan, South Korea, Europe and USA.
The event hosted by KIMEP will be held on the 19th and 20th of June, 2002.
Working languages of the conference are English and Russian.
Experts in the field of International Relations, Security, Foreign Policy
and Political Science interested in participating at the conference are
welcome to submit abstracts of their papers and CVs by e-mail to Dr. A.
Hoodashtian, Director of the Research Center: rscntrkimep.kz or by fax:
(3272) 64 56 07.
Selection is based on two stages:
1. Submission of abstract not exceeding 500 words alongside with CV.
The deadline is May 15, 2002.
2. Submission of paper to be presented.
Successful applicant informed about the results of abstracts selection
will have to submit his/her full paper assuming 15 minutes oral
presentation. The deadline is May 20, 2002.
Please, send your inquiries regarding the conference to:
A. Hoodashtian, Ph.D.
Director, the KIMEP Research Center
4, Abai Avenue (academic building), off. #224 (Research Center),
Almaty 480100
Kazakhstan
phone/fax: (3272) 64 56 07
e-mail: rscntrkimep.kz
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SEMINAR- Afghanistan: Prospects for Justice, P. Grossman, OSI, N.Y., Apr.
19
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <efinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 12 Apr 2002
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend:
"Reconciling Afghanistan's Past:
Prospects for Justice"
with
Patricia Gossman
Independent Consultant
Friday, April 19, 2002, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, Room 3A, New York, NY 10019
Patricia Gossman is a consultant on human rights issues in South Asia, an
Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in the Women's Studies
Department, and a Professorial Lecturer at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. She is the former senior
researcher on South Asia for Human Rights Watch, and holds a Ph.D. in South
Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago. Her
dissertation, "Riots and Victims: Violence and the Construction of Communal
Identity among Bengali Muslims, 1905-1947," was published by Westview Press
in 1999.
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 April 19th event.
___ I will not attend the April
19th 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>.
CONFERENCE- The Cold War and Its Legacy in Tibet, 20-21 April, HPCWS
Posted by: Aiyaz Husain <husainfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 11 Apr 2002
The Harvard Project on Cold War Studies (HPCWS) of Harvard University is
hosting a conference on "The Cold War and Its Legacy in Tibet: Great-Power
Politics and Regional Security," on 20-21 April 2002. Over 40 leading
specialists and policymakers from three continents, including scholars from
China and India, will discuss sixteen papers on the Cold War in Tibet,
current-day ethnic conflict, regional security in South Asia and its
implication to the West/US. Findings from the conference will be published
and disseminated to scholars and policy makers.
The program of events includes a guest lecture by U.S. Under Secretary of
State Paula Dobriansky, who is the most senior U.S. official responsible for
policy toward Tibet; the screening of a BBC documentary on the Tibetan
resistance movement; and a closing discussion on prospects for Sino-Tibetan
dialogue. All conference panels and the closing discussion will be free and
open to the public. The program and agenda are available on-line at the
HPCWS Internet site at:
The HPCWS is organizing the conference, and is co-sponsoring it with the
U.S. Institute of Peace and Harvard's Asia Center. For more information,
please contact:
Aiyaz Husain
Harvard Project on Cold War Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495 1909
Fax: (617) 495 8319
URL: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/
Email: hpcwsfas.harvard.edu or husainfas.harvard.edu
CONFERENCE/PERFORMANCE- Musical Journey Along the Silk Road, Berkeley, April
22-23
Posted by: Caucasus and Central Asia Program <ccaspuclink.berkeley.edu>
Posted: 10 Apr 2002
An academic and artistic conference will be held on April 22-23, 2002, in
conjunction with performances by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at
Zellerbach Hall. The conference will take place in Hertz Hall on the UC
Berkeley campus.
SOUND TRAVELS: A MUSICAL JOURNEY ALONG THE SILK ROAD
Monday, April 22, 10.3012.00, Part I: Introduction to the Silk Road
10.30-11.00 "Overture: The Silk Roads Past and Present"
Sanjyot Mehendale, Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
11.0011.30 "The Buddhist Journey Along the Silk Roads"
Lewis Lancaster, Department of East Asian Languages, UC Berkeley
11.30-12.00 "Islam's Path to China: Muslim Cultures and Communities of the
Silk Roads"
Dru C. Gladney, University of Hawaii, Manoa
12.00-13.30 Lunch
Monday, April 22, 13.30-15.30, Part II: The Art of the Silk Road
13.30-14.00 "Engaging the Senses: Music, Art and Imaginative Practice at
Dunhuang"
Patricia Berger, Department of Art History, UC Berkeley
14.00-14.30 "Early Tang Caves and Empress Wu"
Roderick Whitfield, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
14.30-15.00 "Music to Medicine: Central Asian Influences on Chinese Daily
Life"
Susan Whitfield, International Dunhuang Project, The British Library,
London
15.00-15.15 Coffee/Tea Break
15.15-15.30 The International Dunhuang Project
Susan Whitfield, The British Library, London
15.30-16.00 "The Virtual Silk Roads Atlas: Exploring Culture in Time and
Space"
A presentation by the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, UC Berkeley
Tuesday, April 23, 10 12.30, Part III: Music Along the Silk Road
10.00-10.30 "What if Chinggis Khan had a Tape Recorder? Music along the Silk
Road Then and Now"
Theodore Levin, Department of Music, Dartmouth College
10.30-11.00 "The Earliest Documentation of Musical Contacts Between the
Ancient Near East and the More Distant East"
Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
11.00-11.30 "Lutes Along the Silk Roads: A First Millennium Migration"
Bo Lawergren, Hunter College, City University of New York
11.30-11.45 Coffee/Tea Break
11.45-12.15 "Some Interethnic Musical Phenomena of the Silkroad: Toward a
History of the 'Drawn-Out' Singing in Eurasia"
Izaly Zemtsovsky, University of Wisconsin, Madison
12.15-12.45 "Nomadic Civilization as an Art of Interpretation"
Alma Kunanbaeva, University of Wisconsin, Madison
12:45-14:00 Lunch
Tuesday, April 23, 14-15.00, Part IV: Lecture Demonstration
Yo-Yo Ma, Artistic Director, Silk Road Project
Theodore Levin, Department of Music, Dartmouth College
Silk Road Ensemble Musicians
Sponsored by the Caucasus and Central Asia Program, Cal Performances, the
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the Central
Asia/Silk Road Working Group of the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the
Department of Near Eastern Studies, the Department of Music, the Department
of Art History, and the Consortium for the Arts at UC Berkeley.
For more information, contact the Caucasus and Central Asia Program at
ccaspuclink.berkeley.edu or 510-643-5845.
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