Central-Eurasia-L Announcement Archive
2. Conferences and Lecture Series
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SEMINAR SERIES- Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, SOAS-London
Posted by: Jane Savory <js64 soas.ac.uk>
Posted: 14 Feb 2008
SEMINAR SERIES- Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus, SOAS-London
Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
University of London
Seminar
Date: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Title: Georgia: A Permanent Revolution?
Speaker: Vicken Cheterian (CIMERA, Geneva)
Venue: G52, Main Building, SOAS
Contact: Bhavna Dave (bd4soas.ac.uk) or Jane Savory (js64soas.ac.uk)
Seminar
Date: Thursday, 28 February 2008
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Title: Uzbekistan's Development Impasse: Was It Inevitable?
Speaker: Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS)
Venue: G52, Main Building, SOAS
Contact: Bhavna Dave (bd4soas.ac.uk) or Jane Savory (js64soas.ac.uk)
Panel Discussion
Date: Thursday, 6 March 2008
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Title: Rethinking Afghanistan? A Panel Discussion
Panel: Antonio Giustozzi (LSE), Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS), Dave
Mansfield (Independent), Andrew Wilder (Tufts University)
Chair: Jonathan Goodhand (SOAS)
Venue: G52, Main Building, SOAS
Contact: Bhavna Dave (bd4soas.ac.uk) or Jane Savory (js64soas.ac.uk)
Seminar
Date: Thursday, 13 March 2008
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Title: China, Xinjiang and the Transnational Security of Central Asia
Speaker: David Kerr (Durham University)
Venue: G52, Main Building, SOAS
Contact: Bhavna Dave (bd4soas.ac.uk) or Jane Savory (js64soas.ac.uk)
Seminar
Date: Thursday, 24 April 2008
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Title: Patronage, Islam and the Fading Central Asian State
Speaker: Eric McGlinchey (George Mason University)
Venue: G52, Main Building, SOAS
Contact: Bhavna Dave (bd4soas.ac.uk) or Jane Savory (js64soas.ac.uk)
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/
Jane Savory
Office Manager, Centres and Programmes Office
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
tel +44 (0)20 7898 4892
fax +44 (0)20 7898 4489
email js64soas.ac.uk
web www.soas.ac.uk/centres/
SEMINAR- Central Asian Cinema, Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia, Feb. 22
Posted by: Nariman Skakov <nariman.skakovuniv.ox.ac.uk>
Posted: 14 Feb 2008
SEMINAR- Central Asian Cinema, Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia
The Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia
Central Asian Humanities Seminar
Friday, 22 February, 2008 at 5.30pm (Hilary Term 2008 Week 6)
"The Use of the Russian Language in Contemporary Central Asian Cinema"
By Eugenie Zvonkine (University Paris VIII)
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
All inquiries regarding the seminar should be made to Nariman Skakov
(nariman.skakovuniv.ox.ac.uk)
Abstract:
The Use of the Russian Language in Contemporary Central Asian Cinema
If we go back to the beginning of Central Asian cinema, one fact
strikes us: in most of the republics of this region, cinema was
introduced by the Soviets and was thus initially centralized rather
than national. The main language of the industry was Russian.
When cinema ceased to be silent, the imposed language of cinema
production was, of course, also Russian. Every film edited in Soviet
Central Asia would be dubbed in Russian, if not performed in Russian
in the first place; the scripts would be censored in Moscow. In most
of republics the film directors were for a long time more often
Russian than local (until the sixties).
Little by little, the number of real national talents would increase
in the cinema, but the relation to the language would remain
problematic. Even more so in Kazakhstan, where until the nineties,
most of the city dwellers would speak only Russian whereas those who
live in the villages would talk Kazakh and often very little Russian.
Cinema being an urban industry and the cinema studios being situated
in the main city of the country, Almaty, the profession would stay
dominated by the Russian language.
Nonetheless, when Kazakhstan became an independent country, the
importance of the Kazakh language became preponderant. Considered as
the vector of the whole Kazakh culture, it was on the front line in
the process of defining, creating and re-creating the Kazakh cultural
identity.
We will try to observe and analyse what has become of the place of the
Russian language in this new context: how it is used (as a dominating
element or as a dismembered, deformed, deviated linguistic form) and
what it stands for - marks of Soviet History or/and, surprisingly,
marks of Kazakh cultural history?
Eugenie Zvonkine is a teaching and research assistant at the
University Paris VIII, in the cinema department. She is also a PhD
student in cinema (supervisor: Professor Claudine Eizykman), writing
about "The states of dissonance in Kira Muratova's cinematographic
oeuvre (from 1964 to our days)". Since 2004, she selects Central Asian
films for the Asian International Film Festival in Vesoul (France) and
since 2006, for the International Film Festival AsiaticaFilmMediale in
Rome (Italy). She has given lectures on Central Asian films for the
programme "High school goes to the cinema" and has subtitled several
films in French (such as Erkek by Yusup Razykov, Boz salkyn by Ernest
Abdyzhaparov, Kurak Korpe by Rustem Abdrashev).
CONF.- "Nomadic Military Power", Halle, February 21-23 , 2008
Posted by: Wolfgang Holzwarth <holzwarthorientphil.uni-halle.de>
Posted: 14 Feb 2008
CONF.- "Nomadic Military Power", Halle, February 21–23, 2008
The Collaborative Research Centre "Difference and Integration:
Interaction between nomadic and settled forms of life in the
civilisations of the Old World" announces a conference on:
"Availing of Nomadic Military Power – Stratagems and Pitfalls: Iran
and Adjacent Areas in the Islamic Period"
Cosponsored by the Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The conference will be held at Halle University, Löwengebäude, Lecture
Hall XII, Thursday, February 21 to Saturday, February 23, 2008.
For further information on the programme, please refer to:
http://www.nomadsed.de/workshops/2008mil.html
CONF.- Mongolia Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Apr. 5
Posted by: Mongolia Society <monsocindiana.edu>
Posted: 14 Feb 2008
CONF.- Mongolia Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Apr. 5
The Mongolia Society
Annual Meeting and Panel Notice
The 2008 Annual Meeting of The Mongolia Society will be held in
conjunction with the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), at the Hyatt
Regency, 265 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
Saturday 5 April 2008
1:00 pm - Mongolia Society's Annual Business Meeting Baker Room
1:30-2:30 pm - Mongolian Historical Culture Baker Room
Chair: Thomas Barfield, Boston University
Panelists:
Penglin Wang (Central Washington University), "Animal Totemism and
Naming Taboo"
Timothy May (North Georgia College and State University), "Toregene's
Place in the Mongol Empire"
Rick Taupier (University of Massachusetts), "The Biography of the
Oirat Gegen zaya Pandita"
7:15 pm - International Relations and Archaeology Baker Room
Chair: Peter K. Marsh, California State University East Bay
Panelists:
Alan M. Wachman (Tufts University), "Mongolia's Geopolitical Gambit:
Sustaining Independence in the Face of Great-Power
Rivalries"
Richard Vogel (Farmingdale State College), "Infrastructure Development
and Mongolian Economic Growth"
Charles Krusekopf (Royal Roads University) and Julian Dierkes
(University of British Columbia), "Regulatory Alchemy? How to Turn
Resource-Based Windfalls into Sustainable Growth for Mongolia"
Richard Kortum (Eastern Tennessee State University) with Y.
Tserendagva, Jerry W. Nave, Michael Whitelaw, Jay Franklin, and
Francis Allard, "Recent Discoveries and Future Directions of
Explorations at the Biluut Petroglyphic Complex at Khoton Nuur, Bayan
Olgii Aimag, Western Mongolia"
Jerry W. Nave (North Carolina A&T State University) with Richard
Kortum, Michael Whitelaw, Taylor Burnham and T. Tserendagva,
"Developing a GIS Database of Petroglyphs within the Biluut Complex in
the Altai Mountains of Bayan Olgii Aimag, Western Mongolia"
9:00 pm - Aspects of Mongolian Studies and the Mongolian Community in
the U. S. Baker Room
Chair: Myagmar Saruul-Erdene, Mongolian Cultural Center
Panelists:
Ganbold Gonchig (Embassy of Mongolia), "Mongolia and USA Relations in
Timelines"
Borchuluun Yadamsuren (University of Missouri), Jagdagdorj Erkhembayar
and Oyungerel Avirmed (Mongolian American Chamber
of Commerce), "Mongolian-owned small business development in America:
Content analysis of business advertisements"
Nominchimed Baasan (Editor, Dayar Mongol) and Gantulga Choijav
(Mongolian Cultural Center), "Mongolian Associations and Organizations
in the USA"
Legden Tserenchunt (Indiana University), "Developing Mongolian
Language Proficiency Guidelines"
Tumendemberel Bolormaa (Eisenhower Fellowships), "Traditional
Mongolian Medicine"
Sayana Namsaraeva (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology),
"Life on the Margins of Russian-Chinese-Mongolian Border and
Constitution of Buryat identities within it"
The Mongolia Society, Inc.
322 Goodbody Hall, Indiana University, 1011 E. 3^rd St., Bloomington, IN
47405-7005
Tel: (812)855-4078; Fax: 812-855-7500; E-Mail: monsocindiana.edu
<mailto:monsocindiana.edu>
Web: www.mongoliasociety.org
LECTURE- Paradoxes of Post-Secondary Education in Kyrgyzstan, AUCA-SRC, Bishkek, Feb. 20
Posted by: Alexander I. Pugachev <pugachev_amail.auca.kg>
Posted: 14 Feb 2008
LECTURE- Paradoxes of Post-Secondary Education in Kyrgyzstan, AUCA, Feb. 20
Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg)
presents:
SEMINAR: "Conceptualizing Paradoxes of Post-Secondary Education in
Kyrgyzstan"
SPEAKER: Dr. Alan DeYoung, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and
Evaluation, University of Kentucky, USA
Visiting Research Fellow, SRC, AUCA
Time: 17.00, February 20, 2008
Venue: 315, AUCA (main building)
Language: English (Interpretation into Russian will be provided)
Since national independence, university enrollments in Kyrgyzstan have
at least tripled, and the number of higher education institutions has
increased from nine or ten to almost fifty. In industrializing
nations, transitions from elite to mass higher education are usually
attributed to demand for more sophisticated technological and
professional skills. In Kyrgyzstan, however, growth in higher
education has been in liberal studies fields, while enrollments in
technical fields have withered. This lecture will review some
competing notions of the purposes of higher education internationally
and in Kyrgyzstan. It is particularly concerned in Kyrgyzstan with the
seeming paradox of increasing university enrollments without economic
demand for highly skilled workers. An exploratory study of how this
paradox is experienced at the personal and family levels will also be
presented at this lecture, the focus of which is how students and
parents perceive the desirability or need for university education.
The lecture will highlight the research results about how students pay
for their studies; how they decide upon university and specializations
choices; and how well prepared they feel for university academic life.
Data for the research came from open-ended survey questionnaires
administered to several student cohorts at one Bishkek public
university in Spring 2007. The author's current research involves
expanding the data base upon which earlier work was based, and
exploring themes and dynamics suggested but not pursued in the original
study.
The author would like to express gratitude to the National Council for
Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) for the travel support
related to his current study, and to the students and faculty who
participated in the research.
Bio: Alan DeYoung, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Policy Studies
and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. His
training is in the Sociology and Anthropology of Education, and his
specializations are rural American education, school and community
relations, and comparative and international education. His Doctorate
is from Stanford University, 1975. In the US, he has written several
books on education in rural America, with a particular focus on
schooling in the Appalachian South. Since 1995, he has had two
Fulbright Scholarships in Central Asia: he taught at Abai University
in Almaty in 1995, and in 2001, he was a Fulbright Scholar to Arabaev
University in Bishkek. His research in Central Asia has focused upon
the transformation of secondary education in Kazakhstan and
Kyrgyzstan, and he has authored or co-authored many research articles
and two books on these matters during this period. His most recent
co-authored book on education in Kyrgyzstan (2006) is entitled:
Surviving the Transition?: Case Studies of Schools and Schooling in
the Kyrgyz Republic since Independence.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
CONF./CFP - Iran and the Caucasus: Unity and Diversity, June 06-08, 2008, Yerevan, Armenia
Posted by: Khachik Gevorgyan <iranistyahoo.co.uk>
Posted: 8 Feb 2008
CONF./CFP - Iran and the Caucasus: Unity and Diversity, June 6-8, Yerevan
Call For Papers
(2nd Circular)
International Conference
"Iran and the Caucasus: Unity and Diversity"
June 06-08, 2008
Yerevan, Armenia
ARYA International University (Yerevan) and the Caucasian Centre for
Iranian Studies (Yerevan), in collaboration with the Armenian
Association for Academic Partnership and Support (ARMACAD), are
organising an international conference entitled "Iran and the
Caucasus: Unity and Diversity" on the problems of Irano-Caucasica.
The Conference will be held in June 06-08, 2008.
Venue: ARYA International University, Yerevan, Armenia.
Once being a part of Eranshahr, the Caucasus with its ethnical,
linguistic and cultural diversity and uniqueness still preserves the
elements of the Iranian cultural heritage. The Irano-Caucasian
geographical domain covers contemporary Iran, Iraq, Armenia, the
Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Northern Caucasus, Eastern
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and those of the Central
Asian countries, which have experienced the strong cultural and
political influence of Iran.
The conference will address and seek to answer mainly to the following
questions: What were the main principles of cultural unity and
diversity in this huge area? How and in what capacity the cultural
interactions were taking place? How were the literary motifs in the
region reflecting on each other? What is the cultural future of the
region? What are the modes of peaceful coexistence of different
civilisations and cultures?
Scholars and postgraduate students are invited to submit papers and
panel proposals relating to all aspects of humanities and social
sciences on Irano-Caucasica, including:
1. Peoples and their Identities, Ethnic and National Diversity:
Minorities and their Rights;
2. History of the Iranian and Caucasian Peoples (Ancient, Medieval and Modern);
3. Literatures and Languages, Folklore, Textology;
4. Armenia as a Bridge between Iran and the Caucasus;
5. Economic and Political Problems and Challenges, Geopolitics of the
Irano-Caucasian Region: Interdisciplinary Approach;
6. History of Religion: Religion, Including Ethno-Confessional Groups
(the Yezidies, Alavites, Russian Sectarians, etc.);
7. Archaeology, Anthropology, and Sociology;
8. Caspian Region: Past, Present, Future;
9. The Cultural and Political Future of the Region.
DEADLINE: Abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) are to be emailed by
March 15, 2008 to: IranoCaucasicaarmacad.org, iranistyahoo.co.uk
(please send to the mentioned two addresses simultaneously).
A brief CV including contact details is to be included in the message.
A notification about acceptance of the papers will be sent due to
April 15, 2008.
Pre-organised panels should be thematically coherent and should
include title, abstracts, details of panel chair and participants.
The scheduled time for each paper will be 15 minutes plus 5 minutes
for discussion.
The working language of the Conference is English.
The conference papers are planned to be published in a separate volume.
For the scholars coming from the region there will be limited funding
to cover some travel expenses.
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Garnik Asatrian (Yerevan), Prof. Dr. Uwe Blaesing (Leiden),
Prof. Dr. Aldo Ferrari (Venice), Prof. Dr. Bert Fragner (Vienna),
Prof. Dr. Murtazali Gadjiev (Makhachkala), Prof. Dr. Jamshid
Giunashvili (Tbilisi), Prof. Dr. Ralph Kauz (Vienna), Prof. Dr.
Vladimir A. Livshits (St. Petersburg), Prof. Dr. Hayrapet Margarian
(Yerevan), Dr. Mohammad Mousavi (Tehran), Prof. Dr. James Russell
(Harvard), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulze (Munich), Prof. Dr. Martin
Schwartz (Berkley), Prof. Dr. Giusto Traina (Rouen), Prof. Dr.
Fereydun Vahman (Copenhagen), Prof. Dr. Levon Zekiyan (Venice)
Armenian Visa:
For the citizens of Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan no visa is required. The
citizens of the mentioned countries can enter Armenia without any invitation.
For the citizens of European and American countries, Australia and
Iran visas are issued in diplomatic missions and consular posts of the
Republic of Armenia, at the border crossing points of the Republic of
Armenia (Zvartnots airport in Yerevan, Armenia-Iran border crossing
point, Armenia-Georgia border crossing point) or electronically
(e-Visa, to apply click here ). No special invitation is required.
Click here for the list of countries nationals of which could apply
for visitor visa only with special invitation and who can not get visa
at the border crossing points of the Republic of Armenia and can not
apply for electronic visa.
In case you decide to apply for visa through the consular service and
there is no Armenian diplomatic mission or consular post in your
country, please apply through the nearest or most convenient one for
you to travel to. For a complete list of Armenian Embassies and
Consulates please click here.
For more information on Armenian visa please visit:
http://www.armeniaforeignministry.com/consular/visa.html
Participation fee:
The conference participation fee is 70 Euros and reduced rate of 30
Euros for postgraduate students.
Participants from the Caucasus and Central Asia do not pay any
participation fee.
Accommodation and meals:
The Organizing Committee of the conference will try to provide all the
participants with accommodation for the days of the conference. More
information about this will appear in the next Circulars. Breakfast,
lunch and dinner will be provided for the guests. Two coffee breaks
will be possible during the conference days. For the first and the
last days of the conference respective banquets will be given for the
participants free of charge.
Book Exhibition
Publishers and individuals are invited to present their books during
the days of the conference. A Special place in the conference building
will be provided for this exhibition. For more information please
contact the organisers.
Excursions
At the end of each conference day a small excursion will be organised
for the participants. It is planned to visit the pagan temple of
Garni, the Geghard monastery as well as Ejmiatsin.
Further information on the conference will appear on www.armacad.org
For any further information do not hesitate to contact:
Dr. Khachik Gevorgyan,
Secretary of the Organizing Committee
iranistyahoo.co.uk
ARYA International University
Shahamiryanneri street, 18/2
Yerevan
Armenia
Tel: +374 (10) 44-35-85
Fax: +374 (10) 44-23-07
www.arya.am
Email: aryaarminco.com
CONF./CFP- CESS Annual Conference 2008, Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC, Sept. 18-21
Posted by: Central Eurasian Studies Society <cessmuohio.edu>
Posted: 7 Feb 2008
CONF./CFP- CESS Annual Conference 2008, Georgetown U, Washington, DC, Sep 18-21
Call for Papers
Central Eurasian Studies Society Ninth Annual Conference (2008)
September 18-21, 2008
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper
proposals for the Ninth CESS Annual Conference, September 18-21, 2008,
in Washington, D.C. The event will be held at Georgetown University,
hosted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
(CERES). Panels begin Friday morning, September 19, and continue
through mid-day on Sunday, September 21.
Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and
social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The
geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and
Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus,
Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia.
Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science
disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to
participate.
The program will feature approximately 60 panels and there will also
be a supplementary program including cultural events, a welcome
reception on Thursday, a conference dinner and a keynote speaker.
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, April 11, 2008.
Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will
be given some preference in the selection process. Individual papers
are also welcome and will be assigned by the program committee to an
appropriate panel with a chair and a discussant. Only electronic
submissions will be accepted, preferably via the webform available on
the CESS website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html
*** In order to improve the academic quality and the registration
process of the annual conference, the CESS Conference Committee has
instituted several new policies. Please read and attend to the
policies detailed below. ***
Full Details of Conference Participation
Please note that due to an anticipated high level of interest in the
2008 conference, the selection of papers will be very competitive, and
we encourage all potential presenters to consider working with
colleagues to arrange a pre-organized panel, as this will improve your
chances of acceptance. Successful proposals will offer new findings
based on theoretically informed, empirically rich research. As always,
we strongly encourage the participation of graduate students and
scholars from Central Eurasia.
The Conference Committee accepts electronic submissions only -- either
by webform (see the CESS website:
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html), or by an e-mailed
form in MS Word format (if you do not have access to the webform,
please contact us at cessmuohio.edu and we will e-mail you the
submission forms in MS Word format).
The following information is required for submissions; we suggest that
you prepare the text before accessing the website so you can simply
paste the information into the form (but do not send it without the form!).
For individual papers and for each presenter on a regular panel please
make sure you provide us with:
1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation, 3) Title/position, 4)
E-mail address, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax, 8) Title of
Paper, 9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of 200-300 words;
abstracts longer than 300 words may be rejected), 10) Any audio-visual
equipment requests (specify -- e.g., overhead projector, slide
projector, video player), 11) A brief (100 word) biographical
statement that contains the information which the panel chair may
require for introductions, and includes the presenter's educational
background (highest degree, year awarded, awarding institution, and
field of study).
For panels:
Proposals may be submitted for REGULAR PANELS (with the presentation
of 3-4 scholarly papers) and ROUNDTABLE PANELS (featuring 3-6 people
informally discussing a current topic in the field). Pre-organized
panels should be thematically coherent and may be organized/sponsored
by a scholarly organization.
REGULAR panels must have three or four paper presenters, a chair, and
a discussant (ideally, the roles of chair and discussant will be
filled by two different people). In addition to the information for
each of the paper presenters on the panel (as indicated above), the
following are also required: a) a title for the proposed panel, and b)
name, affiliation, and contact information of the panel organizer,
chair and discussant. Please make sure your panel is complete before
submitting this information; incomplete panels will be given a lower
ranking.
ROUNDTABLE panels must have between three and six presenters and a
chair (note: no discussant is required for roundtables). As
roundtables are oriented towards a more informal discussion, no paper
proposal is expected from roundtable panelists, but please provide
information for each of the presenters on the panel (as indicated
above, with the exception of an abstract), as well as a) a title for
the proposed roundtable, and b) name, affiliation, and contact
information of the panel organizer and chair. Please make sure your
panel is complete before submitting this information; incomplete
panels will be given a lower ranking.
Please note the following policy: only complete panels with a full set
of panelists, including a chair, (and a discussant for regular panels)
should be submitted. If a panel or roundtable receives a high score
from the reviewers but does not include a full complement of
panelists, the panel may be wait-listed until it is complete.
Sponsored Panels: CESS encourages other institutions supporting the
study of Central Eurasia to organize "sponsored panels" at the CESS
conference -- i.e., panels organized by the sponsoring institution,
involving their members and receiving their imprimatur (and possibly
their funding). CESS partner organizations are customarily granted one
panel slot upon request. For more information on partnering with CESS,
please contact the secretariat at cessmuohio.edu.
Best Paper Graduate Student Award: There will be an award in the
amount of $500 given to the best graduate student conference paper
submitted to the Awards Committee for consideration. See the CESS
awards webpage for details, or contact the Awards Committee Co-chair,
Dr. Uli Schamiloglu <uschamilwisc.edu>.
Important Notes:
1. Submission format: Do not send your proposal in any format other
than the webform or the MS Word form created by CESS.
2. The importance of the abstract: We anticipate that the selection
process will be quite competitive in 2008. Your proposal will be
anonymously peer-reviewed and scored based on the quality of its
abstract; personal factors such as your institutional affiliation,
academic status, and history with CESS have little impact on whether
or not your proposal will be accepted.
- Abstracts that do not include information about the theoretical
and/or empirical contributions of the research will have significantly
lower chances being accepted. If you want to know more about how to
write a good abstract, please follow the Guidelines for Writing
Abstracts available on the CESS website
(http://www.cess.muohio.edu/CESSpg_conf_abgu.html).
- If you participate in the conference, your abstract will be
published on the CESS website, so please write it carefully to avoid
errors. Those less accustomed to writing in English should have their
abstract proofread prior to submission. Abstracts written in very poor
English or apparently translated word-for-word from another language
will be rejected, under the assumption that the author does not have
sufficient command of English to present the paper.
3. Commitment to Participate: By submitting a proposal, you are
indicating your serious intention to participate in the conference --
including your commitment to take the necessary steps to obtain any
required visa or funding.
- You will be asked to confirm your commitment to participate by the
end of July, so please try to have your travel and funding
arrangements in place by then. Note that CESS rules stipulate that
those who do not confirm their participation in the conference by
August 1 will be DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM and their slot on the
program will be given to another presenter.
- Those who fail to appear at the conference without timely notice to
the Conference Committee will be considered "no-shows" and will be
barred from participating for the next two years. The deadline for
such notification is Friday, August 15, and after this date, no
registration fees can be refunded. However, if an individual faces
extraordinary circumstances at the last minute that prevent him or her
from attending the conference (such as the denial of a visa), these
circumstances will certainly be taken into account.
- It is CESS policy not to allow papers to be read in absentia.
4. E-mail Contact: Since all communication with conference
participants is via e-mail, it is vitally important that you make sure
we always have an active e-mail address for you. If we lose contact
with you after your proposal is accepted, you may be dropped from the
program, so please keep us posted of any changes to your primary email
address, and please respond to requests from the Conference Committee
in a timely manner.
5. Program Limitations: No participant may present more than one paper
at the conference, including roundtable presentations. Without special
justification, the program committee will not schedule any individual
to appear on more than two panels as a presenter, chair or discussant.
If you have a paper included on a pre-organized panel and you also
submit an individual paper, the pre-organized panel takes precedence
and if it is accepted, your other paper proposal will not be considered.
6. Language of the conference: The language of the conference is
English. All presentations are to be made in English; translation from
other languages is not allowed.
Schedule of Key Dates
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, April 11, 2008.
Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case of
special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the program
committee. Please be sure you have a complete proposal to us by this date.
Notification of acceptance: by June 6, 2008.
The host institution will provide, upon request, mailed or faxed
invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel
funds. Note: Obtaining a U.S. visa can take a long time, and we urge
participants to begin the process immediately upon notification of
their proposal's acceptance. Participants should have visa and travel
arrangements in place by August 1.
Hotel reservation deadline: August 1.
Some of the conference hotels will begin releasing the rooms reserved
for CESS conference participants beginning on this date. CESS cannot
guarantee availability of lodgings near the conference after this date.
Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests: Friday, August 15.
Deadline for pre-payment or withdrawal from the program: Friday, August 15.
For those not on the program, pre-payment of registration fees
reserves a space at the conference, in the event that attendance
reaches the maximum capacity.
Pre-payment of registration fees and a current membership in CESS is
REQUIRED for everyone on the program (with the exception of chairs and
discussants specially invited by the host institution). All presenters
must pay their registration and (if necessary) membership fees by this
deadline or they may be DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM. NOTE: Presenters
without access to the regular methods of payment should just email the
CESS Secretariat (cessmuohio.edu) to request an exemption from this
requirement.
After August 15, no fees will be refunded.
Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by Friday, August 29.
Paper presenters will be informed via e-mail by mid-August of the
e-mail addresses of their panel's chair and discussant, to whom they
should send their papers by the deadline.
Conference: September 18-21, 2008.
Arrival to Washington is on the afternoon/evening of Thursday,
September 18 -- registration opens in the afternoon followed by a
reception in the evening. Panels begin Friday morning, September 19,
and continue through mid-day on Sunday, September 21.
Registration Information
Each conference attendee is required to pay a registration fee and
presenters are required to pre-pay. The fee is reduced for CESS
members, for Georgetown University students, and for those who pay
their registration fees before the pre-payment deadline August 15. The
level of the fee also depends on your CESS membership dues category
(with some members being entitled to reduced dues -- see the CESS
Membership Form for details).
Payment of registration fees IS REQUIRED for all attending the
conference, and covers a welcome reception on Thursday and the
conference dinner on Friday. The deadline for pre-payment (required
for all presenters) is August 15.
Fees for 2008 are as follows:
* Regular fee members*: $75 (pre-paid) or $100 (after August 15)
* Reduced fee members**: $50 (pre-paid) or $70 (after August 15)
* Non-members: $100 (pre-paid) or $130 (after August 15)
* GU students: $35 (pre-paid) or $45 (after August 15)
* GU student CESS members: $25 (pre-paid) or $30 (after August 15)
* "Regular fee members" are those who have paid their annual dues at $50.
** "Reduced fee members" are those who have current membership at
reduced fees ($0-$20).
Please note that we no longer ask you to contribute an extra $3.00 for
credit card processing.
Panel participants may submit the registration fee at the same time as
submitting their proposal form, or at any time before the pre-payment
deadline of August 15. We accept payment by 1) cash (only at the
conference), 2) check or money order (if not from a US bank, please
contact us to find out what form is acceptable from your country), 3)
credit card (see the Credit Card Payment Form). Payments should be
mailed to: Central Eurasian Studies Society, Havighurst Center,
Harrison Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A. Please
consult the CESS Membership Form for full details on methods of payment.
NOTE: CESS does not have funds to support the costs of conference
participation, and does not waive the conference fee for participants
who cannot afford it. Participants must obtain their own funding --
from personal resources, their own institutions, or grant-giving
organizations which provide conference travel grants. Some further
information about possible sources is available on the conference website.
Travel and Accommodations
Information about the Georgetown University and the city of
Washington, transportation options, maps, and lodging information will
be available on the Georgetown University's CESS Conference
Information page at http://www1.georgetown.edu/sfs/ceres/CESS2008/.
Please be sure to visit this web page for detailed information.
All conference participants are responsible for making their own
arrangements for travel and accommodations. CESS does not have
sufficient resources to subsidize travel and accommodations for
conference participants.
Further Information
The Co-chairs of the Conference Committee are:
Dr. Laura Adams (Harvard University; lladams2earthlink.net)
Dr. Victoria Clement (Western Carolina University; vsclemyahoo.com)
Dr. James Millward (Georgetown University; millwarjgeorgetown.edu)
Full information about CESS 2008 in Washington, DC may be found on the
conference webpages:
* Main conference website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html
* Registration:
- To submit an individual paper:
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_reg1.html
- To submit a panel proposal:
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_reg2.html
- To register as a non-presenter:
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_reg3.html
* Program (preliminary version available in July 2008):
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/CESS_Program.html
* Full information about hosting and location at the Georgetown
University: http://www1.georgetown.edu/sfs/ceres/CESS2008/
Virtually all questions about the conference can be answered by
consulting the above-mentioned webpages. If you don't have web access,
or if you don't find the answer to your questions there, you can
contact the conference organizers by e-mail at cessmuohio.edu.
Communications regarding local arrangements, including invitation
letters, should be addressed to:
CESS 2008 Annual Conference
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
Georgetown University
Box 571031, ICC 111
Washington, DC 20057-1031
Telephone: +1-202-687-6080
Fax: +1-202-687-5829
Communications about proposal submission, program matters,
registration matters, the mailing list, and data updates should be
sent to the CESS Secretariat. Please send payments also to:
Central Eurasian Studies Society
Havighurst Center, Harrison Hall
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A.
Tel.: +1/513-529-0241 Fax: +1/513-529-0242
CESSmuohio.edu
WORKSHOP- Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Columbia Univ., April 5
Posted by: James H. Meyer <jhm2133columbia.edu>
Posted: 7 Feb 2008
WORKSHOP- Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Columbia Univ., April 5
The Harriman Institute at Columbia University is extending invitations
to graduate students at universities in North America to submit
proposals for a workshop to be held in New York City on April 5, 2008.
The title of the workshop is "Russia and the Ottoman Empire:
Transregional and comparative approaches."
Applicants with a background in either empire are encouraged to submit
proposals. Proposals can be from any time period, and should reflect
an interest in exploring comparative dynamics between Russia and the
Ottoman Empire, or else focus upon a topic which transcends the two empires.
The approximately 6-7 individuals who will be chosen to attend this
workshop will be provided with airfare to New York and two nights
accommodation at a hotel close to the Columbia campus.
Please send a CV and 500-word précis of your proposal to James H.
Meyer at jhm2133Columbia.edu by February 14, 2008.
CONF.- Roots of China's Foreign Policy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, March 6
Posted by: Thomas Hövelmann <th.hoevelmanngmail.com>
Posted: 7 Feb 2008
CONF.- Roots of China's Foreign Policy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, March 6
CONFERENCE: The Roots of China's Foreign Policy: Lessons for the Future?
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Atrium room, Medical Science Faculty
building, March 6, 15.00-18.30
Programme
15.00-15.05 Welcome address: Prof. Dr. Wouter G. Werner, Professor of
International Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
15.05-15.25 Keynote address: H.E. Mrs. Xue Hanqin, Ambassador of the
People's Republic of China to The Netherlands
15.25-15.30 Introduction of speakers by Dr. Jan van der Putten,
Journalist, Director of Eyes on China, Ltd., Utrecht
15.30-15.45 Prof. Dr. Stefan Landsberger, Olfert Dapper Professor of
Contemporary Chinese Culture, University of Amsterdam, Associate
Professor in Contemporary Chinese History, Leiden University;
15.45-16.00 Prof. Dr. Pingping Si, Professor of International Law,
East China University of Political Science and Law, Xi'an
16.00-16.15 Dr. Niklas L.P. Swanström, Director, Institute for
Security and Defence Policy, Stockholm, Executive Director, Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program,
Uppsala/Washington, D.C.
16.15-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-17.45 Panel discussion and Q&A, moderated by Dr. Jan van der Putten
17.45-18.30 Reception
This conference is organised in the context of the LLM programme 'Law
and Politics in International Security' of the Faculty of Law and the
Faculty of Social Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. This
multi-disciplinary programme aims to provide students an understanding
of international law in a political context, and of world politics
with solid knowledge of international legal institutions.
The topic of the conference reflects the aim of the programme, the
current and future dominant position of China in international
relations, and the need to understand more about China in order to
co-operate more effectively.
We look forward to welcoming you to our conference! Please make sure
to register yourself at http://www.china-conference.nl/.
LECTURE- Political Transition in Central Asia, Nur Omarov, SRC-AUCA, Feb. 7
Posted by: Social Research Center <srcmail.auca.kg>
Posted: 6 Feb 2008
LECTURE- Political Transition in Central Asia, Nur Omarov, SRC-AUCA, Feb. 7
Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg)
presents:
Lecture: "Political Transition in Central Asia: Comparative Analysis of
Contemporary Development Strategies in Central Asian Countries>
Speaker: Dr. Nur Omarov, Professor, International Relations Department,
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Kyrgyzstan
Time: 16.30, February 7th, 2008
Venue: 315, AUCA (Main Building)
Language: Russian (Interpretation into English will be provided,if ONLY
requested in advance)
Synopsis: Late 1980th and early 1990th were the stating points of political
transition in Central Asia. It is important to point to the coincidence of
key goals that local elite in each Central Asian countries originally
formulated. However, they often selected quite opposite methods to reach
these goals. As a result, we can categorize several different development
models and they are Kyrgyz, Uzbek and Turkmen. Tajikistan represents a
separate paradigm due to a civil war in this country.
While assessing the political transition in Central Asia, the majority of
government officials in Central Asian countries state about its ending
phase. However, the real situation demonstrates that this process is still
at its late outset and just entering into middle development stage. This
results from insignificant outcomes achieved from the political transition.
The authoritarian ruling prevailing in the region over the last years may
change to a democratic way by mid-2010s. The reason is the gradual
appearance of new elite oriented towards democratic values. Only in case of
their success, we can state about the start of finalizing phase of political
transition in Central Asia. The lecture will highlight major events best
illustrating the political transition in the region.
Bio: Dr. Nur Omarov is a Doctor of Science in History of International
Relations. He is the Professor of International Relations at Kyrgyz-Russian
Slavic University, Kyrgyzstan. Dr. Nur Omarov is a famous political
scientist in Kyrgyzstan. Currently, he is the President of Political
Scientists Association of Kyrgyzstan. In the past, he led a Public
Foundation "Research Institute for Development of Kyrgyzstan" and worked as
an Expert at the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic. He was also a
Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
He is an author of numerous books such as "Foreign Policy of the Kyrgyz
Republic in the Age of Strategic Uncertainty" (2005), "International
Relations in the Era of Globalization" (2003), "Global Security: Central
Asia after the events of September 11th, 2001, (2002) and many others.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
WORKSHOP- Morphological Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus (MVCLC), Feb. 5-6, Vienna
Posted by: Nino Amiridze <nino.amiridzelet.uu.nl>
Posted: 1 Feb 2008
WORKSHOP- Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus, Feb. 5-6, Vienna
Morphological Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus (MVCLC)
A Related Workshop of the 13th International Morphology Meeting (IMM13),
February 3-6, 2008, Vienna, Austria
Website of IMM13: http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/inst/roman/imm13
Reference website for the workshop:
http://www.let.uu.nl/~Nino.Amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html
Invited Speakers:
Alice C. Harris (SUNY Stony Brook)
Johanna Nichols (University of California, Berkeley)
Venue: Centre of Translation Studies, University of Vienna,
Gymnasiumstrasse
50, A- 1190 Vienna, Austria
Program
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
10:00-11:00 Invited Talk: Proving that Change is Induced by Contact:
Examples from the Caucasus
Alice C. Harris (SUNY Stony Brook)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:00 Typology of Morphosyntactic Variations of Ergative
Constructions in the Batsbi and the Georgian Languages
Rusudan Asatiani and Marina Ivanishvili (Institute of Oriental
Studies, Georgian Academy of Sciences)
12:00-12:30 Person Agreement and Cliticization of Personal Pronouns in Batsbi
Yasuhiro Kojima (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
12:30-13:00 On Possible West-Caucasian Influence on Possession Marking
in Ossetic
David Erschler (The Independent University of Moscow, Russia) and
Arseny Vydrin (The Institute of Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of
Sciences)
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:00 Variation of Oblique Noun Stem Markers in Daghestanian Languages
Aleksandr Kibrik (Moscow State University)
15:00-15:30 Diachronic and Dialectological Variation of Verb
Morphology in Armenian: Internal and/or Contact-induced Changes?
Anaid Donabedian-Demopoulos (INALCO) and Agnes Ouzounian (INALCO;
Institut Catholique de Paris)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:30 The Factors of Variation in Definiteness Marking in the
History of Georgian
Albert Ortmann and Tinatin Kiguradze (University of Duesseldorf)
16:30-17:00 Loss of Morphological Complexity under Language Contact:
The Case of Georgian
Nino Amiridze (Utrecht University)
17:00-17:30 The Loss of Case System in Ardesheni Laz and Its
Morpho-syntactic Consequences
Balkiz Ozturk (Bogazici University)
17:30-17:50 Khinalug 2007: Creating a Digital Portrait of an
Endangered Language: A Film
17:50-18:10 Eastern Armenian National Corpus: A Tool for Linguists/Typologists
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
10:00-11:00 Invited Talk: Variation in the Distribution of Source
Gender in Nakh-Daghestanian
Johanna Nichols (University of California, Berkeley)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:00 Contact-induced Morphological Change in the Agul Dialects
Dmitry Ganenkov and Timur Maisak (Institute of Linguistics, Russian
Academy of Sciences)
12:00-12:30 Contact-Induced Uses of Volitive Moods in Daghestanian
Nina Dobrushina (State University Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
12:30-13:00 On the way to Evidentiality: Some observations on Georgian Perfect
Manana Topadze (University of Pavia)
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:00 Short-term Morphological Changes in Archi
Marina Chumakina (University of Surrey)
15:00-15:30 Inclusive in Archi
Michael Daniel (Moscow State University)
15:30-16:00 Mehweb: Archaic or Innovative?
Nina Sumbatova (Russian State University for the Humanities)
CONF./CFP- ASN-Science Po 2008 Paris Conference (Deadline Reminder)
Posted by:Dominique Arel <dareluottawa.ca>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- ASN-Science Po 2008 Paris Conference (Deadline Reminder)
Call For Papers
Empires and Nations
Joint Conference of the
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)
and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
3-5 July 2008
**Proposal Deadline: 13 February 2008**
**Contact information:
Proposals must be submitted to
dominique.colassciences-po.fr AND dcolasasngmail.com **
The École Doctorale of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
(Sciences Po) and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
are organizing the Joint International Conference "Empires and
Nations", to be held on July 3-5 (2008) at Sciences Po in Paris. The
Conference is made possible through the contribution of a number of
other research centers, including the Centre d'Études des Mondes
Russe, Caucasien et Centre-Européen (CERCEC, France), the Institut
Français d'Études sur l'Asie Centrale (IFEAC, Uzbekistan) and the
European University of Saint Petersburg (Russia).
The Sciences Po-ASN Conference invites proposals from scholars and
doctoral students. Applicants currently residing in Central Europe,
the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia, the Caucasus,
China and India are eligible to apply for a number of travel and
accommodation grants. Applicants currently residing in Western
countries must cover their own expenses. The working language of the
Conference is English.
"Empires and Nations" is the fifth European summer conference
co-sponsored by ASN since 2001, and the second organized by Sciences
Po, which launched the successful series of ASN summer academic events
in July 2001 with a conference on "Citizenship and Nationality."
Summer conferences were also held in Forli, Italy (2002), Warsaw
(2004) and Belgrade (2006).
The Sciences Po-ASN Conference is organized separately from the ASN
Annual World Convention that will take place at Columbia University,
NY, on April 10-12 (2008), and whose program will be announced in
February 2008. For information on the ASN 2008 NY Convention, please
go to www.nationalities.org. The Sciences Po-ASN Conference will
feature approximately 30 panels. The program will be available in April 2008.
The Sciences Po-ASN Conference welcomes proposals on a wide range of
topics related to
the comparative study of nations and empires, with an emphasis on the
former continental empires, i.e. Russian (Soviet), Ottoman and
Austro-Hungarian, and their legacies. ASN stands at the juncture of
nationalities studies (the study of national identity and
nation-building in the former Communist Bloc and Eurasia) and
nationalism studies (the comparative and theoretical study of the
politics of the nation). In this spirit, the Conference invites
proposals empirically grounded in Eastern Europe/Eurasia broadly
defined and theoretically-oriented proposals devoted to various
aspects of the notion of "empire."
Possible themes include the breakdown of empires, religion and empire,
nationality and empire, identity and colonialism, post-colonialism,
imperialism since the Cold War, the European Union as a new kind of
empire, and many more. The Conference seeks to feature presentations
from a broad variety of disciplines, including
* Political Theory elucidating concepts of empire, imperialism, and
world domination
* Ethnography analyzing the transformation of local cultures in the
context of globalization
* History focusing on the different types of nation-states and
empires and the role of cultural cleavages in
the formation of political units
* International Relations revealing the logic of coalitions between
political units, the foundations of imperialism and the erosion of the
capacity of states to exercise sovereignty
* Comparative Politics studying the legacy of empires and the impact
of neo-imperial states on domestic political arrangements
* Post-Colonial Studies examining the effects of 19th c. imperial
states and questioning the hegemonic temptations of contemporary democracies
as well as questions raised within the disciplines of sociology,
economics, geography, geopolitics, linguistics, and many more.
The theme of the Conference, "Empires and Nations," symbolizes the
strong tradition of research on Russia at Sciences Po, home to
distinguished specialists, among them Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, author
of L'Empire des Tsars et les Russes (The Empire of the Tsars and the
Russians) and Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, author of L'Empire Eclaté
(Decline of an Empire: the Soviet Socialist Republics in Revolt).
To send an individual paper proposal, an applicant must include the
following information in the body of an email AND in a single Word attachment:
* The title of the paper
* His/her name, email and institutional affiliation
* A preferred postal address
* A 500-word abstract and
* A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form (one paragraph)
that includes bibliographical information of the applicants last or
forthcoming publication, if applicable (full CVs are not acceptable)
* Doctoral students must also indicate the title of their
dissertation and year of projected defense. Incomplete applications
will be rejected.
A panel proposal is comprised of three to four paper-givers and a
discussant. (The organizers will subsequently select a Chair of the
panel). To send a panel proposal, an applicant must include the
following information in the body of an email AND in a single Word attachment:
* The title of the panel and of each paper
* A 500-word abstract of each paper
* The name, email, institutional affiliation
* A preferred postal address
* A 100-word biographical statement for each panelist in a narrative
form (one paragraph) that includes bibliographical information of the
applicants last or forthcoming publication, if applicable (full CVs
are not acceptable)
* Doctoral students must also indicate the title of their
dissertation and year of projected defense
The Conference also invites proposals featuring recent
films/documentaries or recent books. A film/documentary proposal must
include following information in the body of an email AND in a single
Word attachment:
* The name, email and institutional affiliation of the author
* A preferred postal address
* The title and a 500-word abstract of the film/video
* A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form.
A book panel proposal, seeking to generate discussion on an important
recent book, features the books author and three or four discussants.
The proposal must include following information in the body of an
email AND in a single Word attachment:
* The names, emails, and institutional affiliations of all panelists
* Their preferred postal address
* A 500-word abstract of the book and
* A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form for each panelist
All proposals must be included in the body of a single email AND in a
single Word attachment sent to two addresses:
dominique.colassciences-po.fr and dcolasasngmail.com. Applicants who
wish to apply for a grant covering travel and accommodation must
indicate so in their proposals. In order to be eligible for these
grants, an applicant must be residing at the time of the conference in
Central Europe, the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia,
the Caucasus, China or India. The reception of all proposals will be
acknowledged electronically.
The Conference is organized by Dominique Colas, Director of the
Doctoral Program "Russia and CIS" at the Institut d'Études Politiques
de Paris. The International Program Committee of the Conference is
comprised of Dominique Colas, Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa,
Canada, ASN President), Florian Bieber (University of Kent at
Canterbury, UK), Zsuzsa Csergo (Queen's University, Canada), Sherrill
Stroschein (University College London, UK), Juliette Cadiot (École des
Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France), Alexandra Goujon
(Université de Dijon, France), and Olivier Ferrando (Institut d'Études
Politiques de Paris).
Applicants will be notified in March-April 2008. Information regarding
registration costs and other logistical questions will be communicated
at a later date. Updated information on the conference will be posted
periodically on the conference web site
(http://ecoledoctorale.sciences-po.fr/actu_scientif/empires_nations.ht
m) and the ASN web site (www.nationalities.org).
We look forward to receiving your proposal!
Dominique Colas, on behalf of the Program Committee
Deadline for proposals: 13 February 2008
(to be sent to both dominique.colassciences-po.fr AND dcolasasngmail.com)
LECTURE- Power Models and Adaptation of Elites in Central Asia, SRC-AUCA, Bishkek, Feb. 5
Posted by: Alexander I. Pugachev <pugachev_amail.auca.kg>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
LECTURE- Power Models and Adaptation of Elites in Central Asia, Bishkek, Feb. 5
Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg)
presents:
Lecture: "The Power Models and the Adaptation of Elites in Central Asia:
Key Features"
Speaker: Dr. Irina Morozova, Kandidat Nauk in History, Moscow State
University named after Lomonosov
Time: 17.00, February 5th, 2008
Venue: 232, AUCA (Main Building)
Language: Russian (Interpretation into English will be arranged, ONLY if
requested in advance)
Synopsis: "The Tulip Revolution" in Kyrgyzstan and the Andijan Tragedy of
Spring 2005 have played a key role in the transformation of post-soviet
Central Asia, defining a new point in its history. They also have resulted
from geopolitical competition in the region for the last fifteen years. This
period makes us reckon with the results of the 20th century and define the
vectors of possible future development in the social matrix of societies in
Central Asia.
This lecture aims to discuss social historical models of power in Central
Asia and their manifestation and transformation in the global social
challenges of 20th century.
The lecture will also address:
1. The modification of traditional institutions of power and ways of social
mobilization in the multilevel pyramids of the party-state structure of
USSR;
2. The role of external factors of dominant power, based on
military-protection administration, in defining the course of social -
political transformation, which was reached through alliance with local
elites.
What was the reaction of the old privilege structure on the external
changes, that were introduced for example, the dissemination of "Bolshevism"
ideas? How did repartition of state-private relationship in 1920-1930s
become possible? How was created a new political elite of Central Asia? How
a relationship was built with Moscow and the representatives of its power at
the local level? The lecture will also touch upon the meaning of the Second
World War and the period of "developed socialism" in Central Asia, and
discuss the peculiarities of soviet nomenclature in Central Asia during the
reformation period.
Bio: Ms. Irina Morozova holds a Kandidat Nauk in History from the Institute
of Asia and Africa, Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. Since
2003 she is a Research Fellow at the International Institute of East
Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands. In 2007, she started working at the
Institute of the Middle East, German Institute of Global and Regional
Research. She is the author of a book entitled "Comintern and Revolution in
Mongolia", published in Cambridge in 2002. She is also an editor of an
annual journal entitled "On the Way to Social Stabilization and Democratic
Governance in Central Asia: Challenges of Regional Security" published in
Amsterdam in 2005.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
CONF.- Tajik Oral History Project, OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Postponed: May 20-23
Posted by: Tim Epkenhans <t.epkenhansosce-academy.net>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF.- Tajik Oral History Project, OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Postponed: ~May 20-23
Postponement
Oral History Project Tajikistan – Presentation and Evaluation
OSCE Academy
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
The conference "Oral History Project Tajikistan – Presentation and
Evaluation" which was originally scheduled for March 13–15, 2008 has
to be postponed due to administrative reasons. The OSCE Academy plans
to hold the conference between 20 and 23 May 2008. We will confirm
this date as soon as possible.
For any further questions please contact Tim Epkenhans, OSCE Academy
in Bishkek (t.epkenhansepkenhans.net)
Dr. Tim Epkenhans
Director
OSCE Academy
Bishkek - Kyrgyz Republic
CONF./CFP- Problems of the Aral: Impacts on the Gene Pool, Tashkent, Mar. 11-12
Posted by: Nilufarkhon Kamalova <nilufarkhon.kamalovacer.uz>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Problems of the Aral: Impacts on the Gene Pool, Tashkent, Mar. 11-12
Call For Papers
International conference "Problems of the Aral: Impacts on the Gene
Pool of Population, Flora, Fauna and International Cooperation for
Mitigating Consequences"
Aral Sea disaster: One of the most outstanding anthropogenic
ecocatastrophes caused irreversible climate changes not only
regionally but most probably globally as well. What do we know about
this region except for insensitive figures and statistics? Do we know
what it means to feel the salty taste of wind or dusty smell of air?
For the centuries this was the area highly dependent on water because
cattle breeding and crop cultivation have traditionally been the basis
for well-being of indigenous communities. Rapid development of
irrigation systems has by far exceeded possibilities of the ecosystem
and led to detrimental environmental and socio-economic consequences.
This includes climate changes, intensification of desertification,
salinization and water-logging which resulted in reduced biodiversity,
decrease of fertile land and worsening of condition for farming and
aggravation of socio-economic situation in the Aral Sea region.
Considerable water quality deterioration and more frequent
sand-and-salt storms contribute to increased morbidity with dangerous
diseases, which jeopardize the well-being of present and future generations.
In this regard the Government of Uzbekistan hosts an International
Conference "Problems of Aral: Impacts on the Gene Pool of Population,
Flora, Fauna and International Cooperation for Mitigating
Consequences". The key objective of the conference is to formulate the
entire vision and comprehensive plan of actions to achieve sustainable
development of the region including but not limited to the improvement
of the population's living standards through creating enabling
environment for better health, living conditions, and sustainable
employment and income generation sources.
Conference date: March 11-12, 2008
Conference venue: Tashkent, Uzbekistan with a field visit to Karakalpakstan.
The Conference Secretariat is announcing this call for papers to
accumulate strong analytical background of the Conference.
Interested persons may submit their papers covering the following topics:
- Aral Sea disaster and global climate changes, preconditions,
consequences and future prospects;
- Living conditions and living standards in the Aral Sea region;
- Heath and potable water;
- Land degradation and water resource management in the Central Asia.
Submission of should include the following:
- paper title;
- name(s) of author(s);
- selected topic as mentioned above;
- summary (250 words maximum);
- full text
Deadline of submission: FEBRUARY 15, 2008.
We offer an opportunity to make your efforts notable among high-level
government officials and expert community, and contribute to saving
the unique oasis of nature and mankind.
Inquiries and e-mail submissions can be sent to the conference
organizers via e-mail: infogenefund.org. More information about the
conference will be available after February 10, 2008 at
www.aralconference2008.uz.
Kind regards,
Nilufarkhon Kamalova
Development Aid Coordination (DAC) Component Coordinator
UNDP Support to WIS Project, Uzbekistan
Tel.: (998 71) 1500202
Fax: (998 71) 3614548
E-mail: nilufarkhon.kamalovaundp.org, devaid.uzundp.org
URL: www.devaid.uz, www.dad.uz, www.undp.uz
CONF./CFP- Studies on Mazar Cultures of the Silk Road, Urumchi, Aug. 26-29
Posted by: Rahile Dawut <rahiledgmail.com>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Studies on Mazar Cultures of the Silk Road, Urumchi, Aug. 26-29
Studies on Mazar Cultures of the Silk Road
Call For Papers and Participation
Date: August 26-29, 2008.
Venue: Xinjiang University, Urumchi, China.
Concept:
Mazars (Islamic Sacred Sites or Mausoleums) have long been functioning
as the central source of spiritual strength and guidance for the local
communities. An institution of complex nature, the mazar combines
religious elements of Islam and elements rooted in popular beliefs
with their orientation on pursuing "this-world-benefits", such as
related to curing or fertility. On the other hand, serving as objects
of pilgrimage, mazars have also played an important social role of
major hubs of wide-area human exchange. This workshop, based on such
understandings, aims to provide a forum for discussion and exchanging
informations among scholars conducting researches by various point of
view, and methodologies. Scholars (especially, young fellows!) in all
humanities and social science disciplines with an interest in mazars
are encouraged to participate.
Target Area, Planned Panels and the Language:
- In this workshop we mainly focus on the mazars in the area
of "Silk Road" (Xinjiang of China, Ex-Soviet Central Asia and the
neighbourhoods).
- We plan to open a couple of panel sessions as follows:
(1) Mazar Ethnographies and Folklore.
(2) Hagiographies from linguistic and philological point of view.
(3) Mazar documents studies.
- Each presentation are expected to read paper within 30 minutes
(exclude discussion).
- The expected language of the conference is English.
Paper Proposals:
- Applicants are requested to submit 300-words-abstract with CV by
May 10, 2008.
- Please post Abstract of your paper and CV to
mazar2008yahoogroups.com
- Notification of acceptance is scheduled before June 1, 2008.
Registration for Participants:
To join this workshop, please make registration in advance.
Please inform us of: (1) your name, (2) your institution, (3) your
research field
E-mail address for registration is: mazar2008yahoogroups.com
PLEASE NOTE:
- The conference is open to all interested; however, as capacity at
the meeting space is limited, organizers may not be able to accept
all requests to participate.
- And Workshop organizers are not able to cover travel, accommodation
and other expenses of participants, those willing to take part in
this event are kindly requested to find their own sources for
funding their participation.
Organizers:
Rahile DAWUT (Professor, Xinjiang University, China)
Jun SUGAWARA (Research Fellow, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,
Japan)
Supported by:
The Toyota Foundation, Japan.
School of Humanity Studies, Xinjiang University, China
CONF./CFP- Doing Anthropology in Ethnic Minority Regions in China, Urumchi, July 10-12
Posted by: Ayxem Eli <a.eli329hotmail.com>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Doing Anthropology in Minority Regions in China, Urumchi, July 10-12
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany
Center for Anthropology and Folklore, School of Humanities, Xinjiang
University, China
School of Ethnology and Sociology, Central University for
Nationalities, Beijing, China
Call For Papers
Conference
Doing Anthropology in Ethnic Minority Regions in China
10-12 July 2008
Organizers:
Ayxem Eli (Max Plank Institute for Social Anthropology)
Rahile Dawut (Xinjiang University)
Sawut Pawan (Xinjiang University/MPI)
Yang Shengmin (Central University for Nationalities)
Venue: Xinjiang University, Urumchi, China
The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Xinjiang University
and Central University for Nationalities will hold a joint conference
on "doing anthropology in ethnic minority regions in China", from 10th
to 12th July 2008. The major aim of this conference is for
researchers, from a wide range of disciplines to discuss how an
anthropological perspective can contribute to the understanding of
various research topics; and, what is the potential of anthropology in
these regions?
The growth of ethnographic research in China has gone through several
stages. It has been heavily influenced by the political turmoil up
until late 1970s. During this period, state-sponsored research carried
out in 1950s was the most thorough and well- recognized efforts.
Anthropology in China, however, only stepped out of its traditional
focus on "ethnic minorities" and "rural populations" during the 1980s,
when native scholars and institutions attempted to set it up as an
academic discipline. This led to the expansion of research targets not
only to Han Chinese, but also to urban settlements. At the same time,
the contribution of foreign researchers and foreign trained Chinese
anthropologists have been crucial to enriching the academic spheres of
interest such as gender and sexuality, nationalism, ethnicity,
migration, community and education.
In line with all these developments, ethnic minorities and minority
regions continue to attract interest from anthropologists, both from
inside and outside of China. Among these regions, Xinjiang-Uyghur
Autonomous Region is one of the multi-ethnic areas which have gained
some attention in anthropological enquiries in the past two decades.
However, the study of Xinjiang has been mostly limited to areas of
interests such as ethnic relationships, community research and local
customs and habits. Considering the rich resources of possible
academic exploration, Xinjiang, with its diverse peoples, geographic
and cultural landscape can still be considered as a virgin land of
anthropological enquiries. Of course, there are limits to the coverage
of any social science research concerning the breadth and depth of how
far a research may go due to government policy, as in many other
countries. However, the successful on-going cooperation between Max
Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and the School of Humanities
at Xinjiang University on the research project "Kinship and Social
Support", is a strong case in showing how non- native researchers and
institutions can conduct fieldwork in a joint effort with local counterparts.
With the participation of researchers who are interested in Xinjiang
and other ethnic minority regions, we hope to build up some
theoretical framework in finding new perspectives in doing
anthropology in these areas, which in turn may shed light on
researches in other disciplines and studies in terms of methodology
and theoretical approaches. At the same time of sharing some most
recent research findings, we are interested in the potentially
motivating phenomena available for investigation. Furthermore, it is
also of our interest to make an effort to strengthen the ties between
anthropologists and scholars from other disciplines such as
historians, folklorists, sociologists and economists, so our research
can contribute to local knowledge and economic development.
The conference languages are English and Chinese. Abstracts of no more
than 300 words and one-page Curriculum Vitae should be electronically
submitted by 25th March to the organizers (pdf and word formats
preferred). Notification of acceptance will be on 25th of April.
Participants will be expected to submit a full draft of their papers
by 1st of July for distributing amongst the participants.
Abstracts sent to:
Ayxem Eli: elieth.mpg.de
Rahile Dawut: rahiledxju.edu.cn
CONF./CFP- ASN-Science Po 2008 Paris Conference (Deadline Reminder)
Posted by: Dominique Arel <dareluottawa.ca>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- ASN-Science Po 2008 Paris Conference (Deadline Reminder)
Call For Papers
Empires and Nations
Joint Conference of the
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)
and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
3-5 July 2008
**Proposal Deadline: 13 February 2008**
**Contact information:
Proposals must be submitted to
dominique.colassciences-po.fr AND dcolasasngmail.com **
The École Doctorale of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
(Sciences Po) and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
are organizing the Joint International Conference "Empires and
Nations", to be held on July 3-5 (2008) at Sciences Po in Paris. The
Conference is made possible through the contribution of a number of
other research centers, including the Centre d'Études des Mondes
Russe, Caucasien et Centre-Européen (CERCEC, France), the Institut
Français d'Études sur l'Asie Centrale (IFEAC, Uzbekistan) and the
European University of Saint Petersburg (Russia).
The Sciences Po-ASN Conference invites proposals from scholars and
doctoral students. Applicants currently residing in Central Europe,
the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia, the Caucasus,
China and India are eligible to apply for a number of travel and
accommodation grants. Applicants currently residing in Western
countries must cover their own expenses. The working language of the
Conference is English.
"Empires and Nations" is the fifth European summer conference
co-sponsored by ASN since 2001, and the second organized by Sciences
Po, which launched the successful series of ASN summer academic events
in July 2001 with a conference on "Citizenship and Nationality."
Summer conferences were also held in Forli, Italy (2002), Warsaw
(2004) and Belgrade (2006).
The Sciences Po-ASN Conference is organized separately from the ASN
Annual World Convention that will take place at Columbia University,
NY, on April 10-12 (2008), and whose program will be announced in
February 2008. For information on the ASN 2008 NY Convention, please
go to www.nationalities.org. The Sciences Po-ASN Conference will
feature approximately 30 panels. The program will be available in April 2008.
The Sciences Po-ASN Conference welcomes proposals on a wide range of
topics related to
the comparative study of nations and empires, with an emphasis on the
former continental empires, i.e. Russian (Soviet), Ottoman and
Austro-Hungarian, and their legacies. ASN stands at the juncture of
nationalities studies (the study of national identity and
nation-building in the former Communist Bloc and Eurasia) and
nationalism studies (the comparative and theoretical study of the
politics of the nation). In this spirit, the Conference invites
proposals empirically grounded in Eastern Europe/Eurasia broadly
defined and theoretically-oriented proposals devoted to various
aspects of the notion of "empire."
Possible themes include the breakdown of empires, religion and empire,
nationality and empire, identity and colonialism, post-colonialism,
imperialism since the Cold War, the European Union as a new kind of
empire, and many more. The Conference seeks to feature presentations
from a broad variety of disciplines, including
* Political Theory elucidating concepts of empire, imperialism, and
world domination
* Ethnography analyzing the transformation of local cultures in the
context of globalization
* History focusing on the different types of nation-states and
empires and the role of cultural cleavages in
the formation of political units
* International Relations revealing the logic of coalitions between
political units, the foundations of imperialism and the erosion of the
capacity of states to exercise sovereignty
* Comparative Politics studying the legacy of empires and the impact
of neo-imperial states on domestic political arrangements
* Post-Colonial Studies examining the effects of 19th c. imperial
states and questioning the hegemonic temptations of contemporary democracies
as well as questions raised within the disciplines of sociology,
economics, geography, geopolitics, linguistics, and many more.
The theme of the Conference, "Empires and Nations," symbolizes the
strong tradition of research on Russia at Sciences Po, home to
distinguished specialists, among them Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, author
of L'Empire des Tsars et les Russes (The Empire of the Tsars and the
Russians) and Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, author of L'Empire Eclaté
(Decline of an Empire: the Soviet Socialist Republics in Revolt).
To send an individual paper proposal, an applicant must include the
following information in the body of an email AND in a single Word attachment:
* The title of the paper
* His/her name, email and institutional affiliation
* A preferred postal address
* A 500-word abstract and
* A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form (one paragraph)
that includes bibliographical information of the applicants last or
forthcoming publication, if applicable (full CVs are not acceptable)
* Doctoral students must also indicate the title of their
dissertation and year of projected defense. Incomplete applications
will be rejected.
A panel proposal is comprised of three to four paper-givers and a
discussant. (The organizers will subsequently select a Chair of the
panel). To send a panel proposal, an applicant must include the
following information in the body of an email AND in a single Word attachment:
* The title of the panel and of each paper
* A 500-word abstract of each paper
* The name, email, institutional affiliation
* A preferred postal address
* A 100-word biographical statement for each panelist in a narrative
form (one paragraph) that includes bibliographical information of the
applicants last or forthcoming publication, if applicable (full CVs
are not acceptable)
* Doctoral students must also indicate the title of their
dissertation and year of projected defense
The Conference also invites proposals featuring recent
films/documentaries or recent books. A film/documentary proposal must
include following information in the body of an email AND in a single
Word attachment:
* The name, email and institutional affiliation of the author
* A preferred postal address
* The title and a 500-word abstract of the film/video
* A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form.
A book panel proposal, seeking to generate discussion on an important
recent book, features the books author and three or four discussants.
The proposal must include following information in the body of an
email AND in a single Word attachment:
* The names, emails, and institutional affiliations of all panelists
* Their preferred postal address
* A 500-word abstract of the book and
* A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form for each panelist
All proposals must be included in the body of a single email AND in a
single Word attachment sent to two addresses:
dominique.colassciences-po.fr and dcolasasngmail.com. Applicants who
wish to apply for a grant covering travel and accommodation must
indicate so in their proposals. In order to be eligible for these
grants, an applicant must be residing at the time of the conference in
Central Europe, the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia,
the Caucasus, China or India. The reception of all proposals will be
acknowledged electronically.
The Conference is organized by Dominique Colas, Director of the
Doctoral Program "Russia and CIS" at the Institut d'Études Politiques
de Paris. The International Program Committee of the Conference is
comprised of Dominique Colas, Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa,
Canada, ASN President), Florian Bieber (University of Kent at
Canterbury, UK), Zsuzsa Csergo (Queen's University, Canada), Sherrill
Stroschein (University College London, UK), Juliette Cadiot (École des
Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France), Alexandra Goujon
(Université de Dijon, France), and Olivier Ferrando (Institut d'Études
Politiques de Paris).
Applicants will be notified in March-April 2008. Information regarding
registration costs and other logistical questions will be communicated
at a later date. Updated information on the conference will be posted
periodically on the conference web site
(http://ecoledoctorale.sciences-po.fr/actu_scientif/empires_nations.ht
m) and the ASN web site (www.nationalities.org).
We look forward to receiving your proposal!
Dominique Colas, on behalf of the Program Committee
Deadline for proposals: 13 February 2008
(to be sent to both dominique.colassciences-po.fr AND dcolasasngmail.com)
LECTURE- Power Models and Adaptation of Elites in Central Asia, SRC-AUCA, Bishkek, Feb. 5
Posted by: Alexander I. Pugachev <pugachev_amail.auca.kg>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
LECTURE- Power Models and Adaptation of Elites in Central Asia, Bishkek, Feb. 5
Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg)
presents:
Lecture: "The Power Models and the Adaptation of Elites in Central Asia:
Key Features"
Speaker: Dr. Irina Morozova, Kandidat Nauk in History, Moscow State
University named after Lomonosov
Time: 17.00, February 5th, 2008
Venue: 232, AUCA (Main Building)
Language: Russian (Interpretation into English will be arranged, ONLY if
requested in advance)
Synopsis: "The Tulip Revolution" in Kyrgyzstan and the Andijan Tragedy of
Spring 2005 have played a key role in the transformation of post-soviet
Central Asia, defining a new point in its history. They also have resulted
from geopolitical competition in the region for the last fifteen years. This
period makes us reckon with the results of the 20th century and define the
vectors of possible future development in the social matrix of societies in
Central Asia.
This lecture aims to discuss social historical models of power in Central
Asia and their manifestation and transformation in the global social
challenges of 20th century.
The lecture will also address:
1. The modification of traditional institutions of power and ways of social
mobilization in the multilevel pyramids of the party-state structure of
USSR;
2. The role of external factors of dominant power, based on
military-protection administration, in defining the course of social -
political transformation, which was reached through alliance with local
elites.
What was the reaction of the old privilege structure on the external
changes, that were introduced for example, the dissemination of "Bolshevism"
ideas? How did repartition of state-private relationship in 1920-1930s
become possible? How was created a new political elite of Central Asia? How
a relationship was built with Moscow and the representatives of its power at
the local level? The lecture will also touch upon the meaning of the Second
World War and the period of "developed socialism" in Central Asia, and
discuss the peculiarities of soviet nomenclature in Central Asia during the
reformation period.
Bio: Ms. Irina Morozova holds a Kandidat Nauk in History from the Institute
of Asia and Africa, Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. Since
2003 she is a Research Fellow at the International Institute of East
Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands. In 2007, she started working at the
Institute of the Middle East, German Institute of Global and Regional
Research. She is the author of a book entitled "Comintern and Revolution in
Mongolia", published in Cambridge in 2002. She is also an editor of an
annual journal entitled "On the Way to Social Stabilization and Democratic
Governance in Central Asia: Challenges of Regional Security" published in
Amsterdam in 2005.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
CONF.- Tajik Oral History Project, OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Postponed: May 20-23
Posted by: Tim Epkenhans <t.epkenhansosce-academy.net>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF.- Tajik Oral History Project, OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Postponed: ~May 20-23
Postponement
Oral History Project Tajikistan – Presentation and Evaluation
OSCE Academy
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
The conference "Oral History Project Tajikistan – Presentation and
Evaluation" which was originally scheduled for March 13–15, 2008 has
to be postponed due to administrative reasons. The OSCE Academy plans
to hold the conference between 20 and 23 May 2008. We will confirm
this date as soon as possible.
For any further questions please contact Tim Epkenhans, OSCE Academy
in Bishkek (t.epkenhansepkenhans.net)
Dr. Tim Epkenhans
Director
OSCE Academy
Bishkek - Kyrgyz Republic
CONF./CFP- Problems of the Aral: Impacts on the Gene Pool, Tashkent, Mar. 11-12
Posted by: Nilufarkhon Kamalova <nilufarkhon.kamalovacer.uz>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Problems of the Aral: Impacts on the Gene Pool, Tashkent, Mar. 11-12
Call For Papers
International conference "Problems of the Aral: Impacts on the Gene
Pool of Population, Flora, Fauna and International Cooperation for
Mitigating Consequences"
Aral Sea disaster: One of the most outstanding anthropogenic
ecocatastrophes caused irreversible climate changes not only
regionally but most probably globally as well. What do we know about
this region except for insensitive figures and statistics? Do we know
what it means to feel the salty taste of wind or dusty smell of air?
For the centuries this was the area highly dependent on water because
cattle breeding and crop cultivation have traditionally been the basis
for well-being of indigenous communities. Rapid development of
irrigation systems has by far exceeded possibilities of the ecosystem
and led to detrimental environmental and socio-economic consequences.
This includes climate changes, intensification of desertification,
salinization and water-logging which resulted in reduced biodiversity,
decrease of fertile land and worsening of condition for farming and
aggravation of socio-economic situation in the Aral Sea region.
Considerable water quality deterioration and more frequent
sand-and-salt storms contribute to increased morbidity with dangerous
diseases, which jeopardize the well-being of present and future generations.
In this regard the Government of Uzbekistan hosts an International
Conference "Problems of Aral: Impacts on the Gene Pool of Population,
Flora, Fauna and International Cooperation for Mitigating
Consequences". The key objective of the conference is to formulate the
entire vision and comprehensive plan of actions to achieve sustainable
development of the region including but not limited to the improvement
of the population's living standards through creating enabling
environment for better health, living conditions, and sustainable
employment and income generation sources.
Conference date: March 11-12, 2008
Conference venue: Tashkent, Uzbekistan with a field visit to Karakalpakstan.
The Conference Secretariat is announcing this call for papers to
accumulate strong analytical background of the Conference.
Interested persons may submit their papers covering the following topics:
- Aral Sea disaster and global climate changes, preconditions,
consequences and future prospects;
- Living conditions and living standards in the Aral Sea region;
- Heath and potable water;
- Land degradation and water resource management in the Central Asia.
Submission of should include the following:
- paper title;
- name(s) of author(s);
- selected topic as mentioned above;
- summary (250 words maximum);
- full text
Deadline of submission: FEBRUARY 15, 2008.
We offer an opportunity to make your efforts notable among high-level
government officials and expert community, and contribute to saving
the unique oasis of nature and mankind.
Inquiries and e-mail submissions can be sent to the conference
organizers via e-mail: infogenefund.org. More information about the
conference will be available after February 10, 2008 at
www.aralconference2008.uz.
Kind regards,
Nilufarkhon Kamalova
Development Aid Coordination (DAC) Component Coordinator
UNDP Support to WIS Project, Uzbekistan
Tel.: (998 71) 1500202
Fax: (998 71) 3614548
E-mail: nilufarkhon.kamalovaundp.org, devaid.uzundp.org
URL: www.devaid.uz, www.dad.uz, www.undp.uz
CONF./CFP- Studies on Mazar Cultures of the Silk Road, Urumchi, Aug. 26-29
Posted by: Rahile Dawut <rahiledgmail.com>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Studies on Mazar Cultures of the Silk Road, Urumchi, Aug. 26-29
Studies on Mazar Cultures of the Silk Road
Call For Papers and Participation
Date: August 26-29, 2008.
Venue: Xinjiang University, Urumchi, China.
Concept:
Mazars (Islamic Sacred Sites or Mausoleums) have long been functioning
as the central source of spiritual strength and guidance for the local
communities. An institution of complex nature, the mazar combines
religious elements of Islam and elements rooted in popular beliefs
with their orientation on pursuing "this-world-benefits", such as
related to curing or fertility. On the other hand, serving as objects
of pilgrimage, mazars have also played an important social role of
major hubs of wide-area human exchange. This workshop, based on such
understandings, aims to provide a forum for discussion and exchanging
informations among scholars conducting researches by various point of
view, and methodologies. Scholars (especially, young fellows!) in all
humanities and social science disciplines with an interest in mazars
are encouraged to participate.
Target Area, Planned Panels and the Language:
- In this workshop we mainly focus on the mazars in the area
of "Silk Road" (Xinjiang of China, Ex-Soviet Central Asia and the
neighbourhoods).
- We plan to open a couple of panel sessions as follows:
(1) Mazar Ethnographies and Folklore.
(2) Hagiographies from linguistic and philological point of view.
(3) Mazar documents studies.
- Each presentation are expected to read paper within 30 minutes
(exclude discussion).
- The expected language of the conference is English.
Paper Proposals:
- Applicants are requested to submit 300-words-abstract with CV by
May 10, 2008.
- Please post Abstract of your paper and CV to
mazar2008yahoogroups.com
- Notification of acceptance is scheduled before June 1, 2008.
Registration for Participants:
To join this workshop, please make registration in advance.
Please inform us of: (1) your name, (2) your institution, (3) your
research field
E-mail address for registration is: mazar2008yahoogroups.com
PLEASE NOTE:
- The conference is open to all interested; however, as capacity at
the meeting space is limited, organizers may not be able to accept
all requests to participate.
- And Workshop organizers are not able to cover travel, accommodation
and other expenses of participants, those willing to take part in
this event are kindly requested to find their own sources for
funding their participation.
Organizers:
Rahile DAWUT (Professor, Xinjiang University, China)
Jun SUGAWARA (Research Fellow, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,
Japan)
Supported by:
The Toyota Foundation, Japan.
School of Humanity Studies, Xinjiang University, China
CONF./CFP- Doing Anthropology in Ethnic Minority Regions in China, Urumchi, July 10-12
Posted by: Ayxem Eli <a.eli329hotmail.com>
Posted: 31 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Doing Anthropology in Minority Regions in China, Urumchi, July 10-12
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany
Center for Anthropology and Folklore, School of Humanities, Xinjiang
University, China
School of Ethnology and Sociology, Central University for
Nationalities, Beijing, China
Call For Papers
Conference
Doing Anthropology in Ethnic Minority Regions in China
10-12 July 2008
Organizers:
Ayxem Eli (Max Plank Institute for Social Anthropology)
Rahile Dawut (Xinjiang University)
Sawut Pawan (Xinjiang University/MPI)
Yang Shengmin (Central University for Nationalities)
Venue: Xinjiang University, Urumchi, China
The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Xinjiang University
and Central University for Nationalities will hold a joint conference
on "doing anthropology in ethnic minority regions in China", from 10th
to 12th July 2008. The major aim of this conference is for
researchers, from a wide range of disciplines to discuss how an
anthropological perspective can contribute to the understanding of
various research topics; and, what is the potential of anthropology in
these regions?
The growth of ethnographic research in China has gone through several
stages. It has been heavily influenced by the political turmoil up
until late 1970s. During this period, state-sponsored research carried
out in 1950s was the most thorough and well- recognized efforts.
Anthropology in China, however, only stepped out of its traditional
focus on "ethnic minorities" and "rural populations" during the 1980s,
when native scholars and institutions attempted to set it up as an
academic discipline. This led to the expansion of research targets not
only to Han Chinese, but also to urban settlements. At the same time,
the contribution of foreign researchers and foreign trained Chinese
anthropologists have been crucial to enriching the academic spheres of
interest such as gender and sexuality, nationalism, ethnicity,
migration, community and education.
In line with all these developments, ethnic minorities and minority
regions continue to attract interest from anthropologists, both from
inside and outside of China. Among these regions, Xinjiang-Uyghur
Autonomous Region is one of the multi-ethnic areas which have gained
some attention in anthropological enquiries in the past two decades.
However, the study of Xinjiang has been mostly limited to areas of
interests such as ethnic relationships, community research and local
customs and habits. Considering the rich resources of possible
academic exploration, Xinjiang, with its diverse peoples, geographic
and cultural landscape can still be considered as a virgin land of
anthropological enquiries. Of course, there are limits to the coverage
of any social science research concerning the breadth and depth of how
far a research may go due to government policy, as in many other
countries. However, the successful on-going cooperation between Max
Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and the School of Humanities
at Xinjiang University on the research project "Kinship and Social
Support", is a strong case in showing how non- native researchers and
institutions can conduct fieldwork in a joint effort with local counterparts.
With the participation of researchers who are interested in Xinjiang
and other ethnic minority regions, we hope to build up some
theoretical framework in finding new perspectives in doing
anthropology in these areas, which in turn may shed light on
researches in other disciplines and studies in terms of methodology
and theoretical approaches. At the same time of sharing some most
recent research findings, we are interested in the potentially
motivating phenomena available for investigation. Furthermore, it is
also of our interest to make an effort to strengthen the ties between
anthropologists and scholars from other disciplines such as
historians, folklorists, sociologists and economists, so our research
can contribute to local knowledge and economic development.
The conference languages are English and Chinese. Abstracts of no more
than 300 words and one-page Curriculum Vitae should be electronically
submitted by 25th March to the organizers (pdf and word formats
preferred). Notification of acceptance will be on 25th of April.
Participants will be expected to submit a full draft of their papers
by 1st of July for distributing amongst the participants.
Abstracts sent to:
Ayxem Eli: elieth.mpg.de
Rahile Dawut: rahiledxju.edu.cn
CONF./CFP- Contemporary Oriental City from a Linguistic and Literary Perspective, Krakow, May 20-22
Posted by: Oriental City Conference <orientalcitywp.pl>
Posted: 28 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Contemp. Oriental City from Ling. & Lit. Persp., Krakow, May 20-22
International Conference
The Contemporary Oriental City from a Linguistic and Literary Perspective
Held by
The Department of Interdisciplinary Eurasiatic Research
of the Institute of Oriental Philology
Jagiellonian University
Venue
Krakow, Poland
Dates
20-22 May 2009
Call For Papers
Introduction
The Oriental city is one of the crucial phenomena of the contemporary
world, which, as observations demonstrate incorporates an increasing
part of the local population. In the age of globalization the Oriental
city has ad opted plenty of characteristics of the Western city,
however, they still differ from each other fundamentally. The proposed
overarching theme of the conference is to serve for broad discussion
within the scope of existing knowledge on the varied aspects of the
Oriental city as well as searching for theoretical research
instruments to serve its description. The idea and debates on the
subject of this conference have emerged during the activity of the
Department in conjunction with the ESCAS 9th Conference held in 2005.
The Organizers invite you to submit relevant panels and papers. We
propose a wide range of topics, including:
The linguistic dimension of the Oriental city
- Oriental city - the stage for language encounters
- The role of the Oriental city in the forming of codes of communication
- Urban dialects and jargons
Genres of depiction of the Oriental city
- Literary images of the Oriental city
- Theoretical descriptions of the Oriental city
- Guidebooks and maps
The Oriental city from the perspective of ethnology and cultural anthropology
- Multiculturalism of the Oriental city
- Urban folklore
- Everyday life in the Oriental city
The Oriental city and spirituality
- Religious and psychological dimensions of the Oriental city
- Mythical space
- Philosophical aspects
- Magic and its contraries in the Oriental city
The physical space of the Oriental city
- The Oriental city as an urban archipelago
- Architecture and arrangement of urban space
- Personal and common space
- Areas of wealth and poverty
The Oriental city from a diachronic perspective
- The history of the Oriental city
- Tradition and modernity
The Oriental city from a socio-political perspective
- The Oriental city at the time of war
- The role of the Oriental city in the political life of a country
- Sociological processes
The Oriental city in a comparative frame
- Faces of the Oriental city in different cultural circles
- Oriental and Western cities in respect of town-planning
- Oriental and Western gardens
Coexistence of the Oriental and Western elements
- The Oriental city inside a Western city
- The Western city inside an Oriental city
- Historical connections
Programme Supervisory Board
Prof. dr hab. Jadwiga Pstrusinska (Institute of Oriental Philology,
Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
Prof. UJ, dr hab. Elzbieta Górska (Institute of Oriental Philology,
Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
Prof. UJ, dr hab. Ewa Siemieniec-Golas (Institute of Oriental
Philology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
Prof. dr hab. Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo (Institute of Oriental
Studies, Warsaw University)
Prof. UR, dr hab. Marek Olbrycht (Departament of Ancient History,
University of Rzeszów)
Dr hab.Lidia Sudyka (Institute of Oriental Philology, Jagiellonian
University, Kraków)
Dr hab. Danuta Gawecka-Penkala (Institute of Ethnology and
Anthropology of Culture, Poznan University)
Dr hab. Zygmunt Pucko (Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University)
Dr inz. Magdalena Swaryczewska (Department of Landscape Architecture
and Agroturism Olsztyn University)
Dr Cezary Galewicz (Institute of Oriental Philology, Jagiellonian
University, Kraków)
Dr Tomasz Gacek (Institute of Oriental Philology, Jagiellonian
University, Kraków)
Organizing Committee
Department of Interdisciplinary Eurasiatic Research:
Karolina Rakowiecka-Asgari - secretary of the Conference
Katarzyna Tulak
Marcin Rzepka
Venue: the historical buildings of the Jagiellonian University, one of
Europe's oldest universities.
Language: English
Submission of proposals
An abstract of max. 300 words should be delivered to the Organizers
together with an enclosed Paper Submission Form and a brief CV by 1
May 2008. The information about the audio-visual equipment you need is
also required. The abstract should be submitted in doc, rtf or txt
format and it should include the following information:
- The topic of the paper
- Methodological approach
- Most important arguments and findings
Presentation of a paper during the Conference should not exceed 20 min.
Descriptions of pre-organized panels are also welcome and should include:
- A title
- A programme
- Details of the panel participants
Notification of acceptance: 31 June 2008
Pre-registration: 15 November 2008
Conference Fee
Early fee (paid at pre-registration) is set for Euro 50.00, for
students Euro 25.00 payable to the designated bank account.
A cash payment is also possible with a fee of Euro 100.00 and 50.00
for students.
Support and covering costs of participation
Some reductions in the conference fee for participants from Central
Asia, Caucasus, Afghanistan and post- Soviet countries is possible as
well as the covering of their accommodation costs at the Student
Hostel. Participants from other regions are strongly encouraged to
seek the funding from their own institutions or grant-giving organizations.
Publication
The Organizers intend to publish the conference proceedings.
CONF./CFP- Youth and Transition in Central Asia, Bishkek, Apr. 23
Posted by: Kiyal Akmoldoev <kiyalakmoldoyahoo.com>
Posted: 28 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Youth and Transition in Central Asia, Bishkek, Apr. 23
International Atatürk Alatoo University
Third International Student Conference
Youth and Transition in Central Asia
April 23, 2008
Central Asian states faced a new world order alongside independence
after the Soviet Union's collapse. A vital characteristic of the new
order was the transition from planned to a market economy. Undoubtedly
this process affected society to a great extent. Equally, this process
is getting faster and more penetrative due to the advanced
technological age that we find ourselves in.
How does this process and transition affect Central Asian youth and
how do young people perceive this, how is this process seen through
their eyes?
The aim of this conference is to evaluate how Central Asian youth is
coping with this transition, what are the opportunities available to
them, the potential hurdles that they may face and the possible
solutions that they have toward it.
We await views, analyses and opinions with regard to the following and
other related fields:
- Educational opportunities
- Socio-economic factors
- Networking and the media
- Internet
- Cultural gains
- Sport and health
- Art
- Languages
- Religion
- History
- International Relations
- Sociology and Anthropology
Submitted abstracts should be single-spaced, contain a maximum of 300
words (including the title and the reference), and be in Times New
Roman 12. The title should be in bold, centered at the top of the
page, next your name, university where you study, country you are
studying in, and your e-mail address.
The deadline for submission of abstracts: Feb. 15; for Final papers
April 1, 2008. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by Feb.
21, 2008. All papers will be published. Best papers will be awarded.
All abstracts should be sent to: iaaustudentconference2008yahoo.com
International Atatürk Alatoo University
M. Gorky Street
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Tel: (996 - 312) 63 14 23, 63 14 26
Fax: (996 - 312) 63 14 32
E-mail: infoiaau.edu.kg
Internet: http://www.iaau.edu.kg
CONF./CFP- 2nd Int'l Congress on Entrepreneurship, Manas Univ., Bishkek, May 7-10
Posted by: Ibrahim KELES <qeleshhotmail.com>
Posted: 28 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- 2nd Int'l Congress on Entrepreneurship, Manas U., Bishkek, May 7-10
The "Second International Congress on Entrepreneurship" (ICE08) organized
by Business Administration Department of Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas
University is going to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from May 07
(Wednesday) to May 10 (Saturday), 2008.
1st International Congress on Entrepreneurship (ICE'06)
<http://ice2008.manas.kg/images/stories/General.jpg> was held on May
25-27 2006 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
The 2nd International Congress on Entrepreneurship will be the
assembling place for academicians and professionals from business from
all over the world.
Congress participants are welcome to submit full papers. Accepted full
papers will be published in the Journal of Social Sciences
<http://yordam.manas.kg/ekitap/pdf/Manasdergi/sbd/sbd.htm> (ISSN
1694-5093) of Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University or Journal of
Sosyoekonomi <http://www.pegem.hacettepe.edu.tr/dergi.htm> (ISSN 1305-5577).
Papers can be submitted in Kyrgyz, Turkish, Russian and English, the
oral presentation of accepted papers can be in Kyrgyz, Turkish,
Russian and English, too.
The main purposes of the 2nd International Congress on
Entrepreneurship are to attract attention to the importance of
business in order to stimulate the entrepreneurship in Turkic
countries; outline the problem spheres of entrepreneurship; provide an
opportunity for academicians and professionals from business to come
together and interact with each other.
Participation of professionals from business world are warmly welcome
in ICE'08. Their participation is possible with following options:
- Case study
- Success story
- Paper
Topic Areas:
- Business Ideas
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship and Business Performance
- Entrepreneurship and Education
- Entrepreneurship and Intervention by Government
- Financial Aspects of Entrepreneurship
- Information Society / Technology and Entrepreneurship
- International Entrepreneurship
- The Effects of Economic Structure on Entrepreneurship
- The Effects of Legal Structure on Entrepreneurship
- The Effects of Socio-Cultural Structure on Entrepreneurship
- The Entrepreneurial Personality
- Entrepreneurship and Crisis Management
- Women Entrepreneurship
- Youth Entrepreneurship
Contact:
Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Business Administration Department
Jal-30, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 720000
Tel: 00 996 312 49 27 52 (53)
Fax: 00 996 312 49 27 81
E-mail: ice2008manas.kg
Web: http://ice2008.manas.kg
Congress Secretariat:
Azamat MAKSUDUNOV
Gulzat AYTBAEVA
Gulzat KEREZBEKKIZI
Seyil NAJIMUDINOVA
LECTURE- Political Sources of Dutch Disease, CRRC-Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 29
Posted by: Farid Guliyev <fareedazyahoo.com>
Posted: 28 Jan 2008
LECTURE- Political Sources of Dutch Disease, CRRC-Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 29
Caucasus Research Resource Center Azerbaijan is pleased to invite you
to a presentation Understanding the political sources of Dutch Disease
delivered by Ms. Andrea Herschman, PhD candidate in Political Science.
Date: January 29, 2008
Time: 5:00-6:00pm
Location: CRRC-Azerbaijan, Caspian Plaza, 44 J. Jabbarly Street, 7th
Floor, Baku, Azerbaijan
Overview: The Dutch Disease is a significant obstacle for the
development of oil abundant countries. While the economic foundations
of this problem are clear, the political factors explaining why
governments fail to take corrective action remain poorly understood.
This project examines political pressure created by factors such as
political time horizons, electoral cycles, and fragmentation in the
decision-making process. These pressures lead governments to overspend
oil revenue domestically, a problem that can lead to Dutch Disease.
Using cross-national statistical analysis and qualitative data from
field research in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, this project constructs
an explanation of the political sources of Dutch Disease.
Lecturer Bio: Andrea Herschman is a PhD candidate in the Political
Science Department at the University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA). She is currently conducting research in Azerbaijan for her
dissertation, which addresses the political sources of the Dutch
Disease. Andrea earned her bachelors degree in Political Science at
Princeton University, and her Masters degree at UCLA where she wrote
her Masters thesis on the effects of oil price volatility on the
fiscal policies of oil-producing countries.
Language: The seminar will be conducted in English
Registration: To attend the presentation, please confirm your
participation by writing to the following e-mail address:
turanacrrccenters.org before January 25, 2008.
The Caucasus Research Resource Centers program (CRRC) is a network of
resource and training centers established in the capital cities of
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia with the goal of strengthening social
science research and public policy analysis in the South Caucasus. A
partnership between the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Eurasia
Foundation, and local universities, the CRRC network offers scholars
and practitioners stable opportunities for integrated research,
training and collaboration in the region. Offering advanced training
in research methodology, CRRC also funds research fellowships and
conducts a comprehensive annual Household Survey.
Caucasus Research Resource Center - Azerbaijan
Caspian Plaza, 44 J.Jabbarly Street, 7th Floor, Baku, AZ1065
Azerbaijan - Tel: +994 12 437.2946/47
CONF./CFP- International Conference, Kazakh-German University, Almaty, Mar. 13-14
Posted by: Claudia Winkler <claudia.winklercimonline.de>
Posted: 28 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Int'l Conference, Kazakh-German University, Almaty, Mar. 13-14
5th International Conference at Kazakh-German University
Almaty / Kazakhstan
Call For Papers on the topic:
"The States of Central Asia: Possible ways of Modernization"
13-14 March 2008
Deadline for submission: 15 February 2008
Kazakh-German University invites scholars, academics, and students
from Kazakhstan, Germany, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan to participate in this conference.
The conference is supported by Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation and
Goethe-Institut of Kazakhstan. A conference volume including all
papers will be published in cooperation with the Foundation.
Keynote speeches will be among others given by Dr. Manfred Sapper and
other members of the editorial board of "Osteuropa", a scholarly
journal published by German Association for East European Studies.
The conference comprises 3 sections in which presentations will be
held and discussed with the audience.
First Section: "Economic social and political aspects of environmental
issues in Central Asia"
Central problem: How can emerging economies in Central Asia
(especially Kazakhstan) cope with ecological problems and establish
environmental standards in spite of their rapid economic development?
Second Section: "The process of political modernization"
Central problem: Modernization: a possible way to establish a new
political and democratic culture? - Chances and obstacles in Central
Asian States.
Third Section: "The role of sciences, education and mass media in
changing popular culture and society"
Central problem: What is the role of those institutions in
modernization? What is their current level of development?
Participants from all academic disciplines are invited. Contributions
from students of Kazakh-German University and other universities in
Central Asia are particularly welcome. The conference aims at creating
a lively exchange of ideas between academics, professionals and students.
Articles submitted but not presented at the conference will be
published in the conference volume as well.
Please submit a short proposal for a paper in one of the sections (not
more than one page - DIN A4, font 14, Times New Roman) together with
personal details: name, field of research, work or study, academic
position, telephone, e-mail. Articles can be submitted in Kazakh,
German, Russian or English language.
Deadline for submission: 15 February 2008.
Please submit your proposal for a paper including contact details to:
conference-dkuyandex.ru
Proposals will be reviewed by the organisational committee. Selected
participants will get further information by e-mail. Finalised papers
need to be submitted by 14 March 2008.
Contact information
Kazakh-German University, Pushkin Str. 111/113, 050010 Almaty
Tel. +7 727 293 89 13, Fax: +7 727 293 90 01
Organisational committee:
Prof. Dr. oec. habil. Bodo Lochmann (Lecturer of German Academic
Exchange Service, DAAD)
Prof. Dr. Wolkowa Tamara, PhD Karpow Pawel, Selenskaja Olga (Faculty
of Social Sciences at Kazakh-German University)
Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung (CIM);
Mendelssohnstrasse 75-77; 60325 Frankfurt am Main; Germany
CONF./CFP- 15th Annual ACES Conference, Indiana U. - Deadline Extension: Jan. 26
Posted by: Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center <iaauindiana.edu>
Posted: 25 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- 15th Annual ACES Conference, Indiana U. - Deadline Ext.: Jan. 26
[NOTE- The deadline has been extended, but note that it is very soon:
Jan. 26 --CEL]
The Association of Central Eurasian Students (ACES) of Indiana University
Call For Papers
15th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference
Saturday 22 March - Sunday 23 March 2008
Submission deadline: 26 January 2008
ACES invites panel and individual paper proposals for the Fifteenth
Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference to be held Saturday, 22
March and Sunday, 23 March 2008 at Indiana University in Bloomington,
Indiana. Graduate students, professors, and independent scholars are
cordially invited to submit abstracts of papers covering all topics
pertaining to Central Eurasian Studies.
Building on the success of past ACES conferences, this year's
conference will feature Marianne Kamp, a historian from the University
of Wyoming, who has published notable works on contemporary Central
Asia, as the Keynote Speaker. This year's Distinguished Speaker will
be Edward Lazzerini, of Indiana University's Department of Central
Eurasian Studies.
Central Eurasian Studies is defined for the purposes of this
conference as the study of the historical and contemporary Afghan,
Balto-Finnic, Hungarian, Mongolic, Persian, Tibetan, Tungusic, and
Turkic peoples, languages, cultures, and states.
An extensive, but by no means comprehensive, list of topics addressed
by this conference may be found at the end of this announcement.
Submission Instructions
Submission of pre-organized panels is strongly encouraged. Individual
papers are also welcome and will be assigned by the Conference
Committee to a suitable panel. An honorable distinction of best paper
will be awarded. All participants will receive a certificate of
participation.
Please include the following information on all submissions:
1) Names of all authors (note name of the person presenting the paper);
2) Institutional affiliation and title/position;
3) Contact information, including e-mail address, postal address, and
telephone/fax numbers;
4) Curriculum Vitae (1 page);
5) Paper title;
6) An abstract of no more than 300 words, to be included in the
Conference Program;
7) Geographic location and thematic panel preference. Thematic panel
preferences include, but are not limited to: socio-economic issues,
nationalism and identity, natural resources management, music and
culture, politics, history, education, and archaeology; and
8) Any audio-visual equipment needs (overhead, slide projector,
PowerPoint, etc.)
Due to space constraints, abstracts exceeding 300 words cannot be accepted.
ACES regrets that it cannot provide any funding to participants.
Extended submission deadline: 26 January 2008.
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 15 February 2008.
Submit proposals:
Via e-mail as an attachment (pdf, .doc or .rtf formats preferred) to:
acesindiana.edu
Or via hard copy sent to:
The Fifteenth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference
The Association of Central Eurasian Students ( ACES)
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
USA
Fax: (812) 855-7500
Some covered topics:
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Finland, Karelia, Estonia, Buryatia,
Turkmenistan, Uyghur, Manchu, Kazakh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyz
Republic, Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, Hungary,
Tatarstan, Volga, Siberia, Tungusic, Tajikistan, Persia, Iran, Evenki,
Afghanistan, Ferghana Valley, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Central Eurasian
steppe and/or oases, Inner Asia, Sufism, Chaghatay, Mari, "Silk Road",
Ottoman Empire, Orkhon, politics, nationalism, identity, ethnicity,
state-building, ancient and contemporary religion, Islam, Nestorian
Christianity, Buddhism, Lamaism, Qing Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty,
shamanism, cinema, film, literature, history, linguistics,
anthropology, musicology, folklore, archaeology, architecture, art,
law - in short, the historical and contemporary Afghan, Balto-Finnic,
Hungarian, Mongolic, Persian, Tibetan, Tungusic, and Turkic peoples,
languages, cultures, and states.
CONF./CFP- Europe's Borderlands, UCLA, May 2008, Revised Deadline: Jan. 25
Posted by: Jim Robbins <jrobbinsinternational.ucla.edu>
Posted: 21 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Europe's Borderlands, UCLA, May 2008, Revised Deadline: Jan. 25
Call for Papers
Graduate Student Conference
Europe's Borderlands
Migration, trafficking and regional integration
in interdisciplinary perspective
UCLA
May 9th-10th, 2008
Organized by Adrian Favell and Gail Kligman
UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies
This conference will take place at UCLA. Invited participants will be
offered 2 or 3 nights accommodation in Westwood in a shared room,
together with a fixed rate contribution to their travel costs
according to distance (max $500 each). Sending institutions will be
invited to contribute partially to funding their students.
Deadline for calls: January 25th
Invitations sent: February 15th
Acceptance deadline: February 25th
Deadline for papers (journal style: 8,000 words): April 15th
Applications including a 500 word (max) abstract and one page personal
resume should be sent by post or email to:
Jim Robbins
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
11367 Bunche Hall - UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1446
jrobbinsinternational.ucla.edu
In the wake of twin enlargements (2004 and 2007) and the ever
expansive effects of the European Neighbourhood Policy, borders and
the movements across which define them, have changed forever in
Europe. Whether in terms of everyday travel between Poland and
Germany, illicit trade and trafficking at the Ukraine-Romania border,
people smuggling from Albania to Italy, or the maintenance of an
offshore European wall against migration in Ceuta, Morocco, Europe's
edges have never been fuzzier or more contested. They also provide a
guide to other areas of the world undergoing regional integration
processes that engender mass migration and mobility across borders,
including the US-Latin American borderlands.
In order to facilitate new research on this subject, as well as build
a interdisciplinary network of young Europeanists in North American,
the UCLA International Institute and Center for European and Eurasian
Studies is organizing a graduate student conference at UCLA May 9-10,
2008. Up to 12 partially-funded invitations will be made to North
America (US and Canadian based) graduate researchers to present a
paper and participate in a two day conference with faculty at UCLA. In
addition, a number of special invitations will be extended to a small
number of European based graduate students at leading European social
science institutions. Commentary, advice and discussion will be
offered to help authors develop their papers for journal publication.
The keynote speaker and commentator will be Virginie Guiraudon, CNRS
and University of Lille II.
Researchers from across the span of the social sciences will be
invited, including anthropology, economics, European/Eurasian, African
or Middle Eastern studies, history, law, political science, sociology,
women's studies. We welcome papers on the following topics:
* The effects of EU enlargement, EU externalization or European
Neighbourhood Policy on mobility, migration, informal trade, tourism,
or cross-border interactions at any of Europe's borders East/West or
South/North
* Policies and implementation of policing, security, control and
border management issues
* International legal and human rights' issues in the management of
new migration in Europe
* Studies of the EU Neighbourhood and externalization policies
* Ethnographies of mobility, trafficking, labor migration and refugee
movements into Europe from Eurasia, the Balkans, the Middle East or Africa
* Comparisons of European borders with US-Latin America borders, and
comparisons of the politics of migration/mobility in these regions
* Effects of regional integration on migration, mobility and
cross-border trade
* International relations in Europe's borderlands
CONF./CFP- REMINDER: CESS Regional Conference in Kyrgyzstan, Deadline: Feb. 15
Posted by: CESS Secretariat <cessmuohio.edu>
Posted: 21 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- REMINDER: CESS Regional Conference in Kyrgyzstan, Deadline: Feb. 15
NOTE: This reminder contains the corrected email address for
contacting the organizers.
Call for Papers
Central Eurasian Studies Society Regional Conference (2008)
Date: August 4-7, 2008
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) announces that its first
regional conference will be held the summer of 2008 in Kyrgyzstan.
Conference registration is open to the public. For more information,
see the information on CESS's website:
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_08.html. Due to space
limitations, we may have to close registration when capacity is
reached, and thus, non-presenting attendees are urged to pre-register
to ensure that their place is reserved.
Those wishing to present a paper at the conference are welcome to
submit a proposal in accordance with the guidelines below.
Conference dates: August 4-7, 2008
Conference location: Royal Beach Hotel, Choq Tal village, Issyk-Kul,
Kyrgyzstan, hosted by the Aigine Research Center and The University of
Central Asia.
The program will feature approximately 16 panels in sessions running
from Tuesday morning till Thursday noon. There will also be a
supplementary program including films and other cultural events, a
welcoming reception on Monday, August 4 and a conference conclusion
and lunch on Thursday, August 7.
The working languages of the conference are Russian and English.
Translation will be provided for a key lecture and closing speech.
Call for Paper and Panel Proposals
Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and
social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The
geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and
Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus,
Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia.
Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science
disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to participate.
Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will
be given some preference in the selection process. Individual papers
are also welcome and will be assigned by the program committee to an
appropriate panel with a chair and a discussant. CESS members wishing
to organize panels are encouraged to use the Central Eurasian Scholars
Network to make contact with interested colleagues.
Please note that due to a high level of interest in CESS conferences,
and the fact that the total number of participants in first regional
conference of CESS will be limited due to space constraints, we
anticipate that the selection of papers will be extremely competitive.
We encourage all who hope to attend to consider working with
colleagues to arrange a pre-organized panel, as this will improve your
chances of acceptance.
Submission of Proposals:
The Conference Committee only accepts ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS please
fill out the web form for a panel or individual paper proposal at:
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_08.html. Those who don't have
access to the website may contact us at <frc.cessgmail.com> and we
will e-mail the submission forms in MS Word format.
The following information is required for submissions; we suggest that
you prepare the text before accessing the website so you can simply
paste the information into the form (but do not send it without the form!):
FOR PAPER PRESENTERS: 1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation,
3) Title/position, 4) E-mail, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax,
8) Title of Paper, 9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of
200-300 words in Russian or English; abstracts longer than 300 words
may be rejected) 10) Any audio-visual equipment requests (specify --
e.g., overhead projector, slide project, video player), 11) A brief,
one-page CV or biographical statement which contains the information
which the panel chair may require for introductions, and includes the
presenter's educational background (highest degree, year awarded,
awarding institution, and field of study).
FOR PANELS: Proposals may be submitted for regular panels (with
presentation of scholarly papers) and roundtable panels (featuring
discussion of a current topic in the field).
Regular panels MUST have three or four paper presenters, a chair, and
a discussant. In addition to the information for each of the paper
presenters on the panel (as indicated above), the following are also
required: a) a title for the proposed panel, and b) name, affiliation,
and contact information of the panel chair and discussant.
Roundtable panels MUST have between three and six presenters and a
chair (no discussant is required). As roundtables are oriented towards
a more informal discussion, no paper proposal is expected from
roundtable panelists, but please provide information for each of the
presenters on the panel (as indicated above, with the exception of an
abstract), as well as a) a title for the proposed roundtable, and b)
name, affiliation, and contact information of the panel chair.
Panels should be formed to work in one language (either Russian or English).
Only complete panels with a full set of panelists, a chair, and a
discussant (for regular panels) will be considered for acceptance. If
a panel or roundtable as proposed does not include a full complement
of panelists, the panel may be wait-listed until it is complete.
Pre-organized panels should be thematically coherent and may be
organized/sponsored by a scholarly organization (optional).
The deadline for proposals is February 15, 2008. Please do not submit
your proposal until it is complete. In the case of panels, this means
having complete information on all panelists. Once your paper or panel
proposal information is complete, please fill out the appropriate
webform, available at: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_08.html
SPONSORED PANELS: CESS encourages other institutions supporting the
study of Central Eurasia, such as regional scholarly associations, to
organize "sponsored panels" at the CESS conference -- i.e., panels
organized by the sponsoring institution, involving their members and
receiving their imprimatur.
The following organizations have already offered their participation,
but other organizations are also welcome to contact CESS about
organizing their own panels:
Aigine RC has limited funds to support two panels on the biological
and cultural diversity of Central Asia for participants from
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkey. The support will be
provided for travel and accommodation expenses. Participants must
obtain their own funding from personal resources, their own
institutions, or grant-giving organizations to cover the conference
fees. Central Asian participants studying abroad at the time of the
conference are not eligible to apply. The contact person is Zemfira
Inogamova <inogamovagmail.com>
University of Central Asia will sponsor two panels: 1) "Issues and
Challenges of Teaching about Central Asia to Central Asians", 2)
"Socio-economic Development in the Mountain Regions of Central Asia".
Scholars from any countries are eligible to apply. The contact person
is Dr. Elmira Kochumkulova (University of Central Asia, Bishkek,
<elmira.kuchumkulovaucentralasia.org>).
IFEAC (Institut Francais d'Etudes sur l'Asie centrale) will sponsor
participation of three scholars from Uzbekistan. The contact person is
Bayram Balci, IFEAC, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, <balci_bayramyahoo.fr>)
Commitment to Participate:
By submitting a proposal, you are indicating your serious intention to
participate in the conference -- including your commitment to take the
necessary steps to obtain any required visa or funding -- unless
prevented by circumstances out of your control. You will be asked to
confirm your commitment in April after your proposal is accepted. Note
that, because withdrawal after the program has been put together is
very disruptive and harms the quality of panels, and prevents us from
including people in the program who would indeed be able to attend,
CESS rules stipulate that those who withdraw after May 1 without a
good reason are barred from participating in the conference the
following year, and those who fail to appear at the conference without
timely notice to the Conference Committee will be considered
"no-shows" and will be barred from participating for the next two
years. The deadline for such notification is seven days prior to the
conference (July 28), and after this date, no registration fees can be
refunded.
E-Mail Contact:
Since all communication with prospective participants are via e-mail,
and we will require your confirmation of participation in April after
proposals are accepted and again in June when all of your visa and
travel arrangements should be in place, it is vitally important that
you make sure we always have an e-mail address that will reach you. If
we LOSE CONTACT with you after your proposal is accepted, you will be
dropped from the program, will be counted as a "no-show", and will not
be able to participate in the conference.
Program Limitations:
No participant may present more than one paper at the conference,
including roundtable presentations. Without special justification, the
program committee will not schedule any individual to appear on more
than two panels as a presenter or discussant.
Schedule of Key Dates:
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, February 15, 2008.
Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case of
special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the program
committee.
Notification of acceptance: by April 12.
The Conference Committee will provide, upon request, mailed or faxed
invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel
funds; these will be sent in the second half of June. Note: Obtaining
a Kyrgyz visa can take a long time, and we urge participants to begin
the process immediately upon notification of their proposal's acceptance.
Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests: June 30.
Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by Friday, July 4.
Paper presenters will be informed via e-mail in the middle of May of
the e-mail addresses of their panel's chair and discussant, to whom
they should send their papers by the deadline.
Conference: August 4-7, 2008
Arrival to Choq Tal is on the afternoon/evening on Monday, August 4.
Registration opens in the afternoon followed by a reception in the
evening. Panels begin Tuesday morning, August 5, and continue through
Wednesday and Thursday, August 6 and 7. There will be a concluding
party and the conference lunch on Thursday, August 7 at 1 pm.
Registration:
Each conference presenter is required to have a current CESS
membership. To join CESS or check on the status of your membership, go
to http://www.cess.muohio.edu/
Payment of registration fees IS REQUIRED for everyone attending the
conference. The fee covers a welcoming reception on Monday, coffee
breaks during the conference lunch on Wednesday and transport Bishkek-
Royal Beach Bishkek. The fees are as follows:
Registration fee: $45/$40 for CESS members
Registration fee for regional scholars: $25/$20 for CESS members
Note: citizens of Central Eurasian countries currently
studying/researching outside of the region as well as citizens of
non-Central Eurasian countries currently studying/researching in
Central Eurasia are considered regional scholars.
Payment of registration fees will be accepted on site.
Travel and Accommodations:
It is expected the majority of participants will stay at the Royal
Beach Club Hotel, Choq Tal village. There will be block booking
through Aigine RC. Requests should be sent to Guljan Kudabaeva
<kiguljangmail.com>
Another accommodation possibility is to stay in Choq Tal village
located nearby the Royal Beach Club Hotel. Participants shall book
rooms in the village individually. Aigine RC cannot provide any
contact information for this option.
There will be two buses going to Issyk-Kul on the noon and afternoon
of August 4. Participants will have to sign up for the buses by
sending an e-mail to Guljan Kudabaeva (<kiguljangmail.com>) after
their travel arrangements are set.
Information about the Royal Beach Club Hotel and Issyk-Kul,
transportation options, maps, and lodging information will be
available on the Aigine Research Centers CESS Conference
Information page: http://www.aigine.kg/Articles/ViewSection.aspx?ArticleID=253
Virtually all informational questions about the conference can be
answered by consulting the above-mentioned web pages. If you don't
have web access, or if you don't find the answer to your questions
there, you can contact the conference organizers by e-mail at
<frc.cessgmail.com>
The hosts of future CESS conferences are as follows:
2008 - Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2009 - University of Toronto
Communications regarding local arrangements, including invitation
letters, should be addressed to:
Aigine Research Center
93 Toktogul Street
Bishkek, 720040,
Kyrgyzstan
Tel.: +996 (312) 666966, 667673
Fax: +996 (312) 667674
e-mail: <aigine.bishkekgmail.com>
Communications about proposal submission, program matters,
registration matters, the mailing list, and data updates should be
sent to the FRC CESS committee: <frc.cessgmail.com>
The members the Conference Committee are:
Dr. Ali Igmen (University of California, aigmencsulb.edu),
Dr. Anvar Mokeev (Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, anvarmokeevyahoo.com
Dr. Ainura Asamidinova (American University- Central Asia,
asamidinova_amail.auca.kg)
Dr. Daniel G. Prior (Miami University, priordgmuohio.edu)
Mr. Dilshod Sharipov (Central Asian Resource Centre, Almaty,
dilshodbekmail.ru),
Dr. Elmira Kochumkulova (Univ. of Central Asia, Bishkek,
elmira.kuchumkulovaucentralasia.org)
Dr. Gulnara Aitpaeva (Aigine Research Centre, aitgulyahoo.com)
Dr. Gulmira Junushalieva (Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University,
dzun_gulmeramail.ru)
Dr. John Schoeberlein (Harvard University, schoeberfas.harvard.edu),
Dr. Laura Adams (Princeton University, lladams2earthlink.net)
Ms. Madeleine Reeves (University of Manchester, madeleinereevesgmail.com)
Dr. Mahinoor Mamatova (American University- Central Asia,
mamatovamail.auca.kg)
Ms. Venerahan Torobekova (International Ataturk Alatoo University,
venerahangmail.com)
SEMINAR SERIES- TOSCCA Central Asian Humanities Seminar, University of Oxford
Posted by: Nariman Skakov <nariman.skakovuniv.ox.ac.uk>
Posted: 21 Jan 2008
SEMINAR SERIES- TOSCCA Central Asian Humanities Seminar, University of Oxford
The Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia
Central Asian Humanities Seminar Series
Hilary Term Sessions
Friday 25 January, 2008 at 5.30pm (Hilary Term 2008 Week 2)
Hamid Ismailov's Railway: Appropriated Russianness?
By Hamid Ismailov & Robert Chandler, chaired by Dr. Philip Bullock (Wadham)
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
Friday 22 February, 2008 at 5.30pm (Hilary Term 2008 Week 6)
The Use of the Russian Language in Contemporary Central Asian Cinema
By Eugenie Zvonkine (University Paris VIII)
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
Friday 7 March, 2008 at 5.30pm (Hilary Term 2008 Week 8)
Soviet Oriental?: Socialist Realism and Formation of Identities in
Soviet Central Asia
By Aliya de Tiesenhausen (Courtauld Institute of Art), chaired by Dr.
Michael Nicholson (University)
Location: Swire Seminar Room, 12 Merton Street, University College, Oxford
All inquiries regarding the seminar should be made to Nariman Skakov
<nariman.skakovuniv.ox.ac.uk>
Abstracts
25 January 2008
Hamid Ismailov's Railway: Appropriated Russianness?
The Railway
Set mainly in Central Asia between 1900 and 1980, The Railway
introduces to us the inhabitants which include Uzbeks, Russians,
Persians, Jews, Koreans, Tartars and Gypsies of a small town near
Tashkent. Among those whose stories we hear are Mefody-Jurisprudence,
the towns alcoholic intellectual; Father Ioann, a Russian priest;
Kara-Musayev the Younger, the chief of police; and Umarali-Moneybags,
the old moneylender. At the heart of both the town and the novel
stands the railway station. Highly sophisticated yet imbued with a
naive delight in storytelling, The Railway chronicles the dramatic
changes felt throughout Central Asia in the twentieth century.
One of the main questions Hamid Ismailov will address in this seminar
is why he wrote the novel in Russian, rather than in Uzbek? The town
of Gilas, he has written, is like a microcosm of the Soviet Union, or
even of the world as a whole that Gilas is a kind of Noahs ark of
humanity. And since this Noah's ark was glued together with the help
of Russian Russian political concepts, Russian communist jargon it
made sense to write the novel in Russian... Thinking about all this,
by the way, I've realized how few truly Soviet novels there are. For
the main part, Soviet literature now seems to me to have been made up
of lots of little artificial reservations or theme parks: Uzbek
novels, where all the characters apart from a few Russians are Uzbek;
Russian novels, where all the characters apart from a few token Jews
or Georgians are Russian; Georgian novels; Armenian novels, and so on
Its all a far cry from my own experience of Soviet life.
Hamid Ismailov was born in Kirghizstan in 1954. He has lived in
Tashkent, Moscow, Paris, Bamberg and London, where he is now Head of
the BBC Central Asian Service. He has written poetry and novels in
both Uzbek and Russian, in a variety of styles and under many
different pseudonyms. His most recent novel, Comrade Islam, tells the
story of the IMU, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, from the
perspective of an Uzbek poet who has ended up in their ranks; the
Russian text has been published in Britain but appears to be too
controversial to be published in Russia, let alone in Uzbekistan.
Robert Chandlers translations from Russian include Vasily Grossmans
'Life and Fate', Leskovs 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' and Aleksandr
Pushkins'The Captains Daughter'. Together with his wife, Elizabeth,
and other colleagues he has co-translated numerous works by Andrey
Platonov; these translations have won prizes in both the UK and the
USA. His translation of Hamid Ismailov's 'The Railway' received a
special commendation from the judges of the 2007 Rossica Translation
Prize. Robert Chandler teaches part-time at Queen Mary, University
of London.
22 February 2008
The Use of the Russian Language in Contemporary Central Asian Cinema
If we go back to the beginning of Central Asian cinema, one fact
strikes us: in most of the republics of this region, cinema was
introduced by the Soviets and was thus initially centralized rather
than national. The main language of the industry was Russian. When
cinema ceased to be silent, the imposed language of cinema production
was, of course, also Russian. Every film edited in Soviet Central Asia
would be dubbed in Russian, if not performed in Russian in the first
place; the scripts would be censored in Moscow. In most of republics
the film directors were for a long time more often Russian than local
(until the sixties).
Little by little, the number of real national talents would increase
in the cinema, but the relation to the language would remain
problematic. Even more so in Kazakhstan, where until the nineties,
most of the city dwellers would speak only Russian whereas those who
live in the villages would talk Kazakh and often very little Russian.
Cinema being an urban industry and the cinema studios being situated
in the main city of the country, Almaty, the profession would stay
dominated by the Russian language.
Nonetheless, when Kazakhstan became an independent country, the
importance of the Kazakh language became preponderant. Considered as
the vector of the whole Kazakh culture, it was on the front line in
the process of defining, creating and re-creating the Kazakh cultural
identity.
We will try to observe and analyse what has become of the place of the
Russian language in this new context: how it is used (as a dominating
element or as a dismembered, deformed, deviated linguistic form) and
what it stands for marks of Soviet History or/and, surprisingly, marks
of Kazakh cultural history?
Eugenie Zvonkine is a teaching and research assistant at the
University Paris VIII, in the cinema department. She is also a PhD
student in cinema (supervisor: Professor Claudine Eizykman), writing
about The states of dissonance in Kira Muratovas cinematographic
oeuvre (from 1964 to our days). Since 2004, she selects Central Asian
films for the Asian International Film Festival in Vesoul (France) and
since 2006, for the International Film Festival AsiaticaFilmMediale in
Rome (Italy). She has given lectures on Central Asian films for the
programme High school goes to the cinema and has subtitled several
films in French (such as Erkek by Yusup Razykov, Boz salkyn by Ernest
Abdyzhaparov, Kurak Korpe by Rustem Abdrashev)
7 March 2008
Soviet Oriental?: Socialist Realism and the Formation of Identities in
Soviet Central Asia
The question of identity has become increasingly potent in the period
since Kazakhstan gained its independence in 1991. With history being
rewritten and the increasing influence of internal and external
economic and political pressures the new nation/s is/are going through
a perpetual process of self-appreciation and identity-formation. In
this presentation this intriguing question of construction is being
considered through the development of art history within Soviet Union
in relation to Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
The European traditions of oil painting and sculpture arrived in
Kazakhstan in the 1930s as part of the Soviet civilizing mission in
the guise of officially supported Socialist Realism. This
state-monitored image making provided ways of approaching both history
and the future, and inevitably formed a stereotypical image of the
peoples of the given Central Asian republic.
The duality of both being depicted and yet being taught to depict
oneself in a certain manner lead to the establishment of a tradition
of painting which was neither independent, nor necessarily
imperialist. History has shown that such intervention nevertheless
produced a School of art. Yet, more importantly, it produced valuable
reflections of the use and abuse of stereotypes in the context of
multinational state (USSR).
In the last decade interest in Soviet history and Russian art has led
to the continuous re-evaluation of the Soviet art in general. Within
the political domain, Russia may wish to shy away from the image of a
colonizer, while art may tell a significantly different story. As is
often the case, art production, (possibly playing the role of societys
subconscious), opens up readings and interventions which are often
overlooked within textbooks and official analysis. The presentation of
Socialist Realist art and Soviet history remain a form of expression
with goals not unrelated to the those of Stalin in the mid twentieth
century. With two related plot-lines the paper suggests on the one
hand the strong Russian domination of Kazakhstans culture throughout
the twentieth century. On the other hand, the exhibition and
re-evaluation of Socialist Realist production remains within the
bounds of the obvious and contradictory structures of power.
Aliya de Tiesenhausen is finishing a doctoral thesis on the
representative strategies of the Socialist Realism movement at the
Courtauld Institute of Art under Dr. Sarah Wilsons supervision. She
has written about and curated exhibitions of contemporary Kazakh art.
LECTURE- Archaeology of Western China, Freie Univ. Berlin, Jan. 29 (in German)
Posted by: CESS Secretariat <cessmuohio.edu>
Posted: 21 Jan 2008
LECTURE- Archaeology of Western China, Freie Univ. Berlin, Jan. 29 (in German)
Freie Universität Berlin
Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 4:00 pm
Kunsthistorischen Institut
Koserstr. 20, 14195 Berlin
Hörsaal B
Frau Dr. habil. Mayke Wagner
Stellvertretende Leiterin der Eurasien-Abteilung
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
"Ausgraben in den Wüsten Chinas: Zur Besiedlungsgeschichte
Ost-Zentralasiens"
CONF./CFP- Towards a Knowledge Economy in Central Asia, Tashkent, May 15
Posted by: Daniel Stevens <dstevenswiut.uz>
Posted: 21 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Towards a Knowledge Economy in Central Asia, Tashkent, May 15
"Towards a knowledge economy in Central Asia"
Westminster International University in Tashkent
Thursday, 15th May 2008
The concept of the "knowledge economy" addresses many of the
development challenges facing the countries of Central Asia and
highlights the importance of investing in human capital, innovation,
information technology and creating an economic and regulatory
environment that promotes entrepreneurship and creates new knowledge.
Westminster International University in Tashkent, as part of the
activities of its UNESCO chair in the Knowledge Economy, invites
guests from higher education, business and industry as well as
government and international organizations to propose papers which
draw from research and international experience in pointing the way
forward for the countries of Central Asia.
Papers can relate to any of the following themes:
1) The concept of the knowledge economy and its relevance for Central Asia
* Knowledge transfer, development and exchange in transition countries
* Knowledge networks and economic incentives for their development
* Transforming information into knowledge
2) Increasing investment in intellectual and human capital
* The role of the education system in preparing future specialists
* The role of employers - training and professional development in
the workplace
* Cooperation between industry and higher education in preparing specialists
* The role of new technology in education
* Intellectual property rights in emerging markets
3) Creating an information rich society
* Bridging the digital divide - ensuring access to information for all
* The development of E-commerce and E-government
* Digital management and business information systems
* Education for all and life long learning in knowledge based societies
4) Development of entrepreneurship and innovative organizations
* Models of government support for entrepreneurship and innovation
* The future of research and development in higher education
* Issues of rural economic development in a knowledge based economy
Paper proposals can be submitted in English, Uzbek or Russian. To
submit a proposal please fill out the online paper proposal submission
form at http://www.wiut.uz/en/conferences/future/.
The deadline for paper proposals is February 29th 2008. If your paper
is selected you will be informed by the middle of March 2008 though
you can request an earlier decision. For any questions regarding the
conference please contact us at conference2008wiut.uz
The conference host, Westminster International University in Tashkent
delivers UK accredited bachelors degrees in business, economics,
business computing and law and Masters degrees in business. It works
in close cooperation with its partner, the University of Westminster,
UK, along with other universities, businesses and the government of
Uzbekistan to provide international education and high quality
research to contribute to the development of the country and region.
More information about the university is available at http://www.wiut.uz
SEMINAR- Geometric Properties of Musical Rhythms, Perouz Taslakian, AUA, Yerevan
Posted by: Diana Manukyan <dianaaua.am>
Posted: 21 Jan 2008
SEMINAR- Geometric Properties of Musical Rhythms, P. Taslakian, AUA, Yerevan
[NOTE: This event was past before the announcement reached CEL due to
technical problems. We distribute the announcement as some
subscribers may still be interested in the information. --CEL]
American University of Armenia, College of Engineering
Seminar - "Geometric Properties of Musical Rhythms"
by Perouz Taslakian
January 15, 2008
Perouz Taslakian, a graduate student at McGill University in Montreal. She
is working towards the completion of a PhD degree in computer science in the
area of discrete and computational geometry. She has received a Master's
degree in computer science from Concordia University in Montreal, and an
undergraduate degree from Haigazian University in Lebanon.
Abstract of the Presentation
A musical rhythm is a repeating pattern of beats that is a subset of equally
spaced pulses. Rhythms have many different representations. In this talk we
represent musical rhythms geometrically as polygons inscribed in circles. We
use the geometry of this representation to define two rhythmic properties:
depth and maximally evenness. Finally, we show connections to different
areas such as neutron accelerators in nuclear physics, digital straight
lines in computer graphics, and an ancient algorithm for computing the
greatest common divisor of two numbers, originally described by Euclid
around 300 BC.
American University of Armenia
40 Marshal Baghramian
Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Time: 13:00-14:30
Place: Small Auditorium, 5th floor AUA
The seminar is open to the public
LECTURE- Post-Soviet Islamization in Azerbaijan, Washington, DC, Feb. 12
Posted by: CERES - Altay Goyushov <ag543georgetown.edu>
Posted: 21 Jan 2008
LECTURE- Post-Soviet Islamization in Azerbaijan, Washington, DC, Feb. 12
Center for Eurasian, Russian, East European Studies (CERES)
Georgetown University
Invitation to the lecture:
Prof. Altay Goyushov Fulbright Visiting Scholar at CERES
"Post-Soviet Islamization in Azerbaijan: Revival of Islam or
Adaptation of a New Religion"
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Georgetown University
Intercultural Center (ICC) 462
For more information:
http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=9
1&EventID=56580
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES)
Georgetown University
Box 571031, ICC 111
Washington, DC 20057
Tel: 202.687.2300
Fax: 202.687.5829
ceres.georgetown.edu
CONF./CFP- Transformations: Researching Asia, York University, Canada, Sept. 26-28, 2008
Posted by: Alicia Filipowich <faliciayorku.ca>
Posted: 10 Jan 2008
CONF./CFP- Transformations: Researching Asia, York Univ., Canada, Sept. 26-28
Call for Papers
Transformations: Researching Asia
York Centre for Asian Research Graduate Student Conference
York University, Toronto, Canada
September 26-28, 2008
Call for Papers deadline: April 1, 2008
What does it mean to "research Asia?"
Asian Studies is a growing field within and, we hope, beyond Area
Studies. Recent developments in Asian research reflect modern and
contemporary events across a wide range of disciplines. As the body of
research on Asia grows, questions concerning the production and
mediation of "Asia" become more pressing. The critical and fundamental
questions "What is Asia?" and "How to study Asia?" remain unresolved
and contested. As a field, moreover, Asian Studies remains driven by
disciplinary divides; interdisciplinary intersections remain
disappointingly rare.
With this conference we seek to address the epistemology and
methodology of researching Asia within and beyond the geographical and
disciplinary constraints traditionally associated with Area Studies.
We invite papers from graduate students engaged in interdisciplinary
research in Asian Studies focusing on the modern and contemporary periods.
Possible paper topics could address (but are not limited to) these
sub-themes:
* Epistemology of Asian Studies
* Orientalism & Re-Orientalism
* Time and Temporality
* North/South Divide
* Race and Ethnicity
* Race, Gender, and Class
* Body and Representation
* Media and Technology
* Art and Visual Culture
* Methodology and Practices in Asian Studies
* Knowledge/Power
* Modernity
* Globalization
* Migration and Diaspora
* Positioning and Subjectivity
* Sexuality
* Environmental Challenges
* Music and Performing Arts
Interested participants should submit a paper title, abstract (250
words maximum) and brief biographical information by April 1, 2008.
Selected participants must submit completed papers by August 1, 2008.
Inquiries and email submissions can be sent to the conference
organizers at: transformationsasiaconferencegmail.com. More
information about the conference can be found on the conference
website: www.yorku.ca/ycar/Events/graduate_conference.html.
This Conference is hosted by the York Centre for Asian Research at
York University. York University has a proud history as a leader in
innovative and creative learning approaches with an emphasis on
multidisciplinary research that covers wide geographical areas. This
Conference reflects the strengths of York faculty and students in
interdisciplinary approaches to research and learning. For more
information about the Centre: please visit: www.yorku.ca/ycar.
LECTURE- Rise of the SCO in Central Asia: Western Foreign Policy Reactions, Alexander Cooley, SRC-AUCA, Jan. 16
Posted by: Alexander I. Pugachev <pugachev_amail.auca.kg>
Posted: 10 Jan 2008
LECTURE- Rise of the SCO in Central Asia: Western Reactions, SRC-AUCA, Jan. 16
Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg) presents:
Lecture: "The Rise of the SCO in Central Asia: Western Foreign Policy
Reactions"
Speaker: Alexander Cooley, Ph.D, Columbia University, USA
Time: 17.00, January 16th, 2008
Venue: 315, AUCA (Main Building)
Language: English (Interpretation into Russian will be arranged, if
requested)
Abstract: The rise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a main
regional organization in Central Asia is drawing increasing concern and
criticism in Western foreign policy establishments. Since its 2005 summit
declarations, when the organization declared that US military bases in
Central Asia should be removed now that their original mission in
Afghanistan has been completed, Western analysts have viewed the SCO as a
threat to Western interests in Central Asia. Specifically, the SCO is viewed
as a regional organization through which Russia and China can exert pressure
on the smaller Central Asian states to promote their regional interests and
check the influence of the United States. Western observers are also
concerned about the group's potential as an Energy Club and Iran's potential
membership in the organization. This lecture argues against this prevailing
view that sees the SCO as an anti-American military alliance. Rather, I will
argue that the true role of the SCO lies in providing necessary regional
public goods for the Central Asian states, but doing so in a way that does
not involve itself in the internal decision-making or domestic politics of
member countries. Unlike Western organizations operating in the region such
as the OSCE, the World Bank or the EU, the SCO is fostering cooperative
initiatives without placing political or economic conditions on member
states. Accordingly, the author concludes that the SCO, from the Western
perspective, does challenge Western interests in the region, but not as a
military alliance. Rather, the SCO undermines the influence and authority of
Western international organizations that traditionally have performed
regional functions such as monitoring elections, promoting human rights,
funding large developmental projects and providing humanitarian assistance.
Bio: Alexander Cooley is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard
College and Columbia University's School of International and Public
Affairs. He earned both his M.A. (1995) and Ph.D. (1999) from Columbia
University. Cooley is the author of several books and scholarly articles
that examine the international relations of the post-Soviet states, with a
focus on Central Asia. His first book, Logics of Hierarchy (Cornell
University Press 2005), examined Soviet legacies in Central Asia and was
awarded the 2006 Marshall Shulman Prize by the American Association for the
Advancement for Slavic Studies (AASS) for outstanding book on the
international relations of the post-Communist states. His new book - Base
Politics: Democratic Change and the U.S. Military Overseas (Cornell
University Press, 2008)- examines the domestic politics surrounding U.S.
overseas military bases in East Asia, Southern Europe and the post-Communist
states (including Kyrgyzstan).
In addition to his academic work, Professor Cooley has published articles in
Foreign Affairs magazine and has contributed opinion pieces to the New York
Times and International Herald Tribune. He has been a Transatlantic Fellow
with the German Marshall Fund in Brussels (2005) and an International
Security Fellow with the Smith Richardson Foundation (2007). Cooley also
taught a class at the American University in Kyrgyzstan in 1998.
How to register: Please RSVP to pssmail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.
JOURNAL/ CFP- Call For Papers - Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
Posted by: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism <senlse.ac.uk>
Posted: 22 Dec 200
JOURNAL/ CFP- Call For Papers - Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
Call for Papers
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a bi-annual, fully-refereed
journal published in the Department of Government at the London School
of Economics, invites the submission of high-quality interdisciplinary
articles on issues pertaining to nationalism, ethnicity and related
themes. Examples of these themes include:
* Nationalism in the Post Cold War World
* Myths, Memories and the Representations of the Past
* Ethnic Relations and Conflicts
* Nationalism and Regional Conflicts
* Separatism and Irredentism
* Great Powers and Nationalism
* Imperialism and Nationalism
* Issues of Minority Rights in Multinational States
For this call, the editors are particularly interested in papers
relating to the following themes:
The Challenge of Nationalism for Diplomacy and Security Policy-Making
The editors welcome submissions of work in progress as well as
contributions from young professionals, post-docs and lecturers in the
early stages of their careers. SEN especially encourages submissions
from advanced PhD candidates and Post Doctoral Fellows. For
submissions to be considered for publication in 2008, please ensure
your paper reaches us by Tuesday 15th January 2008 via email
(SENlse.ac.uk). The word limit is 6000 words, including bibliography
and references. The SEN style guide can be found at
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/SEN%20Guidelines.pdf.
Submissions that do not conform to the style guide will not be
accepted. For more information, please visit the SEN website:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/
CONF./CFP- Reminder: 15th Annual ACES Conference - Submission Deadline Approaching
Posted by: Kristoffer Rees <kris.reesgmail.com>
Posted: 22 Dec 2007
CONF./CFP- Reminder: 15th Annual ACES Conf. - Submission Deadline Approaching
The Association of Central Eurasian Students (ACES) of Indiana University
Call For Papers
15th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference
Saturday 22 March - Sunday 23 March 2008
Submission deadline: 18 January 2008
ACES invites panel and individual paper proposals for the Fifteenth
Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference to be held Saturday, 22
March and Sunday, 23 March 2008 at Indiana University in Bloomington,
Indiana. Graduate students, professors, and independent scholars are
cordially invited to submit abstracts of papers covering all topics
pertaining to Central Eurasian Studies.
Building on the success of past ACES conferences, this year's
conference will feature Marianne Kamp, a historian from the University
of Wyoming, who has published notable works on contemporary Central
Asia, as the Keynote Speaker. This year's Distinguished Speaker will
be Edward Lazzerini, of Indiana University's Department of Central
Eurasian Studies.
Central Eurasian Studies is defined for the purposes of this
conference as the study of the historical and contemporary Afghan,
Balto-Finnic, Hungarian, Mongolic, Persian, Tibetan, Tungusic, and
Turkic peoples, languages, cultures, and states.
An extensive, but by no means comprehensive, list of topics addressed
by this conference may be found at the end of this announcement.
Submission Instructions
Submission of pre-organized panels is strongly encouraged. Individual
papers are also welcome and will be assigned by the Conference
Committee to a suitable panel. An honorable distinction of best paper
will be awarded. All participants will receive a certificate of
participation.
Please include the following information on all submissions:
1) Names of all authors (note name of the person presenting the paper);
2) Institutional affiliation and title/position;
3) Contact information, including e-mail address, postal address, and
telephone/fax numbers;
4) Curriculum Vitae (1 page);
5) Paper title;
6) An abstract of no more than 300 words, to be included in the
Conference Program;
7) Geographic location and thematic panel preference. Thematic panel
preferences include, but are not limited to: socio-economic issues,
nationalism and identity, natural resources management, music and
culture, politics, history, education, and archaeology; and
8) Any audio-visual equipment needs (overhead, slide projector,
PowerPoint, etc.)
Due to space constraints, abstracts exceeding 300 words cannot be accepted.
ACES regrets that it cannot provide any funding to participants.
Submission deadline: 18 January 2008.
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 15 February 2008.
Submit proposals:
Via e-mail as an attachment (pdf, .doc or .rtf formats preferred) to:
acesindiana.edu
Or via hard copy sent to:
The Fifteenth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference
The Association of Central Eurasian Students ( ACES)
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
USA
Fax: (812) 855-7500
Some covered topics:
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Finland, Karelia, Estonia, Buryatia,
Turkmenistan, Uyghur, Manchu, Kazakh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyz
Republic, Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, Hungary,
Tatarstan, Volga, Siberia, Tungusic, Tajikistan, Persia, Iran, Evenki,
Afghanistan, Ferghana Valley, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Central Eurasian
steppe and/or oases, Inner Asia, Sufism, Chaghatay, Mari, "Silk Road",
Ottoman Empire, Orkhon, politics, nationalism, identity, ethnicity,
state-building, ancient and contemporary religion, Islam, Nestorian
Christianity, Buddhism, Lamaism, Qing Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty,
shamanism, cinema, film, literature, history, linguistics,
anthropology, musicology, folklore, archaeology, architecture, art,
law - in short, the historical and contemporary Afghan, Balto-Finnic,
Hungarian, Mongolic, Persian, Tibetan, Tungusic, and Turkic peoples,
languages, cultures, and states.
CONF./CFP- 6th Eurasian Political Studies Network Conference, Moscow, Feb. 1-2
Posted by: Vitaly Merkushev <vitaly.merkushevespi.ru>
Posted: 20 Dec 2007
CONF./CFP- 6th Eurasian Political Studies Network Conference, Moscow, Feb. 1-2
Eurasian Political Studies Network 6th General International Conference
and joint session
Political Science and Political Processes
in Russian Federation and New Independent States
of Post-Soviet Eurasia
Moscow
1-2 February 2008
Conference topics:
* Regime Change and Quality of Democracy
* New Electoral Circle: the First Results Social Networks and
Anti-Networks of the Post-Soviet Eurasia in the Context of Globalization
* Legal Aspects of the Political Processes
* Human Rights and Civil Society
* Ethnic Factors and External Challenges Migration Processes and Politics
* Image of a State in the Post-Soviet Countries
* Energy Policies and Energy Security
Organizing Committee of the Conference:
Richard Sakwa, Chair of the EPSN Advisory Board; Head, Department of
Politics and International Relations, Kent University, of the EPSN
Advisory Board, UK
Kimitaka Matsuzato, Professor, Director, Slavic Research Center,
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Natalia Amelchenko, Chair, Department of Political Science, National
University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
Sergey Reshetnikov, Chair, Political Science Department, Belarus State
University; Minsk, Belarus
Alexander Markarov, Associate Professor, Head of International
Relations Office, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Jan Sir, Research Fellow, Institute of International Studies, Charles
University, Prague, Czech Republic
Alexey Vlasov, General Director, Center of Post-Soviet Studies, Moscow
State University, Russia
Konstantin Simonov, General Director, National Foundation for Energy
Security, Moscow, Russia
Vladimir Malakhov, Head, Political Science Program, Moscow School of
Social and Economic Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Liudmila Adilova, Professor, Russian State University of Humanities,
Moscow Russia
Vladimir Gelman, Professor, European University at St.-Petersburg, Russia
Andrey Kazantsev, Senior Research Fellow, Moscow State Institute
(University) of International Relations, Russia
Olga Popova, Professor, St.-Petersburg University, Chief Editor of
Politex (Political Expertise) Journal, Russia
Conference Coordinator:
Vitaly Merkushev, Director of the EPSN
Selection process:
Each participant must register for the conference. Registration form
should contain the following information:
Name:
Title and Position:
Institution:
Country:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail address:
Language skills (Russian / English):
Title of presentation:
Abstracts of your conference presentation should be prepared in
Russian or English, in Times New Roman, 12 font, 1.5 space and should
not exceed three pages.
The selected presenters upon arrival to the conference can to submit
on CD the paper for the publication (10-12 pages, Times New Roman, 12
font, 1.5 space). The selected papers will be published. The language
of the publication is Russian.
Conference languages are Russian and English.
Application deadline is 26 December 2007. Earlier applications are welcomed.
The applications (the abstracts and the registration form) should be
send by e-mail to the following address: vitaly.merkushevespi.ru
Selected presenters will be informed not later than 30 December 2007
The conference will be held on 1-2 February 2008 in the building of
the Russian State University of Humanities, Chayanova street 14 ,
metro "Novoslobodskaya", Moscow.
SEMINAR- Social Texture of the Central Asian Commercial Terrain, SRC-AUCA, Bishkek, Dec. 20
Posted by: Social Research Center <srcmail.auca.kg>
Posted: 20 Dec 2007
SEMINAR- Social Texture of Cent. Asian Commercial Terrain, SRC, Bishkek, Dec 20
SEMINAR- Social Texture of the Central Asia Commercial Terrain:
Kyrgyz, Russian and Uzbek Merchants in the Post-Soviet Trading Networks
The Social Research Center (SRC) at the American University of Central
Asia (www.src.auca.kg) under its Research Seminars Series presents:
RESEARCH SEMINAR: "Social Texture of the Central Asian Commercial
Terrain: Kyrgyz, Russian and Uzbek Merchants in the Post-Soviet
Trading Networks"
SPEAKER: Emil NASRITDINOV, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Department, AUCA, and Thematic Leader on Migration, SRC
Time: 5pm, December 20, 2007
Venue: 232, AUCA (main building), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Language: English (no translation from/into Russian will be provided)
Synopsis: The Soviet legacy left Kyrgyz Republic with neither
resources nor hopes for economic prosperity. Kyrgyzstan became a
supply of cheap labor for more prosperous Kazakhstan and Russia. This
regional economic imbalance is portrayed in the current study as the
main engine of a multifaceted trading network, which evolved from the
ground and enveloped a vast geographic area stretching from China to
Middle East and Europe. This paper sets out to portray the social
texture of this web of trading linkages and analyze its structure by
comparing the economic performance and relational characteristics of
three major ethnic groups of merchants: Kyrgyz, Russian and Uzbek on
three major markets in Kyrgyzstan: Dordoi, Kara-Suu and Osh. The
research establishes a link between the complexity of trading
operations on markets on one side and nature of relational assets as
expressed in social and commercial networks of traders on the other.
Bio: Emil Nasritdinov, PhD in Urban Planning from University of
Melbourne, Australia, is Associate Professor at the Anthropology
Department, AUCA and the Thematic Leader on Migration, SRC, AUCA. His
research areas are: bottom-up development, markets and trading
networks in Central Asia, culture and development, sustainable
development, societies and nature. The research to be presented at
this seminar is a part of his PhD dissertation completed at the
University of Melbourne in 2007.
Research Seminar Series: The Research Seminar Series is an initiative
of the SRC and it aims to provide a venue for the AUCA faculty to
share the results of their current and previous research projects with
other faculty as well as external scholars. The series intends to
encourage scholarly discourse at AUCA. It is open for AUCA faculty and
external scholars.
CONF./CFP- Institution Building and Economic Development in Central Asia, 5-6 June 2008, Almaty
Posted by: Heiko Fritz <h.fritzbham.ac.uk>
Posted: 20 Dec 2007
CONF./CFP- Institution Building & Econ. Devel. in Central Asia, 5-6 Jun, Almaty
Conference:
Institution Building and Economic Development in Central Asia
5-6 June 2008
International School of Economics (ISE), Almaty, Kazakhstan
Call for Papers
The conference takes stock on economic transformation and institution
building in Central Asia and poses the question of the development
prospects of the region. Academics, researchers and advanced PhD
students may submit a proposal for a paper including the title of the
paper, an abstract of 250-300 words, as well as full contact details
of the author(s) to the organiser (see details below). The proposal
should fit into one of the following issue areas:
* Monetary policy, exchange rate policy and the financial services sector
* International trade, capital flows and regional integration
* Natural resources and economic growth
* Poverty, income distribution and social policies
* Competition, corporate governance and market structures
Deadline for submission: 31 January 2008
Proposals will be reviewed by the academic committee. Successful
applicants will be notified by 15 February of 2008. Finalised papers
need to be submitted by 15 May 2008.
Publication of the best papers in a special edition of a refereed
journal is considered.
Keynote speakers and roundtable panelists include:
Prof. Richard Pomfret (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Dr. Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh (Sciences Po Paris, France)
Dr. Johannes Linn (Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., USA)
Prof. Erik Bergloef (Chief Economist, EBRD London, UK - tbc)
Proposals as well as any other enquiry may be directed to Prof. Heiko
Fritz, ISE, email: h.fritzbham.ac.uk
Dr Heiko Fritz
Professor of Economics
International School of Economics (ISE)
Kazakh British Technical University
Tole bi 59
050000 Almaty
Republic of Kazakhstan
Phone +7-705-5500987
Email h.fritzbham.ac.uk
CONF./CFP- Migration from the Eastern Mediterranean and Eurasia, Ankara, Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008
Posted by: Hayriye Kahveci <hkahvecimetu.edu.tr>
Posted: 15 Dec 2007
CONF./CFP- Migration from E. Mediterranean and Eurasia, Ankara, Feb. 29-Mar. 1
The Centre for Black Sea and Central Asia (KORA) of Middle East
Technical University (METU), Ankara will hold an international
conference entitled "Global Migration from the Eastern Mediterranean
and Eurasia: Security and Human Rights Challenges to Europe." It is the
concluding event of the Sixth Framework Project GLOMIG that KORA has
been coordinating since 2005. This dissemination conference will take
place on 29 February-1 March 2008 in Ankara, Turkey with the
participation of 40 scholars working on global migration issues. In
addition to scholars from the EU and INCO countries, the conference
will also host representatives of international organizations, NGOs,
policy makers, journalists and other stakeholders. Scholars who are
working on global migration issues in Europe, Eastern Mediterranean,
and/or Eurasia, particularly in reference to human rights and security
challenges migration presents to the European Union are invited to
apply.
GLOMIG project of KORA has been promoting and facilitating
comparative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary approaches to global
migration and its opportunities and challenges in terms for the EU and
the INCO countries for the last two years. By the time of the final
dissemination conference, GLOMIG project partners will have held five
international workshops in Nijmegen, Oxford, Berlin, and Ankara on a
diverse range of issues including Continuity and Change: Aspects of
Global Migration; Migration as Challenges and Opportunities for the
EU: Security and Human Rights Concerns for the EU; Perspectives of the
INCO Countries on Migration: Economic and Cultural Dilemmas; Prospects
for Institutional Co-operation and Dialogue; New dynamics, Future
Strategies, Constructive Visions. While the first five workshops
brought two expert paper presenters with fifteen discussants and
encouraged a lively roundtable interaction, the dissemination
conference aims to provide a venue for the sharing of cutting edge
approaches, latest empirical findings, and innovative policy
interventions.
By partaking in the last round of a series of six conferences, you too
can take advantage of this unique opportunity to share and discuss
your research with a diverse international audience. All papers
presented in the conference will be published on the KORA-GLOMIG
website as an e-book. Moreover, selected papers will be made available
as an edited volume. To ensure prompt dissemination of conference
material, participants will be required to submit their full papers by
mid-March 2008.
30 of the participants will receive full funding from KORA to cover
travel and accommodation costs. Guesthouses on METU campus offer a
comfortable stay while Ankara provides visitors with an opportunity to
observe Turkish history and heritage firsthand.
If you are interested in presenting your research at the GLOMIG
conference, please e-mail the following info sheet to
glomigmetu.edu.tr or fax it to +90(312)2103051 by December 31, 2007.
All applicants will be notified about conference funding decision by
January 15, 2008. You can check the GLOMIG website for further
information on the project and the conference:
http://www.kora.metu.edu.tr/glomig/
As the GLOMIG team, we are looking forward to seeing you in Ankara.
Dr. Hayriye Kahveci
Center for Black Sea and Central Asia,
Middle East Technical University
Tel: + 90 312 210 30 51
Fax: + 90 312 210 30 51
CONF./CFP- Owen Lattimore Inner Asian Studies Conference, August 20-21, 2008
Posted by: Brian White <bwhitemongoliacenter.org>
Posted: 11 Dec 2007
CONF./CFP- Owen Lattimore Inner Asian Studies Conference, August 20-21, 2008
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS), together with the
International Association of Mongolian Studies (IAMS) will organize a
conference entitled, "Owen Lattimore: The Past, Present, and Future of
Inner Asian Studies" in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on August 20 and 21,
2008. This posting serves as an announcement of the conference, and a
Call for Papers.
Owen Lattimore played an important role in the development of
political and cultural relations between Inner Asia and the West, and
he is widely recognized as the father of Inner Asian Studies in the
United States and England. His research and writing continues to have
a profound impact on generations of scholars and intellectuals
interested in Inner Asia. This conference has a duel purpose. First,
it is meant to help record the memories of those who knew Owen
Lattimore or were directly influenced by him, and offer scholars who
are new to the field the opportunity to learn more about Owen
Lattimore's role in the development of cultural and political
relations between Inner Asia and the West in the 20th century. Second,
the conference is intended to build on Owen Lattimore's legacy by
providing a forum for new research related to the region. The
conference marks the first of a series of annual conferences planned
by the ACMS in Inner Asia to promote scholarly exchange between local
and international scholars and to explore emerging research topics
related to the region.
Scholars from any discipline working in Inner Asia are invited to
submit paper, poster or panel presentations related to one of the
three themes of the conference.
The three general themes of the conference include:
* Owen Lattimore's role in the development of cultural and political
relations between Inner Asia and the West (including Japan)
* An examination of the scholarship of Owen Lattimore - his ideas and
his influence (past, present, and future) on the field of Inner Asian
Studies
* The continuing development of Inner Asian Studies as new scholars
redefine and reshape Owen Lattimore's legacy
The first day of the conference will focus on personal recollections
by scholars, diplomats and others from Mongolia and other countries
who knew Owen Lattimore or were directly influenced by him. Topics
might include discussions of Lattimore's life and travels in the
region, his role in the development of cultural and political
relations between Inner Asia and the West, and his work to support
scholarly exchange and develop the field of Inner Asian Studies.
Submissions of photographs and other media are welcome for inclusion
in the conference.
The second day of the conference will focus on the scholarship of Owen
Lattimore and how new generations of scholars are extending his
legacy. Presenters are invited to offer papers that discuss the
influence of Owen Lattimore's publications and ideas, critique works
or ideas produced by Owen Lattimore, or extend his ideas in new
directions. Research posters or presentations by the new generation of
students and scholars working in Inner Asia are encouraged to examine
the continued development of the field.
A field trip for interested conference participants will take place
after the close of the formal conference.
Participants may put forward individual papers or panel proposals with
topics and potential presenters. Panels may comprise scholars from
multiple disciplines, and they should have three to four paper
presenters, including a panel moderator, with a coherent unifying
topic related to the themes of the conference. Individual papers may
be assigned to appropriate panels by topic if space allows.
--The deadline for receipt of paper or panel proposals is March 15, 2008.--
Paper and panel proposals should include:
* A description of up to 250 words
* The name, title, affiliation, and contact address, phone and email
for the paper or poster presenter and/or panel chair and all proposed
panel participants.
Proposals by graduate students and junior scholars are encouraged.
The working languages of the conference will be English and Mongolian.
Submitting a proposal indicates your commitment to participate in the
conference. Due to limited funding, conference participants will be
expected to pay for their own travel and accommodations for the
conference. The ACMS is available to assist conference participants
with logistical arrangements for the conference and academic contacts
in the region. You will be required to confirm your commitment in
April if your proposal is accepted.
For more information, please contact the ACMS at
infomongoliacenter.org or see the ACMS webpage at
www.mongoliacenter.org. Additional conference details will be
announced in spring 2008.
CONF./CFP- ASN/Sciences Po 2008 Paris Conference, "Empires and Nations"
Posted by: Elisaveta Koriouchkina <elisaveta_koriouchkinabrown.edu>
Posted: 10 Dec 2007
CONF./CFP- ASN/Sciences Po 2008 Paris Conference, "Empires and Nations"
Call for Papers
"Empires and Nations"
Joint Conference of the
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)
and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
3-5 July 2008
**Proposal Deadline: 13 February 2008**
**Contact information:
Proposals must be submitted to:
dominique.colassciences-po.fr AND dcolasasngmail.com **
The École Doctorale of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
(Sciences Po) and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
are organizing the Joint International Conference "Empires and
Nations", to be held on July 3-5 (2008) at Sciences Po in Paris. The
Conference is made possible through the contribution of a number of
other research centers, including the Centre d'Études des Mondes
Russe, Caucasien et Centre-Européen (CERCEC, France), the Institut
Français d'Études sur l'Asie Centrale (IFEAC, Uzbekistan) and the
European University of Saint Petersburg (Russia).
The Sciences Po-ASN Conference invites proposals from scholars and
doctoral students. Applicants currently residing in Central Europe,
the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia, the Caucasus,
China and India are eligible to apply for a number of travel and
accommodation grants. Applicants currently residing in Western
countries must cover their own expenses. The working language of the
Conference is English.
"Empires and Nations" is the fifth European summer conference
co-sponsored by ASN since 2001, and the second organized by Sciences
Po, which launched the successful series of ASN summer academic events
in July 2001 with a conference on "Citizenship and Nationality."
Summer conferences were also held in Forli, Italy (2002), Warsaw
(2004) and Belgrade (2006).
The Sciences Po-ASN Conference is organized separately from the ASN
Annual World Convention that will take place at Columbia University,
NY, on April 10-12 (2008), and whose program will be announced in
February 2008. For information on the ASN 2008 NY Convention, please
go to www.nationalities.org. The Sciences Po-ASN Conference will
feature approximately 30 panels. The program will be available in April
2008.
The Sciences Po-ASN Conference welcomes proposals on a wide range of
topics related to
the comparative study of nations and empires, with an emphasis on the
former continental empires, i.e. Russian (Soviet), Ottoman and
Austro-Hungarian, and their legacies. ASN stands at the juncture of
nationalities studies (the study of national identity and
nation-building in the former Communist Bloc and Eurasia) and
nationalism studies (the comparative and theoretical study of the
politics of the nation). In this spirit, the Conference invites
proposals empirically grounded in Eastern Europe/Eurasia broadly
defined and theoretically-oriented proposals devoted to various
aspects of the notion of "empire."
Possible themes include the breakdown of empires, religion and empire,
nationality and empire, identity and colonialism, post-colonialism,
imperialism since the Cold War, the European Union as a new kind of
empire, and many more. The Conference seeks to feature presentations
from a broad variety of disciplines, including:
* Political Theory - elucidating concepts of empire, imperialism, and
world domination
* Ethnography - analyzing the transformation of local cultures in the
context of globalization
* History - focusing on the different types of nation-states and
empires and the role of cultural cleavages in the formation of
political units
* International Relations - revealing the logic of coalitions between
political units, the foundations of "imperialism" and the erosion of
the capacity of states to exercise sovereignty
* Comparative Politics - studying the legacy of empires and the
impact of neo-imperial states on domestic political arrangements
* Post-Colonial Studies - examining the effects of 19th c. imperial
states and questioning the hegemonic temptations of contemporary
democracies
...as well as questions raised within the disciplines of sociology,
economics, geography, geopolitics, linguistics, and many more.
The theme of the Conference, "Empires and Nations," symbolizes the
strong tradition of research on Russia at Sciences Po, home to
distinguished specialists, among them Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, author
of L'Empire des Tsars et les Russes (The Empire of the Tsars and the
Russians) and Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, author of L'Empire Eclaté
(Decline of an Empire: the Soviet Socialist Republics in Revolt).
To send an individual paper proposal, an applicant must include the
following information in the body of an email AND in a single Word
attachment:
* The title of the paper
* His/her name, email and institutional affiliation
* A preferred postal address
* A 500-word abstract and
* A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form (one paragraph)
that includes bibliographical information of the applicant's last or
forthcoming publication, if applicable (full CVs are not acceptable)
* Doctoral students must also indicate the title of their
dissertation and year of projected defense. Incomplete applications
will be rejected.
A panel proposal is comprised of three to four paper-givers and a
discussant. (The organizers will subsequently select a Chair of the
panel). To send a panel proposal, an applicant must include the
following information in the body of an email AND in a single Word
attachment:
* The title of the panel and of each paper
* A 500-word abstract of each paper
* The name, email, institutional affiliation
* A preferred postal address
* A 100-word biographical statement for each panelist in a narrative
form (one paragraph) that includes bibliographical information of the
applicant's last or forthcoming publication, if applicable (full CVs
are not acceptable)
* Doctoral students must also indicate the title of their
dissertation and year of projected defense
The Conference also invites proposals featuring recent
films/documentaries or recent books. A film/documentary proposal must
include following information in the body of an email AND in a single
Word attachment:
* The name, email and institutional affiliation of the author
* A preferred postal address
* The title and a 500-word abstract of the film/video
* A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form.
A book panel proposal, seeking to generate discussion on an important
recent book, features the book's author and three or four discussants.
The proposal must include following information in the body of an
email AND in a single Word attachment:
* The names, emails, and institutional affiliations of all panelists
* Their preferred postal address
* A 500-word abstract of the book and
* A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form for each panelist
All proposals must be included in the body of a single email AND in a
single Word attachment sent to two addresses:
dominique.colassciences-po.fr and dcolasasngmail.com. Applicants who
wish to apply for a grant covering travel and accommodation must
indicate so in their proposals. In order to be eligible for these
grants, an applicant must be residing at the time of the conference in
Central Europe, the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia,
the Caucasus, China or India. The reception of all proposals will be
acknowledged electronically.
The Conference is organized by Dominique Colas, Director of the
Doctoral Program "Russia and CIS" at the Institut d'Études Politiques
de Paris. The International Program Committee of the Conference is
comprised of Dominique Colas, Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa,
Canada, ASN President), Florian Bieber (University of Kent at
Canterbury, UK), Zsuzsa Csergo (Queen's University, Canada), Sherrill
Stroschein (University College London, UK), Juliette Cadiot (École des
Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France), Alexandra Goujon
(Université de Dijon, France), and Olivier Ferrando (Institut d'Études
Politiques de Paris).
Applicants will be notified in March-April 2008. Information regarding
registration costs and other logistical questions will be communicated
at a later date. Updated information on the conference will be posted
periodically on the conference web site:
http://ecoledoctorale.sciences-po.fr/actu_scientif/empires_nations.htm
and the ASN web site (www.nationalities.org).
We look forward to receiving your proposal!
Dominique Colas, on behalf of the Program Committee
Deadline for proposals: 13 February 2008
(to be sent to both dominique.colassciences-po.fr AND dcolasasngmail.com)
CONF./CFP- American Center for Mongolian Studies Annual Meeting, April 4, 2008
Posted by: Brian White <bwhitemongoliacenter.org>
Posted: 10 Dec 2007
CONF./CFP- American Center for Mongolian Studies Annual Meeting, April 4, 2008
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) and North Georgia
College and State University (NGCSU) are co-organizing a Mongolian
Studies poster session to be held on Friday, April 4, 2008, 7pm-11pm
at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency in conjunction with the Association for
Asian Studies' annual meeting and the ACMS annual meeting.
Posters on any topic related to Mongolia, the Mongolian people or
historical subjects related to the Mongols are welcome. Poster
presenters are required to appear at the meeting to discuss their
work. Posters may be in either English or Mongolian language, and
students and scholars from all countries and fields of study are
invited to participate in the poster session and reception.
To propose a poster for the session, please send a brief abstract (no
more than 250 words) to Enkhbaatar Demchig at infomongoliacenter.org
before February 15, 2008. Posters will be accepted on a rolling basis.
You do not need to be registered for the AAS conference to
participate, but poster presenters should be members of the ACMS at
the time of the meetings. For more information about developing an
academic poster, please see the following example for anthropology at
http://www.aaanet.org/mtgs/poster.htm.
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) is an American
Overseas Research Center that supports research and academic exchange
in Inner Asia. It maintains offices in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and at
Western Washington University. More information on the ACMS and
academic resources related to Mongolia may be obtained at
www.mongoliacenter.org.
North Georgia College & State University (NGCSU) is a coeducational
state university emphasizing strong liberal arts, as well as
pre-professional, professional, and graduate programs. It serves as a
liberal arts university for all of its students and as a military
college for its Corps of Cadets. NGCSU currently offers a course on
the Mongol Empire, and faculty members are also developing a course on
Mongolia that will be offered in the near future. More information on
NGCSU may be obtained at www.ngcsu.edu.
CONF./CFP- Deadline Extended: U. of Pittsburgh, REES and GOSECA Graduate Student Conference
Posted by: GOSECA University of Pittsburgh <gosecaconferenceyahoo.com>
Posted: 10 Dec 2007
CONF./CFP- Deadline Extended: U. of Pittsburgh, REES & GOSECA Grad Student Conf
[NOTE: We regret the delay of this posting, which we received 10 days
ago, due to technical problems. --CEL]
DEADLINE EXTENDED: December 12
University of Pittsburgh, REES, and GOSECA
Fifth Annual Graduate Student Conference
February 22nd - 24th, 2008
Generation Removed? Assessing Nostalgia, Memory, and
Legacy in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
The collapse of communist regimes in the former Soviet Union, Eastern
Europe, and Central Asia led to radical shifts in social, economic,
political, and cultural realities. Subsequently, the transition to
postcommunism dramatically affected the worlds of both the living and
the dead, transforming epistemologies, as well as lifestyles. The
changes also prompted the revisiting of the past and its relationship
to the present. As the first generation removed from the communist era
comes of age and examines its heritage, it seeks to negotiate its
identity with a world audience. Nostalgia, memory and legacy have
lasting impacts on such efforts and provide useful frameworks for this
endeavor.
Examples of presentation topics include:
- Postcommunist religious vestiges: revival and opposition
- The impact of the collective memory of super power status on
contemporary Russian foreign policy
- The impact of clan structures on Central Asian society
- Nostalgic contemporary views of Czechoslovakia's Golden Era of the
1920s and 1930s
- The effects of the Soviet legacy on cultural institutions
- Monuments and memories: communist legacies and the appropriation of the past
REES and GOSECA invite papers that assess the current and past roles
of nostalgia, memory and legacy in the Russia, Eastern Europe, and
Central Asia. The conference is deliberately interdisciplinary and
aims to deepen our understanding of the region as a whole using a
broad range of approaches to examine an intricately woven matrix of
issues. Participation is open to graduate students in the social
sciences, the humanities, and the professional schools.
Abstracts should be no more than 250 words long. Please submit
abstracts by December 12th, 2007 to the following email address:
gosecaconferenceyahoo.com
http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca/GOSECA2008/
GOSECA Conference Organizing Committee
Russian and East European Studies Graduate Student
Conference
University of Pittsburgh
GOSECA Conference Organizing Committee
Russian and East European Studies Graduate Student Conference
University of Pittsburgh
EXHIBIT- Kyrgyzstan Photo Exhibition, London School of Economics, Dec. 3-11
Posted by: Babken V. Babajanian <b.v.babajanianlse.ac.uk>
Posted: 10 Dec 2007
EXHIBIT- Kyrgyzstan Photo Exhibition, London School of Economics, Dec. 3-11
"The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years"
A Photographic Portrayal of People's Lives in Kyrgyzstan
By Babken V. Babajanian
A Photographic Portrayal of People's Lives in Kyrgyzstan by Babken V
Babajanian will be on display in the Atrium, Old Building at LSE from
Monday, 3 December 2007 to Friday, 11 January 2008.
The set of compelling photographs gives insight into the lives of
ordinary men, women and children living in rural Kyrgyzstan today. The
exhibition portrays images of people who struggle with poverty and yet
manage to maintain their dignity, human warmth and sense of familial and
communal belonging. The exhibition seeks to promote greater awareness of
Kyrgyzstan in the United Kingdom. There is little familiarity with
Central Asia in the West. The image of Borat has dominated mass culture
in the recent years and many people struggle to differentiate between
the Central Asian countries, often referring to them as 'stans'. The
photographs are a product of the research that Dr Babajanian conducted
in Kyrgyzstan in 2007. The research is funded by the Economic and Social
Research Council under the ESRC Non-Governmental Public Action Programme
(NGPA).
London School of Economics
Atrium, Old Building
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
3 December 2007 - 11 January 2008
Open 8 am to 10 pm Monday to Friday
No Admission Charge
Disabled Access
CONF.- Kazakhstan in the Focus of Europe, Al Farabi University, Almaty, Dec. 12
Posted by: Sebastian Schiek <sebastian.schiekweb.de>
Posted: 10 Dec 2007
CONF.- Kazakhstan in the Focus of Europe, Al Farabi University, Almaty, Dec. 12
Kazakhstan in the Focus of Europe
The faculty of International Relations at the Al Farabi University
Almaty invites all interested persons to participate in this
international conference, to be held December 12, 2007, in Almaty,
14.00, Faculty of International Relations, Al Farabi University, Almaty
Aim & Topics:
This international conference aims to explain the dynamic relations
between Kazakhstan and Europe: Which implications will the European
Union's new Central Asia strategy have for this interrelations and which
continuities can be identified? What role plays the EU-troika in
Kazakhstan and Central Asia? Which specific importance has the European
Commission's Delegation in Almaty? In which way can the relations
between Kazakhstan on the one hand and France and Germany on the other
hand be described? Which specific position do this two European states
own in Kazakhstan?
* Welcome Speeches
Z.A. Mansurov, Al-Farabi Universität, Erster Prorektor
Wulf Lapins, Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Regional Director
Alessandri Liamine, European Commission's Delegation to Central Asia,
Political Advisor Politischer Berater
* Presentations
Jens Beikuefner, Political Advisor of the EU Special Representative for
Central Asia (EU interest in Central Asia)
Prof. Dr. Eckart Stratenschulte, Director of the European Academy Berlin
(The EU Strategy for Central Asia. View from Germany)
Prof. Yves Jeanclos, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg (The EU
Strategy for Central Asia. View from France)
Prof. Dr. Zh. U. Ibrasche, Al-Farabi University (Central Asia as a
subject of World Politics)
Prof. Dr. M. Sh. Gubaidullina, Al-Farabi University (Dynamics of the
relations between Kazakhstan and the European Union)
Doz. G. A. Movkebaeva, Al-Farabi University (Regional Aspects of
Security in the context of the relations between Kazakhstan and the
European Union)
G.G. Gallinek, Doctoral Candidate, Al-Farabi University (The European
Union and democratic Transformation of Kazakhstan)
Sebastian Schiek, Doctoral Candidate, Hamburg University (Central Asia
in the focus of the European Social Science)
N. Detzik, Student of International Relations, Al Farabi University (The
Diplomacy of the European Union)
For further information please feel free to contact
Faculty of International Relations,
Dean Prof. Dr. Bajzakova, Prof. Dr. Gubaidullina
Phone: +7 727 247 09 69
E-mail: maragumail.ru
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