Central-Eurasia-L Announcement Archive
3. Publications
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PUBLICATION- Post-Soviet Int'l Politics in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Posted by: Rafis Abazov <polra99 hotmail.com>
Posted: 30 Jul 1999
PUBLICATION- Post-Soviet Int'l Politics in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
The Formation of Post-Soviet International Politics in Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. By Rafis Abazov (The University of Washington,
the Donald W. Treadgold Papers in Russian, East European, and Central Asian
Studies, 1999), 100 Pp. (US$ 6.50)
This book analyses the development of foreign policy in three Central Asian
Republics after independence and the perception of security issues by the
local policy making elite. It has a quite substantial section on
Kazakhstan, which might be useful for all scholars conducting a research on
internal and external policies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Order must be pre-paid. International orders please add 1 US per issue
shipping and handling. Make checks payable in US$ to the University of
Washington. Send orders to the attention of the Managing editor at:
The Donald W. Treadgold Papers
HMJ School of international studies
REECAS, box 353650
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3650
E-mail: treadgldu.washington.edu
PUBLICATION- Civil Society in Central Asia
Posted by: Center for Civil Society International <ccsiu.washington.edu>
Posted: 26 Jul 1999
PUBLICATION- Civil Society in Central Asia
CCSI announces the immediate availability of "Civil Society in Central
Asia"--a pathbreaking collection of essays by scholars and activists that
looks at the social and institutional developments which are shaping this
important region's future. This timely book matches contributions by leading
specialists such as S. Frederick Starr, Olivier Roy, Aziz Niyazi, Scott
Horton, Alla Kazakina, Abdumannob Polat, and Reuel Hanks with the insights
of individuals who have been working on the ground in the struggle for civil
society in Central Asia itself--representatives of organizations such as
Counterpart, Internews, and the Kazakstan International Bureau for Human
Rights.
Topics addressed include the legal framework for independent associational
activity, grassroots movements for environmental protection, the resurgence
of Islam and the viability of the Soviet-era collective farms. A 75-page
appendix provides a guide to many of the most significant projects being
carried out by local and international NGOs in the region. (See below for
the book's table of contents.)
Editors of "Civil Society in Central Asia" are M. Holt Ruffin, executive
director of Center for Civil Society International (CCSI), and Daniel C.
Waugh, associate professor of history and international studies, University
of Washington. A majority of the essays in the book are based upon
presentations originally made at a two-day conference on the same theme
hosted in late spring 1998 by the Central Asia--Caucasus Institute at the
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC.
"Civil Society in Central Asia" is 331 pages in length and sells for $19.95
+ $4 shipping and handling for domestic orders. (For international orders,
contact CCSI for shipping rates.) The book is a co-publication of Center for
Civil Society International; the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; and the
University of Washington Press. ISBN: 0-295-97795-7.
Order now from CCSI.
CCSI requests pre-payment for first-time, non-institutional orders.
Individuals may order by sending a check to the address below or with a
credit card. To order by credit card, please fax us the card number,
expiration date, name, telephone, and address of the card holder, and
signature, to 206 523-1974. Or call us at 206 523-4755 between 9:00 am and
6:00 pm Pacific time.
We ship all orders with an invoice. Please provide a purchase order number
if you have one.
Orders may also be placed through your local bookstore or the University of
Washington Press. The toll-free voice number for the UW Press is (800)
441-4115 and the toll-free fax number is (800) 669-7993.
For further information, visit: www.friends-partners.org/~ccsi/
Civil Society in Central Asia
Table of Contents
Introduction
M. Holt Ruffin
Civil Society in Central Asia
S. Frederick Starr
The Legal Regulation of NGOs: Central Asia at a Crossroads
Scott Horton and Alla Kazakina
Freedom of Association and the Question of Its Realization in Kazakhstan
Evgeny A. Zhovtis
Government and Nonprofit Sector Relations in the Kyrgyz Republic
Erkinbek Kasybekov
Environmental NGOs and the Development of Civil Society in Central Asia
Kate Watters
Kolkhoz and Civil Society in the Independent States of Central Asia
Olivier Roy
Prospects for Development of an Independent Media in Kazakhstan
Oleg Katsiev
Can Uzbekistan Build Democracy and Civil Society?
Abdumannob Polat
Civil Society and Identity in Uzbekistan: The Emergent Role of Islam
Reuel Hanks
Islam and Tajikistan's Human and Ecological Crisis
Aziz Niyazi
Women's NGOs in Central Asia's Evolving Societies
Ula Ikramova and Kathryn McConnell
The Real Work: Sustaining NGO Growth in Central Asia
Jay Cooper
Organizations
Online Resources
Center for Civil Society International
2929 NE Blakeley Street
Seattle, WA 98105 USA
Tel: (206) 523-4755
Fax: (206) 523-1974
Email: ccsiu.washington.edu
CCSI online: http://www.friends-partners.org/~ccsi/
CCSI's electronic mailing list: civilsocsolar.cini.utk.edu
PUBLICATION- Anara Tabyshalieva, Challenge of Regional Coop. - Ferghana Valley
Posted by: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 26 Jul 1999
PUBLICATION- Anara Tabyshalieva, Challenge of Regional Coop. - Ferghana Valley
U.S. Institute of Peace has just published a new study by Anara Tabyshalieva:
Anara TABYSHALIEVA
"The challenge of regional cooperation in Central Asia: Preventing ethnic
conflict in the Ferghana Valley." Washington, DC: United States Institute of
Peace. June 1999. 48 pp.
The USIP may be contacted at:
E-mail: usip_requestsusip.org
Web: www.usip.org
Tel.: +1 (202) 457-1700
Fax: +1 (202) 429-6063
PUBLICATION- ANOR Series on Central Asia (Updated Announcement)
Posted by: Prof. Dr. Paul <PAULmluoaks2.orientphil.uni-halle.de>
Posted: 26 Jul 1999
PUBLICATION- ANOR Series on Central Asia (Updated Announcement)
This announcement is a repetition of a message sent June 8, 1999. Due to
technical problems, the indicated e-mail address was disconnected.
New address below.
ANOR
ANOR is a series devoted to publishing scholarly papers of variable size
(from 50 to about 100 pages) on the history and culture of Muslim Central
Asia. The papers deal with various topics related to this region: history,
literature, anthropology and so forth. ANOR accepts papers written in
English and German.
All correspondence related to the SCIENTIFIC side of ANOR, including
submission of manuscripts, shoud be addressed to:
Prof. Juergen Paul: paulorientphil.uni-halle.de
Prof. Ingeborg Baldauf: ingeborg=baldaufrz.hu-berlin.de
SECOND ISSUE PUBLISHED
The second issue of ANOR is out now:
Yelizaveta Nekrasova (Bukhara): Die Basare Bucharas vom 16. bis zum fruehen
20.
Jahrhundert: das Antlitz einer Handelsstadt im Wandel.
Berlin & Halle 1999. 57 pages, city maps, architectural croquis,
illustrations. DEM 16,80 (about 9 USD). ISBN 3-86093-210-1.
ABSTRACT
This study is devoted to the history of the bazaars and various buildings
serving commercial purposes in the city of Bukhara. The author is a noted
specialist in city archeology and architectural history. She has used a
vast array of written and archeological sources to outline the history of
the Bukharan bazaars from the 8th down to the early 20th century. Above all
the 16th century was characterized by lively building activities brought
about by a boom in regional and long-distance trade. It was only in the
19th century that the bazaars underwent a fundamental change due to the
region's increasing integration into the Russian orbit.
The study localizes the bazaars in the various parts of the city, determines
their economic specialization and their architectural make-up. The author
states that around the bazaars, cultural and social centers developed,
catering for the social, cultural and economic needs of the traders.
Historical city maps, the plan of a bazaar street and other illustrations
form an essential part of the publication.
ORDERS
Orders should be placed with:
DAS ARABISCHE BUCH, Horstweg 2, D-14059 Berlin
or:
infodas-arabische-buch.com
Juergen Paul
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS- Ganymedia Documentary Film and Anthology on Central
Asia
Posted by: Paul Lee <ganymediinterlog.com>
Posted: 21 Jul 1999
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS- Ganymedia Documentary Film and Anthology on Central Asia
Papers and/or personal testimonies about the lives and experience of lesbian
and gay people in Central Asia are sought for a documentary film and a
companion anthology publication to the film. Topics may range from personal
to cultural to political to activist to human rights violations (but no
pornography please). Submissions are especially encouraged from those
presently living in Central Asia.
Interested parties please forward submissions to:
Ganymedia
P.O.Box 261, Station P
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2S8
e-mail: ganymediinterlog.com
PUBLICATION- Clouds over Tianshan: Social Disturbance in Xinjiang in the 1940s
Posted by: Gerald Jackson <geraldnias.ku.dk>
Posted: 20 Jul 1999
PUBLICATION- Clouds over Tianshan: Social Disturbance in Xinjiang in the 1940s
Clouds over Tianshan
Essays on Social Disturbance in Xinjiang in the 1940s
David D. Wang
NIAS, 1999, 128 pp.
pbk * 87-87062-62-3 * £15.99 US$19.95 A$38.00
The 1940s saw the outbreak of the so-called Yili rebellion, which in time
led to the collapse of Chinese state authority over a wide area of Xinjiang
in the chaotic years of the later 1940s. Much of the story of this rebellion
has been recounted before but what is especially interesting in this study
is Wang's demonstration that the rebellion was not an internal Chinese
matter; rather it was very much an international affair. Here he looks not
just at the ethnic and religious dimensions, which of course had many
international ramifications. But what is not generally recognised is that,
politically, there were three external actors in the affair: the KMT
government, the Chinese communists and (especially) the Soviets. The
dynamics between these three actors, as World War II came to an end and the
Chinese civil war gathered pace, had a major impact on the course of events
in Xinjiang between 1944 and 1949. Judging by the scanty details of Uighur
unrest that emerged from Xinjiang in early 1997, it would seem that the
ethnic, religious and political dynamics behind the events of the 1940s are
similar to those behind today's events.
Contents:
Introduction
1. Nationalism or Power Struggle
2. Two Administrations in Xinjiang; Xinjiang Provincial Government 1946-47
Summary
References
Gerald Jackson, Editor in Chief
NIAS Publishing
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Leifsgade 33
2300 Copenhagen S
DENMARK
Tel: (+45) 3254 8844
Fax: (+45) 3296 2530
E-mail: geraldnias.ku.dk
Web (editorial office): http://nias.ku.dk/books/
Web (bookshop): http://nias.ku.dk/NIASbooks.html
PUBLICATION- Dictionary of Turkish Etymology by Hasan Eren
Posted by: Seckin Eren <seckinerensuperonline.com>
Posted: 30 Jun 1999
PUBLICATION- Dictionary of Turkish Etymology by Hasan Eren
TURK DILININ ETIMOLOJIK SOZLUGU
DICTIONARY OF TURKISH ETYMOLOGY
by
Prof. Dr. Hasan EREN
is now published.
512 pages, hardcover,
ISBN 975 - 94577 - 0 -1
Price: USD 59.- (incl. postage and handling)
FOR DETAILS and ordering information please visit
http://members.theglobe.com/seckineren/ed.htm
You can also order by sending an e-mail / fax with:
number of copies ordered, your name, institution, phone and fax numbers,
postal address where you want the dictionary to be sent, your Credit Card
number and validity date
to: seckinerensuperonline.com
fax: 90 - 232 - 464 38 96
You can also fax your name, institution, address, e-mail address, phone and
fax numbers to receive details and ordering information by fax or post:
Seckin Eren
Fax: 90 - 232 464 38 96
E-mail: seckinerensuperonline.com
PUBLICATION- Central Asian Survey, June 1999
Posted by: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 23 Jun 1999
PUBLICATION- Central Asian Survey, June 1999
CENTRAL ASIAN SURVEY, Volume 18, Number 2, June 1999
ISSN 0263-4937
Contents
Every shark east of Suez: great power interests, policies and tactics in
the Transcaspian energy wars
Stephen Blank, p. 149
The devaluation of the concept of autonomy: national minorities in the
former Soviet Union
Svante E. Cornell, p. 185
Policy of economic transition in Kyrgyzstan
Rafis Abazov, p. 197
Quand le saint légitime le politique: le mausolée de Afaq Khwaja
à Kashgar
Thierry Zarcone, p. 225
Tajikistan: the rocky road to peace
R. Grant Smith, p. 243
Book reviews, p. 253
NOTE: Carfax Publishing provides a service of sending out the contents of
its various journals via e-mail, which you may sign up for at the Carfax
Home Page at:
http://www.carfax.co.uk/SARA.htm
If you have questions about this service, contact:
webmastercarfax.co.uk
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor, 1999, No. 3
Posted by: David Nalle <davidn5512aol.com>
Posted: 22 Jun 1999
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor, 1999, No. 3
CENTRAL ASIA MONITOR No. 3, 1999 -- now available
Table of Contents:
* Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang
* Is Kazakhstan Taking Reform Seriously? by Scott Horton
* Political Participation and Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan: Civil Society,
Women, and a Democratic Future, by L.M. Handrahan
* AN EXCHANGE: Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Period: Myths and Realities,
by Eldor T. Aripov
Reply by James Critchlow
* Report from Samarkand: Uzbekistan through the Eyes of Its Youth,
by Jennifer Brick
* Small Arms Proliferation and Social Militarization in Tajikistan,
by Karim Khodjibaev
* BOOKS: The Hundred Thousand Fools of God: Musical Travels in Central Asia
(and Queens, New York), by Theodore Levin. Review by David Burns
* News and Comments
Central Asia Monitor is a subscription-supported, bimonthly magazine, $60
p.a. for individuals, $96 for institutions (add $24 for airmail overseas).
Address: 560 Herrick Rd., Benson, VT 05743. Additional info at
http://www.chalidze.com
PUBLICATION- ANOR Series on History and Culture of Muslim Central Asia
Posted by: Prof Juergen Paul <paulmluoaks2.orientphil.uni-halle.de>
Posted: 8 Jun 1999
PUBLICATION- ANOR Series on History and Culture of Muslim Central Asia
ANOR is a series devoted to publishing scholarly papers of variable
size (from 50 to about 100 pages) on the history and culture of
Muslim Central Asia. The papers deal with various topics related to
this region: history, literature, anthropology and so forth. ANOR
accepts papers written in English and German.
All correspondence related to the SCIENTIFIC side of ANOR, including
submission of manuscripts, should be addressed to:
Prof. Juergen Paul: paulorientphil.uni-halle.de
Prof. Inge Baldauf: ingeborg=baldaufrz.hu-berlin.de
SECOND ISSUE PUBLISHED
The second issue of ANOR is out now:
Yelizaveta Nekrasova (Bukhara): Die Basare Bucharas vom 16. bis zum
fruehen 20. Jahrhundert: das Antlitz einer Handelsstadt im Wandel.
Berlin & Halle 1999. 57 pages, city maps, architectural croquis,
illustrations. DEM 16,80 (about 9 USD). ISBN 3-86093-210-1.
ABSTRACT
This study is devoted to the history of the bazaars and various
buildings serving commercial purposes in the city of Bukhara. The
author is a noted specialist in city archeology and architectural
history. She has used a vast array of written and archeological
sources to outline the history of the Bukharan bazaars from the 8th
down to the early 20th century. Above all the 16th century was
characterized by lively building activities brought about by a boom
in regional and long-distance trade. It was only in the 19th century
that the bazaars underwent a fundamental change due to the region's
increasing integration into the Russian orbit.
The study localizes the bazaars in the various parts of the city,
determines their economic specialization and their architectural
make-up. The author states that around the bazaars, cultural and
social centers developed, catering for the social, cultural and
economic needs of the traders.
Historical city maps, the plan of a bazaar street and other
illustrations form an essential part of the publication.
ORDERS
Orders should be placed with
DAS ARABISCHE BUCH, Horstweg 2, D-14059 Berlin or:
infomail.das-arabische-buch.de
Juergen Paul
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor, Issue No. 2, 1999
Posted by: DavidN5512aol.com
Posted: 22 Apr 1999
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor, Issue No. 2, 1999
The MONITOR is a non-profit, bimonthly magazine supported by subscriptions
at the rate of $60 for individuals, $96 for institutions (six issues). New
address: 560 Herrick Road, Benson, VT 05743. More information and selected
articles at http://www.chalidze.com
Central Asia Monitor, Issue No. 2, 1999 -- now available
Table of Contents
* A Voice of America editorial on Uzbekistan
* Islam as a Political Force in Central Asia: The Iranian Influence, by Ali
A. Jalali
* Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan, by Birgit Brauer and Beate Eschment
* The Taliban, Iran and Central Asia: A View from Peshawar, by Ijaz Khan
* BOOKS: The Mummies of Urumchi, by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. Review by
James A. Millward
* Five Bombs Explode in Tashkent
* Searching for the Motives Behind the Recent Blasts in Tashkent, by Najam
Abbas
* An Appeal by ERK Party
* U.S. Policy Toward Central Asia, testimony by Stephen Sestanovich
* Turkmenistan: Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998
* The Roots of Russian-Iranian Rapprochement By Paul Goble
* News and Comments
PUBLICATION- "Caucasian Battlefields," to be reprinted
Posted by: Richard S. Gardner <batterybksearthlink.net>
Posted: 19 Apr 1999
PUBLICATION- "Caucasian Battlefields," to be reprinted
"CAUCASIAN BATTLEFIELDS"
TO BE REPRINTED
The Battery Press is pleased to announce a special limited edition
reprint of "Caucasian Battlefields; A History of the Wars on the
Turco-Caucasian Border 1828-1921." Originally published by Cambridge
University Press in 1953 under the authorship of William Allen and Paul
Muratoff, Caucasian Battlefields is considered the most comprehensive
and important study of military operations between Russia and Turkey in
the 19th and early 20th century available in English. It begins with
the Russian conquest of Caucasia and the Russo Turkish campaign of
1828-1829. This is followed by events in the Caucasian theater during
the Crimean War, 1853-1856 and the Russo Turkish War of 1877-1878. The
majority of the book covers the little known but important battles of
WWI. There are chapters on Enver's offensive in December 1914, the
battle of Malazgirt in 1915, the battles of Koprukoy and Erzurum in
1916, and the Caucasian Front in the last two years of the war. The
book ends with an epilogue on the Government of South-West Caucasia and
the Dagistan Revolt. It has 636 pages, 39 maps, and 8 plates. Of
particular importance to scholars is the bibliographic and supplementary
notes provided by the authors at the end of the book. The ISBN for this
title is 0-89839-296-9. It is the ninth release in the Battery Press
European War Series.
The Battery Press reprint will retail for US$74.95 upon its release on 15
July 1999. There is a shipping charge of $3.00 for orders within the
U.S. and $5.00 for orders outside of the U.S. Interested purchasers can
enjoy a prepublication discount price of $59.95 plus shipping ($3 for
the U.S. and $5 for overseas orders) if we receive a prepaid order prior
to 1 July 1999. To order send a U.S. dollar check or money order to The
Battery Press, P.O. Box 198885, Nashville, TN USA 37219. You can also
send credit card information (name as it appears on the card, card
number, expiration date, shipping address) by mail, E-mail
(batterybksaol.com) or fax 615-298-1401. No check or charge order will
be processed until the book is ready for mailing. U.S. libraries will
be billed on account (at full retail price unless prepaid) but overseas
libraries must prepay.
LECTURE/BOOK- The Alluring Target: In Search of the Secrets of Central Asia
Posted by: IREX <irexirex.org>
Posted: 19 Apr 1999
LECTURE/BOOK- The Alluring Target: In Search of the Secrets of Central Asia
The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) invites you to a
slide-illustrated lecture on the explorers of Central Asia at the dawn of
the modern age.
Come hear author Ken Wimmel describe the real life adventures of 11
turn-of-the-century explorers of Central Asia, including Roy Chapman
Andrews, Alexandra David-Neel, Sir Francis Younghusband, and Sir Aurel
Stein. Learn about tales of daring expeditions on camel and yak; shoot-outs
with bandits as paleontologists race across the Mongolian steppes; lost
cities beneath desert dunes; and priceless art treasures and manuscripts
along the Silk Road as Wimmel introduces his book, The Alluring Target. In
his slide-illustrated lecture, Wimmel will describe the adventures of
selected figures as well as the historic significance of their discoveries.
Book sales and book signing will follow the author's lecture.
Ken Wimmel, Author
The Alluring Target: In Search of the Secrets of Central Asia
Trackless Sands Press, July 1996
When?
Thursday, April 22, 1999
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Where?
International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
1616 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
First Floor Conference Room
Please RSVP
RSVP Phone: (202) 942-2174, Fax: (202)-637-9684, E-mail: mkivlehanirex.org
Please include your name, title, institution, the number of people
attending, and your contact information.
Free and open to the public.
PUBLICATION- "The Cyber-Caravan" - Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Posted by: John Daly <jcdalyjhu.edu>
Posted: 25 Mar 1999
PUBLICATION- "The Cyber-Caravan" - Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of Johns Hopkins in January began a new
biweekly publication, "The Cyber-Caravan," devoted to news and analysis of the
Caucasus and Central Asia. The journal is written by experts in the field.
Paid subscribers receive the journal in both printed and electronic
e-mail versions. The e-mail only version is free, while back issues of the
journal are housed on the Institute's website at:
http://www.sais-jhu.edu/casa/cybercaravan/index.htm
To be added to our free e-mailing list, send your name and e-mail address to:
jcdalyjhu.edu.
PUBLICATION- Catalogs of Tashkent Manuscripts
Posted by: paulorientphil.uni-halle.de
Posted: 25 Mar 1999
PUBLICATION- Catalogs of Tashkent Manuscripts
CATALOGS OF TASHKENT MANUSCRIPTS BY SUBJECT MATTER
We are happy to announce the publication of the following catalogs of
Tashkent manuscripts arranged by subject matter:
NATURAL SCIENCES
Sobranie vostochnyx rukopisei Akademii Nauk Respubliki Uzbekistan. Tochnye i
estestvennye nauki. Tashkent (Fan) 1998. 248 p. Sostavitel': A.B. Vil'danova.
This catalog contains descriptions of 782 manuscripts, most of which are
included in the 11 volumes of SVR, but those descriptions have been revised
and enlarged. Subjects are: Mathematics, Astronomy and astrology, geography,
and encyclopedias. Medicine is not included.
HISTORY
Sobranie vostochnyx rukopisei Akademii Nauk Respubliki Uzbekistan. Istoriia.
Tashkent (Fan) 1998. 535 p. Sostaviteli: D. Yusupova, R. Jalilova. This
catalog
contains descriptions of 1013 manuscripts, and here also, most of them are
included in the 11 volumes of SVR. Descriptions are in Russian throughout,
manuscripts in Arabic, Persian and Turki.
Both volumes were prepared beginning in the early 80s and down to the early
90s according to the rules set down for cataloging oriental manuscripts by
subject matter; this principle was retained as early as 1977 by the Oriental
Institute and the Academy of Sciences in Tashkent. But the finished volumes
could not be published due to lack of funds. Funding was now available
through
a project sponsored by the German Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ);
partners in this project are the Oriental Institute in Tashkent and
Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg (Germany).
ORDERING
The published volumes are not available commercially. They can be ordered
through the project. Send a letter to:
Prof. Juergen Paul,
Institut fuer Orientalistik,
Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle,
D-06099 Halle,
fax: +49-345-55 27123
e-mail: paulorientphil.uni-halle.de
The price for both volumes (together only) is EUR 80 or USD 90,
shipment included.
Thank you for your attention.
Prof. J. Paul
PUBLICATION- Kazakstan Geopolitics: Between the Past and the Future
Posted by: J. K. Fu <professor-fuitte.kz>
Posted: 13 Mar 99 03:51:06 -0500
PUBLICATION- Kazakstan Geopolitics: Between the Past and the Future
The book, entitled "Kazakstan Geopolitics: Between the Past and the
Future," is published by the Zhety-Zhargy Publisher, Almaty, Feb. 1999
pp., in Russian, hard cover. The author is Dan J. k. Fu, Ph.D. in
Geography, Maxwell School, Syracuse University; Professor, Al-Farabi Kazakh
State National University, Academician, IHEAS. The book provides brief and
analytical information on
Kazakstan geopolitics from ancient era through the present, covering
politics, economics, ideology, social changes, geographical location and
space,and other related fields, including nine chapters and 85 valuable
maps and tables, as well as a thorough subject Chronology, Bibliography,
and Index.
For details, please contact Larissa:
Tel./Fax: +7 (3272) 44-18-09
E-mail: Professor-Fuitte.kz
PUBLICATION- Transcaucasus Media Bulletin
Posted by: Central Asia Forum <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 11 Mar 1999
PUBLICATION- Transcaucasus Media Bulletin
The publication Transcaucasus Media Bulletin is available either in print or
electronic version. It is published in English and Russian. If you are
interested in receiving an electronic version (Acrobat PDF) version), please
notify the responsible Editor:
Vicken Chetarian
Caucasus Media Support Project
15 rue des Voisins
1205 Geneva Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-329 33 37
Fax: +41-22-320 58 73
Email: vickenmail-box.ch
Transcaucasus Media Bulletin retains editors in Georgia, Armenia and
Azerbaijan.
Each issue addresses such topics as:
Foreign Language Media in Georgia
Minorities and their Media in Azerbaijan
State Policy and Minority Media in Armenia
Russian Language and Mass Media in Azerbaijan
The Future of the Russian Language in Armenia
Political Situation in Armenia
Political Situation in Georgia
News From Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
PUBLICATION- Afghan Mosaic, Winter 1999
Posted by: Afghan Mosaic <ebafghanmosaic.com>
Posted: 4 Mar 1999
PUBLICATION- Afghan Mosaic, Winter 1999
The Afghan Mosaic, Autumn 1998/Winter 1999 issue is now available in most
Afghan Markets throughout the US, Canada, and Australia. You may also
request a
home-delivery by sending your subscription to:
The Afghan Mosaic
P. O. Box 21248
Phila, PA 19114
USA
For further information, please write to:
EBafghanmosaic.com
Or visit our website:
http://www.afghanmosaic.com
Annual Subscription Rates:
US Bulk Rate: $20
Int'l Surface Mail (4-6 wks): $25
Int'l Air Mail (5-7 days): $30
CONTENTS
* The Soviet Invasion: A Glance into Our Past
* Diary of War
* Afghan & Afghanistan
* A Kochai Girl
* Sher Shah Suri: The Spirit of Afghans in India
* Tea-Time With Grandma
* Construction and Reconstruction in Herat
* Choob-Khat: An Ancient Credit System
* Pas Maa Cheraa.... (Dari)
* Illam Siasat (Pashto)
DEPARTMENTS
Above And Beyond
Fiction: Nightmare in the Day
Guest Room: The civil war hits home
Poetry Under The Stars: A Conversation with Moulana Saheb
Community Portrait: A Wedding Story
Your Health: PTSD
Afghan Network: Afghans on the Internet
News Clips: 1998 In Retrospect
Spotlight: Unity Through Words
Children's Universe
PUBLICATION- Turcoman Int' Magazine
Posted by: Central Asia Forum <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 26 Feb 1999
PUBLICATION- Turcoman Int' Magazine
For a Symphony of Voices from the Turkish World
The special double issue (nos. 5 & 6) of Turcoman Int' Europe's English
language Turkish magazine, is now available.
Containing 100 pages of news, comment, features and humour from the Turkish
world, Turcoman Int' brings you the fascinating world of the Turkish peoples
from Turkey, Northern Cyprus through to the Central Asian Republics and more..
Art, Literature, Culture, Tourism, History, Political analysis are all covered
by some of the best known Turkish writers.
Turcoman Int' is a subscription only magazine dedicated to presenting
motivating, and inspiring positive images of the Turkish world.
To order your copy or subscribe:
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Turcoman Int' will reach you within the next seven days. We hope you enjoy,
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further develop and improve your magazine.
PUBLICATION- New Edition of Rashid al-Din, Tehran
Posted by: Ilker Evrim Binbash <ebinbasrorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr>
Posted: 23 Feb 1999
PUBLICATION- New Edition of Rashid al-Din, Tehran
Recently, a new critical edition of Rashid al-Din's Jami al-Tevarih
appeared in Iran. The full reference is:
Rashid al-Din, Jami al-Tawarikh. 4 vols. M. Rushan ve M. Musavi (eds.)
Tehran, 1383 H.Sh/1995.
First two volumes are a critical edition of Vol. I of the original
M.S.--i.e., the history of Turco-Mongolian tribes and Chinggis Khan. The
third volume includes notes of the editors and a dictionary for the Turkish
and Mongolian words. The fourth one is an almost exhaustive index volume
and also includes poorly reproduced miniatures of different copies.
[The author of this posting requests information on any published review of
in any language on this publication]
Ilker Evrim Binbash
PUBLICATION- New Series on Central Asia
Posted by: Prof. Dr. Paul <PAULmluoaks2.orientphil.uni-halle.de>
Posted: 27 Jan 1999
PUBLICATION- New Series on Central Asia
ANOR is a new series devoted to publishing scholarly papers of variable
size (from 50 to 100 pages) on the history and culture of Muslim Central
Asia. The papers deal with various topics related to this region: history,
literature, anthropology and so forth. ANOR accepts papers written in
English and German. After a submitted paper has been accepted for
publication by the editors, authors are requested to supply camera ready
copies.
All correspondence related to the SCIENTIFIC side of ANOR, including
submission of manuscripts, should be addressed to Prof. Juergen Paul:
paulorientphil.uni-halle.de Prof. Inge Baldauf:
ingeborg.ldaufrz.hu-berlin.de
FIRST ISSUE PUBLISHED The first issue of ANOR is out now: Juergen Paul:
Doctrine and organization. The Khwajagan/Naqshbandiya in the first
generation after Baha'uddin. Berlin & Halle 1998. 84 pages, DEM 16,80
(about 10 USD). ISBN 3-86093-197-0
This is a case study in the history of Sufi or dervish groups. The period
under study is the first half of the 15th century C.E. which has been
neglected so far. The paper asks whether the communal prctice and doctrine
characterizing a given group must be viewed separately from its
organizational structure, or whether a meaningful link can be established
between these components. In the case under study, the technique and
doctrine of *rabita* can be surmised to have been useful in establishing a
larger and more hierarchized organization.
ORDERS should be placed with DAS ARABISCHE BUCH, Horstweg 2, D-14059 Berlin
or : bestellmail.das-arabische-buch.de
PUBLICATION New Kyrgyz-English Culinary Dictionary
Posted by: Russell Weeks <76050.2216compuserve.com>
Posted: 6 Jan 1999
PUBLICATION- New Kyrgyz-English Culinary Dictionary
The KYRGYZ-ENGLISH CULINARY DICTIONARY contains approximately 1,600 entries
relating to Kyrgyz dishes, international dishes, foods, beverages, utensils
and containers.
The KYRGYZ-ENGLISH CULINARY DICTIONARY has been self-published by the
Kyrgyz studies scholar, English teacher and lexicographer Martha Weeks.
Profits from sales of this dictionary will help pay travel expenses to a
teaching assignment at the Kyrgyz State National University in Bishkek this
month.
The KYRGYZ-ENGLISH CULINARY DICTIONARY has 116 pages (21.6 x 27.9 cm. or 8
1/2" x 11") with clear plastic over a paper cover and a black plastic
spiral binding. The entries are hand printed by the lexicographer in
Kyrgyz with English explanations. The price of the dictionary is US$20.00,
with shipping and handling (surface mail) US$3 for one dictionary to a USA
address (US$1 for each additional dictionary) and US$5 for one dictionary
to an international address (US$2 for each additional dictionary). Please
send checks (drawn on a US bank), money orders or, outside the USA,
International Postal Money Orders payable to Martha E. Weeks.
Address: Ms. Martha E. Weeks
P.O. Box 306
Northampton, MA 01061-0306 USA
PUBLICATION- CAUCASE: Axes Anciens Nouveaux Enjeux
Posted by: IntraPressaol.com
Posted: 5 Jan 1999
PUBLICATION- CAUCASE: Axes Anciens Nouveaux Enjeux
NOUVEAUX MONDES, No. 8, ET E 1998
Centre De Recherches Entreprises Et Societes (CRES), Geneve.
C A U C A S E
Axes Anciens Nouveaux Enjeux
Sous la direction de Frederique Longuet-Marx
Sommaire
Editorial, Frederique Longuet-Marx et Anne Coldefy-Faucard
1er partie: BILAN
Un Heritage Paradoxal: La Fabrication Des Entites Nationales Territoriales
Au Caucase, Jean RADVANYI
Caucase: La Fin De l'Empire Russe? Jean RADVANYI
2e partie: LES GRANDS AXES
La Transcaucasie Postcommuniste, Problemes et Perspectives, Alexandre
ISKANDARIAN, Karine GUEVORGUIAN
La Turquie Face A La Transcaucasie, Retrouvailles, Ouvertures et Frictions,
Semih VANER
La Question Du Haut-Karabagh, historique, Claire MOURADIAN
Le Conflit Du Haut-Karabagh Provoque Des Changements Majeurs en Armenie,
Hratch TCHILINGIRIAN
Les Enjeux Petroliers Au Caucase, Alain GIROUX
La Politique Semi-Officielle De La Turquie Dans Le Caucase Du Nord,
Frederique LONGUET-MARX
3e partie: PERSPECTIVES
Le Caucase Du Nord Apres La "Guerre De Tchetchenie", Alexis KOUDRIAVTSEV
Le Caucase Du Nord: Problemes et Politique, Valeri TICHKOV
Nouvelle Pensee Strategique et Politique, general Vladimir SEMIONOV
Le Retour De L'Imam? Frederique LONGUET-MARX
Quel Avenir Pour L'Agriculture en Georgie? Pierre THOREZ
Armenie, Azerbaidjan, Georgie: Le Caucase en Pleine Mutation Economique,
Dominique PIANELLI
Cartes
Bibliographie
PUBLICATION- Caucasian Regional Studies, Vol. 3, 1998
Posted by: Bruno Coppieters <Bruno.Coppietersvub.ac.be>
Posted: 5 Jan 1999
PUBLICATION- Caucasian Regional Studies, Vol. 3, 1998
The latest issues of Caucasian Regional Studies have been published on WWW
on the following site
http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/
Caucasian Regional Studies is published in English and Russian
Vol. 3, No 1, 1998 has the following contents:
- Michael P. Croissant and Cynthia M. Croissant, The Caspian Sea Status
Dispute: Azerbaijani Perspectives
- Vitaly Naumkin, Russia and Transcaucasia
- Revaz Gachechiladze. Building the New Georgia: Development Factors -
Pluses and Minuses.
- Fereydoun Safizadeh, On Dilemmas of Identity in the Post-Soviet Republic
of Azerbaijan
- Voitsekh Guretski, The Javakheti Question
Vol. 3, No 2 & 3, 1998 has the following contents:
1) Bruno Coppieters, Introduction
2) Ghia Nodia, The Conflict in Abkhazia: National Projects and Political
Circumstances
3) Viacheslav A. Chirikba, The Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict: In Search of
Ways Out
4) Revaz Gachechiladze, Geographical Background to a Settlement for the
Conflict in Abkhazia
5) Yurii Anchabadze, Georgia and Abkhazia: The Hard Road to Agreement
6) George Tarkhan-Mouravi, The Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict in a Regional
Context
7) Stanislav Lakoba, Abkhazia, Georgia and the Caucasus Confederation
8) Bruno Coppieters, Shades of Grey. Intentions, Motives and Moral
Responsibility in the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict.
9) Maarten Theo Jans, Theory and Experiences of Ethnonational Conflict
Regulation: Their Relevance to the Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict
10) Bruno Coppieters, Conclusions
11) Yurii Anchabadze, Conclusions
12) Ghia Nodia, Conclusions
The "paper" version has been published by the Bundesinstitut fuer
Ostwissenschaftliche und Internationale Studien, Kolln.
We have a large number of free copies of the Russian version (in print by
Ves Mir, Moscow) of this double issue of CRS. You can send mailing
addresses of colleagues or libraries in Russia or the CIS to
Bruno.Coppietersvub.ac.be
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor, No.6, 1998
Posted by: David Nalle <DavidN5512aol.com>
Posted: 5 Jan 1999
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor, No.6, 1998
CENTRAL ASIA MONITOR No. 6, 1998 -- available now
Table of Contents
* Diary of a Free Election -- Nazarbayev style
* Russia and the Former Soviet South, by Sherman Garnett
* The Jews of Uzbekistan, by Alanna E. Cooper
* The Failed Revolt In Tajikistan
* Seeking Peace in Tajikistan: Who Is the Odd Man Out? by Kirill Nourzhanov
* BOOKS: La Nouvelle Asie Centrale ou la fabrication des nations,
by Olivier Roy. Review by Edward H. Thomas
* Ecology of the Caspian Sea
* Kyrgyzstan: Unsung Jewel of the East, by Tim Vickery
* Uzbekistan's Economy Performing Respectably Despite Slow Reforms, by
Michael Wyzan
* News and Comments
CAM is a non-profit, subscription-supported bi-monthly magazine. Editor-in-
Chief, Valery Chalidze. On-line supplement: http://www.chalidze.com/cam.htm
PUBLICATION- Uzbekistan Economic Review
Posted by: Bakhodur Eshonov <Bakhodurcer.uz>
Posted: 22 Dec 1998
PUBLICATION- Uzbekistan Economic Review
"UZBEKISTAN ECONOMIC REVIEW" a quarterly publication of the Center on
Economic Research
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
tel (7-3712)67-06-05
fax (7-3712) 67-05-64
e-mail bakhodurcer.uz
THIRD ISSUE [Most recent]
Enterprises in Transition Economies
1. Analysis of Some Privatization Issues in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
2. Economic Problems of Enterprises at the Initial Stage of Economic Reforms.
3. Approaches to the formation of a tax incentive system.
4. Support Mechanisms for Small Enterprises in Transition Economies (end).
Foreign Economic Sector
1. Foreign Trade Policy for the Primary Product Dependent Transition
2. Direct Foreign Investments and Welfare in the Transforming Economies:
The Case of Central Asia.
3. Foreign Investments in the Economy of Uzbekistan.
Economic Modeling
1. Sustainable Economic Growth in Uzbekistan: Objectives, Problems,
2. Statistical Study of Inflationary Processes in Uzbekistan (1995-1997)
3. Review of Economic Models in Transition Economies.
Global Economy
1. Globalization: Blessing or Threat?
Reviews and Annotations
Statistical Indices
PUBLICATION- Uzbekistan Economic Review
Posted by: Bakhodur Eshonov <Bakhodurcer.uz>
Posted: 22 Dec 1998
PUBLICATION- Uzbekistan Economic Review
"UZBEKISTAN ECONOMIC REVIEW" a quarterly publication of the Center on
Economic Research
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
tel (7-3712)67-06-05
fax (7-3712) 67-05-64
e-mail bakhodurcer.uz
THIRD ISSUE [Most recent]
Enterprises in Transition Economies
1. Analysis of Some Privatization Issues in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
2. Economic Problems of Enterprises at the Initial Stage of Economic Reforms.
3. Approaches to the formation of a tax incentive system.
4. Support Mechanisms for Small Enterprises in Transition Economies (end).
Foreign Economic Sector
1. Foreign Trade Policy for the Primary Product Dependent Transition
2. Direct Foreign Investments and Welfare in the Transforming Economies:
The Case of Central Asia.
3. Foreign Investments in the Economy of Uzbekistan.
Economic Modeling
1. Sustainable Economic Growth in Uzbekistan: Objectives, Problems,
2. Statistical Study of Inflationary Processes in Uzbekistan (1995-1997)
3. Review of Economic Models in Transition Economies.
Global Economy
1. Globalization: Blessing or Threat?
Reviews and Annotations
Statistical Indices
PUBLICATION- Jadidism in Central Asia, Adeeb Khalid
Posted by: Adeeb Khalid and Cheryl Duncan <khalid.duncancwix.com>
Posted: 22 Dec 1998
PUBLICATION- Jadidism in Central Asia, Adeeb Khalid
Adeeb Khalid, The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform: Jadidism in Central
Asia (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies, 27). University of
California Press, 1998.
Adeeb Khalid offers the first extended examination of cultural debates in
Central Asia during Russian rule. With the Russian conquest in the 1860s
and 1870s the region came into contact with modernity. The Jadids,
influential Muslim intellectuals, sought to safeguard the indigenous
Islamic culture by adapting it to the modern state. Through education,
literacy, use of the press and by maintaining close ties with Islamic
intellectuals from the Ottoman empire to India, the Jadids established a
place for their traditions not only within the changing culture of their
own land but also within the larger modern Islamic world.
Khalid uses previously untapped literary sources from Uzbek and Tajik as
well as archival materials from Uzbekistan, Russia, Britain, and France to
explore Russia's role as a colonial power and the politics of Islamic
reform movements. He shows how Jadid efforts paralleled developments
elsewhere in the world and at the same time provides a social history of
the Jadid movement. By including a comparative study of Muslim societies,
examining indigenous intellectual life under colonialism, and investigating
how knowledge was disseminated in the early modern period, The Politics of
Muslim Cultural Reform does much to remedy the dearth of scholarship on
this important period. Interest in Central Asia is growing as a result of
the breakup of the former Soviet Union, and Khalid's book will make an
important contribution to current debates over political and cultural
autonomy in the region.
Adeeb Khalid is Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College.
335 pages 1 black-and-white photo, 2 maps.
ISBN (cloth): 0-520-21355-6: $55.00
ISBN (paper): 0-520-21356-4: $22.00
Available in bookstores or from www.ucpress.edu
PUBLICATION- Vostochnoe istoricheskoe istochnikovedenie
Posted by: Juergen Paul <PAULmluoaks2.orientphil.uni-halle.de>
Posted: 17 Dec 1998
PUBLICATION- Vostochnoe istoricheskoe istochnikovedenie
Available now
"Vostochnoe istoricheskoe istochnikovedenie i spetsial'nye istorichekie
distsipliny"
This important scientific series covers problems of historical sources and
their evolution, written sources as well as coins. It is edited by Yelena
Abramovna Davidovich, Moscow, and not available commercially in the West.
Contributions are written in Russian with abstracts in English. Yelena
Abramovna has asked me to help her in distributing the following issues:
VOLUME 4, Moscow 1995
Contains contributions by G.F. Girs, K.B. Demidov, T.A. Denisova, Ye. A.
Davidovich, G.I. Dzhaparidze, B.N. Nastich, B.D. Kochnev 279 pages.
VOLUME 5, Moscow 1997
Contains contributions by Ye. A. Davidovich (2), T.A. Denisova, G.I.
Dzhaparidze (2), D. Mikul'skii, B.N. Nastich with I.M. Nastich, E.Yu.
Goncharov, S.D. Loginov with A.B. Nikitin, P.N. Petrov with K.D. Smychkov,
B.D. Kochnev. 318 pages.
The price is 16 USD per volume plus postage (Europe 3 USD, all other
countries 4 USD). Surface mail. This is a non-profit price.
Please contact Juergen Paul at
paulorientphil.uni-halle.de
Thank you for your attention.
PUBLICATION- New Article from Dushanbe
Posted by: Global 21 Communications <glob21ix.netcom.com>
Posted: 7 Dec 1998
PUBLICATION- New Article from Dushanbe
A new EurasiaNews article from Dushanbe by Najam Abbas on Discontent within
the CIS organization is available on the ERC web site.
http://eurasianews.com/erc/homepage.htm
PUBLICATION- Meskhetian Turks, Forced Migration Project
Posted by: Onur Senarslan <onuru.arizona.edu>
Posted: 4 Dec 1998
PUBLICATION- Meskhetian Turks, Forced Migration Project
FM Alert, Vol II, No. 47
November 25, 1998
FMP PUBLISHES SPECIAL REPORT ON MESKHETIAN TURKS
The Forced Migration Projects (FMP) have published a special report that
examines the complexities surrounding Meskhetian Turk efforts to return to
their traditional homeland in Georgia. Deported by Stalin in 1944,
Meskhetian Turks now find themselves dispersed throughout the countries of
the former Soviet Union. The FMP report, Meskhetian Turks: Solutions and
Human Security, discusses current conditions for this formerly deported
people, as well as the potential obstacles to a well-managed repatriation
to Georgia. The 72-page book, which includes 22 pages of photographs,
concludes with recommendations for the humane management of the Meskhetian
Turk repatriation issue. Several key documents pertaining to return are
attached as appendices, including the Document of The Hague Meeting on
Issues Relating to The Meskhetian Turks. That document, adopted at an
FMP-sponsored meeting of key actors in September, provides a potential
framework for the resolution of repatriation-related issues. Copies of the
special report are available free of charge from the FMP. To obtain the
special report call the FMP at (212) 548-0655 or send a fax request to
(212) 548-4676. Requests can also be sent via e-mail to refugeesorosny.org.
Onur Senarslan
MMP- RA
The University of Arizona
Critical Languages Program
NSEP Project
PUBLICATION- Special EurasiaNews Report from Tajikistan
Posted by: Global 21 Communications <glob21ix.netcom.com>
Posted: 17 Nov 1998
PUBLICATION- Special EurasiaNews Report from Tajikistan
EurasiaNews has published a special report from Tajikistan by Najam Abbas.
The report is entitled: "Tajik fingers pointing North: Rakhmanov's Rare
Display of Resentment over "Uzbek Interference."" It can be accessed
directly from the Eurasia Research Center homepage at:
<http://eurasianews.com/erc/homepage.htm>
or
<http://eurasianews.com/erc/index.htm>
New articles about Central Asia and the Caspian will be appearing regularly
on the ERC web site.
Best Wishes
Alan F. Fogelquist, Ph. D.
EurasiaNews
Eurasia Research Center
PUBLICATION- Sadriddin Aini Memoir
Posted by: John Perry <kkhzmidway.uchicago.edu>
Posted: 10 Nov 1998
PUBLICATION- Sadriddin Aini Memoir
New from Mazda Publishers:
The Sands of Oxus
Boyhood Reminiscences of Sadriddin Aini
Translated from the Tajik Persian with an Introduction by
John R. Perry and Rachel Lehr
Sadriddin Aini (1878-1954) was one of the reformist intellectuals of
Russian-ruled Central Asia (Jadids) who in the early 1920s joined the
Bolsheviks to overthrow the Emirate of Bukhara and propagate the revolution
in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. As the leading Tajik (Persian-speaker) among
predominantly Uzbek (Turkish-speaking) colleagues, he was instrumental in
establishing a distinctive Tajik Persian language and literature, written
first in Latin characters and, from 1940, in Cyrillic. Aini's voluminous
oeuvre (encompassing poetry, fiction, journalism, history and
lexicography), while steering safely close to Stalin's party line, helped
to preserve a Tajik national consciousness that has survived the collapse
of the USSR. Today it is building a post-Soviet identity through closer
links with its Iranian culture and fellow Persian-speakers abroad.
The first volume of Aini's unfinished Reminiscences is a first-person
account both of a traditional Iranian-Islamic society on the eve of a
fateful transition, and of a precocious boy's rites of passage to literary
preeminence. The two autobiographical novellas included here, "The Village
School" and "Ahmad the Exorcist," detail Sadriddin's chaotic schooldays and
his brushes with homemade fireworks, superstition and irrational fear. In
his panorama of rural life in Bukhara of a century ago, his parents and
neighbors dig themselves out of a choking sandstorm, plan and excavate a
new canal, and are decimated by a cholera epidemic. The expected class
lines of Marxism are heretically blurred--noble peasants and artisans are
offset by cruel and greedy tradesmen, oppressive officials by cultured and
generous aristocrats. Lenin is never mentioned, but the Persian poet Sa`di
is invoked at several junctures. Aini's mood ranges from humor through
satire to pathos, and his critical and didactic ends are served more often
in the narrative itself than in overt sermonizing.
An extensive introduction, notes, glossary and bibliography, as well as,
two maps and 11 plates complete the work.
Specifications:
1998: ix+275pp, plates, maps, notes,
appendix, glossary, bibliography
ISBN:1-56859-078-4 (paper): $24.95
Bibliotheca Iranica: Literature Series No. 6
Subjects:
Autobiography
Central Asian studies
Literature (Persian, Tajik)
Middle Eastern studies
Also of Interest:
Once a Dewdrop: Essays on the Poetry of Parvin E`tesami
Edited by Heshmat Moayyad
ISBN:1-56859-016-4(cloth):$19.95 [Literature Series No. 1]
Suppressed Persian: An Anthology of Forbidden Literature
Paul Sprachman
ISBN:1-56859-034-2(cloth):$29.95 [Literature Series No. 2]
Reading Nasta`liq: Persian and Urdu Hands
From 1500 to the Present
William L. Hanaway and Brian Spooner
ISBN:1-56859-033-4(cloth):$24.95 [Literature Series No. 3]
Conversation with Emperor Jahangir
By "Mutribi" al-Asamm of Samarqand
Translated from the Persian with an Introduction by Richard C. Foltz
ISBN: 1-56859-069-5(cloth):$12.95 [Literature Series No. 4]
Welcoming Fighani: Immitation and Poetic Individulity in the Safavid-Mughal
Ghazal
Paul E. Losensky
ISBN: 1-56859-070-9(cloth): $45.00 [Literature Series No. 5]
John R. Perry
University of Chicago
CMES
5828 S. University Av.
Chicago IL 60637
773 702-7251 FAX -2587
PUBLICATION- "Central Asian Monuments" on ERC Web Site
Posted by: Global 21 Communications <glob21ix.netcom.com>
Posted: 4 Nov 1998
PUBLICATION- "Central Asian Monuments" on ERC Web Site
An electronic version of the work Central Asian Monuments edited by H. B.
Paksoy is now available as part of the ERC's Turko-Iranian monographs and
paper series on the Eurasia Research Center web site. Specialists in
history, culture, and modern problems of the Turko-Iranian world are
welcome to submit contributions to what we hope will become an ongoing
series of electronic publications dedicated to the study of Central Asia,
Iran, the Caspian region, and Caucasus.
<http://eurasianews.com/erc/homepage.htm>
.htm>
Alan Fogelquist, Ph. D.
Eurasia Research Center
C E N T R A L
A S I A N
M O N U M E N T S
Edited by H. B. Paksoy
Table of Contents:
H. B. Paksoy "Ibadinov's Kuyas Ham Alav"
Peter B. Golden (Rutgers) "Codex Comanicus"
Richard Frye (Harvard) "Narshaki's The History of Bukhara"
Robert Dankoff (Chicago) "Adab Literature"
Uli Schamiloglu (Wisconsin-Madison) "Umdet ul Ahbar"
Kevin Krisciunas (Joint Astronomy Centre) "Ulug Beg's Zij"
Audrey Altstadt (UMass-Amherst) "Bakikhanli's Nasihatlar"
Edward J. Lazzerini (New Orleans) "Gaspirali's Tercuman"
David S. Thomas (Rhode Island) "Akcura's Uc Tarz-i Siyaset"
ISBN: 975-428-033-9
Library of Congress Card Catalog: DS329.4 .C46 1992
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PUBLICATION- C.A. MONITOR No. 5, 1998
Posted by: David Nalle <DavidN5512aol.com>
Posted: 26 Oct 1998
PUBLICATION- C.A. MONITOR No. 5, 1998
Central Asia Monitor No. 5 is now available --
Table of Contents:
* Pakistan's Afghan Policy and Its Fallout, by Ejaz Haider
* Civil Society in the Kyrgyz Republic in Transition, by Zairash Galieva
* The Barskoon Tragedy: Shall We Come to the Wisdom of the Mountains? by
Nurbubu Moldogazieva
* The Investment Environment in Kazakhstan, by Scott Horton
* BOOKS: Oasis Identities: Uyghur Nationalism along China's Silk Road, by Justin
Jon Rudelson. Review by Linda Benson.
* CENTRAL ASIA IN THE 1990s. An Annotated Bibliography. Sixth Supplement,
prepared by Edward A. Allworth
* Uzbekistan: Women Face Health Care Challenges, by Adolat Najimova
* Uzbekistan Turns Believers into Criminals, by Felix Corley
* Map of Iran's Rail Network
* News and Comments
Subscription and other information at RR 2, Box 6880, Fair Haven, VT 05743, or
Fax 802-537-4362, or http://www.chalidze.com/cam.htm
PUBLICATIONS- Russia & Eurasia Programme, Royal Inst. of Int'l Affairs
Posted by: Rachel Jenkins <rjenkinsriia.org>
Posted: 26 Oct 1998
PUBLICATIONS- Russia & Eurasia Programme, Royal Inst. of Int'l Affairs
The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Russia & Eurasia Programme.
New Publications include:
Russia and Iran: a Strategic Partnership?
Galia Golan
Discussion Paper 75, June 1998 (pbk), #7.50
This paper evaluates relations between Russia and Iran in terms of the
two countries' political, economic and security interests, both
regionally and vis-a-vis the West. It gives a detailed examination of
military and nuclear cooperation, and questions the validity of the term
"strategic partnership", which is frequently used to describe the
Russian-Iranian relationship.
The Conflict in Abkhazia: Dilemmas in Russian Peacekeeping Policy
Dov Lynch
Discussion Paper 77, July 1998 (pbk), #7.50
This paper examines the policy dilemmas for the Russian government
created by the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict and uncertain factors in
Russian-Georgian military relations. It also suggests scenarios for
future Russian engagement in the region.
The following papers are also available through:
Brookings Institution Press
Dept. 029, Washington
Washington, D.C. 20042-0029
Phone: 1-800-275-1447
Fax 202-797-6004 Attn: Order Department
The New Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
Edmund Herzig
Chatham House Paper, November 1998, #11.99 (pbk); #27.50 (hbk)
This book assesses the political and economic development of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Georgia since independence, and analyses the trends that
are shaping the region's near to medium-term future. It focuses on the
dynamics of political stability and instability, on the region's
unresolved conflicts and on the prospects for regional cooperation and
sustained economic growth. Special consideration is given to the
interplay of internal and external factors.
Uzbekistan: Politics and Foreign Policy
Annette Bohr
(Central Asian and Caucasian Prospects Paper), July 1998 (pbk) #12.50 or
$12.95
The author analyses political institutions and parties in Uzbekistan and
explores potential areas of instability, including ethnic and religious
tensions, as well as the prolonged conflict in Tajikistan. The paper
also discusses Uzbekistan's principal foreign policy initiatives.
Russia in Central Asia: A New Web of Relations
Lena Jonson
Central Asian and Caucasian Prospects Paper, November 1998 (pbk) #12.50
or $12.95
This paper assesses how far the development of bilateral and regional
cooperation can guarantee Russia a role in the region's future. It
focuses in particular on the compatibilities between the political,
security and economic interests of Russia and the Central Asian states.
The North Caucasus: Russia's Fragile Borderland
Anna Matveeva
Central Asian and Caucasian Prospects Paper, November 1998 (pbk), #12.50
or $12.95
This paper analyses the political and economic development of the ethnic
republics of the North Caucasus in post-Communist Russia and the
prospects for greater stability in the region, including the resolution
of existing conflicts. It assesses the main dilemmas for regional leaders
and their policy responses.
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Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Posted by: Joseph Norment Bell <joseph.bellmsk.uib.no>
Posted: 23 Oct 1998
http://www.uib.no/jais
Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
http://www.uib.no/jais
Thanks to the participation of some new members in our editorial group, the
Journal is now in a position to accept contributions in Italian and French,
as well as German and English. Please consult the home page for updated
information. The 1996-97 volume will close with a further article on the
magnetic compass. Contributions are invited for the 1998-99 volume.
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PUBLICATION- Moya Zakavkazskaya Rossiya
Posted by: Ethel Dunn <edunnwell.com>
Posted: 22 Oct 1998
PUBLICATION- Moya Zakavkazskaya Rossiya
Highgate Road Social Science Research Station is pleased to announce that
S.E. Il'in's Moya Zakavkazskaya Rossiya, which we helped to publish, has
been issued by the Moscow Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the
Russian Academy of Sciences in an edition of 200 copies. We are selling
copies at $15 each, and any library, scholar, or reader interested in
religion as a way of life will want one. The book contains an introduction
by Svetlana Inikova, who, in recent years, has been collecting materials
among Molokans and Dukhobors in the Transcaucasus, where at one time these
two sects were a significant proportion of the Russian population. Moya
Zakavkazskaya Rossiya is a memoir of Molokan villages from 1920 to
approximately the 1980s by a Molokan living in Azerbaidjan. There is also
one short chapter on Dukhobors. There are notes and 14 evocative
illustrations. Please send checks for $15 (postage is included) to Highgate
Road Social Science Research Station, 32 Highgate Road, Berkeley, CA 94707.
PUBLICATION- Mughal India and Central Asia, Richard C. Foltz
Posted by: Richard Foltz <rcf23columbia.edu>
Posted: 22 Oct 1998
PUBLICATION- Mughal India and Central Asia, Richard C. Foltz
***NEW PUBLICATION ON CENTRAL ASIA***
"Mughal India and Central Asia", by Richard C. Foltz
Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1998. xxx+190 pp. $13.
This study explores the Central Asian element in the formation of the
civilization of Mughal India, focusing on the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries. The culture of the Mughal Empire is seen to be a composite of
indigenous and foreign elements, many of which originated, like the Mughals
themselves, in Central Asia. A leitmotif within this discussion is the
nostalgia of the Mughal ruling elite for the Central Asian homeland they
had lost, and the reflection of this nostalgia both in terms of patronage
and actual designs for the re-conquering of the former Timurid lands.
Richard C. Foltz is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Dept.of Religion,
Columbia University
Order from:
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Columbia University
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PUBLICATION- Qamus-al A'lam, Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary
Posted by: Ibrahim OZDEMIR <Ibrahim.Ozdemirdivinity.ankara.edu.tr>
Posted: 18 Oct 1998
PUBLICATION- Qamus-al A'lam, Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary
We have published the facsimile of the world-wide famous Encyclopedic
Dictionary of Semseddin Sami, the famous Turkish (Ottoman) scholar which
was titled Qamus-al A'lam, which was published in the beginnings of 1890s,
with Ottoman Turkish and a whole century passed over the original
publication. It is compressed of six volumes and 4830 pages. ISBN
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Qamus-al A'lam, as it is well-known, contains historical, geographical,
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PUBLICATION- Silk Road (journal)
Posted by: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 25 Sep 1998
PUBLICATION- Silk Road (journal)
A new bi-monthly journal of politics, economics, and culture in the modern
countries along the ancient trade route of Central and Western Asia.
Subscription information:
A one-year subscription is only $22
($43 for foreign air mail delivery)
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Back issues are also available for $8 each (includes airfare)
[NOTE: For a complete list of articles in previous issues, please write to
the address given above.]
ISSUE #5
(June 1998)
Interview with
Hakan Yavuz
Armenia's Presidential Election
by A.W. Samii
Make Afghanistan Part of the
"Silk Road Strategy Act of 1997"
by M. Nazif Shahrani
Interview with Muscat Securities Market VP
Ashraf Nabhan Al-Nabhany
Is the United States Losing
Credibility Among Arabs?
by Edmund Ghareeb
The Fascinating Language Politics of
Central Asia in the 20th Century
by Walt Landry
A Letter from Anatolia
Saul Barodofsky
PUBLICATION- New Dictionary - Azerbaijani-English
Posted by: Azerbaijan International <aiartnet.net>
Posted: 23 Sep 1998
PUBLICATION- New Dictionary - Azerbaijani-English
Azerbaijan International Magazine has just received a new shipment.
For the first time in the linguistic history of Azerbaijan, there is a new
major Azerbaijani-English Dictionary
Compiled by Professor Uruj Musayev, Vice Rector of the Institute of Foreign
Languages in Baku
After 25 years of compiling and editing
Volume is beautiful burgundy red hard bound
648 pages
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Copyright 1998
Official Latin Script of the Azerbaijan Republic
Sponsored by Exxon.
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PUBLICATION- ESCAS: Post-Soviet Central Asia
Posted by: Turaj Atabaki <atabakilet.uu.nl>
Posted: 18 Sep 1998
PUBLICATION- ESCAS: Post-Soviet Central Asia
"POST-SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA"
Edited by Touraj Atabaki, John O'Kane
384 pages, ISBN I 86064 327 2, I.B. Tauris, London, New York.
"Post-Soviet Central Asia" is the proceeding of the Fifth Conference of
the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) held in Copenhagen
in August 1995.
Contents:
Touraj Atabaki, John O'Kane: Introduction
Shirin Akiner: Social and Political Reorganisation in Central Asia:
Transition from Pre-Colonial to Post-Colonial Society
Touraj Atabaki: The Impediments to the Development of Civil Societies in
Central Asia
Vyacheslav Ya. Belokrenitsky: Russia and Former Soviet Central Asia: The
Attitude Towards Regional Integrity
Tatiana Shaumian: Foreign Policy Perspectives of the Central Asian States
Tchangiz Pahlevan: Iran and Central Asia
Gareth M. Winrow: Turkish Policy in Central Asia
Edward Tryjarski: Towards Better Mutual Comprehension among Turkic-Speakers
Tadeusz Swietochowski: The Politics of Oil and the Quest for Stability: The
Caspian Sea
Roberta M. Micallef: Literature and the Nation in Contemporary Uzbekistan
Victoria Koroteyeva and Ekaterina Makarova: The Assertion of Uzbek National
Identity: Nativization or State-Building Process?
Cay Dollerup: Language and Culture in Transition in Uzbekistan
Rainer Freitag-Wirminghaus: Turkmenistan's Place in Central Asia and the
World
Kristian Berg Harpviken: The Hazara of Afghanistan: The Thorny Path Towards
Political Unity, 1978-1992
Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek: Ethnic Identity versus Nationalism: The Uzbeks of
Northeastern Afghanistan and the Afghan State
Ali Attar: Nawruz in Tajikistan: Ritual or Politics?
Gulnar Kendirbaeva: The Early Twentieth-Century Kazakh Intelligentsia: In
Search of National Identity
Kulbhushan Warikoo: Ethnic Religious Resurgence in Xinjiang
Sabira Stalberg: A Central Asian-Chinese Ethnic Melting Pot: The Case of
the Gansu Corridor
Dru C. Gladney: Nations Transgressing Nation-States: Constructing Dungan,
Uygur and Kazakh Identities Across China, Central Asia and Turkey
Liliya Gorelova: Past and Present of a Manchu Tribe: The Sibe
Marina Mongush: The Tuvans in China: Ethnic Identity and Language
Richard Folz: Central Asia in the Minds of the Mughals
Audrey Burton: Russian Slaves in 17th-Century Bukhara
Sergey G. Kljyashtorny: The Royal Clan of the Turks and the Problem of Its
Designation
Susanne Juhl: Burial Sites in Hexi
Contributors
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PUBLICATION- Russia Confronts Chechnya, John Dunlop
Posted by: Joyce Cerwin <cerwinhoover.stanford.edu>
Posted: 10 Sep 1998
PUBLICATION- Russia Confronts Chechnya, John Dunlop
Date: 2 September 1998
From: John B. Dunlop, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Dear Colleagues:
Yesterday, Cambridge University Press published my new 234-page book:
Russia Confronts Chechnya: Roots of a Separatist Conflict. The book's
chapters are:
1. The Chechens' encounter with Russia
2. Soviet genocide
3. The eruption of the "Chechen Revolution"
4. Dudaev in Power, 1992-1994
5. Russia confronts secessionist Chechnya, 1992-1994
Conclusion
CUP's American office is located at: 110 Midland Avenue, Port Chester, NY
10573-4930.
(Tel: 914-937-9600; Fax: 914-937-4712)
With best wishes,
John B. Dunlop
Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution
PUBLICATION- Turkey and Ataturk's Legacy
Posted by: Mehmet Tutuncu <sotaeuronet.nl>
Posted: 10 Sep 1998
PUBLICATION- Turkey and Ataturk's Legacy
#1. New Book:
Turkey and Ataturk's Legacy
Turkey's Political evolution, U.S. Relations and Prospects for the 21st
Century
PAUL B. HENZE
(with a foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski)
Haarlem, SOTA 1998, 186 p.
ISBN: 90-804409-1-4
Price: 24,95 USD + postage and handling
#2. CONTENTS
Note on Turkish Spelling and Pronunciation 4
Foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski 5
Foreword by Mehmet Tutuncu 6
Introduction 8
Acknowledgements 10
I - The Foundations of Modern Turkey 11
II - American Relations with Turkey - The Background 43
III - Turkey in the Western Alliance 57
IV - Crisis in Turkish-American Relations 77
V - The Turkish Republic Under Siege 91
VI - The Ozal Era 107
VII - Turkey in the 1990s A new Time of Troubles 139
VIII - Turkey in the 21st Century Restrospect and Prospects 151
Conclusion 186
#3. Description:
Turkey's Political Evolution, Turkish-US Relations and Prospects for the
21st Century
This book recounts how the Turkish Republic came into being,
primarily as a result of the vision and determination of one of the
most remarkable leaders of the 20th century, Mustafa Kemal
Ataturk. The second chapter goes back into history and traces
the evolution of relations between the United States and the
Ottoman Empire from the earliest period of the American Repu-
blic through World War I, the Ataturk era, and World War II.
Chapter three describes the evolution to multi-party democracy
and Turkey's incorporation into the Western defense system, with
resultant gains, strains, frustrations, economic progress and
advances in democracy into the 1970s. The fourth chapter
describes the course of the crisis in Turkish-American relations
that came to a head in the mid-1970s. The fifth chapter deals
with the difficulties Turkey fell into as its democratic system
became deadlocked while the country became the target of a
massive Soviet-supported destabilization effort. The longest
section of the monograph is devoted to the Ozal Era because
Ozal's impact has been greater and more fundamental than that
of any Turkish leader since Ataturk.
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PUBLICATION- Turkic Congresses in Tsarist Russia
Posted by: SOTA <sotaeuronet.nl>
Posted: 10 Sep 1998
PUBLICATION- Turkic Congresses in Tsarist Russia
Carlik Rusyasinda Turk Kongreleri (1905-1917)
Turkic Congresses in Tsarist Russia (1905-1917)
(in Turkish language)
by Necip HABLEMITOGLU
Ankara 1997, 317 pp. USD 30
Contents:
Chapter 1: General situation of the Russian Turks in the beginning of 20th
century, pp. 1-42
Chapter 2: Political Congresses of Russian Turks and their results,
pp. 43-112
Chapter 3: The Influence of The Russian Turks Congresses on the Anatolian
Turkish Revolution, pp. 113-119
Footnotes: pp. 121-160
Bibliography: 161-170
Photos: pp. 171-210
Documents (original Russian and translation), pp. 211-309
Index: 309-314
Excellent unique reproduction of documents and photos, unique material
about the situation of the Russian Turkish Peoples and their political
struggle at the beginning of 20th century in tsarist Russia and its
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PUBLICATION- New Books on Post-Soviet Eurasia
Posted by: Bruno Coppieters <Bruno.Coppietersvub.ac.be>
Posted: 27 Aug 1998
PUBLICATION- New Books on Post-Soviet Eurasia
[NOTE: For ordering information, please see addresses below.]
COMMONWEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE IN POST-SOVIET EURASIA
Edited by Bruno Coppieters and Alexei Zverev, both at Vrije Universiteit
Brussel and Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center
___________________________________________________________________________
Analyses how the national elites in the independent states have conceived
their regional policies.
Contents: The Georgian Perception of the West (Ghia Nodia); Georgia in
Europe: The Idea of a Periphery in International Relations (Bruno
Coppieters); The "Caucasian Home" and Pan-Turkist Aspirations (Hrant
Avetisian); "Caucasian Home": A View from Azerbaijan (Rafig Aliev); The
Armenian and Azeri Communities in Georgia: On Georgia's Nationalities and
Foreign Policies (Alexander Kukhianidze); Conflict and Co-operation in
Russo-Ukrainian Relations (Arkadi Moshes); Ukrainian Foreign Policy:
Between Russia and the West (Sergei Vlasov); Turning Away from Russia: New
Directions for Central Asia (Alexei Malashenko); Russian and Western
Interests in Preventing, Managing and Settling Conflicts in the Former
Soviet Union (Dmitri Trenin); Conclusions: The Failure of Regionalism in
Eurasia and the Western Ascendancy over Russia's Near Abroad (Bruno
Coppieters).
1998 ISBN 0 7146 4881 7
cloth #37.50/$52.50
232 pages ISBN 0 7146 4480 3
paper #16.50/$24.50
___________________________________________________________________________
CONFLICTING LOYALTIES AND THE STATE IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA AND EURASIA
Edited by Michael Waller, Keele University, Bruno Coppieters, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel and Alexei Malashenko, Institute of Oriental Studies,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
___________________________________________________________________________
An analysis of the conflicting ethnic, religious and regional loyalties
with which the state-building process in the Soviet Union's successor
states, and also in Russia itself, must contend.
Contents: Form and Content in Soviet and Post-Soviet Nationality and
Regional Policies (Bruno Coppieters); Ethnic Conflicts in Ukraine (Natalia
Lakiza-Sachuk); Conflicting Loyalties in the Crimea (Natalia Belitser and
Oleg Bodruk); The Kaliningrad Region of Russia in a New Geographical
Setting (Yuri Zverev); Qualified Sovereignty: The Tatarstan Model for
Resolving Conflicting Loyalties (Alexei Zverev); Tajikstan I: The Regional
Dimension of Conflict (Aziz Niyazi); Tajikstan II: The Regional Conflict in
Confessional and International Context (Said Akhmedov); Russian Nationalism
and Islam (Alexei Malashenko); Soviet Religious Policies in Central Asia,
1918-30 (Mustafo Bazarov); Conclusions: Conflicts of Loyalty in the Soviet
Union and its Successor States (Michael Waller and Alexei Malashenko).
1998, 264 pages
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ON-LINE PUBLICATION- Economic Reform Today (No. 2 1998)
Posted by: CIPE <goldbergcipe.org>
Posted: 27 Aug 1998
ON-LINE PUBLICATION- Economic Reform Today (No. 2 1998)
NEW ERT ISSUE ONLINE: BUSINESS VIEWS ON COMBATING CORRUPTION
Economic Reform Today's latest issue, "Business Views on Combating
Corruption" (No. 2 1998) is now available on the World-Wide Web.
In addition to our regular World-Wide Web HTML format, you can also get an
online version of this issue designed like the printed magazine! This
visually-pleasing version is the Adobe Acrobat "Portable Document Format,"
or PDF.
You can find lists of the new issue's articles at the following locations:
In HTML: <http://www.cipe.org/newert.html>
In magazine format (PDF): <http://www.cipe.org/96pdf>
The Adobe Acrobat files offer the quality of a conventional printed
magazine--just download the file and print! Also, a PDF file contains
photos and graphics not included in the HTML edition of the magazine.
To view or print these files, you'll need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader on
your computer. You can download it free from
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trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
See our synopsis of articles below!
[NOTE: For a complete list of articles, please see information above.]
BUSINESS VIEWS ON COMBATING CORRUPTION
"Combating Corruption in Oil-Rich Azerbaijan"
by CIPE
In HTML: <http://www.cipe.org/e28/azere28.html>
In magazine format (PDF): <http://www.cipe.org/98pdf/E28aze.pdf>
A survey by the Entrepreneurship Development Foundation (EDF) found that
corruption is the main obstacle to business growth in Azerbaijan. A
CIPE-funded non-profit and non-governmental organization in the capital of
Baku, EDF proposes several specific reforms that will reduce corruption,
including institutional reform, upgrading the legislative system, and
public monitoring.
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The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) was established in
1983 as an affiliate of the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC. Its
mission is to promote private enterprise and market-oriented economic
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institutions in emerging democracies, including think tanks, business
associations, educational institutions, and media training programs -- the
building blocks of democratic society. Over 500 projects in more than 70
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PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor No. 4, 1998
Posted by: David Nalle <DavidN5512aol.com>
Posted: 26 Aug 1998
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor No. 4, 1998
CENTRAL ASIA MONITOR - Issue No. 4, 1998 is now available
Table of Contents --
* Guest Editorial: Iran Belongs in the Caspian Picture, by Julia Nanay
* Uzbekistan's Prospects, by James Critchlow
* Central Asia's Access to Open Seas: An Iranian Perspective, by Edward
H. Thomas
* The Transformation of Societal Values in Kyrgyzstan, by Kubat Moldobaev
* The Country of Possibilities (Turkmenistan), by Nikita Barsuk
* President Karimov about drugs
BOOKS:
Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and the Mujahid, by Ralph H. Magnus and
Eden Naby. Review by M. Hassan Kakar
The Tatars of Crimea. Return to the Homeland, Edward Allworth, ed.
Review by Brian Glyn Williams
Central Asia Phrasebook: Languages of the Silk Road, by Justin Jon
Rudelson (review note)
* The Dismal Science Takes On Geography
* Hope and Water in Central Asia: SSRC Workshop Tackles Old and New
Problems, by William T. Davoren
* Narcobusiness in Tajikistan: in the Hands of Women, by Marianna
Aripova
* News and Comments
Subscription and other information at RR 2, Box 6880, Fair Haven, VT 05743, or
Fax 802-537-4362, or www.chalidze.com/cam.htm
PUBLICATION- Russian Economic & Business Atlas, 1998 Edition
Posted by: Russian-American Chamber of Comm.(Washington, DC) <rusricerols.com>
Posted: 14 Aug 1998
PUBLICATION- Russian Economic & Business Atlas, 1998 Edition
New 1998 edition of the Russian Regional Economic and Business Atlas is
published by the Russian Info&Business Center, Inc. USA. The atlas
contains over 100 strategic indicators and other information on all 89
Russian regions.
For additional and ordering information, please contacts RIBC
P.O.Box 15343
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 546-2103
Fax: (202) 546-3275
PUBLICATIONS- Books on Kirghizstan
Posted by: Daniel Prior <dpriorindiana.edu>
Posted: 12 Aug 1998
PUBLICATIONS- Books on Kirghizstan
I have received a shipment of a few copies of _Bishkek handbook: Inside
and out_, and _Manas: The epic vision of Theodor Herzen_. I am now
probably the sole agent for their sale outside the NIS. These publications
are not new, but they met with ready sale in Kirghizstan, and may be of
interest to readers and libraries.
"Handbook" is a general guidebook of Bishkek and environs. "Manas" is an
album of engravings illustrating the Kirghiz epic of Manas by
Theodor Herzen (People's Artist of the Kirghiz Republic), accompanied by
English translations of excerpts from the epics.
_Bishkek handbook: Inside and out_, by Daniel Prior. Bishkek: Literary
Kyrgyzstan, 1994. 142 pp., 20 cm., softcover, maps, illus., index,
bibliography.
_Manas: The epic vision of Theodor Herzen_, edited and with original
translations from the Kirghiz by Daniel Prior. Bishkek: Akcent Information
Agency/Far Flung Press, 1995. 184 pp., 34 cm., softcover, illus.
Please direct inquiries to dpriorindiana.edu or:
Daniel Prior
201 East 16th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
Thank you.
PUBLICATION- Afghan Mosaic - Summer 1998
Posted by: Fareda Ahmadi <st88269edunx1.ocs.drexel.edu>
Posted: 12 Aug 1998
PUBLICATION- Afghan Mosaic - Summer 1998
The Summer issue of the Afghan Mosaic is now out of press.
For a first-time complementary copy send your request along
with your mailing address to:
ebafghanmosaic.com
or
fareshtamail.sas.upenn.edu
The Mosaic is an Independent and non-political magazine that is
published four times a year by the Afghan Student League International
in USA. It is devoted to issues concerning Afghanistan and its people
around the globe.
Send your annual subscription of US$18 to:
The Afghan Mosaic Subscription
P.O. Box 21248
Phila, PA 19114
USA
International subscribers please add US$12 for Airmail
(5-7 days for delivery) or US$7 for Surface mail (4-6 weeks of delivery)
Our premiere issue is now available in parts on our website:
www.afghanmosaic.com
Highlights of this issue are :
* April 27, Afghanistan's darkest Day
* The Science of Earthquakes: A Closer look at Afghanistan's Seismology
* A Game for Warriors
* Afghan Style - An Overview of Afghan Women's Traditional Clothing
* The Legend of Khowja Abdullah Ansari (Pashto)
* Women's Role in the Afghan Society through the ages (Dari)
* Afghanistan's Socio Political Position (Dari)
* Akhtar- Part II
* The Trial
* The Adventure of Amer Gul & Lajward (Pashto)
And much more
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Editorial questions may be address to:
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PUBLICATION- Sufis and Scholars in Tataria and Bashkiria, M. Kemper
Posted by: Anke von Kugelgen <Anke.D.vonKuegelgenrz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Posted: 12 Aug 1998
PUBLICATION- Sufis and Scholars in Tataria and Bashkiria, M. Kemper
PUBLICATION: Michael Kemper: Sufis und Gelehrte in Tatarien und
Baschkirien, 1789-1889 - Der islamische Diskurs unter russischer Herrschaft
(Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Islamkundliche Untersuchungen 218, 1998),
516 pp., 96.- DM.
Copies can be obtained from: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Postfach 410240, D-12112
Berlin, Germany; fax (0)30 - 792 29 44
This new book describes the debates of Muslim scholars and sufis of the
Volga-Urals in the late 18th and the 19th centuries, before the rise of
jadidism. It analyses works (mostly manuscripts) of 15 local authors on
sufism, theology, jurisprudence, and historiography, and proposes new
interpretations of important Muslim thinkers that have up to now not been
object of islamological research. The religious literature of the
Volga-Urals is interpreted as a product of a multi-faceted "Islamic
discourse" that unified the Muslims of the whole region (Tatars, Bashkirs,
Mishars, etc.) and separated them from the Russians. In particular, the
Islamic discourse reflects the Muslims' relations to the Christian State in
which they lived.
Contents (rendered here with simplified transcription)
Einleitung: Der islamische Diskurs in der Wolga-Ural-Region, 1789-1889
Kapitel I: Mullas, Muftis und Maezene: Die islamischen Institutionen (pp.
17-80)
I/1. Die Muslime der Wolga-Ural-Region unter russischer Herrschaft an der
Wende zum 19. Jahrhundert
I/2. Mufti Muhammadjan (amtierte 1788-1824) und die Gelehrten
I/3. Mufti 'Abdassalam b. 'Abdarrahim (amtierte 1825-1840): Loyalitaet und
Froemmigkeit
Kapitel II: Sufische Literatur innerhalb und ausserhalb der tariqa (pp.
81-212)
II/1. Die sufischen Affiliationen in der Wolga-Ural-Region
II/2. Sufische Moral und wahdat al-wujud der Naqshbandiyya: Tajaddin b.
Yalchighul al-Bulghari (1768/69-1837/38)
II/3. Ni'matallah b. 'Umar al-Utari (st. 1232/1816-17): Die mystische Lehre
der Naqshbandiyya mujaddidiyya
II/4. Adab, ihtisab und Herrschaftskritik: Die Poesie von Hibatallah b.
Sayyidbattal al-Qarghali (1796-1867)
II/5. Sufische Moral im Schutze der Herrschaft: Der reisende Dichter Abu
l-Manih al-Qarghali (ca. 1782 - nach 1833)
II/6. Sufische Froemmigkeit ausserhalb der tariqa: Die Birgawi-Rezeption in
der Wolga-Ural-Region
II/7. Fromme Kritik an der reichen Gesellschaft und den Scheichs der
tariqa: der Prediger 'Abdarrahim al-Bulghari (al-Utiz-Imani, 1754-1834)
Kapitel III: Theologische und religionsrechtliche Debatten (pp. 213-314)
III/1. Gelehrsamkeit in der Wolga-Ural-Region im 18. und fruehen 19.
Jahrhundert
III/2. Rebell gegen die Schultraditionen: 'Abdannassir Abu n-Nasr
al-Qursawi (1776-1812) in Buchara und an der Wolga
III/3. Qursawis theologisches Werk
III/4. Religionsrechtliche Debatten: 'Abdannasir al-Qursawis ijtihad und
'Abdarrahim al-Bulgharis taqlid in Theorie und Praxis
III/5. Nachtrag: Qursawis Erbe, 1812-1850
Kapitel IV: Islam und "wolgabulgarisches" Geschichtsbewusstsein (pp. 315-358)
Einleitung: Von der hoefischen Historiographie zur religioesen Geschichtsprosa
IV/1. Genealogie, Legende, Weltgeschichte: Das Tarixnama-i Bul'gar von
Tajaddin b. Yalchighul al-Bulghari
IV/2. Konstruktion einer frommen Regionalgeschichte: Husamaddin b.
Sharafaddin al-Bulgharis Tavarix-i bulghariyya
IV/3. Gelehrte Reaktion auf die Tavarix-i bulghariyya: Die Risala fi Tarix
al-Bulghar von Fathallah al-Uriwi (1767-1843)
Kapitel V: Zwischen Isolation und Aufbruch: Drei islamische Antworten auf
die russische Herausforderung, 1850-1889 (pp. 359-465)
Einleitung: Die Wolga-Ural-Muslime in der Epoche der russischen Reformen,
1850-1889
V/1. "Wolgabulgarischer" Patriotismus der muslimischen Buerger Russlands:
Muhammad 'Ali al-Chuquri (1826-1889)
V/2. Ziviler Ungehorsam und apokalyptisches Sendungsbewusstsein: Baha'addin
Wayszada (Vaisov, st. 1893)
V/3. Abkehr von den "wolgabulgarischen" Traditionen und Konstruktion einer
islamischen Moderne: Shihabaddin al-Marjani (1818-1889)
VI. Schlussbetrachtung: Zur Interpretation der muslimischen Gelehrtenkultur
der Wolga-Ural-Region im 13. Jahrhundert der hijra (pp. 466-475)
Literaturverzeichnis: Handschriften (p. 476). Druckwerke (p. 478).
Indexe:
Werke "wolgabulgarischer" Autoren (pp. 496-499).
Personen, Gruppen, Orte, Institutionen (pp. 500-516).
PUBLICATION- Reprint of Kartlis cxovreba
Posted by: Stephen Rapp <Rappppaol.com>
Posted: 6 Aug 1998
PUBLICATION- Reprint of Kartlis cxovreba
Friends and colleagues,
I am writing to alert you to a new publication that will be of considerable
interest to those interested in Georgian, Armenian, and Caucasian history.
Caravan Books has just reprinted the texts of Kartlis cxovreba down to and
including Cxorebay davit aghmashenebeli (the vita of Davit II) in two
volumes: the first volume completely reprints the initial vol. of S.
Qauxchishvili's critical Georgian text (Tbilisi 1955), and the second
volume completely reprints Ilia Abuladze's critical edition of the medieval
Armenian adaptation of Kartlis cxovreba (known as Patmutiwn Vrac). Each
volume also includes a new English introduction (written by me -- believe
me, the balance sheet is not and will not be in my favor!). If memory
serves me correctly, each volume costs approx. $60.
It is worth noting that Caravan Books undertook this project even though
there is a very real possibility that the publisher will LOSE money. I am
writing you in an attempt to ensure that this does not happen. You may
certainly wish to purchase your own copies. But at the very least, might
you ask your local university/public library to purchase the set? The full
publication data is:
Kartlis cxovreba: The Georgian Royal Annals and Their Medieval Armenian
Adaptation. General ed. S. Rapp. 2 vols. Delmar, NY: Caravan Books,
1998. ISBN 0-88206-092-9. Vol. 1 -- 43 pp. intro and 463 pp. of text; vol.
2 -- 26 pp. intro and 344pp. of text.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time and kind attention.
Sincerely,
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PUBLICATION- 'Allah's Mountains,' Sebastian Smith
Posted by: Simon Koppel <skoppelibtauris.com>
Posted: 6 Aug 1998
PUBLICATION- 'Allah's Mountains,' Sebastian Smith
'Allah:s Mountains: Politics and War in the Russian Caucasus' by Sebastian
Smith is an in-depth portrait of the diverse peoples of the North Caucasus.
Sebastian Smith was a reporter in the region at the time of the Chechen
War. Often in the firing line, travelling at times with the Chechen
partisans, he gained an unparalleled understanding of the Chechen war. But
going beyond the headlines, he also explored the villages of Dagestan,
Ingushetia, North and South Ossetia, living with and learning about the
peoples of the region. Part history, part travel writing, part front-line
war reporting, Allah's Mountains is a picture of a region emerging from the
ashes of Soviet oppression only to explode into a seething mix of ethnic
disputes. At the same time, it is a portrait of proud peoples who have
maintained their traditions despite centuries of tsarist and Soviet rule.
The book is published by I.B.Tauris, priced at GBP19.95. In North America
it is distributed by St Martins Press of New York at USD29.95. The book can
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SEEKING AUTHOR- Historical Dictionary of Uzbekistan
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Posted: 29 Jul 1998
SEEKING AUTHOR- Historical Dictionary of Uzbekistan
The Scarecrow Press is seeking author(s) for the Historical Dictionary of
Uzbekistan, in a series of Historical Dictionaries of Asia. The book, of
some 250-300 pages, should include an introduction, chronology, dictionary
(with entries on persons, places, events, institutions, etc.) and
bibliography. Payment is by royalties. If you are interested, please
contact (enclosing a brief c.v.) the Series Editor:
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no e-mail].
PUBLICATION- AccessAsia Review: Energy & Politics, Central Asia/Caucasus
Posted by: Bruce Acker <backernbr.org>
Posted: 29 Jul 1998
PUBLICATION- AccessAsia Review: Energy & Politics, Central Asia/Caucasus
"State of the Field Report: Energy and Politics in Central Asia and the
Caucasus"
by Laurent Ruseckas
AccessAsia Review, vol. 1, no. 2, July 1998
Seattle: The National Bureau of Asian Research
Complete text available on-line at: http://www.nbr.org
Also in this issue: "Democratization in the Greater China Region," by
Minxin Pei
__________
"Energy and Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus"
Explores recent debates about the political and economic implications of
energy development in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Details the
shortcomings of a purely geopolitical approach and notes analyses that
incorporate an understanding of the commercial aspects of Caspian energy
development. Identifies two key questions on the research agenda for
Caspian energy:
(1) Is energy development making conflict more or less likely in the region?
(2) How will energy wealth impact domestic political and economic
development?
__________
AccessAsia Review, published twice annually by The National Bureau of Asian
Research, contains essays that review and assess current research on policy
relevant issues in East Asia, South Asia, and the former Soviet Union.
For a printed copy and subscription information, contact:
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The National Bureau of Asian Research
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PUBLICATION- Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, Michael Croissant
Posted by: Mike Croissant <mcroissaindiana.edu>
Posted: 24 Jul 1998
PUBLICATION- Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, Michael Croissant
Announcing:
The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Causes and Implications
By Michael P. Croissant
Praeger Publishers. Westport, Conn. 1998. 192 pages
LC 98-5238. ISBN 0-275-96241-5. C6241 $59.95
Available 07/30/1998
** Description **
The ten-year conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been one of the
bloodiest and most intractable disputes to emerge from the breakup of the
Soviet Union. Animosity that developed between the Armenians and Azeris
under czarist Russian rule was fueled by the rise of a dispute over
Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region for which both peoples feel an
intense nationalistic affinity. The attachment of the region to Azerbaijan
by Stalin in 1923 became a source of deep resentment for the Armenians, and
during the rule of Gorbachev, a campaign was begun to achieve the peaceful
unification of Armenia and Karabakh. Azerbaijan resisted the move as a
threat to its territorial integrity, and clashes that broke out soon
escalated into a full-scale war that outlived the USSR itself.
Although a cease-fire has been observed since May, 1994, a peaceful
settlement to the conflict has been elusive. Meanwhile, by right of both
the strategic location and resources and the unique security
characteristics of the Transcaucasus, major external powers--Russia,
Turkey, and Iran--have sought to influence the dispute according to their
geopolitical interests. With the growth of interest in the oil riches of
the Caspian Sea and the increasing engagement of Western countries,
including the United States, the risks and implications of renewed violence
between Armenia and Azerbaijan will grow. This major study will be of
interest to students, scholars, and policymakers involved with
international relations, military affairs, and the Transcaucasus.
** Contents **
- Introduction
- Historical Origins of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
- The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, 1988-1991
- Changing Regional Dynamics in the Post-Soviet Period
- The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, 1992-1994
- The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Since 1994
- Future Prospects and Conclusions
- Appendixes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
** Author **
MICHAEL P. CROISSANT is an Earhart Fellow in the Department of Central
Eurasian Studies at Indiana University.
** Ordering Information **
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ON-LINE PUBLICATION- Quick Dispatch 66
Posted by: Deborah Bowen <dbowendiw-berlin.de>
Posted: 23 Jul 1998
ON-LINE PUBLICATION- Quick Dispatch 66
[NOTE: For a text copy of Quick Dispatch 66, please see contact information
below.]
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Enclosed you will find Quick Dispatch 66 as a text attachment. We hope,
as ever, that the information contained in it is useful to you and that
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interest to other readers.
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QUICK DISPATCH 66
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PUBLICATION- Passive Revolution in Iran (1500-1980), in Dutch
Posted by: Mehdi Parvizi Amineh <aminehpscw.uva.nl>
Posted: 17 Jul 1998
PUBLICATION- Passive Revolution in Iran (1500-1980), in Dutch
Amineh, Mehdi Parvizi (1998), Capitalist Expansion, Peripheralisation
and Passive Revolution in Iran (1500-1980), (Maastricht): Shaker
Publishing, 565 pp., bibliography, glossary, tables and figures, maps.
Table of Contents:
I. Introduction: Theoretical Background: The Capitalist
Expansion in Underdeveloped Countries
II. The Pre-Capitalist Iranian Social Structure
III. The Safavid-Islamic Land-Empire (1501-1772) and the European
Expansion in the Mercantilist Era
IV. The Capitalist Expansion and the Process of the
Peripheralisation of the Persian
Empire in the Capitalist World-Economy (1800-1914)
V. The Transformation of the Empire towards the Modern State-
System and the First Phase of the Passive Revolution (1921-
1941)
VI. The Second Phase of the Passive Revolution (1953-1977)
VII. The Iranian State/Society-Complex (1953-1977)
VIII. Towards a Comprehensive Passive Revolution: (1) The Hobbesian
Land Reforms (1962-1977)
IX. Towards a Comprehensive Passive Revolution: (2) The Hobbesian
Industrialisation(1962-1977)
X. The Structural Economic Crisis (1975-1978)
XI. The Passive Revolution and the Transformation of the Social
Structures
XII. Towards the Revolutionisation of the Islamic Political Ideology
XIII. Towards a Theory of the Iranian Islamic Revolution (1978-1979)
Conclusion
ISBN 90-423-0039-6
This study develops a synthetic analysis of the dialectical
interaction between the state/society-complex and the global
political economy in the context of critical theory
of International Relations and International Political Economy
(Chapter I). From an empirical/historical point of view it aims to
analyse local, social, political, and economic modernisation and
capitalist transition in Iran in a global political economic context
during four historical periods between 1500 and 1980. The origins of
this historical transition process can be traced back to the Glorious
Revolution of 1688/89 (as the first original bourgeois revolution )
that was followed by the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th and
early 19th century in England. Through this process, the
underdeveloped economies and especially the Iranian economic
structure (Chapter II) were linked to global capitalist exchange
relations (Chapter III). The gradual disintegration of the pre-
capitalist Iranian social formation especially in the 19th century
under the Qajar Empire (1786-1925) (Chapter IV) and the transition
from a land-empire to a nation-state was followed by the creation of
an authoritative state and the first phase of a passive revolution
(social, political, economic modernisation from above) between 1925
and 1941 (Chapter V). The repeating tendency towards passive
revolution in the Iranian social order through radical land-reforms
and a rapid industrialisation caused a radical socio-economic
transformation (see Chapters VI-XI). This transformation culminated
into a structural economic and political crisis ultimately leading to
the Iranian Islamic Revolution (see Chapters XI-XIII) caused by the
weakness of civil society and its modern social forces. In other
words, civil society does not stabilise but remains primordial and
gelatinous.
Dr. Mehdi Parivizi Amineh is researcher and lecturer at the
International Relations Section of the Department of Political
Science at the University of Amsterdam.
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PUBLICATION- Annotated Daily Headlines of the Georgian Press
Posted by: Bruno Coppieters <bcoppietvub.ac.be>
Posted: 3 Jul 1998
PUBLICATION- Annotated Daily Headlines of the Georgian Press
Included you will find the latest copy of the 'Annotated Daily
Headlines of the Georgian Press', compiled by the Caucasian Institute for
Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) in Tbilisi. If you want to be on
the mailing list (for free), please send the message 'subscribe' to
bcoppietvub.ac.be
Sincerely yours,
Bruno Coppieters
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
ANNOTATED DAILY HEADLINES
OF THE GEORGIAN PRESS
Compiled by the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and
Development (CIPDD)
Text: Tamara Shamil
English version: Guram Dumbadze
Editor: Emil Adelkhanov-Steinberg and Anneke Smit
July 2, 1998
1. Georgia and Azerbaijan Agree to Transport Caspian Oil via Romania
President Emil Konstantinesku of Romania visited Tbilisi on July 1 for
three days of talks with the Georgian leadership. After a tete-a-tete
meeting with Eduard Shevardnadze the two countries signed several
co-operation agreements. It is noteworthy that Mr. Konstantinesku arrived
in Georgia after visiting Baku. At the meetings with his Georgian and
Azerbaijani counterparts, he proposed a sensational route for the Caspian
oil pipeline: Baku-Supsa-Konstanza-Europe. In Shevardnadze's opinion, it is
very compatible with another route: Baku-Supsa-Ceyhan. Thus the Georgian
President indicated that he approved of transporting oil through Adjaria.
"Resonance" No. 177, July 2
2. International Agency of Nuclear Energy Finances Construction of
Depository for Radioactive Waste in Vaziani
The International Agency of Nuclear Energy is going to allocate $1.5
million to building a temporary depository for radioactive waste in Vaziani
(20 km east of Tbilisi). In addition, the agency has delivered $200,000
worth of equipment for an ad hoc state commission to examine the problem of
radioactive contamination in Georgia. The equipment will mainly be used to
examine the radioactivity situation in military units. Eduard Shevardnadze
decreed the creation of the commission last year, after 11 Georgian
frontier guards of the Lilo training centre developed a skin disease linked
to radiation (caesium 137). The commission has already inspected 30
military units and revealed radioactive waste in almost all of them.
"Resonance" No. 177, July 2, p. 4
3. "I Think Grounds for a New Assassination Attempt against the President
May Appear Soon"
The current fierce campaign against Zurab Zhvania, the Chairman of the
Parliament, aims at a solitary goal, Levan Alavidze of the Young Citizens'
Union of Georgia argues. According to the Constitution, the Parliamentary
Chairman must take over the office of the President if the latter is
assassinated. In Alavidze's opinion, if Zhvania is discredited, he will
be easy to impeach.
"Akhali Taoba" No. 179, July 2
4. Separatists Continue Violence
A 15-man unit of Abkhaz gunmen has raided the village of Bargebi, in the
Gali district of Abkhazia, and shot to death Shota Gurava, 62-year-old
local resident. Another Georgian dweller, Vano Kikalia, was killed by
separatists in the village of Kvemo Bargebi on June 29.
"Akhali Taoba" No. 179, July 2
PUBLICATION- International Journal of Central Asian Studies
Posted by: Choi Han-Woo <IACDchollian.net>
Posted: 2 Jul 1998
PUBLICATION- International Journal of Central Asian Studies
Dear Colleague,
I would like to introduce our journal, "International Journal of
Central Asian Studies". The journal is an international periodical
for the languages, literature, philosophy, history, culture, society
and archaeology of Central Asia, which comprises areas of
the Altaic World and its vicinity, i.e., Turkey, Hungary,
Caucasus, Soviet Central Asia, Siberia, Eastern Turkistan,
Tibet, Mongolia, Manchu, the Korean Peninsula and Japan, etc. The
journal focuses on the Altaic Word, encouraging comparative
studies among the Altaic peoples as well as between Altaic
civilization and other neighbouring civilizations, i.e., Chinese,
Indian, Uralic, Arab, and so on. Submissions to the journal are
preferred in English and German, but in some particular cases
Russian and Turkish are acceptable too.
The Institute of Asian Culture and Development(IACD) is a
non-governmental Organization, established in 1983 for the
purpose of promoting academic and cultural exchanges among
researchers and academicians of the Asian countries. Board
members of the institute include prominent experts, scholars
and presidents of universities in Korea.
Our editorial bord members are following;
Prof. Talat Tekin (Ankara)
Prof. Juha Jahunen (Helsinki)
<Juha.JanhunenHelsinki.FI>
Prof. Kim Ho-Dong (Seoul)
Prof. Volker Rybatzki (Helsinki)
Prof. Choi Han-Woo (Seoul) <iacdchollian.net>
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Editor in Chief Prof. Choi Han-Woo
PUBLICATION- Kazakstan Economic Trends
Posted by: macmaine.edu (Dennis McConnell, Maine Business School)
Posted: 1 Jul 1998
PUBLICATION- Kazakstan Economic Trends
*****************************************************************
Publication: Kazakstan Economic Trends
*****************************************************************
The German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin has recently
published the Fourth Quarter 1997 and First Quarter 1998 issues
of Kazakstan Economic Trends. Both issues are available without
charge. Interested list members can request a copy of each pu-
blication from the address presented below.
Each issue is approximately 160+ pages, and both provide data on
the following topics:
* Output
* Employment
* Wages and Inflation
* Exchange Rates
* Money and Credit
* State Budget
* Foreign Trade and the Balance of Payments
* Privatization
* Arrears
The October-December 1997 (Fourth Quarter) issue includes two
articles on Pension Reform in Kazakstan. The January-March 1998
(First Quarter) issue includes an article on the Balance of
Payments of the Republic of Kazakstan, and the Export Performance
of the Economy of Kazakstan.
The publications may be requested by sending e-mail (with postal
address) to the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin
(KETdiw-berlin.de). If you have questions about the publica-
tions, or more general questions about the research and data-
collection activities of the Institute, you may contact Dr.
Tatjana Ribakova at the Institute (tribakovadiw-berlin.de).
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PUBLICATIONS- Economic Trends, Armenia and Azerbaijan
Posted by: macmaine.edu (Dennis McConnell, Maine Business School)
Posted: 1 Jul 1998
PUBLICATIONS- Economic Trends, Armenia and Azerbaijan
I have just posted the attached announcement to my CEEMAN-L
list. Perhaps some members of the CentralAsia-L list will find
the information useful.
Publications: Economic Trends, Armenia and Azerbaijan
List members are aware of the Kazakstan Economic Trends publica-
tion from the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin.
Similar publications are now available for Armenia and Azerbai-
jan, but are published by research teams located in Italy (Arme-
nia) and in France (Azerbaijan). I have received First Quarter
(January - March 1998) reports for both countries. However, it is
not clear to me how one requests the documents, or whether the
documents are available with/without charge. But I can provide
some preliminary contact information, and a brief outline of
contents.
It appears that some information about both publications is avail-
able by contacting:
European Expertise Service
Avenue de la Joyeuse Entree, 1
B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: (32-2) 285-00-28
Fax: (32-2) 285-00-33
All of these documents flow from the European Commission. You may
find some information at the EC website:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg1a/tacis/index.htm
Armenia Economic Trends (January - March 1998)
This issue was published in May 1998. The 73-page report
includes data on National Accounts, Output, Population and Labour
Market, Inflation, Money and Credit, Government Finance, Foreign
Trade and the Balance of Payments, and a listing of main recent
economic and political events.
Information about the publication is available from:
Armenia Economic Trends
Ministry of Economy and Finance, Room 100/01
1 Government Building
Republic Square
375010 Yerevan, Armenia
Tel: (374-2) 522-368
Contact name provided: Aram Gharibian
Azerbaijan Economic Trends (January - March 1998)
This issue was published in May 1998. The 73-page (plus 25-page
statistical appendix) includes data on Production, Demand and
Employment; Prices, Wages and Income; External Trade, Exchange
Rates and the Balance of Payments; the State Budget; Money and
Credit; and Privatization.
Information about the publication is available from:
Azerbaijan Economic Trends
Ministry of Economy
Government House, Rooms 639 and 641
370016 Baku, Azerbaijan
Tel: (994-12) 93-76-28 or 98-60-59
Fax: (944-12) 93-41-62
E-mail: planstaztrend.baku.az
Contact name provided: Oktay Ali Ogli Haqverdiev, Vice President
CALL FOR PAPERS- Caucasian Regional Studies
Posted by: Bruno Coppieters <bcoppietvub.ac.be>
Posted: 30 Jun 1998
CALL FOR PAPERS- Caucasian Regional Studies
The English and Russian editions of Caucasian Regional Studies are
published on the WWW: http://www.vub.ac.be/POLI/publi/
Contents of Caucasian Regional Studies, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 1997
Ronald Grigor Suny, LIVING WITH THE OTHER: CONFLICT AND COOPERATION AMONG
THE TRANSCAUCASIAN PEOPLES
Elkhan Polukhov, "CONTRACT OF THE CENTURY" (THE PROBLEM IN AN HISTORICAL
RETROSPECTIVE)
David Darchiashvili, THE RUSSIAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN GEORGIA: THE
PARTIES' ATTITUDES AND PROSPECTS
Vladimir Bobrovnikov, ETHNIC MIGRATIONS AND PROBLEMS OF SECURITY IN THE
REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN
Mark Grigorian, ARMENIA'S 1996 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COVERAGE IN THE MEDIA
Johan Galtung, SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE CAUCASUS
The search for political solutions to ethnic conflicts; the complexities,
successes and failures of democratization in newly independent states; the
political economy of the oil wealth of the Caspian: these are some of the
most vital issues in the Caucasian region. "Caucasian Regional Studies" is
a journal that aims to stimulate an inter-disciplinary debate on these
issues among academics from the region itself as well as from the West and
the former Soviet Union. It is the journal's policy to publish
contributions on a wide variety of topics including collective, security,
inter-state relations, ethnic conflicts, democratization, civil society and
economics. This is the first journal in the English and Russian languages
devoted exclusively to the affairs of the Caucasus.
The idea for the journal emerged at a conference funded by the European
Union and held in Tbilisi in September 1995. Some of the conference papers
were published in the first issue of the journal. It is intended that most
articles will be original contributions from academics in the region. The
journal has received financial support from the Ebert Stiftung, the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP Georgia), NATO and the Vrije
Universiteit Brussel.
THE EDITORIAL BOARD:
Alexander Kukhianidze, Chief Editor, Tbilisi State University
e-mail: IACRSIACRS.org.ge
Bruno Coppieters, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
e-mail:Bruno.Coppietersvub.ac.be
Stephen Jones, Mount Holyoke College
e-mail: sfjonesmtholyoke.edu
Leila Alieva, Centre for Strategic Studies, Baku
e-mail: leilaun.dl.ab.az
Mark Grigorian, Centre for Media Studies 'Team', Yerevan
e-mail: patkerarminco.com
Alexander Ossipov, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Moscow
e-mail: A.Ossipoviea.msk.su
INFORMATION FOR THE AUTHORS
Contributions may be submitted in either Russian or English. Articles sent
for publication can include tables, diagrams or maps in black
and white. They should normally be of the order of 6,000 to
8,000 words in length and may be submitted to any member of
the editorial board, who will pass them on to the other members. The
board has the discretion to appoint referees (normally two, who may
be drawn from the advisory board itself) to advise on
publication and make suggestions for improvement. All authors
who make submissions will receive an appraising response,
including anonymously presented reports from the referees. Authors from the
CIS will receive a fee for a published article.
Clearly, the opinions expressed by authors in the journal do not
necessarily represent those of the editorial board or of the
organizations that have given it financial backing.
PUBLICATIONS- Publications on Zoroastrianism
Posted by: Pallan R. Ichaporia <PIchaporiaaol.com>
Posted: 25 Jun 1998
PUBLICATIONS- Publications on Zoroastrianism
The much awaited book "Zamyad Yasht, Yasht 19 of the
Younger Avesta, Text, Translation and Commentary by
Helmut Humbach and Pallan R. Ichaporia" is now available.
ISBN 3-447-04026-2
(Published by Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, Germany).
Zamyad Yasht is a history of salvation of the Iranians. It
starts with the description of Ahura Mazda's creation of
what is good , and ends with the Frashokereti, the "brilliant
making of the world", i.e. its perfection and renovation by
the Saoashyant, the Savior. The main theme is the Kavyan
Glory which in strict sense of the term is the glory of the
legendary Kavi Dynasty up to Vistaspa, the promoter of
Zarathushtra, but which has a much wider meaning here.
The authors of the present work endeavor to intensify the
study of Zamyad Yasht from the philological point of view,
drawing attention to many actual problems of the text not
seen by the predecessors, and emphasizing its intrinsic value
as a document of the mythical and legendary early history of
the Iranians, and its place in the eschatological conception
of the Zoroastrians.
The work is a contribution to the project 'Sources de
l'histoire de l'Asie centrale preislamique ' funded by Janos
Harmata (Budapest) and directed by Philippe Gignoux
(Paris) on behalf of the Union Academique Internationale
Specifically for Scholars of Iranian, Indo-Iranian, and Indo-European,
of oriental and comparative religious studies and of
Christian theology
The first issue of the Journal of Zoroastrian Education and
Research Society will be available late 1998. The topics
covered will be Gathas, Young Avesta, Pahlavi and
Parsi/Persian Zoroastrian Literature. Those interested in
submitting papers are invited to do so in any of the above
subjects. The paper will be peer reviewed by the
International Board of Editors and only approved papers
will be published. Please submit your papers by July 30,
1998 to Dr. Pallan R. Ichaporia.
The Proceedings of The First International Avesta
Conference held in Framingham-Nov 1997 under ZERS
will be published by Harrasowitz, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Papers from the world renowned scholars who participated
in the Conference have been submitted to Harrassowitz. It
will be ready by the end of 1998. The Proceedings will be a
formidable tool for research scholars and those interested in
Zoroastrianism. Editors: Dr. Pallan R. Ichaporia & Prof. Dr
Jamsheed Choksy. Introduction is written by Prof Dr.
Helmut Humbach.
PUBLICATION- CEMOTI 25: "Les Ouigours au vingtieme siecle"
Posted by: Semih Vaner <semih.vanerceri.sciences-po.fr>
Posted: 25 Jun 1998
PUBLICATION- CEMOTI 25: "Les Ouigours au vingtieme siecle"
"Les Ouigours au vingtieme siecle", Cahiers d'etudes sur la Mediterranee
orientale et le monde turco-iranien, (CEMOTI), No. 25, january-june 1998,
320 p.
Table of Contents:
* Frederique-Jeanne Besson - Introduction
* Francoise Aubin - L'arriere-plan historique du nationalisme ouigour. Le
Turkestan oriental des origines au XXeme siecle
* Dru C.Gladney - Internal Colonialism and the Uyghur Nationality: Chinese
Nationalism and Its Subaltern Subjects
* Michel Jan - L'integration du Xinjiang dans l'ensemble chinois:
vulnerabilite et securite
* Artoush Kumul - Temoignage - Le "separatisme" ouigour au XX siecle:
histoire et actualite
* Ildiko Beller-Hann - Work and Gender among Uighur villagers in Southern
Xinjiang
* Gulzade Tanridagli - Le roman historique, vehicule du nationalisme ouigour
* Cheripjan Nadirov - La structure economique de la region autonome du
Xinjiang ouigour et sa place dans le systeme des relations sino-kazakhes
* Hamid Khamraev - La geopolitique du petrole
* Hegel Ishakov et Khadia Akhmedova - Les migrations des Ouigours vers
l'Asie centrale ex-sovietique
* Frederique-Jeanne Besson - Les Ouigours hors du Turkestan oriental: de
l'exil a la formation d'une diaspora
*Hommage a Naim Turfan
*Regine Erichsen - Scientific Research and science policy in Turkey
*Marie-Gabrielle Cajoly - Militantisme islamiste et feminin a Istanbul. Des
femmes en quete d'une troisieme voie
* Champ libre - La perception contemporaine de l'Iran dans la presse et
certains secteurs de la societe indienne" (Gerard Heuze) - "Problemes
identitaires et nationalisme en Turquie" (Yvette Benusiglio)
* Avis de recherche - Mutations de l'antagonisme helleno-turc apres la
guerre froide et a l'ere de la mondialisation (G.Bertrand)
* Chronique bibliographique - Hasan Basri Elmas, "Turquie-Europe, une
relation ambigue" (G.Bertrand)
CEMOTI
4, rue de Chevreuse
75006 Paris
Fax: 33 1 44 10 84 50
PUBLICATION- Russia's Orient: Imperial Borderlands and Peoples,
1700-1917
Posted by: Edward J. Lazzerini <ejlhijazz.ucc.uno.edu>
Posted: 24 Jun 1998
PUBLICATION- Russia's Orient: Imperial Borderlands and Peoples, 1700-1917
Russia's Orient: Imperial Borderlands and Peoples, 1700-1917. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 1997, xxiv and 339 pp. 27 b&w illustrations and
four maps. ISBN 0-243-21113-1. Prices: hrdbk $39.95, paper $19.95.
Order from:
Indiana University Press
Order Department
601 N. Morton St.
Bloomington, IN 47404-3797
812-855-6804 (tel.)
812-855-7931 (fax)
iuporderindiana.edu (internet)
Contents:
Part one: Empire and Orient
- M. Khodarkovsky, "Constructing non-Russian identities in early modern
Russia"
- Y. Slezkine, "Eighteenth century Russian scholars confront ethnic diversity"
- D. Yaroshevski, "Empire and citizenship"
- S. Layton, "Nineteenth century Russian mythologies of Caucasian savagery"
- A. L. Jersild, "Caucasian mountaineers and Muslims in the Russian Empire"
- D. Brower, "Islam and ethnicity: Russian colonial policy in Turkestan"
- R. Geraci, "Tsarist education policy and the 1910 conference on Islam"
Part two: Frontier Encounters
- E. J. Lazzerini, "Local accommodation and resistance to colonialism in 19th
century Crimea"
- A. Khalid, "Representations of Russia in Central Asian Jadid discourse"
- J.-A. Gross, "Mirza Abd al-Azim Sami's representation of the Russian
conquest of Bukhara"
- T. M. Barrett, "The trading frontiers of the Terek Cossacks"
- V. Martin, "Nomadic custom, imperial crime"
- A. Kefeli, "Constructing an Islamic identity: the case of Elyshevo village
in the 19th century"
- B. Grant, "The politics of primitivism in late Imperial Russia"
PUBLICATION- New 4 lingual dictionary of Bukharian Jews
Posted by: Alex Gulkarov <alex_gunetvision.net.il>
Posted: 23 Jun 1998
PUBLICATION- New 4 lingual dictionary of Bukharian Jews
An new etymological dictionary of Bukharian Jews language with Russian,
English and Hebrew (including transliteration) translation has been
published. The dictionary contains words of Iranian, Arabic, Turkic and
Hebrew origin as well as words borrowed from other languages via
Russian.
The dictionary is the work of the editor Dr. Josef Gulkarov - a linguist
on the staff of the Broadcasting Authority's "The Voice of Israel" - who
in the course of many years collected words, expressions, and proverbs
belonging to the central Asian Jewish community.
More than 470 pages of the dictionary include about 10,000 words,
illustrations and explanations of customs, ceremonies and particular
expressions unknown to the Western user. The dictionary is of
significant scientific value to historians, linguists, anthropologists,
politicians, journalists and the layman.
For more information please reply to the e-mail address:
Alex Gulkarov
alex_gunetvision.net.il.
PUBLICATIONS: Muslim Culture in Russia and Central Asia
Posted by: Anke.D.vonKuegelgenrz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Posted: 22 Jun 1998
PUBLICATIONS: Muslim Culture in Russia and Central Asia
Muslim Culture in Russia and Central Asia from the 18th to
the Early 20th Centuries (with contributions in German and English)
This international research project was begun in 1996 and is financed by
the Foundation INTAS of the European Union. It is carried out by research
groups of the University of Kazan (Tatarstan, Russian Federation), the
Institute for History, Ethnography and Archeology (Makhachkala, Daghestan,
RF), the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris, France), the
Institute for Oriental Studies (St Petersburg, Russia), the State Institute
for Oriental Studies (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), the Bashkir Pedagogical
Institute (Ufa, Bashkortostan, RF), and the Ruhr-University Bochum (Fed.
Rep. of Germany).
MUSLIM CULTURE IN RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA from the 18th to the Early 20th
Centuries, Vol. 2: Inter-Regional and Inter-Ethnic Relations, edited by
Anke von Kuegelgen, Michael Kemper, Allen J. Frank, Berlin: Klaus Schwarz
Verlag, Islamkundliche Untersuchungen Band 216, 1998, 660 + VII pp., 98.-DM
Table of Contents
(for internet use, names and items are given here in simplified
transcription):
I. Networks of Scholars and Sufis
The Interplay of Local Developments and Transnational Relations in the
Islamic World: Perceptions and Perspectives (Stefan Reichmuth, Bochum)
The Biographical Genre in Daghestani Arabic-Language Literature: Nadhir
ad-Durgili's Nuzhat al-adhhan fi tarajim ulama' Daghistan (Amri R.
Shikhsaidov, Makhachkala)
Einige Notizen zur arabischsprachigen Literatur der jihad-Bewegung in
Dagestan und Tschetschenien in der ersten Halfte des 19. Jahrhunderts
(Michael Kemper, Bochum)
Die Entfaltung der Naqshbandiyya mujaddidiyya im mittleren Transoxanien vom
18. bis zum Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts: Ein Stueck Detektivarbeit (Anke
von Kuegelgen, Bochum)
Political Sufism and the Emirate of Kashgaria (End of the 19th Century):
The Role of the Ambassador Ya'qub Khan Tura (Thierry Zarcone, Paris)
Dukchi Ishan und der Aufstand von Andizhan 1898 (Bakhtiyar M. Babadzhanov,
Tashkent)
Die Qozhas - Arabische Genalogien in Kasachstan (Ashirbek K. Muminov,
Tashkent)
II. Inter-Ethnic Relations and Diasporas
Islam and Ethnic Relations in the Kazakh Inner Horde: Muslim Cossacks,
Tatar Merchants and Kazakh Nomads in a Turkic Manuscript, 1870-1910 (Allen
J. Frank, Takoma Park)
Tatar Settlers in Western China (Second Half of the 19th Century to the
First Half of the 20th Century) (Mirkasym A. Usmanov, Kazan)
Fraternal and Benevolent Associations of Tatar Students in Muslim Countries
at the Beginning of the 20th Century (Zavdat S. Minullin, Kazan)
Die dagestanische Diaspora in der Tuerkei und in Syrien (Amirxan M.
Magomeddadaev, Makhachkala)
Die Petersburger Typen des Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Bakhtiarov, oder:
"Tataren und anderen Schreihaelsen ist der Zutritt verboten" (Christian
Noack, Lohmar)
Politische Integration und religioese Eigenstaendigkeit der litauischen
Tataren im 19. Jahrhundert (Tamara Bairashauskaite, Vilnius)
Die Wolgatataren und Deutschland im ersten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts
(Iskander Gilyazov, Kazan)
III. Islam and Politics in a Non-Muslim State
The Muftis of the Orenburg Spiritual Assembly in the 18th and 19th
Centuries: The Struggle for Power in Russia's Muslim Institution (Danil' D.
Azamatov, Ufa)
Tsarist Categories, Orthodox Intervention, and Islamic Conversion in a
Pagan Udmurt Village, 1870s-1890s (Paul W. Werth, Las Vegas)
The Activity of the Muslim Faction of the State Duma and its Significance
in the Formation of a Political Culture among the Muslim Peoples of Russia
(1906-1917) (Dilyara M. Usmanova, Kazan)
Die Rolle des Islams beim Kampf um die staatliche Eigenstandigkeit
Tschetscheniens und Inguschetiens (1917-1925) (Dzhulietta Meskhidze, St.
Petersburg)
Jadids, Young Bukharans, Communists and the Bukharan Revolution: From an
Ideological Debate in the Early Soviet Union (Gero Fedtke, Cologne)
IV. Literature
The Perception of Works by Classical Authors in Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Century Central Asia: The Example of the Khamsa of Ali Shir Nawa'i
(Aftandil Erkinov, Tashkent)
Rabe fliegt nach Osten, oder Ein tatarischer Weltheimatdichter im Zeitalter
der Umbrueche (Michael Friederich, Bamberg)
V. Architecture
Festtagsmoscheen und Feste in Mittelasien vom 18. bis zum Beginn des 20.
Jahrhunderts (Boris D. Kochnev, Samarkand)
Contributors, Bibliography, Index
The book can be ordered from Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Bergstrasse 2, D- 12169
Berlin,
Fax: 30 - 792 29 44
A FIRST VOLUME OF ARTICLES was already published in 1996:
Muslim Culture in Russia and Central Asia from the 18th to the Early 20th
Centuries, herausgegeben von Michael Kemper, Anke von Kuegelgen, Dmitriy
Yermakov, Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Islamkundliche Untersuchungen Band
200, 1996, 482 + VII pp., 86.- DM
[For table of contents, contact: Anke D. volKuegelgen
<Anke.D.vonKuegelgenrz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>]
The book can be ordered from Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Bergstrasse 2, D- 12169
Berlin,
Fax: 30 - 792 29 44
PUBLICATIONS- AFRANE Periodicals
Posted by: Philippe Frison <Philippe.FRISONcoe.fr>
Posted: 22 Jun 1998
PUBLICATIONS- AFRANE Periodicals
'Nouvelles d'Afghanistan, a quaterly published since 1981 by AFRANE, a
French NGO active in Afghanistan (16, passage de la Main-d'Or, F - 75011
Paris), with contributions from such well-known as Bernard Dupaigne,
Olivier Roy, Ludwig Adamec, Prof. Centlivres, etc. An index of all
articles published so far can be found at :
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Afghanistan_France/ceredaf.htm
and
"Bulletin du CEREDAF", a monthly review of current events in and around
Afghanistan. The contents of some issues of this monthly can be found on
the same Internet page.
Both periodicals are published under Etienne Gille's responsibility, as
editor-in-chief.
Philippe FRISON
E-mail: philippe.frisoncoe.fr
Conseil de l'Europe
Bur. EG 104
F - 67075 Strasbourg Cedex
PUBLICATION- Asia-Plus Blitz
Posted by: Farrukh Salihov <farangispegasus.rutgers.edu>
Posted: 19 Jun 1998
PUBLICATION- Asia-Plus Blitz
Asia-Plus - an independent information agency in Tajikistan.
Asia-Plus produces Asia-Plus Blitz - a compilation of the latest news on
Tajikistan every three days, eight times a month.
Those interested may contact deputy director of A-P, Abdurahim Muhidov, for
subscription to Asia-Plus Blitz at:
Information Agency Asia-Plus <infoasiaplus.td.silk.org>
Attached is the latest copy of the Blitz. The monthly subscription fee is
$20.00. It can be sent by E-mail.
Asia-Plus also produces Tajikistan Economic Review every two weeks - a
broader coverage of situation in economic and social life in Tajikistan.
INFORMATION AGENCY ASIA-PLUS \ TAJIKISTAN
" AP-BLITZ " (7-9 JUNE 1998)
IN THIS ISSUE
PEACE PROCESS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
POWER
ECONOMY
SOCIETY
REGIONS
[NOTE: To receive the Blitz, contact Abdurahim Muhidov]
New offer from Information Agency Asia-Plus!
Asia-Plus news release A-P Blitz is now available
- in English
- in Russian
- on E-mail
- hard copy
All to provide easy access to the latest information on Tajikistan
Please let us know if you are willing to know what is going on in the country
Subscription fee for Russian version - $15.00 per month
English version - $20.00 per month
Welcome to the world of information!
Editor of A-P Blitz:
Lidia Isamova
Chief of information service:
Bahodur Zoirov
Correspondents:
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Gulchehra Mansurova
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Information-analytic agency Asia-Plus is registered at Ministry of Culture
and
Information of Republic of Tajikistan, reg. No. 342
c Reference to the Agency is obligatory if A-P information is used
PUBLICATION- New Qazaq Journal "Jas Turkistan"
Posted by: TIMUR KOCAOGLU <tkocaogluku.edu.tr>
Posted: 19 Jun 1998
PUBLICATION- New Qazaq Journal "Jas Turkistan"
A New Qazaq Journal "Jas Turkistan"
I have just received the first issue of a new Qazaq journal "Jas
Turkistan." It has been published by the Mustafa Choqay Foundation
(Mustafa Shokay Qori) in Almati. Its editor is Batirxan Darimbet, a
Qazaq scholar and journalist. It takes its name from the former
"Yash Turkistan" which was published by Mustafa Choqay-oghli between
1929-1939 in Paris. The former "Yash Turkistan" was published in
Arabic script and in Common Turkistani Turkic language whereas the
new "Jas Turkistan" is being published in Cyrillic script and in
Qazaq language.
Here is the contents of the first issue of "Jas Turkistan."
Jas Turkistan, No. 1 Mamir 1998 (May 1998), Index 75646, 68 pages (big size on a
very good quality paper):
Cover page: A color photo of Mustafa Choqay-oghli
1. B. Darimbet, Turkshildik ideasining payda bolui, p.3.
2. D. Masimxanuli, Jimiip kulgen jumbaq korshi, p.6.
3. A. Turkesh, Songgi soz, p.10.
4. B. D., Latin Elipbiine qashan koshemiz?, p.11.
5. Sh. Sariuli, "Jas Turkistangha", p.12.
6. S. Ibrashuli, Mustafaning shiqqan tegi, p.13.
7. A. Korkmaz, "Jas Turkistan"ning qayta omirge keui, p.15.
8. M. Shoqay, Bir tarixi sandiraq, p.16.
9. M. Shoqay, Qavqaz maselesi, p.18.
10. J. Kokbori, Er Turkter, p. 20.
11. B. Koribay, Kerey Xan, p.22.
12. S. Ozbekuli, Abilay xan jane Buqar jirauding ulttiq
memlekettilikke qozqarasi, p.27.
13. M. Tolendi, Kenges tusindaghi dini mektepter, p.32.
14. D. Masimxan, Turik tui, p.34.
15. J. Aytemir, Istanbulding alinui, p.35.
16. X. Oraltay, Teklimeken sholinde, p. 40.
17. Ziya Gokalp, Turikshilikting negizderi, p.52.
18. Kitap sini, p.60.
19. Tatar turikterining moraldik kodeksi, p. 62.
20. Mustafa Shoqay qorinda, p.63.
21. Turik xalqtarining ortaq Latin alipbii, p. 65.
The print-run (tirazh) of the journal is 3,000.
4 copies will be published in 1998
6 copies will be published in 1999.
The editor informed me that they will send me 10 extra copies from
each issue and I can sell the copies of each issue to people who are
interested in to buy it. In order to help this journal financially, I
plan to sell each issue of this journal for $5 (five dollars), plus
surface mail or airmail postage for printed matters. Individuals can
place their orders for each seperate issue or can subscribe for a
discount price of $50 (instead of $60 for 12 issues) for a year, plus
surface or airmail delivery choice. Those who are interested in can
send me a message to my e-mail address: tkocaogluku.edu.tr Or can fax
me: 90-212-276-2193.
Or one could directly send a fax to the editor's office in Almati:
Editor Batirxan Darimbet's fax# 7-3272-339-634, tel# 7-3272-290-972
Mail address: Jas Turkistan
480043, Almati
Orbita-1, 19-19
Qazaqstan Republic
If someone places an annual subscription for this journal through me,
I'll notify the name and address of that person to the editor, so the
journal will be mailed directly to that person from Almati. In this
case, the cost of mail delivery will be less on the subscriber. I can
accept orders from the USA in personal checks, but all other countries
have to send money to my bank account in Istanbul:
KocBank's Istinye branch in Istanbul, US Dollar account # 117-8172.
If ordering directly from the editor:
Price: in Kazakhstan - 150 Tenges per piece,
in other CIS states - $3 per piece,
in Turkey, Europe and Asia - $4 per piece,
in USA, Japan, Australia - $5 per piece,
Transfer subscription fees to:
Turkiye Kazakhstan International Bank,
c/o Bankers Trust, New York N 0440074
Account Number 2117995
Account Holder: Batyrhan Darimbet.
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College of Arts & Sciences
Koc University
Cayir Cad. 5, Istinye 80860, Istanbul, Turkey
Office Phone# (90-212) 229-3006 (Ext. 422)
Office Fax# (90-212) 229-0680
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PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor No. 3, 1998 -- Now Available
Posted by: David Nalle <davidn5512aol.com>
Posted: 11 Jun 1998
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor No. 3, 1998 -- Now Available
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
* Capitalism -- Soviet Style
* Filling a Void: Responding to Internal Displacement in Tajikistan, by
Jennifer McLean
* The Permeating Odor of Oil and Gas -- Turkmen President Visits Washington,
by David Nalle
* Caspian Disagreement
* The Development of a Corporate Securities Market in Kazakhstan, by Magzhan
M. Auezov
* Military Relations Between Russia and Kazakhstan in the Post-Soviet Era
(1992-1997) (Conclusion), by Mikhail Alexandrov
* BOOKS: The Middle East and Central Asia: an Anthropological Approach, by
Dale F. Eickelman. Review by Edward H. Thomas
* Suffering Without Protest in Kazakhstan, by Debra Javeline
* Iranian Pipeline Option Sets a Model for Caspian Region, by Ben Partridge
* News and Comments
* Letters to the Editor
* Human Rights Crackdown in Uzbekistan
* The State vs. Islam
Annual subscription, six issues, $60 for individuals. Add $25 for airmail
overseas. Address: RR 2, Box 6880, Fair Haven, VT 05743, USA. More
information at http://www.chalidze.com/cam.htm.
JOURNAL- Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review
Posted by: Barak Kalfuss <bkalfussfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 8 Jun 1998
JOURNAL- Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review
I am writing to advertise a recently reinvigorated academic journal
published by Harvard University. If after reading this, you decide that
you would like to subscribe to this title, please send an e-mail to the
address listed below, so that we may send you vol. III, #1-2, which has
just come out.
The *Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review* is an academic journal
published by Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies. In its newly
reconstituted form, it comes out semesterly, and carries articles and book
reviews on all aspects of Islam and the Middle East, in addition to a
forum/documents section containing reflective essays and translations.
The Review is unique in that the staff is comprised entirely of students
associated with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, while editorial
decisions are made by a faculty-student editorial board in addition to
outside faculty referees. Current faculty editors include E.R. Owen, R.P.
Mottahedeh, C. Kafadar, and W. Granara, in addition to outside reviewers.
Further, material in the review is composed by scholars who have some
broadly defined association past or present with Harvard. If you are in
this category, we would enthusiastically welcome your contribution.
Subscription rates are as follows:
Individual Subscriber: $20 per year (two issues)
Harvard CMES Affiliate: $13 per year (two issues)
Institutions: $30 per year (two issues)
Back Issues: $3.50
PLUS shipping/handling.
Volume III, #1-2 has recently been published, with the following contents:
Everett Mendelsohn, "Can Oslo Survive?"
H.E. Chehabi, "The Imam as Dandy: The Case of Musa Sadr"
William Granara, "Jihad and Cross-Cultural Encounter in Muslim Sicily"
D.O. Morgan, "Mongol or Persian: The Government of Ilkhanid Iran"
Daphna Ephrat, "Learning in the First Century of the Madrasah in Baghdad: A
Reconsideration of the Social Significance of Institutionalization"
Beatrice Gruendler, "Ibn al-Rumi's Ethics of Patronage"
Book Reviews of works by M. Benvenisti, J.M. Landau, S. Teveth, N.E.
Gallagher, H. Halm, S.C. Inati, and R.N. Frye
Volume IV, #1 is scheduled to go to print in October-November 1998.
Barak Kalfuss
Co-Publishing Editor
e-mail: editormideast.fas.harvard.edu
Center For Middle Eastern Studies
Harvard University
1737 Cambridge St., Rm. 515
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
PUBLICATION- Focus Central Asia (Journal), Special Anniversary
Offer
Posted by: Focus Central Asia <fcaasdc.kz>
Posted: 6 Jun 1998
PUBLICATION- Focus Central Asia (Journal), Special Anniversary Offer
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identifies and highlights emerging trends which affect business today!
Focus Central Asia uses a network of correspondents reporting from all of
the Central Asian States. It is published twice a month online and in hard
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PUBLICATION- Geopolitics of Oil and Gas ... Challenges for
China
Posted by: Xiaojie Xu <xiaogepublic.bta.net.cn>
Posted: 3 Jun 1998
PUBLICATION- Geopolitics of Oil and Gas ... Challenges for China
Geopolitics of Oil and Gas in the New Century: Unprecedented Challenges for
China (in Chinese), 194 pp., China Social Science Literature Press, ISBN
7-80050-994-X/D-170, April 1998. Price: US$20, single copy; US$50, 3
copies; Negotiable over 10 copies
This is Xiaojie Xu's latest major Chinese study of Eurasian oil and gas
issue and Chinese oil movements. To order the book, please retrieve
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SEEKING AUTHOR- Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan
Posted by: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 27 May 1998
SEEKING AUTHOR- Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan
The Scarecrow Press is seeking author(s) for the Historical Dictionary of
Tajikistan, in a series of Historical Dictionaries of Asia. The book, of
some 250-300 pages, should include an introduction, chronology, dictionary
(with entries on persons, places, events, institutions, etc.) and
bibliography. Payment is by royalties. If you are interested, please
contact (enclosing a brief c.v.) the Series Editor:
Jon Woronoff
419, route de Vesegnin
01280 Prevessin
FRANCE
[NOTE: All inquiries should be addressed to the editor by post, as he has
no e-mail].
PUBLICATION- Les femmes en Iran, Nouchine Yavari-d'Hellencourt
Posted by: Nouchine Yavari-d'Hellencourt <aedeiclub-internet.fr>
Posted: 24 May 1998
PUBLICATION- Les femmes en Iran, Nouchine Yavari-d'Hellencourt
Les Femmes en Iran: Pressions sociales et strategies identitaires
edited by Nouchine Yavari-d'Hellencourt
L'Harmttan, Paris 1998
Table of Contents
Preface, by Daniele Combes
Introduction, by Nouchine Yavari-d'Hellencourt
L'essor demographique en perspective, by Marie Ladier-Fouladi
L'evolution recente de la fecondite, by Hajieh Fallah
Les representations populaires de la femme et de l'enfantement, by Niloufar
Riahi
Gestion de la sante au feminin: de la tradition a la modernite, by
Laurence-Donia Kotobi
Mere et actrice sociale: le cadre juridique, by Shirine Ebadi
Mariage et divorce: une marge de negociation pour les femmes, by Ziba
Mir-Hosseini
La semaine de la femme, by Behjat Yazdekhasti et Marie-Claude Lutrand
La formation d'une identite sociale feminine, by Azadeh Kian
L'inegalite des sexes sur le marche du travail, by Firouzeh Khalatbari
Discours islamiques, actrices sociales et rapports sociaux de sex, by
Nouchine Yavari-d'Hellencourt
PUBLICATION- Going Global: Transition from Plan to Market
in the World Economy
Posted by: Jud Wolfskill <wolfskilmit.edu>
Posted: 24 May 1998
PUBLICATION- Going Global: Transition from Plan to Market in the World Economy
Going Global
Transition from Plan to Market in the World Economy
edited by Padma Desai
The transition of the former socialist and otherwise centrally planned
economies into the world trading and financial system has become a major
concern to both policymakers and social scientists. In this book, experts
from diverse economies address the principal issues raised by this
transition. The chapters, which cover fourteen countries of East and
Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Asia, are the result of a
three-year research project. Although the contributors share a unity of
design and analysis, each author focuses on the issues most relevant to the
country or countries under discussion.
The countries discussed are the Czech Republic, Hungary, the German
Democratic Republic (now eastern Germany), Poland, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Finland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, Vietnam, and India.
Going Global is a study of the World Institute for Development Economics
Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER), Helsinki, Finland.
Padma Desai is Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic
Systems at Columbia University and at its Harriman Institute. Her
publications include *Marxism, Central Planning, and the Soviet Economy*
(MIT Press, 1983); *The Soviet Economy: Problems and Prospects* (Basil
Blackwell, 1987), a collection of her scholarly econometric analyses of the
Soviet economy and its decline; and *Perestroika in Perspective: The Design
and Dilemmas of Soviet Reform* (Princeton University Press, 1989).
December 1997
507 pp.
ISBN 0-262-04161-8
MIT Press * 5 Cambridge Center * Cambridge, MA 02142 * (617) 625-8569
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PUBLICATION- Andre Gunder Frank, ReOrient: Global Economy
in the Asian Age
Posted by: Gunder Frank <agfrankchass.utoronto.ca>
Posted: 22 May 1998
PUBLICATION- Andre Gunder Frank, ReOrient: Global Economy in the Asian Age
This is to announce the May/June 1998 publication of my book. Unlike 99
44/100 percent pure books about the 'World' and even about "Asia', this one
SPECIFIES and analyzes the significant place and role therein of
CENTRAL/INNER ASIA
ReORIENT: GLOBAL ECONOMY IN THE ASIAN AGE
by Andre Gunder Frank
University of California Press, 400 pp.
ISBN 0-520-21474-9 paper US$ 19.95
ISBN 0-520-21129-4 cloth US$ 55.00
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A Debate about the thesis of this book and its challenge of that of David
Landes THE WEALTH AND POVERTY OF NATIONS [Norton 1998] is on-going during
May 1998 simultaneously on 4 e-mail discussion nets and may be found on:
H-World [history], H-Asia [history], Econ-hist [economic history], and WSN
[World Systems Network]
Andre Gunder Frank
University of Toronto
96 Asquith Ave
Toronto, ON
CANADA M4W 1J8
Tel. 1 416 972-0616
Fax. 1 416 972-0071
Email agfrankchass.utoronto.ca
Home Page: http://www.whc.neu.edu/whc/resrch&curric/gunder.html
ReORIENT: GLOBAL ECONOMY IN THE ASIAN AGE
[University of California Press, May/June 1998]
by Andre Gunder Frank
Abstract
This book outlines and analyzes the global economy and its sectoral and
regional division of labor and cyclical dynamic from 1400 to 1800. The
evidence and argument are that within this global economy Asians and
particularly Chinese were preponderant, no more "traditional" than
Europeans, and in fact largely far less so. The historical documentation
poses an 'emperor has no clothes' challenge to all received Eurocentric
historiography and social theory from Montesquieu, Marx and Weber, or
Toynbee and Polanyi, to Rostow, Braudel and Wallerstein. The books's
global economic analysis offers a more holistic theoretical alternative.
'The Rise of the West' was not due to any 'European Miracle exceptionalism'
that allegedly permitted it to pull itself up by its own bootstraps as
Weberians have contended. Nor did Europe build a 'European world-economy
around itself" a la Braudel and thereby as per Marx and Wallerstein [as
well as my own WORLD ACCUMULATION 1492-1789] initiating a European centered
'Modern Capitalist World-System' primarily by exploiting the wealth of its
American and African colonies. Instead, Europe used its American silver to
buy itself marginal entry into the long since existing world market in
Asia, which was much larger, more productive and competitive, continued to
expand much faster until 1800, and was able to support a rate of population
growth in Asia that was than double that of Europe until 1750. Then
changing world economic/ demographic/ ecological relations and relative
factor prices in the competitive global economy resulted in the temporary
'Decline of the East' and the opportunity for the also temporary 'The Rise
of the West'. Europe took advantage of this world economic opportunity
through import substitution, export promotion and technological change to
become Newly Industrializing Economies after 1800, as is again happening
today in East Asia. That region is now regaining its 'traditional'
dominance in the global economy, with the Chinese 'Middle Kingdom' again at
its 'center.'
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Real World History vs. Eurocentric Social Theory
2. The Global Trade Carousel 1400-1800: An Introduction to the World Economy
3. Money Went Around the World and Made the World Go Round World Money:
Its Production and Exchange
4. The Global Economy: Comparisons and Relations Quantities: Population,
Production, Productivity, Income, Trade
5. Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory
6. Why Did the West Win [Temporarily] ?
7. Historiographic Conclusions and Theoretical Implications
PUBLICATION- Languages of the World, Institute of Linguistics,
Moscow
Posted by: Andrej Kibrik <kibrikiling.msk.su>
Posted: 18 May 1998
PUBLICATION- Languages of the World, Institute of Linguistics, Moscow
LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD is an encyclopedic multi-volume publication. Each
volume is devoted to one particular genetic or areal group of languages.
All articles are written in Russian by the leading authorities of Russia
and some other countries (depending on volume), specializing in the
respective languages. The articles of all volumes of LANGUAGES OF THE
WORLD are written in accordance with a standard typologically oriented
template that is imposed on each language. Thus descriptions of all
languages are comparable to one another. The articles on specific
languages consist of the following main divisions:
- sociolinguistic characterization
- phonology and phonetics
- detailed morphosyntactic characterization
- account of the peculiarities of the lexicon
- the dialectal system
The books of the series are both fundamental studies and reference
sources. The books are addressed to linguists, historians, ethnographers,
and interested in language studies.
So far five volumes have been published. The first one, "Uralic
languages", was published in 1993 by "Nauka", and is not available at this
time.
In 1997, the publishing house "Indrik" published four volumes:
- Turkic languages, including all ancient and modern languages known to
the science; 542 pp.
- Mongolic, Tingusic, Korean, and Japanese; 407 pp.
- Paleoasiatic languages (including Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Yeniseian, Eskimo-
Aleut, Copper Island Aleut-Russian mixed language, Nivkh, Yukagir, Ainu,
and Burushaski); 230 pp.
- Iranian languages, vol. 1: Southwestern group (volumes 2 and 3 will
follow); 206 pp.
In 1998, the following volumes are expected to be published.
- Iranian languages, vol. 2
- Dardic and Nuristani languages
- Caucasian languages
Volumes on other branches of Indo-European are currently being worked on.
Those who are interested in obtaining those book are requested to contact:
Andrej Kibrik
Institute of Linguistics
Russian Academy of Sciences
B. Kislovskij per., 1/12
Russia
kibrikiling.msk.su
Fax: [7](095) 290 05 28
We are now working on the problem of how to get books to foreign scholars;
having a list of those interested would make this work easier. Prices on
books will be in the range of $20, depending on size of a specific book.
PUBLICATION- ESCAS Newsletter (European Society for Central
Asian Studies)
Posted by: Gabriele Rasuly-Palaczek <gabriele.rasulyunivie.ac.at>
Posted: 14 May 1998
PUBLICATION- ESCAS Newsletter (European Society for Central Asian Studies)
The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) initially founded in
1985 as a loose network of scholars from the Netherlands, Germany, France,
Great Britain and Denmark working within Central Asian Studies has now came
into existence as a formal organization. ESCAS primarily focuses on the
promotion of joint research and interdisciplinary studies among European
scholars on Central Asia. Likewise it aims to expand already existing
networks of scholars in and outside Europe and to draw more public
attention to the importance of Central Asian Studies -a research field
grossly neglected in many European countries.
Following these objectives of ESCAS the Newsletter is aimed at creating a
closer network between the members of ESCAS as well as a wider public.
The newsletter itself focuses on four major topics:
* information of ESCAS members and others about ESCAS activities,
conferences, workshops, board meetings, etc.
* information about Central Asian related activities in Europe and
elsewhere, e.g. reports on conferences, exhibitions, announcement of
conferences and other occasions
* forum of information on current trends in Central Asian Research in
Europe, through e.g. short articles on Central Asian Studies in the
various European countries, university curricula, research projects
* exchange of information and network creation through information on
national and international research bodies, discussion groups in the
world wide web, etc.
The newsletter is intended to appear twice a year. If possible it will also
be spread via ESCAS home page. So far a zero number of the newsletter has
been published.
In order to make the newsletter into a real means of information all
scholars from Europe and elsewhere are warmly invited to provide
information on conferences, exhibitions, work groups, university
programmes, research projects etc. at the editor's disposal. The editor of
ESCAS newsletter is Asst. Prof. Mag. Dr. Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek.
Copies of the newsletter as well as ESCAS membership forms are obtainable
from the secretary of ESCAS, presently Dr. Turaj Atabaki, Department of
Oriental Studies, University of Utrecht, Drift 15, 3512 BR Utrecht.
The Netherlands.
All contributions to the newsletter itself as well as suggestions,
inquires, etc. regarding the newsletter should be made to the newsletter's
editor. Editorial address of the ESCAS newsletter is:
Asst. Prof. Mag. Dr. Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek
Institute for Ethnology, Cultural and Social Anthropology
University of Vienna
A-1010 Vienna
Universitatsstr. 7/IV
Austria
phone (office): 0043/1/ 4277-485-06
fax: (0043/1/4277-9485
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PUBLICATION- Caspian Business Report
Posted by: Erjan Kurbanov <ekurbanwam.umd.edu>
Posted: 13 May 1998
PUBLICATION- Caspian Business Report
Caspian Business report is a biweekly market report on the business
developments in the Caspian Region and provides up to date business,
governmental, economic and legal news from Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan and Uzbekistan. This is a publication
of the US-Azerbaijan Council.
Back issues of the Caspian Business Report are now posted on the Web.
Issues posted: from November 30 1996 till March 1998
Website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/usazerb/cbr.htm
PUBLICATION- Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity Within Unity
Posted by: Laural A. Bidwell <labidwellaol.com>
Posted: 6 May 1998
PUBLICATION- Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity Within Unity
Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity Within Unity
edited by Herbert L. Bodman and Nayereh Tohidi
Study after study of women in the Muslim world has focused primarily on
Middle Eastern societies, usually emphasizing the sexual ideology of a
reified Islam. This book rounds out that view, exploring the status, roles,
and contributions of Muslim women not only in the Middle East, but also in
Africa and Asia, including post-Soviet Central Asia.
The authors, many of them from the countries they examine, stress the
importance of historical context, local customs, and policies in defining
the status of Muslim women, the extent of their power, and the
opportunities or constraints they may experience. Students will discover
the immense diversity and change in these women's lives, enabling them to
better understand and discuss "Muslim women" without relying on evidence
from a single region or society.
Herbert Bodman is emeritus professor of Islamic History at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is author of Women in the Muslim World:
A Bibliography of Books and Articles Primarily in the English Language.
Nayereh Tohidi teaches Women's Studies and Sociology at the University of
California, Los Angeles.
CONTENTS:
Introduction- H.L. Bodman
Africa
Gender and Religion in Hausaland: Variations in Islamic Practice in Niger
and Nigeria - B. Cooper
When Modernity Confronts Traditional Practices: The Case of Female Genital
Cutting in Northeast Africa - N. Kassamali
Cultural Diversity Within Islam: Veils and Laws in Tunisia - M. Charrad
The Middle East
Power, Ideology, and Women's Consciousness in Post-Revolutionary Iran - H.
Nakanishi
Persistent Contradictions: Muslim Women in Syria - B. Shaaban
>From Two States to One: Women's Lives in the Transformation of Yemen - L.
Boxberger
Central Asia
'Guardians of the Nation': Women, Islam, and the Soviet Legacy of
Modernization in Azerbaijan - N.E. Tohidi
Between the Word of Lenin and Allah: Women and Ideology in Tajikistan - S.
Tadjbakhsh
Kazak Women: Living the Heritage of a Unique Past - P.A. Michaels
South and Southeast Asia
Taslima Nasreen and Others: The Contest over Gender in Bangladesh - D.M.
Siddiqi
Urban Minangkabau Muslim Women: Modern Choices, Traditional Concerns - L.
Whalley
Muslim Women in India:A Minority Within a Minority - S. Lateef
Conclusion - N.E. Tohidi.
LC: 97-40395; 1998/312 pages; ISBN: 1-55587-558-0 hc $55
Laural A. Bidwell
Director of Marketing
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
(303) 444-6684
(303) 444-0824 fax
PUBLICATION- Parthian and Sassanian Administrative Institutions
Posted by: Eduard Khurshudyan <eduardakod.arminco.com>
Posted: 6 May 1998
PUBLICATION- Parthian and Sassanian Administrative Institutions
Eduard Khurshudian. Die Parthischen und Sasanidischen
Verwaltungsinstitutionen. Nach den literarischen und epigraphischen Quellen
III Jh.V.Chr.- VII Jh.N.Chr [The Parthian and Sassanian Administrative
Institutions: On the literary and epigraphic sources].
1998; ISBN 5-8079-0181-X; 324 pp.; in German with an English summary.
Edited by Prof. Dr. Vladimir Livshits; Prof. Dr. Rudiger Schmitt.
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
Contents:
Einleitung
Kapitel I: Die Statthalter und Provinzherrscher
1. Bidaxs
2. Paygospan
3. Marzban
4. Kanarang
Kapitel II: Die hochsten Range der zentralen Zivilverwaltung
1. Premierminister: hazarbed (hazaruft), wuzurg framadar
2. Berater
Kapitel III: Die hochsten Hofbeamte
1. Zeremonienmeister
2. Hofverwalter und Befehlshaber der Hofwache
Kapitel IV: Finanzbeamte
1. Hargbed
2. Amargar
Kapitel V: Stadtverwaltung
Kapitel VI: Militarverwaltung
Kapitel VII: Die Schreiber
SUMMARY
1. "Der Zweite nach dem Konig"
2. Bxwarrbed "Stallmeister"
3. Mayganbed "Verwalter" (?)
4. Tabelle: Die Sasanidische und parthische Gemmen und Bullen mit den Titel
5. Karte: Das sasanidische Reich
The price of a single copy is US$30 plus $10 p. & p. To order, please do
the following. Transfer the appropriate sum through Beneficiary Bank A/C
with Marine Midland Bank New York Swift Address: MRMDUS33, Chips//CP:108;
Beneficiary Bank: Midland Armenia Bank, Yerevan, Armenia, Swift Address:
MIDLAM22, Beneficiary Bank A/C No 000-05145-4; in favour of ac. No.
001-048057-120 EDUARD KHURSHUDYAN. Then send the order together with the
confirmation of the bank transfer and your address to Dr. Ed. Khurshudyan,
Abovian St. 41, #17, Yerevan 375009, Armenia. E-mail: Eduard Khurshudyan
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Source: SASumd.umich.edu
PUBLICATION- National Relations in Uzbekistan: Illusion and Reality
Posted by: Cummings Center <CREEStaunivm.tau.ac.il>
Posted: 6 May 1998
PUBLICATION- National Relations in Uzbekistan: Illusion and Reality
Dr. Semyon Gitlin, a researcher at the Cummings Center for Russian Studies,
Tel Aviv University, would like to announce the publication of his book,
'Natsional'nye otnosheniia v Uzbekistane: Iliuzii i Real'nost' (Nationality
Relations in Uzbekistan: Illusion and Reality), Tel Aviv, 1998, 456 pp. 33
figs., in Russian.
The monograph concentrates on one of Central Asia's major states,
Uzbekistan. Basing his study on archival material from the party and state
organs of the USSR and Uzbekistan, Dr. Gitlin has attempted to reconstruct
a picture of the appearance and growth of new sources of current and
potential ethnic conflicts, associated with the era of national awakening
and development of the national democratic movement in Uzbekistan.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Semyon Gitlin
The Cummings Center
Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv, ISRAEL 69978
Fax: 972-3-6409721
email: creespost.tau.ac.il
PUBLICATION- Livshits Festschrift, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 10
Posted by: Bulletin of the Asia Institute <bai34aol.com>
Posted: 11 May 1998
PUBLICATION- Livshits Festschrift, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 10
BULLETIN OF THE ASIA INSTITUTE 10 (June 1998)
Studies in Honor of Vladimir A. Livshits
Ivan Steblin-Kamenskii and Richard Nelson Frye, "Vladimir Aronovich Livshits"
"Bibliography of V. A. Livshits"
I. M. Diakonoff, "Pre-Median Indo-Iranian Tribes in Northern Iran?"
Ruediger Schmitt, "Epigraphisch-exegetische Probleme der altpersischen Texte
'DNb' und 'XP1'": Teil I"
Michael Fuller and A. D. H. Bivar, "Parthian Ostraca from the Syrian Jazira"
Antonio Invernizzi, "Old Nisa and the Art of the Steppes"
S. D. Loginov and A. B. Nikitin, "Parthian Coins from Margiana: Numismatics
and History"
Richard Nelson Frye and Prods Oktor Skjaervo, "The Middle Persian Inscription
from Meshkinshahr"
Philippe Gignoux, "Six documents pehlevis sur cuir du California Museum of
Ancient Art, Los Angeles"
Gherardo Gnoli, "More on astwand ruwan (KKZ 19 and KNRb 20-21)"
J. Harmatta, "The Wall of Alexander the Great and the Limes Sasanicus"
A. S. Melikian-Chirvani, "The Iranian Wine Horn from Pre-Achaemenid Antiquity
to the Safavid Age"
D. N. MacKenzie, "Khwarezmian Enigma Variations"
Nicholas Sims-Williams and Francois de Blois, "The Bactrian Calendar"
Yutaka Yoshida, "The Sogdian Dhuta Text and Its Chinese Original"
Frantz Grenet and Zhang Guangda, "The Last Refuge of the Sogdian Religion:
Dunhuang in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries"
Werner Sundermann, "A Manichaean View on the Resurrection of the Body"
V. G. Shkoda, "The Sogdian Temple: Structure and Rituals"
B. I. Marshak, "The Tiger, Raised from the Dead: Two Murals from Panjikent"
B. Staviskii and T. Mkrtychev, "Qara-Tepe in Old Termez: On the History of the
Monument"
Richard Salomon, "Five Kharosthi Inscriptions"
Helmut Humbach, "Pangul, a Turco-Bactrian Ruler"
Martin Schwartz, "*Sasm, Sesen, St. Sisinnios, Sesengen Barpharanges, and
..."Semanglof"
Richard Salomon, "Addendum to "Three Dated Kharosthi Inscriptions (BAI 9)"
Andrew Topsfield, "Ashmolean Museum, Oxford"
Reviews
Miller. Athens and Persia in the Fifth Century BC: A Study in Cultural
Receptivity (A. D. H. Bivar)
Sher et al. Siberie du sud: Oglakhty I-III (Russie, Khakassie); Francfort et
al. Siberie du Sud 2: Tepsej I-III, Ust'-Tuba I-IV (Russie, Khakassie)
(Esther Jacobson)
Clothbound, 81/2 x 111/2 ", printed on acid-free paper
300 pp., 130 ills.
$65 + $8 shipping in U.S. funds, U.S. bank
Pre-payment necessary. Order from:
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ON-LINE PUBLICATION- Ethnic Conflicts in the Caucasus
Posted by: Erjan Kurbanov <ekurbanwam.umd.edu>
Posted: 24 Apr 1998
ON-LINE PUBLICATION- Ethnic Conflicts in the Caucasus
Center for International Development and Conflict Management (University of
Maryland) Caucasus Projects presents
Etnopoliticheskie konflikty v zakavkaz'e: ikh istoki i puti resheniia
[Ethnopolitical Conflicts in the Transcaucasus: Their Roots and Solutions;
in Russian]
Authored and edited by: Georgi Gogsadze, Manana Gabashvili, Aleksandr
Iskandaryan, Albert Kabisov, Edy Kaufman, George Quester, Erjan Kurbanov,
Elkhan Mekhtiev, Nikolai Hohvanessian, Georgi Otyrba, Gulshen Pashaeva,
Barry Sanders.
This on-line publication may be found at:
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/cidcm/partners/main.htm
PUBLICATION- Deported Peoples: Meskhetians, IOM Report
Posted by: Kathryn Legomsky <legomskyiom.int>
Posted: 24 Apr 1998
PUBLICATION- Deported Peoples: Meskhetians, IOM Report
International Organization for Migration
Deported Peoples of the Former Soviet Union: The Case of the Meskhetians
Following the break-up of the Soviet Union several of the new states found
themselves responsible for dealing with migration problems which had
largely been ignored during Soviet times. One of the most complex of these
was how to resolve the problems of the formerly deported peoples. As a
result of the mass deportations that occurred in the former USSR in the
late 1930s and 1940s, eight entire nations were forcibly removed to eastern
and central Siberia and the Central Asian republics.
This study published by the International Organization for Migration
considers the case of one of these formerly deported peoples - the
Meskhetians. Unlike other formerly deported peoples, only a few hundred
Meskhetians, out of an estimated population of 300,000 persons, have
managed to return to their original homeland- Georgia.
[...]
Full information and copies of the report are available at 10 USD from Ms.
Virginia Rault at IOM Headquarters in Geneva (Tel: 41-22-717-9474, Fax:
41-22-798-6150, e-mail: raultiom.int)
PUBLICATION- Armenian Forum (New Journal)
Posted by: Vincent Lima <vlimacompuserve.com>
Posted: 23 Apr 1998
PUBLICATION- Armenian Forum (New Journal)
ARMENIAN FORUM, an independent journal of contemporary affairs, will debut
in mid-April. The journal, a quarterly, features in-depth essays on topics
ranging from public health in Armenia to Armenian music, from diaspora
identity to oil in the Caspian.
The first issue of ARMENIAN FORUM is available free of charge to
individuals who request it. A copy of the 128-page publication may be
obtained by calling toll-free (888) 9-ARMEN-9 from anywhere in the U.S. and
Canada.
The new journal, based in Princeton, N. J., is edited by Vincent Lima and
Ara Sarafian. It is published by the Gomidas Institute.
For more information, or to receive the inaugural issue free of charge and
at no obligation, call toll-free (888) 9-ARMEN-9 -- that is, (888) 927-6369
-- from anywhere in the U.S. and Canada, send email to forumgomidas.org or
write ARMENIAN FORUM, PO Box 208, Princeton, NJ 08542-0208, USA.
PUBLICATION- Works on Zoroastrian Texts
Posted by: Pallan R. Ichaporia <PIchaporiaaol.com>
Posted: 20 Apr 1998
PUBLICATIONS- Works on Zoroastrian Texts
Zamyad Yasht, Yasht 19 of Young Avesta: Text, Translation, Commentary and
Glossary, by Helmut Humbach & Pallan Ichaporia, Harrassowitz, 1998.
Available from Otto Harrassowitz Buchhandlung, Asien Abteilung, P.O. Box 2929,
Taunusstrasse-5 -D-65019, Wiesbaden, Germany
The Heritage of Zarathushtra, A New Translation of His Gathas, by Helmut
Humbach & Pallan Ichaporia, Universitatsverlag C Winter, Heidelberg, 1994.
ISBN.-3-8253-0251-2.
Available from: 253 S 4th Street, Womelsdorf, PA 19567
The Gathas of Asho Zarathuhstra, Book I -Ahunavaiti Gatha & Book II
Pallan Ichaporia, 1993, ISBN 1-883345-00-6.
Available as special order from any leading book store in USA
Dr. Pallan R. Ichaporia
PUBLICATION- Post-Soviet Political Order: Conflict and State Building
Posted by: Barnett R. Rubin <brubinemail.cfr.org>
Posted: 19 Apr 1998
PUBLICATION- Post-Soviet Political Order: Conflict and State Building
Barnett R. Rubin and Jack Snyder, eds., Post-Soviet Political Order:
Conflict and State Building (London and New York: Routledge, 1998),
201 pp., bibliography, index, map.
Table of Contents:
1. Jack Snyder, "Introduction: reconstructing politics amidst the
wreckage of empire"
2. Alexander J. Motyl, "After empire: competing discourses and
inter-state conflict i post-imperial Eastern Europe"
3. Mark von Hagen, "The Great War and the mobilization of ethnicity
in the Russian Empire"
4. Steven Solnick, "Will Russia survive? Center and periphery in the
Russian Federation"
5. Jose Casanova, "Ethno-linguistic and religious pluralism and
democratic construction in Ukraine"
6. Rajan Menon and Hendrik Spruyt, "Possibilities for conflict and
conflict resolution in post-Soviet Central Asia"
7. Barnett R. Rubin, "Russian hegemony and state breakdown in the
periphery: causes and consequences of the civil war in Tajikistan"
8. Barnett R. Rubin, "Conclusion: managing normal instability"
ISBN 0-415-17069-9 (paperback), available also in hardback
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the West has tried to ensure
that politically stable countries emerged from the ashes of the former
Soviet empire by promoting democracy. However, democracy cannot be
achieved without first creating coherent state institutions.
*Post-Soviet Political Order* asks what is shaping the institutional
pattern of the post-Soviet political order, what the new order will be
like, what patterns of conflict are emerging, and what can be done about
stabilizing the region. In considering these questions the contributors
converge on four common themes:
* the institutional legacy of empire;
* the social processes unleashed by imperial collapse;
* patterns of bargaining within and between states to resolve conflicts
arising out of the
imperial collapse;
* the impact of the wider international setting on the patter of
post-imperial politics
Focusing on the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, the
contributors show how strong state institutions are essential if conflict
and political instability are to be avoided.
Barnett R. Rubin is Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council
on Foreign Relations, New York. Jack Snyder is Professor and Chair,
Political Science Department, Columbia University.
Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane
London EC4P 4EE
or
29 West 35th STreet
New York, NY 10001
http://www.routledge.com
ON-LINE PUBLICATION- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Caucasus Report
Posted by: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 19 Apr 1998
ON-LINE PUBLICATION- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Caucasus Report
RFE/RL Caucasus Report: A weekly review of political developments in the
North Caucasus and Transcaucasia from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
This new email weekly covers Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia's
North Caucasus.
To subscribe, send an email message to:
caucasus-reportlist.rferl.org
with the word "subscribe" in the subject line or body of the message.
The first issue (March 3, 1998) and all future issues will be online at the
RFE/RL Web site:
http://www.rferl.org/caucasus-report/
PUBLICATION- Turkic Congresses in Tsarist Russia, Necip Hablemitoglu
Posted by: SOTA <sotaeuronet.nl>
Posted: 18 Apr 1998
PUBLICATION- Turkic Congresses in Tsarist Russia (1905-1917), N. Hablemitoglu
Dr. Necip Hablemitoglu, Carlik Rusyasi'nda Turk Kongreleri (1905-1917)
[Turkic Congresses in Tsarist Russia (1905-1917)], Ankara 1997, 317 pp.,
bibl., 40 pp. of photos, 99 pp. of Russian documents and translations,
index. In Turkish. USD 30
Chapters:
1. General situation of the Russian Turks in the beginning of 20th century
2. Political Congresses of Russian Turks and their results
3. The Influence of the Russian Congresses of Turks on the Anatolian
Turkish Revolution
Excellent unique reproduction of documents and photos, unique material
about the situation of the Russian Turkish Peoples and their political
struggle at the beginning of 20th. century.
The book can be ordered from SOTA. For ordering information, contact:
SOTA <sotaeuronet.nl>
Source: Turkistan-Newsletter
CALL FOR PAPERS- Int'l Review of Social History, "Complicating the
Posted by: Eileen Boris <ecb4dfaraday.clas.virginia.edu>
Posted: 18 Apr 1998
Categories"
CALL FOR PAPERS- Int'l Review of Social History, "Complicating the Categories"
[NOTE: For a full version of this Call for Papers, contact: Eileen Boris
<ecb4dfaraday.clas.virginia.edu>]
International Review of Social History
Supplement 1999: "Complicating the Categories: Gender, Class, Race, and
Ethnicity in Western and Non-Western Societies"
Introduction
The International Review of Social History long has focused on the issue of
labor. For the 1999 Supplement the International Review has planned a
special issue on the interrelationships between class, gender, race, and
ethnicity. We invite authors to submit proposals for articles that address
any of the related issues mentioned below in the description of the
content, or any other aspect they believe is of relevance to the main
theme. Articles should consider gender, race and /or ethnicity as
integrated analytical and explanatory categories. We explicitly invite
proposals on non-Western societies and countries. This special issue
favors long-term perspectives and, in terms of Western Europe, the early
modern period. Finally, we will give special preference to articles of a
comparative nature and to those that consider together the workings of
class, gender, race and/or ethnicity.
The Theme
The 1999 Review Supplement focuses on the interrelationships between
central concepts in the analysis of economic and social history: social
class, gender, race and/or ethnicity. Until recently, labor and
working-class history tended to ignore the influence of gender and gender
relations; certainly the field studied gender apart from race and
ethnicity. However, feminist scholarship has demonstrated the analytical
power of gendered categories in the study of a wide range of topics. This
has served as one of the influences to undermine seriously the class
paradigm in the study of labor and working-class history. Questions of
explanatory primacy between class and gender no longer are the dominant
theme. More recently, scholarship on 'race' and ethnicity as sometimes
related and sometimes distinct categories of analysis (depending on time
and place) has complicated our understanding of class and gender formation.
These developments have led scholars and activists to question the precise
relationship between all of these analytical concepts and the possibilities
or impossibilities to unite and/or integrate them. What would this process
of integration look like? What kinds of historical insights and histories
would emerge from such a process of integration? This supplement aims to
show how class, gender, race and/or ethnicity intersect across a wide range
of economic and social historical questions and problems. In addition,
this call for papers indicates a few specific issues connected to class,
gender, race and/or ethnicity for which we invite elaboration.
Submission of abstracts and articles
Abstracts for proposed articles should be submitted at the latest by May 1,
1998. Abstracts should be around 800 words, stating clearly, amongst other
things, the questions that will be examined, the type of empirical material
that will be used, and an outline of the main argument that will be
developed in the paper. Please state explicitly in what way the paper is
related to any of the issues listed above. A first version of the article
should be ready for the editorial committee of the Review by 1 October
1998; the final version should be completed by 1 December 1998. Please
state clearly name, address, fax number, and email address when submitting
your proposal.
Proposals should be sent to both:
Dr. Angelique Janssens
University of Nijmegen
Department of History
P.O. Box 9103
6500 HD HIJMEGEN
The Netherlands
fax: 31-24-361 2807
email: a.janssenslet.kun.nl
and
Dr. Eileen Boris
Department of History
Howard University
Washington, D.C. 20059
USA
fax: 202-806-4471
email: ecb4dfaraday.clas.virginia.edu
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor, 1998 No. 2
Posted by: David Nalle <davidn5512aol.com>
Posted: 14 Apr 1998
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Monitor, 1998 No. 2
CENTRAL ASIA MONITOR - Issue No. 2, 1998, now available
Table of Contents:
* Some Routes Are More Alternative Than Others
* The Mistake of the Uzbek Economic Model, by Andrew Apostolou
* Oil and Gas News
* Invest in Kazakhstan (but leave some cash for bail)
* Military Relations between Russia and Kazakhstan in the Post-Soviet Era
(1992-1997), by Mikhail Alexandrov
* "Air Force One": the Cinematic Erasure of Central Asia, by Anthony Bichel
* Narcotics in Central Asia
* Why is the United States Active in the Region?, testimony by
Robert W. Gee
* Turkmenistan Makes Ramazan Bayrami Official Holiday, by Lowell Bezanis
* Books: Central Asia: Foundations of Change, by R. D. McChesney. Review by
Thomas Greene
* Representing Tatarstan, by Paul Goble
* Islam and the State
* More News And Comments
* Letter to the Editor
The Monitor is a bimonthly magazine covering the Central Asian states since
independence. For selected articles, previous tables of contents, and
subscription information visit www.chalidze.com/cam.htm
PUBLICATION- Papers on Energy Policy in Central Asia
Posted by: Bruce Acker <backernbr.org>
Posted: 3 Apr 1998
PUBLICATION- Papers on Energy Policy in Central Asia
1) China's Intentions for Russian and Central Asian Oil and Gas,
Gaye Christoffersen (NBR Analysis, vol. 9, no. 2, March 1998)
Seattle, The National Bureau of Asian Research, 1998, x + 29 pp.
Analyzes the activities of Chinese energy companies in Russia and Central
Asia in the context of China's evolving policies concerning energy security.
Addresses the challenges and benefits for U.S. corporate and government
policymakers. The author is an independent consultant in Honolulu.
2) Treacherous Terrain: The Political and Security Dimensions of
Energy Development in the Caspian Sea Zone, Rajan Menon (NBR Analysis, vol.
9, no. 1, February 1998)
Seattle, The National Bureau of Asian Research, 1998, x + 38 pp.
Analyzes the interplay between political and security issues and the
development of energy resources in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Includes
map of existing and proposed pipeline routes; appendix of major consortia
and contracts. The author is professor of international relations at Lehigh
University and adjunct professor at Columbia University.
To obtain a copy of either publication, contact:
Bruce Acker
Codirector, Eurasia Policy Studies
The National Bureau of Asian Research
4518 University Way NE, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98105, USA
tel.: (206) 632-7370
fax: (206) 632-7487
e-mail: backernbr.org
http://www.nbr.org
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