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2. Conferences and Lecture Series
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WORKSHOP- Islam in Central Asia, June 16-17, 2005, Jerusalem

Posted by: Ron Sela <rselapluto.mscc.huji.ac.il>
Posted: 10 Jun 2005


WORKSHOP- Islam in Central Asia, June 16-17, 2005, Jerusalem

Islam in Central Asia, June 16-17, Jerusalem

Nehemia Levtzion Center for Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of 
Jerusalem is honored to convene an international workshop on Islam in 
Central Asia.

The workshop will take place on June 16-17, 2005, at the Institute for 
Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on the Givat Ram campus.

Thursday, June 16, 2005

09:30. Gathering and Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Meir Bar-Asher
Director, Institute of Asian and African Studies
Prof. Reuven Amitai
Director, Nehemia Levtzion Center for Islamic Studies

10:00 - 13:00. Session I: Islam and Islamization in Central Asia in 
Historical Perspective
Chair: Dr. Moshe Gammer
Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Middle Eastern and African History

10:00 -11:00
"Some thoughts on the pre-history of the conversion of the Turks to Islam: 
Rereading the Rihla by Ibn Fadlan"
Prof. Reuven Amitai
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dept. of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

11:00-12:00
"Beyond the Khanate and the Caliphate: the Ishanate of Afaq Khwaja in 
17th-Century Eastern Turkestan"
Dr. Alexandre Papas
Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris

12:00-13:00
"Pilgrimage Tradition (ziyorat) to Shrines in Contemporary Central Asia"
Prof. Elyor Karimov
Chair, Dept. of Medieval and Ancient History, Institute of History, Uzbek 
Academy of Sciences, Tashkent

14:00-17:00. Session II: Islam in Central Asia in Literary and Oral Traditions
Chair: Dr. Michal Biran, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Asian 
and African Studies

14:00-15:00
"Timur Lenk's so-called Autobiography: A Patchwork of Islamic Mirrors for 
Princes, Chronicles, and Naqshbandi Hagiographies"
Prof. Dr. Anke von Kugelgen
Universitat Bern, Institut für Islamwissenschaft und Neuere Orientalische 
Philologie

15:00-16:00
"Two Bezels in One Ring: Monarchs and Holy Men in Central Asian Popular 
Literature, 18th-19th Centuries"
Dr. Ron Sela
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Asian and African Studies

16:00-17:00
"Popular Islam and Heterodoxy in Central Asian Oral Epics"
Prof. Dr. Karl Reichl
Universitat Bonn, Englisches Seminar

Friday, June 17, 2005
09:00-12:00. Session III: Themes in Contemporary Central Asian Islam
Chair: Prof. Yaacov Ro'i, Tel Aviv University, Dept. of History
Greetings: Prof. Steven Kaplan, Dean, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 
Faculty of Humanities

09:00-10:00
"The 'Meat Plot' in Samarqand, or why the Mullah insisted on a Kosher diet"
Mr. Zeev Levin
Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Middle Eastern and African History

10:00-11:00
"Islamic Radicalism in Xinjiang: Myth and Reality"
Prof. Yitzhak Shichor
University of Haifa, Dept. of East Asian Studies

11:00-12:00
"Approaches of States in Central Asia to Islam"
Dr. Brenda Shaffer
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harry S. Truman Institute for the 
Advancement of Peace

For further information, please contact:

Ron Sela
Dept. of Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies
Faculty of Humanities
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905
Israel
Email: rselapluto.mscc.huji.ac.il

CONF.- Empires, Islam and Politics in Central Eurasia, July 7-8, Sapporo, Japan

Posted by: Tomohiko Uyama <uyamaslav.hokudai.ac.jp>
Posted: 8 Jun 2005


CONF.- Empires, Islam and Politics in Central Eurasia, July 7-8, Sapporo, Japan

Slavic Research Center of Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan presents a 
conference (2005 Summer International Symposium):

"Regional and Transregional Dynamism in Central Eurasia: Empires, Islam and 
Politics"

Room 423, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo

July 7 (Thu)

9:30-9:45 Opening Speeches

9:45-12:00 Session 1: Modern Intellectuals in Central Eurasia

 - Adeeb KHALID (Carleton College, USA) "The Fascination of Revolution: 
   Central Asian Jadids, 1917-1924"
 - Mambet KOIGELDIYEV (Institute of History and Ethnology, Ministry of 
   Education and Science, Kazakhstan) "The Alash Movement and the Soviet 
   Government: Difference of Positions"
 - KOMATSU Hisao (The University of Tokyo, Japan) "Dar al-Islam under 
   Russian Rule As Understood by Turkestani ulama"

13:30-15:15 Session 2: Mass Deportations in Soviet Central Eurasia

 - Elza-Bair GUCHINOVA (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian 
   Academy of Sciences) "Stigmatised Ethnicity: Deportation of Kalmyks in the 
   USSR"
 - HANYA Shiro (The University of Tokyo, Japan) "National Politics of the 
   Brezhnev Era: In the Case of Deported Nations"

15:30-17:30 Session 3: Political Regimes in Post-Soviet Central Eurasian States

 - Alexander MARKAROV (Yerevan State University, Armenia) "Regime Formation 
   and Development in Armenia"
 - Dosym SATPAYEV (Assessment Risks Group, Kazakhstan) "An Analysis of the 
   Internal Structure of the Political Elite in Kazakhstan and the Assessment 
   of Levels of Political Risk"

18:00-20:00 Reception at Sapporo Aspen Hotel

July 8 (Fri)

9:30-12:00 Session 4: Islamic Revival: Transnational or National Phenomenon?

 - George SANIKIDZE (Institute of Oriental Studies, Georgian Academy of 
   Sciences) "Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Caucasian Region: 'Global' and 
   'Local' Islam in the Pankisi Gorge"
 - Ashirbek MUMINOV (Tashkent State Institute for Oriental Studies, 
   Uzbekistan) "Fundamentalist Challenges to the Local Islamic Traditions in 
   Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia"
 - SUGAWARA Jun (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan) "The 'Revitalization' of 
   Risale: Islamic Folk Publications in Modern Xinjiang"

13:30-15:45 Session 5: The Russian Empire and Central Eurasia

 - NAGANAWA Norihiro (The University of Tokyo, Japan) "Maktab or School? 
   Introduction of Compulsory Education among Muslim Population in Ufa
Province"
 - Margaret DIKOVITSKAYA (Library of Congress, USA) "Russian Imperial 
   Colonial Attitudes and Visual Culture: Central Asia in Early Photography"
 - UYAMA Tomohiko (Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan) "A 
   Particularist Empire? The Russian Policies of Christianization and Military 
   Conscription in Central Asia"

16:00-17:45 Session 6: State Borders and Minorities

 - Sergey GOLUNOV (Volgograd State University, Russia) "Drug-Trafficking 
   through the Russia-Kazakhstan Border: Challenge and Responses"
 - OKA Natsuko (Institute of Developing Economies, Japan) "Transnationalism 
   As a Threat to State Security? Case Studies on Uighurs and Uzbeks in 
   Kazakhstan"

July 9 (Sat) Excursion

For more details, please see:
http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/sympo/05summer/2005summer-e.html

All sessions are free and open to the public. However, we request that 
potential auditors contact T. Uyama (uyamaslav.hokudai.ac.jp) in advance.  
Please also note that travel support is not available.

UYAMA Tomohiko
Associate Professor
Slavic Research Center
Hokkaido University
Kita 9, Nishi 7, Kita-ku
Sapporo 060-0809
Japan
E-mail: uyamaslav.hokudai.ac.jp

CONF./CFP- Projects and Programs Impact Assessment, IPEN, Sept. 2005, Almaty

Posted by: Anel Kulakhmetova <anelcpart.kz>
Posted: 7 Jun 2005


CONF./CFP- Projects & Programs Impact Assessment, IPEN, Sept. 2005, Almaty

The International Program Evaluation Network (IPEN), the Civil Society 
Development Association and the Institute for Development Cooperation are 
holding their Fifth Annual International Conference:

Projects and Programs Impact Assessment: Experience and Development Prospects

in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, September 28-30, 2005

Conference Goal: To determine the prospects for program and project 
evaluation in the region by integrating the interests and participation of 
the public, private and social sectors, as well as evaluation professionals.

Conference Objectives:

 - To promote evaluation as an important mechanism to monitor the 
   effectiveness of programs in the public, private and social sectors
 - Provide advanced professional training for experts involved in program 
   monitoring and evaluation by establishing professional connections between 
   the participants and providing exposure to international experience.

Conference Concept:

The Fifth Annual International conference is organized in the frameworks of 
International Project Evaluation Network (IPEN). Previous conferences took 
place in Russian Federation (Novosibirsk, Sochi, and Moscow), Ukraine 
(Kiev). Annual conference in Almaty would be devoted to programs and 
projects impact evaluation.

Today, evaluation of results of capital investment in the social sphere is a 
topical question both during the planning of national and international 
programs, and upon their completion and forecasting for future activities.

The following topics will be considered during the three-day conference:

 - The principles and philosophy of impact assessment
 - Tools and methods for impact evaluation
 - Who is the customer and user of impact assessment
 - Impact assessment of government programs
 - Impact assessment of business organizations charity programs.  Assessment 
   if investment attractiveness of charity. 
 - Impact assessment of educational programs
 - Sectoral (youth, ecological, medical etc) impact assessment
 - Workshop for beginners
 - Assessment promotion
 - Review of assessment development in the CIS

Working language of the conference:

Russian, with English interpretation provided for overseas guests.

Terms of Registration for Participants of the Conference:

Participation fee is USD 40 per participant.

This fee includes participation in the conference, conference materials, 
coffee breaks and lunch.

The fee does not include the cost of participants' accommodation and 
transportation expenses.

Terms of Registration for Participants at the Seminars:

Participation fee for seminars scheduled on the first day will not exceed 
USD 15 for each seminar.

Special participation terms are provided for speakers and trainers that will 
hold seminars and master classes.

Registration Process:

To ensure participation in the conference, please complete the Registration 
Form to the conference s Organizing Committee before September 27, 2005.

You can obtain a copy of the Registration Form by e-mail by contacting the 
Organizing Committee at the following address: argocpart.kz

In order to register as a speaker, you need to attach to the completed 
Registration Form brief highlights (no longer than one page) of your 
presentation and send them to the e-mail address of the Organizing Committee 
before July 30, 2005.

A collection of articles from the conference will be published before the 
conference.  All conference materials will be processed and sent to the 
participants.

Selection of speakers for the conference will be held on competitive basis.

Confirmation of Participation:

Confirmation of your participation will be sent to your e-mail address 
within 15 days of receiving your application.

Address of the Organizational Committee:

argocpart.kz (cc: larisa cpart.kz)

Contact persons:

Larisa Kovtunova
Danata Issaeva

CONF./CFP- Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Aug. 2005, Ulaanbaatar

Posted by: J. Oyungerel <geo-dgvmagicnet.mn>
Posted: 6 Jun 2005


CONF./CFP- Natural Resources & Sustainable Development, Aug. 2005, Ulaanbaatar

Call for Papers

International Conference:

Natural resources and sustainable development in surrounding regions of the 
Mongolian Plateau.

August 22-24, 2005
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

A geographical perspective on sustainable development and natural resource 
usage on the Mongolian Plateau is essential to support and implement 
programs and practices that are environmentally sound, benefit local people 
and improve regional development. In an effort to use existing resources 
sustainably, learn from previous international research, and promote recent 
ideas and development in the field the conference strives to bring together 
regional and international experts from related fields. Papers are 
encouraged that address broad range of geographic topics:

Sustainable development
Natural resource management
Environmental changes
Socio-economic impacts
Land utilization
Remote sensing/GIS

In addition to exploring current geographical practices diverse factors 
impacting this topic such as mining, locust invasion and tourism will be 
examined. Papers pertaining to the Mongolian Plateau/Inner Asian region and 
relevant international projects will be accepted. Through organized 
scientific experience new suggestions and solutions for sustainable 
development and resource use can be presented and discussed.

Organizing Committee:

Head of the Committee:
D. Dorjgotov -Prof, Academic, Director of the Institute of Geography 
Mongolian Academy of Sciences.

B. Zorigt- Prof. Dr. Vice director of the Inner Mongolian Normal University

Conference Secretariat (Contact Address):

Dr. J. Oyungerel, Institute of Geography, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Tel: +976-11- 350470
Fax: +976-11-350472
E-mail: geo-dgvmagicnet.mn

Prof. B. Burenjargal, Inner Mongolian Normal University
Tel:+00186-471-4392330
Fax: 00186-471-4392036
E-mail: burenimnu.edu.cn

Members of Arrangement Committee:

 - Prof. Dr. V. Battsengel (Geography-Geology Faculty, Mongolian State of 
   University;)
 - Dr. B. Batbuyan (Center for Nomadic Pastoralism, Institute of Geography, 
   Mongolian Academy of Sciences)
 - Dr. O. Batkhishig (Soil Department, Mongolian Academy of Sciences)
 - Dr. S. Shiirev-Adiya (Remote Sensing Laboratory and GIS)
 - Dr. D. Enkhtaivan (Physical Geography Department)
 - Prof. Dr. Z. Sanjmyatav (Institute of Geography, Mongolian Academy of 
   Sciences)
 - Prof. Dr. Bao Uy Khai (Inner Mongolian Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing 
   and GIS)
 - Prof. Dr. Jo Min (Inner Mongolian Normal University, School of Geography 
   Sciences)
 - A. Chimegsaikhan (Institute of Geography, Mongolian Academy of Sciences)

Sponsors and Cooperators:

 - Institute of Geography, Mongolian Academy of Sciences; The institute has 
   great experience in scientific cooperation with local and foreign research 
   organizations and universities, including those from Russia, Poland, 
   Germany, Japan, Britain, Canada and the U.S.  We look forward to expanding 
   joint research activities and invite all interested parties.
 - Geography-Geology Faculty, Mongolian State of University;
 - Mongolian Foundation for Sciences and Technology;
 - Inner Mongolia Normal University School of Geography Sciences;
 - Mongolian Geography Society;

Schedule:

 - 25 July 2005: Deadline for registration and submission of paper
 - 29 July 2005: Notification of acceptance and sending of invitation form 
   to participants for application of VISA. 
 - 5 August 2005: Deadline for submission of extended abstract
 - 22-24 August 2005: Conference
 - 25-27 August, 2005: Three days excursion to ancient capital of Mongolia 
   Kharkhorin

Presentation Format:

It is recommended that presentations be stored on a CD or in Flash Disk in 
Power Point format with a back-up of the presentation on overlays suitable 
for use with an overhead projector.

Extended Abstracts:

The acceptance of the paper for the presentation at the conference will be 
decided according to the information in the PAPER SUBMISSION and it will be 
notified by 25 July. Extended abstracts are needed to be submitted after the 
acceptance. The extended abstract is supposed to be up to 4 pages on 
A4-sized paper. Participants should send a *.doc file of your Abstract to 
the contact address before 5 August 2005. Participants outside of Mongolia 
may submit abstract as attachment to an E-mail. However, the size of the 
file should be smaller than 1 Mbyte .

Publication:

The submitted abstract will be distributed at the conference, and will also 
be published as a volume of proceeding after the conference. For those of 
you who wish to extend and/or revise the abstract for the publication, it is 
encouraged to re-submit a revised version at the time of conference.  
Publication Committee will be formed by the members of Organizing Committee, 
and they may ask slight revision to the authors. No check on the content of 
abstract/paper will be made.

Working Language:

Mongolian and English

Post-Conference Excursion

Cost of the excursion 260 USD per person (guide book, entry fees to museum, 
minibus transport, 3 days accommodation; dinner, bed and breakfast in a 
hotel, packed lunches)

The route will be cancelled if less than 10 participants and full refund 
will be made

Registration;

The registration and submission from should be returned by 25 July 2005 to 
the contact address above by e-mail or by fax.

Registration Fee:

150 USD
The registration fee covers the proceedings, mid-conference excursion, lunch 
and the banquet.

Registration Form:

First Name: 
Family Name: 
Organization: 
Position: 
Scientific Degree and Title: 
Country: 
Contact address: 
Title of presentation: 

Type of presentation:

1) Oral
2) Poster (select one)

Registration fees:

1) Cash
2) Bank (select one)

Hotel Reservation (if you want us to reserve a hotel room in Ulaanbaatar, 
please fill in the following information)

Arrival date to Ulaanbaatar: 
Departure date from Ulaanbaatar: 
Number of persons 
Special request (if any) 

Transportation and Visa:

Visa: You will apply for visa to Embassy of Mongolia in your country with 
invitation letter from host country.

Note: The host organization (Institute of Geography) will prepare request 
letter for visa to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia (name of inviting 
person, duration of stay, staying address, program of events etc).

Transportation:

a. Flights to Ulaanbaatar:
   a flight from Japan, Korea, China, Russia and Germany conducts by MIAT and 
   also some flights by KAL (3 flights per week), Air China (3 flights per 
   week) and Aeroflot (Russia).

b. Local transportation:
   Will be organized by the local committee (for excursion, city tour, 
   picking-up from airport etc)

Accommodations:

Proposed hotel for participants are following hotels in Ulaanbaatar.

Chinggis Khaan hotel:
The hotel is conveniently located in the political, business and cultural 
center of Ulaanbaatar, and in 20-30 minutes driving from the Buyant-Ukhaa 
airport.

Single - 87USD
Double - 124USD

Address: Tokyo street-5, Ulaanbaatar-49, Mongolia
Tel/Fax: 976-11-313380
Fax: 976-11-312788
E-mail: chinggis-hotelmongol.net
Web site: http://www.chinggis-hotel.com

Ulaanbaatar hotel:

Single - 69USD
Double - 138 USD

Tel: 976-11-320620
Fax: 976-11-324485
E-mail: ub-hotelmagicnet.mn
Web site: http://www.welcome.to/ubhotel

Zaluuchuud hotel:
25km and 15 minute go to airport (Buyant-Ukhaa)

Single - 25USD
Double - 54USD
Tel: 976-11-324595
Fax: 976-11-324231

Puma Imperial hotel:
The hotel is only 5 minutes from the Railway station and 30 minutes from the 
Buyant-Ukhaa airport.

Single - 63USD
Double - 110USD

Address: Sukhbaatar district, Amariin avenue-2
Tel: 976-11-313043
Fax: 976-11-319148
E-mail: puma_imperialmbox.mn
Web-site: http://www.puma_imperialmbox.mn

Tuushin hotel:
The hotel is only 5 minutes from the Railway station and 30 minutes from the 
Buyant-Ukhaa airport.

Single - 77USD
Double - 132USD

Address: "TUUSHIN" building, Prime Ministr Amar's street 2 210620a
Tel: 976-11-323162
Fax: 976-11-325903
E-mail: tuushottuushin.mn
Web-site: http://www.Ulaanbaatar.net/tuushin hotel

CONF./CFP- Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Stds., Nov. 2005

Posted by: Uli Schamiloglu <uschamilwisc.edu>
Posted: 3 Jun 2005


CONF./CFP- Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish & Turkic Stds., Nov. 2005

First Circular:

The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) is pleased 
to announce the establishment of an annual "Graduate Student Pre-Conference 
in Turkish and Turkic Studies". This conference is being established to mark 
the 20th anniversary of the establishment of AATT. The first Pre-Conference 
is co-sponsored by the Institute for Turkish Studies and Georgetown University.

The first annual Pre-Conference will be hosted on Friday evening, November 
18 and Saturday, November 19 by Georgetown University. It will be held in 
conjunction with the 2005 meeting of the Middle East Studies Association to 
be held November 19-22, 2005 in Washington, DC. (Future meetings may also be 
coordinated with the annual meeting of the Central Eurasian Studies Society.)

The Pre-Conference is designed to encourage research making significant use 
of sources in Turkish and Turkic languages by graduate students in Turkish 
and Turkic Studies in North America. It will promote contact between 
students at various institutions and allow for feedback from faculty 
discussants participating in the pre-conference. Another goal is to help 
students progress towards more formal presentations at national conferences 
such as those of MESA, CESS, and organizations devoted to specific disciplines.

AATT will award a limited number of travel awards to help subvent the cost 
of student participation. Students are also encouraged to seek funding from 
their home institutions.

Students should submit a 250 word proposal for a paper together with the 
following information:

1. Name
2. Current institutional affiliation (department/university)
3. Adviser's name
4. Educational background (undergraduate and graduate degree programs)
5. Current status (taking courses, preparing for exams, researching 
   dissertation, writing dissertation, defended/deposited dissertation)
6. Title of dissertation (if applicable)
7. Contact information (email, telephone number, preferred mailing address)

The deadline for submission of proposals is September 15, 2005. Proposals 
should be submitted by email to:

Professor Uli Schamiloglu
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
University of Wisconsin-Madison
E-mail: uschamilwisc.edu

Or:

Professor Erika H. Gilson
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Princeton University
E-mail: ehgilsonprinceton.edu

Applicants will be informed of the selection committee's decision by October 
1, 2005.

Uli Schamiloglu
President
American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT)

Professor of Turkic & Central Eurasian Studies
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
1254 Van Hise, 1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
USA
Tel. 1-608-262-7141 (office), 1-608-262-3012 (department)
Fax: 1-608-265-3538
E-mail: uschamilwisc.edu
LCA website: lca.wisc.edu

CONF./CFP- Uyghur Studies in Kazakhstan: Tradition and Innovation, Sept. 2005, Almaty

Posted by: Ablet Kamalov <abletkyahoo.com>
Posted: 2 Jun 2005


CONF./CFP- Uyghur Stds in Kazakhstan: Tradition & Innovation, Sept 2005, Almaty

Conference "Uyghur Studies in Kazakhstan: Tradition and Innovation"

The Center of Uyghur Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Almaty, plans 
to hold a Conference "Uyghur Studies in Kazakhstan: Tradition and 
Innovation" in late September 2005. The Conference will discuss a wide range 
of problems relating to Uyghur Studies from a perspective of traditional and 
new theoretical and methodological approaches. While the Conference is 
primarily planned for Central Asian scholars, experts in Uyghur Studies from 
other regions and countries are also welcome to participate. Since the 
Conference organizers are not able to cover travel, accommodation and other 
expenses of participants, those willing to take part in this event are 
kindly requested to find their own sources for funding their participation.

Those interested in participation in the Conference are required to submit 
short abstracts of their papers to Organizing Committee before July 1, 2005. 
Materials of the Conference will be published as a separate Volume (in 
Uyghur, Russian, and English).  Only full electronic version of papers 
submitted prior to the Conference will be considered for publication.

The Conference is supported by Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy in 
Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Organizer: Dr. Ablet Kamalov, Fulbright alumnus, abletkyahoo.com

Organizing Committee
Institute of Oriental Studies
29 Kurmangazy St.
Almaty 05010
Kazakhstan
Tel: (7-3272)-61-16-01
Fax (7-3272) - 62-28-35

LECTURE- Harvard-Yenching Library and F. W. Cleaves on Mongolian Stds., June 7, Beijing

Posted by: Zhengyin LIU <liuzhengyinyahoo.com>
Posted: 2 Jun 2005


LECTURE- Harvard-Yenching Libr & FW Cleaves on Mongolian Stds., June 7, Beijing

"On the Collection of the Harvard-Yenching Library and F. W. Cleaves on 
Mongolian Studies"

Prof. Zhou Qingshu
Academy of Mongolian Studies
Inner Mongolia University

Tuesday, June 7, 2:00-4:00 PM

Central Hall
Institute of Ethnology & Anthropology
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
27 Zhongguancun Nandajie
Beijing
China

Sponsored by Department of History
Institute of Ethnology & Anthropology
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

CONF. PROGRAM- Asia Society's Int'l Business Conf., June 14-16, 2005, Almaty

Posted by: Cameron Jones <jonescAsiaSoc.org>
Posted: 1 Jun 2005


CONF. PROGRAM- Asia Society's Int'l Business Conf., June 14-16, 2005, Almaty

Asia Society's International Business Conference

Co-organized with the Government of Kazakhstan and the Eurasian Media Forum

"Kazakhstan Draws a New Wave of Investment: Strategies for Diversification 
and Sustainable Growth"

The Regent Almaty, The Ankara in Kazakhstan
June 14-16, 2005
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Conference Agenda:

Session 1: Building a Sustainable Base for a Diversified Market Economy

Confirmed Speakers:

 - George Soros, Founder and Chairman, Open Society Institute; Chairman, 
   Soros Fund Management LLC
 - John Ordway, U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan
 - Arman Dunaev, Minister of Finance, Kazakhstan

Session 2: Strengthening Investor Confidence: Reform, Productivity 
Enhancement, and Adherence to International Business Standards

Confirmed Speakers:

 - Kairat N. Kelimbetov, Minister of Economy and Budget Planning, Kazakhstan
 - William Veale, President, US-Kazakhstan Business Association
 - Daniel Fung, Chairman, Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong SAR
 - Gosman Amrin, Chairman, National Innovation Fund, Kazakhstan

Special Luncheon Session:  Adding Value Through Transit: Multi-Modal 
Shipping Between Europe and asia10

Confirmed Speakers:

 - Kazhmurat Nagmanov, Minister of Transport and Communications
 - Umberto de Pretto, Deputy Secretary General, International Road Transport 
   Union
 - Igor Rounov, Permanent Delegate to CIS and its Member States, 
   International Road Transport Union
 - Teodor Kaplan, Secretary General, Kazakh Association of International 
   Road Transport Operators
 - Richard Swett, CEO, Swett Associates; Former Congressman and U.S. 
   Ambassador to Denmark

Session 3: Beyond Energy: IT, Manufacturing and Agro-Processing

Confirmed Speakers:

 - Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman and CEO, Mittal Steel Company Ltd.
 - Grigory Marchenko, Former Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan; 
   Free Lance Adviser to the President; Chairman, Halyk Bank
 - Pedro L. Rodriguez, Senior Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic 
   Management, The World Bank, Central Asia Regional Office
 - Kairat Mazhibayev, President, Resmi Group of Companies, Kazakhstan
 - Erlan Sagadiev, President, University of International Business, 
   Kazakhstan; Former President of FoodMaster

Session 4: Financial Sector Strength: Second Generation Reforms

Confirmed Speakers:

 - Anvar Saidenov, Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan
 - Gregory J. Vojack, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
 - Wilson Mitchell, Partner in Charge, KPMG

Session 5: Opportunities in the Energy Sector

Confirmed Speakers:

 - Valdimir Shkolnik, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Kazakhstan
 - Uzakbai Karabalin, President, KazMunaiGas CSJC, Kazakhstan
 - Peter Cornelius, Chief Economist, Shell International Exploration and 
   Production
 - Nurlan Kapparov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, KazInvestBank and 
   Lancaster Group Kazakhstan

Session 6, Part 1: Regional Cooperation on Trade and Investment

Confirmed Speakers:

 - Khakim Soliev, Minister of Economy and Trade, Tajikistan
 - Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Paul. H. 
   Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
 - Ming Cui, Managing Director, China Capital Management Company Ltd.

Special Luncheon Session: What WTO Accession Would Mean for Kazakhstan and 
the Region

Confirmed Speakers:

 - Sauat Mynbayev, Minister of Industry and Trade, Kazakhstan
 - Zhanar Aitzhanova, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade, Kazakhstan

Session 6, Part 2:  Regional Energy and Security Cooperation

Confirmed Speakers:

 - Kassymzhomart Tokaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kazakhstan
 - Zeyno Baran, Director of International Security and Energy Programs, The 
   Nixon Center
 - Thomas O'Brien, Partner, Coudert Brothers LLP
 - Pan Guang, Director, Shanghai Cooperation Organization; Director, 
   Institute of Eurasian Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Concluding Remarks: The Path Forward for Kazakhstan

Confirmed Speakers:

 - Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC; Chairman, Asia Society
 - Dariga Nazarbayeva, Chair, Eurasian Media Forum

EVENT- 4th Annual Children's Gathering for Peace, June 5, Seattle, WA

Posted by: Cholpon Turdalieva <cholponu.washington.edu>
Posted: 31 May 2005


4th Annual Children's Gathering for Peace, June 5, Seattle, WA

4th Annual Children's Gathering for Peace in Seattle

Seattle Center Mural Amphitheatre
Seattle, WA

Sunday, June 5, 2005
2-4:00 pm

At this event, Kanykey Marat Kyzy who is an eleven year old girl from 
Kyrgyzstan is going to play on the Kyrgyz national instrument Komuz and sing 
Kyrgyz songs.

Please join us for singing and dance performances by a wonderful diversity 
of children's performance groups. All ages welcome.

Featured performers include:

Siya Manyakanyaka
Swaranjali - East Indian Children's Music Group
Japanese Singers "Humming Birds"
Middle East Peace Camp
Arab Children Dabke Dancers
Anadolu Folkdance Group/Turkish Children
Children from Jose Marti Child Development Center
El Centro de la Raza
Eritrean Youth Dance Group
Hengda Dance Academy
The Islamic School of Seattle
Children of Peace
Kanykey Marat Kyzy (Honored Guest from Kyrgyzstan)

Plus a special appearances by:

*Kofi Anang on Djembe
*Farlis Calle Guerrero: Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Founder of the 
Columbian Children's Peace Movement
*Congressman Jim McDermott

This songfest invites the participation of everyone! Children from around 
the world will perform in dance and song. The event will be woven together 
by group singing of all who come. Kofi Anang, a local drummer from Ghana, 
will accompany the singing on djembe. Local school children will help Mary 
K. McNeill lead everyone in song.

The event will culminate in the singing of "We Are Children of Peace", a 
song Mary K. wrote with the help of her students. The song has been recorded 
in five languages and is part of a larger project to communicate with 
children all over the world that children here want to be friends and create 
a peaceful world with children everywhere. Recently this song was translated 
into the Kyrgyz and Russian languages by Cholpon Turdalieva who is a 
Fulbright Visiting Scholar from Kyrgyzstan.

A new world culture is being formed with the children leading the way! Come, 
join us as we create a world that turns in beauty, dance, and song, and hear 
what the children of the world have to say!

We will be filming the children singing "We Are Children of Peace" in Farsi, 
which will then be aired on television in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, 
and India!

Mary K. McNeill, Founder, Children Sing for Peace.

This event is sponsored by the Seattle Center

EVENT- 19th Annual Georgian Studies Day, Nov. 16, 2005, King's College, London

Posted by: Tamara Dragadze <DRAGADZEUKaol.com>
Posted: 27 May 2005


EVENT- 19th Annual Georgian Studies Day, Nov. 16, 2005, King's College, London

This is an advance notice that the 19th Annual Georgian Studies Day will be 
taking place on 16th November, 2005, at Kings College, London, UK, from 9:30 
to 5 p.m.

Convener:

Tamara Dragadze, B.A. (Kent) D. Phil (Oxon) with the participation of the 
Caucasian Studies Centre of Kings College, University of London and the 
Embassy of Georgia in London.

This year's theme is "Georgia in the wider world" and will have 
representative, distinguished speakers on Georgia's relations with her 
immediate neighbours as well as the European Union and the USA. Following 
the Annual Georgian Studies Day tradition, the afternoon session will 
include papers on history, culture and 'Work in Progress'.

For further information: rpatsatsiageoemb.plus.com

CONF. PROGRAM- Business at the Heart of Central Asia, May 31, Tashkent

Posted by: Daniel Stevens <dstevenswiut.uz>
Posted: 27 May 2005


CONF. PROGRAM- Business at the Heart of Central Asia, May 31, Tashkent

Conference Programme

"Business at the Heart of Central Asia: Critical Issues of Competition and 
Competitiveness"

31 May 2005

Hosted by Westminster International University in Tashkent
Supported by the British Council and Nestle

Westminster International University in Tashkent's inaugural academic 
conference focuses on the themes of competition and competitiveness as they 
relate to business and more broadly to processes of change in Central Asia. 
The conference programme is as follows:

Monday 30th May 2005

Pre-conference presentation skills training
14:00 - 17:00
Room 308

Tuesday 31st May 2005

Main conference

08:30 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 10:15 Opening Plenary Session with keynote speakers:

Professor Abdurashid Kadirov (Director of Institute of Economics, Academy of 
Sciences)
"Globalisation of the world economy and the growth of competitiveness of the 
economy of Uzbekistan"

Dr. Martin Raiser (Country Director, World Bank, Uzbekistan)
"The role of the business climate as a factor in economic growth - lessons 
from the 2005 World Development Report"

Professor Durbek Akhmedov (Deputy Rector, Tashkent State Economics University)
"Uzbekistan's global competitiveness and accession to WTO"

Professor Michael Hodd (University of Westminster Business School, UK)
"Foreign Direct Investment and International Competitiveness"

The remainder of the day will consist of three panel sessions involving 15 
panels focusing on specific issues in the broad areas of economics, 
business, information technology and law. Provisional panel line ups are 
available at the conference website detailed below.

The conference will culminate in a summary plenary session followed by a 
reception in the grounds of the University.

Thanks to our sponsors, British Council and Nestle, there is no conference 
fee but participants are required to complete and return the registration 
form in advance. There is limited space so it is first come first served for 
registration and those who have not registered will not be able to turn up 
on the day.

Further details are available at the conference website 
http://www.wiut.uz/conference.

The conference host, Westminster International University (WIUT), is a young 
institution but has established a strong reputation for its standard of 
education and the quality of its students.  WIUT will be building on this 
success by developing a Graduate programmes with the first of a series of UK 
validated Masters level courses beginning in the academic year 2005-2006.  
To underpin this development WIUT is developing its research profile and 
this conference is the first in a series of annual academic conferences that 
WIUT hopes will encourage Universities in Central Asia and internationally 
to join with WIUT to develop the standards of academic research.

CONF.- The Millenium of Kazan Symposium, May 28, Istanbul

Posted by: Nadir Devlet <ndevletyeditepe.edu.tr>
Posted: 23 May 2005


CONF.- The Millenium of Kazan Symposium, May 28, Istanbul

The Millennium Of Kazan Symposium
28 May 2005
Istanbul, Turkey

Organized by Plenipotentiary Representative Office of the Republic of 
Tatarstan in the Republic of Turkey-Cultural Affairs Administration of the 
City Istanbul- 0dil-Ural Turks Association

Symposium secretary: Nadir Devlet


These papers below will be presented in Turkish:

 - Fayaz Hujin, According to the New Archeological Discovery: the Old Kazan
 - Ildus Zakhidullin, Kazan's Islamic Architecture in the Middle-New Ages
 - Gamirjan Davletshin, Spiritual and Cultural History Problems of the 
   Turko-Tatars
 - Nadir Devlet, Thousand Years of Kazan: History-Pride-Reality
 - Mustafa Oner, How to Learn Tatar Language and Literature?
 - Ibrahim Marash, Religious Past-Today of Volga-Ural Region
 - Erdal Shahin, Education in Tatarstan
 - Gonul Pultar, Searching the Past - Finding Different World

Place:

Tarik Zafer Tunaya Conference Hall
Tunel-Istanbul
Turkey

Date:

28 May 2005 Saturday
9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

CONF.- Cultural Revival in Iranian Azerbaijan since 1979, May 30, Baku

Posted by: Bayram Balci <balci_bayramyahoo.fr>
Posted: 23 May 2005


CONF.- Cultural Revival in Iranian Azerbaijan since 1979, May 30, Baku

Dear colleagues,

The Institut Francais d'Etudes Anatoliennes, via its Baku representation 
will organize a conference on the Cultural Revival in Iranian Azerbaijan 
since 1979.

The conference will be given by Mr Gilles Riaux, Ph.D. candidate at Paris 8 
University.

The conference will take place on 30th May at 5 pm in the French Cultural 
Center, 67 Fuzuli Street, in front of the New Heydar Aliev Park in Baku, 
Azerbaijan.

Free entrance.

Bayram Balci
Institut Francais d'Etudes Anatoliennes
Antenne de Bakou, Azerbaidjan

EVENT- Afghan Art and Film Festival, Full Tour Schedule in North America

Posted by: Rameen Moshref <RameenMaol.com>
Posted: 19 May 2005


EVENT- Afghan Art & Film Festival, Full Tour Schedule in North America

Afghan Communicator Proudly Presents:

For the First Time Ever in North America

Afghan Art & Film Festival
7 city tour, April - June 2005

New York April 9 - 17

Boston April 20 - 24

Toronto May 28 - 29

York University, Keel Campus
4700 Keele St
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Canada
Tel: 416-736-2100

Film: Nat Taylor Cinema N102 Ross Building
Art: Founders Assembly Hall, RM152

Map: www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/keele-webmap.html
Direction & Transport: www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/map/keele_map.html

Virginia/DC June 3 - 4, 2005

George Mason University
Johnson Center, first level Cinema
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Tel: 703-993-1000
Web: www.gmu.edu

Friday, June 3 - Art: 12pm - 7pm, Film: 12pm - 6pm
Saturday, June 4 - Art: 12pm - 5pm, Film: 12pm - 6pm

Chicago June 17 - 18

Hull House: Center for Arts and Culture
1136 W. Wilson
Chicago IL, 60640
Tel: 773-907-9403

Transportation: Broadway & Wilson, near CTA Red Line. Bus #36, 145, 151, and 
Lake Shore Drive

Los Angeles June 25 - 26

California State University, Northridge
University Student Union
18111 Nordhoff St.
Northridge, CA 91330
Tel: 818.677.1200
Web: www.csun.edu

Saturday June 25
Art: Grand Salon 12-6:00PM; Reception in the Grand Salon at 6:00PM
Film: Northridge Center/San Fernando Valley Hall 12-8:00pm

Sunday June 26
Film: in the Grand Salon 12-5:00pm

Directions:

>>From Irvine/Orange County/Los Angeles Area:
Take 405 Freeway North, Exit Nordhoff, Turn Left on Nordhoff, Turn Right on 
Zelzah and Turn Left into Parking Lot G4 The University Student Union is 
Walking Distance Across Bertrand Ave.

>>From Thousand Oaks/Santa Barbara Area:
Take 101 Freeway South, Exit Reseda, Turn Left on Reseda, Turn Right on 
Nordhoff, Turn Left on Zelzah and Turn Left into Parking Lot G4. The 
University Student Union is Walking Distance Across Bertrand Ave.

>>From Simi Valley Area:
Take 118 Freeway East, Exit Reseda, Turn Right on Reseda, Turn Left on 
Lassen, Turn Right on Zelzah and Turn Right into Parking Lot G4 The 
University Student Union is Walking Distance Across Bertrand Ave. 

San Francisco June 29 - 30

Film Screening Schedule:

Afghanistan After, 50 min

Afghanistan Unveiled, 52 min

Afghanistan: A Fragile Peace, 27 min

Afghanistan: The Lost Truth, 64 min

Democracy Afghan Style, 82 min

Gem Hunter of Afghanistan, 52 min

Honor/Nang, 30 min

Kabul Cinema/Kabul Nendary, 18 min

Rabia of Balkh/Rabia- e Balkhi, 164 min

Sacrifice/Qorbani, 25 min

Stoning/Sangsaar, 20 min

The Dew/Shabnam, 10 min

The Stranger/Baiganah, 38 min

Three Dots/Seh Noqta, 60 min

Boy who plays on Buddhas of Bamiyan, 90 min

Visit http://aff.afghancommunicator.com for more info.

SYMPOSIUM- Socio-Political Process and Security Issues, Oct. 2005, Pyatigorsk Univ.

Posted by: Victor Panin <paninvyahoo.com>
Posted: 18 May 2005


SYMPOSIUM- Socio-Political Process & Security Issues, Oct. 2005, Pyatigorsk U.

International Symposium

Socio-Political Process and Security Issues in Globalization
Context: The North Caucasus Perspective

Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University
Pyatigorsk
Russia

Tentative Dates: October 20 - 22, 2005

Purpose of Symposium:

The Symposium "Socio-Political Process and Security Issues in Globalization 
Context: The North Caucasus Perspective" has been scheduled to provide 
opportunities for experts and researchers in Political Science and 
International Relations from Russia and NATO countries to openly exchange 
views and ideas in discussing the current World dynamics and the related 
processes and problems of global developments and security with a focus on 
the North Caucasus, to explore the new challenges as well as possibilities 
and perspectives of productive international cooperation in fighting threats 
for stability and security worldwide and specifically in this conflict area 
in South Russia. The topics of regional political, ethno political, 
religious, social and economic processes in multiethnic and 
multiconfessional environment, migration and demographic problems, terrorism 
and security as well as the ways and practical steps to promote stability 
will make the core issues of the Symposium agenda.

Venue:

Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University, located in the heart of the North 
Caucasus region of Russia, and recognized as a center for research of 
current socio-political process and contemporary issues related to 
development, conflict resolution and security problems of the North Caucasus 
and Transcaucasia.

Format:

Presentation of papers and reports, experts' round-table discussions and 
open ideas exchange.

The NATO speakers and up to 25 Russian and international scholars and 
experts whose research and expertise relates to the purpose of the Symposium 
would be welcome.  Two days of round-table sessions will provide maximum 
opportunity for presentation of ideas and open discussion of potentials for 
programs to be developed. The leading researchers in Political Science from 
leading South Russia Universities and Research Centers will participate, to 
include as key speakers Prof. Igor P. Dobaev, Doctor of Sciences, Head, Dpt. 
of Security and Geopolitics Studies, Russian Academy of Science, South 
Russia Branch and Prof. Victor A. Avksentyev, Doctor of Sciences, Head, Dpt. 
of Social & Political Problems of the Caucasus, Russian Academy of Science, 
Southern Scientific Research Center.

It is not necessary to speak Russian as simultaneous translation and escort 
interpreters will be provided for the event.

Field Research:

The program will also include a full day Field Research trip to multiethnic 
community in neighboring Karachai-Cherkessia Republic to learn on-site the 
current developments and aspirations of local communities as well as local 
traditions and customs.

Outcome:

A Summary Report destined for Russian State Duma and book publication of all 
papers and round-table discussions are considered as the result of the 
Symposium.

Contact:

Dr. Victor E. Mishin
Director, International Programs
Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University
9 Kalinin Avenue
Pyatigorsk, 357532
Russia

Tel/Fax: +7 - 8793-32-94-58
E-mail: mishinpglu.ru

BRIEFING- Human Rights in Chechnya, May 18, Washington DC

Posted by: Almut Rochowanski <almutchechnyaadvocacy.org>
Posted: 17 May 2005


U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Committee on Conscience

Wednesday, May 18
2 p.m

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Classroom A
100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl, SW
Washington DC

Briefing on Human Rights in Chechnya

Please join us to hear from two human rights activists who have been on the 
front lines of the conflict in Chechnya. Shamil Tangiev, has worked with the 
Russian human rights organization Memorial since 2000 and is responsible for 
investigating and documenting abuses and atrocities. He has also helped file 
cases to the European Court for Human Rights and is currently embarking on 
discrimination law suits.

Zarema Mukusheva has been with Memorial since 2001 and currently runs the 
Grozny office. She began human rights work while looking for her own cousin, 
who had been "disappeared". Her work consists of documentation, especially 
video documentation of atrocities and their aftermath, and tracking missing 
and dead persons. She is the 2005 recipient of the Reebok Human Rights Award.

This event is free and open to the public. It is held at the U.S. Holocaust 
Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl, SW, Washington, DC, 20024. Metro: 
Smithsonian.

CONFERENCE- Indian Sufism in India, Central Asia and the Middle East, June 2, Paris

Posted by: Thierry Zarcone <thzarconewanadoo.fr>
Posted: 16 May 2005


National Conference on:

Indian Sufism
In India, in Central Asia and in the Middle East

Paris, France

June 2, 2005

Coordination: Alexandre Papas and Thierry Zarcone

Organisation:

Centre d'histoire du domaine turc and
CNRS UMR 8032

With the collaboration of the EHESS and the IISMM

Place:

IISMM
Salle M. et D. Lombard
96, Bd Raspail
75006 Paris
France

Time:

9 h 30 - 12 h 30
14 h 30 - 17 h 30

Program (all the presentations are in French):

9 h 30 - 13 h

Marc Gaborieau (cnrs-ehess): A Sufi Sanctuary in India: the Nizamuddin 
dargah in Delhi

Denis Matringe (cnrs-ehess): Literature, Sufism and Politic in Panjab, in 
the Past and today

Nalini Delvoye (EPHE-CEIAS): Song and Poetry in two Sufi Chishti and 
Shattari Sanctuaries

Catherine Servan-Schreiber (cnrs-ehess): Sufism in Bihar. Present State

14 h 30 - 17 h 30

Michel Boivin (cnrs-ehess): Sufism and Devotional Religion in Sindh and Kuch

Corinne Lefevre (EHESS): The Mughal Power and the Naqshbandiyya at the Time 
of Jahangir (1605-1627)

Alexandre Papas (EHESS): The Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya in Chinese Central 
Asia (18th-19th Century)

Thierry Zarcone (CNRS): The Chishtiyya Sufi Order in Central Asia, in Turkey 
and in Jerusalem. History and Present Situation

Presentation of the Journal of the History of Sufism

Contact: alex.pclub-internet.fr or thzarconewanadoo.fr

SYMPOSIUM- 17th Nicholas Poppe Symposium, May 14, Univ. of Washington, Seattle

Posted by: I. Cirtautas <icirtu.washington.edu>
Posted: 12 May 2005


University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization

17th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies

Saturday, May 14, 2005
8:30 am-5:30 pm

Denny Hall 215-215A
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Program

8:30-9:00
Coffee, Tea and Refreshments

9:00-9:10 
Welcome Address: Ilse D. Cirtautas

9:10-9:35
"Is Turkology Still Alive Today?"
Charles Carlson, Prague/Tashkent
Visiting Professor
University of Washington, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

9:35-9:45
Discussion

9:45-10:10
"Uzbek Writers and their Contributions to Ecological and National Awareness 
During Glasnost"
Christina Szabo
University of Washington, Herbert Ellison Center for Russian, East European 
and Central Asian Studies (REECAS)

10:10-10:20
Discussion

10:20-10:45
"Baymirza Hayit: The Contributions and Tribulations of a Famed Central Asian 
Historian"
Ilse D. Cirtautas
University of Washington, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

10:45-10:55
Discussion

11:00-11:30
"Historical Stages in the Development of Uzbek Civic Society"
Nodira Mahkomova, Senior Researcher
Institute of History, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent

11:30-11:40
Discussion

11:40-12:40
Lunch, Denny 215

12:40-1:00
"Building a "University of Washington Center" in Tashkent"
Charles Carlson and Ilse Cirtautas, University of Washington

1:00-1:10
Discussion

1:10-1:30
"The History and Goals of the American Center for Mongolian Studies, 
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia/Bellingham, WA"
Charles Krusekopf
Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

1:30-1:40
Discussion

1:40-2:05
"Kyrgyz Women in the Perception of Western Travelers of the 19th Century"
Cholpon Turdalieva, Fulbright Scholar
Abayev University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

2:05-2:15
Discussion

2:15-2:40
"The Emerging Sino-Afghan Relationship"
Justin Miller
University of Washington, China Program

2:40-2:50
Discussion

2:50-3:00
Coffee/Tea Break

3:00-3:25
"Spiritual Legitimacy: Causes of Factual Violence in Chinese Naqshbandiyya 
Tariqa"
Kristian Petersen
University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of Religious Studies

3:25-3:35
Discussion

3:35-4:00
"Comments on the Tawarikh-i Musiqiyyun by Mulla Ismatulla Mojiz, an Uighur 
of the Middle of the 19th Century"
Will Sumits
University of Washington, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

4:00-4:10
Discussion

4:10-4:30
Closing Words and Comments

4:30-5:30
Central Asian Music: Will Sumits, Alfredo Gormezano, Elmira Kochumkulkizi

CONFERENCE- Identity and Culture, June 14-17, Koc University, Istanbul

Posted by: Gonul Pultar <gonulpultar.org>
Posted: 12 May 2005


"Identity and Culture"

Third Cultural Studies Conference

organized by

Cultural Studies Association
and
Koc University Center for Strategic Studies

14-17 June 2005
Elite Hotel, Taksim
Istanbul, Turkey

The Cultural Studies Association of Turkey and the Center for Strategic 
Studies of Koc University are organizing a cultural studies conference 
entitled "Identity and Culture" on 14-17 June 2005 in Istanbul. Whether in 
connection with Turkey's wish to enter the EU, the aftermath of the fall of 
the Soviet Union, or developments ensuing from the two Gulf wars, identity 
has become a problematic much discussed both in academic and political 
circles. Focusing on issues of identity in its multiple relationships with 
various facets of culture, the interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary 
conference aims to interrogate established notions of identity within the 
context of Turkish culture, the cultures of Turkey, and the cultures of 
Turks. Over 160 papers will be presented by participants coming from the US, 
Canada, various countries in Europe, Israel, Ukraine and Azerbaidjan.

Keynote speakers:

Bozkurt Guvenc (Hacettepe U and Yeditepe U)
Culture-Identity: National Identities
(in Turkish)

Nur Yalman (Harvard U)
Is Identity Something We Can Hold? What does the Humanities Say?
(in Turkish)

Plenary speakers:

Peter Alford Andrews (Koln U)
Ethnicity in Turkey: Evidence and Analysis
(in Turkish)

Fuat Keyman (Koc U)
The Issue of Cultural Identity in Turkey and Democratization: Multicultural 
Constitutional Citizenship
(in Turkish)

Jacob Landau (Jerusalem Hebrew U)
Panturkism: Changing Ideologies

Geoffrey Lewis (Oxford U)
How the Turkish Language Reform Divided the People

Serif Mardin (Sabanci U)
Turkish Exceptionalism in Islam
(in Turkish)

Uli Schamiloglu (U of Wisconsin-Madison)
The Concept of Nation and the (Re)conceptualization of Identities in the 
Turkic Republics of Central Asia (19th-21st. centuries)
(in Turkish)

The conference program, registration form and information on accommodation 
can be found at http://kk05.cstgroup.org/

For more information, write to the conference secretary, Sule Tarakcioglu at 
suletarcstgroup.org

Conference organizers:

Gonul Pultar <gpultarcstgroup.org>
Timur Kocaoglu <tkocaogluku.edu.tr>

CONFERENCE PROGRAM- 2nd Int'l Conference on Energy Security, May 20-21, Netherlands

Posted by: Mehdi Amineh <M.P.Aminehuva.nl>
Posted: 12 May 2005


On 20-21 May 2005 the Energy Programme Asia (EPA) of the International 
Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) and the Clingendael International Energy 
Programme (CIEP) hold an international conference titled "The security of 
energy supply in China, India, Japan, South Korea, and the European Union; 
possibilities and impediments" that will take place in Leiden and The Hague, 
the Netherlands on 20 - 21 May 2005.

This conference is part of the research project entitled "The impact of East 
and Southeast Asian Energy Supply strategies on the Caspian Region and the 
Persian Gulf ", [director Mehdi Parvizi Amineh, m.p.aminehuva.nl]. The 
first day of the conference will be held at the Clingendael Institute in The 
Hague. The second day at the University of Leiden in Leiden. The conference 
will bring together a distinguished group of specialists from various fields 
and specializations.

Conference Venues

20 May:

Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael'
Clingendael 7
The Hague
The Netherlands

21 May:

International Institute for Asian Studies
University of leiden
Academiegebouw
Council Room
Rapenburg 73
Leiden
The Netherlands

If you wish to participate in the conference please contact:

Marloes Rozing <m.rozinglet.leidenuniv.nl>
On behalf of Medhi Parvizi Amineh [the Energy Programme Asia/EPA] and Coby 
van der Linde [Clingendael International Energy Programme/ CIEP] 
International Institute for Asian Studies

Conference on the Security of Energy Supply in China, India, Japan, South 
Korea, and the European Union: Possibilities and Impediments
May 20 - 21 2005

Programme

Day One - Friday, 20 May 2005
Clingendael Institute, The Hague

Session 1: The Global View
           Chair
           Dr Mehdi Parvizi Amineh
           Project leader Energy Project Asia
           International Institute for Asian Studies;
           Clingendael International Energy Programme

09h00 Welcome coffee

09h15 Opening Remarks and welcome by the Chair

09h20 Introduction
      Wilbur Perlot
      Researcher
      Clingendael International Energy Programme

09h35 Globalisation and Geopolitics; International Developments
      Reinaldo Figueredo
      Director
      Global Programme, UNDP/ UN Energy

10h20 Discussion

10h45 Coffee

11h00 Geopolitics and Security of Energy Supplies
      Prof. Coby van der Linde
      Director
      Clingendael International Energy Programme

11h45 Discussion

12h10 Post Cold War Geopolitics and Security
      Prof. Henk Houweling
      University of Amsterdam

12h45 Discussion

13h15 Lunch

Session 2: Outlook from Asia
Chair Prof. Stanislav Zhiznin

14h15 The Reform Orientating Market Economy and Energy Security in China
      Prof. Shi Dan
      Director
      Energy Economic Research Centre, Beijing

15h00 Discussion

15h30 Refreshments

15h45 Geopolitics and Security of Energy Supply Policies of Japan
      Prof. Yu Shibutani
      Director
      Energy Geopolitics, Ltd, Japan

16h30 Discussion and wrap-up

17h30 Close of Day One and Drinks Reception

Day Two - Saturday 21 May 2005
          Leiden University, Leiden

Session 3: Northeast Asian Energy Supply Security and Geopolitics
           Chair Prof. Yu Shibutani

09h00 Welcome coffee

09h30 Dreams of great power and energy security in East Asia
      Kurt Radtke
      Institute for Asia and Pacific Studies Waseda University, Tokyo

10h00 Chinese, India, Japanese and South Korean Energy Dependency on Energy 
      from the Middle East and the Caspian Region and Geopolitical Challenges
      Prof. Umbach
      Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswartige Politik, Berlin

10h30 Korea's Energy supply policy
      Mr. Lee
      Institute for Asia and Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo

11h00 Discussion

11h30 Coffee

11h45 China's economic growth and energy consumption
      Mr. Xiaoning Wang
      Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Hague

12h15 Some considerations for the oil security of China
      Dr. Limao
      Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Beijing

12h45 Discussion
13h00 Lunch

Each speaker is invited to prepare a 15 min. speech and to leave 15 min for Q&A

Session 4: Relations with Producing Countries
Chair Reinaldo Figueredo

14h00 China's energy supply security and the Middle East resources
      Mrs. Michal Meidan
      Centre Asia Institut Francais des Relations Internationales, Paris

14h30 China's economic and energy policy towards Central Asia and Russia
      Prof. Hama Katsuhiko
      Department of Foreign Languages and Studies Soka University, Tokyo

15h00 The EU's relations with Middle East countries
      Femke Hoogeveen
      Clingendael International Energy Programme

15h30 Discussion

16h00 Refreshments

Each speaker is invited to prepare a 15 min. speech and to leave 15 min for Q&A

Session 5: Security of Energy Supplies, Geopolitics and the Current Research 
           Programme
           Chair Prof. Kurt Radtke

16h15 Asian Geopolitics and the place of Europe
      Prof. Fraser Cameron
      Director of Studies, European Policy Centre, Brussels

16h45 Discussion

17h00 Questions for the conference and answers
      Wilbur Perlot

17h15 Discussion

18h00 Following steps and closure
      Mehdi Parvizi Amineh

18h15 End of Conference and Drinks Reception

19h00 Dinner for invited guests

OSI FORUM- A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, May 17, New York City

Posted by: Anu Kangaspunta <akangaspuntasorosny.org>
Posted: 11 May 2005


The Middle East Initiatives invite you to attend:

Faith at War: A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, from Baghdad to Timbuktu

with

Yaroslav Trofimov
The Wall Street Journal

May 17, 2005
12:30 - 2 pm

Open Society Institute
Third Floor, Room 3B
400 West 59th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues)
New York, NY 10019
USA

Yaroslav Trofimov has been the Wall Street Journal s Middle East reporter 
since 2001. Trofimov s new book, Faith at War, is the result of his travels 
across the Islamic world, encapsulating experiences of two major wars and 
countless smaller conflicts in over a dozen Muslim lands. Drawing on 
reporting from more than a dozen Islamic countries, Faith at War offers a 
portrait of the Muslim world after September 11. Trofimov engages the 
ordinary Muslims, influential clerics, warlords, jihadis, intellectuals and 
heads of state in conversations that reveal the Muslim world from a new 
perspective.

To RSVP please e-mail a response to akangaspuntasorosny.org.

Name: 
Affiliation:

SYMPOSIUM- Amir Timur and his Heritage, May 26-27, Istanbul

Posted by: Abdulvahap Kara <kara_vahapyahoo.com>
Posted: 11 May 2005


Sempozyuma Davet/Invitation to the Symposium

Olumunun 600. Yildonumunde Emir Timur Ve Mirasi Uluslar Arasi Sempozyumu

International Symposium on Amir Timur and his Heritage on the 600th 
Anniversary of his Death

Mimar Sinan Guzel Sanatlar Universitesi/Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Department of History/Tarih Bolumu
Istanbul, Turkey

26-27 Mayis 2005/May 26-27, 2005

Programme/Program

May 26th, 2005 Thursday 1. Day/Gun 26 Mayis 2005 Persembes

Opening Session - Acilis Oturumu 10:10-10:25

1. Session/Oturum
Chairman/Baskan: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kafali
Deputy Chairman / Baskan Yardimcisi: Prof. Bazar Orinbayev

10:30
Assos. Prof. Juliboy Eltazarov
Iki Benzer Turk Buyugu: Emir Timur ve Ataturk

10:45
Prof. Dr. Bazar Orinbayev
Emir Timur'un Ogutleri

11:00
Ogr. Gor. Sharipa Alimova
Management of Amir Temur

11:15
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kafal1
Timur'un Sahsiyeti

11:30
Doc. Dr. Hayrunnisa Alan
Timurlu Doneminde Hukumranl1k Anlay1s1

11:45
Dr. Ron Sela
A Reassessment of Amir Timur's Legacy in Central Asia

12:00-12:45 Discussion/Soru Cevap

Lunch/Yemek: 12:45-13:45


2. Session/Oturum
Chairman/Baskan: Prof. Dr. Gulcin Candarlioglu
Deputy Chairman/Baskan Yardimcisi: Ogr. Gor. Anvar Bakiyev

14:00
Prof. Dr. Osman F. Sertkaya
Temur Bek'in Toktam1s Han'a 1391 de Yapm1s Oldugu Seferin Arap ve Uygur 
Harfli Kitabeleri (Karsakpay Yaz1t1)

14:15
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Mustafa Das
Maresal Boucicaut'ya Gore Timur

14:30
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Tanju Oral
Timur'un Olumu, Cenaze Merasimi Ve Vasiyeti (Serafeddin Ali Yezdi'nin 
Zafername Adl1 Eserine Gore)

14:45
Dr. Musa Samil Yuksel
Timur, Tarih ve Ibn Haldun

15:00-15:20 Discussion/Soru Cevap

15:20 Tea Coffee Break/Cay Kahve Arasi

3. Session/Oturum
Chairman/Baskan: Prof. Dr. Osman Fikri Sertkaya
Deputy Chairman/Baskan Yardimcisi: Yrd. Doc. Dr. Tanju Oral

15:35
Prof. Dr. Gulcin Candarl1oglu
Ch'en Ch'eng Elcilik Raporu ve Timurlu Tarihi Ac1s1ndan Onemi

15:50
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Vehbi Gunay
XVII. yy. Osmanl1 Ayd1n1n Timur'a Bak1s1na Bir Ornek : Evliya Celebi 
Seyahatnamesi

16:05
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Abdurrahman Sag1rl1
Emir Timur'un Hayat1 ve Evlatlar1 Hakk1nda Mehmed b. Mehmed er-Rumi 
(Edirneli)'nin Nuhbetu't-tevarih ve 'l-ahbar'1nda Verilen Bilgiler

16:20
Ogr. Gor. Anvar Bak1yev
Comparative Anaysis os Timurids Geneology in Historiography

16:35 Discussion/Soru Cevap

17:05 Tea Coffee Break/Cay Kahve Arasi

4. Session/Oturum
Chairman/Baskan: Prof. Dr. Huseyin Salman
Deputy Chairman/Baskan Yardimcisi: Ogr. Gor. Mohinur Abdullah


17:20
Prof. Dr. Huseyin Salman
Timur'un Bati Anadolu'daki Faaliyetleri

17:35
Ogr. Gor. Metanet Azizgizi Aliyeva
Azerbaycan'da Emir Teymur'u Heyrete Getiren Elince Kalasi

17:50
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Ali Sinan Bilgili
Timur Han'in Azerbaycan Faaliyetleri

18:05
Ogr. Gor. Mohinur Abdullah
The Financial policy of Amir Temur (on basis of present Uzbekistan territory 
and particularly in Semerkand city)

18:20 Discussion/Soru Cevap

May 27th 2005 Friday 2. Day/Gun 27 Mayis 2005 Cumak

5. Session/Oturum
Chairman/Baskan: Prof. Dr. Bekmurat Yoldasev
Deputy Chairman / Baskan Yardimcisi: Mim. Claudio Rubini

09:30
Prof. Dr. Gonul Cantay
Timurlu Donemi Sanat1 ile Erken Osmanl1 Donemi Sanat1 Aras1ndaki Iliskiler

09:45
Prof. Dr. Banu Mahir
Timurlu ve Baburlu Minyaturlerinde Cad1r Tipleri

10:00
Doc. Dr. Yasar Coruhlu
Timurlu Donemi Cini ve Keramik Sanat1nda Hayvan Figurleri

10:15
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Recep Uslu
Osmanl1lar ve Timur Aras1nda Iki Muzisyenin Yolculugu

10:30
Dr. Sevay At1lgan
Kitap Sanat1 Ac1s1ndan Timurlu-Karakoyunlu Iliskileri

10:45
Mim. Claudio Rubini
Samarkand. The City of the Timurid Power

11:00 Discussion/Soru Cevap

11:30 Tea Coffee Break/Cay Kahve Arasi

6. Session/Oturum
Chairman/Baskan: Prof. Dr. Banu Mahir
Deputy Chairman/Baskan Yardimcisi: Yrd. Doc. Dr. Zeki Tastan

11:45
Prof. Dr. Bekmurat Yoldasev
Ozbek Edebiyat1nda Emir Timur'un Cizgileri

12:00
Doc. Dr. Timur Kocaoglu
Emir Timur'un Degisen Portresi: Zeki Velidi Togan'dan Gunumuze Modern 
Tarihcilerin Timur'u Farkl1 Yorumlar1 (1912-2005)

12:15
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Zeki Tastan
Turk Edebiyat1nda Timur'u ele Alan Ilk Roman: Dundar Alp, Sark1n En Buyuk 
Hukumdar1 Timurlenk (1914)

12:30
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Mehmet Metin Barl1k
XVI. yy. Oyun Yazarlarindan Chritopher Marlowe'un Gozuyle Timur (1587)

12:45 Discussion/Soru Cevap

13:00-14:00 Lunch/Yemek

7. Session /Oturum
Chairman / Baskan: Yrd. Doc. Dr. Necdet Tosun
Deputy Chairman / Baskan Yardimcisi: Dr.Djeloloddin Z. Mirzaev

14:00
Dr. Djloloddin Z. Mirzaev
Timurids Sayyids of Termez

14:15
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Necdet Tosun
Timur ve Timurlular'in Tasavvuf Ehli ile Munasebetleri

14.30
Yrd. Doc. Dr. Mehmet Tezcan
Timur Devrinde Din-Devlet Iliskileri ve Timur'un Din Adamlarina Bakisi

14:45 Discussion/Soru Cevap

15:15 Tea Coffee Break/Cay Kahve Arasi

Assessments and Presentations of Honory Plaques/Degerlendirme Ve Tesekkur 
Belgelerinin Dagitilmasi 15:30 - 16:00

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kafali
Prof. Dr. Bazar Orinbayev
Doc. Dr. Timur Kocaoglu

Farewell to the Audience and Symposium Participants/Dinleyiciler Ve 
Sempozyum Katilimcilariyla Vedalasma

Prof. Dr. Gulcin Candarlioglu
Head of the History Department

Contact persons for the symposium:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hayrunnisa Alan
hayrun2001yahoo.com

Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdulvahap Kara
kara_vahapyahoo.com

Address:

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
History Department of the Science and Literature Faculty
Meclis-i Mebusan cad. Orya Han no: 85
34347 Findikli
Istanbul
Turkey

Tel: (0212) 243 57 60 - 61 / 136
Fax: (0212) 243 57 62

LECTURE- Mithradates I, the Parthian King and his Legacy for Iran, May 18, Toronto

Posted by: Nader Rastegar <bameqyahoo.com>
Posted: 9 May 2005


University of Toronto
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations and
Department of Historical Studies-UTM
Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies

Present a Lecture by:

Dr. G.R.F. Assar

"Mithradates I, the Parthian King and his Legacy for Iran"

Wednesday, 18 May 2005
4:00 p.m.

Bancroft Building, Room 200B
4 Bancroft Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Bancroft Building (BF) is located just north-east of Spadina Circle, on 
Bancroft Avenue.

For a map go to:

http://www.utoronto.ca/nmc/contact/index.html

For more information contact:

Professor Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi
E-mail: <m.tavakoliutoronto.ca>
Tel: 416-978-5039

This lecture is sponsored by the Morteza Rastegar Family Endowment and 
Maclaren USA.

LECTURE- Iranian-Americans and the Question of Identity, May 28, UC Irvine

Posted by: Nader Rastegar <bameqyahoo.com>
Posted: 3 May 2005


Jointly Sponsored by The Iranica Institute, Irvine, California and The Newly 
Dedicated Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, 
University of California, Irvine.

Lecture given by:

Dr. M. R. Ghanoonparvar
Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature
The University of Texas at Austin

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2005.
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 P.M.

Location:

Humanities Hall, Room 178
UC Irvine Campus
Irvine, California

For more information contact:

Professor Evangelos Venetis
E-mail: E.Venetissms.ed.ac.uk>

This lecture is free and open to ALL.

Within the context of the question of Iranian and Iranian-American identity, 
Professor Ghanoonparvar will discuss cultural, linguistic, literary, and 
other aspects of identity and address individual and collective 
responsibilities in regard to helping to preserve and promote the teaching 
of Persian language and literature, especially in American colleges and 
universities.

M. R. Ghanoonparvar has authored many books including:

 - Prophets of Doom: Literature as a Socio-Political Phenomenon in Modern 
   Iran (1984)
 - In a Persian Mirror: Images of the West and Westerners in Iranian Fiction 
   (1993)
 - Translating the Garden (2001).

He has edited several volumes including:

 - Iranian Drama: an Anthology (1989)
 - In Transition: Essays on Culture and Identity in Middle Eastern Societies 
   (1994)
 - Gholamhoseyn Saedie's Othello in wonderland and Mirror-Polishing 
   Storytellers (1996)
 - and Monir Ravanipur's Satan Stones (1996) and Kanizu (2004).

And he has translated numerous books including:

 - Jalal Al-e Ahmad's By the Pen (1988)
 - Sadeq Chubak's The Patient Stone (1989)
 - Javad Jafari's The last love of the princess (1989)
 - Simin Daneshvar's Savushun (1990)
 - Ahmad Kasravi's On Islam and Shiism (1990)
 - Sadeq Hedayat's The Myth of Creation (1998)
 - and Reading Chubak (2005).

The Iranica Institute is an Educational and Cultural Organization 
established in 1995 by a former college professor, Dr. Ahmad Kamron Jabbari. 
It has since grown into an international network of scholars, educators, 
artists and everyone who is interested in the issues that concern a 
geographic area, historically known as the Iranicas [Eranshahr]. This area 
includes the following: Iran (Persia), Armenia, Eastern Turkey (Anatolia), 
Georgia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of India, 
Central Asian countries of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizistan, 
Turkmenistan, and Kazakstan, parts of ancient Mesopotamia, ethnic people 
such as the Jews, the Kurds and the Assyrians, and the countries around the 
Persian Gulf.

The Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, established 
endowed by Dr. Fariborz Maseeh, The Massiah Foundation and UC Irvine, is 
housed within the School of Humanities in collaboration with the Claire 
Trevor School of the Arts. The Center is dedicated to drawing on the 
strengths of the entire UC Irvine campus and serves as a resource for the 
research, instruction, and celebration of Persian history and culture.

Directions:

Please click on this link: www.uci.edu/campusmap/freeway.html or call 
(949)824-8799.

Parking:

Use MESA parking structure on Mesa Road, adjacent to the Bren Events Center.

SEMINAR- Donald MacLaren, Georgia: What's Going On?, May 17, SOAS-Univ. of London

Posted by: Nim Nijjer <nn2SOAS.AC.UK>
Posted: 3 May 2005


The British Georgian Society in cooperation with the SOAS Centre for 
Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus present:

Speaker: Donald MacLaren, British Ambassador to Georgia

Title: Georgia: What's Going On?

Date and Time: 17th May at 6.30 pm

Location:

B102 (Brunei Gallery)
School of Oriental and African Studies (Main Building)
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1H OXG
United Kingdom

A reception to follow the talk.

All Welcome

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Bhavna Dave
Email: bd4soas.ac.uk
Tel: 0207 898 4734

Mrs Nim Nijjer
Email: centressoas.ac.uk
Tel: 0207 898 4893

OSI FORUM- Edil Baisalov, Change of Power in Kyrgyzstan, May 6, New York City

Posted by: Anu Kangaspunta-Garfield <akangaspuntasorosny.org>
Posted: 29 Apr 2005


Please note that you must RSVP by Wednesday May 4. The event is held outside 
OSI and you need to bring a photo ID to attend. Thank you.

The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend:

Change of Power in Kyrgyzstan: Making Sense of the Revolution

with

Edil Baisalov
President
Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society, Kyrgyzstan

Friday, May 6, 2005
12:30 - 2:00 pm

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Room 24A
1133 Ave of the Americas (between 43rd and 44th St)
New York, NY 10036

Edil Baisalov is the leader of the Coalition for Civil Society and 
Democracy, a coalition of Kyrgyz NGOs.  One of Kyrgyzstan's best-known 
advocates for civil society, Baisalov has been closely following the 
developments before and after Akaev s removal from power.  Baisalov will 
discuss the causes and consequences of the recent power change in Kyrgyzstan.

To RSVP please e-mail a response by Wednesday May 4 to 
akangaspuntasorosny.org.

Name: 
Affiliation:

FORUM- Lan Bentsen, A Vision for Georgia's Economic Future, May 5, Washington DC

Posted by: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute <caci2jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 28 Apr 2005


W.P. Carey Forum co-sponsored with The Georgia Forum

"A Vision for Georgia's Economic Future"

Lan Bentsen
Founder and Director, Frontera Resources

Discussant:

Ross Harrison
Georgetown University

Moderator:

Ambassador David Smith
Chairman, Georgia Forum
Chief Operating Officer, National Institute for Public Policy

Thursday, May 5, 5-7 pm

School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Rome Auditorium
Washington DC

Economic development is the key to Georgia's future stability, prosperity, 
and Euro-Atlantic aspirations.  What strategy should Georgia develop to 
foster its economic prospects?  How can it leverage its geographic location? 
 What industries should it prioritize?  What infrastructure projects should 
be pursued? How can it finance such a strategy?  These are just a few of the 
questions the panelists will address in examining a new vision for Georgia's 
economic future.

Lan Bentsen is the Honorary Consul representing the Republic of Georgia in 
Houston. He is a Founder and Director of the publicly traded Frontera 
Resources (L:FRR). Frontera is the first company operating primarily in 
Georgia to be taken public by a major investment banking firm (Morgan 
Stanley).  Mr. Bentsen has developed several hundred million dollars in real 
estate projects across the United States, and founded a U.S. based asset 
management company which grew to 2,000 employees, managing a $2 billion real 
estate portfolio. He is a member of the World President's Organization, a 
national Fellow of the American Leadership Forum, and serves on the Texas 
Board of the Children's Defense Fund.

Ross Harrison is an Adjunct Professor in the Walsh School of Foreign Service 
at Georgetown University.  He is also Treasurer of the America-Georgia 
Business Council.  Until January 2005, Mr. Harrison was Executive Vice 
President of Tapco International, a world-wide manufacturer of exterior 
building products, and President and CEO of Builders Edge, one of the 
company's nine operating divisions.

To RSVP, please send an email with your name and affiliation to 
caci2mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu or call (202) 663-7721.

OSI FORUM- Hugh Pope, The Rise of the Turkic World, May 4, New York City

Posted by: Anu Kangaspunta-Garfield <akangaspuntasorosny.org>
Posted: 28 Apr 2005


The Middle East Initiatives invite you to attend:

Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World

with

Hugh Pope
The Wall Street Journal

Wednesday, May 4, 2005
12:30 - 2 pm

Open Society Institute
Room 3A
400 West 59th Street (between 9th and 10th)
New York, NY 10019

Foreign correspondent Hugh Pope has written from 30 countries during 25 
years of travels in the Turkic world and broader Middle East, reporting for 
the Independent, Los Angeles Times, BBC and Reuters. For the past eight 
years, he has run The Wall Street Journal's news bureau in Istanbul.

In his new book, Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World, Pope 
discusses the recent social, political and economic successes of major 
Turkic states. Five hundred years ago, Turkic dynasties controlled large 
areas of India, the Balkans, Russia, China, and the Middle East.  Pope 
argues that Turkic states are now rising again. Their biggest state, Turkey, 
has the largest economy and army between Europe and India. Propelled by new 
Caspian oil wealth, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are also emerging powers in 
the region. Pope also discusses the role of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and 
Kyrgyzstan in the new Turkic world.

To RSVP please e-mail a response to akangaspuntasorosny.org.

SYMPOSIUM- Crisis in Chechnya, April 30, University of Washington, Seattle

Posted by: Almut Rochowanski <almutchechnyaadvocacy.org>
Posted: 27 Apr 2005


Crisis in Chechnya
Films and Discussions at University of Washington, Seattle

April 30, 2005
10:00 am - 1:30 pm

Smith Hall 205
The Ellison Center
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Through documentary films and speakers intimately familiar with Russia's 
long-brewing conflict in the North Caucasus. This symposium will highlight 
the historical and political causes of the war in Chechnya, examine the 
effects of the conflict on civilians on both sides and explore possible 
resolutions for the ongoing instability in the region. For more information, 
contact REECAS at 206-543-4852 or email reecasu.washington.edu or go to 
http://www.chechnyaadvocacy.org/events.html.

Panelists and Films:

Mikhail Alexseev, Associate Professor of Political Science at San Diego 
State University
"Russia's Survival Dilemma: From Insecurity in Moscow to Bloodshed in 
Chechnya."

"Inside Chechnya" (1999), an International Emmy Award winning BBC 
documentary, directed by Raisa
Talkhanova, the first in-depth report from behind Russian lines in November 
1999.

Raisa Talkhanova, Director of the film Inside Chechnya
"Inside Chechnya: What Has Changed in Five Years?"

Albina Digaeva, a Chechen refugee living in the United States
"Insights from a Refugee."

"Terror Strikes Moscow" (2003)
This documentary, by Dan Reed, tells the inside story of what happened in 
the besieged theatre in Moscow, October 2002.

CONF./CFP- Int'l Symposium on East Siberia & the North, Sept. 2005, Lake Baikal

Posted by: IPK VSGAKI <ipkvsgakinm.ru>
Posted: 26 Apr 2005


Web: http://www.vsgaki.burnet.ru

Application Deadline: May 16, 2005

Information letter

The East-Siberian State Academy of Culture and Arts together with the 
governmental structures and the bodies of education, science and culture 
will hold in Ulan-Ude and on Lake Baikal in September, 29-30, 2005 the 5th 
International scientific symposium "education, culture and humanitarian 
research of East Siberia and the North in the beginning of the XXI century 
("the Baikal meetings -5")".

The objectives of the symposium: the definition of the strategy of 
educational, cultural and humanitarian researches' development in East 
Siberia and in the North, interdisciplinary scientific examination of the 
contents, structure, functions and technologies of the professional training 
in the sphere of culture and art, their influence on the development of the 
region.

The basic directions of the symposium work:

 - Ethnoses of East Siberia and the North: history, modern condition, models 
of the future;
 - Social and economic, acsiological and ideological bases of modernized 
processes in Siberia;
 - The humanities today;
 - Culture:  condition and prospects of development;
 - Traditions and innovations in culture;
 - Problems of peoples' adaptation  of traditional values in the changeable 
world;
 - Culture of interethnic and interreligous relations;
 - Problems of the intercultural communications;
 - The person in the cultural space of the region;
 - Ethnocultural consciousness of modern person;
 - Establishments of culture and their place in a modern society;
 - Ethnocultural preparation in the structure of general and professional 
education;
 - The national component of education;
 - Informational culture of a modern society,
 - Professional art in structure of a modern society.

Representation of the materials concerning other regions of Russia and the 
world is possible.

The organizing committee invites scientists of different scientific fields, 
teachers of educational institutions of all levels, practitioners of 
professional art, culture and other experts to take part in the symposium.

Working languages: Russian, Buryat, Yakut, Tuva, English, German, French, 
Mongolian.

To take part in the symposium it is necessary to send the following 
documents to the organizing committee:

1. the text of the report (ready for the publication) in a printed and 
   electronic variant (ipkvsgakinm.ru), in format of Word for Windows,
through 
   1,5 intervals, the type 14, fields of 2,5 sm, the report is 5-8 pages. 
   Footnotes and notes are at the end of the text, the list of the literature 
   is not published. An example: 2. Ivanov A.G. Expressive means of dance.
- M, 
   1999. - P. 35.
2. Annotation of your article in English (not more than 5 lines).
3. The information about the author of the report: first name, middle 
   initial, last name (completely), a scientific degree, an academic status, 
   place of work, the post address, e-mail, the contact phone.
4. Organizational payment only for the publication - at the rate of 50 
   roubles for I page.

Organizational payment for participation in the full program of the 
symposium including the publication in the scientific collection, the 
cultural program (including departure to Lake Baikal,visiting  the Dazhan, 
shaman cult places etc.) makes 1000 roubles. For foreign participants of the 
symposium the sum of the organizational payment is 300 US dollars.

Deadline May 16, 2005

The settlement account for transfer of organizational payments:

INN - 0323062117 Management of Federal exchequer of the Republic Buryatiya 
(of FSEV HPE the ESSSACA.)

INN-0323015773
KPP-032301001
the account - 40503 810700001000001
BIK-048142001
Russia in Ulan-Ude
In purpose of payment: a code - 05830301010010000151 l/s - 06056086400

The collection of the material of the symposium will be published by its 
beginning.

The address of the Organizing Committee:

Kuznetsova E.V.
Organizing Committee
Tereshkov St., 1
670031 Ulan-Ude
Republic of Buryatiya
Russia
Fax: (3012) 23-54-77, 23-27-97

E-mail: ipkvsgakinm.ru

The information is also placed on the web site: www.vsgaki.burnet.ru

Phones for more information:

Elena Vasiljevna Kuznetsova: (3012) 23-23-45

International department:(3012) 23-50-61

Vice-Rector on scientific work:(3012) 23-29-83

Travel expenses are due to the directing organization.

Yours faithfully,

The chairman of the Organizing Committee,
Rector of FSEV HPE the ESSSACA.,
The professor, academic HS AS R.I. Pshenichnikova

FORUM- Amb. Stephen Young, Kyrgyzstan's Path toward Democracy, May 4, Washington DC

Posted by: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute <caci2jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 25 Apr 2005


W. P. Carey Forum

"Kyrgyzstan's Path toward Democracy"

Stephen Young
Ambassador of the United States to the Kyrgyz Republic

Wednesday, May 4, 5-7 PM
Reception at 6.30 pm

School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Rome Auditorium
Washington, DC

Few American Ambassadors have faced a situation as complex and trying as 
Ambassador Young recently did.  Protests against a fraudulent Parliamentary 
election developed into demonstrations in the south, then in Bishkek, 
President Akaev fled the country, and disparate groups of oppositionists 
took power.  The Kyrgyz upheaval showed the same general dissatisfaction as 
in Georgia and Ukraine, but with a far less organized and Western-influenced 
opposition.  Ambassador Young will discuss the crisis and Kyrgyzstan's 
chances of consolidating democratic rule.

Dr. Stephen M. Young of New Hampshire, a career member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, was nominated on April 1, 2003 to serve as the next Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
Kyrgyz Republic, and confirmed by the Senate on April 11.

Prior to his appointment as U.S. Ambassador, Steve Young was the Director of 
the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs in the East Asian and Pacific 
Bureau of the Department of State from July 2002 to June, 2003. From 2001 to 
June 2002, he was Director of the Office of Pakistan, Afghanistan and 
Bangladesh Affairs in the South Asian Bureau.  Prior to this assignment, 
from summer of 1998 to summer of 2001, he was Deputy Director of the 
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), America's unofficial office in Taipei. 
Earlier in his career, Mr. Young served as Director of the Office of 
Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs in the Department and as Desk Officer on 
the Russian Desk. His previous overseas assignments include Beijing, Moscow 
(twice), and Taipei. Mr. Young joined the Foreign Service in 1980.

Dr. Young is a graduate with High Honors in History of Wesleyan University 
(1973). He has a PhD (1980) and MA (1974) in History from the University of 
Chicago.

To RSVP, please send an email with your name and affiliation to 
caci2mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu or call (202) 663-7721.

LECTURE- Communications between Central Asia & Ming China, April 26, Beijing

Posted by: Zhengyin Liu <liuzhengyinyahoo.com>
Posted: 21 Apr 2005


"Some notes on the Communications between Central Asia and Ming China"

Ralph Kauz, Phd (habil)
Institute of Iranian Studies
Austrian Academy of Sciences

Tuesday, April 26, 2:00-4:00 PM

Central Hall
Institute of Ethnology & Anthropology
27 Zhongguancun Nandajie
Beijing, China

Sponsored by Department of History
Institute of Ethnology & Anthropology
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

CONF./CFP- Central Asian Teachers of English Conference, June 2005, Dushanbe

Posted by: Almaz Saifutdinov <Saifutdinovstate.gov>
Posted: 20 Apr 2005


Fourth Annual Central Asian Teachers of English Conference to be Held in 
Dushanbe, June 24-26, 2005

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe, in cooperation with the Tajik Ministry of 
Education, announces that the U.S. Department of State will host the Fourth 
Annual Central Asian Teachers of English Conference (CATEC) in Dushanbe June 
24-26, 2005.  About 200 English teachers from the five Central Asian 
republics are expected to participate.  The theme of CATEC-2005 is "Crossing 
Mountains for Educational Development."

CATEC-2005 will provide English teachers from across the region the 
opportunity to discuss modern aspects of English-language teaching.  
Conference participants will share their experiences incorporating the 
latest language teaching methodology into English language classrooms 
throughout Central Asia.  They will also learn new techniques that train 
students to interact freely and express their opinions and ideas in English. 
 In addition, the topic of classroom assessment will be discussed in detail 
throughout the conference.

The application for participation in the 2005 Central Asian Teachers of 
English Conference is attached.  Up to 60 English teachers from Tajikistan 
will be selected to participate in the conference, and receive funds for 
travel and lodging.  Participants will be selected upon the basis of their 
application and conference session proposals.  Applicants who have not 
participated in this type of conference before will be given preference.  
English teachers from other Central Asian countries should contact the 
Public Affairs office of the U.S. Embassy in their respective countries for 
more information on application and selection procedures.

For additional information, please contact the public diplomacy section of 
the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe at Tel.: 21-03-48/50/52/54 or via Fax: 21-03-62.

THE FOURTH ANNUAL CENTRAL ASIAN TEACHERS OF ENGLISH CONFERENCE (CATEC) 
"Crossing Mountains for Educational Development" June 24-26, 2005, Dushanbe, 
Tajikistan

Name: E-mail:
Address:
Work phone:
Institution/school:
Fax number:
City/Province/Country:

English Teaching Experience:

List participated English Teaching related seminars and conferences:

Are you an alumna/alumnus of (circle one): TEA, JFDP, Muskie Ugrad, 
Humphrey, Fulbright, Other (please list):

Title of Proposal: (limited to seven words)

Type of Session: (mark ONE box only):
 - Paper Presentation (15-30 minutes)
 - Poster Session (60 minutes)
 - Workshop/Demonstration (80 minutes)

Content Area: (mark ONE box only)
 - Assessment/Testing
 - Content-based Instruction
 - Second Language Acquisition
 - Curriculum/Materials Development
 - Sociolinguistics/Culture
 - English for Specific Purposes
 - Speaking/Pronunciation
 - Grammar
 - Teacher Training
 - Listening Skills
 - Translation/Interpretation
 - Literature/Arts/Media
 - Vocabulary/Lexicon
 - Reading/Literacy
 - Writing Skills

Circle any of the following equipment if needed:

Overhead projector
TV/video
Tape recorder
Black/white board
Flipchart/Marker

Abstract of proposal (not to exceed 50 words): Deadline for Tajik applicants 
is May 20, 2005.

LECTURE- Religious Freedom in Post-Soviet Societies, May 9, Washington DC

Posted by: Amy Hirschauer <ahirschauerirex.org>
Posted: 19 Apr 2005


You are cordially invited to an afternoon Lecture and Reception:

Religious Freedom and Church-State Relations in Post-Soviet Societies

A program of IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board), sponsored 
by the Starr Foundation.

Date: Monday, May 9, 2005

Location:
IREX
2121 K Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20037

Time: 3:30 pm

RSVP:
By May 2 to Amy Hirschauer at ahirschauerirex.org or 202-628-8188 ext. 140.

Light refreshments will be provided at a reception following the presentation.

Moderator:

Catherine Cosman
Senior Policy Analyst
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)

Presenters:

Abdullo Hakim
Assistant to First Deputy Prime Minister
Government of Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
US Department of State Contemporary Issues Fellow

Vladimir Plamadeala
Senior Consultant
Christian Democratic People s Party Faction
Parliament of the Republic of Moldova
Chisinau, Moldova
US Department of State Contemporary Issues Fellow

About the Contemporary Issues Fellowship (CI) Program - CI is a Bureau of 
Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State-sponsored program 
that to date has provided nearly 1,000 of Eurasia's most influential and 
energetic professionals, including local and national government officials, 
NGO leaders, political advisors, journalists, lawyers, and public health 
experts, with the opportunity to conduct focused research and analysis in 
the US on crucial contemporary policy issues affecting their countries. In 
partnership with over 500 top-ranked universities, government agencies, and 
think tanks throughout the United States, CI fellows have had the 
opportunity to access vital, new knowledge and skills that they have used in 
developing new local and national policy in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, 
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

LECTURE- Kaisha Atakhanova, 2005 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, April 26, Wash DC

Posted by: Sada Aksartova <sadaprinceton.edu>
Posted: 19 Apr 2005


2005 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Kaisha Atakhanova from Kazakhstan 
will speak at the Kennan Institute's Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
Scholars in Washington DC on April 26, 2005, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Atakhanova, 47, is leading the campaign to prevent nuclear waste from being 
commercially imported into the Republic of Kazakhstan. A biologist 
specializing in the genetic effects of nuclear radiation, Atakhanova founded 
and directs the Karaganda Ecological Center (known as EcoCenter), which 
promotes grassroots democracy-building and environmental protection within 
government and civil society.

A Devastating Soviet Legacy

The entire Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan is highly polluted by 
nuclear contamination, a 40-year legacy it inherited from Soviet rule. 
Radiation resulting from nuclear testing equal to the explosion of 20,000 
Hiroshima bombs contaminated the country's crops, land, and livestock, and 
caused severe health problems among local people. Kazakhstan currently 
houses 237 million tons of radioactive waste at more than 500 locations. 
Experts say that nearly one out of every 10 Kazakh citizens is directly 
affected by the Soviet nuclear legacy.

A New Nuclear Threat

In June 2001, KazAtomProm, the commercial branch of the Kazakh State 
Committee on Nuclear Energy, quietly introduced legislation to allow nuclear 
waste to be imported commercially for disposal in Kazakhstan. The move 
directly challenged existing legislation outlawing such importation. The 
money (potentially in the billions) would be used to help Kazakhstan deal 
with its own nuclear waste problems, proponents said.

When news of the KazAtomProm plan was leaked to the public, Atakhanova 
organized a meeting of NGO leaders to plan a campaign against the 
legislation. Fifteen organizations formed a steering committee to reach out 
to other NGOs across the country and build a campaign against the proposed 
change in law. Eventually, 60 NGOs joined the grassroots network and 
challenged the assertion that nuclear waste importation would generate large 
revenues for the country. Their argument was threefold: Kazakhstan is a 
country rich in oil, gas, and other natural resources, which precludes the 
need to raise money by importing radioactive waste; increased nuclear 
contamination would deter international tourists from traveling to the 
country; and, because corruption in Kazakhstan is rampant, there would be no 
guarantees that the revenues would be spent wisely.

Grassroots Victory in the Halls of Power

Learning that the vote was scheduled for January 2003, Atakhanova helped 
develop a New Year's letter that was sent to all Parliament members via 
registered mail, asking them to state their intended vote on the issue. 
Atakhanova exposed the ministers' votes and ultimately influenced them to 
declare that they would not pursue the importation of nuclear waste. At 
almost the same time, the Kazakh Parliament proposed legislation that would 
weaken civil society organizations and limit their ability to organize 
against the government. Atakhanova and her colleagues lobbied against this 
legislation, and the president withdrew it from consideration in October 2003.

Creating a Roadmap for Democracy

As a result of Atakhanova's efforts, the nuclear waste legislation not only 
was stopped, but the visibility of nuclear contamination issues has reached 
new heights across the country. The budding grassroots civil society 
movement asserted its right and ability to challenge the government's 
anti-democratic interests in an entirely new way. In addition, under 
Atakhanova's leadership, EcoCenter has helped develop an environmental 
movement through EcoForum, a network of more than 100 NGOs nationwide.

Goldman Environmental Prize

Founded in 1990, the Goldman Environmental Prize awards $750,000 annually to 
environmental heroes from six continental regions. Nominated confidentially 
by a network of renowned environmental organizations and environmental 
experts, recipients are chosen for their sustained and important 
environmental achievements. The Prize offers these environmental heroes the 
recognition, visibility, and credibility their efforts deserve. For more 
information on the prize, please see: http://www.goldmanprize.org/

Kennan Institute (covering Russia and surrounding states)
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
USA
Email: kennanwwic.si.edu
Tel: (202) 691-4100

CONF./CFP- Gift in Turkic Culture, Nov. 2005, Marmara University, Istanbul

Posted by: Emine Gursoy-Naskali <naskalitnn.net>
Posted: 18 Apr 2005


Call for Papers:

The Center for Turkic Studies of Marmara University (Istanbul) is organising 
a symposium on:

"Gift in Turkic Culture"

16-17 November 2005

Center for Turkic Studies
Marmara University
Istanbul, Turkey

The purpose of the symposium is to document and analyse the occasion, 
function, meaning and types of gifts in Turkic culture. The distinction 
between gift, sacrifice, bribe etc., the traditional and legal aspects of 
this differentiation come under the interest of the symposium. You may 
approach the subject as a historian, anthropologist, philologist, 
folklorist, art historian...

If you would like to participate in this symposium, please send us the title 
and a very brief summary of your paper by 2 September 2005.

There is no participation fee; travel, board and lodging expenses must be 
met by the participants.

Prof. Emine Gursoy Naskali
Dr. Aylin Koc

Mailing address:

Dr. Aylin Koc
Secretary to the Symposium
Email: aykocturk.net

Marmara Universitesi
Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi
Turk Dili ve Edebiyati Bolumu
Goztepe, Istanbul, Turkey

Work: (0216) 347 96 41-1115
Fax: (0216) 347 87 83
Cell: 0 542 697 13 50

Prof. Dr. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
Director of the Center for Turkic Studies
E-mail: naskalitnn.net

CONFERENCE- Gender Issues in Central Asia & the Caucasus, April 29, CERES, Georgetown Univ.

Posted by: Andy Pino <pinoageorgetown.edu>
Posted: 15 Apr 2005


The Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

cordially invites you to a conference on

Gender Issues in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Emerging Challenges, 
Emerging Opportunities

with

Laura Adams, Princeton University
Zeyno Baran, The Nixon Center
Armine Ishkanian, The London School of Economics
Marianne Kamp, University of Wyoming
Kathleen Kuehnast, The World Bank
Douglas Northrop, University of Michigan
Cynthia Werner, Texas A&M University

Friday, April 29, 2005
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
(Breakfast begins at 8:30 AM)

Georgetown University Conference Center
Washington, DC

Lunch will be served. Space is limited.

RSVP required to 202.687.6080 or guceresgeorgetown.edu

Please include name, title, affiliation, and email or fax number with RSVP.

CONF./CFP- The Cotton Sector in Central Asia, Nov. 2005, SOAS, Univ. of London

Posted by: Nim Nijjer <nn2soas.ac.uk>
Posted: 14 Apr 2005


Conference: Call for Papers

The Cotton Sector in Central Asia: Economic Policy and Development Challenges
November 3-4, 2005, London

Organized by:

Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus
SOAS, University of London

Date:

November 3-4, 2005

Venue:

School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
Thornhaugh Street
London WC1 0XG
United Kingdom

Objective:

To promote a comprehensive policy dialogue on different aspects of the 
operations of the cotton sector in Central Asia from macro-economic impact 
to social and environmental consequences.

Please submit the paper proposal in Word format by June 1, 2005 to 
cotconfsoas.ac.uk including:

1) Your name, address, position and place of employment or study;
2) What language your paper presentation will be in;
3) Paper abstract of 400-500 words with the title and brief description of 
   your proposed paper, including what data or sources of information you will 
   be drawing upon;
4) A biographical summary of 300 words describing your educational and 
   professional background.
5) List of your publications relating to the theme of the conference

If your paper is selected you will be informed by July 30, 2005.

Note: SOAS will be able to support travel and accommodation costs only to a 
limited number of participants

LECTURE- The Armenian Genocide & Historical Memory, April 25, Urbana, Illinois

Posted by: Zaruhi Sahakyan <zaruhi.sahakyanyale.edu>
Posted: 14 Apr 2005


In commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide and Historical Memory

Dr. Robert O. Krikorian
Professorial Lecturer at the Elliott School of International Affairs,
George Washington University

The event is open to public.

Where:

Illini Union, Room 210
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1401 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801

When:

Monday, April 25th, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM, 2005

For more info please visit: http://www.uiuc.edu/arma

Zaruhi Sahakyan
Armenian Association
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

OSI FORUM- Muborak Sharipova, Women in Tajikistan, April 19, New York City

Posted by: Anu Kangaspunta-Garfield <akangaspuntasorosny.org>
Posted: 14 Apr 2005


The Central Eurasia Project invites you to attend:

Women in Tajikistan: Post-election Realities for Change

with

Dr. Muborak Sharipova
Director, Open Asia Denmark

Tuesday, April 19, 2005
12:30 - 2:00 pm

Open Society Institute
400 West 59th St (between 9th and 10th Avenues)
Third Floor, Room 3B
New York, NY 10019

Dr. Muborak Sharipova is the co-founder of Open Asia, an international NGO 
that supports local civil society initiatives in Afghanistan, Iran, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan with offices in France, 
Denmark and Tajikistan. Dr. Sharipova, a former university teacher and a 
specialist in sociology, was forced to leave Tajikistan shortly after the 
civil war broke out in 1992. In 1993-1997, she lived in Moscow and advised 
Human Rights Watch (Helsinki Watch) and the Russian Sociology Institute on 
issues of human rights and democracy in Central Asia. In 1996, she founded 
Open Asia with the mission to support the peace process and the development 
of civil society in Tajikistan. After the peace agreement was signed in 
1997, Dr. Sharipova returned to her country and became Senior Researcher at 
the sociology department of the Academy of Science of Tajikistan, 
concentrating on women s issues and providing advice and support for the 
Governmental National Committee for Women. Dr. Sharipova currently directs 
the Denmark office of Open Asia.

To RSVP please e-mail a response to akangaspuntasorosny.org.

Name: 
Affiliation: 

Lunch will be served.

LECTURE- US Strategic Interests in Central Asia, April 26, Columbia University

Posted by: Rafis Abazov <ra2044columbia.edu>
Posted: 13 Apr 2005


"US Strategic Interests in Central Asia and the Yellow Revolution in 
Kyrgyzstan"

John O'Keefe
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and former US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan

The Honorable John O'Keefe will talk about the US Strategic Interests in 
Central Asia in the post 9/11 environment and about implications of 
Kyrgyzstan's Yellow Revolution on US policy in the region.

All welcome

Moderator:

Rafis Abazov, Harriman Institute, author of "Historical Dictionary of 
Kyrgyzstan."

Place:

Room 1219, International Affairs Building
Harriman Institute, Columbia University
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027

Date and time:

12:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Refreshments provided

CONFERENCE- Asia Society's International Business Conference, June 2005, Almaty

Posted by: Cameron Jones <jonescAsiaSoc.org>
Posted: 13 Apr 2005


Asia Society's International Business Conference
"Kazakhstan Draws a New Wave of Investment: Strategies for Diversification 
and Sustainable Growth"

June 14-16, 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan
The Regent Almaty, The Ankara in Kazakhstan

Confirmed Opening Keynote Address:
His Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev, President, Republic of Kazakhstan

Global energy and security concerns have heightened the importance of the 
Central Asian states, and Kazakhstan is leading the way in integration with 
the global economy.  The country's political stability, skilled workforce, 
market-friendly policies and vast hydrocarbon reserves have combined to make 
it Asia's second-fastest growing economy in both 2003 and 2004.  Kazakhstan 
is deepening economic relations with the major players in Central Asia - the 
U.S., China and Russia - while simultaneously opening its door to a 
potential new wave of investment from countries throughout the Asian region.

What are the next steps for Kazakhstan in its effort to diversify its 
economy?  How will it develop the infrastructure necessary to sustain its 
rapid economic expansion?   Will Kazakhstan continue to improve its 
investment climate in order to grow partnerships with major global 
investors?  Where do the greatest opportunities lie for new economic ties 
between Kazakhstan and the rest of Asia?  Will the US-Central Asia TIFA 
yield a harmonization of intra-regional trade and investment?  How can 
Kazakh and international entrepreneurs capitalize on this more cohesive market?

The Asia Society's International Business Conference will explore how 
Kazakhstan is stepping up as an important player in the global economy and 
challenging the world's leading multinationals to participate in the 
region's rapid growth.

For additional conference information, including confirmed speakers and 
registration information, please contact:

Cameron Jones
Tel: +1 (212) 327-9356
Fax: +1 (212) 327-2280
E-mail: almaty2005asiasoc.org

CONF./CFP- Business at the Heart of Central Asia, Tashkent, Deadline Extended

Posted by: Daniel Stevens <dstevenswiut.uz>
Posted: 13 Apr 2005


Conference/Call for Papers - Deadline extended until 23 April 2005

Business at the Heart of Central Asia: Critical Issues of Competition and 
Competitiveness

Westminster International University in Tashkent
Tuesday 31st May 2005

Westminster International University in Tashkent invites all interested 
scholars and business leaders to submit paper proposals for a one day 
conference on the issues of competition and competitiveness and the 
implications for business. The selected theme is deliberately broad so as to 
include a variety of perspectives focusing both at the micro level of the 
firm and the macro level of the national economy. Papers can relate to any 
of the following themes:

 - Management and competitiveness strategies and successes
 - Legal perspectives on improving competitiveness and competition
 - Economics perspectives on increasing competitiveness at the micro level 
   and competition at the macro level
 - Role of information technology in increasing competitiveness, e-business 
   and e-commerce
 - Education's contribution to competitiveness and the prospects for 
   competition in the education sector.

Paper proposals can be submitted in English, Uzbek or Russian and after an 
opening plenary session in English most of the conference sessions will 
consist of small single language panels focusing on a particular aspect of 
the conference theme. Outstanding paper proposals from residents of regions 
of Uzbekistan other than Tashkent are eligible for a scholarship to cover 
travel and accommodation, courtesy of the British Council and other 
international organisations who are helping to support the conference. 
International participants are also very welcome, though the conference 
organizers cannot cover any of their costs.

The deadline for paper proposals has been extended until 23rd April 2005.

Please submit the paper proposal in Word format to conferencewiut.uz
including:

1) Your name, address, position and place of employment or study;
2) What language your paper presentation will be in;
3) Paper abstract of 200-300 words with the title and brief description of 
   your proposed paper, including what data or sources of information you will 
   be drawing upon;
4) A biographical summary of 200 words describing your educational and 
   professional background.

If your paper is selected you will be informed by 29th April 2005.

The conference host, Westminster International University in Tashkent, was 
founded upon the initiative of the President of Uzbekistan on January 16th 
2002 and delivers UK accredited degrees in business, economics, business 
computing and law. All courses are taught in English by a team of 
international and foreign trained lecturers and the University works in 
close partnership with the University of Westminster, London, UK. There are 
currently approximately five hundred students studying for Bachelors 
degrees, with the first graduates completing in June 2005. Westminster 
International University is planning to initiate Masters level courses 
beginning in the academic year 2005-2006 and is currently expanding its 
research activities.

More information about the university is available at http://www.wiut.uz

CONF./CFP- Int'l Symposium on East Siberia & the North, Sept. 2005, Lake Baikal

Posted by: IPK VSGAKI <ipkvsgakinm.ru>
Posted: 12 Apr 2005


Web: http://www.vsgaki.burnet.ru

Information letter

The East-Siberian State Academy of Culture and Arts together with the 
governmental structures and the bodies of education, science and culture 
will hold in Ulan-Ude and on Lake Baikal in September, 29-30, 2005 the 5th 
International scientific symposium "education, culture and humanitarian 
research of East Siberia and the North in the beginning of the XXI century 
("the Baikal meetings -5")".

The objectives of the symposium: the definition of the strategy of 
educational, cultural and humanitarian researches' development in East 
Siberia and in the North, interdisciplinary scientific examination of the 
contents, structure, functions and technologies of the professional training 
in the sphere of culture and art, their influence on the development of the 
region.

The basic directions of the symposium work:

 - Ethnoses of East Siberia and the North: history, modern condition, models 
   of the future;
 - Social and economic, acsiological and ideological bases of modernized 
   processes in Siberia;
 - The humanities today;
 - Culture:  condition and prospects of development;
 - Traditions and innovations in culture;
 - Problems of peoples' adaptation  of traditional values in the changeable 
   world;
 - Culture of interethnic and interreligous relations;
 - Problems of the intercultural communications;
 - The person in the cultural space of the region;
 - Ethnocultural consciousness of modern person;
 - Establishments of culture and their place in a modern society;
 - Ethnocultural preparation in the structure of general and professional 
   education;
 - The national component of education;
 - Informational culture of a modern society,
 - Professional art in structure of a modern society.

Representation of the materials concerning other regions of Russia and the 
world is possible.

The organizing committee invites scientists of different scientific fields, 
teachers of educational institutions of all levels, practitioners of 
professional art, culture and other experts to take part in the symposium.

Working languages: Russian, Buryat, Yakut, Tuva, English, German, French, 
Mongolian.

To take part in the symposium it is necessary to send the following 
documents to the organizing committee:

1. the text of the report (ready for the publication) in a printed and 
   electronic variant (ipkvsgakinm.ru), in format of Word for Windows,
through 
   1,5 intervals, the type 14, fields of 2,5 sm, the report is 5-8 pages. 
   Footnotes and notes are at the end of the text, the list of the literature 
   is not published. An example: 2. Ivanov A.G. Expressive means of dance.
- M, 
   1999. - P. 35.
2. Annotation of your article in English (not more than 5 lines).
3. The information about the author of the report: first name, middle 
   initial, last name (completely), a scientific degree, an academic status, 
   place of work, the post address, e-mail, the contact phone.
4. Organizational payment only for the publication - at the rate of 50 
   roubles for I page.

Organizational payment for participation in the full program of the 
symposium including the publication in the scientific collection, the 
cultural program (including departure to Lake Baikal,visiting  the Dazhan, 
shaman cult places etc.) makes 1000 roubles. For foreign participants of the 
symposium the sum of the organizational payment is 300 US dollars.

Deadline May, 16, 2005

The settlement account for transfer of organizational payments:

INN - 0323062117 Management of Federal exchequer of the Republic Buryatiya 
(of FSEV HPE the ESSSACA.)

INN-0323015773
???-032301001
the account - 40503 810700001000001
???-048142001
???? ?? ?? Russia in Ulan-Ude
In purpose of payment: a code - 05830301010010000151 ?/? - 06056086400

The collection of the material of the symposium will be published by its 
beginning.

The address of the Organizing Committee:

Kuznetsova E.V.
Organizing Committee
Tereshkov St., 1
670031 Ulan-Ude
Republic of Buryatiya
Russia
Fax: (3012) 23-54-77, 23-27-97

E-mail: ipkvsgakinm.ru

The information is also placed on the web site: www.vsgaki.burnet.ru

Phones for more information:

Elena Vasiljevna Kuznetsova: (3012) 23-23-45

International department:(3012) 23-50-61

Vice-Rector on scientific work:(3012) 23-29-83

Travel expenses are due to the directing organization.

Yours faithfully,

The chairman of the Organizing Committee,
Rector of FSEV HPE the ESSSACA.,
The professor, academic HS AS R.I. Pshenichnikova

FORUM- S. Frederick Starr, A Greater Central Asia Partnership, April 20, Washington DC

Posted by: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute <caci2jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 12 Apr 2005


W. P. Carey Forum

"A "Greater Central Asia Partnership" for Afghanistan and Its Neighbors".

S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute

April 20, 2005 5 PM-7PM (reception at 5PM)

School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Rome Auditorium
Washington, DC

Afghan reconstruction today is at a critical point. Security has greatly 
increased, a new constitution is in place, presidential elections have been 
held, macro-economic stability has been achieved, and governmental 
institutions are being built.  If progress continues, Afghanistan will 
emerge as a significant victory in the international war on terrorism.  If 
it flags, all the gains will be eroded.  Central Asia as a whole is also at 
a turning point. Following 9:11, the US entered into new understandings with 
every country in the region.  The resulting arrangements were explicitly 
linked with the mission in Afghanistan. To date, the US has given Central 
Asians no clear signals on its post-post-9:11 intentions. Because of this, 
and in spite of a decade of prior US activity in the region, local leaders 
are asking whether America's engagement with them is temporary. If it is, 
then whatever security has been created, and whatever progress has been 
achieved towards building market economies and law-based systems of 
governance, will be in jeopardy.  In this program Fred Starr will offer 
specific proposals on a possible future US policy that combines the entire 
region into a "Greater Central Asia Partnership."

To RSVP please send an email with your name and affiliation to 
caci2mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu or call (202) 663-7721.

CONFERENCE REMINDER- Signs & Secret Languages in Turkic Culture, April 2005, Istanbul

Posted by: Emine Gursoy-Naskali <naskalitnn.net>
Posted: 11 Apr 2005


Marmara University
Center for Turkic Studies

Symposium on

Signs and Secret Languages in Turkic Culture

All interested are cordially welcome.

Prof. Dr. Emine Gursoy-Naskali
Director of the Center for Turkic Studies

13 - 14 April 2005, 10.00
Marmara University, Goztepe Campus
Ziverbey, Istanbul.

Participants:

 - Doc. Dr. Engin Beksac (Sakarya) Erken Turk Sanatinin Gizli Dili: 
   Ikonografik ve Ikonolojik Acilimlar
 - Dr. Ahmet Gunsen (Ankara) Gizli Dil Acisindan Alevilik-Bektasilik Erkan 
   ve Deyimleri
 - Doc. Dr. Mesut Sen (Istanbul) Eski Turk Harflerinin Cozumlenmesi
 - Doc. Dr. Feza Tansug (Istanbul) Imler, Imgeler ve Simgeler: Turk 
   Kulturunde Kug Yazimi
 - Doc. Dr. Mehmet Aca (Balikesir) Kazak Turklerinin Destanlarinda Olum 
   Haberinin Verilmesi ve Niyetin Ifadesinde Dolayli ve Sifreli Anlatim
 - Dr. Goksel Ozturk (Istanbul) Kazak Turkcesinde Geleneksel Vucut Dili ile 
   Ilgili Soz Varligi
 - R. Ebrar Akinci (Istanbul) Kuzey Bati Mogolistan Tsengel Tuvalarinin 
   Yerlesimlerinde ve Gocer Yurtlarinda Mekan Kullanimi ve Semboller Ozdemir 
 - Kaptan Arkan (Istanbul) Argo ve Gizli Diller
 - Dr. Guler Yarci (Istanbul) Osmanli Burokrasisinde Sifre Kalemi
 - Doc. Dr. Emel Kefeli (Istanbul) Elestirel Okuma: Noktalama Isaretlerinin 
   Dili
 - Prof. Dr. Nil Sari-Yahya Okutan (Istanbul) Simya Dili
 - Doc. Dr. Sehnaz Alis (Istanbul) 'Yeni Hayat'in Tersten Okunusu
 - Mustafa Armagan (Istanbul) Dile Vuran Siir
 - Dr. Mesut Teksan (Canakkale) Modern Turk Siirinde Rakamlarin Dili
 - Dr. Salim Conoglu (Balikesir) Alem-Cihan ve Cuzam Vadi'sinden Nuh 
   Tufani'na: Uc Turkmen Romaninda Sembollerin Birlestiricilik Vasfi
 - Harid Fedai (Kibris) Turk Dili ve Edebiyatinda Gizli Dillerden Bazilari
 - Dr. Inci User (Istanbul) Gizli ve Gizemli Hekim Dili: Meslek Mensuplari 
   ile Hizmet Alanlar Arasinda Bir Iletisim Engeli
 - Dr. Eser Gultekin (Izmir) Mimarligin Gizli Dili
 - Gulbin Goral (Istanbul) Stenografi: Hizli Yazma Teknigi
 - Doc. Dr. Mehmet Aydin (Samsun) A. Fikri'nin Lugat-i Garibesi Uzerine
 - Dr. Ali Akar (Mugla) Mugla Kavaklidere Bakirci Dili
 - Dr. Funda Kara (Erzurum) Kisa Mesaj ve Chat (Soylesi) Dili
 - Dr. Faruk Yildirim (Adana) Cukurova Abdallarinin Gizli Dili: Dilce
 - Kadriye Yilmaz-Kamile Cetin (Isparta) Niyazi-i Misri'nin Tabirnamesinde 
   Ruyalarin Dili
 - Dr. F. Muharrem Yildiz (Istanbul) Turk Islam Kulturunde Te'vilu'l-Ehadis 
   ve Ilm-i Sima
 - Dr. Hatice Kelpetin Arpagus (Istanbul) Tanri Tasavvuru ve Sembolik Dil
 - Doc. Dr. Levent Ozturk (Sakarya) 10. Yuzyil Bagdat Toplumunda Hediyelerin 
   Gizli Dili
 - Dr. Alexander Maxwell (Macaristan) The Rune-writing in Contemporary Hungary
 - Nurgul Yildiz (Istanbul) Kahve Falindaki Semboller
 - Prof. Dr. Sermet Koc-Dr. Bulent Sam (Istanbul) Olu Bedenlerin Gizli Dili: 
   Tatuaj
 - Doc. Dr. Belkis Kumbetoglu (Istanbul) Konusma Zamani Geldiginde 
   Konusmayip Kullandigimiz Baska Yollar; Isaretler, Objeler, Mesajlar
 - Dr. Ismail Taspinar (Istanbul) Dinlerde Kus Sembolizmi ve Kuslarin Dili
 - Doc. Dr. Ahmet Cihan (Diyarbakir) Geleneksel Toplumsal Yapida Genclerin 
   Evlenme Isteklerini Sembol ve Isaretler Kullanarak Ifade Etme Egilimleri
 - Sadik Yazar (Istanbul) Yunus Emre'nin Sathiyesinde (Ciktim Erik Dalina...) 
   Gizli (Sembolik) Dil
 - Dr. Mustafa Aksoy (Istanbul) Turkiye, Ukrayna ve Turk Cumhuriyetlerindeki 
   Paralardaki Damgalarin Dili
 - Dr. Hulya Askin Balci-Bahar Gunes-Dr. Gencer Erkilic (Kars) Cagdas Turk 
   ve Rus Toplumunda Selamlasma
 - Gultekin Erdal (Bursa) Logolarin Evrensel Dili ve Semiotik
 - Mithat Usta (Istanbul) Turk Kulturunde Kirk Sayisi
 - Dr. Uzeyir Aslan (Istanbul) Klasik Turk Siirinde 'Nokta'nin Dili
 - Ergun Altun (Kocaeli) Noktalama Imlerinin Gizli Dili
 - Doc. Dr. Mustafa Demirel (Istanbul) Turk Edebiyatinda Harflerin Dili
 - Dr. Orhan Kemal Tavukcu (Erzurum) Bir Ifade Bicimi Olarak Muvassah ve 
   Klasik Turk Edebiyatindaki Bazi Ornekleri
 - Dr. Riza Ogras (Burdur) Turk Edebiyatinda Hurufi Sairler ve Seyyid Nesimi 
   Divaninda Harflerle Ilgili Ozellikler
 - Dr. Abdulkerim Gulhan (Balikesir) Divan Sairlerinin Mazmun Anlayisi ve 
   Gizli Dilleri
 - Sadi Bayram (Ankara) Siyah-Beyaz Cift Basli Kartal ve Ikonografisi
 - Filiz Nurhan Olmez (Istanbul) Dokumalarda Renklerin Dili
 - Ahmet Aytac (Konya) Turk Dokuma Sanatinda Gorulen Kandil, Goz ve Yildiz 
   Yanislarinda Sembol Diline Dair
 - Dr. Zubeyde Cihan Ozsayiner (Istanbul) Hat Sanatinda Ay ve Yildiz 
   Istifli Yazilar
 - Gul Ozsan (Istanbul) Gizli Dillerin Sosyolojik Bir Okumasi: Herkes Kendi 
   Dilini Yaratir
 - Dr. Said Polat (Istanbul) Dede Korkut Hikayelerinde Gecen Boy Boylama ve 
   Soy Soylama Ifadeleri
 - Dr. Omer Zulfe (Istanbul) Emri (ol. 1575) Divaninda Harf Oyunlari
 - Dr. Sezai Kucuk (Sakarya) Mevlananin Mesnevisinde Mecaz Anlatim
 - Sabiha Tansug (Istanbul) Ciceklerin Gizemli Dili
 - Aynur Ince (Istanbul) Izcilik Teskilatinda Kullanilan Sifreler ve Isaret 
   Dili
 - Dr. Erdal Sahin (Istanbul) Cocuklarin Oyun ve Gizli Dili: Kus Dili
 - Mujdat Kayayerli (Afyonkarahisar) Turkcede Kapali, Ortulu Anlatim ve 
   Ifadeler
 - Doc. Dr. Sebahat Deniz (Istanbul) Sairlerin Gizli Dili: Mazmun
 - Ilham Kose (Istanbul) Rakam Diliyle Konusan Iki Gazel
 - Dr. Bekir Kayabasi (Adiyaman)-Dr. Omer Savran (Karabuk) Nesimi'de 
   Siirlesen Hurufilik
 - Dr. Gencer Erkilic-Dr. Hulya Askin Balci-Bahar Gunes (Kars) Husnu 
   Tabirler (Euphemism)
 - Dr. Aylin Koc (Istanbul) Noktalama Isaretlerinin Tarihcesi
 - Serkan Sen (Samsun) Dede Korkut Oguznamelerinde Davranislara Dayali 
   Anlatimlar
 - Zulfikar Bayraktar (Izmir) Turk Dunyasinda Sari, Kirmizi ve Yesil 
   Renklerin Ortak Dili
 - Gulda Cetindag (Elazig) Mendilin Elazig Turkuleri Icindeki Yeri
 - M. Fatih Kanter (Elazig) Dede Korkut Hikayelerinin Arketipsel Sembolizm 
   Yontemiyle Cozumlenmesi
 - Dr. Gonul Demez (Istanbul) Toplumsal Cinsiyette Kadin ve Erkege Dair 
   Imgesel Donusumler
 - Dr. Tarik Ozcan (Elazig) Sessizligin Dili ve Simgenin Ruhaniligi
 - Doc. Dr. Ceval Kaya (Istanbul) Irk Bitig'de Falcilik
 - Dr. Deniz Calisir (Istanbul) Tilsimli Taslar ve Sifa Sembolizmi
 - Doc. Dr. Ahmet Bedir-Dr. Hikmet Atik (Sanliurfa) Kur'an ile Tefeul Etme 
   ve Ibni Arabi'nin Tefeulnamesi
 - Doc. Dr. Yusuf Ziya Keskin (Sanliurfa) Hz. Peygamber'in Savaslarda 
   Kullandigi Gizli Diller
 - Dr. Safi Arpagus (Istanbul) Tasavvufun Gizli Dili Mantiku't-Tayr 
   Mevlana'da Hz. Suleyman ve Kus Dili Imgesi
 - Dr. Muhittin Akgul (Sakarya) Kur'an Anlatiminda Harflere Yuklenen 
   Semiyotik Degerler
 - Doc. Dr. Candan Ulku (Mersin) Camilerde Moduler Duzen-Boyutsal Sembolizm 
   ve Silifke Resadiye Camii
 - Murat Sav (Istanbul) Dogu Yonunun Anadolu Sanatindaki Imgesel Anlamlari
 - Ayse Nur Sir (Kutahya) Kutahya Cinilerinde Ciceklerin Dili
 - Dr. Ahmet Tasgin (Diyarbakir) Geleneksel Dovmede Gizlenen Dil
 - Dursun Ayan (Istanbul) Turk Halk Turkulerinde Kar Neyi Anlatir?
 - Dr. Almagul Isina (Kazakistan) Turk Devlet ve Topluluklari 
   Bayraklarindaki Sembolizm
 - Yasemin Ozturk (Istanbul) Siyasi Tarihimizin En Etkili Amblemi
 - Fahrettin Savas Konar (Istanbul) Turklerde Kurt/Bozkurt Sembolu
 - Doc. Dr. Muhammed Aydin (Sakarya) Kur'an'da Muphem (Kapali) Anlatim
 - Dr. Huseyin Esen (Izmir) Islam Hukukunda Tariz ve Kinaye Kullanimi
 - Dr. Yunus Ekin (Sakarya) Hizir-Musa Kissasinin Sembolik Figurlerin Analizi
 - Dr. Mehmet Dalkilic (Istanbul) Sembolik Anlatimin Siyasal Bir Arac Olarak 
   Islevsellesmesi ve Takiyye
 - Dr. Baki Asilturk (Istanbul) Gizli Bir Dil Olarak: Siir
 - Doc. Dr. Zuhal Kultural (Istanbul) Eksiltili Anlatim, Eksiltili 
   Cumlelerin Ifade Sekilleri
 - Dr. Nesrin Kaya (Edirne) Turkcede Husnu Tabire ve Mecaz Kullanimlara 
   Bagli Anlam Degisimleri
 - Aysenur Kolivar (Istanbul) Rize Rasot Koyu Gizli Dilleri
 - Ilgen Kayrak (Istanbul) Karikaturlerde Yansimalarin Dili
 - Prof. Dr. Fuzuli Bayat (Gaziantep) Samanlik Olgusunun Gizli Dilde Kodlasmasi
 - Dr. Ekrem Demirli (Istanbul) Normatif Gelenege Karsi Sembolik Anlatim; 
   Ibnu'l-Arabi'de Harf Sembolizmi
 - Maria T. Nyiri (Macaristan) Macar Cicek Dili
 - Alev Ozbil (Tekirdag) Isitme Engellilerin Egitimi ve Turk Isaret Dili
 - Dr. Cafer Gariper (Isparta) Siirin Gizli Dili: Nazim Hikmet Siirinde 
   Ortuk Ideolojik Dil
 - Ebru Burcu Yilmaz (Malatya) Hikaye ve Romanlarda Sembol Dilinin Goruntu 
   Seviyeleri Uzerine Bir Degerlendirme
 - Sema Ozher (Elazig) Cengiz Aytmotov'un Toprak Ana Romanindaki Yuce Birey 
   Arketipi ve Bu Arketipin Kisisel Goruntu Seviyesi
 - Dr. Gencay Zavotcu (Kocaeli) Divan Siirinde Hal Dili
 - Veysel Sahin (Elazig) Ahmet Hasim'in Siirlerinde Atesin Dili
 - Doc. Dr. Ilhan Genc (Izmir) Edebi Sanatlarin Gizli Dillerin 
   Soylenemeyenini Soyleme Islevi
 - Dr. Neziha Musaoglu (Sakarya) Uluslar Arasi Iliskiler Disiplininde Isaret 
   Biliminden (Semiotics) Yararlanma Geregi
 - Dr. Ramazan Muslu (Sakarya) Osmanlida Tarikat Kiyafetlerinde Sembolizm
 - Prof. Dr. H. Orcun Barista (Ankara) El Sanatlarinda Sembol Kavrami

For further information please contact the symposium secretary:

Dr. Erdal Sahin
E-mail: esahinmarmara.edu.tr

WORKSHOP CANCELLED- Kyrgyzstan in 2005: A Decisive Year, June 2005, Cancelled

Posted by: Paul Bergne <PaulBergnecompuserve.com>
Posted: 11 Apr 2005


Following the recent events in Kyrgyzstan, and the provisional government's 
announcement of new presidential elections for the second half of June, The 
Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia (TOSCCA) has decided to 
postpone the workshop "Kyrgyzstan in 2005 - a decisive year," originally 
scheduled for 17 and 18 June 2005. It appeared unlikely that Kyrgyz guests 
would wish to be absent from the country only a week before such an 
important event.

TOSCCA hopes to re-arrange the workshop for a later date - probably in the 
autumn. Once a suitable alternative time has been decided, we shall post 
another announcement.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

FORUM- Georgia's National Security Reform, April 14, Washington DC

Posted by: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute <caci2jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 7 Apr 2005


W.P. Carey Forum co-sponsored with The Georgia Forum

"Georgia's National Security Reform and the Road to NATO and the EU: The 
2005 Report of the International Security Advisory Board"

Ambassador David Smith
Chairman, Georgia Forum and U.S. representative to the International 
Security Advisory Board for Georgia

Ambassador Juri Luik
Estonian Ambassador to the United States and former Estonian representative 
to the International Security Advisory Board for Georgia

Ambassador Revaz Adamia
Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations

Thursday, April 14, 5-7 PM

1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Rome Auditorium
Washington DC

The panel will discuss the 2005 Report of the International Security 
Advisory Board (ISAB).  ISAB was established in 1998 at the request of the 
Georgian government, and was designed to provide the Georgian government, 
through the National Security Council, with high-level independent advice on 
the reform and modernization of the security sector.  As Georgia 
increasingly looks to strengthen its ties with NATO and the EU, national 
security reform will continue to be an essential topic to monitor and 
develop.  The ISAB report outline the measures that have been taken to date 
and identifies future steps necessary for Georgia to solidify its place in 
the Euro-Atlantic community.

Ambassador David Smith is the Chairman of the Georgia Forum and U.S. 
representative to the International Security Advisory Board for Georgia.  He 
is also the Chief Operating Officer of the National Institute for Public 
Policy in Fairfax, Virginia.

Ambassador Juri Luik is the Estonian Ambassador to the United States and was 
the Estonian representative to the International Security Advisory Board for 
Georgia (2002-03).  He previously served as the Estonian Defense Minister 
from 1999-2002, Ambassador to the Benelux countries and NATO from 1996-99, 
and Foreign Minister from 1994-95.

Ambassador Revaz Adamia is the Permanent Representative of Georgia to the 
United Nations and formerly the Chairman of the Committee on Security and 
Defense in the Georgian Parliament.

To RSVP, please send an email with your name and affiliation to 
caci2mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu or call (202) 663-7721.

CONF./CFP- Foundation for Endangered Languages, Nov. 2005, South Africa

Posted by: Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>
Posted: 5 Apr 2005


Call for Abstracts:

FEL IX - Creating Outsiders: Endangered Languages, Migration and 
Marginalization

The Foundation for Endangered Languages: Ninth Conference
Stellenbosch, South Africa, 18-20 November 2005

Today's world-maps, political and linguistic, were laid out through human 
population movements, some ancient but some of them very recent.  In this 
year's conference we want to address the effects of these movements on 
language communities: how they dissolve communities, and change their 
status; how communities may re-form in foreign places, and the relations 
between incomers and the established populations, whichever has the upper 
hand; the impact of empires, deportation, mass immigration, population loss 
from emigration. Remembered migration histories may be relevant to the 
modern self-image of communities.  Internal migration by dominant-language 
speakers into the territories of minorities may lead to the marginalization 
of others /in situ/; and minorities often decamp to the dominant centres 
under various pressures.

The UN has declared a second International Decade of the World's Indigenous 
Peoples. The languages we talk about will be very varied, and likely to 
include the languages of communities all over the world. Some of them are 
spoken by indigenous communities, which have become a minority on their own 
original territory due to the immigration of a dominant majority group. This 
kind of marginalization is very common, and notable examples include the San 
languages in South Africa, the Ainu language in Japan and many pre-Hispanic 
languages in California. It plays a major role in the current civil disorder 
in Nepal. In some cases, endangered languages may have gone into their own 
world-wide diapora: such is the case of Plautdietsch, language of the 
Mennonites, who emigrated to many places (Siberia, Canada, Mexico, 
Paraguay), where often their language became marginalised.

Marginalization can, however, result from a variety of causes: a state 
policy of forced assimilation, military domination, religious conversion, 
the wish for social betterment, attendance at boarding schools, etc. We 
shall look at how both the State and communities can address the causes of 
marginalization, and of course its effects on the survival and development 
of languages.

Besides the international dimension, this year's location in South Africa 
will give members an opportunity to get acquainted with many of the local 
linguistic issues, among them the position of Khoe and San, the past and 
future of Afrikaans, but also the Makhuwa-speaking ex-slaves from Durban, 
the Phuthi speakers from Eastern Cape, and no doubt many others.

Issues that may arise include:

 - Why are migration histories so treasured as sources of language identity?
 - Do language-communities always (or ever) have better prospects of 
   survival in their home territories than when transplanted?
 - Can language-communities on their home ground and in diaspora give each 
   other effective support?
 - Can small language-communities create new identities in remote territories?
 - Can new communities resulting from migration or deportation establish a 
   new quasi-indigenous identity based on a shared language?
 - What is the value of cultural resources for maintenance of status and 
   active language use within endangered language communities?
 - Do technical media have a significant role in combatting or reinforcing 
   marginalization?
 - Is it possible to reconcile the recognition of official languages with 
   respect for a much larger number of indigenous languages?
 - Can minority and even endangered languages play an active role in a 
   state's policy of multilingualism?

Local Site

The University of Stellenbosch is in South Africa's Western Cape, close to 
Cape Town. It has had a Department of African Languages for more than half a 
century (http://academic.sun.ac.za/african_languages); it has a Department 
of General Linguistics (.../linguist/index_english.htm) and a Language 
Centre (.../taalsentrum/index_engframeset.htm).

Abstract Submission

Abstracts should not exceed 500 words. They may be submitted in two ways: by 
electronic submission, and alternatively on paper. Most simply, they should 
be written in English. Other languages may also be accepted by prior 
arrangement with the Conference Chair Nigel Crawhall <crawhallmweb.co.za> 
or FEL Chairman Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>

1) Electronic submission: Electronic submission (by 24 April 2005) should be 
   as an attachment in Word, or simply as an email message to 
   <crawhallmweb.co.za>, with a copy to <FELchibcha.demon.co.uk>. Please
fill 
   in the subject domain as follows: FEL_Abstract

The e-mail should also contain, in the following format:

NAME: Names of the author(s)
TITLE: Title of the paper
EMAIL: Email address of the first author, if any
ADDRESS: Postal address of the first author
TEL: Telephone number of the first author, if any
FAX: Fax number of the first author, if any
The name of the first author will be used in all correspondence.

2) Paper abstracts: Three copies should be sent (to arrive by 1 May 2005) to:

FEL IX Conference Admin
Foundation for Endangered Languages
172 Bailbrook Lane
Bath BA1 7AA
United Kingdom

This should have a clear short title, but should not bear anything to 
identify the author(s).

On a separate sheet, enclosed in an envelope, please include the following 
information:

NAME : Names of the author(s)
TITLE: Title of the paper
EMAIL: Email address of the first author, if any
ADDRESS: Postal address of the first author
TEL: Telephone number of the first author, if any
FAX: Fax number of the first author, if any
The name of the first author will be used in all correspondence.

(If possible, please also send an e-mail to Funmi Adeniyi 
<FELchibcha.demon.co.uk> informing her of the paper submission. This is in 
case the hard copy does not reach its destination in time. This e-mail 
should contain the information specified in the above section.)

Oral presentations will last twenty minutes each, with a further ten minutes 
for discussion. Plenary lectures will last forty-five minutes each. Authors 
will be expected to submit a written paper with the full version of the 
lecture for publication in the proceedings well in advance of the conference.

Important Dates

 - Abstract arrival deadlines - 24 April 2005 (e-mail); 1 May 2005 (by post)
 - Committee's decision 15 May 2005
 - In case of acceptance, the full paper should be sent by 31 Aug 2005. 
   (Further details on the format of text will be specified to the authors)
 - Conference 18-20 November 2005


Foundation for Endangered Languages
Registered Charity: England and Wales 1070616
172 Bailbrook Lane, Bath BA1 7AA, England
Tel: +44-1225-852865
E-mail: nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk
Web: http://www.ogmios.org

CONF./CFP- Warsaw East European Conference, July 20-22, Warsaw University

Posted by: Studium Europy Wschodniej UW <CONFERENCEstudiumuw.edu.pl>
Posted: 4 Apr 2005


Warsaw East European Conference, Warsaw, July 20-22, 2005

The 2005 Warsaw East European Conference is organized by the Studium Europy 
Wschodniej UW (Centre for East European Studies) at Warsaw University, 
Poland.  The Conference will begin on Wednesday, July 20th, and be closed on 
Friday, July 22th, 2005.

In July, 2004 our Centre in cooperation with Association for Study of 
Nationalities organized the Warsaw Special Convention of ASN. The Centre for 
Eastern Studies (Osrodek Studiow Wschodnich - OSW), the best Polish 
analytical institution, was also a hosting partner of the Conference.  
Fruitful academic results of this meeting encouraged us to organize Warsaw 
East European Conference, the Second Annual Session.

The main theme of the WEEC is the emergence of opposition, dissident 
movements and resistance against totalitarian system in East Central Europe 
and Soviet area. Oppositional movements' activity and its relationship with 
the collapse of Soviet Empire and communist bloc will be important issue of 
the Conference. The notion of "opposition" includes also Polish 
"Solidarnosc" that boomed in August 1980, twenty five years ago. This 
anniversary was the main reason for us to undertake the anti-communist 
opposition issue. In common opinion, the emergence of "Solidarnosc" was the 
first step toward the deconstruction of Yaltan system.  However the WEEC 
issues are not limited to the anti-communist opposition of 1980's. They 
comprise also results of the collapse of the communist system: processes of 
political and economic transition in 1990's, the question of 
democratization, as well as the prospects for political system changes in 
the post-communist world today.  Therefore Ukrainian "Orange Revolution" 
from November and December 2004 as well as Georgian "Rose Revolution" from 
December 2005, as pro-democratic political movements, also remain within the 
scope of Conference subjects.

The Warsaw East European Conference will bring together scholars from East 
and West. Apart from large group of Polish academics, we expect scholars 
from the United States, Western Europe, East Central Europe, post-Soviet 
countries, and other countries going through the process of transition.  Due 
to Poland's centrality and ties with both East and West, the Conference will 
be an occasion for exchange of thought between scholars from the states of 
the former Soviet Union and East Central Europe and Western academics 
focused on problems of communism and post-communist countries.

The 2005 Warsaw East European Conference will also focus on process of 
political transition, which includes such phenomena as decentralization of 
power, construction of civil society and local democracy. For that reason 
activists and workers of non-governmental organizations supporting 
democratic changes in East and Central Europe will also participate and are 
kindly welcomed to the WEEC.

Eminent Members of the former anti-communist opposition from Poland and 
other countries will be special guests of the Conference.

During the WEEC, we are going to present following exhibitions:

 - Polish clandestine publications from the Martial Law period and 
   subsequent years of oppositional struggle in 1980's,
 - Jan Nowak-Jezioranski and Radio Free Europe
 - Jerzy Giedroyc and Kultura.

Moreover, the presentation of Polish non-governmental organizations, active 
in the post-Soviet area, will also be a part of the Conference program.

The fair of Polish and East Central European publishing houses from the 
field of regional studies will take place during the Conference. During the 
last year conference, such exposition gathered several publishers.  
Definitely, this event was a great success as it attracted serious attention 
of the conference participants.

In addition, the reviews of Polish films related to the subject of the 
Conference are also included to the program.

Our email: CONFERENCEstudiumuw.edu.pl

Warsaw East European Conference. Second Annual Session, July 20-22, 2005

Paper Proposal Deadline: April 20, 2005

One copy of the completed Paper Proposal form should be submitted with a 
copy of the Application Form to CONFERENCEstudiumuw.edu.pl

Please contact CONFERENCEstudiumuw.edu.pl for a copy of the Application Form.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM- Hydrocarbon Wealth & Development, June 10, Univ. of Reading

Posted by: Yelena Kalyuzhnova <y.kaluyzhnovareading.ac.uk>
Posted: 4 Apr 2005


Dear Colleagues,

The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies and the Burren Energy plc are hosting a 
conference on Hydrocarbon Wealth and Development in Resource Rich Economies, 
which will take place on June 10, 2005 at the Faculty of Agriculture, The 
Madjeski Theatre, The University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom.

Among the participants we are expecting diplomats, academics, specialists 
and businessmen who are working with resource rich economies.

Please see below draft of the conference programme.

Sponsored by: Burren Energy Plc

Supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hydrocarbon Wealth and Development in Resource Rich Economies

Conference Programme:

10 June, 2005

9.30-10.00 a.m. Registration & Coffee

10.00-10.15 a.m. Welcome. Professor Gordon Marshall, Vice-Chancellor, The 
University of Reading

Opening Remarks. Representative of Foreign and Commonwealth Office

10:35-11.30 p.m. States and Mineral Resources

Chair: Mr Finian O'Sullivan, Chief Executive, Burren Energy plc

 - H.E. Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy, Venezuelan Ambassador, UK "Venezuela: 
   energy realities and perspectives"
 - Andrew Levi, Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Head - designate of 
   Economic Department, British Embassy Moscow, "International Energy 
   Priorities: Russia and the UK".

10:35-12.30 p.m. The Instruments of Managing Hydrocarbon Wealth and Economies

Chair: Dr Steven Fries, Deputy Chief Economist, European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development

 - Professor Alex Kemp, University of Aberdeen, "UK experience"
 - Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, The 
   University of Reading "Caspian experience"

12.30- 2.00 p.m. Lunch

2.00-3.35 p.m. The Impact of Operating Companies

Chair: Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, 
The University of Reading.

 - The Rt Hon The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie QC, "Mineral resources and role 
   of the government"
 - Brian Lavers C.B.E., Chairman, Burren Energy plc, "Oil and Gas 
   Development in the Caspian Sea Region"
 - Tom Quigley, Business Unit Leader, Mediterranean Gas, Power & Renewables, 
   BP "BP's Experience in Resource - Rich Developing Economies"
 - Dr John Spokes, Director, Foster Wheeler, "Building a Local Skill Base <TBC>, BG Group

3.35-4.05 p.m. Coffee Break

4.05-5:40 p.m. Development in Resource Rich Countries

Chair: Brian Lavers, C.B.E. Chairman, Burren Energy plc

 - Dr Carol Cosgrove-Sacks, Director, Trade Division, Economic Commission 
   for Europe, UN "Trade and development in resource rich economies"
 - Calliope Webber, Oil, Gas, Mining and Chemicals Department
   World Bank Group. "Access to Energy, Gas Flaring Reduction, and Domestic 
   Market Development"
 - Dr Chris Waters, Deputy Director, The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, The 
   University of Reading. "Governance and Development in Resource Rich
Countries"

5.40-6.00 p.m. Concluding Remarks.

 - Andrew Levi, Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Head - designate of 
   Economic Department, British Embassy Moscow.
 - Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, The 
   University of Reading

6.00 p.m. End of Conference: Informal Drinks hosted by:

Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Professor Tony Downes

For further details please contact:

Mrs. Kate Tetlow
E-mail k.tetlowrdg.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8233
Fax: +44 (0)118 975 0236


Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Director
The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
The University of Reading
Whiteknights, PO Box 218,
Reading, RG6 6AA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 118 3786637
Fax: +44 118 3786274
Web: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/IEAS

BRIEFING- Kyrgyzstan Briefing, April 5, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Posted by: Jennifer Tishler <jtishlercreeca.wisc.edu>
Posted: 4 Apr 2005


Tuesday, April 5, 2005
12 noon-1:30 pm

"A Briefing on the Revolution in Kyrgyzstan"

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Union South (TITU)
227 North Randall Avenue
Madison, WI 53715
Web: http://www.union.wisc.edu/parking/index.html

The political situation in Kyrgyzstan continues to evolve as the interim 
government struggles to consolidate authority. Are events in Kyrgyzstan akin 
to the Georgian "Rose" and Ukrainian "Orange" revolutions or something else 
entirely?

Introduction by Professor Uli Schamiloglu (LCA and Chair of Central Asian 
Studies).

Analysis by graduate student Amy Foster Rothbart (Political Science), who 
served as an observer in the recent Kyrgyz parliamentary elections.

Commentary by Norma Jo Baker (International Academic Programs), Deniz 
Balgamis (History), Michel Guillot (Sociology), and Peter Bloch (Land Tenure 
Center).

Sponsored by CASA (Central Asia Student Association) with support from CREECA.

As part of its mandate to serve as a resource on Russia, East Europe, and 
Central Asia, CREECA has a long-standing practice of making audio and video 
recordings of guest lectures available on its website. If you live beyond 
the Madison, Wisconsin area and would like access to a recording of this 
briefing--or other CREECA lectures--please visit our website:

http://www.wisc.edu/creeca/features/lectures/lectures.html

Jennifer Tishler, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-3379
Fax: (608) 890-0267
Web: http://www.wisc.edu/creeca

DISCUSSION- Faces of Kyrgyzstan's Yellow Revolution, April 5, Columbia Univ.

Posted by: Rafis Abazov <polra99yahoo.com>
Posted: 4 Apr 2005


Faces of Kyrgyzstan's Yellow Revolution
Discussion and Slide Show

Opposition parties and NGOs have been extremely active during recent Years 
in their criticism of Kyrgyzstan's President Akayev and his regime.  Many 
opposition leaders claim that their actions and mobilizing power were 
crucial for bringing about Kyrgyzstan's Yellow Revolution. Many experts in 
the Western world argue that it was aid from the United States and other 
Western countries that played the critical role in democratization process 
in Kyrgyzstan and ultimately led to these radical changes.

A distinguished panel of experts from Kyrgyzstan and the US will discuss the 
role of opposition groups, the NGO sector and international organizations in 
promoting democratic change in Kyrgyzstan and in facilitating the Revolution.

Moderator: Rafis Abazov, author of 'Historical Dictionary of Kyrgyzstan' and 
adjunct lecturer at the Harriman Institute.

Time: 6.00 p.m. April 5, 2005

Room 1219, SIPA
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027

Contact information:

Alla Rachkov
Harriman Institute, SIPA
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027

COURSE INFORMATION- Civilization of Pre-Islamic Iran, UCLA Extension Course

Posted by: Nader Rastegar <bameqyahoo.com>
Posted: 28 Mar 2005


Deadline Reminder

UCLA Extension Course
Ancient Persia: Civilization of Pre-Islamic Iran X 169 Iranian / 3 Unites

Contact: Professor Touraj Daryaee via tdaryaeeexchange.fullerton.edu

One of the most important civilizations in the ancient world, Ancient Persia 
spanned from India to the Mediterranean Sea at its zenith under the 
Achaemenid Dynasty (550-330 BCE). Following the conquest of Alexander the 
Great, the Sasanians created the second Persian Empire (224-651 CE), which 
equaled the Roman world in its power and glory. This course surveys Persian 
culture from the beginning through Sasanian period. Topics include the 
Elamite Empire, arrival and settlement of Indo-Europeans, Persian social and 
political history, and Zoroastrian religion and mythology. Instruction uses 
literary sources from the Avesta to royal inscriptions, as well as primary 
sources, such as coins and pottery, and examines cultural contacts between 
the Persian, Indian, Greek, Roman, and Turkic worlds and how they influenced 
one another. Applies toward Certificate Program in Archaeology.

UCLA (University of California in Los Angeles)
175 Dodd Hall
Los Angeles, CA

Mondays, 6:30-9:30pm
April 4- May 23, 2005, 8 mtngs.

Touraj Daryaee
PhD in History, UCLA
Associate Professor of History, CSU Fullerton

Course Open Reg# R0556U $290 (Credit)

Course Open Reg# R0557U $195 (Noncredit)

DEADLINE REMINDER- Indiana University Summer Workshop in Central Asian Languages

Posted by: Inner Asian and Uralic Nat'l Resource Ctr. <iaauindiana.edu>
Posted: 25 Mar 2005


Indiana University's Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central 
Asian Languages (SWSEEL) announces:

Introductory and Intermediate
Azeri, Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Kazakh

Introductory
Pashto

Course Dates:
June 17 - August 12, 2005

Fellowships available to US citizens and permanent residents.  Fellowship 
applications are due April 1, 2005

For an on-line application and more information, visit the SWSEEL website at 
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel/.

US Mail:

SWSEEL, Ballantine Hall 502
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
USA
E-mail: swseelindiana.edu

Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center
Indiana University-Bloomington

CONFERENCE PROGRAM- Mongolia Society Annual Meeting, March 3-April 3, 2005, Chicago

Posted by: Susie Drost <monsocindiana.edu>
Posted: 25 Mar 2005


The Mongolia Society Annual Meeting and panels will be held in conjunction 
with the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), March 31 - April 3, 2005, at 
the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.  Below you will find the 
schedule for The Mongolia Society Annual Meeting and Conference.

The Mongolia Society
2005 Annual Meeting
Hyatt Regency Hotel
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
USA

Thursday, March 31, 1 p.m.
Cominsky Room
Annual Membership Meeting
Keynote speaker:
The Honorable Ravdan Bold, Ambassador of Mongolia to the United States

Thursday, March 31, 2 p.m.
Cominsky Room
Panel 1: Religion and culture among the Mongols

Chair: Johan Elverskog, Southern Methodist University
 - Brian Baumann, Indiana University, "Conflicting concepts of time: A motif 
   for looking at the fall of Buddhism and the rise of communism in Mongolia"
 - Lubos Belka, Mas-aryk University and University of Vermont, "Buryatia and 
   the Modern History of the Beijing Sandalwood Buddha"
 - Johan Elverskog, "Who were the "Olan Mongols"?
 - Uranchimeg Tsultem, University of California, Berkeley, "Urga portraits: 
   Mongol identity enshrined in third space."
Discussant: Christopher Atwood, Indiana University

Thursday, March 31, 4 p.m.
Cominsky Room
Panel 2: U.S.-Mongolian bilateral relations (co-sponsored with ACMS)

Chair: Alicia Campi, US-Mongolia Advisory Group
 - Pamela J. Slutz, U. S. Ambassador to Mongolia, "Implementing a 
   comprehensive US-Mongolia partnership, challenges and opportunities,
from an 
   ambassador's perspective"
 - Alicia Campi, "The most significant issues affecting U.S.-Mongolian 
   relations in 2005: A view from both sides"
 - Baasan Ragchaa, Indiana University, "Issues related to the recognition of
   Mongolia's independence and the US position"
 - M.Saruul-Erdene, Indiana University, "Mongolian newspapers and journals 
   in the United States."
Discussant: TBA

Friday, April 1, 7 p.m.
Grand Ballroom D North
Panel 3: Traditional and contemporary aspects of Mongolia

Chair: Elizabeth Endicott, Middlebury College
 - David Bade, University of Chicago, "Ramon Llull's Mongol"
 - Alexandra E. Cleworth, Archaeological Institute of America, "Palaces and
   monasteries: Examining heritage sites in Mongolia"
   Anne Goes, GlobalAgRisk, Inc, "Index-based livestock insurance in Mongolia"
 - Daniel Murphy, University of Kentucky,  "The social transformation of 
   ecological risk in pastoral Mongolia."
Discussant: TBA

Friday, April 1, 9 p.m.
Grand Ballroom D North
Panel 4: Reports from Project Deer Stone: Culture, history, ethnic survival, 
and global links in central and northern Mongolia

Chair: William Fitzhugh, Smithsonian Institution
 - William Fitzhugh, "The U.S.-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Goals and 
   progress 2001-2004"
 - Bruno Frohlich, Smithsonian Institution, "Researching Burial Mounds in 
   the Hovsgol aimag, Mass Burials at Hambiin Ovoo, and Human Mummies in the 
   Gobi Desert: Joint Educational and Research Collaborations between the 
   Mongolian Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution"
 - J. Daniel Rogers, Smithsonian Institution, "Urban centers and the 
   emergence of empires in eastern Inner Asia"
 - Paula DePriest "Ethnobotanical research among the Tsaatan/Dukha"
 - Harriet F. Beaubien et al., "Strategies for research documentation and 
   preservation of Mongolia's deer stones."
Discussant: Phil Kohl, Wellesley College

Sunday, April 3, 8:30 a.m.
Columbus Hall AB - Gold Level/East Tower
Panel 5: Ecological Migration: Environment, ethnicity, and human rights in 
Inner Mongolia
**Please Note: AAS Formal Panel - you need to be registered for the AAS 
conference to attend this panel.  Special rates apply on Sunday.

Chair: Christopher Atwood, Indiana University
 - Jeannine W. Brown, University of East London, "State-sponsored 
   resettlement in Inner Mongolia: A case study in environmental forced
migration"
 - Enhebatu Togochog, Southern Mongolian Human Watch Information Center, 
   "Ecological migration as a human rights issue"
 - Hong Jiang, University of Wisconsin, Madison, "Pastoral development, 
   ecological construction, and grassland degradation in the Ordos Plateau, 
   western Inner Mongolia"
 - S. Sodbilig, Inner Mongolia University, "Land reclamation in the Chakhar 
   region and environmental transformation."
Discussant: Judith Shapiro, American University

LECTURE SERIES- Dr. Eslami Nodushan, Nine Lecture Series, Univ. of Toronto

Posted by: Nader Rastegar <bameqyahoo.com>
Posted: 24 Mar 2005


Lecture Series:

The renowned Iranian Poet and Literary Scholar, Professor Mohammad Ali 
Eslami Nodushan's intensive nine consecutive Lectures at the University of 
Toronto from March 26, 2005, to April 6, 2005.

The Iranian Association at the University of Toronto (IAUT) is proud to host 
Professor Eslami Nodushan's Nine Lecture Series.

Dr. Nodushan will deliver eight of his Lectures in Persian.  He will deliver 
one Lecture in English.

Lecture Series Details are as follows:

1- Saturday, March 26, 2005: "Where is the World Headed: Prospects for the 
   New Century" BA*1210.

2- Sunday, March 27, 2005: "Why is Iran a unique country?" BA*1210.

3- Monday, March 28, 2005: "What is the Message of the Shahnameh for 
   Iranians today?" BA*1210.

4- Tuesday, March 29, 2005: "Why has Literature Become the Gateway to 
   Iranian History?" BA*1200.

5- Wednesday, March 30, 2005: "Hafez: The Essence of Iranian History" BA*1210.

6- Thursday, March 31, 2005: "What Continued from Iran's Pre-Islamic Past" 
   BA*1190.

7- Saturday, April 2, 2005: "What Message Can Iran Have for the World? BA*1210.

8- Sunday, April 3, 2005: "The Secret of Iran's Historical Longevity" BA*1210.

9- In English: Titled: "Some Characteristics of Iranian History." The time 
   and location of this Lecture will be announced later.

*The Location of ALL Lectures is in the University of Toronto's Bahan Centre 
for Information Technology, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada.

Professor Eslami Nodushan was born in the town of Nodushan, located in the 
Province of Yazd in 1925. After completing his secondary school there, he 
entered the Teheran University to obtain his law degree. Subsequently he 
completed his doctorate in law in France. Upon returning to Iran, he began 
teaching at his Alma Mater. Upon his retirement from full-time teaching, he 
founded the Ferdowsi Cultural Centre and the quarterly, Hasti (The Being) in 
1993. Dr. Nodushan is the author of over 45 books about social, cultural, 
and literary issues. His writings cover a broad spectrum, including the 
issue of morality in literature. Among his works in Persian are Lest We 
Forget Iran, Human Rights Advocacy in the Developing World, Life and Death 
of Heroes in the "Shahnameh," which has been used as a textbook for numerous 
university courses. He has lectured at over 40 universities in more than 20 
countries.

The text of these Lectures, to be delivered in English and French, shall be 
prepared for publication.

Dr. Nodushan is among the most lucid writers of Persian prose. The recent 
publication of his memoirs, entitled Days, has ushered in a novel style and, 
similarly, his travelogues have energized this genre in Persian. Among these 
are Safir-e Simorgh, which is an account of his travels to numerous 
countries and many cities in Iran. Liberty of the Statute is an account of 
his travels in the United States.

For more information on these lectures or to attend the whole Series, you 
can contact the IAUT at: infoiaut.ca or by calling 905-884-6851.

Ticket prices are $10.00 ($8.00 for members and students). For those who 
wish to attend all sessions, a pass will cost $50.00 ($45.00 for members and 
students). For those interested in attending all sessions, please contact 
IAUT to register before Thursday March 24th.

For more information on Dr. Nodushan's work, please visit: 
www.eslaminodushan.com.

The Iranian Association at the University of Toronto (IAUT) Poster of Event:
http://iran.sa.utoronto.ca/events/nodooshan-poster.pdf

Announcement in Persian:
http://iran.sa.utoronto.ca/events/nodooshan.pdf

Announcement in English:
http://iran.sa.utoronto.ca/events/nodooshan-en.pdf

CONF./CFP- Iran & its Environment, Oct. 2005, RGGU, Moscow

Posted by: Pavel Basharin <basharinfront.ru>
Posted: 23 Mar 2005


Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow

Iran and its environment: view from the XXI century.

The conference is organized by the Office of Iranology studies of RGGU of 
the Chair of eastern languages together with the Representative Office of 
cultural of the embassy of IRI in Moscow and the Center of Globalisation and 
Comparativistics of the Institute of Philology and History of RGGU.

Time and place: RGGU, 15-17 October of 2005.

Deadline for submissions: 20 June 2005

The basic tasks of the conference:

It is planned to discuss the basic problems, confronting Iranology studies 
as science on the boundary of two millenia, the basic trends of development 
in the course of conference. In connection with the fact that study in the 
region of basic disciplines of Iranology studies (history, archaeology, 
linguistics, philology, religion and of others.) are not limited to the 
territory of Iran, but frequently, to a greater or lesser extent, affect its 
surrounding regions, it is decided to name conference "Iran and its 
environment".

Important task is the development of scientific dialogue both between the 
researchers in the adjacent regions of Iranic studies and the adjusting of 
the connections between the foreign and Russian Iranists, assignment to the 
possibility to discuss basic problems, exchange of opinions, adjusting of 
contacts.

It is originally decided to make a disciplinary range of conference as wide 
as possible due to the attraction to the participation in the work of the 
conference of specialists in different the fields of the Iranic studies: 
historians, ethnologists, archaeologists, folklorists, linguists, 
philologists, philosophers, political scientists, sociologists. We will 
intend to draw to the work in the conference not only Iranists, but also 
specialists of adjacent regions, to which is close the problems of conference.

We are planned the following sections: linguistics, literature, philosophy 
and religon, history and archaeology, politology and social anthropology.

The round tables:

"Large game -2". 
Islamic revolution in Iran: special feature and prospect.

We request to direct some theses (in the electronic form in Russian or in 
English) (to 1,5 pages) until 20 June 2005, to e-mail: pbasharinyandex.ru 
or basharinfront.ru.

The following requirements must be observed with the formulation of theses: 
Type - Times New Roman, 12, 1.5 interlinear interval. Bibliography must not 
exceed seven names. References to the bibliography in the text must be given 
by numeration in the brackets: [1], [2]. Bibliography is placed at the end 
of the text and is separated by empty line.

Contact telephones in Moscow: 973-40-81 (Office of Iranology studies of 
RGGU), 250-66-77 and 973-40-44 (Chair of eastern languages of RGGU), 
376-92-12 (Pavel Basharin).

SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS- Migration Factors in the Development of Central Asia

Posted by: Vladimir Boyko <boykouni-altai.ru>
Posted: 22 Mar 2005


Seminar "Migration Factors in the Development of Central Asia: Regional 
Dimension' was held on  22 March 2005 by the Center for Regional Studies 
(CRS) at Barnaul State Pedagogical University (Barnaul, Altai Province, 
Russia).

Seminar convenor - CRS Director Dr Vladimir Boyko

Agenda:

The Role of Migrations in the Formation of Ethno-social Structure of Eastern 
Kazakhstan
the key talk by Yulia Guzvenko, PhD student and research assistant (CRS, 
Barnaul State Pedagogical University)

Migrations in Central Asian Part of Soviet-Chinese Border in 1920s-1940s
the report by Prof Valery Barmin, Chair of the Department of World History 
(Barnaul State Pedagogical University)

Re-emigration of White Russians from Xinjiang to USSR in 1920s
report by Dr Elena Nazemtseva, lecturer, (Barnaul State Pedagogical University)

Migrations and Crime in Siberian Federal district
report by Tatyana Efanova, lecturer (Altai Academy of Economy and Law)

Labor Migration Altai - Central Russia: Past and Present
report by Natalya Smarygina, research assistant (Center for Lore History, 
Barnaul State Pedagogical University)

Asiatic Profile of Russian Altai: Asian Diasporic Communities in Russian 
Borderland
report by Dr Vladimir Voyko, director, CRS (Barnaul State Pedagogical 
University) and Prof of Intl Relations (Altai State Technical University)

Some main issues of migration within Central Asia and Asiatic Russia were 
discussed from historical and current point of view.

Contact:

Center for Regional Studies
Barnaul State Pedagogical University
Molodezhnaya Street 55
Russia
E-mail: boykouni-altai.ru

CONF./CFP- Women & the Marketplace, June 2005, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Posted by: Lynda Park <lyparkuiuc.edu>
Posted: 22 Mar 2005

Call for Papers

2005 Fisher Forum
Conference on "Commodity, Consumer, Entrepreneur?: Women and the Marketplace"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

June 24-25, 2005

Web: http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html

Submission deadline extended to April 8, 2005

Keynote Address:

"Women's Face at the Market Place: Gender Contraversions of Post- Soviet 
States"
Nadia Adzhgikhina (Russian Union of Journalists)

American Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS) and the Russian, East European, and 
Eurasian Center (REEEC), UIUC, invite proposals for individual papers, 
panels (with chair and discussant) and roundtables for the 2005 Fisher 
Forum, which will focus on women's experience in the marketplace in Russia, 
Eastern Europe and Eurasia.  While developments in the region from 1985 to 
2005 are of particular interest, historical and chronologically comparative 
topics are also welcome.  We are looking for proposals from any field of 
Slavic/East European/Eurasian studies, including economics, anthropology, 
sociology, media, law, history, literature, political science, cultural 
studies, policy studies, and any other aspect of women's studies. 
Interdisciplinary work and proposals from representatives of NGOs are also 
welcome.  Limited funding for graduate students is available.

The conference will also be held in conjunction with the REEEC Summer 
Symposium on "Slavery in the Twenty-First Century: Trafficking of Women and 
Children," on June 25.

All conference proposals are due April 8, 2005.

Proposals for panels/papers must include:

1) A 150-200 word abstract for each paper
2) A one-page CV for each participant.

Proposals should be submitted electronically to:

Natasha Kolchevska, Chair, Program Committee (nakolunm.edu )

Eligible conference participants can also apply for the Summer Research Lab 
at Illinois and receive housing grants to stay longer to conduct research.  
Limited travel grants available for eligible graduate students.  For more 
information on the Summer Lab see http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html

Lynda Y. Park, Assistant Director
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
USA
Tel: (217) 333-6022, 333-1244
Fax (217) 333-1582
E-mail: lyparkuiuc.edu
Web: http://www.reec.uiuc.edu

WORKSHOP- Kyrgyzstan in 2005: A Decisive Year, June 2005, Oxford, England

Posted by: Paul Bergne <PaulBergnecompuserve.com>
Posted: 21 Mar 2005


Workshop: Preliminary announcement

The Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia (TOSCCA) announces its 
second annual international workshop for 17th and 18th June in St Antony's 
College, Oxford. The subject will be "Kyrgyzstan in 2005 - a decisive year".

Scholars, politicians, officials and businessmen from Kyrgyzstan, the US and 
the UK have agreed to come, give presentations and discuss the issues which 
face Kyrgyzstan in this crucial year.  A detailed programme will be posted 
in April.

Registration fee: five pounds sterling (£5). All welcome.

For more details contact:

Paul Bergne, Director, TOSCCA.
E-mail: paulbergnecompuserve.com

or

Marina Turlakova, Assistant.
E-mail: marina.turlakovaspc.ox.ac.uk

CONFERENCE- Aspects of Social Change in Central Asia, March 24, Columbia University

Posted by: Neema Noori <nn88columbia.edu>
Posted: 21 Mar 2005


The East European, Russian and Eurasian National Resource Center, The 
Harriman Institute and Caspian Project of Columbia University's School of 
International & Public Affairs Present a Conference:

Aspects of Social Change in Central Asia

Thursday March 24, 2005

Kellogg Center
15th floor, International Affairs Building
Columbia University
420 West 118th St. (off Amsterdam Avenue)
New York, NY

8:45 am Introduction - Peter Sinnott, Conference Organizer

9:00 am Orifjon Rafiyev, Deputy Director, Institute of Demography Tajik 
Academy of Sciences
"Demographic Aspects of Social Change in Tajikistan"

9:30 am Gulnara Kuzibaeva, Associate Professor, Center for Social Research 
Toshkent National University
"Demographic Changes in Uzbekistan: Socioeconomic Implications"

10:00 am Irina Liczek, New School University
"Cultural Parameters of Gender Policy-making in Contemporary Turkmenistan"

10:30 am Muhiba Mahmadjanova, Department of Philosophy and Law, Tajik 
Academy of Sciences
"Women's Status in Contemporary Tajikistan"

11:00 am Muborak Sharipova, Director, Open Asia, Denmark
"From Soviet "Liberation" to post-Soviet Segregation: Women in Central Asia 
and Domestic Violence"

11:30 am Kristen Degan, SIPA/Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia 
University
"AIDS in Uzbekistan"

12-1:30pm Lunch Break

1:30 pm Pulat Shozimov, Tajik Academy of Sciences and Visiting Fulbright 
Scholar Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
"Islam and Social Change in Tajikistan"

2:00 pm Shokhrat Kadyrov, Researcher, Norwegian Institute of International 
Affairs
"Social Change in Post-Soviet Turkmenistan"

2:30 pm Neema Noori, Sociology Department, Columbia University
"Unravelling the State: The Mahallah Initiative and Decentralization in 
Uzbekistan"

3:00 pm Kurbon Giyoev, Head, Department of Social Philosophy Tajik Academy 
of Sciences
"Social Philosophy and Social Change in Tajikistan"

3:30 pm Tea/Coffee Break

4:00 pm Hilda Eitzen, Independent Scholar, Ph.D. Anthropology, Columbia U.
"Social Risk and the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in two Regions of 
Kazakhstan"

4:30 pm Peter Sinnott, Harriman and Middle East Institutes, SIPA, Columbia U.
"Push" and "Pull" Factors in Tajikistan Migration.

5:00 pm Saulesh Yessenova, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, University 
of British Columbia.
"Rural to Urban Migration in Kazakhstan"

5:30 pm Erica Marat Iskakova, Graduate School of Social Sciences, University 
of Bremen, Germany
"Kyrgyzstan: Ethnic, Labor and Political Migration"

Neema Noori
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Sociology
Columbia University
413 Fayerweather Hall
New York, NY 10027
E-mail: nn88columbia.edu

FORUM- W.P. Carey Forum, The Water Crisis in Xinjiang, March 28, Washington DC

Posted by: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute <caci2jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 21 Mar 2005


The Water Crisis in Xinjiang

Dr. Stanley Toops
Associate Professor of Geography and International Studies
Miami University of Ohio

Dr. S. Frederick Starr
Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute

Monday, March 28, 2005, 12-2 PM

1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Rome Auditorium
Washington, DC

Light lunch will be served at noon.

Central Asian agriculture and life can only go on in the presence of water, 
and has been overstressed by the growth of population and by the extensive 
and inefficient communist style of irrigation by vast Pharaonic projects.  
As a result, there is pressure of water scarcity and salinization throughout 
Central Asia.  This growing problem is damaging the environment and public 
health, and threatens hostility between the upstream and downstream 
countries. In Xinjiang, for example, the diversion of the upper Irtysh river 
has caused difficulties between China and Kazakhstan.  Xinjiang is facing a 
serious water problem, which Stanley Toops will explain using Turpan Oasis 
as a case study.

Dr. Toops, a geographer, is one of the most knowledgeable experts on
Xinjiang, and contributed a chapter to Central Asia-Caucasus Institute's 
recent volume, "Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland".  Dr. S. Frederick 
Starr, editor of that volume, is Chairman of the Institute and has published 
extensively on Central Asian affairs.

To RSVP please send an email with your name and affiliation to: 
caci2mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu or call (202) 663-7721.

MEETING- American Ctr. for Mongolian Stds. Annual Meeting, April 2005, Chicago

Posted by: Charles Krusekopf <ckrusekopfmail.mongoliacenter.org>
Posted: 18 Mar 2005


American Center for Mongolian Studies 2005 Annual Meeting and Mongolian 
Studies Panels in conjunction with the AAS

The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) Annual Membership Meeting 
will be held on Saturday April 2, 2005 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the 
Acapulco Room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, 
Illinois.

All members and guests are invited to attend, and no special registration 
for the meeting is required. The meeting is held in conjunction with the 
Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Meeting, but you do not need to 
register for the AAS meeting to attend.

The meeting will feature a talk by Dr. Peter Marsh, Director the ACMS office 
in Ulaanbaatar, who will discuss the current and planned programs of the 
ACMS and topics related to higher education and academic research in Mongolia.

Additional Speakers at the Meeting Include:

 - Enkhbaatar Demchig, Deputy Director of the ACMS Office in Ulaanbaatar 
   will discuss an ACMS-sponsored Project on Critical Thinking in Mongolian 
   Higher Education
 - Dr. Charles Krusekopf, ACMS Executive Director, will discuss the ACMS US 
   office move to Western Washington University, and plans for future ACMS 
   programs and fellowships
 - Dr. John Woods of the University of Chicago will discuss the latest news 
   related to the ongoing Chinggis Khan Tomb Expedition.
 - Dr. David Magier of Columbia University will discuss library and academic 
   resource development in Mongolia and on the web

Additional ACMS Mongolian Studies Events in Chicago on Thursday, March 31

Panel on US-Mongolian Bi-lateral Relations on March 31 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 
in the Cominsky Room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel

Panel speakers include: US Ambassador to Mongolia Pamela Slutz, Alicia 
Campi, Baasan Ragchaa, and M.Saruul-Erdene. Hosted by the ACMS and Mongolia 
Society.

This panel follows the Mongolia Society Annual Meeting and Mongolian Studies 
panels starting at 1:00 p.m. in the same room.

Reception honoring Mongolian Ambassador to the US, Ravdan Bold, and US 
Ambassador to Mongolia, Pamela Slutz

Time:
March 31 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Location:
International House of the University of Chicago
1414 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL
Tel: 773-753-2274

Reception hosted by the ACMS and the University of Chicago Center for 
International Studies and International House. Everyone is welcome to attend.

More details about the annual meeting and the ACMS can be found on our 
website, www.mongoliacenter.org.

ACMS Board of Directors Institutional Representatives 2004/2005:

James Almendinger, Science Museum of Minnesota
Chris Atwood, Indiana University
Thomas Barfield, Boston University
Gereltuv Dashdoorv, Nomadic Expeditions
Amanda Fine, Michigan State University
William Fitzhugh, Smithsonian Institute
Erik Herron, University of Kansas
Gordon Jacoby, Columbia University
Nyamaa Khajidsuren, Orkhon University
Lkhagvasuren, Chinggis Khaan College of Ulaanbaatar
Timothy May, North Georgia College and State Univ. 
Cliff Montagne, Montana State University
Jackie Moore, Austin College
Dennis Ojima, Colorado State University
Peter Morrow, Khan Bank
John Olsen, University of Arizona
Edgar Porter, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Steve Saunders, North America Mongolia Business Council
Alec Stewart, University of Pittsburgh
Kathleen Tomlonovic, Western Washington University
Jack Weatherford, Macalester College
John Woods, University of Chicago
Alexander Yard, Winona State University
George T. Yu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

FORUM- Ilyas Akhmadov, The Chechen Insurgency after Aslan Maskhadov, March 23, Wash DC

Posted by: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute <caci2jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 17 Mar 2005


The W.P. Carey Forum
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute

"The Chechen Insurgency after Aslan Maskhadov"

Ilyas Akhmadov, Visiting Fellow
International Forum, National Endowment for Democracy

Timothy Thomas
Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth

Wednesday, March 23, 5-7 PM

1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Rome Auditorium
Washington DC

Reception at end

The death of Aslan Maskhadov, the elected President of secessionist 
Chechnya, is likely to be a watershed event in the travails of the Chechen 
people, in Russia's success in the Chechnya war, and perhaps in relations 
between Russia and the West.  Because Maskhadov was elected and at one time 
was received in Washington as the Governor of a subject of the Russian 
federation, he gave the insurgency a certain legitimacy and seemed a 
possible negotiating partner for a political settlement.  Does his death 
remove any possible partner?  In this light, is it a success or setback for 
Russian counterinsurgency strategy?  Does Maskhadov's death herald a 
radicalization of the insurgency?  If so, what will the effect be on Chechen 
public opinion, inside and outside the Russian Federation?  Finally, it is 
an appropriate moment for reflection on the military successes and failures 
of the  Chechen guerrillas.  Are "conventional" partisan-war operations at 
an end? Is the cost uncontrolled terrorism in the North Caucasus more 
generally?  How great is the remaining capability of the Chechen rebels for 
each kind of operations?  And how well are Russia's forces equipped and 
trained to deal with continuing conflict?

Ilyas Akhmadov fought in the first war, mainly on the Maskhadov's staff.  In 
the summer of 1999 President Maskhadov named him as Foreign Minister of 
Chechnya, a title that he no longer uses.  After several months of the 
second Chechnya war he left Chechnya to continue making Chechnya's case in 
the West.  Subsequently Mr. Akhmadov claimed political asylum in the United 
States, and is currently writing a book on the successful and unsuccessful 
attempts to make peace between the Russian government and the secessionist 
authorities.

Tim Thomas was a career officer specializing in the analysis of Soviet 
military performance, particularly small unit operations in "low-intensity" 
conflicts.  He retired to become a civilian expert at FMSO, the Defense 
Department's center for such analysis, in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.  Since 
the collapse of the Soviet bloc, FMSO has broadened its reach to become the 
foremost center in the United States for the analysis of the military 
aspects of "low-intensity" conflicts.  Tim Thomas, who has published widely 
in the open press, has become FMSO's primary expert on the Chechnya wars.  
His talk will comprise his own views, not those of the United States 
Department of Defense.

To RSVP, please send an email with your name and affiliation to:
caci2mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu or call (202) 663-7721.

CONFERENCE- Diaspora and Disease Conference, March 31-April 1, SOAS, London

Posted by: Nim Nijjer <nn2SOAS.AC.UK>
Posted: 17 Mar 2005


Diaspora and Disease

a conference to be held at:

The School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
Thornhaugh Street
London WC1 0XG
United Kingdom

March 31st-April 1st

Convened by:

Parvathi Raman (SOAS)
Ian Harper (University of Edinburgh)

The aim of this conference is to bring about discussion between those 
conducting research in Diaspora Studies and the Anthropology of Public 
Health and Medicine. The movement of people has long been associated with 
the spread of disease and infections. In light of this, we are concerned 
with the role of medical knowledge and practices in relation to Diaspora 
communities, and how these discourses have contributed to the perception of 
diaspora populations by host society, and helped shape wider questions of 
belonging and citizenship. We aim to look at these questions in their 
historical context, both in their continuities and discontinuities, 
emphasising the importance of this to an understanding of current practices. 
Circuits of migration, and connected medical practices are taking new forms, 
where, on the one hand migrants are still associated with disease and 
pollution, but migrants are also increasingly staffing the infrastructure of 
western public health services. At the same time, the west can no longer lay 
claim to superior biomedical provision. These shifts signal new directions 
in the relationship between medical discourse and diasporic others, giving 
rise to a contradictory language of migrants being seen as both a threat, 
and a solution to the health of the nation.

Registration £25/ Students and Senior Citizens Concessions £10

For further information and registration forms contact:

Dr Parvathi Raman
E-mail: pr1soas.ac.uk

Mrs Nim Nijjer
E-mail: nn2soas.ac.uk

CONF./CFP- Business at the Heart of Central Asia, May 31, 2005, Tashkent

Posted by: Daniel Stevens <dstevenswiut.uz>
Posted: 16 Mar 2005


Conference: Call for Papers

Business at the Heart of Central Asia: Critical Issues of Competition and 
Competitiveness

Westminster International University in Tashkent

Tuesday 31st May 2005

Westminster International University in Tashkent invites all interested 
scholars and business leaders to submit paper proposals for a one day 
conference on the issues of competition and competitiveness and the 
implications for business. The selected theme is deliberately broad so as to 
include a variety of perspectives focusing both at the micro level of the 
firm and the macro level of the national economy. Papers can relate to any 
of the following themes:

 - Management and competitiveness strategies and successes
 - Legal perspectives on improving competitiveness and competition
 - Economics perspectives on increasing competitiveness at the micro level 
   and competition at the macro level
 - Role of information technology in increasing competitiveness, e-business 
   and e-commerce
 - Education's contribution to competitiveness and the prospects for 
   competition in the education sector.

Paper proposals can be submitted in English, Uzbek or Russian and after an 
opening plenary session in English most of the conference sessions will 
consist of small single language panels focusing on a particular aspect of 
the conference theme. Outstanding paper proposals from residents of regions 
of Uzbekistan other than Tashkent are eligible for a scholarship to cover 
travel and accommodation. International participants are also very welcome, 
though the conference organizers cannot cover any of their costs.

The deadline for paper proposals is 15th April 2005.

Please submit the paper proposal in Word format to conferencewiut.uz 
including:

1) Your name, address, position and place of employment or study;
2) What language your paper presentation will be in;
3) Paper abstract of 200-300 words with the title and brief description of 
   your proposed paper, including what data or sources of information you will 
   be drawing upon;
4) A biographical summary of 200 words describing your educational and 
   professional background.

If your paper is selected you will be informed by 22nd April 2005.

The conference host, Westminster International University in Tashkent, was 
founded upon the initiative of the President of Uzbekistan on January 16th 
2002 and delivers UK accredited degrees in business, economics, business 
computing and law. All courses are taught in English by a team of 
international and foreign trained lecturers and the University works in 
close partnership with the University of Westminster, London, UK. There are 
currently approximately five hundred students studying for Bachelors degree, 
with the first graduates completing in June 2005. Westminster International 
University is planning to initiate Masters level courses beginning in the 
academic year 2005-2006 and is currently expanding its research activities.

More information about the university is available at http://www.wiut.uz.

CONFERENCE- Central Asia as Land-Bridge between Europe & China, April 2005, Almaty

Posted by: F. Vielmini <vielminnursat.kz>
Posted: 15 Mar 2005


Central Asia's Perspectives as Transit Land-Bridge between Europe and China

International Conference organised by:

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Kazakh Institute for Strategic Studies
Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Kazakhstan

April 26, 2005
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Preliminary Concept:

Development of international continental transport communications has been 
and remains very important for Central Asian countries since the Silk Way 
period. The construction of optimal schemes of interstate corridors is not 
only a priority task for specialised agencies and ministries but, bearing in 
mind regional specifics, this issue has an international political and 
geopolitical meaning of its own. Successful Chinese experiences of the past 
decade confirm these tendencies.

Central Asia has a unique position between Europe, China and Russia. The 
Asian-Pacific Region (APR) is more and more one of the fastest growing 
economies in the world. The European growth is becoming intrinsically 
inter-linked with the economy of the APR.

Moreover, Central Asia countries as well as Russia are striving to ease 
their dependence on export of natural resources and counterbalance it by 
enlarging the productive sector of the economy. By crossing the region, the 
construction of relevant infrastructures linking the main geo-economic poles 
on the Eurasian landmass will trigger sustainable growth in Eurasia.  The 
new routes will significantly increase the transport of goods and services 
from West to East and vice versa and will have a cross-regional impact on 
transit countries' economies. The regions bordering transport corridors 
would be positively affected and be able to increase trade themselves.

What is more, the new links will indirectly uphold peace in Central Asia, 
giving a real interest in its stability to the neighbouring powers.

Hence, the identification of future transit corridors is of a significant 
strategic importance, and will have deep consequences for the concerned 
regions. To facilitate this identification as well as to strengthen its 
significance in a geopolitical context, the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation 
together with the Kazakh Institute for Strategic Studies and the Embassy of 
the People's Republic on China in Kazakhstan will organise an international 
conference in Almaty in April 2005.

Organisational Issues

Arrival/Departure of foreign participants:
Arrival April 25
Departure April 27

Conference:

Day: April 26
Time: 10.00 AM - 5.30 PM
Location: Hotel Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Contact details of organizers:

Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Samal-3, Deutsches Haus
480052 Almaty
Kazakhstan
Tel. +7 (3272) 54-37-17
Fax. +7 (3272) 54-37-13

E-mail: FES-almatynursat.kz or vielminnursat.kz

Kazakhstani Institute for Strategic Studies (KISI)
Dostyk Prospekt 87 b
4801000 Almaty
Kazakhstan
Tel.: + 7 (3272) 64-34-04;
Fax.: +7 (3272) 64-49-95
E-mail: larissakisi.kz
Web: http://www.kisi.kz

Accommodation of foreign participants: Hotel Kazakhstan

Conference languages: English & Russian

Chairmen of conference:

Dr. Maulen Ashimbayev (KISI)
Dr. Reinhard Krumm (FES)

Organizational Committee:

Elvira PAK, FES-Almaty
Moira KETTNER, FES-Almaty
Dr. Larissa GUSEVA, KISI Fabrizio VIELMINI, Italian-Kazakhstani Chamber of 
Commerce

Preliminary Program

09.30 - 10.00 Registration

10.00 - 10.30 Opening of the Conference
Welcoming remarks
Dr. Maulen Ashimbaev, Kazakh Institute for Strategic Studies
Dr. Reinhard Krumm, FES Central Asia Project Coordinator
The Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in RK
N.N., Kazakh Transport & Communication Ministry (requested)

First Session:
Development of the Eurasian Transit Transport Potential: Geopolitical Aspects

10.30 - 10.40 Eurasian infrastructure development: European View
Alexander RAHR (German Society for Foreign Politics, requested)
10.40 - 10.50 Chinese Transport and Geopolitics in the XXI century
N.N.
10.50 - 11.00 Russian Interests in Eurasian Transport Corridors
Alexander SOBIANIN, (Association for Trans-border Cooperation, ATC, Moscow)
11.00 - 11.10 Kazakhstan as a Pioneer in Central Asia: Roads as Key Factor 
for a Multivectoral Foreign Policy
N.N.
11.20 - 11.30 European Interests in a Sustainable Partnership with China and 
the NIS for the implementation of Eurasian Land-Bridges
N.N.
11.30 - 11.50 Discussion
11.50 - 12.10 Coffee Break

Second Session:
Transport Systems of countries of Central Asia and they potential in 
organization of transit transportation

12.10 - 12.20 State and tendencies of development of transport complex in 
countries of Central Asia
12.20 - 12.30 The ways of integration of Central Asia countries in world 
transport system
12.30 - 12.40 Analysis of problems standing on the way of effective 
achievement of transit potential and mechanisms of it overcoming
12.40. - 13.00 Discussion

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

Third Session:
Efficiency of Eurasian Roads and Alternative Transport Options

14.00 - 14.10 Berlin-Bejing: Cooperational Perspectives - comparative analysis
Dr. Boehlke (Daimler Chrysler, requested)
14.10 - 14.20 Trans-Siberian and other Eurasian Corridors
N.N.
14.20 - 14.30 Evaluation of the Kazakhstani Transit Transport Potential
KazAto (Kazakhstani Union of International Road Carriers)
14.30 - 14.40 TRASECA
N.N.
14.40 - 14.50 Iran's View on Eurasian Transport Politics
N.N.
14.50 - 15.10 Discussion

Fourth Session:
Increasing the Efficiency of Transit Transport Networks

15.10 -15.20 Harmonisation of Tax and Custom Politics
N.N.
15.20 -15.30 Technical Obstacles between Chinese and Kazakh Rail Roads
N.N.

15.30 - 15.50 Discussion

15.50 - 16.10 Coffee Break

16.10 - 16.20 Legal and Financial Instruments from International Institutions
N.N.
16.20 - 16.30 The Transport Corridor as Tool for Development in NIS Countries
N.N.

16.30 - 16.50 Discussion

16.50 - 17.10
Resume

17.20 Closing of Conference

Support for Covering Costs of Participation:

The Organizational Committee is able to cover the expenses for the following 
number of experts from each of the following countries:


1. 3 (three) experts from Russia
2. 1 (one) experts from Tajikistan
3. 1 (one) expert from Kyrgyzstan
4. 1 (one) expert from Turkmenistan
5. 1 (one) expert from Uzbekistan
6. 1 (one) expert from EU (Bruxelles)
7. 1 (one) expert from France
8. 1 (one) expert from Germany
9. 3 (three) experts from China
10. 2 (two) experts from Kazakhstan (Astana)

CONFERENCE- Democracy & Development: Challenges for the Islamic World, April 2005, Wash DC

Posted by: Radwan A. Masmoudi <radwan.masmoudigte.net>
Posted: 15 Mar 2005


CSID 6th Annual Conference:

Democracy and Development: Challenges for the Islamic World

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC 20008

Friday and Saturday, April 22-23, 2005

This year's program promises to be extremely rich and informative.  The CSID 
program committee has put together an excellent program, which includes six 
panels on:

 - Internal Resources and their Relevance
 - Paradigms for Economic Development
 - Open Forum: Voices of Muslim Democrats
 - The Impact of Globalization on Democratization & Development
 - Women and Political-Economic Development
 - US Policy toward Democratic Reforms in the Muslim World
 - Barriers to Development
 - Identifying Conceptual & Functional Pre-Requisites for Democratization in 
   the Muslim World

Among the speakers and panelists at this year's conference are:

U.S. Sec. of State Condoleeza Rice (invited)
USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios (invited)
Carl Gershman, National Endowment for Democracy, DC
Lorne Craner, National Republican Institute, DC
Saad Eddine Ibrahim, Ibn-Khaldoun Center, Egypt
Vartan Gregorian, Carnegie Corporation of New York - Invited
Anisa Mehdi, Whetsone Productions, NJ
Fawaz Gerges, Sarah Lawrence University, NY
Imam Hassan Qazwini, Islamic Center of America, MI
Zainah Anwar, Sisters in Islam, Malaysia
Asma Afsaruddin, Univ. of Notre Dame
Antony T. Sullivan, Fund for American Studies
Farid Senzai , Inst. for Social Policies and Understanding
Muqtedar Khan, Adrian College
Najib Ghadhban, Univ. of Arkansas
Ali Paya, Center for the Study of Democracy, UK
Reza Eslami Somea, Univ. of Tehran, Iran
Mahmoud Rashdan, Jordan
Aminah Rasul, Philippines
Anara Tabyshalieva, Kyrgyzstan
Abu Elela Mady, Hizb al-Wasat, Egypt
Wael Nawara, Hizb al-Ghad, Egypt
Merve Kavakci, Turkey
Muhammad Al-Habash, Syria
Sherif Ahmed Mansour, Ibn Khaldun Center, Egypt
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Minaret of Freedom Institute
Shadi A. Hamid, Georgetown University, DC
Robin Bush, The Asia Foundation, Indonesia
Paul Sullivan, National Defense University, DC
Louay M. Safi, ISNA Leadership Dev. Center
Asma Barlas, etc&
and many other excellent speakers, panelists, and over 250 participants.

To view the Tentative Program or to register for the conference, please go to:
http://www.islam-democracy.org/

To renew your membership, and benefit from the lower registration fee, 
please go to: http://www.islam-democracy.org/get_involved.asp

CSID has also secured about 50 rooms at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 
Washington, DC for anyone participating or attending the CSID conference 
(the Special Group Rate of $119.00 a night will expire on March 31, 2005), 
please call the hotel directly:

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road, NW, Washington, DC 20008
202-328-8822 or 800-228-9290

If you or your organization/institution are interested in buying a table 
($1,000) or in being listed as a co-sponsor of the conference ($3,000), 
please contact our conference coordinator, Ms. Layla Sein at: 202-942-2185 
by e-mail to: seinislam-democracy.org.  Your support is vital for the 
success of the conference, and will allow CSID to defray some of the travel 
expenses for the speakers (those coming from overseas), as well as hopefully 
offer some scholarships for graduate students to attend the conference.

We greatly appreciate your support, and we look forward to your 
participation on April 22-23, 2005.

With warm greetings and salaam,

Dr. Radwan A. Masmoudi
President
Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID)
2121 K Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20037-1801
Tel: (202) 942-2181
Mob: (202) 251-3036
E-mail: masmoudiislam-democracy.org
Web: www.islam-democracy.org

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«Central Eurasian Studies World Wide» is a project of the
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University

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WORKSHOP- Islam in Central Asia, June 16-17, 2005, Jerusalem

CONF.- Empires, Islam and Politics in Central Eurasia, July 7-8, Sapporo, Japan

CONF./CFP- Projects and Programs Impact Assessment, IPEN, Sept. 2005, Almaty

CONF./CFP- Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Aug. 2005, Ulaanbaatar

CONF./CFP- Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Stds., Nov. 2005

CONF./CFP- Uyghur Studies in Kazakhstan: Tradition and Innovation, Sept. 2005, Almaty

LECTURE- Harvard-Yenching Library and F. W. Cleaves on Mongolian Stds., June 7, Beijing

CONF. PROGRAM- Asia Society's Int'l Business Conf., June 14-16, 2005, Almaty

EVENT- 4th Annual Children's Gathering for Peace, June 5, Seattle, WA

EVENT- 19th Annual Georgian Studies Day, Nov. 16, 2005, King's College, London

CONF. PROGRAM- Business at the Heart of Central Asia, May 31, Tashkent

CONF.- The Millenium of Kazan Symposium, May 28, Istanbul

CONF.- Cultural Revival in Iranian Azerbaijan since 1979, May 30, Baku

EVENT- Afghan Art and Film Festival, Full Tour Schedule in North America

SYMPOSIUM- Socio-Political Process and Security Issues, Oct. 2005, Pyatigorsk Univ.

BRIEFING- Human Rights in Chechnya, May 18, Washington DC

CONFERENCE- Indian Sufism in India, Central Asia and the Middle East, June 2, Paris

SYMPOSIUM- 17th Nicholas Poppe Symposium, May 14, Univ. of Washington, Seattle

CONFERENCE- Identity and Culture, June 14-17, Koc University, Istanbul

CONFERENCE PROGRAM- 2nd Int'l Conference on Energy Security, May 20-21, Netherlands

OSI FORUM- A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, May 17, New York City

SYMPOSIUM- Amir Timur and his Heritage, May 26-27, Istanbul

LECTURE- Mithradates I, the Parthian King and his Legacy for Iran, May 18, Toronto

LECTURE- Iranian-Americans and the Question of Identity, May 28, UC Irvine

SEMINAR- Donald MacLaren, Georgia: What's Going On?, May 17, SOAS-Univ. of London

OSI FORUM- Edil Baisalov, Change of Power in Kyrgyzstan, May 6, New York City

FORUM- Lan Bentsen, A Vision for Georgia's Economic Future, May 5, Washington DC

OSI FORUM- Hugh Pope, The Rise of the Turkic World, May 4, New York City

SYMPOSIUM- Crisis in Chechnya, April 30, University of Washington, Seattle

CONF./CFP- Int'l Symposium on East Siberia & the North, Sept. 2005, Lake Baikal

FORUM- Amb. Stephen Young, Kyrgyzstan's Path toward Democracy, May 4, Washington DC

LECTURE- Communications between Central Asia & Ming China, April 26, Beijing

CONF./CFP- Central Asian Teachers of English Conference, June 2005, Dushanbe

LECTURE- Religious Freedom in Post-Soviet Societies, May 9, Washington DC

LECTURE- Kaisha Atakhanova, 2005 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, April 26, Wash DC

CONF./CFP- Gift in Turkic Culture, Nov. 2005, Marmara University, Istanbul

CONFERENCE- Gender Issues in Central Asia & the Caucasus, April 29, CERES, Georgetown Univ.

CONF./CFP- The Cotton Sector in Central Asia, Nov. 2005, SOAS, Univ. of London

LECTURE- The Armenian Genocide & Historical Memory, April 25, Urbana, Illinois

OSI FORUM- Muborak Sharipova, Women in Tajikistan, April 19, New York City

LECTURE- US Strategic Interests in Central Asia, April 26, Columbia University

CONFERENCE- Asia Society's International Business Conference, June 2005, Almaty

CONF./CFP- Business at the Heart of Central Asia, Tashkent, Deadline Extended

CONF./CFP- Int'l Symposium on East Siberia & the North, Sept. 2005, Lake Baikal

FORUM- S. Frederick Starr, A Greater Central Asia Partnership, April 20, Washington DC

CONFERENCE REMINDER- Signs & Secret Languages in Turkic Culture, April 2005, Istanbul

WORKSHOP CANCELLED- Kyrgyzstan in 2005: A Decisive Year, June 2005, Cancelled

FORUM- Georgia's National Security Reform, April 14, Washington DC

CONF./CFP- Foundation for Endangered Languages, Nov. 2005, South Africa

CONF./CFP- Warsaw East European Conference, July 20-22, Warsaw University

CONFERENCE PROGRAM- Hydrocarbon Wealth & Development, June 10, Univ. of Reading

BRIEFING- Kyrgyzstan Briefing, April 5, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

DISCUSSION- Faces of Kyrgyzstan's Yellow Revolution, April 5, Columbia Univ.

COURSE INFORMATION- Civilization of Pre-Islamic Iran, UCLA Extension Course

DEADLINE REMINDER- Indiana University Summer Workshop in Central Asian Languages

CONFERENCE PROGRAM- Mongolia Society Annual Meeting, March 3-April 3, 2005, Chicago

LECTURE SERIES- Dr. Eslami Nodushan, Nine Lecture Series, Univ. of Toronto

CONF./CFP- Iran & its Environment, Oct. 2005, RGGU, Moscow

SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS- Migration Factors in the Development of Central Asia

CONF./CFP- Women & the Marketplace, June 2005, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

WORKSHOP- Kyrgyzstan in 2005: A Decisive Year, June 2005, Oxford, England

CONFERENCE- Aspects of Social Change in Central Asia, March 24, Columbia University

FORUM- W.P. Carey Forum, The Water Crisis in Xinjiang, March 28, Washington DC

MEETING- American Ctr. for Mongolian Stds. Annual Meeting, April 2005, Chicago

FORUM- Ilyas Akhmadov, The Chechen Insurgency after Aslan Maskhadov, March 23, Wash DC

CONFERENCE- Diaspora and Disease Conference, March 31-April 1, SOAS, London

CONF./CFP- Business at the Heart of Central Asia, May 31, 2005, Tashkent

CONFERENCE- Central Asia as Land-Bridge between Europe & China, April 2005, Almaty

CONFERENCE- Democracy & Development: Challenges for the Islamic World, April 2005, Wash DC

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