Central-Eurasia-L Announcement Archive
2. Conferences and Lecture Series
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CONF.- Tenth European Society for Central Asian Studies, Ankara, 12-15 Sept.
2007
Posted by: ESCAS 2007 Organizing Committee <escas metu.edu.tr>
Posted: 11 Sep 2007
CONF.- Tenth European Society for Central Asian Studies, Ankara, 12-15 Sept.
European Society for Central Asian Studies Tenth Conference on
Central Asia: Sharing Experiences and Prospects
12-15 September 2007
The Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey
The ESCAS 10th Conference provides Central Asian and European
researchers with a golden opportunity to study and to exchange views
on Central Asia; its past, present and future. Ever since it was
founded in 1985, ESCAS has always striven to promote Central Asian
studies among Western scholars as well as colleagues from the region.
The creation of the newly independent Central Asian Republics after
1991 accompanied by the opening of this region to the world, marked
the new era for Central Asian studies. Current developments in Central
Asia are reflected in all academic disciplines, dealing with
geopolitics, energy and economics, urbanism, society and communities
and religious beliefs, ethnography, history, archaeology and linguistics.
Conflicts can be triggered off between neighbours and great powers
over the issues of water or oil, since Central Asia, rich in natural
resources, is closely connected with the neighbouring great powers in
competition for hydrocarbon, water and other resources. Nowadays
Central Asia attracts lots of attention from the states of other
regions and continents and serves as a new field for numerous NGOs,
Muslim, Christian and other missionaries.
The geographic domain of Central Asia, according to the ESCAS
definition, covers contemporary Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Northern Iran, Northern
Afghanistan, North-Western China, Trans-Caspian and South Siberia.
What are the different concepts used by scholars today, when dealing
with such a wide range of topics? Central Asia, being a special area
due to its unique history, societies and religions, cannot be studied
solely through the prism of such concepts as "developed and developing
countries" or "modern and traditional societies".
For the first time the conference will be held in Turkey at the Middle
East Technical University, who has been a pioneer in the Eurasian
Studies by establishing a research centre on the region for the first
time in Turkey.
Modalities:
Venue: Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences of the Middle
East Technical University
Language: English. No translation facilities will be provided.
Key-note speakers of the conference are Süleyman Demirel, John
Schoeberlein and Cengiz Aytmatov (to be confirmed).
Our participants are from United Kingdom, Türkiye, the USA,
Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Germany
France, Poland, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Australia, Denmark, Canada,
Russia, Italy, India, China, Greece, Bulgaria,
Sweden, Japan, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Portugal,
Israel and Iran
The preliminary program is available online at:
http://www.kora.metu.edu.tr/escas/ESCASConferenceProgram.pdf
Should you have more questions, please, do not hesitate to contact us at:
The Center for Black Sea and Central Asia
Iktisadi Idari Bilimler Fakultesi B Binas
Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi
Kat: 2, Oda no: I204
Assoc. Prof. Pinar Akcali (Chair of Organizing Committee): akcalimetu.edu.tr
Research Assistant Aslihan Anlar doganlarmetu.edu.tr
ESCAS 2007 Organizing Committee: escasmetu.edu.tr
www.kora.metu.edu.tr
www.escas.pz.nl
Organizing Committee Members:
Assoc. Prof. Pinar Akcali
Assist. Prof. Oktay F. Tanrisever
Assist. Prof. Ayca Ergun Ozbolat
Dr. Erdogan Yildirim
PANEL- Central Asian Art at the Istanbul Biennale, Sept. 9, 2007
Posted by: Leeza Ahmady <ahmadyartsearthlink.net>
Posted: 5 Sep 2007
PANEL- Central Asian Art at the Istanbul Biennale, Sept. 9, 2007
10th International Istanbul Biennale
09/09/2007, 17:00-19:00
santralistanbul
Panel Program: International Discourse vs. Local Vibrancy: Challenges
and Opportunities in the Practice of Art in Central Asia
Speakers: Gulnara Kasmalieva (Artist, Kyrgyzstan), Shaarbek Amankul
(Artist, Kyrgyzstan), Yulia Sorokina (Independent curator and critic,
Kazakhstan), Saken Narynov (Architect and artist, Kazakhstan), Surayo
Tuichieva (Artist, Activist), Jamshed Kholikov (Designer, Activist, Tajikistan)
Participants: Artur Boljurov (Artist, Kyrgyzstan), Ilyos Mamadzhanov
(Artist, Tajikistan)
Moderator: Leeza Ahmady (Independent curator)
The contemporary art world has expanded, advancing ever forward by the
efforts of artist-collectives from regions that were once considered
remote. In the past few decades, many localities have launched artists
who are formulating new aesthetics and who are bringing to the fore
issues that in the past were simply repressed. Much like many other
regions of the world, the art communities in Central Asian countries
are very small. Thus when its best artists who also act as curators,
critics, and administrators become engaged and occupied in projects
abroad, what happens to the local art scene? Can it maintain local
activity and local vibrancy? If so, how? The symposium gathers a
number of artists, critics, and educators from the region and attempts
to explore the above-mentioned issues, and other specific challenges
and opportunities in the practice of art inside the countries of
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan.
The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts would like to thank the
Christensen Fund for its contribution towards the realisation of the
"International Discourse vs. Local Vibrancy: Challenges and
Opportunities in the Practice of Art in Central Asia" panel discussion.
LECTURE- Labor Migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Susan Thieme, Sept. 12, 2007, Bishkek
Posted by: Alexander I. Pugachev <pugachev_amail.auca.kg>
Posted: 5 Sep 2007
LECTURE- Labor Migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Susan Thieme, Sept. 12, 2007, Bishkek
The Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg) presents:
Lecture: Osh-Bishkek-Almaty-Moscow and return? How Different Generations
Sustain Their Livelihoods in Multilocal Settings
Presenter: Susan Thieme (PhD in Geography), University of Zurich,
Switzerland
Time: 5 p.m.
Date: September 12th
Place: Room 315, AUCA
Synopsis: Bishkek and cities in Russia and Kazakhstan are major
destinations for labour migrants from rural South Kyrgyzstan. Next to
search for a better income, younger men and women also migrate for
education and to escape traditions like early marriage. Children and
elderly people are left behind. In Kazakhstan and Russia the majority
of migrants work de facto illegal on territory, where they would have
had the same citizenship and rights only some years ago, including all
stigma and risks for their livelihoods illegality implies. However,
the way in which migrants appropriate their working and living spaces
strongly depends on gender, age and the cities they have been migrated
to. While elderly often feel that this separation of the traditional
family is only temporary, younger people start placing their lives at
other places than where they originally come from. This lecture will
look into the multilocal setting of families and at the different and
sometimes controversial perceptions and experiences of migration and
their consequences for different generations involved.
Bio: Susan Thieme holds PhD in Geography from University of Zurich,
Switzerland. Her doctoral research focused on labor migration from
Nepal to India and selected aspects of migrants' daily lives, such as
working and living conditions, management of loans and savings, and
remittance transfer. Since 2006 she is leading a project, "Sustaining
Livelihoods in Multilocal Settings", looking at risks and potential of
migration for people's livelihoods in Central Asia and South Asia.
Susan Thieme works at the Geography Department, University of Zurich.
In the past, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Sussex Center for
Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK.
How to register: Please send e-mail to pssmail.auca.kg with your name.
CONF./CFP- The Law of Waqf II, Harvard Law School, May 16-18, 2008
Posted by: Peri Bearman <pbearmanlaw.harvard.edu>
Posted: 5 Sep 2007
CONF./CFP- The Law of Waqf II, Harvard Law School, May 16-18, 2008
A conference in three parts
I. Origins to Ottoman-Era Maturity (convened 2006)
II. Modern State Control and Nationalization
III. Contemporary Regeneration
May 16-18, 2008
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.
The institution of waqf, the Islamic charitable foundation, has been
the topic of intensified research since 1970. Increasingly, its
historical, economic, and social implications have been highlighted
and explored. Legal aspects of waqf-the rules, procedures, and
institutions that govern its establishment and operation-have been
relatively neglected, however.
In response to this situation the Islamic Legal Studies Program of
Harvard Law School and Randi Deguilhem of the Institut de Recherches
et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM) in Aix-en-Provence
are organizing a conference on "The Law of Waqf." The conference is
divided into three stages, organized chronologically, which capture
three distinct eras of waqf up to modern times. The first stage
"Origins to Ottoman-Era Maturity" was held in May 2006. The next stage
"Modern State Control and Nationalization" is now being planned for May 2008.
For the second stage, the organizers are soliciting presentations that
explore colonial law vis-à-vis the waqf both as an institution and as
physical property in the Muslim world before the independence of the
colonized countries. In theory and in practice, colonial law wrestled
with the reality of waqf as the colonial powers sought to introduce
reforms for other than legal reasons. In the interests of discovering
the law that adapted and was adapted in relation to the waqf, papers
focusing on the political, social, or economic agenda of the colonial
powers are not solicited; rather, innovative legal mechanisms or
discussions that were presented to deal with the waqf status quo found
or established by the colonizing countries upon intervention in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are requested.
The conference language will be English. Previously presented or
published work will not be accepted. Abstracts of up to 500 words,
clearly stating the legal dimension of the topic, should be e-mailed,
either in the body of the e-mail or as an attachment in Word or as
PDF, to Peri Bearman at pbearmanlaw.harvard.edu, with as subject
heading "The Law of Waqf II". If sending a Word attachment, please
avoid using diacriticals in transliteration. The abstract should
include the complete name, occupation, and work or university
affiliation of the author, as well as a short bio. The deadline for
the submission of abstracts is September 30, 2007; notification of
acceptance will be sent out by October 31, 2007.
CONF./CFP- Morphological Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus,
Fe.b 2008
Posted by: Nino Amiridze <nino.amiridzelet.uu.nl>
Posted: 5 Sep 2007
CONF./CFP- Morphological Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus, 2/08
Morphological Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus
Workshop at the 13th International Morphology Meeting
February 3rd-6th, 2008, Vienna, Austria
http://www.let.uu.nl/~nino.amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html
Second Call for Abstracts
A great diversity of languages is spoken in the Caucasus, most of
which have rich inflectional systems, on the noun (e.g., North-East
Caucasian), on the verb (e.g. North-West Caucasian), or both (e.g.,
South Caucasian).
The Caucasus offers rich material for studying genetically diverse
languages being in close contact for centuries, e.g. Georgian (South
Caucasian) with Abkhaz (North-West Caucasian); Ossetian
(Indo-European) and Batsbi (North-East Caucasian); Armenian
(Indo-European) with Azeri (Turkic); or Kumyk (Turkic) with major
North-East Caucasian languages of Daghestan; or, for a much shorter
period, the languages indigenous to the region being in contact with
the unrelated Russian and Turkish. While much is known about the
contemporary grammar of individual languages of the Caucasus, much
less can be said with regard to the various contact situations and
their impact on the morphosyntax of individual languages. Our workshop
aims to broaden the knowledge on this subject.
We invite researchers working on morphological variation and change in
the languages spoken in the Caucasus to submit abstracts for
participation in the workshop, planned to be held at the 13th
International Morphology Meeting. We would like to invite
contributions dealing with contact-induced morphological changes in
any language of the Caucasus region. This includes investigations of
changes driven by influence from any other language of the region,
irrespective of the genetic affiliation of the languages in contact.
Of great interest are not only inter-family, but also somewhat more
subtle intra-family contacts, such as contacts between various
North-East Caucasian languages spoken in adjacent areas or neighboring
villages. Contributions exploring morphological variation and
language-internal morphological changes are also welcome.
Invited Speakers
* Alice C. Harris. SUNY Stony Brook.
* Johanna Nichols. University of California, Berkeley.
* Vladimir Plungian. Russian Academy of Sciences.
Important Dates
Abstract submission: September 17, 2007
Notification: October 31, 2007
Workshop: February 3rd-6th, 2008
(The exact date will be announced later)
Organizers
* Nino Amiridze, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
* Michael Daniel, Moscow State University (Russia)
* Silvia Kutscher, University of Cologne (Germany)
Publication
If after the workshop there will be interest in publishing either a
proceedings or a special journal issue, then the organizers will take
responsibility of finding a suitable forum and will act as editors.
Submission
Abstracts (in English, maximum 3 pages, including data and references)
have to be submitted electronically as portable document format (.pdf)
or Microsoft Word (.doc) files via the EasyChair conference management
system: http://www.easychair.org/MVCLC2008/.
If you do not have an EasyChair account, click on the button "I have
no EasyChair Account" on that page and follow the instructions. When
you receive a password, you can enter the site and upload your abstract.
Workshop Web Page
http://www.let.uu.nl/~nino.amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html
LECTURE- Jewish and Christian Traditions among Nomads of Central Asia, Santa
Monica, Aug. 29
Posted by: Richard Hewitt <manasepicyahoo.com>
Posted: 24 Aug 2007
LECTURE- Jewish and Christian Traditions among Nomads of Central Asia, Sta Monica
Jewish and Christian Traditions among Nomads of Central Asia: "Beyond Archetypes"
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica Main Branch Library, Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium
7:00-8:30 pm, Aug. 29, 2007
By author Richard Hewitt
The traditions in question are taken primarily from the Kyrgyz of
Northern Kyrgyzstan and their epic "Manas."
CONF./CFP- Oriental Studies under Socialism, Amsterdam or Bonn, 2008
Posted by: Michael Kemper <M.Kemperuva.nl>
Posted: 23 Aug 2007
CONF./CFP- Oriental Studies under Socialism, Amsterdam or Bonn, 2008
The Department for Oriental Studies of Bonn University (Germany) and
the Department of European Studies at Amsterdam University
(Netherlands) are jointly preparing a colloquium on the History of
Oriental Studies in Socialist Europe, which is scheduled to take place
in Amsterdam or Bonn in March or April of 2008. At present, we are
looking for scholars who would be interested in participating.
We are especially interested in the following aspects:
1) How was Islam interpreted under Communism?
2) What restrictions and what opportunities did scholars of Oriental
and Islamic studies face in Socialist Central/Eastern Europe? (In the
case of the Soviet Union, this topic is clearly linked to the
repression of scholars in the 1920s and 1930s.). Did some fields of
Oriental Studies enjoy more "liberties" than others?
3) How were institutes, journals and associations for Oriental Studies
established and reformed during the Socialist period, what were their
aims and tasks in teaching, research, and politics? How were
departments of Oriental Studies related to other faculties?
4) How does the "Socialist image of the Orient" fit in with Edward
Said's concept of "Orientalism"?
5) What was the legacy of Socialist Oriental studies after 1989/1991,
and how is its history interpreted now? Did Orientalists play a role
in the transformation of their respective societies?
The conference will thus be comparative in perspective, using
biographical, institutional and discursive approaches to the general topic.
Currently we are preparing the list of participants, which shall
include scholars from Russia, Hungary, former Yugoslavia, the Czech
Republic, and Poland, as well colleagues from Germany, the
Netherlands, Switzerland, France, and the USA. The colloquium language
will be English and German; the results of our meeting will be
published in English. The colloquium will be open to the public.
Scholars who are interested in participating at our meeting are
welcome to send us a message containing their topic for their
presentation and article, and are also kindly asked to provide their
CV. The decision whether participation can be funded depends (1) on
the approval of our general application by a German foundation, and
(2) on the quality of the proposed individual contribution. We also
encourage the participants to apply to their home institutions for support.
In any case we would be very pleased to make the acquaintance of
scholars - especially of the younger generation - who have an interest
in the history of Oriental studies in Central/Eastern Europe.
Thank you for disseminating this information among your colleagues!
Michael Kemper
Stephan Conermann
Prof. Dr. Michael Kemper
Chair of Eastern European Studies
Universiteit van Amsterdam
P.C. Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 134
NL-1012 VB Amsterdam
Tel. 0031-20-525 4370
m.kemperuva.nl
http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.kemper/
Prof. Dr. Stephan Conermann
Universität Bonn
Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften (IOA
Abt. für Islamwissenschaft
Regina-Pacis-Weg 7
D- 53113 Bonn
Tel. 0049-228-737462
stephan.conermannuni-bonn.de
CFP/PRECONF.- American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT),
Seattle, Oct. 19, 2007
Posted by: Uli Schamiloglu <uschamilwisc.edu>
Posted: 23 Aug 2007
CFP/PRECONF.- American Assoc. of Teachers of Turkic Languages, Seattle, Oct. 19
Second Circular
The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) is
pleased to announce the third annual "Graduate Student Pre-Conference
in Turkish and Turkic Studies". This conference was established to
mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of AATT. The third
Pre-Conference is co-sponsored by the Institute for Turkish Studies
and the Turkish Cultural Foundation.
The third annual Pre-Conference will meet on Thursday evening, October
18, and Friday morning, October 19. This year it will take the form of
a special panel held in conjunction with the 2007 meeting of the
Central Eurasian Studies Society to be held October 18-21, 2007 at the
University of Washington-Seattle. (Previous meetings were held prior
to the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association. We hope
to continue to meet in conjunction with both MESA and CESS on some
kind of alternating basis in the future.) Because of scheduling
issues, unfortunately the meeting will consist of fewer papers than in
previous years.
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 Friday, August 31, 2007.
Proposals should be submitted by email to:
Professor Uli Schamiloglu
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
University of Wisconsin-Madison
uschamilwisc.edu
OR
Professor Erika H. Gilson
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Princeton University
ehgilsonprinceton.edu
Applicants will be informed of the selection committee's decision by
September 15, 2007.
Uli Schamiloglu
Professor of Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
1254 Van Hise, 1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706 USA
tel. 1-608-262-7141 (office), 1-608-262-3012 (department), 1-608-265-3538 (fax)
Email: uschamilwisc.edu
LCA website: lca.wisc.edu
LECTURE- Islam's Role in Central Asia, John Schoeberlein, Almaty, Aug. 3
Posted by: Harvard Club of Central Asia <harvard.club.kzgmail.com>
Posted: 28 Jul 2007
LECTURE- Islam's Role in Central Asia, John Schoeberlein, Almaty, Aug. 3
The Harvard Club of Central Asia invites you to the first lecture in
the Distinguished Speakers Series featuring Dr. Schoeberlein, Director
of the Central Asia and Caucasus Program at Harvard University. Dr.
Schoeberlein will give a talk on "Central Asia's Future: Radical
Islamism or Apolitical Islam?"
The event organized in partnership with the Kazakhstan Press Club,
will take place on Monday, August 6, 2007 at "Jambyl" Conference Room,
Hyatt Regency Almaty, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. The registration will
start on 5:45 pm, refreshments will be provided. During the lecture,
simultaneous translation into English will be provided.
If you are interested in attending the event, please register at
harvard.club.kzgmail.com by Friday, August 3, 2007. Please note that
the space is limited.
Should you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact
the Harvard Club of Central Asia either via aforementioned email or
phone: 261-9090 (ext. 5231).
Speaker's Bio:
John Schoeberlein is Director of the Program on Central Asia and the
Caucasus at Harvard University. His main area of research is on
political, social and cultural aspects of identity, ethnicity,
nationality, Islam, and community organization in Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. He received his Ph.D. in
Social Anthropology from Harvard University. He has conducted a total
of over five years of anthropological field research in various parts
of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
His current research topics include the rise of radical Islam in
Central Asia, the impact of national state formation on identity in
Central Asia, the factors affecting the potential for violent
inter-communal conflict, and means of promoting community-level
participation in economic reform.
From 2000 to 2003, he held the position of the first President of the
Central Eurasian Studies Society, an international scholarly
association supporting the enhancement of research in the social
sciences and humanities focused on the region from the Black Sea to
Mongolia.
CFP- International Conference on "Epic Poetry and Its Safeguarding", Bishkek,
Oct. 2007
Posted by: UNESCO National Commission-Kyrgyzstan <natcomunescointranet.kg>
Posted: 28 Jul 2007
CFP- Int'l Conference on "Epic Poetry and Its Safeguarding", Bishkek, Oct. 2007
Call for Papers and Participation
International conference on
"Epic poetry and its safeguarding"
11-12 October 2007
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Organizers of the conference:
National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO
International Association "World People's eposes"
Deadline for submission of applications and abstracts: September 15, 2007
Most of the world's cultures have evolved and transmitted their
knowledge, traditions, and values to succeeding generations by word of
mouth and relying solely on human memory. With the advent of
handwriting and other modern techniques such as an audio and video
recording, much of the oral heritage has been recorded in a material
form. The oral traditions and values are still important vectors of
cultural transmission in all countries. Epics, rituals, customs, and
techniques still rely on oral transmission. They are rooted in
cultural tradition and history of countries.
However, due to different changes of the last decades such as an
impact of globalization on economies of countries, as a result, the
lack of financial resources, widespread ignorance about the origins of
cultures a little attention was paid to safeguard ancient cultural
values. Despite, different efforts taken by countries to revive and
safeguard the oral heritage as time goes by there are still threats
that can lead to the disappearance of an age-old traditions and values.
In order to maintain both the richness and diversity of cultures
safeguarding and development of these values is one of the purposes of
modern societies, as a part of their commitment to create a humanistic
culture and broadening of international cultural cooperation.
It is within this context, the Kyrgyz National Commission for UNESCO
in cooperation with the International Association "World people's
eposes" and within the framework of UNESCO/Japan Fund in Trust project
on "Safeguarding the art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers" is organizing
an international conference on epic heritage, which will be held in
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) on 11 and 12 October, 2007.
The conference will comprise of a scholarly programme and a
performance programme, during which distinguished and young akyns will
present their art to the conference participants and the public.
The main focus of the conference will be developing measures aimed at
promoting the oral heritage and enhancing it throughout the world.
Conference will also be a major promotional opportunity for the art of
the akyns, the Kyrgyz epic tellers and will examine practices of epic
preservation in other countries.
Purposes of the conference:
- Safeguarding of epics and the art of epic telling as an unique and
traditional genre of the oral heritage;
- Popularization of eposes and sagas (stories) in the context of
national and world cultures;
- Exchange of experience and ideas on reviving and safeguarding of
epic heritage.
- Broadening of international cultural cooperation and participation
in intellectual dialogue;
- Promotion of the UNESCO Convention for safeguarding of the
intangible heritage.
Proposed themes of conference:
(Themes may fall within, but are not necessarily limited to, the following)
1. Epic heritage in the context of intangible heritage and world cultures.
2. Role of the UNESCO Convention for the safeguarding of the
intangible heritage.
3. The Oral Art of Akyns among nomads:
a. The art of improvisation and its uniqueness.
b. Main repertoire of akïns: sanat-nasïyat and terme
philosophical-didactic poetry as tools to reinforce social, moral, and
democratic values.
c. Socio-political role of Akyns: past and present.
4. Epic tellers and their professional development;
5. The role of epics in preservation of the language;
6. Distinctive features of the Kyrgyz epics and the commonalities it
shares with other epic traditions (Epic and history, Geography of the
Epic Manas, Religious World of Manas, Gender and Equality in Manas,
Epic Heroes and their horses, the language of heroic epic, Epics and
their Collectors/Recorders, the role of Manas epic and other smaller
epics in modern Kyrgyz culture;
7. Preservation and transmission of the epics to future generations;
8. The role of innovative presentations (books, films, theatre
performances, cartoons, etc.) in popularization of intangible heritage
among youth and children.
Preliminary program of the conference:
(Final program will be circulated by 1 October 2007)
- Arrival of participants (October 10, 2007)
- Registration of participants (October 11, 2007)
- Opening ceremony (October 11, 2007)
- Presentations and reports (October 11-12, 2007)
- Performance of epic tellers and folk musicians (October 11-12, 2007)
- Screening of narrative and documentaries on the subject of the
conference (October 11-12, 2007)
- Exhibition of traditional arts and crafts (October 11-12, 2007)
- Closing ceremony (October 12, 2007)
- Departure of participants (October 13, 2007)
Conditions for participation:
If interested in presenting a paper or organizing a panel in the
conference, please submit:
- Your full name
- Institutional affiliation
- E-mail, postal address, and tel.
- Paper Title (and Panel theme and paper titles if applicable)
- 300-word paper abstract
- One-page-max academic resume
- Please, indicate willingness to serve as a session Moderator and/or
Discussant
- Whether, if accepted, you will need a visa to attend the conference.
Kindly save the above in NO MORE THAN 2 PAGES TOTAL in A WORD FILE and
name your file as: Your last name in capital letters, a hyphen,
followed by your first name (e.g. your 2-page Word application should
be named: LASTNAME-Name.doc). As the 'Subject' of your email type:
'Conference participant.' Abstract format: MS Word, Times New Roman,
12 (the total number pages of your presentation paper should not
exceed 8-10 pages).
Participants of the conference are required to provide their papers in
Russian or English languages. All papers should be submitted
preferably until September 15, 2007 to the following email addresses:
natcomunescointranet.kg, elnkorchyahoo.com, sabirasmail.ru
Conference enjoys financial support from UNESCO/Japan Fund in Trust
for participants. As a result, limited number of participants will be
provided with the following:
- round-trip travel tickets from home country to Bishkek/ Kyrgyzstan
- accommodation
- meals and refreshment
- if required, visa processing to enter into Kyrgyzstan
Working languages of the conference are Kyrgyz, Russian, and English
(simultaneous translation will be provided during the conference).
While we anticipate your response at your earliest convenience, please
do not hesitate to contact us for further information.
Updates also will be posted soon on: http://www.unesco-kg.org
CONF.- Economics of Social Insurance, Bishkek, Aug. 22-23, 2007
Posted by: Elvira Mamytova <elvira_mamytovayahoo.com>
Posted: 29 Jun 2007
CONF.- Economics of Social Insurance, Bishkek, Aug. 22-23, 2007
Lectures and the training seminar to be held
within the frameworks of the "EU-NIS Infrastructure Partnership."
On 22-23 August 2007 at 14.00-17.00 in the
Research Centre "EuroAsia", Hans Telerud
(economist in social insurance in Sweden) will
hold a lecture and training seminar on the following topics:
1) The use of databases for reports of results in
Swedish Social Insurance agency including
demonstration of models in Microsoft Excel and
Access for comparative studies between social insurance regions.
2) The use of balanced score cards for
comparative studies of social insurance regions in Sweden.
Free entry.
Lectures and the training seminar will be
organized within the frameworks of the "EU-NIS
Infrastructure Partnership" 2005-2007
project. Experts from Bulgaria, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Sweden participate in the
project. Aim of the project is to make it
possible to include Central Asian and Russian
border regions into a common scientific-educating
space with EU countries via creation and
development of scientific-technical infrastructure.
With all questions contact Project Coordinator:
Dr. Mamytova Elvira
Research Centre "Eurasia"
Bishkek 720001, Kyrgyzstan, m/b 624
Tel 996 312 652408
e-mail:elviranetkey.bishkek.su
LECTURE- Russian Minorities in Central Asia, Michelle Commercio, Jun 29, Dushanbe
Posted by: Payam Foroughi <payamforoughiaol.com>
Posted: 28 Jun 2007
LECTURE- Russian Minorities in Central Asia, M. Commercio, Jun 29, Dushanbe
"Divergence and Convergence: Trajectories of Russian Minorities in
Post-Communist Central Asia"
By: Dr. Michele Commercio (University of Vermont, USA)
When: Friday, 29 June 2007 4:15 PM
Where: OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
(Refreshments will be served.)
This lecture will address problems the ethnic Russian minority
populations in Central Asia have confronted after the collapse of the
Soviet Union and fall of Communism, and how those populations have
adjusted during the first fifteen years of the post-Soviet era. The
lecture will adopt a historical and comparative perspective as a basis
for understanding contemporary political phenomena in the region, such
as various degrees of nationalization and responses to it. Though the
lecture will focus on Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan because these are
where Commercio conducted her field work, it will also touch on
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, comparing and contrasting
the experiences of the Russian minorities across the region.
Michele Commercio is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at
the University of Vermont. A recent project of hers has focused on
ethnic Russian minority populations in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
and Estonia. Commercio's manuscript addressing this issue is currently
under review with a university press in the U.S. She has also
published two shorter scientific works addressing the topic.
Commercio's second research project, which she has just begun, focuses
on the relationship of the state to Islamic education in Kyrgyzstan
and likely Tajikistan. Commercio is currently traveling in Central
Asia courtesy of a grant by the National Council for East European and
Eurasian Research.
CONF./CFP- Int'l Congress of Caucasiology, 22-25 Oct 2007, Tbilisi
Posted by: Ketevan Khutsishvili <ketevan_kchutsishviliposta.ge>
Posted: 23 Jun 2007
CONF./CFP- Int'l Congress of Caucasiology, 22-25 Oct 2007, Tbilisi
Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Caucasiology
and
A. Chicobava Institute of Linguistics
International Congress of Caucasiology
22-25 October 2007
The Faculty of Humanities of Tbilisi State University's Institute of
Caucasiology will hold the International Congress of Caucasiology,
"Caucasian Civilizations in the Linguo-Cultural Context of the Near
East," on October 22-25, 2007. Those wanting to participate in the
Congress must provide the abstract of a paper for 15 minute
presentation plus 10 minutes of discussion. The Congress is devoted
to the problem Iberian-Caucasian languages, other languages of
Caucasus, areal linguistic, history and culture of the Caucasian
Peoples (cultural anthropology).
The working languages of the Congress are Georgian, Russian and
English. The abstract should be sent electronically in pdf format,
with any special characters coded with Unicode. One may also send the
forms by mail. The abstract, together with bibliography and materials
must not exceed 2 printed pages. The title of the report,
author/authors, and e-mail address should be sent electronically, by
fax or to the postal address.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is July 20, 2007. The
decision of organizing committee will be announced to the authors on
Sept. 5, 2007.
Website: http://www.tsu.ge
Tsira Baramidze, Teimuraz Gvantseladze, Vaja Shengelia
TSU Institute of Caucasiology
Tbilisi, Georgia, Chavchavadze Ave. No. 1
e-mail: caucasinsttsu.ge
tsu.caucavoe.ge
ROUNDTABLE- Urban and Rural Land Reform in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, 6/29,
DC
Posted by: Scott Frederick <SFrederickchemonics.com>
Posted: 19 Jun 2007
ROUNDTABLE- Urban and Rural Land Reform in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, 6/29, DC
Please join Kathrine Kelm (Chief of Party) and Chynara Arapova (Deputy
Chief of Party) of the USAID-funded Land Reform and Market Development
Program (CAR Land), for a discussion on the project's working with
government counterparts and civil society on urban and rural land
reform issues in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Since September 2005, the CAR Land project has been creating economic
opportunities for the citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan by
facilitating the development of vibrant, modern urban and rural land
markets. The project works at the high-level policy development level
to help adopt more progressive land policies and legal frameworks, as
well as at the civil society level to increase local involvement in
land management and to provide greater access to land market
information and services.
In Kyrgyzstan, the project recently collaborated with the World Bank
to develop an analytical report on the management of pasturelands. The
report examined the legal, institutional and social aspects of
pastureland management and will be used to inform future Government
policy on the issue. The program is also working on pilot programs
with local governments and citizens' groups to develop land
use/management plans for Land Redistribution Fund (LRF) plots in their
districts. Questions or disputes on land use were addressed by the
project's group of Demilgechi (rural land activists) who are in the
process of reorganizing into an independent and self-sustainable NGO.
In Tajikistan, the project recently enjoyed a hard-won success
facilitating the Government of Tajikistan's approval of Amendments to
Land Code. Private ownership of land has not yet been legalized in
Tajikistan, and the approval of these amendments represents a
significant step in the reform process. In addition, COP Kathrine Kelm
also led a team (including consultants from ILS) to complete an
institutional and legal assessment for creating a Unified System of
Registration (USR). In May, we also held our first national conference
of Tashabuskor (Tajik rural land activists), building on best
practices and lessons learned from our Kyrgyz experience.
CAR Land is a dynamic program whose technical areas touch on economic
growth, democracy and governance and gender practice areas.
The 30 minute presentation will be followed by open time for questions
or discussion.
Date and Time: 6/29/2007 10:00-11:00
Location: Chemonics International Inc., 1717 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20006
Teele Auditorium B and C
RSVP: Scott Frederick, sfrederickchemonics.com
From: Central-Eurasia-Lfas.harvard.edu
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:51:25 -0400
Subject: EVENT- The Wildeness of Asia, Nomads Festival, Poland
EVENT- The Wildeness of Asia, Nomads Festival, Poland
Posted by Janyl Jusubjan <janyl_jhotmail.com>
Dates: June 19-24, Wroclaw
Press Conference - June 12. at 14:00
Official Opening - June 19, 15:00
The "Wilderness of Asia" is a five day long event with focus on
nomadic culture of wider Central Asia. The festival hosted by the City
of Wroclaw will include a photo exhibition, concerts, workshops and
presentations, a handicraft bazaar, film screenings, the fire
celebration of the shortest night of the year, competition in archery,
wrestling and horse riding. Many events will be held in yurts - the
nomadic felt tents - made in Kyrgyzstan.
The organizers strive to involve members of Central Asian Diaspora in
Central Europe. They will play for you native music, teach dances and
throat singing, cook lagman - an Ujgur hand-made noodles with spicy
source. You also can learn firsthand to play dombra and stitch felt shoes.
Main Events:
Photo exhibition by Jerzy Trawinski
Concerts of Central Asian Prague Ensemble and its friends
Presentations: "Dungur - Shaman horse", "Instruments of Asia" by
Tereze Wierzbowska, "The Magic of Epic Telling" by Janyl Jusubjan.
LECTURES: "Shamanism in Ethnologic Research", by Konrad Gorny, "The
History of Kazakhstan" by Adilzhan Ibraiuly, "The Music of Kazakhstan"
by Alexiej Vasiliev, "The Steppe Life" by Jerzy Trawinski.
Workshops: "Sound of Asia" - throat singing, dombra (possibility of
private lessons), "An Uzbek Dance", by Gulsara Toktosun, "With Felt
Shoes Against Poverty" by Aizada Sulaimanova.
FILMS And DOCUMENTARIES: Dersu Urzala, Belyi Parakhod, Beyond
Samarkand - an Uzbek Love Story, On the Back of the Horse, Tabu -
poslednij shaman, Tengir-too - Mountain Music from Kyrgyzstan,
Invisible Face of Beloved, and others.
NAADAM Open International Championship in archery, wrestling and horse riding.
The "Wilderness of Asia" is a project by:
The Millennium Society(http://www.grod.wroclaw.pl/), Poland;
The Municipal Museum of Wroslaw(www.muzeum.miejskie.wroclaw.pl),
AKT Kultura i Turystyka (www.akt.art.pl), Poland;
kultur-multur.org, Czech Republic (www.kultur-multur.org)
Society HAYIRAKAN Kultura Jutra, Poland.
with support by
MOFFOM - Music on Film, Film on Music Festival, Prague;
Dialogue of Cultures - United World, Prague
Contact:
Macek Trsinski:
tel: +48605830425
email: trzcinka2gazeta.pl
Grzegorz Gumula
tel: +48602303374 +48757551971
email: aktakt.art.pl
EVENT- Reading from "Danser sur les ruines, une jeunesse tchetchene,"
June 24
Posted by: Almut Rochowanski <almutchechnyaadvocacy.org>
Posted: 15 Jun 2007
EVENT- Reading from "Danser sur les ruines, une jeunesse tchetchene," June 24
June 24, 2007:
Reading from "Danser sur les ruines, une jeunesse tchetchene" (Dancing
on ruins. A Chechen youth) by Chechen author Milana Terloeva
The Tank C:U
279 Church Street
New York
6:30pm
Please join us for a reading from "Danser sur les ruines, une jeunesse
tchetchene" (Dancing on ruins. A Chechen youth), by 27 year-old
journalist and author Milana Terloeva from Chechnya. Since the book
has only been published in France to date, the reading will be from
excerpts translated into English.
Milana was 14 when war broke out in her native Chechnya. During the
following years she experienced bombings, flight and displacement, the
destruction of her home town and the deaths of people around her.
Milana was studying French in Chechnya's bombed-out capital Grozny
when the second war started in 1999 and she became a refugee. Unlike
most of her generation, Milana was fortunate: in 2003, she was given
the chance to go to Paris and embark on a graduate education in
journalism at the elite Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, by a
new grass-roots initiative of French students, Etudes Sans Frontieres
(Studies Without Borders), who wanted to help their peers in Chechnya.
After writing for French and Italian newspapers, Milana was approached
to write her book, which was published in 2006, the same year she
graduated second in her class. Milana has since returned to Chechnya,
where she is working to establish a European cultural center and
writing her next book. Milana is visiting New York with three of her
colleagues from Etudes Sans Frontieres.
The excerpts of the book will be read by New York-based journalist
Marisa Robertson-Textor, who spent seven years living and working in
Russia. Marisa holds a graduate degree in International Affairs from
Columbia University and has previously worked with human rights
organizations in Russia and written about Chechnya.
Since seating is limited, please RSVP to canchechnyaadvocacy.org.
There will be a suggested contribution of $5 to cover expenses of the venue.
ROUNDTABLE- Transpersonal Psychology in Kyrgyzstan, Aigine CRC, Bishkek, 6/12
Posted by: Zemfira Inogamova <inogamovagmail.com>
Posted: 11 Jun 2007
ROUNDTABLE- Transpersonal Psychology in Kyrgyzstan, Aigine CRC, Bishkek, 6/12
Aigine Cultural Research Centre in Bishkek presents:
Roundtable:
"Developing Transpersonal Psychology in Kyrgyzstan"
Aigine CRC, Bishkek, June 12, 2007.
Roundtable agenda:
- Problem definition and short description of the round table objectives
- Why transpersonal psychology is important: information about ASC,
connections between health and spirituality, recurring stages of
personal history;
- Coffee-break;
- Group discussion;
- Concluding the roundtable;
Participants: Psychologists and Researchers on Religion and Culture in
Kyrgyzstan.
Date and time: 10:00-14:00, Tue., June 12, 2007
Venue: Aigine CRC, Toktogula 93, Bishkek
Language: Russian.
Synopsis: There is a strong folk belief in the Kyrgyz traditional
society that certain people are chosen for spiritual missions such as
healing, reciting epics, guarding sacred sites, mediating between this
world and other worlds; and that their health is directly affected by
their acceptance or rejection of these missions. Research in
transpersonal psychology can provide scientific paradigms to explain
related phenomena that Aigine CRC has been observing in Talas and
Issyk-Kul. Some important theoretical approaches include Stanislaw
Groff's ideas about "holistic states" which could be applied to
aspects of Kyrgyz culture such as Manas epic recitation, "zhaichylyk"
(methods of affecting the weather) and "zhaichy" (people who can
change weather), healing and others.
Aigine Cultural Research Center (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) was founded in
2004 and takes as its mission: study and preservation of the natural
and cultural legacy and diversity of Kyrgyzstan; investigation of
unknown aspects of cultural and natural phenomena; seeking points of
rapprochement and interconnection among esoteric knowledge and
science, nature and culture, tradition and innovation, West and East,
and other experiences often felt to be in opposition.
Aigine Research Center
str. Toktogula # 93
Tel.: +996 (312) 666966 / 667673
Fax: +996 (312) 667674
E-mail: aigine.bishkekgmail.com
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
EVENT- Annual Georgian Studies Day 2007, London
Posted by: Tamara Dragadze <DRAGADZEUKaol.com>
Posted: 11 Jun 2007
EVENT- Annual Georgian Studies Day 2007, London
Georgian Studies Day 2007 - advance warning
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Georgian Studies Day and it
will take place on Wednesday 14th November
at the University of Westminster,
46, Cleveland Street
London W1T 4JF
London
from 9:30 am and ending 5:30 pm
followed by a reception
Please put this date in your diaries for now if you are interested.
More information will be available in the autumn.
Convenor: Dr. Tamara Dragadze
Co-convenor: Professor Peter Lydyard
Professor Peter Lydyard's email:
p.lydyarducl.ac.uk
CONF./CFP- Cleanliness in Turkic Culture / Istanbul 21-22 Nov 2007
Posted by: Salih Mehmet Arçin <saliharcingmail.com>
Posted: 11 Jun 2007
CONF./CFP- Cleanliness in Turkic Culture / Istanbul 21-22 Nov 2007
Call for Papers:
The Department of Turkish Language and Literature of Marmara
University (Istanbul) is organising a symposium on
Cleanliness In Turkic Culture
on 21-22 November 2007.
The purpose of the symposium is to discuss and document the forms and
means of cleanliness - both abstract and concrete - in Turkic culture.
Types of brooms, laundry cauldrons, pegs, songs related to washing,
rituals and beliefs which have evolved around cleanliness and washing,
as well as the antithesis of cleanliness 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 the end of July 2007.
There is no participation fee; travel, board and lodging expenses must
be met by the participants.
Prof. Emine Gursoy Naskali
eminenaskaligmail.com
Salih Mehmet Arcin
Secretary to the Symposium
saliharcingmail.com
CONF./CFP- Association for Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, April 2008,
LSE
Posted by: Abel Polese <abelpolesehotmail.com>
Posted: 7 Jun 2007
CONF./CFP- Association for Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, April 2008, LSE
Call For Papers
The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) is
holding its 18th Annual Conference, entitled "Nationalism, East and
West: Civic and Ethnic Conceptions of Nationhood", Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, April 15-16, 2008, at the London School of Economics.
It has long been standard in the field of nationalism studies to
classify nations according to which principle serves to unify the
nation. The distinction between the Western, political type of
nationalism, and Eastern, genealogical nationalism as systematised by
Hans Kohn in 1945 has been used, extended and adjusted by scholars of
nationalism to conceptualise a framework of "inclusive" nationalism
based on citizenship and territory and "exclusive" nationalism based
on common ethnic ties and descent. This conference seeks to assess the
continuing relevance of this dichotomy in its various forms: its
contribution to theoretical work on nationalism, its usefulness for
historical interpretation and its value for contemporary policy-making.
The conference will include keynote addresses from leading scholars in
the field, along with opportunities for scholars from various
disciplines to examine the relevance of ethnic and civic conceptions
of nationhood in a series of panel sessions. Suggested themes include:
Civic and Ethnic Aspects of Nation Formation
Is Nationalism a European Phenomenon?
Alternatives to Civic and Ethnic Nationalism
Experiences of Historical Migrant Nations
Citizenship and Immigration
Multiculturalism
The first day will explore the use of the classical dichotomy in
theoretical works on nationalism, national identity and nation
formation. By considering historical case studies, the development,
interaction and conflict of ethnic and civic types of nationalism will
be analyzed on the second day. Historical critiques of and
alternatives to dichotomous types like the civic/ethnic and East/West
will also be considered. On the third day, the framework of civic and
ethnic nationalism will be explored by focussing on contemporary
nationalism and approaches to citizenship and immigration.
The 2008 Conference Committee is now calling for papers to be
presented on the conference. The application is open to any researcher
who is interested in the study of nationalism and/or ethnicity, and
PhD students and young scholars are particularly encouraged to apply.
The abstracts of the proposed papers should not exceed 500 words and
are expected by November 1, 2007. The Committee will notify applicants
by November 30, 2007. Please see the ASEN website
(www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/) for more information and to submit
your proposal.
Suggestions for panels and additional themes are also welcome. Papers
submitted to the conference will be considered for publication in a
special issue of Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN).
Please note that ASEN cannot cover travel and accommodation costs.
Presenters are expected to register for the conference. Further
enquiries are welcome at asenlse.ac.uk.
LECTURE- TOSCCA Lecture, Visualising the Oriental: Soviet and Post-Soviet
Views, June 12
Posted by: Alexander Morrison <alexander.morrisonall-souls.oxford.ac.uk>
Posted: 6 Jun 2007
LECTURE- TOSCCA: Visualising the Oriental: Soviet and Post-Soviet Views, June 12
The Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia
Visualising the Oriental: Soviet and Post-Soviet Views (Double Presentation)
1. "A Daughter of the Soviet East: One Gaze Too Far [Semion Chuikov's
prize winning painting and other re-presentations of the Soviet East
in 1930s-50s]" Aliya Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen, Courtauld Institute of Art
2. "Glamorous and Disoriented: The Oriental Theme in Khamdamov's Vocal
Parallels (2003)" Nariman Skakov, University College, Oxford
Convener: Jane Hiddleston, Exeter College, Oxford
Hovenden Room
All Souls College
5.00pm, Tuesday, Week 8 (12th June)
N.B. Vocal Parallels (65 mins.) will be screened before the seminar at
3.30pm for those who are interested. The film is in Kazakh with
Russian voice-over.
Semion Chuikov is arguably the most celebrated Central Asian painter
of the Stalinist period. Russian by descent, Chuikov was born in
Pishpek (Kyrgyzia) in 1902; he studied at various periods of time in
Verny, Tashkent and Moscow. The artist's works were exhibited at
several All-Union Art Exhibitions, and he additionally served as
Chairman of the Kyrgyz Artist's Union (1934-37). Chuikov received the
prestigious Stalin Prize (1948-9) for his painting A Daughter of
Soviet Kyrgyzia. The painting is currently in the collection of the
State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), although there were other variants
made later. Chuikov remains one of the most famous artists of the
period: depicting the smallest of the Central Asian nations made him
the greatest of Soviet 'Orientalists'.
Rustam Khamdamov is one of the most enigmatic and extravagant
filmmakers to emerge from Central Asia. Championed by Fellini and
Visconti, he has made only three films over his lifetime. His latest
venture revives a genre highly popular in Stalin's time - the
'film-concert'. Vocal Parallels casts three Kazakh opera stars (one of
them a trans-gendered counter-tenor) and an Armenian singer. They
perform celebrated opera arias by Puccini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, et al.
in unexpected locations ranging from an abandoned factory to a nomad's
yurt. The concert is mediated by one of the most glamorous actresses
in the contemporary Russian cinema - Renata Litvinova.
Alexander Morrison
All Souls College
Oxford
OX1 4AL
U.K.
CONF.- Extended Deadline, Revisiting Perestroika
Posted by: 7th Annual Conference Aleksanteri Institute <aleksanteri7gmail.com>
Posted: 5 Jun 2007
CONF.- Extended Deadline, Revisiting Perestroika
Extended Deadline for Abstracts: 18 June
Revisiting Perestroika - Processes And Alternatives
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007
The response to our CfP has been substantial and of high quality. We
have also received a large number of late submissions - including an
especially WELCOME and growing response from departments of Economics,
Law and the Social Sciences. We also have several new and, dare we
say, prestigious components in our series of Aleksanteri Cultural Fora
to announce!
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007/cultural_fora.htm
Adding to this the delay with which our CfP reached scholars worldwide
(some e-lists have been ponderously slow to act), we have decided to
EXTEND THE DEADLINE for papers to the 18th of June. For those who have
put up the poster or other notices, please be so kind as to mark this
change on your bulletin boards accordingly!
The news from the Cultural Fora include:
1. Confirmation of a substantial EXHIBITION at one of Northern
Europe's most prestigious art institutions - The Museum Of
Contemporary Art, Kiasma:
"Raw Materials - The Archive Of Art And The Art Of Archives" The "Raw
Materials" exhibition excavates the choices and power mechanisms
involved in 'making history' by manifesting this process as lived
(installation), mediatized (archival and audio-visual documents), made
'scientific' (archival categorization) and reflexively absorbed into
society (socio-cognitive maps). This is all connected through a
process of language -game and memory construction made physically
tangible in the exhibition in such a way, that the audience itself
steps into the (art-) historical process of choosing from the massive
archive of archives accumulated outside of hitherto 'approved
history'. The viewer is given insight and a personal experience in
separating this archive into categories (Greek kategoria,
'accusation', 'assertion', 'predication'), applying concepts, and thus
"writing history".
(Reception at Kiasma Museum on the final day of the 7th Annual Conference)
2. Dmitri PRIGOV: confirmation of the attendance of the renowned
perestroika-era poet.
LITERARY PLATFORM with Dmitri Alexandrovich Prigov
A reading, discussions and panels with this "66-year-old avant-gardist
and hooligan", perhaps the best-known poet of the perestroika era,
will be held in parallel to the conference. The poet is hosted by the
Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures, Helsinki University.
We encourage you to use the extra time to inform your colleagues, form
panels or potentially inform us of your willingness to chair a panel
or act as a discussant for this unusual series of events.
Ivor Stodolsky
Conference Organiser
Conference e-mails: fcree-aleksconfhelsinki.fi // aleksanteri7gmail.com
CONF./CFP- Identities in a Changing World, July 2007, Yerevan, Armenia
Posted by: Anna Harutyunyan <harutyunyan_annayahoo.com>
Posted: 5 Jun 2007
CONF./CFP- Identities in a Changing World, July 2007, Yerevan, Armenia
Please note, the initial deadline (June 1) for submission of abstracts
have been extended until June 15.
"Identities in a changing world" Conference
July 10-12, 2007
Organized by: Center for Research on Democracy and Civic Society,
Brusov Yerevan State Linguistic University, Yerevan, Armenia
Contact persons:
Mikael Zolyan, V. Brusov Yerevan State Linguistic University, Yerevan,
Armenia, democracybrusov.am
Anna Harutyunyan, Free University Berlin, Institute of Ethnology,
Berlin, Germany, harutazedat.fu-berlin.de
Venue: V. Brusov Yerevan State Linguistic University, Yerevan, Armenia
42 Tumanyan Street, Yerevan 375002, Armenia, www.brusov.am
The Idea of the Conference
For a long time the organizers of this Conference have had an idea to
organize an academic debate forum for their fellow scholars, a place
which would gather young academics and provide them with a possibility
to meet and to have scholarly dialogues.
The Conference organizers wish that the Conference will enable opening
a space for an intellectual expression, (inter)disciplinary exchange
of innovative thoughts and practices among young scholars working in
different spheres of the social science. The format of the Conference
is quite broad: it allows and, moreover, welcomes a diversity of
approaches in presentation of scholarly interests, knowledge and
experiences. The Conference is supposed to encompass debates varying
from the global and the speculative to local and concrete case studies.
The conference will examine issues of identity transformations in a
rapidly changing contemporary world. The discussions will focus on
cultural, political, social, ethnic, religious, gender and other
identities. In this spirit we welcome submission of papers, which
engage with the following fields:
Anthropology
Cultural Studies
History
Sociology
Gender
Political Science
International Relations
Psychology
The working languages of the conference are Armenian and English.
Participants
The Participants are supposed to be a) PhD candidates in the above
mentioned fields who are in the process of doing research and writing
doctoral dissertation and b) scholars who have recently defended their
doctoral degree. Exceptions to include MA students and BA students in
final year of their studies may be possible. Unfortunately the
organizers do not have the financial resources to provide financial
support to participants from outside of Yerevan. Participants from
abroad and other regions of Armenia are themselves responsible for
arranging their travel.
Abstract Submission
The Conference welcomes submission of 300-word paper, accompanied with
a short CV, abstract by June 15, 2007. Presentations should be no
longer than 20 minutes. Full papers of proposed abstracts are due by
June 30, 2007.
Abstracts, as well as other conference related inquiries should be
sent to Anna Harutyunyan, harutazedat.fu-berlin.de and/or Mikayel
Zolyan democracybrusov.am
LECTURE- John Schoeberlein, Study of Central Asia in the West, Tashkent
Posted by: Bayram Balci <balci_bayramyahoo.fr>
Posted: 4 Jun 2007
LECTURE- John Schoeberlein, Study of Central Asia in the West, Tashkent
Invitation to a lecture
Institut Français d'Etudes sur l'Asie Centrale
IFEAC
The growth and development of the study of Central Asia in the West
John Schoeberlein,
Université de Harvard (Harvard University)
Monday, June 11, 2007, at 6:15 PM, (IFEAC, 18a, Rakatboshi str.) Tashkent
Free entrance, languages: English and Russian
For more information, please contact:
139.47.03
mailto: administrationifeac.org - www.ifeac.org
LECTURE- Alexander Kupatadze, Politics and Crime in Georgia and KG, AUCA,
6/6
Posted by: Social Research Center <srcmail.auca.kg>
Posted: 1 Jun 2007
LECTURE- Alexander Kupatadze, Politics and Crime in Georgia and KG, AUCA, 6/6
LECTURE: "Political-Criminal-Business Nexus in Post-Revolutionary
Georgia and Kyrgyzstan: Comparative Analysis", Alexander Kupatadze,
Social Research Center, AUCA, Bishkek, June 6, 2007
The Social Research Center at AUCA (www.src.auca.kg) presents:
Lecture: "Political-Criminal-Business Nexus in Post-Revolutionary
Georgia and Kyrgyzstan: Comparative Analysis"
Presenter: Alexander Kupatadze, PhD Candidate, School of International
Relations, University of St. Andrews, UK, Visiting Research Fellow,
Social Research Center, AUCA, Bishkek
Date and time: 17:00, Wed., June 6, 2007
Venue: Room 232, Main Building, AUCA
Language: English. If requested, translation into Russian will be provided
The nature and ramifications of 'colored revolutions' in post-Soviet
Eurasia has raised many debates in international society, and they
have been called 'democratic processes' or 'fourth wave of
democratization'. However, the "democraticness" of these events, as
well as the usage of the term 'revolution' still needs to be explored.
For instance, Georgia has witnessed unprecedented pressure on free
media and deterioration in human rights after the 'Rose Revolution' of
2003, while rise in corruption and organized crime is evident in
Kyrgyzstan since 'Tulip Revolution' in 2005. Furthermore, it is still
not clear whether there is A radical break with the past in
'post-revolutionary' era, especially in Kyrgyzstan.
This lecture is an attempt to explain the variations between the two
cases. The crucial questions are why organized crime has skyrocketed
in "post-revolutionary" Kyrgyzstan and why the reverse process has
developed in Georgia? Why the re-distribution of spoils has been a
violent process in Kyrgyzstan and why not in Georgia? The lecture will
focus on political-criminal-business nexus in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan
and discuss the impact of the 'revolutions' on this nexus. It is
argued that strength/weakness of political opposition to
'pre-revolutionary' elites, instability of political scene and
involvement of organized criminals in 'revolutionary processes' among
others, are the main factors explaining "post-revolutionary"
developments in the two countries.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
CONF.- Morphological Variation and Change in Caucasus, Vienna, February 2008
Posted by: Nino Amiridze <Nino.Amiridzelet.uu.nl>
Posted: 29 May 2007
CONF.- Morphological Variation and Change in Caucasus, Vienna, February 2008
Morphological Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus
Workshop at the 13th International Morphology Meeting
February 2008, Vienna, Austria
http://www.let.uu.nl/~nino.amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html
Call for Abstracts
A great diversity of languages is spoken in the Caucasus, most of
which have rich inflectional systems, on the noun (e.g. North-East
Caucasian), on the verb (e.g. North-West Caucasian), or both (e.g.
South Caucasian).
The Caucasus offers rich material for studying genetically diverse
languages being in close contact for centuries, e.g. Georgian (South
Caucasian) with Abkhaz (North-West Caucasian); Ossetian
(Indo-European) and Batsbi (North-East Caucasian); Armenian
(Indo-European) with Azeri (Turkic); or Kumyk (Turkic) with major
North-East Caucasian languages of Daghestan; or, for a much shorter
period, the languages indigenous to the region being in contact with
the unrelated Russian and Turkish. While much is known about the
contemporary grammar of individual languages of the Caucasus, much
less can be said with regard to the various contact situations and
their impact on the morphosyntax of individual languages. Our workshop
aims to broaden the knowledge on this subject.
We invite researchers working on morphological variation and change in
the languages spoken in the Caucasus to submit abstracts for
participation in the workshop, planned to be held at the 13th
International Morphology Meeting. We would like to invite
contributions dealing with contact-induced morphological changes in
any language of the Caucasus region. This includes investigations of
changes driven by influence from any other language of the region,
irrespective of the genetic affiliation of the languages in contact.
Of great interest are not only inter-family, but also somewhat more
subtle intra-family contacts, such as contacts between various
North-East Caucasian languages spoken in adjacent areas or neighboring
villages. Contributions exploring morphological variation and
language-internal morphological changes are also welcome.
Important Dates
Abstract submission: September 17, 2007
Notification: October 31, 2007
Workshop: In the first week of February, 2008
(The exact date will be announced later)
Organizers
Nino Amiridze, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
Michael Daniel, Moscow State University (Russia)
Silvia Kutscher, University of Cologne (Germany)
Publication
If after the workshop there will be interest in publishing either a
proceedings or a special journal issue, then the organizers will take
responsibility of finding a suitable forum and will act as editors.
Submission
Abstracts (maximum 3 pages, including data and references) have to be
submitted electronically as portable document format (.pdf) or
Microsoft Word (.doc) files via the EasyChair conference management
system: http://www.easychair.org/MVCLC2008/.
If you do not have an EasyChair account, click on the button "I have
no EasyChair Account" on that page and follow the instructions. When
you receive a password, you can enter the site and upload your abstract.
Workshop Web Page
http://www.let.uu.nl/~nino.amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html
CONF./CFP- Labor Migration in Post-Soviet States, Vienna, December 2007
Posted by: Dinora Azimova <dazimovayahoo.com>
Posted: 29 May 2007
CONF./CFP- Labor Migration in Post-Soviet States, Vienna, December 2007
Mentioned Session is part of the conference "KCTOS: Knowledge, Creativity and
Transformations of Societies" to be held in Vienna, 6 to 9 December 2007
Conference patron: President of Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer
Information may be found at:
http://www.inst.at/kctos/sektionen_a-f/azimova.htm#f1
Paper abstract should be send to Dinora Azimova, email: <dazimovayahoo.com>
Deadline for abstract submission: August 1, 2007
New economic, political and demographic trends show that the entire
world enters an epoch of growing migratory pressure: it is estimated
that there are more than 80 million migrant workers around the
world.[1] Therefore, labor migration becoming a top question in
elaboration of strategy for many governments in the world.
Transformations of the last 15 years made labor migration driven force
for economic development. At the same time, this is social therapy for
less developed and over-populated places with low infrastructure and
limited chances such as rural areas and small cities in East Europe.
Due to its demographic and socio-economic features, Central Asia is
related to a category of so-called "labor exceeding" regions. It is
caused by all traditional views towards having many children, by
national mentality, and also constantly increasing surplus of
agricultural population.
Active demographic development of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan has stipulated the fact that nowadays the population of the
countries has exceeded 34 million people, 50 percent of which are of
labor age. Nearly half million young people enter here the labor
market annually. Although the rates of an increase in population were
steadily reducing during the last decade (in 2004 it reached 1, 1%),
according to the forecasts of experts in the year 2060 Central Asia
population might be doubled.
There are a lot of dilemmas around the migration phenomenon,
especially concerning the labor migrants, their security and human
rights, contribution to GDP and GNP of receiving countries,
remittances back home, etc.
This is very sensitive issue for those small countries, who have no
enough domestic market to survive, and who experience difficulties in
both: creating contingent policy towards own labor migrants and
collaborating with governments of accepting stated in elaboration of
better policy towards migrants whom they host.
Migration is both: natural absorber of the socio-economic shocks of
the globalizing world and human response to the imperfect markets of
globalizing economy.
Economic reasons for migration are stipulated by low standards of
living, and contrasting situation in the neighboring or remote
countries. The most complicated type of labor migration is
1. Illegal labor migration.
It has few forms:
a) Legal exit from EE/CA state to another country as a tourist, or for
studies/short business trip, and the subsequent illegal employment
taken up voluntarily in small "unnoticeable" businesses, in order to
"legalize" eventually residence in the given country (work permit,
residence permit, or citizenship).
Different sources of statistics indicate the significant scale of
illegal migration from CA for the entire period of 1991-2005. The
experts' estimations show that this form of migration has not lost its
intensive nature in the 21st century.
b) Legal exit to another country through various channels, and forced
employment in illegal types of activities, such as prostitution,
slavery, narco-trafficking, etc.
c) Illegal exit from country of origin and illegal penetration to
another country (using huge refrigerators, boats, and so on)
d) Illegal exit from the country and participation in "mafia"
structures activities abroad;
2. Seasonal (short term) labor migration
One of the most common forms of migration from Central Asia is the so
called "job-hunting". It is particularly widespread in the country's
agricultural regions, as well as small towns, with poor
infrastructure, where unemployment is a quite serious problem. In some
regions, every third able-bodied man regularly leaves the country for
seasonal work abroad.
In case of Eastern Europe, this stream is going towards Central and
Western Europe, in case of CA; trend is mainly towards Russia (around
75 percent of them) and other CIS countries (25 percent).
Seasonal work starts in spring and ends well into autumn and is mainly
comprised of work on large constructions or in house repair companies.
This particular group of workers has general and all-purpose skills,
with the exception of a small group of specialists with skills in
uncommon construction-repair works.
Peculiarities of 21 century migration is participation of woman in the
process, those who left their families back home to create condition
for children education, health insurance and so on.
This section welcomed those researchers who are interested in
collecting new statistics and developing theoretical basis of
research, practitioners, who is dealing with labor migrants as lawyers
or officials, NGOs and human right activists.
Case -studies related to the topic is highly appreciated.
Especially important for us is concentration on issues of migrant woman.
LECTURE- Kyrgyz-Kazakh Relations, AUCA, Bishkek, May 29, 2007
Posted by: Social Research Center <srcmail.auca.kg>
Posted: 24 May 2007
LECTURE- Kyrgyz-Kazakh Relations, AUCA, Bishkek, May 29, 2007
The Social Research Center at AUCA (www.src.auca.kg) presents:
Lecture: "Kyrgyz-Kazakh Relationship: Economy, Trade and Labor Migration"
Presenter: His Excellency Umurzak Uzbekov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to
Kyrgyzstan
Date and time: 16:00-17:30, Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Venue: 315, Main Building, AUCA
Language: Russian. If required, translation into English will be provided.
His Excellency Ambassador Uzbekov will speak about Kyrgyz-Kazakh
relations with particular emphasis on three major areas of bilateral
cooperation: economy, trade and labor migration. Ambassador Uzbekov
will also highlight the last political reforms in Kazakhstan.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
CONF./CFP- Revisiting Perestroika, November 29-December 1, Helsinki
Posted by: 7th Annual Conference Aleksanteri Institute <aleksanteri7gmail.com>
Posted: 21 May 2007
CONF./CFP- Revisiting Perestroika, November 29-December 1, Helsinki
2nd Call for Papers: Revisiting Perestroika - Processes And Alternatives
November 29 - December 1, 2007
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007
News
The Aleksanteri CULTURAL FORA: Parallel to the academic conference,
participants and guests will enjoy a new international series of
cultural events - artistic, documentary, archival, literary and
cinematic. See the website for the 6 fora already confirmed:
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007/cultural_fora.htm
Poster: A new pdf poster may be found at the below link from our
website. It is designed for A3 printing, although A4 is also possible.
Please send your postal address to aleksanteri7gmail.com to receive a
hard-copy colour print:
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007/files/poster_alexconf.pdf
Deadline
It is less than two weeks to our first deadline for submissions: June 1, 2007.
2nd Call for Papers for the 7th Annual Aleksanteri Conference
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007
Revisiting Perestroika - Processes And Alternatives
November 29 - December 1, 2007
The Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Keynote Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Marietta Chudakova - Professor at the World Literature Institute,
Moscow; member of Boris Yeltsin's Presidential Council; member,
European Academy. http://www.ecsocman.edu.ru/db/msg/203701.html
Boris Groys - Professor of Philosophy and Media Theory, Hochschule für
Gestaltung, Karlsruhe; Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and
Slavic Studies, NYU
http://as.nyu.edu/object/aboutas.globalprofessor.BorisGroys
Boris Kagarlitsky - Director, Institute of Globalization Studies,
Moscow; former Deputy, Moscow City Soviet; dissident and former
political prisoner.
http://www.tni-archives.org/detail_page.phtml?page=fellows_kagarlitsky
Jutta Scherrer - Directeur d'études, EHESS, Paris, Centre d'études du
monde russe, soviétique et post-soviétique; Centre d'études
Interdisciplinaires des Faits Religieux.
http://cercec.ehess.fr/document.php?id=511
Alexei Yurchak - Associate Professor, University of California at
Berkeley, author of "Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More".
http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/anth/yurchak.html
Elena Zdravomyslova - Co-director of the Gender Studies Program,
Associate Professor, The European University at St. Petersburg.
http://www.eu.spb.ru/en/imars/faculty.htm
A Wide Scope For Debate
The political foundation for the reforms of Perestroika, whose outcome
was to seal the fate of the USSR, was laid in Mikhail Gorbachev's
"basic theses" of 1987. Twenty years down that road which led to the
demise of an entire way of life and the re-constellation of the
international system, Helsinki's Aleksanteri Institute is hosting an
intellectual forum to revisit this era of dramatic changes,
reassessing causes and effects, while considering alternative
perspectives and paths not taken.
This call for papers is an open invitation for panels, papers and
suggestions for innovative formats (such as debates on new key
publications, round-tables or film presentations). It is addressed to
scholars and advanced graduate students from a wide range of
disciplinary backgrounds, including the social and political sciences,
cultural studies, the arts and humanities, law and economics. The
direct relation of the perestroika-process to the collapse of the
Soviet bloc, leading to the end of the Cold War means that
contributions concerning Eastern Europe as well as global
repercussions are also very much welcome.
To stimulate topics for debate and the formation of panels, please
find below some questions indicating the wide, multi-disciplinary
scope aimed at:
- Revolutions and Processes - Was the collapse of the Soviet bloc a
result of a series of contingencies, or deliberate political
decisions? Was economic collapse avoidable, and if so, for how long?
Was the restoration of capitalism inevitable, or were there
alternative paths of development? What role did ideas and cultural
movements play in perestroika, its pre-history and aftermath?
- Actors and Institutions - Which groups or traditions emerged, which
survived and which were neglected or "written out of history" during
the perestroika era? Did practices and customs genuinely see a
transformation in all fields of life - from the Kremlin to the kitchen
table? How was the role of women transformed? Did "parallel" and
"underground" cultures cease to exist?
- Generations, Retrospectives and Perspectives - How did different
age groups evaluate the changes, and how did people of different
"mind-sets" see each other? How do contemporary social formations
assess the perestroika era and how does this inflect the future?
Conference Schedule And Deadlines:
Panel Proposals / Innovative Formats Submissions: June 1, 2007
Individual Paper Submissions (circa 300 words): June 1, 2007
Notification of acceptance: July 2, 2007
Online Registration by November 1, 2007
Conference: November 29 - December 1, 2007
All proposals should be sent via the conference website
<http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007>, where an Extended
Call for Papers as well as a Conference Discussion Forum for
establishing panels is available. For Inquiries Concerning Submissions
contact: fcree-aleksconfhelsinki.fi
The Aleksanteri Cultural Fora
Running parallel to the academic conference, participants and guests
will enjoy the opportunity to attend a new international series of
cultural events - artistic, documentary, archival, literary and
cinematic. See the website for the 6 fora already confirmed:
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007/cultural_fora.htm
The Annual Aleksanteri Conference is an international,
multidisciplinary conference organized by the Aleksanteri Institute,
the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies affiliated
with the University of Helsinki. Aleksanteri Conferences have
attracted broad interest among scholars as well as policy and
opinion-makers from a wide variety of fields.
Organising Committee
Dr. Markku Kangaspuro (Head of Research), Suvi Kansikas (Conference
Coordinator), Senior Researcher Vesa Oittinen, Professor Pekka
Pesonen, Senior Researcher Aino Saarinen, Ivor Stodolsky (Conference
Coordinator)
LECTURE- Dr. Victoria Clement on Turkmenistan, June 7, 2007, London
Posted by: <B.V.Babajanianlse.ac.uk>
Posted: 21 May 2007
LECTURE- Dr. Victoria Clement on Turkmenistan, June 7, 2007, London
LSE Centre for Civil Society seminar
Can Stability Coexist with Reform? Turkmenistan's New Challenges
Dr Victoria Clement, Assistant Professor of History, Western Carolina
University
Date: Thursday, 7 June 2007
Time: 12:30-1:45 pm
Venue: LSE Old Building, Room A283
Dr Victoria Clement has a PhD from the Ohio State University. Her
dissertation was entitled "Rewriting the Turkmen "Nation": Literacy,
Education, and Power in Central Asia, 1904-2004." Her major research
interests concern the Islamic World History, especially Central Asia
and Russia. She has lived in Turkmenistan, Turkey and Russia. Her
article, "Alphabet Changes in Turkmenistan: State, Society, and the
Everyday" in Daily Life in Central Asia, Jeff Sahadeo and Russell
Zanca, eds. ( Bloomington: Indiana University Press) will appear in
publication in spring 2007.
Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic
communications disclaimer:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm
CONF.- The Circassians: Past, Present and Future, May 21, 2007, Washington,
DC
Posted by: Circassian World <infocircassianworld.com>
Posted: 21 May 2007
CONF.- The Circassians: Past, Present and Future, May 21, 2007, Washington, DC
The Circassians: Past, Present and Future
In Cooperation with: The Circassian Cultural Institute
Monday, May 21, 2007 (Official Circassian Memorial Day) 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location:
The Jamestown Foundation
1111 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Reservations are required. Please e-mail your name and affiliation to:
rsvp-may21jamestown.org
Agenda
Registration: 8:30 AM
Introduction: 9:00 AM
Glen E. Howard
President, The Jamestown Foundation
Opening Remarks
Zack Barsik
President, the Circassian Cultural Institute
Morning Panel
The Circassians: 9:10-10:45 AM
Paul Henze
Rand Corporation (Retired)
"Who are the Circassians? A Historical Perspective on the Circassians
and Imperial Russia"
Dr. Kemal Karpat
Director of the Center of Turkish Studies, Department of History,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"The Circassian Migration to Turkey"
Fatima Tlisova
Former North Caucasus Correspondent, Regnum News Agency
"The Circassians Today and the Resurgence of Circassian Nationalism in
the North Caucasus"
Glen E. Howard
Moderator
Coffee Break: 10:45-11:00 AM
Russia's Circassian Frontier: 11:00-12:30 PM
Dr. John Colarusso
McMaster University
Moderator
Ali Berzeg
Executive Director, Circassian Congress Movement, Maikop, Adygeia, Russia
"The Democratic NGO Movement in Adygeia"
Haci Bayram
Human Rights Activist
"NGOs in the North Caucasus and Their Impact on Civil Society and the War
in Chechnya"
Dr. Matthew Light
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
University of Massachusetts Amherst
"The Proposed Merger of Adygeia and Krasnodarskii Krai: Why, Why Now,
and What Next?"
Mairbek Vachagaev
Doctoral Candidate Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS), Paris, France
"The Military Jammats in Karachai-Cherkess"
Luncheon: 12:30-1:15 PM
Keynote Address: 1:15-1:45 Pm
Paul Goble
Professor, Institute of World Politics
"Are the Circassians Again Looking Beyond Their Borders?"
Afternoon Panel
The Circassian Diaspora: 2:00-4:00 PM
Dr. Kemal Karpat
Director of the Center of Turkish Studies, Department of History,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator
Dr. Alexandre Toumarkine
Vice Director, The French Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
"Where Are the Circassians Today? The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey and
the Middle East"
Ziad Hajjo
Circassian-American
"The Circassian Diaspora in America"
Close Of Conference: 4:00 PM
Reservations are required. Please e-mail your name and affiliation to:
rsvp-may21jamestown.org
The Jamestown Foundation
1111 16th St. NW
7th Floor Conference Room
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.jamestown.org
http://jamestown.org/events_details.php?event_id=33
CONF.- Globalization and Youth, Int'l Ataturk Alatoo Univ., Bishkek, May 19,
2007
Posted by: Ibrahim Keles <qeleshhotmail.com>
Posted: 18 May 2007
CONF.- Globalization and Youth, Int'l Ataturk Alatoo Univ., Bishkek, May 2007
The 2nd IAAU International Student
Conference
Globalization And Youth
`Where Does It Lead Us?'
International Ataturk Alatoo University
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
"Conference Programme"
19th of May, Saturday 10.00-1730
9.00-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.00 Welcome speech (Konya Conference Hall)
Prof. Dr. EROL ORAL, Rector of International Ataturk Alatoo University
I. PART 11.00-12.30
1. Session Konya Conference Hall
Topic: Process of Globalization in every aspect of our life, including
Youth and Technology.
Head of session: Bazarbaeva Nazgul, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
1. Marat kyzy Ayzada, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization and education"(English)
2. Rakhmankulov Feruz, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"History of nations and globalization" (English)
3. Bazarbaeva Nazgul, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Future of World Politics through Samuel P. Huntington's "Clash of
civilizations" and Mohammad Khatami's "Dialogue among Civilizations" (English)
4. Yusupova Akbermet, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Youth phenomena in globalizing world" (Russian)
5. Muhammed Musa, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization and Technology" (English)
6. Rahimdinova Aycan, Manas, Kyrgyzstan.
"Media, technology and privatization in the process of globalization" (Turkish)
7. Guneshan Ozlem, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Human trade in Globalizing World" (Turkish)
12.45-13.30 Lunch Time
II. PART 13.30-15.00
1. Session 3rd floor Seminar saloon
Topic: The Role of Educational and Financial Institutions and importance
of culture, language and religion in globalizing World.
Head of Session: Zahidullah Jalali, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
1. Zahidullah Jalali, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"Fair globalization benefits every one, including youth" (English)
2. Jeenbekova Anara, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"Culture, Language and religion(English)
3. Hommayev Muhommet, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"Role of Global Institutions in Globalization Process post World War 2
Era" (English)
4. Nuralieva Asel, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"China's path towards Globalization" (English
5. Abakirova Nurjamal, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"History of Globalization" (English)
6. Balykchy Zehra, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization and education" (Turkish)
7. Esenbek Dilbara, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"7 reasons why young business people say "YES" to globalization" (English)
8. Bulut Hulya, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"SEBAT schools in Kyrgyzstan in the period of globalization" (Turkish)
9. Kulichik Ksenya, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Some issues of education development within the problems of
globalization".(English)
Coffee - Break 15.00-15.30
II. PART 15.30-17.00
2-Session 3rd floor Seminar saloon
Topic: Emerging problems and solutions in society, economics and
politics in the process of Globalization.
Head of Session: Andakulov Daniyar, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
1. Sultanova Nargiza, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"Financial Crisis in 1990s" (English)
2. Djaparova Ayzada, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Global Problems in ecology arising from Energy Sector, and as the
solution- Renewable Sources of Energy" (English)
4. Andakulov Daniyar, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Impacts of Globalization on Kyrgyzstan via Drug-Trafficking(English)
5. Akysbekova Elnura, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization opens the door to NGOs and international student
organization V- FUND(English)
6. Topkaya Mehmet, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Importance of Education in Developing countries and inequalities in
Education in Globalizing world" (Turkish)
7. Kargaev Akylbek, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"RFID and Voice Directed Technologies in Supply chain and Global
competition" (Kyrgyz)
8. Joldoshbekova Keremet, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"The problem occurs not when the computers start thinking as a
human beings, but when the human beings start thinking as a computers"(English)
9. Nikitenko Natalya, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan
II. PART 13.30-15.00
1. Session Social Science Faculty
1st floor Seminar saloon
Topic: Solutions offered by young people involved in narcotic business
and children related issues.
Head of Session: Uturova Meerim, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
1. Raimbekova Feruza, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Youth phenomena in globalizing world" (Russian)
2. Nisharapova Jyldyz, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization... narcotics... youth..." (Russian)
3. Kambaraliev Mirbek, JANU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Children related issues in Kyrgyzstan and their preservation" (Kyrgyz)
4. Raimbekova Feruza, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Media, technology and privatization" (Russian)
5. Dalbaeva Ayjan, MAPKR, Kyrgyzstan.
"Education in Globalizing World" (Russian)
6. Jeenbekova Kiyal, Manas, Kyrgyzstan.
"Life security training starts at secondary schools"(Kyrgyz)
7. Uturova Meerim, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
"The study of Merchandise and Marketing "(Russian)
Coffee - Break 15.00-15.30
II.PART 15.30 - 17
2.Session Social Science Faculty
1st floor Seminar saloon
Topic: Developments in higher education and influence of globalization
on Kyrgyzstan.
Head of Session: Kerimalieva RAUSHAN, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
1. Joldosheva A., KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Development tendency of Higher Education in Kyrgyzstan on Globalizing
World" (Russian)
2. Kenenbaeva Umsunai, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Why the cultural identification is so important?" (Russian)
3. Kerimalieva Raushan, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization in the spheres of culture and health: Damage or
Benefit?" (Russian)
4. Djabaev Rinat, KNU,Kyrgyzstan.
"War and terror are gaining global characters" (Russian)
5. Kupsuldaeve Ayzada, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization and its influence on Kyrgyz Republic" (Russian)
6. Kambaraliev Mirbek, JANU, Kyrgyzstan.
"A clear defining the purpose of education as the way out from the
crisis " (Kyrgyz)
Closing Part 17.00-17.30
3rd floor Seminar saloon
LECTURE- Major Barriers for Economic Growth in KG, Rafkat Hasanov, May 16,
KG
Posted by: Social Research Center <srcmail.auca.kg>
Posted: 17 May 2007
LECTURE- Major Barriers for Economic Growth in KG, Rafkat Hasanov, May 16, KG
LECTURE "What are the Major Barriers for the Economic Growth in
Kyrgyzstan?", Rafkat Hasanov, Social Research Center, AUCA, Bishkek, May 16
The Social Research Center at AUCA (www.src.auca.kg) presents:
Lecture: "What are the Major Barriers for the Economic Growth in Kyrgyzstan?"
Presenter: Rafkat Hasanov, Executive Director, Investment Roundtable Foundation
Date and time: 17:00-18:30, Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Venue: 315, Main Building, AUCA
Language: Russian. If required, translation into English will be provided.
Bio: Mr. Hasanov is the Executive Director of Investment Roundtable
Foundation, a leading economic research and policy analysis center in
Kyrgyzstan. He currently works an advisor to the Minister of Economy
and Finance of Kyrgyzstan on pro bono basis. He is also Economic and
Financial Expert at Investment Council under the Kyrgyz President. In
the past, he worked as the Deputy Finance Minister and Head of
Economic Policy Department under the President's Office in Kyrgyzstan.
Mr. Hasanov has an extensive work experience with local and
international research projects related to fiscal policies, foreign
investment, small and medium business development. Mr. Hasanov holds
MA in Development Economics, Center for Development Economics,
Williams College, USÀ and Master's degree in Economics from
Novosibirsk State University, Russia.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
The project is funded, in part, through the grant provided by the US
Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.
CONF- EU Strategy for Central Asia, Berlin, May 29, 2007, 6 pm
Posted by: Sebastian Schiek <schiekzedat.fu-berlin.de>
Posted: 17 May 2007
CONF- EU Strategy for Central Asia, Berlin, May 29, 2007, 6 pm
CONF.- The European Union Strategy for Central Asia. Is the EU on the
right track?, German-Kazakh Society, Berlin
The German-Kazakh Society invites all interested persons to
participate in its conference, to be held May 29, 2007, 6 pm, in
Berlin: Office of the European Commission in Germany, Unter den Linden
78, 10117 Berlin.
The European Union is currently developing its own strategy for the
five Central Asian Countries. We will discuss the strategy's
background, the actual state of affairs, the role of Germany and the
future of an EU democratisation policy together with
Dr. Beate Eschment, University of Halle
Mirko Kruppa, Desk Officer, Central Asia and Southern Caucasus,
Federal Foreign Office
Dr. Tolganay Umbetalijewa, The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic
Studies, Almaty
Sebastian Schiek, PhD Candidate at the Institute for Peace Research
and Security Policy (IFSH), University of Hamburg
The admission is free. Please register at infodekasges.de.
For further information please feel free to contact
Deutsch-Kasachische Gesellschaft e. V.
Colditzstr. 34-36, D-12099 Berlin
Tel: +4930 / 70 02 34 78
Mobile: +49 - 177 572 33 00
Fax: +4930 / 70 02 48 80
E-mail: infodekasges.de
www.dekasges.de
CONF./CFP- U.S.-Soviet Relations, October 22-23, 2007, Washington, D.C.
Posted by: Evan N. Dawley <dawleyenstate.gov>
Posted: 17 May 2007
CONF./CFP- U.S.-Soviet Relations, October 22-23, 2007, Washington, D.C.
Call For Papers
U.S. Department of State Announces a
Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969-1976
Washington, D.C., October 22-23, 2007
The U.S. Department of State will hold a scholarly conference on
October 22-23, 2007, on U.S. Relations with the Soviet Union in the
Era of Détente, 1969-1976. The conference will be hosted by the
Office of the Historian in the Bureau of Public Affairs, and will take
place in the new George C. Marshall Conference Center at the U.S.
Department of State in Washington, D.C. The conference will feature
keynote presentations on U.S.-Russian relations by Department of State
principals and comments from former diplomats and senior scholars from
both the United States and Russia. The conference will also include
scholarly sessions that complement the forthcoming release of
Soviet-American Relations: The Détente Years, 1969-1972, a joint
documentary publication undertaken by the Office of the Historian of
the U.S. Department of State and the Historical-Records Department of
the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Program Committee invites proposals for original papers dealing
with the geopolitical and strategic implications of détente from 1969
to 1976. We particularly encourage submissions that draw on recently
opened archival collections. Possible themes include, but are not limited to:
- The development of the concept of "linkage" and its implementation
- The U.S.-Soviet dialogue relating to the war in Vietnam
- U.S.-Soviet relations and international security, including the
Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War and the Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks (SALT)
- U.S.-Soviet relations and the Middle East, including the 1973 October War
- Détente and Europe, including Germany and Berlin, Mutual Balanced
Force Reductions (MBFR), and the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and the Helsinki Accords
- The development of triangular diplomacy among the United States,
the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China
- U.S.-Soviet relations and the Third World, including southern Africa
- Economic, cultural, ecological, and scientific issues in
U.S.-Soviet bilateral relations
- Détente and U.S. domestic politics, including the critics of détente
The Program Committee may form panels loosely by historical period
(1969-1973; 1974-1976) or by theme, and potential contributors may
wish to focus their topics accordingly. Paper proposals (abstract and
c.v.; proposals must be in English, which is the language of the
conference) should be sent, via e-mail or fax, before June 1, 2007 to:
Dr. Amy Garrett, Program Committee Chair, Office of the Historian
e-mail: garrettacstate.gov; fax: 202-663-1289
CONF.- Post-Soviet Transition in Southern Caucasus, May 18-19, 2007, Ankara
Posted by: <korametu.edu.tr>
Posted: 16 May 2007
CONF.- Post-Soviet Transition in Southern Caucasus, May 18-19, 2007, Ankara
"Post-Soviet Transition in the Southern Caucasus: Security, Democracy,
Market Economy and International Politics" Conference organized by
Center for Black Sea and Central Asian Studies (KORA)-METU and
International Relations Department of TOBB University of Economics and
Technology, will be held on 18-19th of May, 2007.
Prof. Dr. Ayse Ayata
KORA Chairperson
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydin
Chairmen of Department of International Relations
Date: 18 May 2007
Time: 09:30
Venue: Cultural and Convention Center, METU Campus, Ankara, Turkey
The Center for Black Sea and Central Asia
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey
Tel/Faks: +90 312 210 3051
Day 1 (18.05.07)
9.30-9.45 Welcome Speeches
09:45-11:00 Keynotes
Amb. Ünal Çeviköz (Deputy Undersecretary, MFA, Turkey)
Peter Semneby, (EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus)
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-13.00 Panel I: Security and regional Cooperation in the Southern Caucasus
Chair: Mustafa Ayd?n (TOBB- University of Economics and Technology)
Unresolved Conflicts as Security Challenges in the Southern Caucasus
Jonathan Cohen (Conciliation Resources, UK)
The OSCE's Policies in the Southern Caucasus
Dov Lynch (OSCE)
The Role of BSEC in the Wider Black Sea Area
Murat Sungar (First Deputy Secretary General, BSEC PERMIS)
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Panel II: Intersection of Foreign Interests and Security
Challenges in the Southern Caucasus
Chair: Ay?e Ayata (METU, KORA)
EU and The Southern Caucasus
Borut Grgic (Institute for Strategic Studies, Slovenia)
The US' Policies in the Southern Caucasus
Neil MacFarlane (University of Oxford, UK)
Russia and the Southern Caucasus
Oktay Tanr?sever (Department of International Relations, METU)
Turkey and the Southern Caucasus
Mitat Çelikpala (Department of International Relations, ETU)
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-18.00 Panel III: Economic Transition in the Southern Caucasus
Chair: Ayça Ergun (METU)
Privatization Policies in the Southern Caucasus
Naz?m Imanov (Kavkaz & Globalizatsia, Azerbaijan)
Natural Resources in the Economic Development of the South Caucasian
Countries: Options, Incentives and Obstacles for Regional Cooperation
Mert Bilgin (Do?u? University, Turkey)
Economic Transition in the Southern Caucasian Countries; A Comparative Analysis
Eldar M. Ismailov (Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus, Azerbaijan)
Day 2 (19.05.07)
10.00-12.00 Panel IV: Political Transition in the Southern Caucasus
Chair: Mustafa Ayd?n (TOBB- University of Economics and Technology)
Political Transition in the Southern Caucasus
Dennis Sammut (LINKS, UK)
The Role International Organizations and INGOs in the South Caucasian
Democracy Promotion
Leyla Alieva (Center for National and International Studies, Azerbaijan)
Civil Society and Democratization in the Southern Caucasus
Ayça Ergun (Department of Sociology, METU)
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Panel V: Looking to the Future of the South Caucasus
Chair: Dennis Sammut (LINKS)
Security-Building in the Southern Caucasus
Tedo Japaridze (Former Adviser to the President, Georgia)
"Solving Unsolvable? Future of Frozen Conflicts in the South Caucasus
Levon Zourabian (International Crises Group-Yerevan Office, Armenia)
Potentials for Regional Cooperation and Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts
Erkin Qadirli (Baku State University, Azerbaijan)
CONF.- Cooperation and Integration for Central Asia, June 2007, Tajikistan
Posted by: Boyko <boykouni-altai.ru>
Posted: 15 May 2007
CONF.- Cooperation and Integration for Central Asia, June 2007, Tajikistan
The international conference "Cooperation and Integration Projects for
Central Asia: Comparative Analysis, Opportunities and Prospects" will
be held in Khudjand (Tajikistan) 26-28 June 2007. It is organized by
the Center of Geopolitical Studies at Russian-Tajik Slavonic
University (Dushanbe), Alexander Knyazev Public Foundation (Bishkek),
Central Asia and Caucasus Institute (Moscow), Center for Regional
Studies "Russia and the East" (Barnaul) in partnership with the
Information Agency "Ferghana.ru", newspaper "Business and politics"
(Dushanbe), and the Center for media assistance (Dushanbe).
Central Asia is the region, historically and civilizationally emerging
and developing as ethno-cultural and confessional coherency and the
receptacle of political entities in geographic space between
Slavonic-Christian, South Asian, East Asian and Arab worlds. In late
XX the concept of Central Asia has been interpreted in accordance to
geopolitical considerations - in most narrow notion it is reduced to
formula of five post-soviet republics, whereas the extended view
frames this region as including the territories of some other states,
which are "interfered" or similar with each other on ethnical and
other dimensions. Some new cooperative/integrative schemes are
elaborated - these are different by space and political format and
suggest the solution of certain objectives, corresponding to the
interests of out-of-region power centers. The developing of analytical
projects is followed by practical activities, which are causing
competitive situation, feeding natural intra-regional contradictions
as well the whole set of new threats for regional security.
The assessment of the given situation by expert circles, including the
representatives of different academic schools and think-tanks from the
countries of region and outside might get the answers for the long
list of questions arising in this context.
The preliminary list of problems to be discussed at the conference:
1. Central Asia: general framework, definitions and criteria of
political geography
2. Objective pre-requisites for cooperation and integration in region
and factors preventing it
3.The main external players and motivation of their interests in
cooperation and integration with Central Asian countries
- Russia;
- USA and their trustworthy partners (Turkey, Pakistan);
- China;
- EU;
- islamist integrists (the establishment of caliphate, etc);
The main cooperation and integration projects:
- post-soviet unities, in which the core component is Russia (OACS
and EurAsEC);
- SCO as cooperative project of RF and PRC;
- US project of GCA;
- projects based on ethnical criteria: Turkish initiatives for
Turkophone countries of region, concept of Arian unity (Iran,
Afghanistan, Tajikistan);
- the making of caliphate and other integrist schemes of islamist radicals
4. The main factors of cooperation/integration (pro and contra):
- economical and resource-rooted:
- communicational;
- cultural-civilizational;
- geopolitical;
- Afghanistan (state, society, military-political reality) in Central
Asian context
It is expected that conference will be attended by many noted experts
from Central Asia, Russia, China, USA, Great Britain, Ukraine, India,
Pakistan, Iran and other countries.
The conference venue is sanatorium "Shifo" at picturesque storage lake
Qairakkum (Khudjand, Tajikistan). The organizers will provide visa
support for conference participants. Working languages of conference
are Russian and English, the simultaneous translation of presentations
will be provided.
Interested scholars and practitioners should contact the organizers
asap, providing personal details, the title of presentation, etc) and
submit an abstract/paper up to 20000 symbols in Russian or English
(preferably with the relate translation) in World format with
footnotes and references at the end of text by the date of conference.
Maps, schemes, etc should be sent as separate files in jpeg, gif, tif,
psd format.
All requests and mails should be directed to the organizing committee:
conference_2007inbox.ru
CONF.- Int'l Conf on Inter-Asian Connections, Dubai, February 2008
Posted by: Social Science Research Council <shahabuddinssrc.org>
Posted: 14 May 2007
CONF.- Int'l Conf on Inter-Asian Connections, Dubai, February 2008
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Call For Workshop Proposals
Deadline: Friday, June 1, 2007
International Conference on Inter-Asian Connections (Dubai, UAE:
February 21-24, 2008)
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce an
open call for proposals from faculty members at accredited
universities and colleges in any world region, to organize and direct
a 4-day thematic workshop at an international conference on
"Inter-Asian Connections." Workshop directors selected by the SSRC
will be expected to help recruit and select 8 international workshop
participants from across relevant disciplines in the social sciences
and related fields.
To be held in Dubai, February 21-24, 2008, the conference will host
multiple workshops showcasing innovative research from across the
social sciences and related disciplines, on themes of particular
relevance to Asia, reconceptualized as a dynamic and interconnected
historical, geographical, and cultural formation stretching from the
Middle East through Eurasia and South Asia, to East Asia. This
expanded understanding should bring to the fore new and unanticipated
research themes and cross-regional/trans-regional connections and
formations. The conference theme of "Inter-Asian Connections" is
flexible enough to encompass a wide range of projects, from
explorations of inter-regional historical and material connections
(for instance, trade and migration flows; Asian international
relations; the diffusion and exchange of ideas and ideologies), to
cross-national and comparative investigations of contemporary
political, socio-cultural, and economic processes.
We invite researchers to apply to organize a workshop on a theme of
their choice. Each workshop may have one or two directors and will
include 8 participants (graduate students, junior faculty, other
researchers and scholars) chosen competitively. Workshop directors
should have sufficient research experience on the region and themes of
their proposals. The deadline for application submissions is Friday,
June 1, 2007.
The full text of the call for proposals, along with information on the
application process and selection criteria, is available at:
http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/global/papers/ .
For additional inquiries, please contact the SSRC at
intl_collaborationssrc.org .
LECTURE- Prof Aleksandr Naymark, May 16, 2007, Oxford
Posted by: Alexander Morrison <alexander.morrisonall-souls.oxford.ac.uk>
Posted: 14 May 2007
LECTURE- Prof Aleksandr Naymark, May 16, 2007, Oxford
Special Lecture
Joseph the Beautiful of Ravenna as the Calendar Deity of Soghdiana
(with an epilogue on Mamluk painting, Islamic saints, folk festivals
and Soviet agrarian officialdom)
Prof. Aleksandr Naymark, Hofstra University
Week 4: Wednesday 16th May
15.30: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford.
CONF.- Conference on Peaceful Coexistence and Fethullah Gulen, 11/2007
Posted by: Dialogue International <infodialogue-international.org>
Posted: 14 May 2007
CONF.- Conference on Peaceful Coexistence and Fethullah Gulen, 11/2007
International Conference on Peaceful Coexistence
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
23-24 November 2007
Fethullah Gulen's initiatives for peace in the contemporary world
Call for Papers
Deadline for receipt of Abstracts: 31 May 2007
The need for peaceful co-existence between Muslims and non-Muslims
within and between nations has long been recognized. The much
publicized failures in relations in recent years, which are both a
cause and effect of the situation in many parts of the world - not
just the Middle East - should spur all right-minded people to
re-double their efforts to sustain the hope for peaceful co-existence.
Fethullah Gulen is an Islamic scholar and peace activist, and the
mentor of a dynamic faith-based movement that has inspired a
generation of Muslims in Turkey and abroad to undertake charitable
works, especially in education. After thirty years of activism in the
field they now constitute one of the most effective and influential
Muslim faith-based movements of the 21st century. They work to raise
moral and religious awareness by founding non-denominational schools
and universities and so encourage intercultural dialogue and
understanding. Their work makes a practical contribution to
constructive, positive relations between the West and the Muslim
world, with special focus on issues such as democracy,
multiculturalism, globalization, and intercultural dialogue in the
context of secular modernity.
By focusing on Gulen's ideas and practice, this Conference aims to
explore the appeal and impact of the Gulen's movement worldwide
initiatives to help people respond creatively to the profound social
changes that are taking root everywhere. These changes make the world
an increasingly integrated place, while its people juggle different,
often divided identities. A particular focus will be the movement's
long-established and ongoing projects dedicated to improving
North-South and East-West relations, and to building trust and
cooperativeness among people of different faith traditions.
Major themes:
- Peaceful Muslim-non-Muslim co-existence in a secular context
- Inclusiveness and integration
- The necessity and importance of dialogue
- The positive role of non-denominational education
- The state of East-West, North-South relations
- Reconciling and balancing reason and faith
- Understanding the benefits of democracy
- The role of shared values in building civility and citizenship
Abstract & CV deadline: Abstracts (max. 500 words) with a brief CV
(max. 200 words) of the author(s) should be submitted by 31 May 2007
to submissionsgulenconference.nl.
Graduate students are encouraged to submit abstracts.
Paper submission deadline: Abstracts will be evaluated by the
Conference's editorial board. The authors of accepted abstracts will
then be asked to submit papers (3000-7000) words before 30 September 2007.
Conference book: Following editorial review, some of the accepted
papers will be published in the form of a book of the Conference proceedings.
Honorarium: 500 euro for papers presented at the conference
Free resource CD: A free resource CD on Gulen and his works is
available from the organizing committee. Please apply to:
cdgulenconference.nl
Hotel and travel/flight: The cost of hotel accommodation and flights
will be subsidised for all participants who present papers at the Conference
For further information please e-mail:
infogulenconference.nl
or visit:
www.gulenconference.nl
CONF./CFP- Cultures of Georgia and Armenia Session, May 8-11, 2006, Kalamazoo
Posted by: Gijsbertus Beynen <BeynenGlibrary.phila.gov>
Posted: 11 May 2007
CONF./CFP- Cultures of Georgia and Armenia Session, May 8-11, 2006, Kalamazoo
Papers are invited for the Cultures of Georgia and Armenia session at
the 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 8-11, 2008,
at the Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. Please send one
page double-spaced abstracts by August 31 2007 to Bert Beynen, Free
Library of Philadelphia, BeynenGlibrary.phila.gov.
LECTURE- CASG Spring Program, University of Washington
Posted by: Ilse Cirtautas <icirtu.washington.edu>
Posted: 9 May 2007
LECTURE- CASG Spring Program, University of Washington
University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Central Asian Studies Group
(Subgroups: Kazakh & Kyrgyz Studies, Uzbek Circle)
Founded In 1987
Program For Spring Quarter 2007
President: Brenda Schuster, e-mail: bschusu.washington.edu
(Faculty Advisor: Ilse D. Cirtautas, e-mail: icirtu.washington.edu)
April 3 Silk Road Lecture Series 2006-2007:
"The Monks of Kublai Khan: Christianity under the Mongols"
Joel Walker, History, University of Washington
Kane Hall 110, 7:00 pm
April 13 Social Gathering for all students and faculty interested in
Central Asia:
Welcoming of six scholars from our Partner Institutions in Tashkent:
Kasimjon Sadiqov, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies,
Nodira Mahkomova, Institute of History, Uzbek Academy of Sciences,
Dilorom Gulomova, Institute of History, Uzbek Academy of Sciences,
Gulchehra Zununova, Institute of History, Uzbek Academy of Sciences,
Saidakbar Agzamkhodjaev, Tashkent Islamic University.
Vegetarian Pizza Lunch served
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-2:30 pm
April 14 The Thirteenth Annual Russian, East European and Central
Asian Studies Northwest Conference:
"From the Cold War to Post-Communism: Sixty Years of REECAS
(1947-2007)" Communications Building, 8:15 am-5:15 pm
For further information please call The Ellison Center at (206)
543-4852 or email reecasu.washington.edu
April 15 "Second International Conference on Issues of Comparative
Religious Studies in Central Asia":
Communications Building, 202 (Simpson Center for the Humanities)
9:00 am-5:30 pm
The Conference has been sponsored by a U.S. State Department
Uzbekistan Educational Partnership Grant and organized in co-operation
with five Uzbek academic institutions, located in Tashkent, Seattle's
Sister City since 1972.
Note: the First Conference under the same title took place in Tashkent
in September 2006.
For further information please contact Professor Ilse Cirtautas
(206-543-9963 or icirtu.washington.edu) or Professor Florian Schwarz
(206-685-2246 or schwarzu.washington.edu)
May 4 Showing of the Kazakh Movie "Nomad"
Denny 123, 12:30-2:30 pm
May 8 "Childhood and Youth Culture in Central Asia"
Charles Carlson, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Communication 120, 7:00 pm
May 10 Silk Road Lecture Series 2006-2007:
"Secrets of Tamerlane's Tomb"
Robert McChesney, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
Kane 110, 7:00 pm
May 11 Seminar: "Writing Central Asian Social History: Documentary
Sources for the 16th and 17th Centuries"
Robert McChesney, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
Communication 202 (Simpson Center)
10:30-12:30 am
May 12 "19 th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner
Saturday Asian Studies"
Denny Hall 215 A, 8:30 am-5:30 pm"
For further information please contact Professor Ilse Cirtautas
(206-543-9963 or icirtu.washington.edu)
May 17 "Reflections on the Kazakh Movie: 'Nomad' "
Ilse Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny Hall 123, 12:30-1:30 pm
May 18 "Second Showing of the Kazakh Movie: 'Nomad'"
Denny Hall 123, 12:30-1:30 pm
May 24 "Recent Publications in Kyrgyzstan: Qirgiz Adabiyatinin Tarixi
(History of Kyrgyz Literature), 3 vols. Bishkek, 2004"
Ilse Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny Hall 123, 12:30-1:30 pm
May 25 "Recent Publications in Uzbekistan: "Amir Temur in Uzbek
Literature: Muhammad Ali, Amir Temur Chamani [The
Flower mGardens (=accomplishments) of Amir Temur], Tashkent, 2006"
Ilse Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny 123, 12:30-1:30 pm
CONF.- 4th International Felt Symposium in Kyrgyzstan, July, 2007
Posted by: Svetlana Balalaeva <cacsainfotel.kg>
Posted: 8 May 2007
CONF.- 4th International Felt Symposium in Kyrgyzstan, July, 2007
We are pleased to announce the Fourth International Felt Symposium in
Kyrgyzstan, to be held this summer from July 18 - 31, 2007.
Call for participants: Deadline May 30
The Central Asia Crafts Support Association (CACSA) invites you to
discover the secrets of Kyrgyzstan's Felts and its ornaments through
an artistic exchange around the magnificent Issyk-Kul Lake during the
Fourth International Felt Symposium in Kyrgyzstan in summer, 2007.
The First (2001), Second (2003) and Third (2005) International Felt
Symposiums in Kyrgyzstan were a tremendous success. The Fourth
International Felt Symposium promises to be an extraordinary, didactic
and cross-cultural experience. A major theme of the Fourth
International Felt Symposium is the artistic dialogue and exchange. As
symposium participants, you will discover the secrets of Kyrgyz felt
traditions and will have the opportunity to exchange yours in return.
The programme of the Symposium includes International Conference "The
Use of Ornamental Motives in Traditional and Modern Felting" and
Exhibition "Ornaments in Felting", which will take place at the Museum
of Fine Arts in Bishkek, and workshops on felting to be held in Naryn
area and in the villages of the Issyk-Kul shore.
The itinerary will be full of opportunities for creative expression,
sightseeing, cultural exchanges, camaraderie, and entertainment. About
ten days, CACSA will take you via coach bus from the capital city
Bishkek into the magnificent Tien Shan Mountains and the marvelous
Issyk-Kul Lake to discover the ancestral home of the Kyrgyz felt
making tradition. You will enjoy famous Kyrgyz hospitality by living
and working with local artisans who inhabit these picturesque
villages. They will teach you their ancient felt making and
embroidery techniques, which are the most important products that make
up the traditional home of the Kyrgyz people: the yurt. Together, you
will let your imaginations run wild and create new and exciting works.
We will visit the mountainous town Naryn, the International Yurt Camp
at the Issyk-Kul shore, the Jety-Oguz Gorge near Karakol city,
Petroglyph sites around the Issyk-Kul Lake, the ancient site of Burana
Tower, and participate in the Central Asian Festival of Intercultural
Dialogue "OIMO-2007" at the Issyk-Kul. Our travels will offer the
scenic views, traditional meals and music, discussions on Kyrgyz
culture and history, and plenty of time to shop the various craft markets.
At the end of the Symposium with its fascinating events we will have a
return trip to Bishkek, where we will have a final shopping tour in
Bishkek to purchase any remaining souvenirs.
The Fourth International Felt Symposium in Kyrgyzstan (2 weeks, 18 -
31 July, 2007): from US$ 1,145 to $1,395 depending on personal
accommodation selections in Bishkek.
The price includes:
- Registration fee
- Transportation to and from Manas International Airport
- Transportation by coach bus for the entire symposium
- Three meals a day
- All accommodations
- All day-trips and excursions
- Cultural program
- All workshop and artisan fees
- All workshop raw materials
- English language interpreter
The price does not include airfare to and from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan or
the cost of a Kyrgyz visa. Citizens of the United States, the CIS,
many European countries, and Korea can purchase a Kyrgyz visa upon
arrival at Manas Airport in Kyrgyzstan.
All symposium events will take place at altitudes ranging from 700 to
3,000 meters above sea level.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Kyrgyz Republic. If you have
any questions regarding the Fourth International Felt Symposium,
please contact:
The Central Asia Crafts Support Association
162-A Manaschy Sagynbai Street
Bishkek, 720017, Kyrgyz Republic
Tel/fax: (+996 312) 662445
Tel: (+996 312) 620385
E-mail: cacsainfotel.kg
Website: www.cacsa.kg
CONF.- Nicholas Poppe Symposium, University of Washington, May 12, 2007
Posted by: Ilse Cirtautas <icirtu.washington.edu>
Posted: 8 May 2007
CONF.- Nicholas Poppe Symposium, University of Washington, May 12, 2007
University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
19th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies
Saturday, May 12, 2007
8:30 am-5:30 pm
Denny Hall 215
Program
8:30-9:00 Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
9:00-9:10 Welcome Address: Ilse Cirtautas "Remembering Nicholas Poppe"
9:10-9:35 "Environmental Issues in the Altai Region" Kathleen Braden,
Seattle Pacific University
9:35-9:45 Discussion
9:45:10:10 "Endangered Animals and other Environmental Issues in
Kyrgyzstan" Yevgeniy Kashkarov, Altai State University. Visiting
Scholar, University of Washington (2006-2007)
10:10-10:20 Discussion
10:20-10:45 "Political Situation in Kyrgyzstan: From Bad to Worse"
Vitaly Nishanov, University of Washington
10:45-10:55 Discussion
10:55-11:20 "Conceiving Anthropomorphism in Eurasian Image
Stones:Okunev, Early Nomadic, Early Pontic and Scythian Stelae"
Katrina Swendseid-Ang, Independent Scholar, Eugene, Oregon
11:20-11:30 Discussion
11:30-11:55 "Alisher Nava'i (1441-1501) in Contemporary Uzbek
Literature" Ilse Cirtautas, University of Washington
11:55-12:05 Discussion
12:05 -1:25 Lunch
1:25-1:50 "Such Classic Ground: Remembering Alexander the Great in
19th Century Afghanistan" Stefan Kamola, University of Washington
1:50-2:00 Discussion
2:00-2:25 "Traditional Medicine in Central Asia: Contributions,
Interactions, and Contemporary Practice in Chinjiang" Brenda Schuster,
University of Washington
2:25-2:35 Discussion
2:35-3:00 "Observance of Everyday Customs and Traditions Among
Uighurs" Hamit Zakir, University of Washington
3:00-3:10 Discussion
3:10-3:25 Coffee/Tea Break
3:25-3:50 "Roles and Realities for a Bride in a Kyrgyz Household"
Maureen Pritchard, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
3:50-4:00 Discussion
4:00-4:25 "The American University of Central Asia in Bishkek:
1993-2007" Ludmila Konstants, Fulbright Scholar, American University
of Central Asia, Bishkek
4:25-4:35 Discussion
4:35-5:00 "Teaching Experiences in Uzbekistan" Charles Carlson,
National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent
5:00-5:10 Discussion
5:10-5:30 Closing Remarks
CONF./CFP- 3rd Univ. of Chicago Conference on Eurasian Archaeology, May 2008
Posted by: Charles Hartley <chartleyuchicago.edu>
Posted: 3 May 2007
CONF./CFP- 3rd Univ. of Chicago Conference on Eurasian Archaeology, May 2008
Call For Papers
The 3rd University Of Chicago Conference On Eurasian Archaeology
Regimes and Revolutions:
Power, Violence, and Labor in Eurasia
Between the Ancient and the Modern
May 1-3, 2008
University Of Chicago
Recent decades have witnessed a turn in anthropological archaeology
away from totalizing, top-down accounts of elite power. In their
stead, society and politics have come to be theorized within community
organizations and more diffuse locations of authority. But the
contemporary politics of Eurasia's independent states cautions against
an archaeological about-face. Grassroots claims to power can be
restricted and communities can be both incapable of, and disillusioned
by, engagement in political struggles. Rulers can indeed hold a firm
grasp on political order, exerting tremendous power, deploying the
weapons of coercive violence, and marshalling the forces of labor.
The authoritarian politics of the present remind us of the need to
consider power and violence in the past. The modern politics of
Eurasia challenge us to disentangle social and economic
transformations from political ones and to probe not only the
archaeology of social lives within communities but also the
politics-egalitarian, despotic, charismatic, bureaucratic,
traditional-that ordered these lives. What does political authority
over the longue durée look like across Eurasia? What is the role of
material culture in preserving regimes and producing revolution? How
can we explore the work of power without subsuming it to the domain of
governmental institutions? The 3rd University of Chicago Conference
on Eurasian Archaeology will examine the instruments of power, the
semiotics of legitimation, and the mobilization of labor in the
constitution of politics from prehistory to today.
The University of Chicago Conferences on Eurasian Archaeology bring
together graduate students and senior researchers from institutions
across North America, Europe, and Asia. Organized and run by the
graduate students of the University of Chicago, each conference
centers on a theme that is intended to encapsulate a broad set of
pressing issues in the field. But the conferences also provide a
forum for sharing new data, testing original ideas, and developing
cross-cultural conversations that will forward the next decade of
research in Eurasia.
Individuals interested in presenting should send an abstract of no
more than 200 words along with a completed submission form to Charles
Hartley at <chartleyuchicago.edu> by December 1, 2007. Please
include the full name of the presenter and all co-authors, with their
institutional affiliations, mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses.
Scholars interested in organizing thematic sessions should contact
Charles Hartley no later than November 1, 2007.
Graduate students are strongly encouraged to participate. Papers will
be selected for presentation based on how closely they fit to the
overall theme of the conference. There is no registration fee for the
conference.
LECTURE- James Millward, Present and Past in Xinjiang, May 10, 2007, London
Posted by: James A. Millward <millwarjgeorgetown.edu>
Posted: 2 May 2007
LECTURE- James Millward, History and Present in Xinjiang, May 10, 2007, London
Seminar
Date: Thursday, 10 May 2007
Time: 5:30pm
Title: "Eurasian Crossroads: History and the present in Xinjiang,
Chinese Central Asia"
Speaker: James A. Millward
Venue: Room B111, Brunei Gallery, SOAS
Enquiries: Bhavna Dave (Centre Chair) bd4soas.ac.uk (Tel: 020 7898
4734) or Jane Savory js64soas.ac.uk (Tel: 020 7898 4892)
All Welcome
Seminar Abstract:
The western Chinese region known today as Xinjiang lies at the center
of the Eurasian continent, and has always been the hub of the silk
roads network. In his lecture, Prof. James Millward will discuss the
broad pattern of Xinjiang's past, including environmental and
political factors that have shaped relationships between north China,
the Tarim Basin oases, the steppes north of the Tianshan over two
millennia. Changes in the strategic balance of steppe and sown and in
the relationship between man and the environment in Xinjiang since the
18th century have revised this pattern, and underlie many aspects of
the situation in Xinjiang today.
Speaker:
James A. Millward (BA. Harvard 1982, MA School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London 1986; Ph.D. Stanford 1993) is Associate
Professor of Intersocietal History in the Edmund Walsh School of
Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He specializes on the modern
history of China and Central Asia, including Mongolia, Tibet and
especially Xinjiang. His publications include Crossroads of Eurasia:
A History of Xinjiang (Columbia, 2007), New Qing Imperial History: the
Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde (RoutledgeCurzon 2004),
and Beyond the Pass: Economy, Ethnicity and Empire in Qing Central
Asia, 1759-1864 (Stanford, 1998).
All are Welcome (seminars are free and open to the public). Booking
is not required unless otherwise stated.
Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Thornhaugh
Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG
Centre website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/cccac/
LECTURE- Robert McChesney, Secrets of Tamerlane's Tomb, Seattle, May 10, 2007
Posted by: <dwaughu.washington.edu>
Posted: 1 May 2007
LECTURE- Robert McChesney, Secrets of Tamerlane's Tomb, Seattle, May 10, 2007
The Silkroad Foundation, Simpson Center for the Humanities (University of
Washington) and other University of Washington sponsors are pleased to
announce the final lecture in this year's Seattle Silk Road series:
"Secrets of Tamerlane's Tomb"
by
Robert D. McChesney
New York University
Thursday, May 10, 2007
7 pm
Kane Hall 110
University of Washington Seattle campus
The lecture is free and open to the public.
About the lecture:
Tamerlane's tomb, the Gur-i Amir in Samarkand, has been a subject of
fascination and speculation since its initial construction in 1404.
The great domed tomb complex has undergone numerous changes in the
past half millennium and those changes have helped spark legends and
stories of its secrets and mysteries. Based on long extant as well as
recently discovered evidence, this illustrated talk will trace the
evolution of the tomb and the stories about it from its founding until
its emergence in the late 20th century as an iconic symbol of the
modern Uzbek government.
About the speaker:
R. D. McChesney is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and
History at New York University. He is the author of Waqf in Central
Asia (1991), Central Asia: Foundations of Change (1996) and Kabul
Under Siege (1999) as well as numerous articles on the social and
economic history of the eastern Persianate world.
The lectures are made possible with funding from the Silkroad
Foundation and the following University of Washington sponsors: the
Simpson Center for the Humanities; the Ellison Center for Russian,
East European and Central Asian Studies; the Department of Near
Eastern Languages and Civilization; the Division of Art History,
School of Art; the Department of History; and the Department of Asian
Languages and Literature.
For more information, visit
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/projects_silkroad0607.htm, or contact Florian
Schwarz at fschwarzu.washington.edu
LECTURE- Political Islam in Central Asia and Turkey, April 30, Dushanbe
Posted by: <PayamForoughiaol.com>
Posted: 30 Apr 2007
LECTURE- Political Islam in Central Asia and Turkey, April 30, Dushanbe
The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe is commencing the first in what is
expected to become a series of thought-provoking presentations related
to Tajikistan and Central Asia.
All interested are invited to:
"Political Islam in Central Asia and Turkey: A Comparative Look at
Tajikistan's IRP and Turkey's AKP"
Professor Edward Schatz (U. of Toronto)
Monday, 30 April 2007
4:15 PM
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe
12 Zikrullo Khajoev St.
RSVP (992) 918-614-250
LECTURE- Kyrgyz-Russian Relations, Ambassador Vlasov, May 3, Bishkek
Posted by: Social Research Center <srcmail.auca.kg>
Posted: 27 Apr 2007
LECTURE- Kyrgyz-Russian Relations, Ambassador Vlasov, May 3, Bishkek
LECTURE: "Kyrgyz-Russian Relations: 16 Years of Experience in
Economic, Trade and Security Cooperation", Vlasov Valentin, Ambassador
of the Russian Federation to Kyrgyzstan, Social Research Center, AUCA,
Bishkek, May 3, 2007
Social Research Center at AUCA (www.src.auca.kg) in cooperation with
Diplomatic Academy under the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry present:
Lecture: "Kyrgyz-Russian Relations: 16 Years of Experience in
Economic, Trade and Security Cooperation"
Presenter: His Excellency Vlasov Valentin, Ambassador of the Russian
Federation to Kyrgyzstan
Date and time: 16:00-17:30, Thursday, May 3, 2007
Venue: 315, Main Building, AUCA
Language: Russian. If required, translation into English will be provided
Synopsis: Since gaining independence Kyrgyzstan's foreign policy has
put great emphasis on cooperation with Russia in several fields
ranging from trade to military cooperation. The establishment of a
strategic partnership between these two countries has demonstrated the
important position of Russia in Kyrgyzstan's foreign policy.
His Excellency Ambassador Vlasov will speak about Kyrgyz-Russian
relations with particular emphasis on three major areas of bilateral
cooperation: economy, trade and security. Ambassador Vlasov will
deliver this lecture under the SRC's Ambassadorial Talk Project.
This lecture is organized by Social Research Center in cooperation
with the Diplomatic Academy under the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
CONF./CFP- Warsaw East European Conference, July 15-18, 2007
Posted by: Warsaw East European Conference <conf.stadiumuw.edu.pl>
Posted: 26 Apr 2007
CONF./CFP- Warsaw East European Conference, July 15-18, 2007
Warsaw East European Conference
Warsaw, July 15-18, 2007
Studium Europy Wschodniej UW (The Centre for East European Studies of
Warsaw University) is organizing the Warsaw East European Conference,
Fourth Annual Session, to be held in Warsaw, July 15-18, 2007.
The main subjects of the Warsaw East European Conference, Fourth
Annual Session, are democratic and authoritarian tendencies in East
Central, South Eastern and Eastern Europe since 18th century. The
Conference will focus on history of 19th and 20th centuries as well as
current political, social, economic, national and cultural issues
related to the main subject. Special attention will be given to the
problems of the communist and post-communist world. Therefore, the
Caucasus and Central Asian issues will be also relevant for the WEEC,
Fourth Annual Session.
The WEEC, Fourth Annual Session is dedicated to the issue of
democratic and authoritarian rules in the region. One of the
traditions of modern democracy in East Central Europe has its roots in
the so called 'noble democracy' of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
of 16th - 18th centuries. The issues of federalist and centralist
systems, interethnic peace and conflict, religious tolerance and
discrimination in multinational states of the region such as Polish-
Lithuanian state, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires will
be examined during several of the Conference panels. Another topic of
the WEEC, Fourth Annual Session will be national question in the 19th
century, often called the century of the revival of the nations or,
according to other theories, the century of the birth of the nations.
The 2007 Conference will be also focused on ideologies like
nationalism, Marxism, socialism and their relationships with
democratic, authoritarian and totalitarian political systems.
Next section of the WEEC, Fourth Annual Session, will be related to
communism and developments, which took place in Central and Eastern
Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia after the Bolshevik Revolution of
1917. Special issues of the WEEC concerning the communist period are:
opposition and dissidents in Soviet Union and communist bloc,
relations between state and confessional groups in communist countries
and cultural changes in totalitarian countries.
Another part of the WEEC problems are current political, social,
economic and cultural developments in the region. Particular attention
will be given to the EU Eastern policy, its relations with Russia, and
energy security problems. One of the Conference panels will be
dedicated to Putin's domestic and foreign policy as well as imperial
tendencies in modern Russia. EU's enlargement, its experience with new
member states Bulgaria and Romania, as well as the chances for
accession of Croatia, Ukraine or Turkey will be also examined during
the WEEC, Fourth Annual Session. Another important topics will be EU's
policy towards the Black Sea region and chances for democracy in Transcaucasia.
Finally, general condition of democracy and civil society in
post-communist area and specific topics like changing notion of
citizenship, local democracies and civil society construction, NGOs
activities, state and individual freedom will be discussed during the
WEEC, Fourth Annual Session.
Deadline for sending application forms and paper proposals: April 30, 2007
Forms must be sent by e-mail at conf.studiumuw.edu.pl
Further details concerning Warsaw East European Conference, Fourth
Annual Session, find in attachment "Call for papers" at:
http://www.uw.edu.pl/en/page.php/news/conf_07/inf_en.html
CONF.- Iranian-Speaking Nomads of Eurasia, 7-10 May, 2007, Barcelona
Posted by: Nader Rastegar <ispahan1900yahoo.com>
Posted: 26 Apr 2007
CONF.- Iranian-Speaking Nomads of Eurasia, 7-10 May, 2007, Barcelona
International Conference:
Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans: Iranian-Speaking Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes
Autonomous University of Barcelona, 7-10 May 2007
For more information please contact either Professor Evangelos Venetis
<e.venetisyahoo.com> or
Matthew Canepa <CanepaMcofc.edu>
We are pleased to announce the upcoming International Conference
"Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans: Iranian-Speaking Nomads of the Eurasian
Steppes", which will be held at the Autonomous University of Barcelona
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - UAB) from Monday 7th to Thursday
10th May 2007, in close collaboration with the Institute of Ethnology
and Anthropology RAN (Moscow).
The main objectives of this conference are:
- to act as a forum for discussion and to promote scholarly exchange
between Eastern and Western academics dealing with this subject, and
- to bring together leading authorities in the field, in order to
provide a state-of-the-art overview of the archaeology, history,
language and culture of the Iranophone nomads of the Eurasian steppes,
to be published as proceedings in both English and Russian.
However, so as to facilitate scientific exchange, participants are
strongly encouraged to submit their papers in English (or, eventually,
French). Applicants should initially register their interest in
attending the conference by filling in the enclosed application and
returning a copy of this document to the E-Mail address
<cg.iranian.steppe.nomadsuab.es>
(or by fax to +34 93 5813114).
[The deadline for submitting a paper had been extended until 1st
December 2006.]
The congress will be composed of different working sessions, arranged
in chronological order and combining papers devoted to archaeological,
historical and philological problems related to three main historical
periods (Scythian, Sarmatian & Alanic).
For more information and a provisional schedule, please visit:
<http://seneca.uab.es/antiguitat/SCYTHIANS/CONGRESS.htm>
WORKSHOP- Conflict and Cooperation in Eurasian Cities, Napoli, May 29, 2007
Posted by: Abel Polese <abelpolesehotmail.com>
Posted: 26 Apr 2007
WORKSHOP- Conflict and Cooperation in Eurasian Cities, Napoli, May 29, 2007
(Informal) Call for contributions
On the 29th of May we are holding, at the University of Napoli Federico II,
a workshop on multicultural cities.
Synergies of the cities: conflict, cooperation and use of spaces in
multicultural Eurasian cities.
Consolidation and reshaping of borders, together with the urbanization
processes and the forced migrations of the 20th centuries have shaken
and altered the social, economic, ethnic and linguistic composition of
most Eurasian cities. Many cities of Central and Eastern Europe have
lost their 19th century plurilingual substratum. Still, new forms of
multicultural interactions have developed in these cities, as in the
overall European urban areas, between old settlers and new comers, in
the different phases of the 20th century.
Ethnic and national identifications are multilayered, and social,
regional, generational and gender forms of identifications, also play
a big role in the identity of people, and of groups either. The
apparent mono-national paradigm of the post WWII cities of Central and
Eastern Europe, at a closer look, has to be challenged. The cities of
the socialist societies, and of the post-socialist societies, reveal
various forms of adjustments, choices, and peculiarities of the fast
and slow nationalization processes. In general, the process of
urbanization has continuously reshaped the cultural and social
settings and interactions in the cities of Central and Eastern Europe,
not to speak of Central Asia, where the nation building processes have
only partially being successful, and western Europe, whose urban areas
have been exposed to massive global migrations in the last decades.
The demographic modifications and the reshaping of borders, along with
the changes in the institutional and social setting during the "long"
20th century, have led to a transformation of the role and sense of
the urban space, in the different European urban areas. The new
relationships between town and countryside, and/or between the central
urban area and the highly urbanized or industrialized peripheries,
reflect the modifications in the identity and social structures of the
urban centers. We have witnessed escalation of violence in a number of
cities and pacific cooperation of locals in an apparently random
pattern, which motivates us in the investigation of the reasons,
causes, mechanisms and timing of ethnic and economic conflicts.
Starting out from some case studies of Eurasian cities (Mostar,
Samarqand, Odessa and Jerusalem), the project intend to use first
source material, gathered during fieldwork, to reach some theoretical
conclusions. In the course of the project it is envisaged to integrate
other cities into the case studies sample so to be able to extend
theoretical conclusions to a broader area and compare different cities
in Europe, as in the Mediterranean and Central Asian areas.
In particular the project tries to answer questions such as:
- The impact of the processes of mixing and un-mixing of the population.
- The different experiences and forms of concrete multiculturalism
- The elements bringing to an escalation of conflicts and those
bringing to pacific coexistence or even
cooperation between different groups.
- The role of economic and other factors in the nature, and extent,
of ethnic conflicts.
- The management of urban space in the promotion of ethnic and
political competition and of cooperation and integration.
- The border between public and private space; the self-organization
and the self-management of the public space by the local community vs.
the action of the state.
- The international and local actors in the development of the trends
towards cooperation and conflict in crises conjunctures.
- Examples of successful cooperation and the possibility to draw some
theoretical conclusions
In the course of the project it is envisaged to integrate such
findings with those from other cities.
The idea is to meet up to discuss our research findings and possibly
come up with some ideas for a large scale research project or at least
building up of a network. We would invite researchers who might be
interested in such project to either submit a short abstract or
contact us and inform on their availability. The reason why we call
this an informal call -apart from the fact that the call is launched
quite late- are two:
1. Since it is an informal (and pilot) event we have no funding at all
for this event, those coming should cover their costs. We can assist
in finding a cheap place to sleep 'chez l'habitant' (around 30 euros
per night) or try to arrange something for free at somebody's place
(depending upon availability) and a lunch with pizza and drink cost
around 5 euros and for cheap flights one can check www.whichbudget.com
2. Language, most of the paper givers are native Italian speakers and
I reckon there will be one or two researchers with low English level
and some presentations might be in Italian. You are welcome to present
in English, French or Spanish (and, of course, Italian) but must be
aware that Italian will have a major role in the event
If you can get along with those conditions, are interested, and have a
solid research project ongoing or about to be, please contact us at
<abelehess.fr> (Abel)
<gidalessunina.it> (Vanni)
LECTURE- Dr. Andrew Fagan on Human Rights, Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 3, 2007
Posted by: Galina Bityukova <gbityukovabilim.kz>
Posted: 24 Apr 2007
LECTURE- Dr. Andrew Fagan on Human Rights, Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 3, 2007
Lecture & Discussion Series - Next meeting: "Who Owns Human Rights,
Citizens or the State?". Lecturer - Dr. Andrew Fagan, University of
Essex, May 3, 2007, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Corporate Educational Foundation "Bilim-Central Asia"
Central Asian Resource Center
With the Support of Higher Education Support Program and Special and
Extension Projects Office of the Central European University
Invites scholars who are teaching political science and international
relations as well as all interested persons and researchers to take
part in Lecture& Discussion Series. Our next lecture is as follows:
Who Owns Human Rights, Citizens or the State?
Lecturer:
Dr. Andrew Fagan,
Deputy Director: Human Rights Center
University of Essex
Time: May 3, 17.30 - 18.30
Location: 65 Abylai Khan ave., of.12, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Contact person: Nurzhana Imasheva, carcadminbilim.kz, tel.: 7 (3272)
59 76 18.
ROUNDTABLE- Role of Moldo in Kyrgyz Society, Aigine CRC, Bishkek, Apr 25, 2007
Posted by: Zemfira Inogamova <inogamovagmail.com>
Posted: 23 Apr 2007
ROUNDTABLE- Role of Moldo in Kyrgyz Society, Aigine CRC, Bishkek, Apr 25, 2007
The Aigine Cultural Research Center in Bishkek presents:
ROUNDTABLE:
"The Role of Moldo (mullah) in Kyrgyz Contemporary Society"
Aigine Cultural Research Center, Bishkek, April 25, 2007.
Roundtable agenda:
- Contradictions between traditional beliefs and Fundamental Islam in
contemporary Kyrgyz society
- Collision of "musulmanchylyk" (muslimness) and "kyrgyzchylyk" (kyrgyzness);
Participants: Moldos (mullahs) & Researchers on Religion and Culture.
Date and time: 10:00-13:00, Wed., April 25, 2007
Venue: Aigine Research Center, Toktogula 93, Bishkek
Language: Kyrgyz/Russian. If requested, translation will be provided
Synopsis:
The question of religion and religious orientation is important in any
society. The official religion in Kyrgyzstan is Islam. However, what
Islam the country inhabitants should practice? Speaking based on
experience of Aigine, that Islam, which:
- Includes worshipping of the sacred sites or excludes it;
- Includes a big variety of rituals or limited to certain rituals
permitted somewhere and by someone;
- Allows traditional healing or forbids it;
- Includes various kinds of spiritual practices or limited to
practices described and approved somewhere and by someone.
The overwhelming majority of pilgrims of Kyrgyzstan considers
themselves as Muslims and do not agree with the opposition of their
"impure" and "distorted" Islam to another "pure" and "normative".
Currently, Aigine cooperates mainly with people practicing cultural
Islam, which conflict-freely combines the ancient values with Islamic
norms. And the Islamic norms are as traditional to them as the
pre-Islamic ones. The differentiation of "Islamic" "pre-Islamic"
itself was erased for people practicing popular Islam.
There are other types of the religious representatives for whom
differentiation of "Islamic" and "pre-Islamic" is an essential one. In
general they conditionally could be named "moldos" (mullah). Aigine
started working with moldos in order to look for ways to consolidate
different types of Muslims in the country.
Aigine Cultural Research was founded in 2004 as a nongovernmental
public fund, dedicated to the research of the cultural heritage and
traditional knowledge of Kyrgyzstan. Aigine mission is to promulgate
little known aspects of the diverse cultural and natural heritage of
Kyrgyzstan, to contribute to the development of cultural heritage
management in Kyrgyzstan and to search for ways to reconcile and
integrate esoteric and scientific approaches to understanding, nature
and culture, tradition and innovation, history and modernity, and west
and east. Aigine emphasize and utilize inter-ethnic, inter-cultural,
inter-religious, and inter-age phenomena to promote tolerance and
mutual understanding among the ethnicities, cultures, religious
groups, and generations of Kyrgyzstan.
Aigine Research Center
str. Toktogula # 93
Tel.: +996 (312) 666966 / 667673
Fax: +996 (312) 667674
E-mail: aigineyahoogroups.com
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
LECTURE- Maria Elizabeth Louw, SRC, AUCA, April 25, 2007
Posted by: Social Research Center <srcmail.auca.kg>
Posted: 23 Apr 2007
LECTURE- Maria Elizabeth Louw, SRC, AUCA, April 25, 2007
LECTURE: "When the Divine Takes Place: Experiences of the Divine in
Bukhara and Bishkek", Maria Elizabeth Louw, SRC, AUCA, Bishkek, April 25, 2007
Social Research Center at AUCA (www.src.auca.kg) presents:
LECTURE: "When the Divine Takes Place: Experiences of the Divine in
Bukhara and Bishkek"
Presenter: Maria Elisabeth Louw, PhD in Anthropology and Ethnography,
Aarhus University, Denmark, SRC Visiting Research Fellow, AUCA
Date and time: 17:00-18:00, Wed., April 25, 2007
Venue: Room 232, Main Building, AUCA
Language: English. If requested, translation will be provided
Synopsis: The veneration of sacred places has often been identified as
the most important aspect of popular Islam in Central Asia. Even more
importantly, however, may be those points in time and space where the
Divine breaks through in people's life worlds. In other words, where
the Divine takes place. People frequently experience glimpses of the
Divine in what might appear to the spectator as insignificant
phenomena and occurrences and strive to make them socially significant.
Maria Louw will talk about her research on sacred places and
experiences of the Divine in Central Asia, drawing in particular on
her former research in Bukhara, while also including reflections on
her current fieldwork in Bishkek.
Bio: Maria Elisabeth Louw holds a PhD from the Department of
Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University, Denmark, and is
currently postdoctoral fellow in the same University. She is also a
Visiting Research Fellow at Social Research Center, AUCA. Maria Louw
has done extensive fieldwork in Central Asia, focusing in particular
on everyday religion, morality and politics in the context of
post-Soviet social change. Her current project, which is based on
anthropological fieldwork in Bishkek, focuses on the relationship
between the religious, the secular and the esoteric in everyday life
in modern Kyrgyzstan. This project is being supported by the Danish
Research Council for the Humanities, the Danish Council for Strategic
Research and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik's Foundation.
This lecture is arranged by Social Research Center at AUCA through
funding provided by the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.
CONF.- Locating "Eurasia" in Postsocialist Studies, Princeton Univ., April 27-29, 2007
Posted by: Serguei Alex. Oushakine <oushakinPrinceton.EDU>
Posted: 23 Apr 2007
CONF.- Locating "Eurasia" in Postsocialist Studies, Princeton Univ.
http://www.princeton.edu/~restudy/soyuz.html
2007 Annual Soyuz Symposium, Aaron Burr Hall, Room 219
Locating "Eurasia" In Postsocialist Studies:
The Geopolitics Of Naming
April 27, Friday
3:00 - 5:00 Round Table: "Eurasia": Old Themes And New Approaches
5:30 - 6:30 Keynote Address: Stephen Kotkin (Princeton University)
Eurasia: Disease Masquerading As The Cure?
April 28, Saturday
9:00 - 11:00 Panel 1. Names And Spaces In Eurasia
11:30 - 1:30 Panel 2. Traveling Ideas: Religious Fusion?
2:30 - 4:30 Panel 3. Economies Of Backwardness And Modernization
4:45 - 6:45 Panel 4. Marketing Postsocialist Ideas
April 29, Sunday
9:00 - 11:00 Panel 5. Eurasian Spectacles: Identities In Performance
11:15 - 1:15 Panel 6. New Borders And Peripheries: Politics In Between
The Symposium Is Sponsored By:
Princeton Institute For International And Regional Studies
The Program In Russian & Eurasian Studies
The Department Of Anthropology
The Council Of The Humanities
The University Center For Human Values
The Department Of Slavic Languages & Literatures
http://www.princeton.edu/~restudy/soyuz.html
LECTURE- D. Northrop and S. Kotkin, 4/24 and 5/2, GMU
Posted by: Eric Max Mcglinchey <emcglincgmu.edu>
Posted: 23 Apr 2007
LECTURE- D. Northrop and S. Kotkin, 4/24 and 5/2, GMU
George Mason's Focus on Central Asia Program is pleased to announce
public lectures by Douglas Northrop (April 24) and Stephen Kotkin (May
2). All are welcome.
Douglas Northrop, "Earthquakes and Empire: Remembering Disaster in
Central Asia"
Tuesday, April 24, 3:00-4:30 pm, SUB I, Room C
Over the last two centuries, Russian and Soviet governments have
repeatedly attempted to build a new political and social world in
Central Asia. What happens, though, when that world collapses?
Cultural encounters in Central Asia took many forms -- but efforts to
establish Moscow's authority faced particular challenges in extreme
climactic conditions and "natural" hazards.
This talk considers the impact of one such hazard, earthquakes, in
shaping the actions and outlook of Russian officials and local
populations, and it asks how the recurrent experience of seismic
calamity shaped efforts to remember and commemorate disasters in the
imperial periphery.
Douglas Northrop is Associate Professor of Modern Central Asian
Studies at the University of Michigan and author of Veiled Empire:
Gender and Power in
Stalinist Central Asia.
Stephen Kotkin, "Empire without Nostalgia"
Wednesday, May 2, 4:30-6:00 pm, Research I, Room 163
"Eurasia" as a term has suddenly become ubiquitous from scholarly
journals and foundation programs to journalism and everyday speech.
But is the idea
of "Eurasia" the disease masquerading as the cure? How are we to
understand the history and possible future of the vast space that lies
between Germany
and Japan? Could it be that we have it all wrong? This talk will
examine practices of exchange and governance, from the imperial
Mongols to Vladimir
Putin and Nursultan Nazarbaev.
Stephen Kotkin is Professor of Russian History and Director of the
Program in Russian Studies at Princeton University. His books include Magnetic
Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization and Armageddon Averted: The
Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000.
Eric M. McGlinchey
Assistant Professor of Government and Politics
Department of Public and International Affairs
George Mason University
Robinson A201 - MSN 3F4
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Tel: 703-993-2960, Fax: 703-993-1399
http://mason.gmu.edu/~emcglinc/
http://mason.gmu.edu/~cenasia/
EVENT- Caravansarai Dumplings from the Ancient Silk Road, 5/25, San Francisco
Posted by: Helen Faller <helenmosaiqa.com>
Posted: 23 Apr 2007
EVENT- Caravansarai Dumplings from the Ancient Silk Road, 5/25, San Francisco
Caravansarai Dumplings from the Ancient Silk Road
Hosted by Lori Shantzis / Christina LaSala / Helen Faller
Friday, May 25, 7:00pm
Muse Gallery
614 Alabama 18th, San Francisco, CA
415.279.6281
Please RSVP to helen.fallergmail.com
This event includes food prepared by Christina La Sala, artist and
caterer, using exotic recipes from Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and
South East Asia. There will also be a presentation by Dr. Helen
Faller, a cultural anthropologist specializing in Turkic peoples of
the former Soviet Union, that will give a glimpse of the amazing
cultural diversity that lies along the ancient Silk Road.
Tickets: $30.00
All proceeds support continuing research for Merchant's Repast:
Caravansarai Dumplings from the Ancient Silk Road,
an ethnographic and culinary documentation project.
CONF.- 5th Annual Central Asia Conference, April 19-21, Univ. of Montana
Posted by: Jeffrey Renz <Jeff.Renzumontana.edu>
Posted: 17 Apr 2007
CONF.- 5th Annual Central Asia Conference, April 19-21, Univ. of Montana
The Fifth Annual Central Asia Conference: April 19 - 21, 2007
Central Asia and Its Geopolitical Impact on South Asia, the Caucasus
and the Middle East
Thursday, April 19
3:30 - 5:00 PM Georgia At The Crossroads, Uc Theater
Chair and discussant: Thomas Goltz, Visiting Scholar, Central and
Southwest Asia Program, The University of Montana
Presenters: His Excellency Irakli Asenaia, Ambassador of Georgia to
the United Nations, Dr. Giorgio Rota, Institute of Iranic Studies of
the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna; Maia Sukhiashvili,
Lecturer in Persian Language and Literature at Kutaisi State
University and Visiting Lecturer at The University of Montana; and
Milena Oganesyan, a native Georgian and Graduate Student, Department
of History, The University of Montana
6:30-7:30 PM Musical Performance And Presentation, Uc Theater
The mugham ensemble Ghadim Sharqe performs the classical heritage of
Azerbaijani musical culture.
7:30-9:30 PM Central Asia And Its Geopolitical Impact On The Caucasus
And The Middle East, UC Theater
Chair and discussant: Dr. Nancy Lubin, President of JNA Associates,
Washington D.C.
Panelists: His Excellency Abdujabbor Shirinov, Ambassador of
Tajikistan to the United States; Her Excellency Zamira Sydykova,
Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States; His Excellency
Irakli Asenaia, Ambassador of Georgia to the United Nations; His
Excellency Kanybek Osmonaliev Elin Suleymanov, Consul General of
Azerbaijan to the United States; Minister of Education of the Kyrgyz
Republic and John G. Fox, Director of the Office for Afghanistan at
the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C.
Friday, April 20
10:00 - 11:30 AM The Interpretation Of Nature, Space, And Time In
Kazakh Culture, UC 326
Chair: Dr. Ardi Kia, Associate Director, Central and Southwest Asia
Program, The University of Montana
Discussant: Dr. Mehrdad Kia, Director, Office of International
Programs and Central and Southwest Asia Program at The University of Montana.
Presenter: Dr. Aigul Bokayeva, Professor of Kazakh Culture and
Society, Faculty of Philosophy, Karaganda State University, Kazakhstan
12:00-1:00 PM Historical Relations Between The Caucasus And Central
Asia, UC 326
Presenter: Dr. Giorgio Rota, Institute of Iranic Studies at the
Austrian Academy of Sciences
1:00-3:00 PM Kyrgyzstan In Transition, UC Ballroom
Chair: James Carney, University of Montana Liaison, Bishkek
Discussant: Dr. Ardi Kia, Associate Director, Central and Southwest
Asia Program, The University of Montana
Panelists: His Excellency Kanybek Osmonaliev, Minister of Education
for the Kyrgyz Republic; His Excellency Baktybek Abdrisaev, Ambassador
of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States (1996-2005); Kubanychbek
Tabaldiev, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, The University of Montana
School of Journalism; Mr. Asan Ormushev, Rector of M. Kashari-Barskani
Eastern University; Jarkyn Ryskulova, Student Assessment Coordinator,
Kyrgyz Ministry of Education; Primberdi Dyikanov, Head of the
Karakuldga Rayon Education Administration; and Meder Kochorov
3:00-5:00 PM Whither Azerbaijan: Kuwait On The Caspian, UC Ballroom
Chair and discussant: Thomas Goltz, Visiting Scholar, Central and
Southwest Asian Studies Program, The University of Montana
Panelists: Taleh Ziyadov, Deputy Executive Director of the
US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC; Elin Suleymanov,
Consul General of Azerbaijan to the United States, Los Angeles; and
Adil Baguirov, Baku State University.
6:30-7:30 PM Musical Performance And Presentation, UC Ballroom
Jeffrey Werbock, a noted authority on Azerbaijani culture and
president of the U.S.-based Mugham Society, will speak about the music
and artistic culture of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus region and play
music from the mugham tradition that until recently was virtually
unknown outside the Caucasus.
7:30-9:30 PM Central Asia, South Asia And The Middle East: Policy
Challenges For The United States, UC Ballroom
Presenter: Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of
South and Central Asian Affairs, United States Department of State.
Saturday, April 21
10:00-12:00 PM Roundtable Discussion, UC Theater
Chair and moderator: Nancy Lubin, President of JNA Associates, Inc.,
and Senior Fellow for Eurasia at the American Foreign Policy Council.
Panelists: His Excellency Abdujabbor Shirinov, Ambassador of
Tajikistan to the United States; Her Excellency Zamira Sydykova,
Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States; His Excellency
Irakli Asenaia, Ambassador of Georgia to the United Nations; Elin
Suleymanov, Consul General of Azerbaijan to the United States, Los
Angeles; and John G. Fox, Director of the Office for Afghanistan at
the United States Department of State.
LECTURE- Preservation of Music in Western Mongolia, April 27, Vienna
Posted by: Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar <zakhchinmusicyahoo.de>
Posted: 17 Apr 2007
LECTURE- Preservation of Music in Western Mongolia, April 27, Vienna
LECTURE - Preservation of the Traditional Music of the Western
Mongolian Zakhchin Tribe, Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar MA, April 27, 2007
3rd Days of the "Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology"
in cooperation with the "Committee for Social Anthropology of the
Austrian Academy of the Sciences" and the "Museum for Ethnology"
http://www.univie.ac.at/ksa/html/inh/aktu/tksa07.htm
Workshop 2: Central Asia in Movement
NIG, University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7
1010 Vienna
Austria
"Preservation of the Traditional Music of the Western Mongolian Zakhchin Tribe"
Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar, MA
Friday, April 27, 2007, 14:00 - 16:00, Room SE-D
Abstract:
The ethnonym Zakhchin refers to a group of semi-nomadic Oirat Mongols,
who live in the Altai mountain range in the southwestern part of
Mongolia. Thanks to their geographical isolation they were able to
preserve their language, traditions and musical heritage. Despite
assimilation policies, language and ancient songs were preserved even
in the socialist era.
Yet, in the past years the introduction of the capitalistic system led
to significant changes, which caused internal out-migration among the
youths. Furthermore, due to the impact of new media, over the past ten
years the musical preferences of the younger generation shifted
towards Western and Mongolian pop music.
The traditional songs can be divided into different categories
according to their rhythm, tonality, lyrics and usage. Instrumental
accompaniment is rarely used.
The author has been studying traditional Zakhchin songs for several
years now. Her research is based on either the study of secondary
literature and fieldwork among the old singers on the high pastures.
She here presents the development and results of her work. Her goals
are the creation of a private archive of Zakhchin songs in digital and
written form and the production of music CDs.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
The lecture will be held in german language.
For more information, contact: zakhchinmusicyahoo.de
EVENT CANCELLED- Samarqand 2750 and Great Silk Road Conf. at Columbia, 4/26
Posted by: Farkhod S. Muradov <fsm2103columbia.edu>
Posted: 16 Apr 2007
EVENT CANCELED- Samarqand 2750 and Great Silk Road Conf. at Columbia, 4/26
We regret to announce that "Samarqand 2750 and The Great Silk Road"
Conference at Columbia University, April 26 is CANCELLED.
Thank you for your interest in events on Central Asia at Columbia
University and we promise to keep you informed about our events in near future.
EVENT- Concert of Kazakh Music in London, 28 June 2007
Posted by: Saida Daukeyeva <sdaukeyevamail.ru>
Posted: 16 Apr 2007
EVENT- Concert of Kazakh Music in London, 28 June 2007
Kazakh Music
Songs And Tunes From Across The Steppe
7.30 pm Thursday 28th June 2007
Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, London
Featuring:
Qairat Aitbaev - dombra
Aqnar Sharipbaeva - qobyz
Nurjan Janpeisov - vocal, dombra
Maira Sarsenbaeva - vocal, dombra
Serjan Musaiynov - vocal, dombra
Aigul Qosanova - vocal, dombra
Tilekbergen Musa - sybyzghy
Ghainijamal Bekniyaz - jetygen
Asylbek Akhatov - dombra
The music of the Kazakhs, a Turkic people of Central Asia, embraces an
array of vocal and instrumental traditions originating from different
regions over the vast expanse stretching east to west from the Caspian
Sea to the Altai Mountains and north to south from the plains of
Western Siberia to desert and oases of Transoxiana. This concert of
Kazakh music brings together acclaimed master-musicians from
Kazakhstan and Mongolia, singers and performers on folk instruments,
the two-stringed fiddle qobyz, long-necked lute dombra, end-blown
flute sybyzghy, and zither jetygen. Taking the listeners on a journey
across the soundscapes of the Kazakh Steppe, they will introduce them
to the vocal art of Jetisu and Sary-Arqa, qobyz performance of
Southern and Central Kazakhstan, epic singing from Qyzyl-Orda and
Manghystau, sybyzghy performance of Altai, and dombra styles of
Eastern and Western Kazakhstan.
Organised by the British-Kazakh Society and the Embassy of Kazakhstan in the UK
For further information see: http://www.cadoganhall.com/showpage.php?pid=352
SEMINAR- Reforms and Conflict Transformation in Former Soviet States, Almaty
Posted by: Galina Bityukova <gbityukovabilim.kz>
Posted: 13 Apr 2007
SEMINAR- Reforms and Conflict Transformation in Former Soviet States, Almaty
Central Asian Seminar:
Reforms and Conflict Transformation in Former Soviet States
April 21-22, 2007, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Corporate Educational Foundation "Bilim-Central Asia",
Central Asian Resource Center
With the Support of Higher Education Support Program and Special and
Extension Projects Office of the Central European University
Invites scholars teaching Political Science at University level
Institutions and interested researchers to take part in the Central
Asian Seminar: Reforms and Conflict Transformation in Former Soviet States.
This seminar is aimed to analyze contemporary political reforms and
conflict transformation in former Soviet states with special attention
to political situations in Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.
Those interested in participation in the seminar can contact Galina
Bityukova in advance and send CV and a letter with identifying their
scientific and teaching interests to the following e-mail address:
gbityukovabilim.kz
Location: 65 Abylai Khan ave., of.12, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Contact person: Galina Bityukova, gbityukovabilim.kz, tel.: 7 (3272)
59 76 18.
EVENT- Afghan Communicator Celebrates 10th Anniversary, April 23, NYC
Posted by: <rameenmaol.com>
Posted: 11 Apr 2007
EVENT- Afghan Communicator Celebrates 10th Anniversary, April 23, NYC
Founded in 1997, Afghan Communicator has represented the Afghan
Community in the United States for the past 10 years. Joining to
celebrate this milestone in the Afghan community in New York City are
Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, New York City
Councilman, New York State Assembly member and New York City Mayor's
office. Please join us to celeberate a decade of Afghan art and culture.
Afghan Communicator Celebrates Its
10th Anniversary
Ten Years Of Community Service!
Time & Date
Monday April 23, 2007, 6:30PM - 9:00 PM
Venue
CHOICE - 380 3rd Ave. btwn 27 & 28 St. NYC
Guest Speakers
His Excellency Dr. Zahir Tanin
Afghanistan Ambassador To The United Nations
Honorable Ellen Young
New York State Assemblymemeber, District 22
Honorable John Liu
New York City Council Member, District 20
Azadeh Khalili, Deputy Commissioner
NYC Mayor's Office For Immigrant Affairs
Entertainment
The Comedy Of Nasry Malak
Exotic Food & Open Bar
Silent Auction Includes Authentic Afghan Art & Handcraft
To Purchase Tickets or Tables Click On The Item
Tickets Are $75 (Tax Deductible Portion is $40)
Table For 5 = $360, Table For 10 = $700
http://www.afghancommunicator.com/10thAnniversary.asp
CONF.- 2nd Int'l Conf. on Comparative Religious Studies in Central Asia, 4/15
Posted by: Ilse Cirtautas <icirtu.washington.edu>
Posted: 10 Apr 2007
CONF.- 2nd Int'l Conf. on Comparative Religious Studies in Central Asia, 4/15
University of Washington
2nd International Conference On Issues Of Comparative Religious
Studies In Central Asia
Markaziy Osiyoda qiyosiy dinshunoslik masalalari mavzusidagi ikkinchi xalqora
ilmiy anjuman
Communications 202 (Simpson Center for the Humanities)
University of Washington, Seattle
Sunday, April 15th, 2007, 8:45 am - 5:30 pm
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
8:45-9:00 Coffee, Tea, and Pastries
9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introduction
Ilse Cirtautas, (UW, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization)
Scott Noegel, (UW, Chair, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization)
9:30-11:00 Panel 1: Buddhism and Christianity in the History of Central Asia
Panel chair / respondent: Kyoko Tokuno (UW, Jackson School of
International Studies)
Kasimjan Sadikov (Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies): On
the Expansion of Buddhism in Central Asia
Stefan Baums (UW, Asian Languages & Literature): Early Buddhist
Inscriptions and Manuscripts from Ancient Bactria and Gandhara
Joel Walker (UW, History): "A Race of Women Far Superior to that of
Men": Christian Women at the Mongol Court
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:45 Panel 2: Islam in the History of Central Asia
Panel chair / respondent: Florian Schwarz (UW, History)
Jonathan Brown (UW, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization): Central
Asian Contributions to Hadith Scholarship in the Middle and Early
Modern Periods
Nodira Mahkamova (Institute of History, Academy of Sciences): Islam
and Power During the 1920s
Odil Qoriev (Al-Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent): The
Fergana Valley in the 1970-80s: Economic Basis for the Rise of the
Islamist Movement
12:45-2:15 Lunch break
2:15-3:15 Panel 3: Anthropology and Sociology of Religion in Central Asia
Panel chair / respondent: Cabeiri Robinson (UW, Jackson School of
International
Studies)
Dilorom Gulamova (Institute of History, Academy of Sciences):
Studying Universal and National (Religious) Values of the Youth
(Sociological Survey Results)
Gulchehra Zununova (Institute of History, Academy of Sciences):
Symbols in the Religious-Mythological Worldview of Mahalla Uzbeks
3:15-3:30 Coffee break
3:30-4:30 Panel 4: Teaching Comparative Religious Studies
Panel chair / respondent: Michael Williams (UW. Near Eastern Languages
and Civilization)
Saidakbar Agzamkhodjaev (Tashkent Islamic University): Interactive
Teaching Methods in Courses on Comparative Religious Studies
James Wellman (UW, Jackson School of International Studies): Critical
thinking in Teaching the Study of Religion
4:30-5:15
GENERAL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Florian Schwarz (UW, History)
5:15-5:30
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Ilse Cirtautas (UW, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization) and Scott
Noegel (UW, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization)
Partner institutions:
Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of
Uzbekistan, Tashkent
O'zbekiston Respublikasi Fanlar Akademiyasi Tarix Instituti
Abu Rayhon Beruniy Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences
of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent
O'zbekiston Respublikasi Fanlar Akademiyasi Aby Rayhon Beruniy
nomidagi Sharqshunoslik Instituti
Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies
Toshkent Davlat Sharqshunoslik Instituti
Tashkent Islamic University
Toshkent Islom Universiteti
Tashkent Al-Bukhariy Institute of Islamic Studies
Al-Buxoriy nomidagi Toshkent Islom Instituti
University of Washington, Seattle
Vashington Universiteti, Sietl
Sponsored by:
United States Department of State
Uzbekistan Airways, Tashkent
International Amir Temur Foundation, Tashkent
Herbert J. Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian
Studies, University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington
The 2nd International Conference on Issues of Comparative Religious
Studies in Central Asia represents the culmination of the U.S. State
Department grant, The Uzbekistan Educational Partnership Program in
Cultural and Comparative Religious Studies, a grant awarded to the
University of Washington from June 2003 - June 2007. Over the course
of these years, the grant promoted and funded scholarly exchange
between the University of Washington and its five partner
institutions: Tashkent Islamic University; Imam al-Bukhari Islamic
Institute; Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Institute of History;
Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, al-Beruni Institute; and Tashkent
State University of Oriental Studies. The program had several goals:
to assist partners in teaching the academic and comparative study of
religion in Uzbekistan, to offer opportunities for Uzbek scholars to
learn about Western educational systems, to allow Uzbek scholars
access to research facilities and libraries at U.S. institutions of
higher learning, and to offer opportunities for University of
Washington scholars to learn about Uzbekistan and its educational
system. Seventeen UW scholars, four UW students, and twenty Uzbek
scholars participated in the exchange. Six Uzbek scholars from among
our Tashkent partner institutions and four UW professors are scheduled
to present papers at the April 15th, 2007 conference. Paper topics
include Buddhism, Christianity and Islam in the History of Central
Asia, Anthropology and Sociology of Religion in Central Asia,and
Teaching Comparative Religion.
CONF.-Transportation Infrastructure Conference, 7 May, Dushanbe
Posted by: Ellen House <Ellen_Houseita.doc.gov>
Posted: 10 Apr 2007
CONF.-Transportation Infrastructure Conference, 7 May, Dushanbe
Central Asia Transportation Infrastructure Conference
7 May 2007
Kohi Vahdat Conference Center, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
The conference will provide a unique opportunity to learn about
infrastructure development projects and transportation in Central
Asia, and to network with representatives from both the private and
public sectors. Participants have been invited from Kazakhstan, the
Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.
Representatives from Central Asian ministries of transportation are
confirmed, as are high-level public and private representatives from
civil aviation and road construction organizations.
Participating organizations include:
- Tajikistan Ministry of Transportation; Tajik Air/Dushanbe Airport
- Kazdorproyekt; Civil Aviation Committee of Kazakhstan; Arsstroy -
M, Ltd. (Kazakhstan); American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan (invited)
- Kyrgyz Ministry of Transportation and Communications; American
Chamber of Commerce in Kyrgyzstan; Central Asian Aviation Associates
- Tashkent International Airport
- Kabul International Airport; Afghanistan Ministry of Rural Development
- Asian Development Bank; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Hoffman International (NJ, USA); Caterpillar (invited)
- U.S. Departments of Commerce and State; Commercial Service Almaty
Conference sessions will include the following topics:
- Road Construction: Progress and Major Projects
- Air Travel and Airport Infrastructure: Major Projects
- Public and Private Foreign Investment
- Expanding Private Sector Involvement in Transportation
Infrastructure Projects
- Trade Facilitation and Customs Issues
The conference will run from 09:30 to 16:30, and will feature a
networking reception from 18:00 to 20:00. There is no cost to attend
the conference, but interested parties must pre-register for the
conference by April 20, 2007.
For information and registration, please contact:
Tanner Johnson, SABIT Program, U.S. Department of Commerce
Tel: 202-482-3807 or email: tanner.johnsonmail.doc.gov or
Ellen House, Office of Russia, Ukraine & Eurasia, U.S. Department of Commerce
Tel: 202-482-0360 or email: ellen.housemail.doc.gov
LECTURE- Rory Stewart in conversation with Dan Harris, ABC News, 4/20, NYC
Posted by: <rameenmaol.com>
Posted: 10 Apr 2007
LECTURE- Rory Stewart in conversation with Dan Harris, ABC News, 4/20, NYC
Rory Stewart in conversation with Dan Harris, ABC News
Friday, April 20, 2007, 6:30 PM
Rebuilding Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage
At Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York City
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street
New York City
www.AsiaSociety.org
ASIA SOCIETY Presents:
Rory Stewart, Chief Executive of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation
talks with journalist Dan Harris, anchor of ABC "World News Sunday,"
about how the preservation and regeneration of Afghan culture is
vitally and urgently linked to the country's much needed economic,
social and urban reconstruction.
The Turquoise Mountain Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental
organisation has established Afghanistan's first Centre for
Traditional Afghan Arts and Architecture, training men and women in
traditional woodwork, calligraphy and ceramics. The Foundation is also
working to rebuild and regenerate the historic commercial center of
Kabul, following the model of successful redevelopments of historic
city centers throughout the Islamic world.
>From 2000-2002, Rory Stewart walked across Pakistan, Iran,
Afghanistan, India and Nepal, a journey of 6000 miles which formed the
basis of his prize-winning book The Places in Between. His second
book, The Prince of the Marshes and Other Occupational Hazards of a
Year in Iraq, chronicles his 2003-2004 tenure as coalition Deputy
Governor of Maysan and Dhi Qar, two provinces in southern Iraq.
Stewart was a guest Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times throughout
the month of March. He lives in Kabul.
Dan Harris has covered many of the biggest stories in recent years for
ABC. He has reported from such diverse datelines as: Ground Zero,
Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Korea, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank.
He has also spent many months in Iraq, both before and after the
US-led invasion. In addition to being anchor of "World News Sunday"
Harris is a New York-based correspondent for ABC News' broadcasts and
platforms, including "World News with Charles Gibson," "Good Morning
America," "Nightline," ABC News Digital and ABC News Radio. Please
visit: www.turquoisemountain.org
Followed by a book signing.
$ 7 students w/ valid ID and Seniors;
$ 10 Asia Society members;
$12 nonmembers
For tickets, call the Asia Society
Box office at (212) 517-ASIA
or visit our on-line ticketing service at:
https://tickets.asiasociety.org
For information, visit our website
www.AsiaSociety.org
CONF./CFP- 2nd Ryskulov Readings, May 21-26, 2007, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Posted by: Agipa Monobayeva <amono001yahoo.com>
Posted: 4 Apr 2007
CONF./CFP- 2nd Ryskulov Readings, May 21-26, 2007, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Ministry Of Education And Science Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan
T. Ryskulov Kazakh Economic University
The Second Ryskulov Readings
Call For Papers
Kazakh Economic University named after Turar Ryskulov is pleased to
announce the convening of the Second Ryskulov Readings to be held on
21-26 May 2007. Representatives of educational and research
institutions from Central Asia, Russia, Japan, United Kingdom, Turkey,
China, South Korea, France, U.S., Mongolia, Poland, Bulgaria and some
other countries, as well as officials of some Ministries of RK,
representatives of international organizations, embassies, banks and
companies will participate in this forum. Program of the Second
"Ryskulov Readings" includes the following:
1. International conference "National Economy: Forming of Innovative
and Competitive Model". The conference work is organized into the
following sessions:
Session 1: National Economy System
Session 2: State Management of National Economy in an age of Globalization
Session 3: Factors of Economy Competitiveness
Session 4: Innovation Factor of Economic Development
2. Round-tables on the issues of sustainable economic development,
competitiveness and modernization:
"Central-Asian region: economics, politics, cooperation";
"Almaty - regional financial center: business, investments, perspectives";
"Universities as innovation centers in educational system".
3. Presentations of the innovative education and research projects
4. Exhibition on Turar Ryskulov
5. Trade exhibition of research literature
Papers and research articles will be published in the conference proceedings.
Application
To apply for participation in the Second Ryskulov Readings fill out
the attached Application Form and send it to the Organizing Committee
before April 15, 2007. Please, indicate your full name, job place
(name of institution and department), position, degree, title of
paper, conference session.
Requirements To Paper Submission
Papers or abstracts of up to 5 pages are requested to be submitted in
electronic format (a file should be sent by e-mail or on diskette with
a paper version). Papers should be typed in Times New Roman 14, single spaced.
Address of Organizing Committee: 55, Zhandossov Str., 050035, Almaty,
Kazakhstan. Off. 134/139, Research Coordination Office, T.Ryskulov
Kazakh Economic University.
Phone: 7 (327) 220-34-75, 229-78-44
Email: omskazeu.com, Leilakazeu.com
Application Form
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CONF./CFP- U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, Oct. 22-23, 2007, DC
Posted by: Evan Dawley <dawleyenstate.gov>
Posted: 4 Apr 2007
CONF./CFP- U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, Oct. 22-23, 2007, DC
CALL FOR PAPERS
U.S. Department of State Announces a
Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969-1976
Washington, D.C., October 22-23, 2007
The U.S. Department of State will hold a scholarly conference on
October 22-23, 2007, on U.S. Relations with the Soviet Union in the
Era of Détente, 1969-1976. The conference will be hosted by the
Office of the Historian in the Bureau of Public Affairs, and will take
place in the new George C. Marshall Conference Center at the U.S.
Department of State in Washington, D.C. The conference will feature
keynote presentations on U.S.-Russian relations by Department of State
principals and comments from former diplomats and senior scholars from
both the United States and Russia. The conference will also include
scholarly sessions that complement the forthcoming release of
Soviet-American Relations: The Détente Years, 1969-1972, a joint
documentary publication undertaken by the Office of the Historian of
the U.S. Department of State and the Historical-Records Department of
the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Program Committee invites proposals for original papers dealing
with the geopolitical and strategic implications of détente from 1969
to 1976. We particularly encourage submissions that draw on recently
opened archival collections. Possible themes include, but are not limited to:
- The development of the concept of "linkage" and its implementation
- The U.S.-Soviet dialogue relating to the war in Vietnam
- U.S.-Soviet relations and international security, including the
Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War and the Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks (SALT)
- U.S.-Soviet relations and the Middle East, including the 1973 October War
- Détente and Europe, including Germany and Berlin, Mutual Balanced
Force Reductions (MBFR), and the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and the Helsinki Accords
- The development of triangular diplomacy among the United States,
the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China
- U.S.-Soviet relations and the Third World, including southern Africa
- Economic, cultural, ecological, and scientific issues in
U.S.-Soviet bilateral relations
- Détente and U.S. domestic politics, including the critics of détente
The Program Committee may form panels loosely by historical period
(1969-1973; 1974-1976) or by theme, and potential contributors may
wish to focus their topics accordingly. Paper proposals (abstract
and c.v.) should be sent, via e-mail or fax, before June 1, 2007 to:
Dr. Amy Garrett, Program Committee Chair, Office of the Historian
e-mail: garrettacstate.gov; fax: 202-663-1289
LECTURE- Public Finance Sector Reform in KG, AUCA, Bishkek, April 4, 2007
Posted by: Social Research Center <srcmail.auca.kg>
Posted: 3 Apr 2007
LECTURE- Public Finance Sector Reform in KG, AUCA, Bishkek, April 4, 2007
LECTURE "Public Finance Sector Reform: Can It Make a Difference in
Kyrgyzstan?", Social Research Center, AUCA, Bishkek, April 4, 2007
The Social Research Center at AUCA (www.src.auca.kg) presents:
Lecture: "Public Finance Sector Reform: Can It Make a Difference in
Kyrgyzstan?"
Presenter: Mark Silins, Budget and Audit Task Manager, DFID Public
Finance Reform Project
Date and time: 17:00-18:30, Wed., April 4, 2007
Venue: Room 232, Main Building, AUCA
Language: English. If requested, translation will be provided
Synopsis: The lecture will explore the trends in public finance sector
reform in Kyrgyzstan and present the changes that occurred in the
public sector over a sixteen-year period. It will also identify the
lessons learnt which may benefit the future reform process in the
Kyrgyz Republic. The lecture will be based on the lecturer's own
experiences as the Task Manager in the DFID Public Finance Reform
Project and a senior public servant both in Australian central
agencies, such as the Ministry of Finance and Public Service and Merit
Protection Commission (Civil Service Agency), and in budget
institutions such as The Department of Family and Community Services
(Social Protection).
Bio: Mark Silins holds Master of Public Policy and Management from
University of London. He is the Public Financial Management expert
with over 22 years experience and specialties in treasury and budget
reform. In addition to 16 years in the Australian Public Service in a
range of ministries, including the Ministry of Finance and Public
Service and Merit Protection Commission - the civil service agency,
Mark has spent over six years supporting the public finance reform
initiatives in six transition and post-conflict countries. Apart from
Central Asia, Mark has worked in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
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