Central-Eurasia-L Announcement Archive
2. Conferences and Lecture Series
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CONF./CFP- Problems and Success Factors in Business, Bishkek, April 24-25,
2004
Posted by: Serkan Yalcin <serkanthegreat yahoo.com>
Posted: 2004
International Conference
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, April 24-25, 2004
Hosted by
International Ataturk Alatoo University (Bishkek)
Academy of Management Under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic
Problems And Success Factors In Business: Perspectives From Emerging Markets
And Transition Economies
In today's competitive global world, there are only two ways to survive and
thrive: "Do something better or new". But realizing or accomplishing these
two is not so easy considering today's global competitive business arena
characterized by constant change and uncertainty. There are many roadblocks
on the way of success. The business success for the companies located in
emerging markets and transition economies is far more difficult to get
because the companies in such countries have to deal with many problems in
unstable economies. In addition to their relatively weak market positions
compared to world's incumbent multinationals, companies in emerging markets
and transition economies suffer from economic and political upheavals,
improper policies in business, corruption, unsatisfactory financial and
banking systems, immature institutional environments, etc. Thus, surviving
or thriving in business for these companies requires handling with (i) the
global competition and (ii) the local challenges inherent in emerging
countries and transition economies.
The conference aims at providing an academic opportunity for those who want
to contribute to business life prosperity in emerging markets and transition
economies.
The conference welcomes submissions of academic scholars, government
experts, and all contributors from private institutions and companies.
The conference seeks papers dealing with problems and success factors in
business in emerging markets and transition economies on the following
subjects:
- Common business problems and success factors related to the specific
business functions, e.g. R&D, procurement, production, management, finance,
accounting, human resources, marketing, sales, distribution, customer service, etc.
- Business problems brought by transition in Newly Independent Countries (NICs)
- Sound business strategies of the success
- Information technologies
- Opportunities and threats of internationalization & globalization
- Banking and financial system development
- Business ethics and its effect on business
- Corruption and Business: Advantage or Drawback?
- Relations between business and politics
- Integration challenges and their effects on business
- Entrepreneurial challenges
- Small business development practices
- Economic growth and its implications
- Development of institutional environment and its implications
- Organizational theory and structure challenges
- Foreign direct investment characteristics, etc.
Papers on other subjects will also be welcomed as long as they deal with
business issues in emerging markets and transition economies. While
transition economies are those countries generally called newly independent
states, like former Soviet Union countries; emerging markets cover a wide
range of countries from Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
All the papers presented at the conference will also be published in the
conference proceedings.
For all inquiries, contact Serkan Yalcin (conference coordinator) at
serkanyiaau.edu.kg
Submission
Submissions should include in word or pdf formats:
1) Title of the paper, Abstract (not more than 350 words; please pay
attention to provide a title and an abstract in line with each other, and
the abstract should be informative for non-specialists), Key words (up to
5-6 ), Full names and affiliation of all authors, Corresponding author's
name, full postal address, telephone number, fax number, email address
2) Resume(s) of the participant(s)
Deadline: February 15, 2004
Submissions are accepted in English, Russian, Kyrgyz, and Turkish languages
Notification of acceptance will be emailed to the authors of accepted papers
by March 1, 2004
Panels, roundtables and individual submissions are accepted.
Proposals have to be emailed as attachments in word or pdf format to Serkan
Yalcin (conference coordinator) at serkanyiaau.edu.kg
Deadline for full-text paper submission (in word format) is April 15, 2004
Funding and Accommodation
We regret that we cannot offer any funding for international travel
expenditures. As to accommodation, the participants will be given rooms at
the university's guest house.
Paper format
- All papers should be double-spaced with 11 font size (Times New Roman)
- Margins should be (4.00) at the top and left, (2.5cm) at the bottom and
right
- Limits: Approximately 20 pages. If your paper is longer than these
limits, we recommend you to shorten it before the submission
Reference Style:
Journal Articles
Fisher, J. and Madet, G. (2000), Implications of Globalisation, Journal of
Business Development, 34(2): 102-123
Books
Mariam, G. J. (1999), Managing the Change, Basic Books: New York.
Papers
David, H. (1997), Radon Risk Models', in A.R. Knight and B.Harrad (eds.)
Indoor Air and Human Health, Proceedings of the Seventh Life Sciences
Symposium; 29-31 October 1981; Knoxville, USA. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp 69-78.
Chapters in Edited Books
Teece, D.J. (1987), Capturing Value from Technological Innovation:
Integration, Strategic Partnering and Licensing Decisions, in R.B. Guile and
H. Brooks (eds.) Technology and global industry: Companies and Nations in
the World Economy, Washington DC: National Academy Press, pp.19-38.
Dissertations
Salk, J.E. (1992), Shared Management Joint Ventures: Their Developmental
Patterns, Challenges and Possibilities, Unpublished Ph.D Dissertation, Sloan
School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Online documents
Van de Vliert, E. (2002), Thermoclimate, Culture, and Poverty as
Country-level Roots of Workers' Wages, [www document] http://www.jibs.net
(accessed 13 January 2003).
Online journal articles
Van de Vliert, E. (2002), Thermoclimate, Culture, and Poverty as
Country-level Roots of Workers' Wages, Journal of Business,
doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400007
CONFERENCE- Crossing the Borders of China, Dec. 5-7, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia
Posted by: Tansen Sen <tansen_senbaruch.cuny.edu>
Posted: 3 Dec 2003
Crossing the Borders of China: A Conference on Cross-cultural Interactions
in Honor of Professor Victor H. Mair
December 5-7, 2003
Logan Hall 17, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
December 5, 12:00 PM-12:45
Opening Remarks
Changing the Rules of Scholarship to Follow Victor Mair's Lead
Valerie Hansen, Yale University
December 5, 1:00-4:00
Panel 1: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Chair: Hugh R. Clark
1) Canonizing and Civilizing: The Problem of Text on China's Borders Sara Davis,
Columbia University
2) Sabao and Sabo: A New Analysis of the Community Leaders of the Sogdians in
the Northern, Sui, and Tang Dynasties Rong Xinjiang, Beijing University
3) Realism and Idealism in Yuan Dynasty Ethnography Michael C. Brose, University of Wyoming
4) China in Eighteenth-Century France Laura Hostetler, University of Illinois at Chicago
December 5, 4:30-6:45
Panel 2: Dunhuang at Crossroads
Chair: Yang Jidong
1) The Beginnings of Buddhism at Dunhuang Daniel Boucher, Cornell University
2) Performative Functions of Marginalia on Dunhuang Manuscripts Neil Schmid,
North Carolina State University
3) Tibetan Script for Multilingual use in Dunhuang Takata Tokio, Kyoto University
December 6, 9:00-12:00
Panel 3: Buddhist Exchanges
Chair: Tansen Sen
1) Masquerading as Translation: Examples of the Chinese Lectures by Indian
Scholar-Monks in the Six Dynasties Period Funayama Toru, Kyoto University
2) Mahakasyapa and Kukuttapadagiri: From Magadha to Yunnan Wang Bangwei,
Beijing University
3) A Lost Page in the History of State-Church Relationship at the Turn of
the Eighth Century (700-713): A Study of Huifan (d. 713), an "Evil" Indian
Monk in China Jinhua Chen, University of British Columbia
4) New Look at the Formation of Chinese Tripitaka: Analysis of Shi Daoan Lu
and Chu Sanzang Jiji Tanya Storch, University of Pacific
December 6, 1:00-3:15
Panel 4: Commercial and Diplomatic Encounters
Chair: Michael C. Brose
1) The Chinese Dynasty and Silk Road: New Textual Evidence from the Xuanquan
Site near Dunhuang Yang Jidong, University of Pennsylvania
2) China's Overseas Trade and the Religious Culture in the Minnan Region of
Southern Fujian through the Middle Period (800 - 1450) Hugh R. Clark, Ursinus College
3) The Yuan Khanate and India: Cross-cultural Diplomacy during the Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Centuries Tansen Sen, Baruch College
December 6, 3:30-5:00
Panel 5: The Evolution of East Asian Languages
Chair: Daniel Boucher
1) Origins of Sino-Tibetan and Prehistoric Linguistic Exchanges in Eurasia
Xu Wenkan, Shanghai People's Publishing House
2) Chinese Characters and the "Asian" Cognitive Style William Hannas, Independent Scholar
December 7, 9:00-12:00
Panel 6: Artistic Legacies
Chair: Neil Schmid
1) Shishi (Stone Rooms) Nancy S. Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania
2) Exotic Novelties from the West E.R. (Kezia) Knauer, University of Pennsylvania
3) Of Tools and Access: Intercultural Transmission of Art and Technology along the
Silk Road Angela Sheng, Independent Scholar
For more information, please contact:
Prof. Tansen SenDepartment of History, Baruch College
City University of New York
One Bernard Baruch Way
New York, NY 10010
Email: Tansen_Senbaruch.cuny.edu
CONF./CFP- Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road, Dunhuang,
China, June 28-July 3, 2003
Posted by: Kathleen Louw <KLouwgetty.edu>
Posted: 3 Dec 2003
Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road: Second International
Conference on the Conservation of Grotto Sites, Dunhuang, Gansu Province,
China, June 28-July 3, 2004.
This is a postponement from the original summer 2003 dates due to the SARS
epidemic.
Organized by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Dunhuang Academy.
The purpose of this conference is to bring together specialists in relevant
aspects of cultural preservation for the exchange of ideas on the
conservation and management of cave temple sites along the Silk Road.
Because of limited facilities, the number of delegates is restricted to 200.
Conference languages are English and Chinese.
The conference program will include visits to the Mogao grottoes, a World
Heritage Site with wall paintings and statuary dating from the 4th to the
14th centuries. A ten- day post-conference tour visiting Silk Road sites
between Urümqi and Kashgar, in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is also
planned.
The full conference announcement is posted in the Conservation section of
the Getty Web site, www.getty.edu/conservation/.
For more information, contact:
Kathleen Louw
Getty Conservation Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90049
USA
Tel: 310 440 6216
Fax: 310 440 7709
Email: klouwgetty.edu
CONFERENCE PROGRAM- Prisons, Center for Turkic Studies, 4-5 Dec. 2003, Istanbul
Posted by: Emine Gürsoy-Naskali <naskalitnn.net>
Posted: 25 Nov 2003
Marmara University
Center for Turkic Studies
Symposium
Prisons
All interested are welcome
Dr. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
04-05 Aralik 2003 / 04-05 December 2003
Marmara University Goztepe Campus, Istanbul
(A number of papers on ancient and modern Central Asia)
Program
10.00 Registration
10.30 Preliminary Session
I. OTURUM 11.00-12.30 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Prof. Dr. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
Prof. Dr. Timur Demirbas (Istanbul), Hurriyeti Baglayici Cezalarin ve
Hapishanelerin Tarihcesi
Doc. Dr. Yuksel Kirimli (Istanbul), Cezaevindeki Hukumluler
Gultekin Yildiz (Istanbul), Hapishanenin Tarihini Yazmak: Cagdas Tarih
Yaziciligi ve Hapishane
Hilal Oytun Altun (Istanbul), Hapishane Karikaturleri
II. OTURUM 14.00-15.00 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Prof. Dr. Mucteba Ilgurel
Prof. Dr. Gonul Cantay, Dr. Nalan Turkmen (Istanbul), Turklerde Kollama
ve Emniyet Sistemi
Prof. Dr. Necla Arslan Sevin (Van), Osmanli Polis Teskilatinin Kurulusu
ve Ilk Karakollar
Doc. Dr. Samira Kortantamer (Izmir), Memluklarda Hapishaneler
Prof. Dr. Necdet Ozturk (Istanbul), Osmanlilarda Hapis
Olaylari (1299-1512) -Turkce Kroniklere Gore -
III. OTURUM 15.20-16.35 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Prof. Dr. Akile Gursoy
Doc. Dr. Halil Ibrahim Bahar (Ankara), Hapishaneler, Sorunlar ve Cozum
Arayislari: Elestirel Bir Yaklasim
Dr. Nezih Varol (Istanbul), Cezaevi Izleme Kurullarinin Islevi ve Yapisi
Dr. Irfan Neziroglu (Ankara), Ulusal ve Uluslararasi Mevzuat Acisindan
Turkiye'de Cezaevi Uygulamalari
Mustafa Saldirim (Ankara), Cezaevleri Egitim Kurumlari Haline Nasil
Gelebilir?
Ahmet Taskin (Ankara), Ceza Infaz Kurumlari Personelinin Egitimi
IV. OTURUM 16.55-18.10 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Prof. Dr. Orhan Bilgin
Doc. Dr. Mehmet Aca (Balikesir), Yaratilis Mitleri, Samanizm ve Tasavvuf
Baglaminda Dusus, Mahrumiyet ve Hapis
Prof. Dr. Sinasi Gunduz (Istanbul), Gnostik Literaturde Hapishane Motifi
Doc. Dr. Bilal Kemikli (Isparta), Tasavvuf Edebiyatinda Surgun ve Zindan
Metaforu: Hayat ve Dunya
Dr. Dursun Ali Tokel (Samsun), Mesnevilerde ve Bazi Eski Eserlerde
Yusuf'un Zindana Atilisi: Sebep ve Hikmet
Prof. Dr. Ali Duymaz (Balikesir), Turk Halk Siirinde Hapishane Temi
V. OTURUM 14.00-15.15 / Muhendislik Fakultesi 144 No'lu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Doc. Dr. Yuksel Kirimli
Dr. Burcu Esiyok (Ankara), Doc. Dr. Gokhan Oral (Istanbul), Prof. Dr.
Hamit Hanci (Ankara), 1990-2000 Yillari Arasinda Islahevine Giren Cocuk
Hukumlulerin Genel Profili
Dr. Ruchan Gokdag (Eskisehir), 16-18 Yas Grubunda Bulunan Hukumlu ve Suc
Islememis Genclerin Cesitli Psikolojik Test Bulgulari ve Anksiyete,
Duygularin Taninmasi ve Duygularin Kontrolu Acisindan Kiyaslanmasi
Hande Berktin (Ankara), Ulkemizin Imzalamis Oldugu Uluslararasi
Sozlesmeler ile Mevzuatimiz Arasindaki Benzerlikler ve Farkliliklar
Acisindan Cocuk Cezaevleri
Aytac Dincer Gulcan (Ankara), Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Mudurlugu
Gozetimi Altinda Bulunan Cocuklara Yonelik Hizmetler
Aygul Nalbant (Ankara), Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Mudurlugu Gozetim
Altinda Bulunan Cocuklara Yonelik Tahliye Sonrasi Hizmetler
VI. OTURUM 15.35-16.35 / Muhendislik Fakultesi 144 No'lu Konferans
Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Doc. Dr. Gokhan Oral
Dr. Onder Aytac (Ankara), Medya Gozuyle Hapishaneler Baglaminda
Teroristlerin Profili ve Teroristlerin Aileleri ile Olan Iliskileri
Asli Atamer, Doc. Dr. Gokhan Oral (Istanbul), Cezaevlerinde
Rehabilitasyon Calismalari: Bati'daki Uygulamalar ve Turkiye'deki Durum
Adem Korukcu (Ankara), Hapistekilerin Rehabilitesinde Dinî Duygu ve
Dusunce
Dr. Ilkay Savci (Ankara), Turkiye'de Cezaevi Isyurtlari: Bir Alan
Arastirmasindan Notlar
VII. OTURUM 16.55-18.10 / Muhendislik Fakultesi 144 No'lu Konferans
Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Dr. Onder Aytac
Doc. Dr. Talip Kucukcan (Istanbul), Avrupa'da Din, Devlet ve
Hapishanelerde Din Hizmetleri: Ingiltere Ornegi
Dr. E. Gulcin Demir (Ankara), Cezaevi Personeli: Dun-Bugun
Sibel Demirel, M. Yilmaz Saglam (Ankara), 21. Yuzyila Girerken Ceza
Infaz Kurumlari ve Tutukevleri Personelinin Konumu ve Beklentileri
Mehmet Celik (Ankara), Cezaevinde Kullanilan Argo ve Diger Terimler
Suleyman Sirri Terzioglu (Izmir), Turkmenistan Ceza Infaz Hukukunda
Hurriyeti Baglayici Cezalarin Infaz Sistemi
VIII. OTURUM 14.00-15.15 / Turkiyat Arastirmalari Enstitusu Konferans
Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Dr. Osman Gazi Ozgudenli
Mesut Aydiner (Istanbul), 1703 Edirne Vakasi ve Hapishanede Yasanan
Iskence Olaylari
Ebubekir Sofuoglu (Sakarya), Osmanli Hapishaneleri Sartlarinda Yapilmasi
Planlanan Iyilestirmeler ve Hapishanelerde Gerceklesen Firar
Tesebbusleri
Ali Riza Gonullu (Antalya), 20. Yuzyil Basinda Alanya Hapishanesi
Dr. Yasemin Saner Gonen (Istanbul) Osmanli Imparatorlugunda
Hapishaneleri Islahat Girisimi, 1917 Yili
Dr. Ahmet Ali Gazel (Erzurum), Tanin Muhabiri Ahmet Serif Bey'in
Notlarina gore Osmanli Hapishaneleri
IX. OTURUM 15.35-16.50 / Turkiyat Arastirmalari Enstitusu Konferans
Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Doc. Dr. Sehnaz Alis
Sezai Coskun (Istanbul), Edebiyatin Yaratici Mekani Olarak Hapishane:
Kemal Tahir Ornegi
Dr. Ramazan Gulendam (Canakkale), Kemal Tahir'in Kadin Mahkumlari:
Karilar Kogusu
Dr. Aysenur Kulahlioglu Islam (Ankara), Dar Yer'de Insan
Harid Fedai (Kibris), XIV. Yuzyilda Girne Kalesine Kapatilan Leydi
Joanna'nin Oykusu
Baris Kilicbay (Ankara), Post-Oryantalist Hapishane: Gece Yarisi
Ekspresi ve Amerikan Usulu Sehitlik
X. OTURUM 17.10-18.10 / Turkiyat Arastirmalari Enstitusu Konferans
Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Dr. Orhan Soylemez
Dr. Nesrin Tagizade-Karaca (Ankara), Ivo Andric'in 'Ugursuz Avlu'sunda
Hapishane ve Osmanlilar
Fiona Tomkinson (Istanbul), From Newgate to Chillon: Prisoners of
Conscience in The English Lyric
Arzu Ciftoglu (Istanbul), Turkce Sozlu Sarkilarda Hapishane Motifleri
Aysel Oner (Istanbul), Turkiye'de Hapishane Kutuphaneleri
05 Aralik 2003, Cuma
I. OTURUM 09.00-10.00 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Dr. Goksel Ozturk
Dr. Sahin Kokturk (Samsun), Belli Basli Turk Destanlarinda Hapsedilme
Motifi
Mustafa Aca (Balikesir), Turk Halk Hikayelerinde Zindan
Dr. Mehmet Erol (Canakkale), Turk Halk Hikayelerinde Zindanlar
Dilek Herkmen (Istanbul), Turk Masallarinda Hapishane
II. OTURUM 10.20-11.20 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Dr. Nejat Sefercioglu
Dr. Gulgun Yazici (Canakkale), Divan Siirinin Ask Anlayisi Cercevesinde
Esaret ve Mahbes Kavrami
Dr. Ismail Gulec (Istanbul), Mutasavvif Sairlerde Zindan Kavrami
Dr. Esat Harmanci (Istanbul), Klasik Turk Siirinde Zindan
Dr. Muhittin Eliacik (Kirikkale), Gubari (o.1566)'nin Zindanda Yazdigi
Menasiku'l-hac Manzumesi
III. OTURUM 11.40-12.55 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Prof. Dr. Necdet Ozturk
Prof. Dr. Suleyman Beyoglu (Istanbul), Osmanli Belgelerine gore Cankiri
Hapishanesi
Dr. Ali Karaca (Istanbul), 19. Yuzyilda Osmanli Devletinde Hayat
Kadinlari ile Ilgili Cezalarin Uygulanmasinda Hapishane ve SurgunDr.
Ali Efdal Ozkul (Kibris), Kibris'ta Kalebentler ve Cezirebentler
(1726-1750)
Dr. Omer Isbilir (Istanbul), Osmanli Devletinde Limni Kalebentleri
Dr. Bedri Aydogan (Adana), Namik Kemal'in Magosa Surgunlugu
IV. OTURUM 14.00-15.15 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Doc. Dr. Gulden Sagol
Dr. Ozkan Oztekten (Izmir), Turk Sozlugunde 'Mahpus' ve 'Hapishane'
Serkan Sen (Samsun), 'Kinlik'tan 'Tutukevi'ne Turkce'de Hapishane icin
Kullanilan Sozcukler
Dr. Sirin Yilmaz-Ozkarsli (Ankara), Hapishaneler- Iki Ornekle
Hapishanelerde Yasam
Doc. Dr. Sehnaz Alis (Istanbul), Sebahattin Ali'nin Eserlerinde
Hapishane ve Hapse Dusmus Kahramanlar
Doc. Dr. Enver Tore (Istanbul), Turk Tiyatro Edebiyatinda Hapis ve
Hapishane Kavrami
V. OTURUM 15.35-16.50 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Prof. Dr. Zekeriya Kursun
Dr. Abdulvahap Kara (Istanbul), II. Dunya Savasinda Nazi Esir
Kamplarinda Turkistanli Askerler
Dr. Ahmet Turkoz (Istanbul), Dogu Turkistan'da Hapishaneler
Askhat Kessikbayev (Istanbul), Kazakistan'da 16 Aralik 1986 Hadiseleri
ve Hapishaneler
Ilyas Kamalov (Istanbul), Sovyet Doneminde Mahkum Dovmeleri
Almagul Isina (Istanbul), Sovyet Doneminde Kazakistan'daki Vatan
Hainleri Esleri Toplama Kampi
VI. OTURUM 17.10-18.10 / Dr. Ibrahim Uzumcu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Dr. Nesrin Sariahmetoglu-Karagur
Dr. Goksel Ozturk (Istanbul), Nurjan Kuantayuli'nin Kaleminden
Bagimsizlik Oncesi Sovyet Hapishaneleri
Dr. Orhan Soylemez (Istanbul), Turk Dunyasi Romanlarinda Stalin Donemi
Hapishaneleri
Aysen Uslu Bayramli (Istanbul), Zindanda Bir Yazar: Ayaz Ishaki
Dr. Hatice Sirin (Izmir), Mahkum Numarasi 1-G-732 Ayaz Giylecev
VII. OTURUM 09.00-10.00 / Muhendislik Fakultesi 144 No'lu Konferans
Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Dr. Ali Karaca
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tasagil (Istanbul), Eski Turklerde Suc ve Ceza
Dr. Hayrunnisa Alan (Istanbul), Timurlu Doneminde Hukuk ve Uygulanmasi
Dr. Emine Uyumaz (Istanbul), Turkiye Selcuklu Hukumdar ve Idarecilerinin
Hapis Hayati
Dr. Osman Gazi Ozgudenli, (Istanbul) Gazneli ve Selcuklu Sairlerinin
Gozuyle Zindan
VIII. OTURUM 10.20-11.20 / Muhendislik Fakultesi 144 No'lu Konferans
Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Prof. Dr. Suleyman Beyoglu
Dr. Ihsan Sabri Balkaya (Erzurum), Ali Fethi Okyar'in Bekiraga'dan
Malta'ya Uzanan Hapis Hayatinin Kendi Kaleminden ve Hatiralarindan
Degerlendirilmesi
Dr. Emine Kisikli (Ankara), Mutareke Donemi, Mustafa Kemal ve Bekiraga
Bolugu
Dr. Nahide Simsir (Balikesir), Karesi Hapishanesi
Dr. Sebahattin Simsir (Balikesir), Bigadic Hapishanesi
IX. OTURUM 11.40-12.55 / Muhendislik Fakultesi 144 No'lu Konferans
Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Prof. Dr. Sema Ugurcan
Dr. Ertugrul Aydin (Kibris), Orhan Kemal'in 72. Kogus Adli Eserinde
Hapishane Dunyasina Ait Sosyo-Psikolojik Analizler
Dr. Salim Conoglu (Balikesir), Mektuplarla Gelen Dostluk: Nazim Hikmet,
Kemal Tahir ve Orhan Kemal'in Hapishane Mektuplari
Dr. Saban Saglik (Samsun), Modern Turk Edebiyati'ndan Secilen Ornekler
Esliginde Bir Degisim-Donusum Mekani Olarak Hapishaneler
Levent Bilgi (Istanbul), Bes Turk Siirinde Hapishane Mukayesesi
Dr. Mehmet Narli (Balikesir), Hapishane Siirleri
X. OTURUM 14.00-15.15 / Muhendislik Fakultesi 144 No'lu Konferans Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Nezih Varol
Irem Akduman Doc. Dr. Gokhan Oral, (Istanbul), Cezaevlerinde Cinsel
Taciz ve Tecavuz Olaylarina Genel Bakis
Doc. Dr. Gokhan Oral, Irem Akduman (Istanbul), Islahevleri ve Subyan
Koguslarinda Pedofili
Doc. Dr. Lale Algier, Dr. Seyda Okdem, Dr. Nesrin Cobanoglu, Dr. Alper
Beder (Ankara), Saglik Sorunu Olan Hukumlulerde Yasanan Etik Sorunlar
Doc. Dr. Suayip Ozdemir (Malatya), Cezaevi Din Hizmetlerinin Yeterlilik
Sorunu
Ece Comert, Doc. Dr. Gokhan Oral (Istanbul), Hapishaneler ve Anti-sosyal
Kisilik Bozuklugu
XI. OTURUM 15.35-16.50 / Muhendislik Fakultesi 144 No'lu Konferans
Salonu
Oturum Baskani: Dr. Sebnem Gulfidan
Dr. M. Cengiz Yildiz (Diyarbakir), Hapishaneler, 'Yeniden Sosyallesme'
Mekanlari mi?
Ezgi Denizel-Guven (Denizli), Yeniden Sosyallesme Surecinde Kisisel
Gelisim Egitimlerinin Onemi
Sener Aksu (Kocaeli), Otorite-Yasamaalani Iliskisinde Hapishanelerin
Yeri
Zeki Alp Tunga (Istanbul), Kapatma ve Kapatilma Baglaminda Hapishaneler
Dr. Ayse Duvarci (Ankara), Ankara Cezaevlerinde Hukumlulerin Bos
Zamanlarinda Yaptiklari El Sanatlari
Sempozyuma bildiri gonderenler
Murat Culcu (Istanbul), Bekiraga Bolugu Hakkinda Bazi Bilgiler (Anilari
Iceren Bir Risale)
Dr. Claus Schonig (Istanbul), Mogol Hapishaneleri
Dr. Ruchan Gokdag (Eskisehir), 16-18 Yas Grubunda Bulunan Hukumlu ve Suc
Islememis Genclerin Cesitli Psikolojik Test Bulgulari Acisindan
Kiyaslanmasi
Aysel Oner (Istanbul), Turkiye'de Hapishaneler Konusunda Yayimlanmis
Yayinlarin Icerik Analizi: Bir Bibliyografya Denemesi ve Turkiye'de
Hapishane Kutuphaneleri
CONF./CFP- Central and Inner Asia Seminar, University of Toronto, April
15-17, 2004
Posted by: Gillian Long <gillian.longutoronto.ca>
Posted: 25 Nov 2003
Dear Colleagues,
The Tenth Annual Conference of the Central and Inner Asia Seminar (CIAS
2004) will be held at the University of Toronto on April 15-17 2004. The
theme of this gathering will be "The Domestic Environment of Central and
Inner Asia".
A range of interpretations is possible: "domestic" may relate to the home
or circumstances of the ordinary man, woman or child, or, on a broader
scale, it could mean communal or national as opposed to cross-border or
international; "environment" may be interpreted widely, including cultural,
social, political, legal, religious, educational, or natural surroundings.
The proceedings of the conference will be published in due course in
"Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia". Volume 6, covering CIAS 2002
and 2003 is currently in press.
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 31,
2003 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.
We look forward to receiving many interesting proposals and to hosting
another stimulating and enjoyable conference in Toronto next April.
Please forward this message to anyone else who may be interested. For
further information see www.utoronto.ca/deeds/cias/cias.html
Sincerely
Gillian Long
Administrative Co-ordinator for CIAS
416 978 4882
LECTURE- Property & Rural Production in Azerbaijan, SOAS, Univ. of London,
Dec. 4
Posted by: Bhavna Dave <bd4soas.ac.uk>
Posted: 25 Nov 2003
Centre For Contemporary Central Asia And The Caucasus (CCCAC) Seminar Series
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Lecture: Looking for the market: Property and rural production in
postsocialist Azerbaijan
By Lale Yalcin-Heckmann, Max Planck Institute, Halle (Germany)
Thursday 4 December 2003 at 5:30 PM
Room G52, SOAS Main building
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H OXG
For information or inquiries contact:
Dr Bhavna Dave (bd4soas.ac.uk) or Sarah Jones (Centres Office)
sj25soas.ac.uk
WORKSHOP- Russia/Eurasia in World Context Diss. Workshop, Princeton, April
2004
Posted by: SSRC Eurasia Program <eurasiassrc.org>
Posted: 25 Nov 2003
Social Science Research Council and Princeton University
Russia/Eurasia in World Context: A Dialogue with Middle East Studies
Princeton University April 2-4, 2004
Application Deadline: December 12, 2003
The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council, in partnership
with Princeton University's Institute for International and Regional Studies
(PIIRS) and its Russian Studies Program, invites applications for a
three-day dissertation workshop that transgresses area studies boundaries.
Scholarship addressing world regions, such as Russia/Eurasia, has had
productive if sometimes contentious interactions across the disciplines, but
an equally important challenge for area studies is to engage in dialogue
across geographic boundaries.
This workshop encourages Russia/Eurasia dissertation projects, on any topic,
to cross the physical and perhaps intellectual borders of the field,
especially southwards. What can Russian/Eurasian studies learn from Middle
Eastern Studies? How does Russia/Eurasia look in light of Middle Eastern
Studies? Do we find overlap in research agendas, frameworks and
conceptualization, lessons and pitfalls? How can we sharpen our analyses and
develop new questions?
Are interpretive categories empire, nation, state, society, gender,
modernism, modernity, authoritarianism, democracy used similarly or
differently in Middle Eastern versus Russian/Eurasian studies?
What transnational issues water resources, oil, environment, health,
disease, governance, private corporations, terrorism, corruption, economic
development, trade, IT, diaspora, cultural exchange do, or do not link
Russia/Eurasia with other regions, especially the Middle East?
The Middle East is perhaps the world region most frequently cast in cultural
and religious terms. How and in what specific ways are culture and religion
treated with respect to Russia/Eurasia?
The Middle East is often thought to be the most politicized area of
scholarship, more so than Soviet Studies during the cold war. In what ways
are politics, inside and outside the region, related to the production of
knowledge about Russia/Eurasia? What is the relation between knowledge
produced inside and outside the region?
Graduate students from social science disciplines and related humanities who
are at any stage of the dissertation (proposal to write-up) are eligible to
apply. Applicants whose primary research is in Russian/ Eurasian studies are
not expected to have expertise in Middle Eastern Studies; doctoral
researchers in Middle Eastern Studies whose work reaches out to
Russian/Eurasian areas and themes in any way are encouraged to apply.
Ten graduate students and five faculty discussants will attend the 2004
workshop. Participants convene for three days of intensive and critical
discussion of the students' dissertation projects, alongside larger
theoretical and methodological issues. The SSRC and Princeton University
cover all transportation, accommodation, and related expenses for participants.
Based on the success of this first workshop, SSRC and Princeton envision
continuing with additional workshops to promote dialogues between
Russia/Eurasia and East Asian Studies as well as European Studies.
Participation in multiple workshops would be possible.
Applicants should submit the following material by 12 December 2003 in order
to be eligible:
- A five page, double spaced summary of the dissertation project
- One letter of academic recommendation from the applicant's primary advisor
- Curriculum Vitae
- If selected, participants will be required to submit a 15-25 page
dissertation chapter or writing sample. Selected participants will receive
detailed information as to the requirements for the writing sample, which
will be due by February 20, 2004. The five page application statements,
writing samples and CVs will be circulated among all conference participants.
To be eligible, applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents,
currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program, and working (at any stage)
on their dissertation projects. The deadline for receipt of applications is
December 12, 2003. Decisions regarding final participants will be announced
by January 20, 2004.
Please address all inquiries and correspondence, including applications to:
Eurasia Program
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727
E-mail: Eurasiassrc.org
Funding is provided by the United States Department of State, Program for
Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union (Title VIII) and by the Princeton University Institute
for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), as well as the University's
Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies.
WORKSHOP- SSRC Dissertation Workshop on Governance, UT-Austin, March 2004
Posted by: SSRC Eurasia Program <eurasiassrc.org>
Posted: 25 Nov 2003
Social Science Research Council
Dissertation Development Workshop
Governance in Eurasia: Historical and Contemporary Approaches
University of Texas, Austin, March 5-7, 2004
Application Deadline: December 12th, 2003
The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council invites
applications for a three-day dissertation workshop focusing on the topic of
governance, broadly conceived, to be held in March 2004. Graduate students
from social science disciplines and the related humanities who are at any
stage of the dissertation process (from proposal to write-up), and whose
projects examine Eurasia are eligible to apply. While applications from all
fields are welcome, we look for those that are most grounded in, or that
invite comparative perspectives on social science theory and methodology.
While the term governance often has been confined to political and economic
frames, this workshop aims to recognize and cultivate the
interdisciplinarity required to recognize and understand interactions
between states, individuals, social institutions, and economic actors in
both contemporary and historical perspective. We encourage a broad
conceptualization of governance that includes but is not limited to:
state-society relations (political change, economic change, human health and
welfare) relations among and between families, kinship groups, social and
economic networks (formal and informal), and non-governmental institutions
systems of cultural production and social order.
We particularly invite applications that link governance issues to local,
regional and transnational/ international processes.
10 graduate students and 5 faculty discussants will attend the 2004
workshop. Participants convene for three days of intensive and critical
discussion of the students dissertation projects, alongside larger
theoretical and methodological issues. The SSRC covers all transportation,
accommodation, and related expenses for participants.
Applicants should submit the following material by 12 December 2003 in order
to be eligible:
* A five page, double spaced summary of the dissertation project
highlighting its relationship to the objectives of the workshop
* One letter of academic recommendation from the applicant s primary advisor
* Curriculum Vitae
If selected, participants will be required to submit a 15-25 page
dissertation chapter or writing sample. Selected participants will receive
detailed information as to the requirements for the writing sample, which
will be due by February 20th, 2004. The five page application statements,
writing samples and CVs will be circulated among all conference participants.
To be eligible, applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents,
currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program, and working at some stage
on their dissertation projects. The deadline for receipt of applications is
December 12, 2003. Decisions regarding final participants will be announced
by January 20th, 2004.
Please address all inquiries and correspondence, including applications to:
Eurasia Program, Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 377-2700 x.459; Fax: (212) 377-2727
E-mail: Eurasiassrc.org
Web: http://www.ssrc.org
Funding is provided by the United States Department of State, Program for
Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union (Title VIII)
LECTURE- History and Culture of Iran, Luke Treadwell, U. of Edinburgh, Dec.
2
Posted by: Evangelos Venetis <evangelosvenetishotmail.com>
Posted: 24 Nov 2003
The Edinburgh Institute for the Study of the Arab World and Islam
with the support of the Binks Trust presents the forthcoming Lecture
on the History and Culture of Iran 2nd December 2003
Dr. Luke Treadwell (University of Oxford)
"Eastern Iran and Transoxania in the Samanid period (3rd-4th centuries AH)"
Lecture Room, 8 Buccleuch Place, 17:15
LECTURE- Armenians in Abkhazia, Hratch Tchilingirian, SOAS, Univ. of London,
Nov. 25
Posted by: Armenian Institute <infoarmenianinstitute.org>
Posted: 24 Nov 2003
The Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus, SOAS, University of
London and the Armenian Institute present
LECTURE - "Armenians in Abkhazia"
A lecture by Hratch Tchilingirian, University of Cambridge
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 7.30 pm, G51, Main Building, SOAS (Russell Square
Campus)
All Welcome
This talk will present the story of a "forgotten" community based on
Dr. Tchilingirian's recent fieldwork in Abkhazia, a former Soviet
Autonomous Republic within Georgia, used to be known as the Soviet Union's
"Riviera" on the Black Sea. Following an inter-ethnic war in the early
1990s, Abkhazia declared independence from Georgia in 1999, which is not
recognised by any state. Tchilingirian will present a general background
about the Abkhaz-Georgian conflict and fieldtrip observations, focusing on
the large Armenian community in Abkhazia. The talk will conclude with a
discussion of some of the political and socio-economic challenges facing
the Armenians in particular and the Abkhazians in general.
Hratch Tchilingirian is Research Fellow and Associate Director of
Projects, Eurasia Programme, Judge Institute of Management, University of
Cambridge. He received his PhD from the London School of Economics and
Political Science. His research interests include political and territorial
disputes in the Caucasus and Central Asia and their impact on economic and
geostrategic developments. His numerous analytical articles and reports on
the region and various aspects of diaspora life have appeared in journals
and publications in Europe, North America and the Middle East.
For information e-mail: infoarmenianinstitute.org;Bhavna Dave bd4soas.ac.uk or
Sarah Jones (Centres Office) sj25soas.ac.uk
OSI FORUM- Barnett Rubin, Draft Constitution of Afghanistan, Nov. 25, New
York
Posted by: Virginia Brannigan <VBrannigansorosny.org>
Posted: 19 Nov 2003
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend
A Model for the Islamic World or Muddling Through?
The Draft Constitution of Afghanistan
with
Barnett Rubin
of the NYU Center on International Cooperation
Tuesday November 25, 2003
12:30 2:30 PM
Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler
1133 Avenue of the Americas (between 43rd-44th)
Conference Room 24A
New York, NY 10036-6710
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 Virginia Brannigan at (212) 548-4607 or
e-mail a response to vbrannigansorosny.org.
Name:
Affiliation:
E-mail address:
_ I will attend the November 25th event.
_ I will not attend the November 25th event.
If you are unable to attend, you can read a synopsis of the Open Forum and
subscribe to a weekly news bulletin at www.EurasiaNet.org.
OSI FORUM- Freedom of Speech in Afghanistan, Nov. 24, New York
Posted by: Virginia Brannigan <VBrannigansorosny.org>
Posted: 19 Nov 2003
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend
Freedom of Speech in Afghanistan
with
Abdul Samay Hamed and A. H. Waheed Warasta
Monday, November 24, 2003
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, Room 3B
New York, NY 10019
Adbul Samay Hamed is an independent writer, publisher, political cartoonist,
poet, and one of the most important voices for press freedom in Afghanistan
today. In 1998, he fled the Taliban and went into exile but returned in
early 2002 to start the Association for the Defense of Afghan Writers Rights
and the magazine Telaya. Telaya's bold articles and Hamed's commentaries
about the political and social problems that plague the country earned him
powerful enemies: In April, two men armed with knives attacked Hamed in the
capital, Kabul, in reprisal for his critical comments about the power of
warlords.
http://www.cpj.org/awards03/awards_release03.html
A. H. Waheed Warasta is a poet who published a book of poetry Aab ra Bayad
Shost (Water Must be Washed!). He has translated 3 books of Persian poems
into English: Night Password, The Wind and the Window and Fragrant Names.
His poems have been published in different Afghan publications inside and
outside of Afghanistan. He has worked in research and translation,
development and human rights. He composes songs and can play harmonium and
sing. He is a member of the Association for the Defense of Afghan Writers
Rights and a member of the Afghan PEN.
To RSVP please email a response to Virginia Brannigan. vbrannigansorosny.org
Name:
Affiliation:
E-mail address:
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.
Virginia Brannigan
Executive Assistant
Central Eurasia Project
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
T: (212) 548-0677
F: (212) 548-4607
Email: vbrannigansorosny.org
BRIEFING- Conflict & Repression in Chechnya, Nov. 24, United Nations
Posted by: Alex Lupis <alupiscpj.org>
Posted: 19 Nov 2003
U. N. Correspondents' Association Briefing
Conflict & Repression in Chechnya: A Post Election Assessment
Musa Muradov
Editor-in-Chief of the Chechen newspaper Groznensky Rabochy
Chechnya correspondent for the independent Moscow daily Kommersant
Recipient of CPJ's 2003 International Press Freedom Award
Alex Lupis
Europe & Central Asia Program Coordinator
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Will assess the political impact of the October 5 Presidential election on
Russia's southern republic of Chechnya. Alex Lupis will provide a brief
overview of policies used by the Kremlin to silence independent news
reporting in Chechnya. Musa Muradov - who recently traveled to Chechnya to
report on the Presidential election - will discuss the political impact of
the vote within the republic, as well as the prospects for peace and
accountability for war crimes and human rights violations committed in
Chechnya over the past decade.
Monday, November 24th, 2.00 p.m.
UNCA Club, 3rd floor press area in the Secretariat
Entrance on 1st Avenue & 46th Street
Musa Muradov is the editor-in-chief of Chechnya's most independent
publication, the weekly Groznensky Rabochy, as well as the Chechnya
correspondent for the independent Moscow daily Kommersant. Muradov has been
repeatedly harassed and threatened by both Russian federal authorities and
by Chechen rebels because he refuses to allow Groznensky Rabochy to become a
mouthpiece for either side in the ongoing civil conflict. In 1996, one of
Muradov's reporters was killed in crossfire, and Muradov himself was trapped
in a basement for 14 days because of the intense shelling of the capital,
Grozny. In 1999, another reporter was killed and a bomb destroyed the
paper's editorial offices, forcing Muradov to flee Chechnya. He continues to
edit the weekly from Moscow and distribute it in Chechnya despite increased
government restrictions on media coverage of the conflict.
Alex Lupis has a decade of experience working on human rights and press
freedom issues in the Balkans and former Soviet republics. He has worked as
a human rights monitor in Bosnia for the Vienna-based Organization for
Security & Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Balkans policy analyst at the Open
Society Institute (OSI) in New York, as well as a consultant to Human Rights
Watch (HRW) and the World Bank Institute (WBI). He speaks Russian and
Serbo-Croatian and joined the Committee to Protect Journalists in September
2000.
For more information about this event contact Alex Lupis at alupiscpj.org
or (212) 465-1004 x101.
CONFERENCE- Modern Kazakhstan: Between East and West, Dec. 5, Univ. of Toronto
Posted by: Sapar Tuyakbayev <sapar.tuyakbayevutoronto.ca>
Posted: 17 Nov 2003
Conference
Modern Kazakhstan: Between East and West
December 5th, 2003, (Friday)
University of Toronto
Centre for Russian and East European Studies
Munk Centre for International Studies
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES) at the University
of Toronto proudly announces the holding of a multidisciplinary conference
on modern Kazakhstan-Modern Kazakhstan: Between East and West.
The conference will take place on December 5th, 2003 at the University of
Toronto, Munk Centre for International Studies.
The aim of the conference is to provide a discussion forum open to students,
academics, professionals, politicians and diplomats. The conference will
allow panelists and participants to improve their knowledge and
understanding of modern Kazakhstan by discussing the country's current state
of affairs. Discussions will also address what the future holds for
Kazakhstan in political, economic and social terms. The conference will
tackle these topics by addressing a number of important questions, including:
(i) What is Kazakhstan's role and position in the changing geopolitical
context and international system (given the country's location in the "tough
neighborhood" between Russia, China, Iran and Afghanistan)? Why has
Kazakhstan unilaterally disarmed its nuclear arsenal, though it used to
possess the fourth largest arsenal of nuclear weapons of its time on the world?
(ii) Which development path has Kazakhstan-a post-Soviet oil-rich
country-chosen to follow? How do these developments affect the country's
economy and its trade partners?
(iii) What is the current state of democracy in Kazakhstan? What role do
culture, gender and other social and environmental issues play in this
multi-cultural and bilingual country's transformation?
In general, what has changed in Kazakhstan, what has not and why?
Conference Registration
Each person attending the conference is required to pay the registration
fee. Conference registration fees are as follows:
University of Toronto Faculty and Students: free (pre-registration is
required, no at conference registration)
Regular fee: $20 (pre-registration) or $25 (at conference)
You may submit the registration fee before the pre-registration deadline
(December 1st) to be entitled to the pre-registration discount, or you can
register at the higher rate at the conference. We accept by (1) cash (only
at the conference), (2) check or money order
All further information and questions can be inquired by e-mail:
sapar.tuyakbayevutoronto.ca or saparbekhotmail.com
You can also check our website http://www.utoronto.ca/crees/kazakhstan.htm
Saparbek Tuyakbayev
Organizing Committee
Centre for Russian and East European Studies
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place,
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, M5S 3K7
Tel: +1 (647) 886 1552
Fax: +1 (416) 946-8939
CONF./CFP- Democracy and Civic Education in Central Asia, Dec. 18-19,
Almaty
Posted by: Leonid Rempel <gazetausers.kyrnet.kg>
Posted: 17 Nov 2003
Central Asian Democracy Education Association (CADEA)
Internet Training Center
Infoletter/Call For Papers
"Development Of Democracy And Civic Education In Central Asian Region:
Current Status And Prospects"
II Annual Conference
December 18-19, 2003
Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
The Conference is dedicated to the following topics:
- Democracy and Civic Education in curriculum and educational standards:
problems and ways of determinations;
- Teaching support resources: instructional design / methodic (creation
and using in practice); issuing and distribution of Democracy Education
resources; using of Regional researches' results on Civic Society issues in
Democracy Education courses;
- Civic Education and ICT: experience, practice and prospects;
- Gender issues in Democracy Education courses;
- Regional characteristic properties in Democracy Education content' determining.
Participants of the Conference: universities', secondary and vocational
educational institutions' educators, leaders of NGOs, State Educational
Departments' and International Organizations' representatives.
Participants' papers will be arranged on CADEA web site www.samal.kz/civics
preliminary. After completing the Conference all materials will be published
as collected articles (article will be considered as scientific publication).
Papers should meet the following requirements:
- Not exceed 5,000 words.
- Contain first name, last name.
- Phone, e-mail.
- Full name of organization.
- Work status (job position, academic degree, academic status).
- Country, region/district, city.
- References.
Papers should be sent to infosamal.kz with "Conference" in subject.
Deadline is November 30th , 2003. Papers sent after this date will be rejected.
Conference Chairman: Murat Auezov.
Coordinators: Talgat Nurlybayev, Elena Burova, Gulzhan Baitureyeva,
Alexander Kolossov, Leonid Rempel (Kyrgyzstan)
Contact information:
Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
"Samal-2", building 56-A
(3272) 53-42-52, 54-31-67
www.samal.kz/civics
Kyrgyzstan,
Leonid Rempel
E-mail: gazetausers.kyrnet.kg
Web: www.gazeta.to.kg
Tel., Mob.: 0-502-31-17-92 (in Bishkek), 8-300-40-40-301 (in Almaty)
CONF./CFP- Int'l Congress for Asian and N. African Studies (ICANAS),
Aug. 16-21, 2004, Moscow
Posted by: Alexander A. Stolyarov <astolorc.ru>
Posted: 17 Nov 2003
Dear Colleagues,
The 37th International Congress for Asian and North African Studies will be
held from August 16 to 21, 2004 in Moscow. It is sponsored jointly by the
International Union of Oriental and Asian Studies, the Society of Russian
Orientalists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of
Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The Organizational Structure of the Congress
1) Plenary sessions
2) Major prospects proceedings and panels
3) Regional symposia. (e.g., Sinology, Indology, Arab studies, Altaic Studies, etc.)
4) Round table discussions
5) Master-classes
6) Exhibitions, presentations, receptions
7) Cultural programs, excursions
Call for Papers
Participants of the Congress are invited to submit before May 1st 2004 the
titles of their proposed papers, and other suggestions concerning the
separate sections, round-table discussions, subject panels, and
demonstrations.
The Program Committee reserves the right to make the final decision
regarding the composition of each section. In its final form the subject
program of ICANAS-37, its sections and panels, will have been formed before
April 1st, 2004. This is why we ask you to kindly send in your proposals
before May 1st 2004. If you wish to organize a section, we would ask you so
to inform the Organizing Committee and provide it with the names and
addresses of the specialists whom you wish to include in the panel. Thus:
Chair, Presenters of papers, Discussants (if any).
Working languages: English, French, and Russian
To participate in ICANAS-37 you should fill the Registration Form. You
should also submit your abstract. The abstract should be written in one of
the above-mentioned languages and should not exceed 500 words. The
submission forms, as well as full information about the program,
accommodations, registration fees, etc. may be found at:
http://www.orientalistica.ru/icanas
Organizing Committee of ICANAS XXXVII
12 Rozhdestvenka St.
Moscow 103753, Russia
Tel.: +7(095)928 57 64
Fax: +7(095)925 77 88
E-mail: orgcomorc.ru
http://www.orientalistica.ru/icanas
PANEL DISCUSSION- Understanding Iran's Nuclear Program, Asia Society, Nov.
18, NY
Posted by: Sanjeev Sherchan <sanjeevsasiasoc.org>
Posted: 13 Nov 2003
Asia Society cordially invites you to:
Understanding Iran's Nuclear Program: Pragmatic Policy or Realist Politics?
Speakers:
Robert Malley, Director, Middle East Program, International Crisis Group
Lawrence Scheinman, Distinguished Professor, Center for Nonproliferation
Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Ray Takeyh, Professor and Director, Near East and South Asia Center for
Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue (at 70th street)
As a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran is
prohibited from having nuclear weapons. Iran's plan to develop nuclear
energy to meet its rising energy needs continue to prompt much concern among
Western countries, in particular, the United States. Some experts contend
that Iran's alleged civilian nuclear power program is actually a clandestine
weapons program to manufacture nuclear weapons. Iran has consistently
maintained that its nuclear program has been exclusively in the peaceful
domain and has agreed to accept stricter international inspections of its
nuclear sites to dispel any suspicions of wrongdoings. The panelists will
explore the following questions: What is the rationale behind Iran's nuclear
program? Is Iran in violation of the NPT protocol? What can the
international community do to ensure responsible usage of Iran's nuclear
knowledge? Is there a role for the US in this matter?
Please register in advance.
$7 Students; $10 Members / NGOs; $15 Nonmembers
To register with a Credit Card, please call the Box Office at (212)
517-ASIA, or send complete information by fax at (212) 517-8315 or email to
boxoasiasoc.org
OSI FORUM- Afshin Molavi, Islamic Republic's Assault on Reform, Nov. 18, NY
Posted by: Virginia Brannigan <VBrannigansorosny.org>
Posted: 13 Nov 2003
[Please note the change in time of this lecture, from 12:00 - 1:30 pm to 4:00
- 5:30 pm.]
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend
Notes From a Crackdown: The Islamic Republic's Assault on Reform
with
Afshin Molavi
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, Room 3B
New York, NY 10019
Afshin Molavi is currently an independent journalist who has covered Iran
for a variety of international publications, including the Reuters and the
Washington Post. Most recently Mr. Molavi visited Iran on assignment for the
Washington Post and Eurasianet. A former correspondent for Reuters and for
the Arab News the Financial Times of London, his articles from the Persian
Gulf region and from Washington have also appeared in BusinessWeek, The
Nation, the Globe and Mail of Canada, The International Herald Tribune,
Foreign Policy, the Christian Science Monitor, Middle East Policy, and
Asharq Al-Awsat. Mr. Molavi is the author of Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys
Across Iran.
To RSVP please email a response to Virginia Brannigan. vbrannigansorosny.org
Name:
Affiliation:
E-mail address:
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.
OSI FORUM- Afshin Molavi, Islamic Republic's Assault on Reform, Nov. 18, NY
Posted by: Virginia Brannigan <vbrannigansorosny.org>
Posted: 7 Nov 2003
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend
Notes From a Crackdown: The Islamic Republic's Assault on Reform
with
Afshin Molavi
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, Room 3B
New York, NY 10019
Afshin Molavi is currently an independent journalist who has covered Iran
for a variety of international publications, including the Reuters and the
Washington Post. Most recently Mr. Molavi visited Iran on assignment for the
Washington Post and Eurasianet. A former correspondent for Reuters and for
the Arab News the Financial Times of London, his articles from the Persian
Gulf region and from Washington have also appeared in BusinessWeek, The
Nation, the Globe and Mail of Canada, The International Herald Tribune,
Foreign Policy, the Christian Science Monitor, Middle East Policy, and
Asharq Al-Awsat. Mr. Molavi is the author of Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys
Across Iran.
To RSVP please email a response to Virginia Brannigan. vbrannigansorosny.org
Name:
Affiliation:
E-mail address:
If you are unable to attend, you can read a synopsis of the Open Forum and
subscribe to a weekly news bulletin at www.EurasiaNet.org.
CONF./CFP- Migrants and Refugees in Central Eurasia, Kennan Institute
Posted by: Inci Bowman <inciattglobal.net>
Posted: 4 Nov 2003
Kennan Institute Invites Proposals for Conference on "Immigration, Forced
Migrants, and Refugees in Central Eurasia."
The Kennan Institute is pleased to announce a new series of research
workshops on "Immigration, Forced Migrants, and Refugees in Central
Eurasia." According to the United Nations, there are currently 185 million
people living in countries other than their birth, up from 80 million
people three decades ago. This global phenomenon is of special importance
in Central Eurasia, where the collapse of the Soviet state, together with
conditions of ethnic conflict, political ambiguity, new-found freedom of
movement, and economic chaos, have created waves of migration which have
come to shape economic, political, social, and security issues in the
region. The Kennan Institute now proposes to convene practitioners,
policymakers, and scholars who study the many issues surrounding new
migration trends in the region. The workshop series will bring together up
to fifteen individuals from various disciplines with recent field experience.
The Kennan Institute's Workshop Series is designed to serve as a forum at
which scholars from various disciplines can discuss the different aspects
of migration, share research findings, and suggest policy recommendations.
Participants in the series would explore the ways in which policymakers and
practitioners can utilize the specialized knowledge of academics in the
discipline and scholars can recognize how policy affects their field. The
workshop series will be directed by Cynthia Buckley (University of Texas,
Austin). The series will consist of two meetings, targeting specialists
with recent field experience. The first meeting will be held on 28-29 March
2004. The second meeting is scheduled for Fall 2004. Further research on
common themes is expected to form the basis for a collection of papers and
series of policy briefs.
Selection for the workshop series will be based on an open national
competition. Participation in the workshop series is open to U.S. citizens
and permanent residents at the post-doctoral level (pre-tenure) and Ph.D.
candidates who have completed field research for their dissertations. The
workshop series is interdisciplinary. Any area of social science or
humanities research that focuses on issues of migration contemporary or
historical is welcome. Per diem costs and travel support for the workshops
will be provided by the Kennan Institute.
Those interested should submit an abstract (less than 1000 words) of their
current research, a current CV, and two letters of recommendation to:
Migration Workshop, The Kennan Institute/Woodrow Wilson Center, One Woodrow
Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004-3027.
Abstracts and resumes may be sent by email to: kennanwwic.si.edu;
recommendation letters must be sent by mail. All application materials must
be in English and must be received by 1 December 2003.
The "Immigration, Forced Migrants, and Refugees in Central Eurasia"
Workshop Series is supported by the Program for Research and Training on
Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title
VIII) and the George F. Kennan Fund.
For further information, please contact Erin Trouth at (202) 691-4132 or
visit www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan.
CONF./CFP- SEWHA 2004 Conference, Oct. 22-23, 2004, Huntsville, Alabama
Posted by: Virginia Martin <martinviemail.uah.edu>
Posted: 4 Nov 2003
The Southeast World History Association (SEWHA) invites panel and individual
paper proposals for its 2004 annual conference, which will be held in
Huntsville, Alabama, October 22-23, 2004. The conference will be co-hosted
by Alabama A & M University (AAMU) and the University of Alabama in
Huntsville (UAH).
The theme of the 2004 conference is: "Pax Imperium: Dream or Delusion?
Empires and Imperialism in World History."
Deadline for submission of proposals is March 1, 2004.
Proposals should include name and contact information (email address and
phone number) of presenters, along with the title of the paper and an
abstract no more than one page (250 words) in length. The conference
organizers strongly encourage submission of proposals for complete panels
(with three presenters, chair and discussant) on particular aspects of this
year's conference theme, as well as panels/papers on the challenges of
teaching "empires and imperialism." Papers/panels are welcome from graduate
students and secondary education teachers as well as college faculty.
Submit proposals and questions to the SEWHA 2004 Conference Program Committee:
Dr. Edward Bond
Alabama A & M University
Department of Behavioral Sciences
PO Box 1926
Normal, AL 35762
E-mail: ebondaamu.edu
and
Dr. Virginia Martin
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Department of History
409 Roberts Hall
Huntsville, AL 35899
E-mail: martinviemail.uah.edu
OSI DIALOGUE- Sara Chayes, Afghanistan: Democracy without Security?, Nov.
13
Posted by: Virginia Brannigan <VBrannigansorosny.org>
Posted: 4 Nov 2003
The Open Society Institute is pleased to invite you to a special session of
the Open Society Dialogues
Afghanistan: Democracy without Security?
Featuring Sarah Chayes of Afghans for Civil Society
Thursday, November 13, 2003
12:30-2 p.m. (Lunch will be served.)
8th Floor
1120 Nineteenth St. NW,
Washington DC 20036
Please RSVP to dialoguesosi-dc.org or by calling 202-721-5619. Indicate
which event you will be attending.
After reporting for years for National Public Radio in the Balkans, North
Africa, and the Middle East, as well as her base in Paris, Sarah Chayes is
taking a break from radio to make a direct contribution to reconstructing a
post-conflict society. She is helping run an Afghan non-governmental,
non-profit organization, Afghans for Civil Society. Based in the former
Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, its primary mission is to bring to
Afghanistan some of the intellectual resources necessary for formulating
constructive public policy. It is also sponsoring community-to-community
projects, such as a sister-school initiative and the rebuilding of houses
destroyed during the recent conflict.
The Open Society Dialogues, a new forum devoted to exploring issues
fundamental to an open society, will be held monthly, except in December and
August. Contact us at 202-721-5600 or at dialoguesosi-dc.org for more
information.
Chris Madison
Communications Officer
Open Society Institute
1120 Nineteenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
'Phone: 202-721-5642
E-mail: cmadisonosi-dc.org
Web: www.osi-dc.org
IAAS LECTURE- Peter Golden, The Shaping of the Turkic Peoples, Nov. 6
Posted by: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 30 Oct 2003
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
invites you to a luncheon lecture
at the First Floor Common Room, 2 Divinity Avenue
on Thursday, November 6, 2003
Peter Golden, Professor of History, Rutgers University
will speak on "Ethnogenesis in the Tribal Zone: The Shaping of the Turkic
Peoples."
You may bring your own lunch to the Common Room; Snacks will be provided.
Room opens at 12:30, presentation at 1:00 p.m.
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
9 Kirkland Place, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495-3777
Fax: (617) 495-4306
E-mail: iaasfas.harvard.edu
CONF./CFP- Fruits in Turkic Culture, Turkic Studies Center, April 2004,
Istanbul
Posted by: Emine Gürsoy-Naskali <naskalitnn.net>
Posted: 30 Oct 2003
Conference/Call For Papers:
Fruits in Turkic Culture, Turkic Studies Center, 14-15 April 2004, Istanbul
Symposium
"Fruits in Turkic Culture"
The Center for Turkic Studies of Marmara University (Istanbul) is
organising a symposium on "Fruits in Turkic Culture" on 14-15 April
2004.
You may approach the subject from the perspective of social, economic
and cultural history, language (etymologies, lexicography), literature,
music, history of art, religion etc.
If you would like to take part in the symposium and present a paper, please
contact us preferably by the 31st of January 2004. We look forward to your
participation.
Prof. Dr. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
Director of the Center for Turkic Studies
Marmara University
<naskalitnn.net>
Secretary to the Symposium
Dilek Herkmen
Marmara Universitesi
Turkiyat Arastirmalari Enstitusu
Goztepe Kampusu / Istanbul 81040
Turkey
Tel: +90.216 345 60 69/ 22
Fax: +90.216 336 95 91
E-mail: dilekherkmenyahoo.com
PANEL DISCUSSION- Challenges of Democracy and Reform in Central Asia and the
Caucasus, Nov. 5
Posted by: Anastasiya Denisova <dnastiauclink.berkeley.edu>
Posted: 27 Oct 2003
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Challenges of Democracy and Reform: Regional Stability and Growth in
Central Asia and the Caucasus
World Affairs Council
312 Sutter Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94108
Web: www.itsyourworld.org
Check-in 5:30 PM
Registration 6:00 PM
Program 6:30 PM
Fees:
Members - Free of charge
Co-sponsors - $7
Non-members - $12
Students - Free of charge with valid ID
Checks can be made payable to World Affairs Council and mailed to:
World Affairs Council
312 Sutter St., Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: (415) 293-4600
Fax: (415) 982-5028
E-mail: registrationwacsf.org
Panelists include:
H. E. Meret B. Orazov, Ambassador, Embassy of Turkmenistan
Scott Horton, Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York;
Adjunct Professor, School of Law, Columbia University
Jan H. Kalicki, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars, Washington, DC; Co-editor, Russian-Eurasian Renaissance?
Steve LeVine, Fellow, Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law,
Stanford University
Moderator:
Gail Lapidus, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Stanford
University
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the republics of Central Asia and
the Caucasus have embarked on a road of economic and political reform, while
struggling to encourage foreign investment and establish themselves as
important regional players. This search for identity and place--both
internally, and on the world stage--has not been easy. This region
continues to struggle with the challenges of government corruption, state
repression of opposition forces, and the threat of Islamic fundamentalism.
Its relationship with the United States continues to be complex: although
the U.S. has always been interested in Central Asia and the Caucasus due to
the region's vital geographic location and oil and gas reserves, foreign
policy has changed dramatically since the events of September 11th.
Our distinguished panel will discuss the Caspian region's ongoing democratic
transition, economic reform in the context of trade and investment, an
evolving relationship with the United States in a post-911 world, and the
region's strategic importance within the community of nations.
Co-sponsors:
* The United Nations Association of San Francisco
* Global Exchange
* Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at the Stanford
Institute for International Studies
* UC Berkeley Institute of Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies
* IDC
* BAIDO
For more information about the World Affairs Council, go to:
http://www.itsyourworld.org
LECTURE- Laura Adams, 2003 Nava'i Lecture, Nov. 19, Washington, DC
Posted by: John Schoeberlein <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 23 Oct 2003
[NOTE: Laura Adams will deliver the 2003 Nava'i Lecture on Nov. 19, not on
Nov. 14 as was incorrectly stated in the previous version of this announcement]
"The Crisis of Human Capital in Central Asia" is the title of the Fourteenth
Annual Nava'i Lecture, to be presented by Dr. Laura Adams on November 19 at
Georgetown University. Dr. Adams received her PhD from the University of
California, Berkeley, in 1999 and has since published and lectured widely in
the U.S. and abroad on the cultures and societies of Central Asia, with
particular reference to Uzbekistan. She spent the month of June this year
in Bishkek doing research on the intellectual life of Kyrgyzstan, and is
currently a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown's Center for Eurasian, Russian
and East European Studies (CERES).
The annual Nava'i Lecture is jointly sponsored by CERES and the Alfred
Friendly Foundation. It is designed to give recognition to outstanding
young scholars entering the field of Central Asian studies.
This year's lecture program will convene at 5:30 pm, Wednesday, November 19
in the Riggs Library (Healy Hall) on the University's main campus in
Washington, DC. A reception will follow the lecture.
Space is limited. Please RSVP, acceptances only, to 202-687-6080 or
guceresgeorgetown.edu by Friday November 14.
LECTURE- Pamiri Languages and Linguistics, AKHP Lecture Series, Oct. 28, Dushanbe
Posted by: Nastya Reshetova <reshetovaakhp.org>
Posted: 23 Oct 2003
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Humanities Project for Central Asia
Aga Khan Humanities Project Visiting Scholar Lecture Series
As part of its commitment to the local community and the intellectual life
of Dushanbe, the Aga Khan Humanities Project (AKHP) invites you to attend a
series of free public lectures. Lectures will be given by visiting scholars
and specialists on issues concerning Central Asia and will be held
throughout the year.
Public Lecture 4
Pamiri languages and linguistics
Speaker: Emily Manetta, University of California (USA)
Emily Manetta M.A. is a PhD student in Linguistics at the University of
California. She is a syntactician, focusing on noun case in Indo-Aryan and
Iranian languages. She is currently doing fieldwork on noun case in the
languages of the Pamir. Emily also teaches in the Department of Linguistics
at the University of California.
Language: English with translation into Russian
Date: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Time: 1 pm-3 pm
Location: AKHP Centre, Department of Philosophy of Culture, 4th floor, Tajik
State Pedagogical University, 121 Rudaki Avenue
For more information, please contact Emma Wolfson on 245823 / 240702 or by
email at wolfsonakhp.org
Anastasiya Reshetova
Communications Coordinator
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Humanities Project for Central Asia
75 Tolstoy Street
Dushanbe 734000, Tajikistan
E-mail: reshetovaakhp.org
Office Tel: (992-372) 24-58-23, 24-07-02
Fax: (992-372) 51-01-28
http://www.akdn.org/humanities/Humanity.htm
CONF./CFP- 10th Annual CIAS Conference, Univ. of Toronto, April 2004
Posted by: Gillian Long <gillian.longutoronto.ca>
Posted: 20 Oct 2003
The Tenth Annual Conference of the Central and Inner Asia Seminar (CIAS
2004) will be held at the University of Toronto on April 15-17 2004. The
theme of this gathering will be "The Domestic Environment of Central and
Inner Asia".
A range of interpretations of this theme is possible:
- "domestic" may relate to the home or circumstances of the ordinary man,
woman or child, or, on a broader scale, it could mean communal or national
as opposed to cross-border or international.
- "environment" may be interpreted widely, including cultural, social,
political, legal, religious, educational, or natural surroundings.
The proceedings of the conference will be published in due course in
"Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia". Volume 6, covering CIAS 2002
and 2003, is currently in press.
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 17,
2003 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.
Please forward this message to anyone else who may be interested. For
further information see www.utoronto.ca/deeds/cias/cias.html
Gillian Long
Administrative Co-ordinator for CIAS
416 978 4882
LECTURE- Laura Adams, 2003 Nava'i Lecture, Nov. 14, Washington DC
Posted by: David Nalle <DavidN5512aol.com>
Posted: 20 Oct 2003
"The Crisis of Human Capital in Central Asia" is the title of the Fourteenth
Annual Nava'i Lecture, to be presented by Dr. Laura Adams on November 19 at
Georgetown University. Dr. Adams received her PhD from the University of
California, Berkeley, in 1999 and has since published and lectured widely in
the U.S. and abroad on the cultures and societies of Central Asia, with
particular reference to Uzbekistan. She spent the month of June this year
in Bishkek doing research on the intellectual life of Kyrgyzstan, and is
currently a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown's Center for Eurasian, Russian
and East European Studies (CERES).
The annual Nava'i Lecture is jointly sponsored by CERES and the Alfred
Friendly Foundation. It is designed to give recognition to outstanding
young scholars entering the field of Central Asian studies.
This year's lecture program will convene at 5:30 pm, Wednesday, November 19
in the Riggs Library (Healy Hall) on the University's main campus in
Washington, DC. A reception will follow the lecture.
Space is limited. Please RSVP, acceptances only, to 202-687-6080 or
guceresgeorgetown.edu by Friday November 14.
CONFERENCE- Education and Culture of Kazakhstan, Berlin, Oct. 24-25, 2003
Posted by: Galina Nurtasinowa <DeKasGesaol.com>
Posted: 19 Oct 2003
Invitation to the International Conference of the German-Kazakh Society,
Berlin, October 24-25, 2003
Investments in the Future:
Education and Culture in Transformations' Society of Kazakhstan
The German-Kazakh Society invites all interested persons to participate in
its conference, to be held in Berlin, on October 24-25, 2003
Landesvertretung Niedersachsen
In den Ministergärten 10,
10117 Berlin-Mitte, Germany.
The Conference seeks to promote the Kazakh - German dialogue about the
transformation process in education and culture of Kazakhstan and to analyse
their role and impact in this process.
Aim & Topics:
The International Conference aims to bring practitioners and academics
together to discuss the various issues concerning the present and the future
of the education and culture in contemporary Kazakhstan as well as to show
the opportunities of the German-Kazakh cooperation in this sphere.
This event will bring together over 80 political figures, academics and
other experts from Kazakhstan and Germany for two days of professional
dialogue, fruitful contacts and interaction.
The following main topics are determined to serve as a guideline to
participants:
* Kazakh universities in the Period of Globalization
* State and private universities: new opportunities and quality
* Internet-Education in Kazakhstan
* Universities in Kazakhstan and Germany: Opportunities for future cooperation
* Islam in the transformation society of Kazakhstan
* Between traditions and innovation: Cultural development of contemporary Kazakhstan
* Mass media and national identity in Kazakhstan
Conference languages are German and Russian
There is no conference fee.
For further information please feel free to contact:
Mrs. Galina Nurtasinowa
Managing Director
Deutsch-Kasachische Gesellschaft e. V.
Colditzstraße 34-36
12099 Berlin
Tel.: +4930 / 70 02 34 78
Fax: +4930 / 70 02 48 80
Mobile: +49177 - 572 33 00
e-mail: DeKasGesaol.com
CONF./CFP- International Association of Asian Studies, Houston, TX, Feb.
2004
Posted by: Lemuel Berry <lberryune.edu>
Posted: 19 Oct 2003
Call For Papers
International Association of Asian Studies
National Conference
February 16-21, 2004
Houston, Texas
Abstracts, not to exceed two (2) pages, should be submitted that relate to
any aspect of the Asian and Asian American experience. Subjects may include,
but are not limited to: literature, demographics, history, politics,
economics, education, health care, fine arts, religion, social sciences,
business and many other subjects. Please indicate the time required for
presentation of your paper (25 minutes OR 45 minutes).
Abstracts With Home and College/Agency Address Must Be Postmarked By:
Saturday, November 15, 2003.
Send Abstracts To:
Dr. Lemuel Berry, Jr.
Executive Director, IAAS
PO Box 325
Biddeford, ME 04005-0325
Telephone: 207/839-8004
Fax: 207/839-3776
Email: naaasconferenceearthlink.net
Web: www.NAAAS.org
CONF./CFP- 11th Central Eurasian Studies CONFERENCE, Indiana University,
April 2004
Posted by: Annual CEUS Conference <acesindiana.edu>
Posted: 19 Oct 2003
Call For Papers
The Eleventh Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
USA
Saturday, April 3rd, 2004
ACES (Association of Central Eurasian Students, Indiana University) is
proud to announce the Eleventh 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 200 words
are due by January 10, 2004. Abstracts will be printed in the form received in
a book of abstracts published for the conference. Please provide the
following with your abstract:
* title of paper
* 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 Eleventh 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
Notifications of acceptance and other materials will be e-mailed to the
authors of accepted papers by January 30, 2004. ACES regrets that it
cannot provide any funding to participants.
Thank you!
CONF./CFP- Workshop on Youth Gangs, Eurogang Program, 2004
Posted by: Alexander Shashkin <shashkinmail.ru>
Posted: 19 Oct 2003
Dear Colleague:
We are writing on behalf of the Steering Committee of the Eurogang Program,
a network of more than 100 researchers in Europe and the United States who
are working to develop multinational collaboration on the study of youth
gangs and troublesome youth groups. Since 1997, we have held six workshops
on this issue, with meetings in Germany, Belgium, Holland and Norway. We
have also held sessions on our work at the first three meetings of the
European Society of Criminology in Lausanne, Toledo, and Helsinki. Detailed
information about the Eurogang Program can be found at:
http//www.umsl.edu/~ccj/euroganghome.htm
We are now developing a proposal to the NATO Scientific Affairs Division for
a three to five day conference on street gangs in the year 2004, with the
goal of expanding the network of researchers engaged in the topic of youth
gangs and troublesome youth groups. In particular, we seek workshop
participants from the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and
Uzbekistan. We are also eager for participants to attend from Algeria,
Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia.
At present, we have limited contacts with scholars in these countries, but
with this invitation letter we hope to broaden our network and invite all
interested scholars to participate in the planned workshop. If you are
interested in the general topic of street gangs and troublesome youth
groups, please contact us so that we may include you among the invited
conference participants. In addition, please pass this notice along to any
colleagues you may know who share such an interest.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Workshop Co-Organizers
Dr. Alexander Shashkin, Centre of Youth Research, Russian Ministry of
Education
shashkinmail.ru
Dr. Jody Miller, Department of Criminology, University of Missouri-St. Louis
jodymillerumsl.edu
CONF./CFP- Security in the South Caucasus, IPIS, Tehran, Dec. 8-9, 2003
Posted by: IPIS-Central Asia <centralasia-ipisdre-mfa.gov.ir>
Posted: 10 Oct 2003
Institute for Political & International Studies (IPIS)
The 11th International Conference on Central Asia and the Caucasus:
"Security in the South Caucasus"
Tehran - December 8-9, 2003
Call for Papers
The Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) is planing to
hold its 11th International Conference on Central Asia and the Caucasus on
8-9 December 2003. The Conference takes a critical and comprehensive look
at the major security developments of South Caucasus as the main theme for
this year's event.
The presence of Outside powers, in the region, developments in the area of
energy resources, investments and transit routes, ethno-territorial
conflicts, economic and political instability, performance of political and
security structures, international organizations and campaign against
terrorism, arms and drug trafficking are among the issues which will be
discussed in this Conference.
The Conference aims at finding new ways and approaches for further
enhancement of regional security through discussions of academics, scholars,
researchers, experts, politicians and government officials.
The main topics of the Conference are the following:
* Regional Crises and Internal Factors Affecting Security;
* Factors of Instability in the Region;
* Convergence and Divergence: Security Arrangements;
* Regional Security and International Organizations;
* The Role of Regional and Outside Powers;
All interested to participate and present paper in this Conference are
invited to send an abstract of their article on the mentioned topics, as
well as a C.V. to the secretariat of the seminar by Nov 6, 2003.
For further information, call IPIS at the following Address:
The Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)
Tehran, Shahid Bahonar Avenue, Shahid Aghaei Street,
P.O. Box: # 19395/1793
Tel: (+98-21) 2802671-5
Fax: (+98-21) 2802649
E-mail: Centralasia-ipisdre-mfa.gov.ir
Website: www.dre-mfa.gov.ir
PANEL DISCUSSION- Challenges of Democracy and Reform in Central Asia & the
Caucasus, San Francisco, Nov. 5
Posted by: Anastasiya Denisova <dnastiauclink.berkeley.edu>
Posted: 10 Oct 2003
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Challenges of Democracy and Reform: Regional Stability and Growth in
Central Asia and the Caucasus
World Affairs Center
312 Sutter Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94108
Registration 6:00 PM
Program 6:30 PM
Standard Pricing Information; co-sponsors $7
Panelists include:
Scott Horton, Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York;
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University (confirmed)
Jan H. Kalicki, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars, Washington, DC; Co-editor, Russian-Eurasian Renaissance?
(confirmed)
Steve LeVine, Fellow, Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law,
Stanford University (confirmed)
Meret B. Orazov, Ambassador, Embassy of Turkmenistan (confirmed)
Moderator:
Gail Lapidus, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Stanford
University (invited)
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the republics of Central Asia and
the Caucasus have embarked on a road of economic and political reform, while
struggling to encourage foreign investment and establish themselves as
important regional players. This search for identity and place--both
internally, and on the world stage--has not been easy. This region
continues to struggle with the challenges of government corruption, state
repression of opposition forces, and the threat of Islamic fundamentalism.
Its relationship with the United States continues to be complex: although
the U.S. has always been interested in Central Asia and the Caucasus due to
the region's vital geographic location and oil and gas reserves, foreign
policy has changed dramatically since the events of September 11th.
Our distinguished panel will discuss the Caspian region's ongoing democratic
transition, economic reform in the context of trade and investment, an
evolving relationship with the United States in a post-911 world, and the
region's strategic importance within the community of nations.
Proposed Co-sponsors: The United Nations Association of San Francisco
(confirmed), IDC (invited), BAIDO (confirmed), Global Exchange (confirmed),
Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University
(confirmed), and UC Berkeley Institute of Slavic, Eastern European and
Eurasian Studies (confirmed)
SEMINARS- Seminar Schedule, Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, Univ. of Reading,
UK
Posted by: Yelena Kalyuzhnova <y.kaluyzhnovareading.ac.uk>
Posted: 10 Oct 2003
WEEKLY SEMINARS
Every Wednesday in Room 125, HUMSS
5.00 p.m. -6.00 p.m.
October 8, 2003 Dr. Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, The Centre for Euro-
Asian Studies
"EU Interests in the Caspian Sea Region including FDI and Trade"
October 15, 2003 Ms Natalya Shevchik, The Centre for Euro- Asian Studies
"The effect of the location on the performance of Kazakhstani industrial
enterprises"
October 22, 2003 Mr Howard Burrows, Vendor Development & Qualification
Manager, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating b.v.
"Kazakh Content and Vendor Development - the way to boost the economic growth"
October 29, 2003 Dr Olga Brezinova, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economics,
Technical University of Ostrava Czech Republic
"Impact of EU Enlargement on a small open economy (example of Czech Republic)"
November 5, 2003 Dr Maria Vagliasindi, Principal Economist, the Office of
the Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
"Privatisation Methods and Enterprise Governance in Transition Economies"
November 19, 2003 Dr. Lucio Vinhas de Souza, Economist, Kiel Institute for
World Economics (IfW)
"The Euroarea and the New EU Member States"
November 26, 2003 Dr. Nauro F. Campos, University of Newcastle, WDI and CEPR
"Foreign Direct Investment in Transition: Some New Empirical Evidence on Its
Causes and Consequences"
December 3, 2003 to be announced
CONFERENCE- Central Asia: Perspectives from the Field, SOAS, London, Nov.
7-8, 2003
Posted by: London Central Asia Conference <conferencepobox.com>
Posted: 8 Oct 2003
Conference announcement: "Central Asia - Perspectives from the field",
London, UK, 7-8 November 2003
The Central Asian Research Network (CARN) and the Graduate Student Network
of the "Centre for Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus" at the School
of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) would like to invite all interested
parties to attend the conference "Central Asia - Perspectives from the
field" to be held in London, UK, on the 7-8 November 2003. The event is
hosted by the Centre for Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus (SOAS)
and the Centre for Global Governance (London School of Economics).
The focus of the conference is to provide a forum for Ph.D. students working
on Central Asia to present and discuss their research. The conference will
consist of about thirty presenters (mainly Ph.D. students with a few postdoc
and junior academics, representing institutions from fourteen countries)
grouped into thematic panels with opportunity for discussion in each. In the
great majority of cases they will be presenting results based on original
fieldwork. On the evening of the 7th November there will also be a
roundtable discussion with academics and representatives from government,
business and NGOs operating in Central Asia. A full conference program is
available at http://www.soas.ac.uk/centres/centreinfo.cfm?navid=745.
All are welcome to attend, particularly those at Ph.D. level. If you are
aware of students in your institution who are starting out on or considering
Ph.D. level research, we would request that you pass this information on to
them. The previous five such conferences have proven an excellent
opportunity to develop one's academic network and discuss research issues
with peers in an informal environment.
Further details (including accommodation, conference fees etc.) can be
downloaded at http://www.soas.ac.uk/cccacfiles/conferencedetails.pdf
Conference updates will be available at
http://www.soas.ac.uk/centres/centreinfo.cfm?navid=489 and if you have any
queries you can contact the organising committee at conferencepobox.com.
The organising committee,
Sabine Freizer (London School of Economics)
Matteo Fumagalli (Edinburgh University)
Claudia Stein (University of Cologne)
Daniel Stevens (School of Oriental and African Studies)
CONF./CFP- 9th Annual Conv., Assoc. for Study of Nationalities, 15-17
Apr. 2004
Posted by: Dominique Arel <dareluottawa.ca>
Posted: 26 Sep 2003
Call for Papers
"Nation, Identity, and Conflict"
9th Annual World Convention of the
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
15-17 April 2004
***Earlier submission deadline: 12 November 2003***
Contact information:
panel and individual paper proposals: dareluottawa.ca
exhibits, advertisements, accommodation: gnb12columbia.edu
web site: www.nationalities.org
100 panels on the Balkans, Baltics, Central Europe, Russia, Ukraine,
Belarus, Moldova, Caucasus, Central Asia, Turkey, China, with a special
section on Theoretical Approaches to Nationalism.
AS WELL AS thematic panels on
Islamic Movements, Ethnic Violence, Conflict Resolution, Democratization,
Demography, Language Issues, and Ethnicity in Films/Videos
The ASN Convention, the most attended international and inter-disciplinary
scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide range of
topics related to 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,
sociolinguistics, and related disciplines. The Convention invites proposals
for individual papers or for complete panels.
The 2004 Convention will introduce a new section devoted to theoretical
approaches to nationalism, from any of the disciplines listed above. The
papers in this section do not necessarily have to be grounded in an area of
the former Communist bloc usually covered by ASN, as long as the issues
examined are relevant to a truly comparative understanding of
nationalism-related issues. In this vein, we are welcoming theory-focused
and cross-regional proposals, rather than case studies from outside Eastern
Europe and Eurasia.
Centra Asia-related poanel themes in previous conventions included Islam and
Politics in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Geostrategy and Geopolitics of the
Great Powers in Central Asia, Identity Issues in Uzbekistan, Turkey at the
Crossroads, Social and Political Aspects of Contemporary Kazakhstan, Search
for a Mongolian Identity, Nation-Making and Conflict in Central Asia, The
Impact of Globalization in Central Asia.
Videos screened in 2003 included Shto Novovo. An Elegy for the Union
(Kyrgyzstan) and Greetings from Grozny. The ASN web site
(www.nationalities.org) contains a complete list of the 2003 panels and videos.
As before, the 2004 Convention is inviting submissions for documentaries or
feature films made within the past year and available in video (VHS or DVD)
format. The videos selected for the convention will be screened during
regular panel slots and will be followed by a discussion moderated by an
academic expert.
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 15th, at 1 PM, and
end on Saturday, April 17th in the early evening. No panels will be held on
Sunday.
Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no particular application
form to complete. Proposals can simply be e-mailed to Dominique Arel and
Troy McGrath at dareluottawa.ca. FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROPOSALS, SEE THE
"APPLICATION INFORMATION" BELOW.
Registration. Registration fees are $45 for ASN Members, $60 for Non-Members
and $30 for Students. All panel participants must pre-register by February
15th, 2004. Non-panel participants are also urged to pre-register early.
Please note that the Convention will be unable to refund preregisterees
after March 1st, 2004. 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 Convention Executive Director Gordon N. Bardos (gnb12columbia.edu).
Funding. Participants are responsible for covering all travel and
accommodation costs: ASN has no funding available for participants
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 Convention Executive
Director Gordon N. 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 a 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 Convention Executive Director Gordon Bardos (gnb12columbia.edu)
We look forward to seeing you at the convention!
The Convention organizing committee:
Gordon Bardos, Executive Director
Troy McGrath, Co-Program Chair
Sue Davis, Co-Program Chair
David Crowe, ASN President
Dominique Arel, ASN Vice-President (Conventions)
APPLICATION INFORMATION
ASN is accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, or individual papers.
There is no particular form to complete. Proposals have to be emailed to
Dominique Arel and Troy McGrath at dareluottawa.ca. 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, and if all the
information is contained in a single attachment. Proposals exceeding the
word limit will be returned to the sender, and CVs should not be submitted
(only short bios, outlined below).
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. This does not
mean simply sending your CV, this should be a paragraph
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 (overhead projector, PowerPoint, VCR) 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
Proposals must be sent by email at dareluottawa.ca. An international
Program Committee will be entrusted with the final selections.
Deadline for proposals: 12 November 2003
The ASN convention's headquarters are located at:
Harriman Institute
Columbia University
1216 IAB
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212 854 8487 tel
212 666 3481 fax
E-mail: gnb12columbia.edu
CONFERENCE PROGRAM- Mass-Media Transformation in Post-Soviet Conditions, Sept
26-27
Posted by: Vicken Cheterian <vicken.cheteriancimera.org>
Posted: 26 Sep 2003
Mass-Media Transformation in Post-Soviet Conditions
Yerevan, September 26-27, 2003
Organized by the Caucasus Media Institute, Yerevan and CIMERA, Geneva
The last decade has brought revolutionary changes to the media sector and
the professional practice of journalists working in post-Soviet societies.
The collapse of Soviet censorship, the emergence of new independent states
and the new rhythm given to communication thanks to the new technologies,
have transformed the profession and the work conditions of journalists
beyond recognition.
After initial successes in the last years of Glasnost and in the early
nineties, the media sector finds itself in a very deep crisis. Although the
profession played an important role in revealing what was still taboo in the
Soviet society - from Stalinism to environmental damage today mass media are
in most cases unable to shape public opinion or lead debates in their
societies, and have lost the popular trust they enjoyed a decade ago.
What is it that has lead mass media into such a difficult situation? What
role does the state play in this sphere? How does the new market environment
affect mass media? What is needed in order to secure independence of
journalists? How are new technologies transforming the media scene? And what
are the individual stories of journalists and their media institutions in
the newly independent republics?
In order to discuss those questions, the CMI in collaboration with CIMERA is
organizing an international conference on September 26-27 in Yerevan. The
conference will bring together over 20 media experts, journalism professors,
researchers, and reporters from various CIS countries, Iran, Eastern and
Western Europe, and the US. Working languages are Russian and English.
Conference proceedings will be published in Russian and English.
For more information, please contact Moritz Gathmann, moritz.cminetsys.am
The Organizers
Caucasus Media Institute assists in the development of mass media in the
Caucasus. Our aim is to achieve a professional standard of journalism
capable to inform the public and offer debate through the mass media. CMI
works in three directions: to introduce international standards of reporting
into journalism in the Caucasus, to train journalists to use new
technologies which are reshaping the media profession, to offer background
knowledge and critical analysis of recent developments in the region and the
world.
CMI brings together training and research, so that our practical experience
is enriched by our efforts to better understand the changing socio-political
conditions in post-Soviet Caucasus. For more information about CMI go to:
www.caucasusmedia.org
CIMERA is a Geneva-based non-profit organization, working in good
governance, conflict transformation, and media development projects. CIMERA
is active in the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Balkans, as well as in
Switzerland. For more information about CIMERA, go to:
www.cimera.org
Special Thanks
The conference organizers would like to thank the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation, and the German Federal Foreign Office, and the
German Embassy in Armenia, for their financial support.
SWISS AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION (SDC)
Conference Program
Arrival of guests: Thursday, September 25
Day 1, Friday, September 26
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30 10:00 Opening of the Conference
Vicken Cheterian, Director, CMI
Hans-Wulf Bartels, German Ambassador to Armenia
Zara Allahverdyan, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, National
Programme Officer in Armenia
10:00-11:00 Session One, moderated by Andrei Kolesnikov, journalist at
Izvestia, PR-Director at FBK Consulting, Moscow. The Political Underpinnings
for Post-Soviet Media Development.
Oleg Panfilov, Director, Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations,
Moscow. Post-Soviet Press: Oppositional or Independent?
Vicken Cheterian, Director, CMI, Yerevan. The Changing Political Conditions
and the Social Role of the Media.
Marina Muskhelishvili, political scientist, Tbilisi. Free but not Liberal:
Mass Media and a Particularistic Social Context.
11:00-11:30 Discussion
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45- 12:30 Session Two, moderated by Alexander Iskandarian, Deputy
Director, CMI: New Technologies and Media Transformation.
Andrei Rezaev, professor of philosophy at the Russian Humanitarian Institute
of St. Petersburg. Communication in Post-Soviet Societies Seen in the Light
of the Communication Revolution.
Diana Schmidt, Queen s University, Belfast. The Use of ICTs by Local Civil
Society Organizations in Post-Soviet Russia.
12:30-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:30 Session Three, moderated by Ilona Urbanovich. Electronic versus
Print Media.
Sergei Bondarenko, Director of Radio Rostov. The Role of the Radio in the
New Media Spectrum.
Irina Kostrichenko, journalist, Alianta. The Role of Paid Articles in the
Collapse of Print Media.
Mesrop Movsessian, Director, A1+ TV company, Armenia. The Main Role of
Television: to Inform or to Entertain?
15:30-16:00 Discussion
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-17:30 Session Four, moderated by Alexander Khamagaev: And the Truth in
All That&
Irada Huseinova, CJES, Moscow. The Media of Azerbaijan in the Pre-election
Season.
Aleksei Sukhov, journalist, editor of www.osmedia.kg and Media Insight
Central Asia. Poor Education as a Factor for Low-quality Publications in the
Media of Southern Kyrgyzstan.
Alfia Kharchenko, Radio Poitakht Info, Tashkent. Mass Media Development in
Uzbekistan: Facts and Myths.
17:30-18:00 Discussion
Day 2, Saturday, September 27, Country Profiles
9:30-10:30 Session Five, moderated by Diana Schmidt. The Russian Model.
Andrei Kolesnikov, journalist at Izvestia, PR-Director at FBK Consulting,
Moscow. Evolution of the Russian Media. From Censorship to Self-Censorship.
Zoya Khotkina, Moscow Center for Gender Studies. Image of Women in Russian
Media.
Iosif Dzjaloshinsky, President of the Commission on Free Access to
Information. Social Partnership and Mass Media in the Russian Regions.
10:30-11:00 Discussion
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00 Session Six, Moderated by Vicken Cheterian. Stories from Abroad.
Remzi Lani, Director, Albanian Media Institute. The Difficult Road towards
Independent Media in the Balkans.
Steven Pasternack, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications, New
Mexico State University. Baltic Journalism: New Freedoms and New Problems.
12:00-12:30 Discussion
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Session Seven, moderated by Oleg Panfilov. Media and
Restrictions in Central Asia.
Habibollah Shirazi and Hossein Seifzadeh, Tehran University. The Information
Age and the Wisdom of Media Restrictions in Central Asia.
Andrei Aranbaev, journalist, Turkmenistan. State Monopoly on Mass Media: a
Story from Turkmenistan.
Alexander Khamagaev, journalist, CIMERA country project coordinator,
Uzbekistan. Mass Media and the Ideology of National Independence.
14:30-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Session Eight, moderated by Steven Pasternack. The Stony Road
from Soviet Style Journalism to Journalism of Independence.
Lyudmila Kalashnik, RFE/RL correspondent in Poltava Region. Ukrainian Media
under Pressure.
Tatyana Orlova, journalist, Bishkek. A Personal Story of Moia Stolitsa.
Ilona Urbanovich, journalist, Belarus. The Situation of Journalists in Belarus.
16:30-18:00 Discussion
18:00 Closing of the Conference
FORUM- Asia Society Program, Kazakh Foreign Minister, New York City, Sept.
29
Posted by: Sanjeev Sherchan <sanjeevsasiasoc.org>
Posted: 26 Sep 2003
Asia Society cordially invites you to:
Kazakhstan's Foreign Policy: Problems of Regional and International Security
An Evening Program with
H. E. Kassymzhomart K. Tokaev
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Monday, September 29, 2003
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue (at 70th street)
Asia Society Members/NGOs $7; Non-Members $12; Students $5
We recommend an early response as seating is limited.
Please register in advance.
Registration fees: $5 Students; $7 Members / NGOs; $10 Nonmembers
To register with a Credit Card, please call the Box Office at (212)
517-ASIA, or send complete information by fax at (212) 517-8315.
Name:
Affiliation
Title:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Date:
Registration Price:
No. of Registrants:
Total Enclosed:
Credit Card Acct. No.
Exp. Date:
Signature
CONF./CFP- Grad Student CONFERENCE on Post-Communist Societies, Univ.
of Pittsburgh, Mar. 5-6
Posted by: Mihnea Vasilescu <miv4+pitt.edu>
Posted: 26 Sep 2003
CENTER FOR RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Call for Papers
1st Annual Graduate Student Conference
Historical and Contemporary Forces of Integration and Disintegration in the
Post-Communist Societies
March 5-6, 2004
Deadline for paper submissions:
What used to be the communist bloc in Europe and Asia was characterized by
divergent tendencies and was influenced by opposing forces, which can be
traced into the past and remain part of the tumultuous present of the
post-communist world. Empires formed and collapsed, ideologies were
embraced, imposed, and rejected, boundaries shifted and identities
redefined, solidarities broke and new commitments were made, policies were
implemented and challenged together with the governments that put them into
practice. Geographic labels, such as Central / Eastern / Southern Europe
and, more recently, New Europe, are contested territories themselves. If the
problems of the region are to be addressed, and the successes to be
understood, it is necessary to improve our understanding of this dynamic
region through an interdisciplinary approach. It is in this effort that the
graduate students of University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East
European Studies invite all interested graduate students to submit abstracts
of a paper for presentation at its first annual graduate student conference.
The theme of integration and disintegration should be viewed most broadly.
The conference will focus on agents of integration and disintegration,
solidarity and conflict, tolerance and antagonism, inclusion and separation,
continuity and disruption, construction and dissolution. The level of
analysis could be any, from the family and community, to the state and
international level. The conference will include panels devoted to aspects of:
* history * politics * culture and society * governmental policy * law
* economics * business * literature * film * public health * education * others
Graduate students that are working on the region of eastern Europe and the
former Soviet Union from any discipline are encouraged to submit abstracts
by December 1, 2003. Further details about submission requirements, dates,
housing, etc. can be found on the conference's web page
(http://www.pitt.edu/~creesgsc) or by e-mailing creesgscpitt.edu.
CONFERENCE- Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual CONFERENCE, Harvard Univ.,
Oct. 2-5
Posted by: John Schoeberlein - CESS Conference Committee <CESSconffas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 26 Sep 2003
The Fourth Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society will
be held on October 2-5, 2003, at Harvard University, hosted by the Davis
Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. The response to this conference
has been tremendous, and the program includes about 500 individual
panelists from nearly 40 countries on ~80 panels, covering topics from
contemporary politics and social issues to arts, culture and all periods of
history. The program also includes:
- Plenary panel on: "Central Eurasian Political Development and Stability:
Effects of International and Regional Actors"
- Plenary panel on: "Central Eurasian Studies: The State of the Field"
- Special panels on regional cooperation, new approaches to history, human rights, and other topics
- A film series featuring two of the most prominent filmmakers from Central Eurasia, Yusup Razykov
and Rachid Nougmanov, presenting their films, as well as other documentary and feature film screenings
- A reception/dinner on Friday, Oct. 3, hosted by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (
we're expecting ~500 guests!)
- A reception for the new American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
- A reception hosted by the Caspian Studies Program (Harvard's Kennedy School of Government)
- For details, including the near-final program, see http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Program.html
We are expecting a very large attendance -- indeed much larger than we
originally planned for -- which will probably be around 900 attendees and
will undoubtedly be the largest-ever gathering of specialists on this region.
Because of the larger-than-expected attendance, we urge those planning to
attend to:
1) Submit the on-line registration form at http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html so that
we can anticipate numbers, provide you with information about the limited-space activities and
prepare your registration packet;
2) Keep in mind that some panels and activities are likely to be over-full given the large
attendance, so attendees are urged to show up early to assure a seat, and to consider alternative
choices of panels and films in case the panels of choice are full up.
Please also note that NO paper submissions are being accepted at this time
(the proposal deadline was April 4). Meanwhile, we encourage you to
consider presenting a paper or organizing a panel for next year's CESS
conference which will be held October 14-17, 2004, at Indiana University
(Bloomington, Ind.). The Call for Papers will be issued in November 2003
(and you can let us know at <CESSfas.harvard.edu> if you want to be
included in the e-mail list for the Call for Papers).
If you require more information about the conference, please see
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html where there is information
about the conference locations, travel to Boston/Cambridge, accommodations
and restaurants in the area, guidelines for paper presentation, and much
more. Please do not send us queries unless you cannot find crucial
information on the website -- with the large conference attendance, we are
nearly overwhelmed with the problems ensuring a well-organized conference,
and we cannot respond to requests for information which can be found elsewhere.
On behalf of the CESS Conference Committee, I wish all panel participants
and attendees safe and uneventful travel to Boston and a pleasant and
enriching time at the conference!
John Schoeberlein
Chair, CESS Conference Committee
Director, CESS Secretariat
Director, Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
e-mail: CESSconffas.harvard.edu
Conference website: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
CESS website: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/
Harvard program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/
CONF./CFP- 9th Annual Conv., Assoc. for Study of Nationalities, 15-17
Apr. 2003
Posted by: Dominique Arel <dareluottawa.ca>
Posted: 18 Sep 2003
Call for Papers
"Nation, Identity, and Conflict"
9th Annual World Convention of the
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
15-17 April 2004
***Earlier submission deadline: 12 November 2003***
Contact information:
panel and individual paper proposals: dareluottawa.ca
exhibits, advertisements, accommodation: gnb12columbia.edu
web site: www.nationalities.org
100 panels on the Balkans, Baltics, Central Europe, Russia, Ukraine,
Belarus, Moldova, Caucasus, Central Asia, Turkey, China, with a special
section on Theoretical Approaches to Nationalism.
AS WELL AS thematic panels on
Islamic Movements, Ethnic Violence, Conflict Resolution, Democratization,
Demography, Language Issues, and Ethnicity in Films/Videos
The ASN Convention, the most attended international and inter-disciplinary
scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide range of
topics related to 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,
sociolinguistics, and related disciplines. The Convention invites proposals
for individual papers or for complete panels.
The 2004 Convention will introduce a new section devoted to theoretical
approaches to nationalism, from any of the disciplines listed above. The
papers in this section do not necessarily have to be grounded in an area of
the former Communist bloc usually covered by ASN, as long as the issues
examined are relevant to a truly comparative understanding of
nationalism-related issues. In this vein, we are welcoming theory-focused
and cross-regional proposals, rather than case studies from outside Eastern
Europe and Eurasia.
Centra Asia-related poanel themes in previous conventions included Islam and
Politics in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Geostrategy and Geopolitics of the
Great Powers in Central Asia, Identity Issues in Uzbekistan, Turkey at the
Crossroads, Social and Political Aspects of Contemporary Kazakhstan, Search
for a Mongolian Identity, Nation-Making and Conflict in Central Asia, The
Impact of Globalization in Central Asia.
Videos screened in 2003 included Shto Novovo. An Elegy for the Union
(Kyrgyzstan) and Greetings from Grozny. The ASN web site
(www.nationalities.org) contains a complete list of the 2003 panels and videos.
As before, the 2004 Convention is inviting submissions for documentaries or
feature films made within the past year and available in video (VHS or DVD)
format. The videos selected for the convention will be screened during
regular panel slots and will be followed by a discussion moderated by an
academic expert.
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 15th, at 1 PM, and
end on Saturday, April 17th in the early evening. No panels will be held on
Sunday.
Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no particular application
form to complete. Proposals can simply be e-mailed to Dominique Arel and
Troy McGrath at dareluottawa.ca. FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROPOSALS, SEE THE
"APPLICATION INFORMATION" BELOW.
Registration. Registration fees are $45 for ASN Members, $60 for Non-Members
and $30 for Students. All panel participants must pre-register by February
15th, 2004. Non-panel participants are also urged to pre-register early.
Please note that the Convention will be unable to refund preregisterees
after March 1st, 2004. 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 Convention Executive Director Gordon N. Bardos (gnb12columbia.edu).
Funding. Participants are responsible for covering all travel and
accommodation costs: ASN has no funding available for participants
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 Convention Executive
Director Gordon N. 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 a 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 Convention Executive Director Gordon Bardos (gnb12columbia.edu)
We look forward to seeing you at the convention!
The Convention organizing committee:
Gordon Bardos, Executive Director
Troy McGrath, Co-Program Chair
Sue Davis, Co-Program Chair
David Crowe, ASN President
Dominique Arel, ASN Vice-President (Conventions)
APPLICATION INFORMATION
ASN is accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, or individual papers.
There is no particular form to complete. Proposals have to be emailed to
Dominique Arel and Troy McGrath at dareluottawa.ca. 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, and if all the
information is contained in a single attachment. Proposals exceeding the
word limit will be returned to the sender, and CVs should not be submitted
(only short bios, outlined below).
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. This does not
mean simply sending your CV, this should be a paragraph
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 (overhead projector, PowerPoint, VCR) 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
Proposals must be sent by email at dareluottawa.ca. An international
Program Committee will be entrusted with the final selections.
Deadline for proposals: 12 November 2003
The ASN convention's headquarters are located at:
Harriman Institute
Columbia University
1216 IAB
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212 854 8487 tel
212 666 3481 fax
E-mail: gnb12columbia.edu
FORUM- Transnational Crime in Central Asia, Tamara Makarenko, CACI, Sept.
19
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornellpcr.uu.se>
Posted: 15 Sep 2003
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Presents
"Transnational Crime in Central Asia: How Big a Threat?"
Ms. Tamara Makarenko
Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence,
University of St. Andrews
Ms. Nancy Lubin
President, JNA Associates. (Invited)
Friday, September 19, 2003, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Rome Building, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Transnational Crime in Central Asia: How Big a Threat?
Although terrorism and narcotics trafficking, the most-often noted security
threats in Central Asia, constitute significant threats by themselves, their
very nature can be misinterpreted in the absence of a basic understanding of
how transnational crime has developed and evolved in Central Asia.
An environment inherently conducive to transnational crime has developed in
Central Asia over the past decade. Transnational crime in Central Asia is a
relatively sophisticated phenomenon that consists of an intricate web of
inter-related activities and players. Furthermore, the evolution of
transnational crime in the region is regularly influenced by a host of push
and pull factors, including external geopolitical pressures.
Given an environment that fosters regional transnational crime, attempts to
uncover networks often lead to the discovery of various operational links
among what would initially appear to be diverse groups. Such links include
ties between different smuggling operations such as human, narcotics,
weapon, and WMD trafficking; ties between illicit and licit economic
activities; links
between criminal and political interests (i.e. money laundering and
corruption); as well as links between criminal interests and instability.
Considering the development of transnational crime in Central Asia, is the
fight against transnational crime in the region being given priority? If
countering transnational crime is not a priority for the Central Asian
republics or the international community at large, why is this the case? Does
the seemingly embedded nature of regional transnational crime make resistance
futile?
To RSVP, please e-mail caci2mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu
with your name and affiliation, or call (202) 663-7721.
CONF./CFP- American Center for Mongolian Studies Annual Meeting, March
2004
Posted by: Charles Krusekopf <ckrusekopfaustincollege.edu>
Posted: 15 Sep 2003
The Mongolia Society and the American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS)
are placing a call for panel participants for one or more Mongolian Studies
panels to be held in conjunction with the 2004 Association of Asian Studies
(AAS) annual meeting, which will be held at the Town and Country Hotel in
San Diego, CA from March 4-7, 2004.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 1, 2003. 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,
including five minutes of discussion. The exact time and date of the panels
will be announced as plans are formalized. All panel participants must be
members of the Mongolia Society or ACMS.
Please submit your abstract to Prof. Charles Krusekopf, Dept of Economics &
Business, Austin College, 900 N. Grand Ave., Sherman, TX 75090-4440; email:
ckrusekopfaustincollege.edu; fax 903-813-2477; or to Susie Drost, The
Mongolia Society, email: monsocindiana.edu; fax 812-855-7500.
The ACMS will hold its 2004 Annual Meeting in San Diego in conjunction with
the AAS meetings and the Mongolia Studies panels. Information on the date
and location of the meeting will be forthcoming later this fall. The 2004
Annual Meeting of The Mongolia Society will be held in conjunction with the
meeting of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) in Bloomington,
Indiana, from October 15-17, 2004.
The Mongolia Society was founded in 1961 as a private, non-profit,
non-political organization interested in promoting and furthering the study
of Mongolia, its history, language, and culture. More information on the
Mongolia Society, including a membership form, is available at:
<http://www.indiana.edu/~mongsoc/>
The American Center for Mongolian Studies was founded in 2002 to promote
academic research and scholarly exchange in Inner Asia. Through the support
of the US Department of Education, the ACMS plans to open a permanent office
and library in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in Spring 2004 to offer services to
visiting scholars and students and the local academic community. More
information on the ACMS, including a membership form, is available at:
<http://www.mongoliacenter.org>
The Mongolia Society and the American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS)
are placing a call for panel participants for one or more Mongolian Studies
panels to be held in conjunction with the 2004 Association of Asian Studies
(AAS) annual meeting, which will be held at the Town and Country Hotel in
San Diego, CA from March 4-7, 2004.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 1, 2003. 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,
including five minutes of discussion. The exact time and date of the
panels will be announced as plans are formalized. All panel participants
must be members of the Mongolia Society or ACMS.
Please submit your abstract to Prof. Charles Krusekopf, Dept of Economics &
Business, Austin College, 900 N. Grand Ave., Sherman, TX 75090-4440;
email: ckrusekopfaustincollege.edu; fax 903-813-2477; or to Susie Drost,
The Mongolia Society, email: monsocindiana.edu; fax 812-855-7500.
The ACMS will hold its 2004 Annual Meeting in San Diego in conjunction with
the AAS meetings and the Mongolia Studies panels. Information on the date
and location of the meeting will be forthcoming later this fall. The 2004
Annual Meeting of The Mongolia Society will be held in conjunction with the
meeting of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) in Bloomington,
Indiana, from October 15-17, 2004.
The Mongolia Society was founded in 1961 as a private, non-profit,
non-political organization interested in promoting and furthering the study
of Mongolia, its history, language, and culture.More information on the
Mongolia Society, including a membership form, is available at:
http://www.indiana.edu/~mongsoc/
The American Center for Mongolian Studies was founded in 2002 to promote
academic research and scholarly exchange in Inner Asia. Through the support
of the US Department of Education, the ACMS plans to open a permanent
office and library in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in Spring 2004 to offer
services to visiting scholars and students and the local academic
community. More information on the ACMS, including a membership form, is
available at: <http://www.mongoliacenter.org>
SEMINAR- OSI Forum, Youth in Central Asia, Filip Noubel, New York City, Sept
17
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <efinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 15 Sep 2003
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend:
Youth in Central Asia:
In Search of Identity
with
Filip Noubel
Of the International Crisis Group
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
4:00 5:30 pm
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, Room 3A
New York, NY 10019
Filip Noubel joined ICG in July 2002 as a Senior Analyst, after working as a
journalist in Central Asia. He was editor of the Times of Central Asia, and,
more recently, director of Internews, a broadcasting project, in Kyrgyzstan.
He has also worked for the UN reporting service IRIN, and has a particular
interest in humanitarian aid and conflict. In previous posts, he worked in
Nepal, and China. He studied Far Eastern languages in Paris and China. He
is currently based in Kathmandu.
To RSVP please email a response to Dan Sershen at dsershensorosny.org.
Name:
Affiliation:
E-mail address:
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.
LECTURE- Rule of Law in Kazakhstan: How Much Change?, CACI/SAIS, Sept. 17
Posted by: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute <caci2jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 12 Sep 2003
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Present
"Rule of Law in Kazakhstan: How Much Change?"
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Rome Building, Rome Auditorium
1619 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
Speakers:
Mr. I. Rogov, Deputy Chief of the Administration of the President of the
Republic of Kazakhstan (Head of Team)
Mr. E. Zhumabayev, Chairman of the Committee on Legislation and Legal
Reforms of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Mrs. R. Kuanyshbayeva, Chairman of Kazakhstan Lawyers Union
A list of others who belong to the Kazakhstan Delegation:
Mr. Zh Assanov, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Mr. M. Vaissov, Deputy General Prosecutor of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Mr. I. Otto, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) of the Republic of
Kazakhstan.
Mr. M. Narikbayev, Professor, Rector of Kazakhstan Humanitarian-Judicial
University.
A light snack will served at 5:00 PM, followed by the presentation
beginning promptly at 5:30 PM.
To RSVP, please send an e-mail including name and affiliation to
caci2mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu or call (202)-663-7721.
FORUM- Presidential Elections in Chechnya, CACI/SAIS, Washington DC, Sept.
16
Posted by: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute <caci2jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 12 Sep 2003
Two of our first Forum Dates for the fall are Tuesday, September 16, 8:30
AM-12 PM, and Thursday, October 2, 5-7 PM. All others are at our regular
time, Wednesday 5-7:00 PM. These are: September 17, September 24, October
8, 15, 22, and 29; November 5 and 19, December 10 and 17. A few of these
dates will be cancelled later, and some not on this list may be added to
accommodate foreign official visitors.
Our first event is a conference:
Sponsored by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, the American Committee for
Peace in Chechnya, and the Jamestown Foundation.
Presidential Elections in Chechnya: Normalization or Farce?
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Rome Auditorium
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Tel: 202.663.7721
Washington, DC 20036
Fax: 202.663.7785
08:00 a.m. - 08:30 a.m.
Coffee and Registration
08:30 a.m. - 08:35 a.m.
Welcome
Glen Howard
President, Jamestown Foundation
08:35 a.m. - 09:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Prof. S. Fred Starr
Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
09:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Elections: Context and Conflict
Ms. Anna Politkovskaya
Correspondent, Novaya Gazeta
Hasan Baiev, M.D.
Human Rights Activist
Ms. Anne Nivat (Commentator)
Moscow Correspondent, Libération
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
After the Polls: Prospects for Peace
Aslan Doukaev (Commentator)
Director, North Caucasus Service, RFE/RL
Hon. Lord Frank Judd
Former Chechnya Rapporteur, Council of Europe
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Hassan Baiev is the surgeon who operated on Salman Raduev and Shamil Basaev,
as well as many Russian and Chechen civilian victims of the Chechen wars.
He is the author of The Oath, an account of his experiences as a doctor and
Chechen, published this year.
Aslan Dukaev is chief of the newly inaugurated North Caucasus Service of
RFE-RL, which broadcasts in Avar, Chechen and Circassian.
Glen Howard, the Director of the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya,
was recently selected as the new President of the Jamestown Foundation, a
private foundation that publishes analyses of post-communist politics and
aids defectors from communist and quasi-communist regimes.
Lord Judd, a British statesman with a distinguished career, was the
Rapporteur on Chechnya for the Parliamentary Assembly of the European
Parliament.
Anne Nivat, a French journalist and author, has written two books, including
Chienne de Guerre, now translated into English under the same title, the
most honest "behind the lines" account of the second Chechen war. She works
out of Moscow.
Anna Politkovskaya is one of the few Russian journalists who continue to
write forthright reportage of the Chechen war.
To RSVP, please send an an email to caci2mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu no later
than Friday, September 12, 2003
CONF./CFP- Central Asia and Modern World, Vienna, Nov. 6-7, 2003
Posted by: Munira Shahidi <munira_shahidiyahoo.com>
Posted: 9 Sep 2003
Call for Papers for:
"Central Asia and the Modern World"
6-7 November 2003
a section of the international conference:
The Unifying Aspects of Cultures, Vienna
7-9 November 2003
Austria Center, Vienna
Organized by INST (Research Institute for Austrian and International
Literature and Cultural Studies)
New ideas on peace-building via a dialogue of cultures and manifesting the
role of Central Asia in that global process would be welcomed for the
"Central Asia and the Modern World" section of the conference
Paper submission deadline: Sept. 18, 2003
For more details please see the Conference page:
http://www.inst.at/kulturen/index_e.htm
The papers can be sent either to the address of the conference, given on the
website or sent directly to Munira Shahidi, the section organizer at:
E-mail: <munira_shahidiyahoo.com>
Fax (992372) 2467-11; tel. 242342
LECTURE- Kazakh Ambassador's Perspective, Middle East Inst., Sept. 5 (TODAY)
Posted by: David Chambers <programsmideasti.org>
Posted: 5 Sep 2003
Friday, September 5
4:00 - 5:00 pm
MEI Boardman Room
1761 N Street, NW
Washington, DC
Special -- Kazakhstan: The Ambassador's Perspective
MEI welcomes Central Eurasia L members at our lectures in support of the
Smithsonian's 2nd annual Central Asian Film Series during September 2003.
Details are available online at <http://www.mideasti.org/html/special2.html>.
MEI is proud to include H.E. Kanat Saudabayev as one of the speakers and
will also introduce a Kazakh film -- for those who don't know of his career,
be sure to link from our web page to his amazing and most film-relevant web
page.
The distinguished career of His Excellency Kanat B. Saudabayev, Ambassador
of the Republic of Kazakhstan happens to include experience as Minister,
Chairman of the State Committee of Culture, and Chairman of the State Film
Committee of Kazakhstan. Amb. Saudabayev will share his love for Kazakh film
and his intimate acquaintance with Kazakh film directors and producers for
an unprecedented look into the masterminds behind their work.
The lecture will be held in the MEI Boardman Room at 1761 N Street, NW,
Washington, DC. Lectures are free and require no RSVP but space is limited -
arrive early to ensure a seat.
SEMINAR- OSI Forum, Petrostates and Free Speech, New York, August 21
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <EFinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 19 Aug 2003
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend
Petrostates and Free Speech:
The Press under Siege in Kazakhstan
with
Tamara Kaleeva
Of International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech, Adil Soz
Thursday, August 21, 2003
12:00 1:30 pm
Open Society Institute, Room 3AB
400 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019
Tamara Kaleeva is the President of Adil Soz, the International Foundation
for Protection of Freedom of Speech. It is now the leading organization in
Kazakhstan involved in the development and implementation of media law
reforms, training on media law issues for journalists, lawyers and judges,
as well monitoring and defense of journalists rights. Prior to her work
with Adil Soz, Ms. Kaleeva was a journalist covering legal issues for a
number of years, and she is the author of numerous publications on
legislation and law, the right for freedom of information, and the
protection of journalists and media.
To RSVP please fax this sheet to Erin Finnerty at (646) 557-2413 or e-mail a
response to efinnertysorosny.org.
Name:
Affiliation:
E-mail address:
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.
WORKSHOP- NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Tashkent, 3-5 September
Posted by: Anatoly Arkhipov <virtecsarkor.uz>
Posted: 19 Aug 2003
NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Modern Technologies of Secondary Recourses
and Creation of New Composite Materials on their Basis" will be held in
Tashkent 3-5 September, 2003.
Now all over the world, and particular, in Uzbekistan the plenty of waste
products of an energy, chemical, oil refining, food, coal, ore dressing
industry (slags, polymer items, bitumen, lignin, boiler oil, waste products
of coal preparation etc.) and agriculture (cotton plant's caulises, kenaf,
wheat, etc.) is accumulated.
The above mentioned waste products have an harmful effect on an environment
and render a huge ecological damage, that is air, surface and underground
waters pollution, contamination of soil-vegetative overlying strata by
harmful matters, that results in deterioration of a sanitary - hygienic
status of living conditions and health of the people.
At the same time these waste products can be for valuable raw materials for
obtaining different composite materials and items. It requires the working
out of modern technologies of secondary raw materials processing.
As the majority of inorganic and organic waste products, as a rule, are
chemically inert and contain impurities, a primary problem is the working
out of the technology of obtaining of the improved quality of ingredients
from waste products, and also rise of their reactivity for obtaining
high-performance composites and items on their basis.
The high scale of contamination (contents of undesirable materials compounds
3-4 %) of many mineral and secondary raw resources does not allow them to
use as filling agents in electrotechnical, porcelain, glass, and other
relevant industries - for them the high-quality filling agent with impurity
level up to 0,3-0,4 % is indispensable.
The modern level of development of composite materials technology allows to
create unique materials capable to work in extreme conditions: at heightened
temperatures, stress, in aggressive and abrasive environments. The tendency
of development of the given direction is the working out of new highly
filled, reinforced and extra strong composites, alloys, and constructions
with regulated plant-performance figures with usage of secondary raw
material both waste products for automobile and rail transport and
agricultural machines, mining engineering, instrument making, textile and
common machine industry, branches of a building complex.
All the above mentioned issues will be investigated by highly specialised
experts in different fields (Economy, Engineering, Technology) strongly
interacting for the creation of synergetic tools for real co-operation
between Eastern and Western Countries.
Dr. Anatoly Arkhipov
JV "Virtec"
2 Mustakillik Place
Tashkent, 700029
Uzbekistan
tel (998 71) 139 17 76
fax (998 71) 139 47 60
E-mail: virtecsarkor.uz,
http://www.virtec1.narod.ru/JV_Virtec.htm
CONF./CFP- Modern Kazakhstan, Univ. of Toronto, Oct. 30, 2003
Posted by: Duishon Shamatov <duishonyahoo.com>
Posted: 15 Aug 2003
Conference--The Modern Kazakhstan: Between East and West
October 30, 2003
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
The Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES) at the University
of Toronto proudly announces the holding of a multidisciplinary conference
on modern Kazakhstan--The Modern Kazakhstan: Between East and West.
The conference will take place on October 30th 2003 at the University of
Toronto Munk Centre for International Studies.
The aim of the conference is to provide a discussion forum open to students,
academics, professionals, politicians and diplomats. The conference will
allow panelists and participants to improve their knowledge and
understanding of modern Kazakhstan by discussing the country's current state
of affairs. Discussions will also address what the future holds for
Kazakhstan in political, economic and social terms. The conference will
tackle these topics by addressing a number of important questions, including:
i) What is Kazakhstan's role and position in the changing geopolitical context
and international system (given the country's location in the "tough
neighborhood" between Russia, China, Iran and Afghanistan)? Why has
Kazakhstan unilaterally disarmed its nuclear arsenal, though it used to
possess the fourth largest arsenal of nuclear weapons of its time on the world?
ii) Which development path has Kazakhstan--a post-Soviet oil-rich country--chosen
to follow? How do these developments affect the country's economy and its
rade partners?
iii) What is the current state of democracy in Kazakhstan? What role do
culture, gender and other social and environmental issues play in this
multi-cultural and bilingual country's transformation?
In general, what has changed in Kazakhstan, what has not and why?
The CREES invites panel and paper proposals for the conference
In the application following information should be included:
* Full name * Name and location of your Institution, Department * CV * Title and
abstract of your paper (500 words)
The language of the conference is only in English
We look forward to receiving your proposals for selection. There is no
immediate deadline for submission of proposals -- though those who might need
more time to get a visa should apply early, and request feedback if
confirmation is required. Therefore, we appreciate it if you send
everything by the end of August latest. We will let you know about the
acceptance of your proposals by early September.
Funding and Accommodations
Conference organizers are unable to fund fully all attendants travel
expenses; however, we do not wish for people to miss the conference due to
lack of funds. If you feel some pressing need to be at the conference or
you have a proposed speech that demands airing at this conference, please
contact the organizers and we will attempt to make arrangements. Please
pardon this message.
We can still make accommodations available for those who reach Toronto and
have no place to stay. Please advise us of your travel plans and itinerary
in this regard.
All further information and questions can be inquired by e-mail:
sapar.tuyakbayevutoronto.ca
Saparbek Tuyakbayev
Organizing Committee
Centre for Russian and East European Studies
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place,
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, M5S 3K7
Tel: +1 (416) 285 8782
Fax: +1 (416) 946-8939
E-mail: sapar.tuyakbayevutoronto.ca
CONF./CFP- Tengirchilik, Tengir Ordo Foundation, Bishkek, Oct. 2003
Posted by: Dastan Sarygulov <tengirordomail.ru>
Posted: 6 Aug 2003
Dear colleaques!
The Tengir-Ordo Foundation (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic) and Turk Dunyasi
Arastirmalari Vakfi (The foundation of Turkic world research) (Istanbul,
Turkey) decided to hold the first International scientific-theoretical
conference on the third decade of October on the topic: Tengirchilik
(Tengrianity)- is the worldview of the Altaic people.
The following issues are expected to be discussed at the conference:
* tengirchilik - is an ancient belief and worldview of the Altaic people;
* tengirchilik and problems of interrelations between human being and nature
of the Altaic people;
* tengirchilik and actual altaistic problems;
* tengirchilik and interrelations of historical and contemporary
ethnographical issues of the Altaic people;
* reflection of tengirchilik in language, folklore, literature, culture,
music, national traditions, life, believes of the Altaic people;
* tengirchilik and problems of Kyrgyz studies;
The papers will be published for the opening of the conference. Therefore,
we ask you to send your applications and materials by fax or e-mail until
the 1st of September 2003.
In your application you should include your full name, post, degree, rank,
the topic of your paper, full mailing address, phone number, fax, and e-mail.
The format of the papers should be: Word - 98, 2000, size Times New Roman
12, length from 5 to 10 pages.
The active languages of the conference are Kyrgyz, Turkic, Russian, and
English.
Work conditions of the conference, placement, sections, trip, accommodation,
registration of the cultural program will be informed at the Second
informative letter, which is an approval document for the participation and
official invitation.
Dastan Sarygulov, President of the Tengir-Ordo Foundation
Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek
Kulatova str, 8/1, Room # 305
Phone/Fax: +996 (312) 54-76-10
E-mail: tengirordomail.ru
E-mail: tenir_ordomail.ru
E-mail: sabirasmail.ru
CONF./CFP- Central Asia on the Paths of Transformation, Tashkent, Nov.
19-21
Posted by: Lola Gulyamova <lolafreenet.uz>
Posted: 6 Aug 2003
International Scientific Conference
Central Asia on the Paths of Transformation
Deadline for Proposals: October 6, 2003
November 19-21, 2003
Fulbright Association of Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Fulbright Association of Uzbekistan proudly announces the holding of a
multidisciplinary conference on Central Asia the Paths of Transformation.
The purpose of the conference is to bring together academia, researchers,
analysts, practitioners, policy-makers to exchange of ideas on issues
related to present-day development of Central Asia, for networking and
sharing recent research endeavors.
The conference will be held in Tashkent.
The topics to be covered by conference sessions will encompass
interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary issues and future prospects for
opportunities and main directions of modern CA development:
1) International relations. This session will examine geopolitical situation
in CA and current trends of policy-making and policy-decision towards the
region based on different approaches in accordance with the priorities of
regional actors.
What are the new trends in regional geopolicy from the point of view of
interests and political, economical, social and cultural priorities of the
involved actors? Is the model of "unipolar world" vital? What are the ways
for competition and cooperation in a new environment?
2) Problems of regional security. This session will examine the challenges
and threats for the security in Central Asia and new forms and methods of
dealing with them.
Is it possible to avoid such a phenomenon as international terrorism and
drug trafficking, arms trade and organized criminality in the era of
globalization? What kind of solutions do we have for refugee, unemployment
and labor migration problems in Central Asia? Mechanisms for conflict
prevention and resolution in Central Asia. Ecological problems are they so
really dangerous nowadays? What are new initiatives in the sphere of
regional security in Central Asia?
3) Afghanistan: the problems of reconstruction. What is the implications of
the situation in Afghanistan on the security of Central Asian region, and
links with the rest of the Islamic world? What kind of real international
assistance does Afghanistan get at present? How to increase the efficiency
of present assistance to Afghanistan through regional and international
economic structures? Obstacles and ways to improve them in the sphere of
cooperation with Afghanistan. What are the perspectives for the regulation
of Afghanistan problem?
4) Economical Policy. This session will examine economic cooperation,
development of economies in the short-term perspectives and issues related
to influence of globalization.
How are the problem of "North-South" and new economical relations connected
to each other in current situation? What are the priorities of economical
policy of the West in the Central Asia and common interests for using
natural resources? The barriers impeding attraction of foreign investments,
interaction among banks, development of small and medium business and
exploitation of natural resources in the region. The session will also
discuss the issues of assisting the sustainable economic development of the
Central Asian states by such financial institutions as World Bank, EBRD,
ABD, IMF and others. What are the relevant models for social, economical and
environmental sustainable development? Prospects of energy transportation
from Central Asia and the Caucasus.
5) Cultural values in the development of civil society.
This session will discuss Islam and national-cultural traditions and their
role in forming civil society. A secular state and tolerance in
multi-confessional environment. How do politics influence religion and visa
versa? The reasons and sources for religious extremism and radicalism.
Islamic movements in Central Asia. Modern nations and Islam. Islam,
fundamentalism and terrorism. National identity problems do they exist in
Central Asia? How to preserve ethno-national stability in multi-national and
multi-confessional society?
6) Social development and human rights. The specifics of the transforming
social environment in Central Asia. Stratification in local society. What
kind of difficulties does Central Asian society have on the way to its
renewal and transformation? What is the difference between western and
eastern models of democracy? Problems of realization of political rights and
freedoms.
7) The role of Mass Media and Internet. This session will study the role of
Mass Media and Internet in policy and will analyze the challenges and
threats in information field. Is mass media independent of stereotypes? What
is ethics of journalism? What are the adequate ways of developing the
independent mass media? How formation of the single information space in
Central Asia could facilitate the rapprochement of nations and mechanisms of
open dialogue between the states and nations? What is the way to solve
problems of objective coverage of the events in the Central Asia by foreign
and regional mass media? The ways for integration of CA in information
society of world.
8) The role of the Fulbright and other United States government sponsored
exchange programs for strengthening mutual understanding between nations
through exchange of ideas and knowledge. What are the main priorities of
these programs for the nearest future? The ways to improve cultural and
educational exchange, promote national reforms in the sphere of culture and
education. How to replace nationalism with internationalism?
Selected papers will be collated for publication in an edited book volume.
Conference sessions may include (but not necessarily limited to) the following:
* State and Society Relations * Religion and Politics * Islam and Islamic
Movements * Culture and Ethnicity * Nationalism * Natural Resources and
Conflicts * Human rights * Women and Minorities * Economic and Social
Development * Conflict Prevention and Resolution * Terrorism and State Violence
* Regional and International Organizations and Cooperation * Civil Society
Interested participants should submit the following:
* Title of paper * Your full name * Institutional affiliation * E-mail address
* Telephone number * Postal address
Abstract of paper up to 2 pages in A4-format with references at the end of
text (12 New Roman, 1,5, Word/RTF) in Russian or English due October 1, 2003
should be sent via e-mail as an attachment.
Confirmation will be sent by e-mail.
The Program Committee welcomes contributions in all fields of Central Asian
Studies, especially new areas of investigation and/or novel approaches to
traditional fields. Pre-organized panels and interdisciplinary panels,
which attempt to establish dialogue between the many disciplines encompassed
by Central Asian studies, are particularly welcome.
Please e-mail the above information to the conference committee:
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: October 6, 2003.
The conference will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Tashkent.
Special Rates Available
An early bird registration rate (105$ including breakfast) is available to
participants who register for the conference before Aug. 31**, so make sure
to register today! After Aug. 31, the conference registration rate will
increase to $235.
To make hotel reservations, contact the Intercontinental Hotel directly at
following address:
107a Amir Temur str.
Tashkent 7000081
Uzbekistan
Phone: +998-1207000
Fax: +998-1206161
E-mail: tasha-banquetinginterconti.com, tasha-reservationsinterconti.com
Web: <http://www.intercontinental.com>
We look forward to hearing from you!
Dr.Lola Gulyamova
Chair of the Board
Fulbright Association of Uzbekistan
80 Uzbekiston str., room 201
Tashkent Uzbekistan
Tel: +998-71-1146711, +998-712-479658
E-mail:lolafreenet.uz
Web: <http://fulbright.freenet.uz>, <http://fullbright.freenet.uz>,
<http://homepages.alumni.uz/lola>
CONFERENCE- Caucasus: Ethnic Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics, Tbilisi,
Oct. 18
Posted by: Levan Urushadze <iacerhrg98hotmail.com>
Posted: 2003
IACERHRG-2003 * Invitation
Dear Sirs/Madams,
I inform you that on October 18-19, 2003, in Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia)
will be held the 5th Jubilee Annual Conference of the International
Association "CAUCASUS: Ethnic Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics" (IACERHRG).
Main themes of the Conference are: 1) Chechen Republic Ichkeria and the
Contemporary World; 2) Human Rights situation in the Caucasus; 3) The
question of Small Arms and Disarmament in the Caucasus; 4) Ethnic Relations
in the Caucasus; 5) Round Table on the problems of the contemporary Caucasus.
Languages of the Conference: Georgian, English and Russian.
Deadline for registration and abstracts: September 30, 2003.
Full information about the Conference is published on the Web Site of the
IACERHRG (Page "Events"):
http://www.geocities.com/iacerhrg/Events/Events.html
I cordially invite you to participate in our Conference. I hope for your
coming in Tbilisi.
With kind regards,
Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze
Chairman
IACERHRG
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, August 3, 2003
IACERHRG
G.Tsabadze Street 3-32
Tbilisi 0112
Republic of Georgia.
Tel/Fax: 995 (32) 348651
E-mail: iacerhrg98hotmail.com
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/iacerhrg/iacerhrg.html
Contact Person: Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze (Chairman)
CONF./CFP- Fifth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, May 28-30, 2004
Posted by: Nasrin Rahimieh <rahimiehmcmaster.ca>
Posted: 31 Jul 2003
Call for Papers
Fifth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies
Organized by
The Society for Iranian Studies (SIS)
Co-sponsored by
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS)
Friday, May 28 through Sunday, May 30, 2004
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bethesda, MD
The Program Committee welcomes contributions in all fields of Iranian
studies, especially new areas of investigation and/or novel approaches to
traditional fields. Pre-organized panels and interdisciplinary panels,
which attempt to establish dialogue between the many disciplines encompassed
by Iranian studies, are particularly welcome.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is September 30, 2003. The
abstracts must be limited to 250-300 words, and must present a succinct
outline of the central theme and main argument of the paper. Abstracts
should be sent by e-mail to: Rahimiehmcmaster.ca. Confirmation will be
sent by e-mail. Please also send paper copy of abstracts to:
Nasrin Rahimieh
Dean of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L9
Canada
Fax: +1 (905) 528-6733
The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda.
Arrangements have been made for reduced rates. To make hotel reservations,
contact the Hyatt Regency Hotel directly at 1-800-233-1234 or the conference
site at the following address:
Bethesda Hyatt Regency
One Bethesda Metro Center
Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Tel: (301) 657-1234
Fax: (301) 657-6478
Individual Data
Name (first, middle initial, last):
Mailing Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country:
Work Phone and Ext.:
Home Phone:
E-mail:
CONF./CFP- The Role of Debate in Democratization, Almaty, Nov. 24-25,
2003
Posted by: Balzhan Suzhikova <bsuzhikovacareer.kz>
Posted: 30 Jul 2003
The Public Foundation "National Debate Center" and the Kazakhstan Fulbright
Association are honored to announce the International Conference "The role
of debate in the democratization of education and society", which will take
place on the 24-25th of November 2003, in Almaty. The conference will be
held in 3 languages: Kazakh, Russian, and English, under financial support
of USAID.
The Public Foundation "National Debate Center" is nongovernmental, nonprofit
organization registered in 1998. Debate Center was based by Soros Foundation
in Kazakhstan, as a successor of "Debate" educational program. The primary
mission of the organization is: Formation of new generation of young people,
who are active, socially mature and able to think critically. The main
partners of PF NDC are various NGOs, municipal governmental bodies (Akimats,
Educational Departments), Institutions of professional development, Ministry
of culture, information and social agreement of RK, TV agency "Khabar",
Parliament of RK.
The National Debate Center is At-large member of International Debate
Educational Association (IDEA), representing the Whole Kazakhstani program in
this association.
Since the creation of the "Debate" program, sufficient theoretical and
practical experience has been collected. That is why, the necessity has
struck to rethink and analyze such an experience by both: participants of
the program and people who are interested in the development of this program
in Kazakhstan.
Topics for discussion:
* Impact of the debate program on the development of democratic institutions;
* Influence of the debate program on personality, community and society;
* Influence of TV Debate projects on public opinion, formation and development
of civil attitude;
* A history of Kazakh oratory art
* Rhetoric skills in law practice;
* Problems related to the application of the debate technique and its elements
in educational process in secondary and higher schools;
* Methods and approaches to train debate technique;
* Formation and development of debate clubs.
* Formation of culture of democratic communication
* Theoretical and practical aspects of argumentation, advocacy
The deadline for the full version of the paper is the 1st of September.
For additional information contact:
National Debate Center
Otarbayeva, Bakhytnur
Frankovskaya, Oxana
13, Dostyk St.
Almaty 480100
Kazakhstan
E-mail: infodebate.samal.kz, oxanadebate.samal.kz
Tel: 83272 919005
Fax: 83272 581397
WORKSHOP/CFP- Feminism, Gender and Women's Movement, L'Homme-Assoc., Vienna
Posted by: L'Homme-Association <lhomme.geschichteunivie.ac.at>
Posted: 21 Jul 2003
Call for Papers
Feminism, Gender and Women's Movement
from 19th to 20th centuries
within the six Central Asian post-Communist countries (Azerbaijan,
Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan)
Even today, thirteen years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, it is often
only the western part of the continent that is meant when there is talk of
Europe. The situation is especially condensed in terms of women's studies
and gender research: in its western form, this is closely linked with the
social and political experiences and situations or recent decades in the
contexts of the genesis, its further developments and changes. Scholars from
eastern and south-eastern Europe were not integrated, or al least not to the
same degree, in the development of new issues, themes and approaches, and
subsequently in changing terminologies and alternating discourses.
As a consequence western scholars in women's and gender studies do not know
much about differing experiences, ideas and concepts of feminism, gender and
women's movement in eastern Europe.
In January 2003 L'Homme-Association - located at the Department of History,
University of Vienna - started the project "Creating Networks Between East
and West. Intensifying scientific communication between Austria and Eastern
Europe concerning the field women's and gender studies".
The project is directed by Prof. Edith Saurer, who also founded the journal
L'Homme. Z.F.G. (Journal for Feminist History) in 1990. One aim was the
foundation for a democratic way of dealing with diversity in Europe and for
political integration.
Beyond established contacts the project would like to stimulate research
work and history(ies) about feminism, gender and women's movement within
post-Communist countries. We are interested in more general overviews as
well as more detailed analyses and case studies (historical, social and
cultural sciences) dealing with one of the following suggestions:
* the most important paradigms, phases, developments
* concepts, terms, history of feminism and/or gender
* origins of women's movement(s) within the several countries
Participants are requested to send an abstract (500 words) in English or
German until 15th of August to: lhomme.geschichteunivie.ac.at
On this basis about 30 authors will be invited to write an article (15
pages/67,500 characters) until the end of November 2003. These papers will
be presented at a workshop in Vienna, June 2004 and published in German (as
volume of the series L'Homme-Schriftenreihe) in order to make the work and
research results more accessible and widely known.
CONFERENCE- The Threat of Radical Islam in Central Asia, RFE/RL, Wash DC,
July 18
Posted by: Tugrul Keskingoren <tk1847aatt.net>
Posted: 18 Jul 2003
[Subscribers should note that the event is past; the information was received
late by Central-Eurasia-L.]
The Threat of Radical Islam in Central Asia, July 18
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty invites you to a briefing by
Abdujabar Abduvakhitov
Rector, Westminster International University in Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
Marina Pikulina
FAST Country Coordinator, SwissPeace (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Zokhidilo Munavvarov
Chairman, International Fund of Imam al-Bukhari (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
The Threat of Radical Islam in Central Asia
Friday, July 18, 2003
4:00 AM - 5:30 PM
in Conference Room A (4th Floor) at
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
1201 Connecticut Ave NW
[entrance on Rhode Island Ave NW, next to St. Matthew's Cathedral]
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Hizb-ut Tahrir and other radical
Islamist groups seek to promote their versions of Islamist ideology
throughout Central Asia. Many of these groups interact with, and are
inspired by, like-minded groups internationally and are intolerant of the
moderate and traditional Islam predominant in Central Asia. Three speakers,
visiting the U.S. at the invitation of The Nixon Center, will look at
different aspects of the threat posed by radical Islamist groups to their
home country of Uzbekistan and throughout Central Asia.
Abdujabar Abduvakhitov, the Rector of Westminster International University
in Tashkent and a specialist in political and radical Islam, will examine
the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Central Asia. Abduvakhitov was a
visiting scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace
(January-April 2002) and Head of the International Department of the Academy
of State & Social Construction under the President of Uzbekistan (February
2001-April 2002).
Marina L. Pikulina, Uzbekistan country coordinator for the FAST political
early-warning program of swisspeace, a conflict analysis and peacebuilding
project sponsored by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, will
discuss the ideology of Islamist groups active in Central Asia. From
1997-2001, Pikulina was a Consultant for the Uzbek National Human Rights
Center in Tashkent.
Zokhidilo I. Munavvarov, who chairs the International Fund of Imam
al-Bukhari, will look at the threat posed by Hizb-ut Tahrir to Central Asian
national security. An Orientalist holding a doctorate in political sciences,
Munavvarov was senior adviser to the President of Uzbekistan from 1995 to
1998).
Contact:
E-mail: <dc-responserferl.org>
Telephone: (202) 457-6949
Fax: (202) 457-6992
Location:
Conference Room A, 4th Floor,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
1201 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington D.C.
Deadline:
Website: http://www.rferl.org/
CONF./CFP- Russia, Siberia and Central Asia, Barnaul, Nov. 14, 2003
Posted by: Vladimir Boyko <boykouni-altai.ru>
Posted: 17 Jul 2003
Russia, Siberia and Central Asia: Interrelation of Peoples and Cultures
Fourth International Conference
14 November 2003
Center for Regional Studies at Barnaul State Pedagogical University,
Barnaul, Russia under the auspices of the Altai Center for Oriental Studies
The main themes to be discussed:
* History and current state of international relations in Central/Inner
Asia (Russia and adjacent states of Asia, trans-Asiatic ties, etc);
* Past and present of peoples and states of Central/Inner Asia (including
Asiatic Russia); * "Eastern" Diasporas in Asiatic Russia and "overseas"
communities in Central Asia;
* Xinjiang from historical and current perspective (domestic and external aspects)
Interested scholars, experts, practitioners and teachers/students should
submit an application, containing personal data (affiliation, position,
address, including e-mail) and abstract of paper up to 6 pages in A4-format
with references at the end of text (12 New Roman, 1,5, Word/RTF) in Russian
or English due 10 September 2003, preferably via e-mail as an attachment.
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to:
Dr Vladimir Boyko
Center for Regional Studies
Barnaul State Pedagogical University
Molodezhnaya Street 55
Barnaul 656031
Russia
Fax: 7(3852)260836
E-mail: boykouni-altai.ru
CONFERENCE- Islam and the West, Monash University, Australia, August 15-16
Posted by: Elena Mogilevski <elena.mogilevskiarts.monash.edu.au>
Posted: 11 Jul 2003
Conference on "Islam and the West: The impact of September 11"
15 - 16 August 2003
Relations between Islam and the West have come under severe strain since the
September 11 attack on the United States. The recent US-led military
operation in Iraq has made matters even more complicated as forces of
moderation in the Muslim world feel increasingly marginalized. The
international and domestic implications of these events are far-reaching.
Keynote speaker:
Professor Hassan Hanafi, Cairo University
Conference will be opened by the Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for
Foreign Affairs
Other speakers:
Professor Osman Bakar (Georgetown University)
Dr Greg Barton (Deakin University)
Mr Hass Dellal (Australian Multicultural Foundation)
Professor Michael Humphrey (UNSW)
Professor William Maley (ANU)
Dr Fethi Mansouri (Deakin University)
Professor Abdullah Saeed (Melbourne University)
Professor Amin Saikal (ANU)
Professor Ahmad Shboul (Sydney University)
Dr Samina Yasmeen (UWA)
Registration fee: AU$115
A complete list of speakers, their abstracts and the conference
programme may be found on <www.arts.monash.edu.au/politics/conference/>
Or contact:
Ms Elena Mogilevski
Phone 61-3-9905 5098
Fax 61-3-9905 2410
Email: <Elena.Mogilevskiarts.monash.edu.au>
Ms. Elena Mogilevski
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3800
Australia
Phone 61-3-9905 5098
Fax 61-3-9905 2410
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS- Conference on Central Asian Poverty, World Bank
Posted by: David Mikosz <dmikoszworldbank.org>
Posted: 8 Jul 2003
Almaty, 8 July 2003. Senior researchers, World Bank officials and
representatives from two Central Asian states Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz
Republic as well as Azerbeijan gathered in the eastern Kyrgyz resort area of
Issyk-Kol this past weekend to present unique poverty analysis reports. The
work was made possible due to the World Bank's efforts to encourage these
three states to release household-level data sets to local researchers for
their own analysis. The topics of the papers were decided by the
researchers themselves.
Prior to the workshop, the World Bank Institute had organized training in
poverty monitoring and evaluation for the local researchers. As Dennis de
Tray, the Country Manager for the World Bank in Central Asia said at the
opening, "Both the preparations for and organization of this event
demonstrate the World Bank's commitment to enhancing local capacity
building, fostering local debate on ways to reduce poverty, and encouraging
governments to share information with the public by providing open access to
data on poverty".
"We hope that this conference will be the first of a series of annual
conferences which enable the local research communities to develop and
maintain stronger links", said Radwan Shadwan, a lead economist for the
World Bank's Europe and Central Asian region.
During the workshop, participants discussed and debated the different
dimensions of poverty. Topics discussed included: micro aspects of rural
poverty, labor markets, internal migration and youth unemployment, regional
poverty, rural macro-micro linkages, inequality, poverty monitoring and
evaluation, and the targeting of social assistance. The papers prepared by
local researchers have been used to improve poverty assessments being
carried out in these countries.
The two-day event, which opened on Friday, was organised by the World Bank
Europe Central Asia region and the World Bank Institute. It was funded by a
trust fund from the Norwegian government.
The use of household-level survey data is used by the World Bank and
governments to develop both the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)
and the Country Assistance Strategies (CAS). The wider use of this data by
local researchers is an effort which the World Bank intends to support and
congratulates these three states on their willingness to open their data to
local researchers.
All 26 papers are available for further distribution by the World Bank
Central Asian Regional Office. Contact: David Mikosz, Knowledge Management
Officer for a list of topics at dmikoszworldbank.org.
CONF./CFP- Caspian Sea Conference, Mazandaran Univ. (Iran), Oct. 19-20
Posted by: Hassan Niazi <niazihassanhotmail.com>
Posted: 1 Jul 2003
In the Name of God
First International Conference of Mazandaran University on Relations &
Cooperation among the Littoral States of the Caspian Sea
19-20 October 2003
Call for Papers
The Caspian Sea can be the hub of peace and stability or challenge and
dissention among the Caspian Sea littoral states of Iran, Russia,
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan. A close study of the relations
among these countries between 1992 and 2002 witnesses the prospects of both
peace and instability .To examine the different aspects of this issue, the
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences of the University of Mazandaran
hosts the first international conference of "Relations & Cooperation among
the Littoral States of the Caspian Sea". All researchers, scholars and
experts of the field are invited to take part in the oncoming conference by
sending and presenting papers.
Conference Agendas
A: Political * The level of relations among these countries
* Caspian Sea Countries Council * Border relations among the Caspian Sea countries
* Caspian Sea and its legal regime * Caspian Sea & the new world order
* Caspian Sea & the security considerations * Militarism in the Caspian Sea
B: Economic * Economic development & joint investments * Business & commerce
* Sea & energy resources * Ports & customs * Transportation & shipping
C: Cultural & Civilization * Historical Past * Common cultural & civilizational heritage
* Possibility of holding dialogues after the collapse of the former Soviet Union
* Caspian Sea; dialogue; long-term prospects * Tourism
D: Scientific & Educational * Cooperation among the littoral universities of the Caspian Sea
* Research Centers Cooperation * Exchange of scientific & research information
E: Environmental * Caspian Sea pollution * Bio-environmental pollution
* Responsibilities & commitments of governments * Sea life threats
Papers are to be typed using the word format. A4 printouts of papers along
with a diskette are to be delivered to the conference secretariat (The
papers can also be e-mailed to the address given below). The presenters
will be gratefully acknowledged for their papers. Proceedings will be
published.
The presenters of papers will be accommodated by the conference secretariat
but they will not be paid for their plane tickets.
Timing of the Conference:
Papers delivery deadline: 23rd of August 2003
Conference: 19th & 20th of October 2003
Secretariat Address:
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences of the University of
Mazandaran-University Campus
Shahid Beheshti Street
Bobolsar-Mazandaran
Iran
Telephone: +98-11252 42985
Fax: +98-11252 42500
E-Mail: hussumz.ac.ir
Website: http://huss.umz.ac.ir
CONFERENCE- Central Eurasian Studies Society, Oct. 3-5, 2003, Harvard U.
Posted by: John Schoeberlein <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 27 Jun 2003
Dear Colleagues:
I hope you will consider attending the up-coming Annual Conference of the
Central Eurasian Studies Society, which will be held at Harvard University
on October 2-5, 2003. We've just completed the Preliminary Program, and it
promises to be quite an event. It appears it will be the largest gathering
of specialists focused on Central Eurasia ever to be convened. Many of the
world's leading scholars, as well as a good selection of the "new
generation" of specialists will be presenting their work.
Please have a look at the Preliminary Program on the conference website at:
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Program.html
This year's CESS Annual Conference is hosted by the Davis Center for
Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.
The program will include more than 400 panelists, and we expect the number
of people attending the conference could be as many as 700. The conference
will feature more than 60 panels on topics covering all aspects of the
politics, history, society and culture of the Central Eurasian region --
extending from the Caucasus, Iran and the Volga Basin to Tibet, Mongolia and
Siberia, including all of Central Asia and Inner Asia.
In addition, the conference will include a cultural program (music and
films), as well as two plenary sessions addressing "The State of Central
Eurasian Studies" and "Current Issues Facing Central Eurasia," each with a
panel of prominent and ground-breaking speakers. Friday evening there will
be a informal catered dinner for all attendees and on Saturday evening
there will be a reception hosted by the Caspian Studies Program (at
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government).
You can find information for attendees, including the pre-registration form
on the conference website. If you do not have access to the web, you can
contact us at <CESSconffas.harvard.edu> or call +1/617-496-2643 for
information.
The conference will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners
focusing on the region. Early October is the most lovely time to visit
historic Boston/Cambridge, so we feel confident that your attendance of the
conference will be both pleasant and enriching.
I hope that we will see you there!
Sincerely,
John Schoeberlein
Chair, CESS Conference Committee
Director, CESS Secretariat
E-mail: CESSconffas.harvard.edu
Website: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
Fax: +1/617-495-8319
Tel.: +1/617-496-2643
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein \ Director
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus \ Harvard University
625 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm 262 \ Cambridge, MA 02139 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338 asst.: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319
Central Asia and Caucasus Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/
Central-Eurasia-L: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/CESWW_Central-Eurasia-L.html
CONF./CFP- Middle East and Central Asia, Univ. of Utah, Oct. 17-18
Posted by: Middle East Center <middle-eastutah.edu>
Posted: 19 Jun 2003
The 2003 MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA
POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE
Theme: "Contemporary Affairs and Future Prospects"
Deadline for Proposals: JULY 21, 2003
Oct. 17-18, 2003
The University of Utah
Salt Lake City, USA
The Middle East Center at the University of Utah proudly announces the
holding of a multidisciplinary conference on the Middle East and Central
Asia. We do so in an effort to bring together academicians, researchers,
analysts, and policy makers with interests in the Middle East and Central
Asia for networking and of sharing recent research endeavors. The conference
will be held at the picturesque campus of the University of Utah located in
Salt Lake City.
The topics to be covered by conference sessions will encompass
interdisciplinary social science approaches to contemporary issues and
future prospects in the Middle East and Central Asia. Selected papers will
be collated for publication in an edited book volume. Conference sessions
may include (but not necessarily limited to) the following:
* State and Society Relations * Religion and Politics * Islam and Islamic Movements
* Challenges of Post-Communism * Culture and Ethnicity * Nationalism
* Natural Resources and Conflict * Diaspora * Human rights, Women and Minorities
* Economic and Social Development * Post-9-11 Regional Affairs
* America, Russia, and China in Regions * The Arab-Israeli Dilemma * U.S.-Iran Relations
* Conflict Prevention and Resolution * Terrorism and State Violence
* Regional Organizations and Cooperation * Civil Society
In addition to topic-specific sessions, the two-day conference will include
prominent keynote speakers along with complementary Middle Eastern dinner,
performance by Central Asian dance ensemble, and screening of Middle Eastern
and Central Asian films.
Interested participants should submit the following:
* Title of paper * 250-word paper abstract * Your full name * Institutional affiliation
* E-mail address * Telephone number * Postal address
Please e-mail the above information to the conference committee:
Middle-Eastutah.edu
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: July 21, 2003.
We look forward to hearing from you!
2003 Middle East & Central Asia Conference (Oct. 17-18, 2003)
The Middle East Center
OSH 153
The University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9157
USA
Tel: 801-581-6473/ Fax: 801-585-6492
COLLOQUIUM- Central Asian Colloquium, All Souls College, London, June 20
Posted by: SOAS Centres Office <centressoas.ac.uk>
Posted: 17 Jun 2003
COLLOQUIUM- Central Asian Colloquium, All Souls College, London, June 20
Central Asian Colloquium
All Souls College
Wharton Room
Friday, 20th June
* Session 1 (10.30-11.45am): Religion and Power, to be introduced by Tom Welsford (All Souls College, Oxford)
* Session 2 (11.45-1pm): Nomadism and Sedentarism, to be introduced by Dr George Lane (SOAS)
* Session 3 (2-3.15pm): Empire in Central Asia, ca 1750- present, to be introduced by Alexander Morrison (All Souls College, Oxford)
* Session 4 (3.15-4.30): Ethnic and Linguistic Identities, to be introduced by Ron Sela (Indiana University)
Introductions will last 15-20 minutes, after which discussion will be thrown
open. The workshop will be chaired by Paul Bergne, formerly HM Ambassador to
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Unfortunately we will not be able to provide
lunch, but coffee will be served beforehand, and tea and sandwiches
afterwards.
Coming from London, trains to Oxford leave from Paddington Station, and in
theory the journey lasts 70 minutes. From Oxford station buses run regularly
to the city centre. Buses to Oxford run from Victoria Coach Station and
Grosvenor Gardens; the journey should take approximately 90 minutes, and the
bus stops on the High Street almost directly opposite the college. The main
entrance to All Souls is located on the High Street, next to St Mary's
Church and Radcliffe Square.
We should be most grateful if you could let us know if you plan to attend,
as this will help with the catering.
All the best,
Alexander Morrison
Tom Welsford
All Souls College
Oxford OX1 4AL
U.K.
Tel: +44 (01865) 279379 (Lodge)
SEMINAR- OSI Forum, Corruption and Profit in Uzbekistan, New York, June 13
Posted by: Erin Finnerty <EFinnertysorosny.org>
Posted: 5 Jun 2003
SEMINAR- OSI Forum, Corruption and Profit in Uzbekistan, New York, June 13
The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend
Beyond Corruption: The Business Interests of Law Enforcement in Uzbekistan
with
Nikolai Mitrokhin
of the Memorial Human Rights Center, Moscow
Friday, June 13, 2003
12:30 - 2:00 pm
Open Society Institute, Room 3B
400 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019
Nikolai Mitrokhin has been a human rights activist working in
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan since 1993. In 1999, he joined
the Memorial Human Rights Center as a Central Asia monitor and in 2002
he authored an alternative report on torture in Uzbekistan for the UN
Committee Against Torture. Since 1991 he has been the project manager of
the Panorama information-research center, and he was the co-editor of
the Central Asia bulletin from 1994 through 1999. He has published
about 100 papers on issues of human rights, religious and ethnic
problems in the CIS countries, including a book that he co-authored
entitled Turkmenistan: State Policy and Human Rights. He is a graduate
of the History and Archives Institute of the Russian State Humanities
University, and in 2002 he defended his dissertation The Movement of
Russian Nationalists in the USSR. 1953-1985.
To RSVP please fax this sheet to Erin Finnerty at (646) 557-2413 or
e-mail a response to <efinnertysorosny.org>.
Name:
Affiliation:
E-mail address:
If you are unable to attend, you can read a synopsis of the Open Forum
and subscribe to a weekly news bulletin at <www.EurasiaNet.org>.
CONF./CFP- Media Transformation in Post-Soviet Conditions, Yerevan, Sept.
26-27, 2003
Posted by: Vicken Cheterian <vicken.cheteriancimera.org>
Posted: 30 May 2003
Conference Organized by CIMERA/CMI
www.caucasusmedia.org; www.cimera.org
Call for Papers
Conference Organized by the Caucasus Media Institute (Yerevan) and CIMERA
(Geneva)
Mass Media Transformation in Post-Soviet Conditions
The Caucasus Media Institute (CMI) and CIMERA are pleased to announce the
conference "Mass Media Transformation in Post-Soviet Conditions", to be held
in Yerevan, on September 26-27, 2003.
The aim of this conference is to provide an in-depth analysis about the
trends taking place within the media sector of the post-Soviet societies,
especially the southern republics. The conference will try study
similarities in the thematic part of the conference (state intervention, the
impact of marketization, the social role of the mass media), as well as
specific historic developments in each country, in the second, geographic
block of the conference. Following this analytical part the conference will
look at the concrete experiences of various media support and development
interventions, and draw conclusions on the practical work done, and
reflecting over the theoretical cadre determining this intervention.
Submission of Proposals
Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to Moritz Gathmann,
moritz.cminetsys.am
Please include:
1- Name/ Title
2- E-mail and permanent address
3- A one-page resume
4- Title of Paper (maximum 20 words)
5- Abstract of Paper (maximum 250 words)
Please submit abstracts before first of August, 2003. The organizers will
answer by mid-August. Conference participants are invited to submit a 10-15
A4 page manuscripts two months after the conference, for preparing the
publication of the conference proceedings.
The conference organizers particularly encourage researchers and media
observers from post-Soviet countries to submit papers. Experts invited to
take part in the conference will be assisted in travel arrangements, and
travel expenses will be reimbursed.
The Organisers
Caucasus Media Institute assists in the development of mass media in the
Caucasus. Our aim is to achieve a professional standard of journalism
capable to inform the public and offer debate through the mass media. CMI
works in three directions: To introduce international standards of reporting
in journalism in the Caucasus, To form journalists in the use of new
technologies which are reshaping the media profession, To offer background
knowledge and critical analysis of recent developments in our area of concern.
CMI brings together training and research, so that our practical experience
is enriched by our efforts to better understand the changing socio-political
conditions in post-Soviet Caucasus.
www.caucasusmedia.org
CIMERA is a Geneva-based non-profit organization, working in good
governance, conflict transformation, and media development projects. CIMERA
is active in the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Balkans, as well as in
Switzerland.
This project is organized thanks to the generous contribution of the Swiss
Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
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