Central-Eurasia-L Announcement Archive
3. Publications
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PUBL.- Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, Issue #1
Posted by: Editorial Office <info globalaffairs.ru>
Posted: 27 May 2005
PUBL.- Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, Issue #1
Russia in Global Affairs
2005, No. 001
Contents:
The Spiral of Russian History
Fyodor Lukyanov
The Post-Soviet Chessboard: From Global Controversies to Regional Conflicts
Mikhail Delyagin
A strategic goal for Moscow would be to bring the process of the Soviet
Union's disintegration to a logical end. This would entail international
recognition of the right to self-determination for those peoples living in
the post-Soviet area, who are willing to be incorporated into Russia.
The Near Abroad: Increasingly Far Away from Russia
Yekaterina Kuznetsova
If the Russian authorities do not amend their policies, Moscow's efforts to
keep the former 'sister republics' under its influence may force those
countries to turn to those who will offer them a more intelligible scenario
for future development.
The Orange Color of the Bourgeoisie
Vadim Dubnov
The change of power in Georgia and Ukraine only remotely resembles velvet
revolutions that took place in Eastern Europe some 15 years ago. These are
not popular uprisings that change social order of a country, they are
bureaucratic revolutions, as the most active part of the ruling class feels
that the frameworks of the existing political and economic system are
already too narrow for it.
Ukraine: Check or Checkmate?
Robert Bridge
Western commentators insist that U.S. interest in Ukraine's recent
presidential election was an altruistic gesture with the purest intentions;
it merely wanted to crack open the blackened windows of the former Soviet
frontier to some democratic sunshine, and other such poetical pretensions.
It would be truly heartwarming if this was really the whole story, but
unfortunately it is not.
Kaliningrad: Gateway to Wider Europe
Sergei Kortunov
Moscow does not have a geopolitical understanding of the Kaliningrad
Region's role, nor a long-term economic strategy. If Moscow continues to do
nothing, the Kaliningrad Region, like a ripe fruit, will fall into the EU's
hands on its own accord.
Whither Putin? The Putin Strategy
Vyacheslav Nikonov
Putin's strategy is built on the principles of the free market, a strong
state and its security organizations; on an open, independent and active
foreign policy; and on respect for traditions, continuity and patriotism.
According to any of the classifications accepted in the world, such a set of
principles is rather characteristic of right-wing politicians and
conservatives.
The Great Watershed Year
Alexander Budberg
Russian society is obviously going through an abrupt turning point, and the
most capable and notable personalities are once again unwanted in their
homeland. The idea of a civic society, a vogue of the recent past, has
transformed into the judgment of numerous loyalists who are vigorously
tipping the FSB on anything that looks suspicious, while the FSB is fully
unprepared for it.
Manual Governance
Svetlana Babayeva, Georgy Bovt
"Indeed, Putin's conduct is the one of an absolute monarch," a top official
from the Kremlin remarked frankly. "But you have to govern all that manually
and on a daily basis if you want to keep it under control. Forget about any
system in the next 20 to 30 years, until the time when people who are 18 to
20 years old today come to power."
Property and Freedom
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
The destruction of YUKOS shows that once the bureaucrats get off their
leash, they become guided by anything but the interests of the state. They
believe that the state machinery should serve their interests, while all
other functions are inessential and can be forgotten (temporarily or for
good). The bureaucrats have no respect for the state and regard it simply as
a mechanism of attaining their personal objectives. Identifying Russia's Foes
Mikhail Yuryev
The staunch opponents of the regime, who pretend to hate Putin's Russia,
actually hate Russia per se. This certainly applies to the majority of our
professional democrats and ardent champions of universal human values. Since
the President says we are at war, the people who are against us must be
called foes, not opponents.
Antiterror Strategies
A No-Compromise War
Yevgeny Satanovsky
Islamists do not wait for concessions from the Russian Federation, nor any
other country they are fighting against. They simply want to destroy the
country and its citizens: atheists and believers, Moslems and non-Moslems.
Winning a War While Not Losing the Peace
Alexei Arbatov
Is there anything in common between the armed conflicts in Chechnya,
Afghanistan and Iraq? The answer is, practically everything is different:
their history, their nature, the composition of the conflicting parties and
their goals, the legal basis, social and political consequences, etc. Yet,
there are some points that permit us to compare these conflicts and even
learn some vital lessons from them.
Global Interaction
Democracy, International Governance, and the Future World Order
Sergei Lavrov
Democracy cannot be imposed from the outside. Attempts to replace a ruling
regime by force only serve to destabilize the situation in a given country.
Democratic institutions must be formed on the national basis of a given
country, while the international community must help create favorable
conditions for promoting this process. It must show respect for the existing
traditions of every country and for the choice of ways to develop
democracy.
The United Nations: Challenges of Our Time
Yevgeny Primakov
The UN Charter provides for all possible ways to collectively counteract
threats to security and stability. So the question is not how to amend the
Charter, but how to best use the high potential of this document, as well as
the potential of the UN Security Council and the United Nations as a whole.
Can Russia and Germany Save the Middle East?
Naiem A. Sherbiny
Something bold needs to be done to salvage the Greater Middle East
initiative and move its fate off dead center for the benefit of all
participants, beneficiaries and donors alike. Russia and Germany are
uniquely qualified to assume the responsibility of saving the G8-GME
initiative. But the available window of opportunity for this historic
initiative is rapidly closing.
Challenges of Market Building
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Although at different stages, both the EU and Russia are transition
economies. In the last two decades, Russia and the EU engaged in
unprecedented market building projects. The EU decided to complete the
Single Market, while Russia, which had been operating for more than seventy
years under the principles of central planning, began transforming itself
into a market economy.
Insight Into American Policy: The Sources of American Conduct
Alexei Bogaturov
What are the motives behind American foreign policy decisions? To date, when
the U.S. completely dominates the international arena, it is critical to
understand the political, psychological, ideological and cultural sources of
American conduct in order to formulate an adequate policy of relations with
the U.S.
Limited Possibilities and Possible Limitations
Nikolai Zlobin
Over the last few years, the Russia-U.S. bilateral relations, far from
growing stronger, have approached a dangerous point. The elites in the two
countries have developed feelings of mutual disillusionment with each other,
as well as the suspicion that the other side is secretly nurturing hostile
plans. The presidents' friendship has ceased to be a means for solving these
problems and is actually becoming a means for veiling them.
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PUBL.- Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security under Putin
Posted by: Robert Larsson <robertgfsis.org>
Posted: 26 May 2005
PUBL.- Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security under Putin
Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security under Putin
Edited by Jakob Hedenskog, Vilhelm Konnander, Bertil Nygren, Ingmar Oldberg,
and Christer Pursiainen
London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005
BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon Series on Russian and East European Studies
Abstract
After a period of relative weakness and instability during most of the
1990s, Russia is again appearing as a major security player in world
politics. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Russia's current
security situation, addressing such questions as:
- What kind of player is Russia in the field of security?
- What is the essence of its security policy?
- What are the sources, capabilities and priorities of its security policy?
One important conclusion to emerge is that, while Russian foreign policy
under Putin has become more pragmatic and responsive to both problems and
opportunies, the growing lack of checks and balances in domestic politics
makes political integration with the West difficult and gives the president
great freedom in applying Russia's growing power abroad.
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Part 1: Dimensions of external security
1. Russia as a Great Power by Iver B. Neumann
2. Foreign Policy Priorities under Putin: A tour d'horizon by Ingmar Oldberg
3. Russia and NATO: Community of values or community of interests by Jakub
M. Godzimirski
4. The Logic of Foreign and Security Policy Change in Russia by Mette Skak
Part 2: Dimensions of Regional Security
5. What Prospects for Russia in the Baltic Sea Region? Cooperation or
Isolation? by Vilhelm Konnander
6. Filling 'the gap': Russian security policy towards Belarus, Ukraine and
Moldova under Putin by Jakob Hedenskog
7. Russia's Relations with Georgia under Putin: The impact of 11th September
by Bertil Nygren
8. Understanding Russia's Foreign Policy Change: The cases of Central Asia
and Iraq by Lena Jonson
Part 3: Internal Dimensions of Security
9. Putin, the Army and Military Force by Isabelle Facon
10. Russian Economic Security in a Medium-Term Perspective by Roland Gotz
11. Forming a New Security Identity in Modern Russia by Nikita Lomagin
12. Nuclear Safety and Environmental Risks of North-west Russia by Christer
Pursiainen
Part 4. Terrorism: A new security threat
13. Russia's Approach to the Fight Against Terrorism by Ekaterina Stepanova
14. Counter Terrorism as a Building Block for Putins's Regime by Pavel Baev
Conclusions and Perspectives
The book can be bought from Routledge (http://www.routledge.co.uk/)
PUBL.- Michael M.J. Fischer, Persian Poesis in the Transnational Circuitry
Posted by: Michael Fischer <mfischerMIT.EDU>
Posted: 26 May 2005
PUBL.- Michael M.J. Fischer, Persian Poesis in the Transnational Circuitry
New from Duke University Press
Mute Dreams, Blind Owls, and Dispersed Knowledges: Persian Poesis in the
Transnational Circuitry
Michael M.J. Fischer
Over the past decade Iranian films have received enormous international
attention. Combining his extensive ethnographic experience in Iran and his
broad command of critical theory, Michael M.J. Fischer argues that the
widespread appeal of Iranian cinema is based in a poetics that speaks not
only to Iran's domestic cultural politics but also to the more general
ethical dilemmas of a world simultaneously torn apart and pushed together.
Approaching film as a tool for anthropological analysis, he illuminates how
Iranian filmmakers have incorporated and remade the rich traditions of oral,
literary, and visual media in Persian culture.
Fischer reveals how the distinctive expressive idiom emerging in
contemporary Iranian film reworks Persian imagery that has itself been in
dialogue with other cultures since the time of Zoroaster and ancient Greece.
He examines a range of narrative influences on this expressive idiom and
imagery, including Zoroastrian ritual as it is practiced in Iran, North
America, and India; the mythic stories, moral lessons, and historical
figures written about in Iran's national epic, the Shahnameh; the dreamlike
allegorical world of Persian surrealism exemplified in Sadeq Hedayat's 1939
novella The Blind Owl; and the politically charged films of the 1960s and
1970s. Fischer contends that by combining Persian traditions with
cosmopolitan influences, contemporary Iranian filmmakers -- many of whom
studied in Europe and America -- provide audiences around the world with new
modes of accessing ethical and political experiences.
Part I: Speaking after Zarathustra: Ritual, Epic, and Philosophical Forms of
Reason
1. Yasna: Performative Ritual, Narrative Mnemonic
2. Shahnameh: Parable Logic
Coda: Illuminationism: Philosophical Allegory
Part II: Seeing After Film: Textual and Cinematic Forms of Ethical Reason
3. Awaiting the Revolution: Surrealism Persian Style
4. Filmic Judgment and Cultural Critique: The Work of Art, Ethics, and
Religion in Postrevolution Iranian Cinema
5. War Again: Qandahar, 911 -- Figure and Discourse in Iranian Cinematic
Writing
Coda: Balancing Acts (After 9/11)
Epilogue: Beyond "Mobile Armies of Metaphors": Sheherezade Films the Games
Duke University Press
December 2004, 474 pages
Cloth ISBN 0-8223-3285-x
Paper ISBN 0-8223-3298-1 (paper), Price: $23.95
Web: www.dukeupress.edu
PUBL.- Islamic Identity in Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
Posted by: Alexander Bogomolov <bglgilan.uar.net>
Posted: 26 May 2005
PUBL.- Islamic Identity in Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
Islamic identity in Ukraine.
By A. Bogomolov, S.Danylov, I.Semyvolos, G.Yavorska.
Kiev: AMES Publishers, 2005.
130 pp. Paper cover. In Ukrainian
ISBN 966-95507-2-6
The 1st book ever published on Muslims of Ukraine is based on a fieldwork
research carried out in several regions of the country, most importantly
Crimea and South-East (Donbass, Kherson, etc.). The book analyses ideologies
of several Islamic groups both local and linked to the Middle Eastern and
global Islamic activism and their reception by the Ukrainian Muslims. A
special section of the book, which draws mainly on the methodology of
critical discourse analysis, is dedicated to the reception of Muslims and
Islam in general by the Ukrainian society at large.
Contents:
Introduction
1. Ukrainian Muslims: a social geography
2. Islamic institutes
2.1 Traditional institutes: community, religious departments
2.2 Innovative type of organizations: ar-Raid, Sunna, Birlik, Zamzam
2.3 International Islamic networks: Tablighi Jamaat, Hizb al-Tahrir
2.4 Religious opposition
2.5 Mechanisms of Islamic knowledge reproduction.
3. Islam as ideology: content and realization
3.1 Islam and ethnicity
3.2 Islam as 'self' and 'other'
3.3 Approaches toward the religious authority
4. Discourse and identity
5. Conceptualizing Islam and Muslims in Ukrainian discourse practices: from
irreality to virtuality
Conclusion
All requests should be addressed to:
Dr. Alex Bogomolov
Center of Middle East Studies
4 Hrushevsky Street, Room 210
01601 Kiev
Ukraine
Tel: 380-44-279-0772
E-mail: bglgilan.uar.net
PUBL.- The Russian Review, Volume 64, Number 3 (July 2005)
Posted by: The Russian Review <rusrevku.edu>
Posted: 24 May 2005
PUBL.- The Russian Review, Volume 64, Number 3 (July 2005)
Web: http://www.russianreview.org/
Table of Contents:
Questioning a Poet's Explanations: Politics and Self-Presentation in
Derzhavin's "Footnotes" and Explanations
Donald Loewen
pp. 381-400
"Blizhe k suti, k miru Bloka": The Mise-en-Scene of Boris Pasternak's
"Hamlet" and Pasternak's Blokian-Christological Ideal
Timothy D. Sergay
pp. 401-421
"Empty Is My Native Land": The Problem of the Absent Center in Aleksandr
Zel'dovich's Moscow"
Keith A. Livers
pp. 422-439
Searching for Nationality: Statistics and National Categories at the End of
the Russian Empire (1897-1917)
Juliette Cadiot
pp. 440-455
War Destruction and Remedial Work in the Early Soviet Economy: Myth and
Reality on the Railroads
Anthony J. Heywood
pp. 456-479
Changing Symbols: The Renovation of Moscow Place Names
Graeme Gill
pp. 480-503
Book Reviews
pp. 504-555
Publications Received
pp. 556-558
PUBL.- Francine Hirsch, Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union
Posted by: Jonathan Hall <jlh98cornell.edu>
Posted: 24 May 2005
PUBL.- Francine Hirsch, Ethnographic Knowledge & the Making of the Soviet Union
New from Cornell University Press
Empire of Nations
Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union
Francine Hirsch
When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they set themselves the task of
building socialism in the vast landscape of the former Russian Empire, a
territory populated by hundreds of different peoples belonging to a
multitude of linguistic, religious, and ethnic groups. Before 1917, the
Bolsheviks had called for the national self-determination of all peoples and
had condemned all forms of colonization as exploitative. After attaining
power, however, they began to express concern that it would not be possible
for Soviet Russia to survive without the cotton of Turkestan and the oil of
the Caucasus. In an effort to reconcile their anti-imperialist position with
their desire to hold on to as much territory as possible, the Bolsheviks
integrated the national idea into the administrative-territorial structure
of the new Soviet state.
In Empire of Nations, Francine Hirsch examines the ways in which former
imperial ethnographers and local elites provided the Bolsheviks with
ethnographic knowledge that shaped the very formation of the new Soviet
Union. The ethnographers-who drew inspiration from the Western European
colonial context-produced all-union censuses, assisted government
commissions charged with delimiting the USSR's internal borders, led
expeditions to study "the human being as a productive force," and created
ethnographic exhibits about the "Peoples of the USSR." In the 1930s, they
would lead the Soviet campaign against Nazi race theories.
Hirsch illuminates the pervasive tension between the colonial-economic and
ethnographic definitions of Soviet territory; this tension informed Soviet
social, economic, and administrative structures. A major contribution to the
history of Russia and the Soviet Union, Empire of Nations also offers new
insights into the connection between ethnography and empire.
Francine Hirsch is Assistant Professor of History at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. For an interview please contact Professor Hirsch at
608-442-6023 or at fhirschfacstaff.wisc.edu.
Cornell University Press
June 2005, 367 pages
Cloth ISBN: 0-8014-4273-7, Price: $59.95 £32.95
Paper ISBN: 0-8014-8908-3, Price: $27.95 £15.50
For additional information contact:
Jonathan Hall
Tel: 607-277-2338 x252
E-mail: JLH98cornell.edu
Cornell University Press
Sage House
512 East State Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
Web: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, May 18, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 24 May 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, May 18, 2005 Issue on Web
Note: TWO Policy Papers Recently Released:
"A 'Greater Central Asia Partnership' for Afghanistan and Its Neighbors", By
S. Frederick Starr, March 2005, 38 pp. Full electronic version online at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/CACI/Strategy.pdf
"Developing Counter-Narcotics Policy in Central Asia: Legal and Political
Dimensions", By Kairat Osmonaliev, January 2005, 104 pp. Full electronic
version available online at: http://www.silkroadstudies.org/Kairat.htm
The 18 May issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org. The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly
publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins
University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes article submissions. At this moment, we are
particularly interested in submissions on economics and finance matters in
Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries are welcome. Please
contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu with a short
description of your article. Editorial principles are online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 18 May CACI Analyst is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20050518Analyst.pdf
The Analytical Articles include:
Parliamentary Elections in Azerbaijan: A Fairer Game or Same Old Stuff?
Alman Mir-Ismail
With "velvet revolutions" spreading in the former Soviet space, the
Azerbaijani government feels increasingly insecure. The upcoming
parliamentary elections in November will be a key test to stability and
democratic governance of the country. As the opposition parties are gearing
up for radical changes, the political leadership of the country attempts to
satisfy Western demands for reform in the electoral process so that to
downsize the risk of a falsified election and subsequent opposition riots.
Since parliamentary elections do not pose a direct threat to the ruling
elite and can, at best, bring only a fraction of the parliament under the
control of the opposition, the authorities seem to be willing to conduct the
most free and fair elections in the recent years. Only this would ensure
further support from the international community and could prevent a velvet
revolution.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3322
Kyrgyzstan's "Revolution": Poppies or Tulips?
Svante Cornell and Niklas Swanstrom
As the Kyrgyz political landscape begins to settle, disturbing reports are
beginning to surface on the exact forces that spurred the activists who
unleashed the upheavals that concluded with the flight and resignation of
Askar Akayev. Political figures with known criminal connections are
increasingly powerful in the blurred configuration of forces in the country.
Indeed, the main threat to Kyrgyzstan's political process may not be a
North-South struggle but the criminalization of its political system. It
remains to be seen whether the strength of criminal forces, some connected
to the drug trade, is only a transient phenomenon in the current interim
period, or whether Kyrgyzstan will go Tajikistan's way.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3323
Bush Visits Georgia to Support "The Beacon of Liberty"
Khatuna Salukvadze
On the final step of his European tour to commemorate the 60th anniversary
of the defeat of Nazi Germany, U.S. President George W. Bush visited Georgia
on May 9-10. The first visit ever of an American president to the former
Soviet republic that fiercely resists Russia's influence is being
interpreted as strong support for Mikheil Saakashvili's administration,
termed by Bush "a beacon of liberty for the region and the world."
Deliberately balancing the U.S. President's Moscow trip with visits to
Latvia and Georgia may also have a powerful effect in nudging Russia toward
realization of the irreversible geopolitical decay of this ex-colonial power
and recognition of the full independence of its neighbors.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3324
Is the Salafi-Jihadist Way Still an Obstacle to Russia in Chechnya?
Murad Batal al-Shishani
Russian Federal Authorities some weeks ago announced the killing of a
prominent Arab fighter in Chechnya known as Abu Zaid Al-Kuwaiti or Abu Omar
Al-Kuwaiti, who was according to Moscow a "sponsor of terrorism", an "expert
on explosives" and skilled at making technological bombs. The Russian
Ministry of Interior announced that he blew himself up after his hideout in
Ingushetia was surrounded. This incident raises a number of questions, the
most significant of which are: Does the incident constitute a success for
the Russian forces in their "war on terrorism", as Moscow calls its brutal
war in Chechnya? If so, why has Chechnya still seen no peace?
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3325
The Field Reports Include:
Kyrgyzstan Hosts Thousands of Uzbek Refugees after Violent Riots in Andijan
Erica Marat
Most western media report that approximately 600 people fled to southern
Kyrgyzstan to find refuge following the May 13 bloody clash in the Uzbek
city of Andijan. But it is difficult to estimate the real extent of human
migration in the last days as the Kyrgyz-Uzbek frontier stretches for
several hundred kilometers and border areas are densely populated.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3326
Opposition Trying to Gain Solid Ground in Armenia
Grigor Hakobyan
According to Armenian mass media reports, on April 20th, 2005 the leader of
the Armenian opposition party 'New Times', Aram Karapetyan, organized a
public rally in the city of Sevan, where he accused the President and
Armenia's ruling government of corruption and illegitimacy, citing a large
number of recorded irregularities that took place during the presidential
and parliamentary elections of 2002 and 2004. Western observers had made
similar criticisms in the past. In its April 21st, 2005 issue, the Armenian
newspaper Hyekakan Jamanak (Armenian Time) reported that during the rally, a
group of drunken people began to shout insults at the rally organizers,
which lead to a brawl between them and rally participants.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3327
Georgia Paints the Town for President Bush
Kakha Jibladze
President George W. Bush's visit to Tbilisi on May 9-10 was important for
many reasons. While a lot of attention has been paid to what the visit means
for Georgia's international relations - and specifically the
Georgian-American relationship - perhaps the most important is what this
visit means for the reforms and future development of Georgian domestic
politics.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3328
Half-Hearted Anti-Drug Efforts Breed Corruption in Kazakhstan
Marat Yermukanov
Kazakhstan is a place notorious for its world-high corruption rate. Until
recent years, the root causes of rampant bribery and other crimes have been
attributed mainly to poverty. While this assumption is essentially true,
other breeding grounds for corruption, such as thriving narcotics business
in Central Asia should not be overlooked.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3329
PUBL.- Central Asia: Past, Present and Future, Proceedings of the 7th ESCAS Conf.
Posted by: Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek <gabriele.rasulyunivie.ac.at>
Posted: 19 May 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia: Past, Present & Future, Proceedings of the 7th ESCAS Conf.
Central Asia: Past, Present and Future
Proceedings of the VII. Conference of the European Society for Central Asian
Studies (Reihe: Wiener Zentralasien Studien - Vienna Central Asian Studies)
Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek, Julia Katschnig (eds.)
Vol. 1, Vienna 2004 (LIT-Verlag), 480 pages; 49.90 EUR, br.
ISBN 3-8258-8309-4
Despite its current geostrategic importance and its easier accessibility
since the dissolvement of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has nevertheless
remained a white spot on the map of western scholarship and public awareness.
Bringing together papers presented at the VIIth Conference of the European
Society for Central Asian Studies, which took place in September 2000 in
Vienna, this volume aims to shed light on the historical, political,
cultural and socio-economic development of the region.
Scholars from within and outside Central Asia discuss a wide range of
topics. By employing an interdisciplinary exchange of recent research
results the two volumes offer an excellent insight into the current state of
the art of Central Asian studies. At the same this publication allows a
better understanding of the reconfigurations and ruptures associated with
the current transformation processes in Central Asia, which, however, are
embedded in a long-standing history of cultural and economic exchanges.
Among the topics highlighted in two volumes are contributions focusing on
such issues as state formation and national building, literary traditions,
music, arts, sports and games questions of identity formation, religious
beliefs and practices, forms of social and economic organization, human
rights, democratization, local and global politics.
About the editors:
Mag. Julia Katschnig studied Social Anthropology, Journalism, Spanish and
French at the University of Vienna.
Asst. Prof.Mag.Dr. Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek received an MA in Sociology and
Political Sciences and a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, Turkology and Islamic
Studies from the University of Vienna. Currently she acts as the chair
person of ESCAS.
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Central Asia on Display
Proceedings of the VII ESCAS Conference
Editors: Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek and Julia Katschnig
Volume I
"Geleitwort"
Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner
Table of Content
Introduction
Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek and Julia Katschnig
Opening Speech of the Conference
Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner
Chapter I: Processes of State Formation and Nation Building in Central Asia
Balancing 'Yasa' and 'Shariat' in the Shibanid-Uzbek Khanate in the 16th
Century.
Nurten Kilic-Schubel
The Emirate of Buhkara in the 19th and 20th Century: Reflections on Transition.
Suchandana Chatterjee
The Problem of Political Order in the Khanate of Khokand: Between Tribalism
and Patrimonialism.
Paul Georg Geiss
The Evolution of the Traditional Governing Elites of Kazakhstan within the
Russian Empire between the Middle of the 18th and the Beginning of the 20th
Centuries.
Irina Erofeeva
Frontiers, Hinterlands, Centers, Peripheries: Adapting to Changing Fortunes
- the Uzbeks of Afghanistan.
Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek
Who was Ibrahim Bik?
Reinhard Eisener
Enlightening the People: The Practice of Modernity in Central Asia and its
Trans-Caspian Dependencies.
Turaj Atabaki
History in Uzbekistan (1989-1999).
Azim M. Malikov
Chapter II: Cultural Manifestations in Central Asian: Literary Traditions,
Music, Arts, Sports and Games, Archaeology
Nomadic Culture in Written and Oral Epic Traditions.
Irina Y. Morozova
The Poetry of Nomads and Shaybani Rulers in the Process of Transition to a
Settled Society.
Aftandil Erkinov
Afghanistan's Smashed Mirror: What do Afghans say of themselves and of the
tragedy which has stricken their land?
Philippe Frison
Qutb Al Din Al Shirazi about Musical Instruments.
Iroda Dadadjanova
Interrelations between Indian and Central Asian Music (11-19 centuries).
Dilorom Karomat
The Role of Contemporary Uzbek To'y Music in Reinforcing Traditional Central
Asian Muslim Values.
Craig Macrae
Georgian Painters in Central Asia.
Grigol Beradze
Crental Asian Medieval Costume : Milestones of its Evolution (XII-XVII cc).
Mukaddima M.Ashrafi
Kazakh Applied Art: the Problems of Cultural Interrelations
Shaizada Tohtabayeva
The Sporting Contests and Games of the Peoples of Central Asia.
Roziya G. Mukminova
Chess Along the Silk Road.
Gerhard Josten
Chapter III: Multiculturalism: The National, the Regional, the Global in the
Cultures of the Central Asian Region
Multilingualism in Modern Tashkent.
Vladimir M. Alpatov
The Participation of Slavic Rural Inhabitants in the Ritual Life of Uzbek
Communities.
Olga Brusina
The View from the Top: The Changing Hierarchy of Identities in Kazakhstan's
1999 Census.
Peter Sinnott
Reversion of Mongolian Script: a Revival of Self-Consciousness of the
Mongols of a Political Campaign?
Elena Boikova
Some Evidence on the History and Language of the Arabs of Central Asia.
Guram Chikovani
Identities in the Flux: the Mirror of Popular Culture. Kazakh Cinema at the
End of the Twentieth Century.
Azade-Ayse Rorlich
Korean Business and Culture in Former Soviet Central Asia.
Birgit N. Schlyter
Chapter IV: Religion and Society: Religious Beliefs and Practices
Shamanism in Mongolia and in New Age Movements.
Judith Schlehe
Ritual Practice of Sufi Communities in Mavara'annahr (18th-19th centuries).
Bakhtiyar Babadjanov and Sanjar Ghulamov
Islam in Uighur Society as Recorded by Chinese Gazetteers in the late Qing
Dynasty.
Jianping Wang
The Micropolitics of a Pilgrimage.
Ildiko Beller-Hann
Spiritual Bonds- Symbols of the Hereafter: Gender-Images in the Religious
Practice of Women in Uzbekistan.
Caroline Antonia Wilcke
Central Asian Context for the Khivan Mennonites Story.
Dov Yaroshevski
Between politics and religion: The Christian Movements in Post-Soviet
Central Asia.
Sebastien Peyrouse
Chapter V: Economy and Politics in Central Asia
Notes on the Differences between Bedouin and Inner Asiatic Nomadism.
Zimonyi Istvan
The Struggle for Land on the Kazak Steppe at the Beginning of the Twentieth
Century.
Gulnar Kendirbai
Contemporary Pastoralism in Central Asia.
Peter Finke
Austria's relations with Central Asia.
Heidemaria Gurer
Rule of Law, Human Rights and Democratisation in Turkmenistan: The Role of
the OSCE.
Paul Ullmann
The Foreign Policy Making in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan.
Rafis Abazov
Eurasian Security and Geopolitics. Conflict and Cooperation since the End of
the Cold War.
Mustafa Aydin
Central Asia and China the Changing Equations.
Prof. K. Warikoo
Short c.v. of contributors
PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Vol. 23, No. 2
Posted by: Sharron Lawrence <sharron.lawrencetandf.co.uk>
Posted: 19 May 2005
PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Vol. 23, No. 2
Volume 23 Number 2/2004 of Central Asian Survey is now available on the
Taylor and Francis web site at: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk.
This issue contains:
Iran and Central Asia: paradigm and policy
Mohiaddin Mesbahi
Post-Soviet realities of society in Uzbekistan
Timur Dadabaev
Uighur migration across Central Asian frontiers
William Clark, Ablet Kamalov
Imagining a Chechen military aristocracy: the story of the Georgian
princesses held hostage by Shamil
Susan Layton
Between Sunnism and Shiism: Islam in post-Soviet Azerbaijan
Bayram Balci
To subscribe to this journal, please email: jane.dawsontandf.co.uk
PUBLICATION- Otechestvennye zapiski, Issue No. 5, 2004 (in Russian)
Posted by: Russkii zhurnal <zhzruss.ru>
Posted: 17 May 2005
Otechestvennye zapiski
Issue No. 5, 2004
Available on-line at: http://magazines.russ.ru/oz/2004/5/index-pr.html
Summary
This issue of OZ dwells on theme of the "appropriation of the past". We have
invited cholars, educational specialists and art historians who show how
different social and professional groups have seized on the image of the
past in different epochs to achieve their specific goals. In his major
work, Victor Zhivov analyses the concepts that are of paramount importance
for Russian history, policy and ideology. These are the "Russian Land" and
"Holy Rus" (Russia). The author shows the purpose underlying the development
of the first concept in the Kievan period and the way the second concept was
effectively exploited in Muscovy as an element of the then developing
imperial mentality. The author focuses on the directions of their further
transformation as well as on their reassessment in the 19th century by
Uvarov, Gogol, the Slavophiles, Herzen and others.
Igor Danilevsky traces the transformation of the image of the battle of
April 5, 1242 on Lake Chud. The author shows how this rather unexceptional
military engagement was transformed through the efforts of Orthodox
clergymen into an act of defense of Orthodoxy in the face of the Catholic
threat. Later, in the works of historiographers working during World War II
and the Cold War, this event was interpreted in the context of
centuries'-old history of repulsing "German aggression".
Alexander Etkind interprets the whole Soviet period of Russian history as a
process of constant revolution which began in 1905 but was gradually
exhausting itself ever since. The author ponders upon the time of its
completion. A post revolutionary situation supposes a distinct ideological
preference, a consensus reached by the vast majority of politicians,
historians, and the public. Such a consensus has not been reached in Russia
mainly for the reason of an inadequate historical memory of the society. The
chronic inability of the post- Soviet Russian elite to set up symbolic
monuments to the end of the revolution can be clearly seen in many facets.
The most crucial among these are the failure of an official denunciation of
the Communist party, the incompletion of most projects dedicated to
perpetuation of the memory of its victims along with the general failure of
the process of rejection of Soviet social and political traditions,
evasively named "perestroika".
Alexei Peskov analyses N.A. Berdyaev's "The Origin of Russian Communism" and
arrives at the conclusion that the revolutionary disaster of 1917 compelled
Berdyaev to recode the entire scheme of Russian historical philosophy in
accordance with the altered historical reality. He did this in an effort to
preserve the traditional historical and philosophical paradigm. "Communism"
had become the new word for Russia, and so Berdyaev broadened the concept of
Russian religiosity to include Soviet communism, Christianity's enemy,
arguing that with its messianic message it was essentially homogeneous to
the Orthodox faith of the Russian people. Without such a transformation, the
entire Russian system of history and philosophy, the basis of Russian
culture, was bound to be ruined.
Sociologist Boris Dubin analyses the evolution of public opinion in Russia
between the 1970's and 2000. In the last decade the respondents of
sociological polls have stated that the Brezhnev era was the best period in
which they would prefer to live. This period is endowed with a certain
perfection, albeit retrospectively. The fulcrum for the mental shift from
the past to the present proves to be a particularly myth about the victory
in the World War II, a myth that was fabricated in the 1970's. Paradoxically
enough, this can be referred to not only as the principal event of the
Soviet period, but also as the central "event" of the Brezhnev era. Today,
when the generation of war veterans has almost departed, a new image of the
war and the whole preceding century is being formed in the mass media,
including film, TV, and history textbooks. On the one hand, this image is
encrusted with symbols of imperialism and Orthodoxy, and, on the other, with
the techniques of Hollywood-style poetics pyrotechnics. However, these
decorations do not affect the principal elements of the construction of
"history" in general, but merely modernize it. Such a "monumental"
interpretation of the war is not proof of memory, but of forgetting, a sort
of historical amnesia.
Discussing "The Day of National Unity," the newly established state holiday,
historian Vladislav Nazarov asks: was it really so, as our lawmakers
believe, that Moscow was liberated on November 4, 1612 and the Time of
Troubles came to the end? The author clearly shows the fact that the
enactment, adopted by the Duma, is the result of a number of mistakes,
including a major misreading of the calendar, born by an opportunistic
approach to an act of state impor- tance. The author also presents a most
interesting story on the formation of the cult of the icon of the Holy
Virgin of Kazan. This cult was not formed in the early 17th century, but
over the course of the first half century and was not firmly established
until long after the Time of Troubles.
In the interview given to OZ the well-known scholar Aron Gurevitch,
emphasizes the importance of a profond self-analysis for a historian, the
possible use of non-trivial and even "fantastic" ideas in historical
studies. He also speaks about the attempts of Russian historians to falsify
the history of the Russian historiography.
The noted schoolteacher Tamara Eidelman summarizes her long experience
teaching history. She shares her mirthless observations on how today's
schoolchildren see themselves in relation to our national history. It turns
out that our children's self-identification as "Russian" is largely defined
by an aggressive and militant attitude towards the "Slavs" former and
current neighbours. Such an attitude has been cultivated since Soviet times
in school curricula and most textbooks.
The essay of another history teacher, Alexandra Veselova, is based on the
compositions of high school seniors. The author concludes that for today's
teenagers the Soviet era is as indistinct and distant as the times of Peter
the Great or the Empress Catherine the Great. The author accounts for this
by the fact that school programs contain insufficient information about
everyday life and how people lived at different times, that is, the basics
of historical knowledge. Veselova also emphasizes other shortcomings of how
history is taught in the schools, such as the wrong balance among different
periods and a lack of attention to world history. The essay comes with
several copies of school compositions dedicated to the subject of history as
science and its significance for culture and society.
Alexei Shmelyov gives a critical review of the language and style of history
course books. He observes that these books can hardly give any coherent
conception of Russian history since real historical events are hidden behind
"stylistic niceties", figures of speech, Soviet stock phrases, numbing lists
of names and doubtful journalistic devices. The author believes that all
these publications bear no comparison with the pre-revolutionary course book
by S.F. Platonov.
In an interview given to OZ, two popular TV personalities, Leonid Parfyonov
and Nikolai Swanidze, express profoundly different views on TV's role in
presenting history. The former believes that the role of TV is to convey the
"resplendence" and diversity of the past, while the latter thinks it is to
communicate to the audience the bitter truth of the history of the 20th
century.
Vera Zvereva, analyzing Russian TV documentaries, comes to the conclusion
that TV synthesizes elements of professional and common knowledge, of
intellectual and mass culture. History itself is situated within the context
of our time and is considered according to its benefit for solving today's
problems. As a rule historical events are evaluated according to "common
sense," to views and values that are supposedly shared by the majority of
the audience. Such an approach has little in common with true history.
Nevertheless, it helps society to design new models of self-identification.
The past here serves as nothing more than handy material.
Maxim Sokolov is sure that the principle "battles for history" have been
lost by professional historians. Now we can speak only of rearguard actions,
which can scarcely contain the revisionism that has been let loose. The
violent democratization of intellectual life (or, to be more exact, the
annihilation of hierarchy within it) has brought destructive consequences
for historical knowledge. Until recently the latter has had all the features
of a caste. All of this inevitably leads to what might be called a
"mechanical" form of history, devoid of depth and shades of meaning. In her
essay Nina Braginskaya revises the traditional scholarly evaluation of the
status and historical destiny of the southern Italian Greek colony of
Sybaris. The author considers this evaluation exaggerated and distorted. As
is well known, Sybarites, the inhabitants of this colony, became a popular
personification of immoral love for luxury. Braginskaya advances a
hypothesis that the commonly held view on Sybaris and its inhabitants was
formed as the result of peculiar amalgamation of folkloric characters,
linguistic changes and, most important, the political propaganda of early
Pythagoreans.
Pavel Uvarov makes a detailed survey of the development of French
historiography from the early 19th century to the present. The author
concludes that today France is devoid of any unified or at least predominant
method of writing history. Still, practicing historians concur that history
should be based on sources and the results of any historical research should
be presented in a way that makes them verifiable. Followers of the
Fomenko-style are simply not possible for economic reasons in a country
where substantial sums are invested in historical and cultural property. In
such a country, history, despite one "Copernican revolution" after another,
remains useful to society and continues to create if not a national myth,
then a sense of shared cultural heritage.
In the section "Bookshelf" we publish a fragment of the work of the noted
German scholar Reinhart Koselleck "The Past Future. On the Problem of
Semantics of Historical Time". Here the author analyses the concept,
articulated in the Enlightenment, that humanity (as represented by its
political leaders) is able to direct the course of world history at its
discretion and that historians are able to describe this as an integrated
and universal process. Koselleck suggests that such a development in the
West's approach to the past - from numerous historical 'tales" to a
comprehensive history "as such" - took place in other cultures too.
This section also includes a synopsis of the work of the French historian
Francois Hartog "Types of Historical Thinking: Presentism and Forms of Time
Perception". Here the ways of being in and experiencing time before and
after the French Revolution, when a new form of historical consciousness
arose, are examined. Historical consciousness is not something metaphysical
and abstract. It is directly connected to the attitude to the past, present
and future, prevalent in a certain society. Both the ancient conception of
"history - mentor" and the Christian concept of history were directed toward
the past, they focused on events that had already taken place. The 20th
century was marked by the triumph of futurism the cult of the future) and,
in its final two decades, of presentism (the cult of the present). Hartog
carefully explores the origin and features of this cult.
The French historian Alain Besancon, reviewing the work of his American
colleague Martin Malia, asserts: "The answer to the question whether Russia
belongs to Europe depends on our position. We can consider that Russia has
just 'fallen behind' Europe or can admit that in this case we deal with a
'distortion' of Europe... If the second statement is true we should not make
hasty conclusions but watch the developments". Malia objects resolutely: "I
am far from believing that 'the form and the role of the Russian state as
well as the form and essence of Russian religious sense prevented Russia"
from joining the rest of Europe and that "the mixture of the remains of the
Communist ideology, 'stupid' nationalism and 'fanatical' religion still make
the objective of Russia's Europeanization practically unrealizable".
Tatiana Zikova's essay depicts the odd realities of today's Tuva, ranging
from widely spread adoration of Chingis Khan and fantastic ideas of local
population about their origin to the effort of replacing the traditional
yurta (nomad's tent).
In "The Land of OZ" we publish a brief article by the historian Mikhail
Roshchin about the International Congress of Asian and North African
Studies, which took place in Moscow in the summer of 2004. Roshchin takes up
the idea of the famous orientalist Yuri Rerikh, who urged for the
repudiation of a sharp opposition of East and West and called for one common
approach to the description of all of world culture. The two reports we
publish from this congress heed, in Roshchin's opinion, Rerikh's call.
Russian historian Robert Landa has written a concise essay on the
centuries'-old history of the cultural development of the Mediterranean
region, in which he traces the numerous interactions between the Muslim East
and Christian Europe that have, in many respects, defined the face of the
modern world. Japanese scholar Shin Nomoto ("Reconsideration of Isma'ili
Christology with Special Reference to Abu Hatim al-Razi") analyses the key
theological conceptions of Isma'ili thinkers of the Middle Ages, their
attitude towards the personality of Jesus Christ and the circumstances
surrounding his crucifixion. He also shows the connection of these views to
the formation of Muslim eschatology concerning Judgment Day.
The theme of the previous issue of OZ is continued by the essay of Anne de
Tinguy "In What Way the Migratory Processes in Eastern Europe Are Going to
Change after the Expansion of the European Union?" The analysis of the
changes which have taken place after the expansion of the EU makes it
possible to conclude: the new border has become an obstacle on the way to
regional integration. This obstacle hampers diplomatic relations between the
countries of Central Europe and their eastern neighbours, who interpret the
new rules of crossing borders as a means of their isolation. The new border
complicates personal contacts, displacement of common people and business
"shuttles". The latter serve for the economies of the CIS countries as a
certain safety valve. Therefore, as the author states, it is absolutely
necessary to form a new regional policy which would also take into account
the fact of joining the EU by the Central European countries as well as the
objectives of regional cooperation. It is also necessary to establish
contacts between the EU and those countries, which are not yet proposed to
join it.
Tatiana Ivanova dwells on the desperate situation of Afghan refugees in
Russia, who have to live illegally due to the imperfection of Russian
legislation.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- Qualitative Sociology, Issue on Political Ethnography
Posted by: Qualitative Sociology <Qualitative_Sociologynotes.cc.sunysb.edu>
Posted: 17 May 2005
Qualitative Sociology, Special Issue on Political Ethnography
QS is looking for papers that include close-up, on-the-ground observation of
routine and/or contentious politics in real time and space. Ethnographies of
party, union, or NGO politics as well as of mass contentious actions (from
episodic protests to social movements) from around the globe are welcome.
Deadline is August 1st, 2005.
Please send papers to Javier Auyero, Editor, Qualitative Sociology,
Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794,
USA; E-mail: Qualitative_Sociologynotes.cc.sunysb.edu.
Guidelines available at: http://www.springeronline.com/journal/11133
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS- Journal of PIPSS, Issue #4, December 2005
Posted by: Journal of PIPSS <contactpipss.org>
Posted: 16 May 2005
Call for Contributors:
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies, Issue #4,
December 2005.
An electronic journal of social sciences
Web: http://www.pipss.org/
Military and Security Structures in/and the Regions (Russia and Post-Soviet
Republics)
Pipss.org is a new electronic journal of social sciences devoted to the
armed forces and power institutions of post-Soviet societies. Pipss.org is a
multi-disciplinary journal, which addresses issues across a broad field of
disciplines including sociology, anthropology, political science,
psychology, economics, history, legal science. Its main objective is to
study changes and their underlying mechanisms in post-Soviet republics,
through the analysis of the institutions that remain most hidden from the
public eye: armies and power institutions. As an electronic journal,
pipss.org also aims to promote scholarly debate across as broad an audience
as possible, and make CIS research available to Western scholars. Thanks to
its international scientific board drawn from a large pool of leading
academics and experts in their respective fields, it is in a position to
become a leading source of analysis on post-Soviet societies.
Fourth Issue:
Military and Security Structures in/and the Regions (Russia and Post-Soviet
Republics)
The issue editors of Vol. 4 would like to invite scholars and experts to
submit their papers for publication in a special issue on Military and
Security Structures in/and the Regions (Russia and Post-Soviet Republics)
The aim of this issue is to study the role of Security structures in the
post-Soviet space as well as their relation to regional and local political,
social, institutional and economic power networks.
The first step will be to ask:
- what are the federal actors in charge of building and maintaining
regional security structures and infrastructure in the different regions of
the Post-Soviet Republics?
- what are their current role and mission?
- are they wholly independent of their national centres or symbiotically
related to a variety of regional, local or national actors?
A particular emphasis on the relationship between Russian Regional Power
Institutions and Security Structures (not in a conflict situation) is
encouraged.
Possible topics may include (but are not limited to):
1. Territorial division and security policy: The role of the regions in
Russian defense strategy; territorial organization of security policy; the
process of security making & the regions;
a. administrative and military districts policies: The seven administrative
district are closely related to the existing military districts; the
polpreds role information network?
b. regions contribution to the federal security policies: assessing the
impact. The regions strategic role; regionalization of security; regional
influence on security policy reforms; regions and cities performing federal
level security functions; regional administration patronizing security
infrastructures located in their territory
- implementation of State measures, military reform: creation of new bodies
(creation of councils of military units commanders advising Governors in
Russia; joint meeting of the military and civilian authorities in Ukraine);
cooperation agreements concluded with the heads of administrations of
cities
for joint military patriotic memorial work projects;
- regional assistance to the military, to the security structures (regional
authorities and military service: local Governments' initiative in term of
alternative service; protection of the recruits: equipment given to units,
insurance offered by the cities to the recruits; building apartments for
retired officers in exchange of insurance that recruits will be
well-treated); collaboration between Commands of military districts and
local agencies of state power
- General musters and regional authorities: regions role in the new
mobilization system (exercise are revived to keep population in constant
mobilization readiness and enhance Russia's defense potential. Heads of
municipal entities, large enterprises and organizations are involved in
musters); financial burden of the local organs for carrying out various
activities in military training camps for the reserve (starting this year,
both the government and the local executive organs of power are given
responsibilities for that)
- Defense industry as a part of regional security system: reconversion
coordinated by MO with regional authorities
2. Local security policies:
a. implementation strategies of the military (inc. militarised Interior
Ministry Forces) in the local elites: military, interior ministry and
security officers as regional politicians; the militarization of Russian
politics;
b. non state security actors operating in the regions: Cossacks, voluntary
militia, CSM;
c. non governmental actors and assistance to the military, the police:
private entrepreneurship and donation to the police, the military: an
evaluation (police often survive on donations, loans from locals); patrons
and sponsor assistance given to military units - shevstvo; networking
strategies of operational commanders in the Regions
- evaluation/ ratio of private and public contributions to security and
military structures
- corruption and regional security
d. professional careers of the military and territorial implementation:
careers and mobility; military personnel's wives
3. International dimensions of regional security actorship:
a. the Regions implication in disarmament and security control programs
(+ecological concerns)
b. closed cities and foreign assistance to conversion
c. commercial relations with countries considered a threat to national
security by the center
d. Local regional law-enforcement agencies and high-tech crime (Internet&)
Papers dealing with other issues related to armies and power institutions in
the CIS, as well as book review proposals are also welcome.
Reviews:
Publishers interested in publicizing their editions, please send mail review
copies to:
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
15 rue Charlot
75003 Paris
France
Guidelines for Article Submission:
The journal will be published in four languages (French, English, Russian,
and German with a 100-word abstract in English) thanks to which most authors
will be able to write in their mother tongue. This will ensure greater
precision in the articles and avoid a decrease in scientific quality. But we
draw your attention to the fact that most pipss.org readers are essentially
English speakers, therefore we do encourage articles in English in order to
reach an audience as broad as possible.
The articles submitted to pipss.org for publication should be original
contributions and should not be under consideration for any other
publication at the same time. Manuscripts should be attached as Microsoft
Word format. References should be given in footnotes. (For more details
about the guidelines for article submission please check www.pipss.org or
contact the Editorial Board). There should be a cover page stating the
author's background and affiliation, full address. The deadline for
submission is October 31, 2005, with publication in December. Final
decisions on publication will be made by the Editorial Board.
Please send your contributions or inquiries to:
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Chief Editor, contactpipss.org
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski (3rd Issue Editor)
Eden Cole (3r Issue Editor)
Editorial Board: Eden Cole, Francoise Dauce, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Anna
Colin Lebedev, Anne Le Huerou, Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Joris Van Bladel
PUBLICATION- Michael Kemper, Jihad in Daghestan (in German)
Posted by: Michael Kemper <kempusgmx.net>
Posted: 13 May 2005
Publication:
Michael Kemper, Herrschaft, Recht und Islam in Daghestan. Von den Khanaten
und Gemeindebuenden zum gihad-Staat
Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag 2005 (Caucasian Studies, vol. 7), 472 pp., 2 maps.
ca. 89 Euro
Kemper's work discusses the Islamic jihad of the North Caucasian
mountaineers against the Russian colonial encroachment in the context of the
longstanding tradition of Islamic legal scholarship and the history of
Islamic rule in the region itself. Local sources in the Arabic language
reveal that the jihad state of Imam Shamil (r. 1834-59) took its main
legitimation not from Naqshbandiyya Sufism, as has often been suggested in
recent research, but from debates on the necessity to substitute local
customary law ('adat) by Islamic law (shari'a). These debates go back at
least to the 18th century, and they were linked to Islamisation legends of
the North Caucasian communities and principalities from even earlier
centuries. Also, the political and military networks of the jihad time were
not based on Sufis but on powerful representatives of the communities and of
the noble families, as well as on specialists of Islamic law (qadis and
muftis).
The work is based on a wide array of Arabic sources from the North Caucasus
(adat collections, fatwas, chronicles, treatises, silsilas,
correspondencies) as well as on military documentation and scholarly works
in the Russian language.
Contents:
Einleitung
I.: Die Etablierung islamisch legitimierter Herrschaft in Daghestan (7.-15.
Jh.)
II.: Zwischen Osmanischem Reich, Iran und Russland (17.-Mitte 18. Jh.)
III: Russlands Vordringen und der Beginn des islamischen Widerstands
IV: Der Scharia-orientierte jihad aus den Dorfgemeinschaften
V.: Der Dritte Imam Shamil (1834-59) und seine Statthalter
VI: Adat-Recht, Scharia und Imamat
Fazit: Die zehn Befunde dieser Arbeit
Bibliographie, Verzeichnis der Adat-Dokumente, Index, Karten
Michael Kemper is Assistant Professor for Central Eurasian History at St.
Lawrence University, Canton NY, USA (MKemperstlawu.edu)
The book can be ordered via the publisher's web site at:
<http://www.reichert-verlag.de/>
PUBLICATION- Nadejda Chirli, Algis Bitigi, Armeno Kipchak Prayer Book
Posted by: Mehmet Tutuncu <m.tutuncuquicknet.nl>
Posted: 13 May 2005
New Publication:
Algis Bitigi
Ermeni Kipcakca Dualar Kitabi (Armeno Kipchak Prayer Book)
by Dr. Nadejda Chirli
312 pages with 85 pages facsimile
Publisher SOTA (Research Centre for Azerbaijan and Turkestan)
ISBN 90-807403-3-0
First Published in 2005, Haarlem, Netherlands
For more info about the book: http://www.turkistan.org/algis.htm
Algis Bitigi is an Armeno-Kipchak Paryer Book, printed in Lvov 27th February
to 20 March 1618. This 168 pages book is the first printed Book in a Turkish
Language, It is printed in Arrmenian letters but the language is Turkish.
Armeno Kipcaks were an obscure group of Turks-Armenians who were of Armenian
Orthodox church members but their daily language was Turkish. They have
left us many literary heritage of mostly manuscripts, but they had also
their printing house This is is the only printed book from that printing
house in the Armeno Kipchak language.
Dr. Nadejda Chirli form Cukurova University has edited Algis Bitigi In this
work. The original text is transcripted from the Armenian alphabet to the
Roman one. Then the text is "translated" to Turkish. Then the case affixes,
their forms and functions with all details by making a card index of the
words those got the case affixes are investigated. The affixes with the
forms used in Old Turkish., Codex Cumanicus, Golden Horde area, and Mamluk
Kipchak are matched.
How to Order This Book:
The book is published by SOTA. The price is EUR 45.00 + EUR 10 postage and
handling. For ordering Please print and fill the form hereunder and fax/post
it to the address and number under the form.
I would like to order _ copie(s) Algis Bitigi
by Nadejda Chirli
Methods of payment:
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PUBLICATION- Studies in the Politics, History & Culture of Turkic Peoples
Posted by: Nadir Devlet <ndevletyeditepe.edu.tr>
Posted: 12 May 2005
Studies in the Politics, History and Culture of Turkic Peoples
The book is an edition, which puts together 39 articles in English. The
articles, which have been selected, are related to the Turkic World. The
first part (politics) consists mainly of articles, which were recently
prepared. The question on security, Turkey's relations with other Turks,
Russia and its Turkic minorities are the main topics in this part. The
second part (history) could be called also 'Volga-Ural Region'. Because
these articles, except one or two, are studying the developments among the
Tatar/Bashkirs in twentieth century. The recent article on India specially
tries to study the relations of India with Turks of Anatolia and Turks of
Central Asia. The third part (culture) has an especially interesting
article, which examines the question of national identity, which became very
popular in the last years. The fourth part (biographies) deals with
historical persons, who contributed to the culture of their nations. The
fifth and the last part (reports) are journalistic articles. They are
concentrated on important events, which have a historical value.
Nadir Devlet, Studies in the Politics, History and Culture of Turkic Peoples
(Istanbul: Yeditepe University, 2005), 425 pp.
You can order the book from:
The ISIS Press
ISIS ltd.
Semsibey sk. No: 10
34676 Beylerbeyi
Istanbul
Turkey
Web: www.theisispress.org
E-mail: isistnn.net
Contents:
Politics
- Crisis Sources in Caucasus, Central Asia, South And East Asia and Affects
on Turkey's Security
- The ongoing Struggle between Moscow and Kazan and its Implications for
Democratization in Tatarstan
- EU, US and Turkey in the Caucasus: Is there a Clash of Interests?
- Turkic World and Turkey (Perspectives-Realities)
- Non-independent (Autonomous) Turks
- The Legacy of Russian/Soviet Rule for the Peoples of Central Asia:
Brotherhood or Enmity?
History
- India from Turkish/Turkic Perspective in the beginning of 20th Century
- Jadid Movement in Volga-Ural Region
- The Awakening of a National Consciousness Among the Turkic Peoples of
Russia (1905-1917)
- Central Muslim Commissariat
- Bashkirs
- Islamic Revival in Volga-Ural Region
- New Possibilities for the Future of the Soviet Muslims
- The Tatars and Bashkirs After Glasnost
- The Present Situation of the Soviet Muslims: In the Example of Kazan Tatars
- Islam in Tatarstan
- A Specimen of Russification: The Kazan (Turks) Tatars
Culture
- The Question of National Identity Among Turkic Peoples After the
Dissolution of the USSR
- Was Tukay an Atheist? On the Occasion of his 100th Anniversary
- Turkic Studies in Turkey
Biographies
- Charykov, Nikolai (1855-1930)
- Chobanzade, Bekir Sydky (1893-1939)
- Dulatov (Dulatuli), Mir Yakup (Jakyp) (1885-1935)
- Abdullah Bubi (1871-1922)
- Musa Jarullah Bigi (1871-1949)
- Alimjan Barudi (1857-1921)
Reports
- The Seventh ECO Meeting in Istanbul - ISAF in Difficulties
- Political Turmoil in Turkey
- Decennial Summit of Organization of The Black Sea Economic Cooperation
(BSCE) has been Opened in Istanbul. What is BSCE?
- Will be Turkey Directly Involved to the War?
- Azerbaijan has now Latin Script
- A Challenging Educational Program of Turkey
- 7th Turkic Speaking Countries Summit
- Turkish Vice Premier Visits Turkmenistan
- Dissidents in Central Asia (M. Salih's struggle for democracy)
- Turkish President in Central Asia: More Cooperation than Rhetoric
- Turkish-Uzbek Rapprochment - Terror is main Concern
- Elchibey Passed Away - Lost for Azerbaijan?
CFP- External & Internal Labor Issues in Post-Soviet Central Asia, IRICS Panel
Posted by: Dinora Azimova <dazimovayahoo.com>
Posted: 10 May 2005
Call For Papers for IRICS Panel:
Issues of External and Internal Labor Migration in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Papers are invited for collection in this Section for the next INST
conference on IRICS (Innovation and Reproduction in Cultures and Societies),
which will take place in Vienna, Austria from December 9-11, 2005.
Submission deadline: June 30, 2005
E-mail contact: Dinora Azimova <dazimovayahoo.com>
Organizers: Research Institute for Austrian and International Literature and
Cultural Studies.
Panel description:
Modern economic, political and demographic trends show that the world enters
an epoch of growing migratory pressure: one out of every 35 persons
worldwide is an international migrant ("Migration policy issues No.2 - Facts
and figures on international migration", International Organization for
Migration, Geneva, March 2003)
Due to its demographic and socio-economic features, Central Asia is related
to a category of so-called "labor exceeding" regions. It is primarily caused
by all traditional views towards having many children, caused by nation's
mentality, and also constantly increasing surplus of agricultural
population. Active demographic development of the countries, particularly
of Uzbekistan has stipulated the fact that nowadays the population has
exceeded 26 million people, 50 percent of which are of labor age, and
annually nearly 300,000 y! oung people enter the labor market. Although the
rates of an increase in population were steadily reducing during the last
decade (in 2004 it reached 1,1%), according to the forecasts of experts in
the year 2050 there will be about 40 million people living in the republic.
There are a lot of dilemmas around the migration phenomenon, especially
concerning the labor migrants, their rights and security, remittances,
contribution to GDP and GNP, etc. This is very sensitive issue for those
small countries, who have no enough domestic market to survive and has
constrains in positioning themselves properly among rich countries.
Labor migration is both natural absorber of the socio-economic shocks of the
globalizing world and human response to the imperfect markets of globalizing
economy. Economic reasons for migration are stipulated by low standards of
living.
Labor migration has general two forms:
1. Shuttle labor migration for seasonal work.
One of the most common forms of migration from Central Asia, already since
the soviet times, is the so called "job-hunting". It is particularly
widespread in the country's agricultural regions, as well as small and
medium sized towns, where unemployment is a quite serious problem. In some
regions, every third able-bodied man regularly leaves the country for
seasonal work abroad, mainly in Russia (around 60 percent of them) and other
CIS countries (30 percent). Seasonal work starts in spring and ends well
into autumn and is mainly comprised of work on large constructions or in
house repair companies. This particular group of workers has general and
all-purpose skills, with the exception of a small group of specialists with
skills in uncommon construction-repair works. Absence of visa requirements
and the soft immigration regime for citizens of CIS countries, as well as
comparatively lower costs of living and traveling (family members, as a
rule, do not travel), make this form of labor migration attractive for not
only single young men without particular skills or specialties, but also for
those, who cannot provide their families with sufficient incomes received
from agricultural activities or due to being unemployed.
2. Illegal labor migration:
a) Legal exit from Central Asian state to another country as a tourist or
for studies, and the subsequent illegal employment taken up voluntarily in
small "unnoticeable" businesses, in order to eventually "legalize" residence
in the given country (work permit, residence permit, citizenship, etc.).
Different sources of statistics indicate the significant scale of illegal
migration from CA for the entire period of 1991-2005. The experts'
estimations show that this form of migration has not yet lost its intensive
nature in the 21st century.
b) Legal exit to another country through various channels, and forced
employment in illegal types of activities, such as slavery,
narco-trafficking, sex-work, etc.
c) Illegal exit from the country and participation in "mafia" structures
activities abroad;
Publication: A book/CD/DVD project is expected as outcomes of the conference.
Interested participants should send in their abstracts before or on June 30,
2005. Registration and other conference information will be sent out later.
Interested persons can also visit the web site:
http://www.inst.at/irics/sektionen_a-f/azimova.htm#ref
Session is open for new members and those who have interest to be a paper
presenter are welcome.
Dinora Azimova
E-mail: dazimovayahoo.com
PUBLICATION- Insight Turkey, January-March 2005, Volume 7, Number 1
Posted by: Suat Kiniklioglu <kinikliogluankam.org>
Posted: 9 May 2005
Insight Turkey, January-March 2005, Volume 7, Number 1
Table of Contents
Articles
Turkey and the EU: Strategic Implications for Central Europe
Walter Posch & Borut Grgic
Winning Turkey's Heart
Soner Cagatay
Vital Interest: Winning the War on Terror requires a Middle East peace
settlement
Stephen Van Evera
The Present and Future of Turkish - American Relations: Ankara's Perspective
Ali Tuygan
Interview: Turkey's foreign trade strategy
State Minister Kursat Tuzmen
Now that we are all bundled inside, let's shut the door
The Economist Special Report
Dealing with EU Perceptions of a post-Iraq U.S.Jacqueline Grapin
Economic Aspects of Turkey's Quest for EU Membership
Daniel Gros
The Chosen Nation: The Influence of Religion on U.S. Foreign Policy
John Judis
AKP's Foreign Policy and the Kurds: The Impact of the EU and the Iraqi Crisis
Mehmet Kalyoncu
Turkey and the European Union: How to achieve a forward-looking and
'win-win' accession by 2015?
Mehmet Ogutcu
A Spreading Danger: Time for a New Policy towards Chechnya
Fiona Hill, Anatol Lieven and Thomas de Waal
Security and Democracy in the Black Sea Basin
Stephen Blank
Advancing Euro-Atlantic Security and Democracy in the Black Sea Region
Vladimir Socor
Is Islam really a development blockade?
Arno Tausch
The Role of Social Responsibility in Turkey's EU Accession
Bryane Michael & Erika Ohlund
The United Nations Reform Debate and Turkey
Levent Hekimoglu
American and British Foreign Policy in the Middle East: A Comparison
Sener Akturk
Suat KINIKLIOGLU
Editor-in-Chief
Insight Turkey
Tunus Cad. No. 15/4
Kavaklidere 06680
Ankara, Turkey
Tel: +90.312.424-1450
Fax: +90.312.425-3399
E-mail: editorinsightturkey.com
Web: http://www.insightturkey.com
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, May 4, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 9 May 2005
Note: TWO Policy Papers Recently Released:
"A 'Greater Central Asia Partnership' for Afghanistan and Its Neighbors", By
S. Frederick Starr, March 2005, 38 pp. Full electronic version online at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/CACI/Strategy.pdf
"Developing Counter-Narcotics Policy in Central Asia: Legal and Political
Dimensions", By Kairat Osmonaliev, January 2005, 104 pp. Full electronic
version available online at: http://www.silkroadstudies.org/Kairat.htm
The 4 May issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org. The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly
publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins
University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes article submissions. At this moment, we are
particularly interested in submissions on economics and finance matters in
Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries are welcome. Please
contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu with a short
description of your article. Editorial principles are online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 4 May CACI Analyst is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20050504Analyst.pdf
The Analytical Articles include:
After the Earthquake: Kyrgyzstan's Revolution and its Repercussions
Stephen Blank
Only a month or so after Kyrgyzstan's revolution, that event's repercussions
are making themselves felt in both the domestic policies of neighboring
states and in the foreign policies of the major international actors in
Central Asia, namely Russia and China. While all three of these revolutions
originated in each country's domestic reaction to the government's efforts
to rig elections and continue regimes based on systematic corruption and
plunder of the national economy; it is already clear that neighboring
governments are drawing rather sharp conclusions form the events of these
revolutions. Undoubtedly the Kyrgyz revolution shattered the complacency of
those who believed that revolution could not happen in Central Asia.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3278
Saakashvili on the Ropes?
Joel Myers
Just 16 months ago, President Mikheil Saakashvili was elected with 96% of
the vote, but recent events indicate his popularity is slipping. Heavy
resistance to education reform, a police scandal, harsh criticism from human
rights groups, and the unfortunate death of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania
have Saakashvili on the defensive. And recent polling data provides strong
indications that the anti-corruption platform that won him the presidency is
faltering. Meanwhile, the Labor Party and Shalva Natelashvili are gaining
support and represent an emerging threat to the
president.http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3279
Energy Resources Management in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Governance and
Transparency
Daniel Linotte The democratic revolutions that took place in Georgia,
Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan could impact on other Central Asian and Caucasus
countries that have large oil and gas resources and are characterized by
high corruption and limited freedoms. Drastic political changes could be met
by fierce resistance and could also negatively impact on the supply and
export of energy, adding additional pressures on world energy markets.
Addressing such risks and challenges requires initiatives, such as the Tony
Blair's 2002 "Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative", and concrete
follow-up actions to enhance the quality of governance and fight corruption
in the energy sector of these countries. Working with the leaders in power
may eventually help promote a smooth democratic transition process and, at
the same time, avoid extreme social, economic and political turbulences.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3280
Eurasianist Theory and Strategic Security in the Russian Muslim South
Thrassy Marketos
The growing emphasis on geopolitics from all corners of the Russian
political spectrum elevates Eurasianism to the level of a mainstream
ideology. Hence, when Russian geopolitics is concerned with the expansion of
NATO, the 'Islamic threat' and the security of Russia, increasingly actors
speak about the future rebirth of an restored Greater Russia, presented as
the 'Russian idea' by those endorsing the Eurasianist approach in the
Russian foreign policy praxis. Whether acknowledged or not, the Russian
government is increasingly aligning its foreign policy with the ideals of
Eurasianist thought.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3281
The Field Reports Include:
New Authorities Blame Akayev's Rule for Economic Downfall and Corruption
Aziz Soltobaev
According to Kyrgyzstan's new authorities, corruption for over 15 years
during ex-president Askar Akayev's rule had reached incredibly high levels.
Only surface state cash flow analysis revealed an additional US$122 million
to 440 million in the annual state budget of republic. This turned out to be
possible after the March 24 takeover by the opposition, Akayev's ouster and
the establishment of an interim government until the presidential elections
slated for July 10. The interim government aims to redistribute the given
funds to mitigate social tensions and increase public welfare through
payroll increases.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3282
First Meeting of 'Central Asia + Japan' Initiative Held in Tashkent
Atabek Rizayev
In the Beginning of March, the first meeting under the formula "Central Asia
+ Japan" was held in Tashkent. It was the first such meeting at a level of
the high-ranking diplomats of the countries of Central Asia and Japan. The
member state delegations at the summit were headed by deputy foreign
ministers, except for Turkmenistan, which was represented by the country's
ambassador to Uzbekistan. The Japanese delegation was headed by Kendzy
Shinoda, Assistant Director General at the Bureau for Europe of Japan's
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3283
Astana and Bishkek Vow to Renew the Old Friendship
Marat Yermukanov
Unpredictable twists of popular upheaval in Kyrgyzstan left policy makers of
Kazakhstan pondering over what attitude to take about these events.
Intensified contacts at intergovernmental level in recent weeks clearly
signal the intention of Astana and Bishkek to put economic interests before
political considerations. But there are many hurdles to be overcome before
bilateral relations take their normal course.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3284
Georgia: The Honeymoon Is Over
Kakha Jibladze
As the much anticipated reforms affect the lives of everyday Georgians,
President Saakashvili has seen his rating drop an estimated 25%. The
political feeling toward Misha is a lot different now his policies are
hurting run of the mill citizens and not just wealthy businessmen. However,
as startling as those figures seem, the voting population is not supporting
the opposition either-according to polls, opposition parties claim a miserly
three percent support, which is reportedly within the statistical error of
margin. As long as Saakashvili continues his plan of reforms, his popularity
will suffer. Only time-and the eventual results from his policies-will
provide an accurate picture of his success or failure as president.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3285
ON-LINE RESOURCE- Old World Traditional Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project
Posted by: T. Matthew Ciolek <tmciolekcoombs.anu.edu.au>
Posted: 5 May 2005
Old World Traditional Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project
Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia
Self-description:
"This site [est 7 Jul 1999 - ed.] supports online research in the field of
dromography [= the study of history, geography and logistics of
communication and trade routes - ed.] and provides a public-access
electronic archive of geo/chrono-referenced data on land, river and maritime
trade routes of Eurasia and Africa during the period 10,000 BCE - circa 1820
CE."
Site contents:
- Introduction;
- Reference Tools [in early May 2005 there were 46 GIS-ready datasets
including]
- Africa trade and pilgrimage routes data sets [...]
- Asia & the Middle East data sets (# Karakoram and Pamir, 1900 CE, major
travel routes [17 data points; Src: Walker 1995; georeferenced] # NW China,
100 CE-1400 CE, 'Silk Road' trade routes [45 data points; Src: Anonymous-4
1991; georeferenced] # Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan, 680 CE-1950 CE - dataset
1, 'Tea and Horse' routes [16 data points; Src: Yang Fuquan 2004a;
georeferenced] # Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan, 680 CE-1950 CE - dataset 2,
'Tea
and Horse' routes [18 data points; Src: Yang Fuquan 2004b; georeferenced] #
Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan, 680 CE-1950 CE - dataset 3, 'Tea and Horse'
routes [27 data points; Src: Beijing Portal 2004; georeferenced] # NW
China,1920 CE, major roads and caravan routes [111 data points; Src: Cable
and French 1947; georeferenced] # Tibet, 1900-1950 CE, trade and
transportation routes
- dataset 1 [150 data points; Src: Baumann 1988; georeferenced] # Tibet,
1900-1950 CE, trade and transportation routes - dataset 2 [14 data points;
Src: Norbu & Turnbull 1976, Gyatso 1992, Norbu 1997; georeferenced] #
Hellenistic countries, 350 BCE, trade routes [52 data points; Src: Scarre
(ed.) 1988; georeferenced] # Middle East, 600-500 BCE, trade routes [13
data
points; Src: Cohen and Yisrael 1995; georeferenced] # India,1550-1710 CE,
major roads [88 data points; Src: Farooque 1977; georeferenced] # Persia,
550 BCE-450 BCE, major roads [18 data points; Src: Lockhart 1966;
georeferenced] # Persia, 50 BCE-300 CE, trade routes [92 data points; Src:
Davies 1959; georeferenced] # Kyrgyzstan, 100 BCE-1400 CE - dataset 1,
'Silk
Road' routes [37 data points; Src: Artrek n.d.; georeferenced] #
Kyrgyzstan,
100 BCE-1400 CE - dataset 2, 'Silk Road' routes [16 data points; Src:
Unusaliev and Tabaldiev 1998; georeferenced] # Kyrgyzstan, 100 BCE-1400
CE -
dataset 3, 'Silk Road' routes [42 data points; Src: Artrek 2001;
georeferenced] # Kyrgyzstan, 100 BCE-1400 CE - dataset 4, 'Silk Road'
routes
[32 data points; Src: ITMC Tien Shan n.d.; georeferenced] # Kyrgyzstan, 100
BCE-1400 CE - dataset 5, 'Silk Road' routes [57 data points; Src: Kolobova
n.d.; georeferenced] # Cambodia [Khmer], 1200 CE, major roads [35 data
points; Src: Hatano 2002; georeferenced] # Tajikistan, 400 CE-800 CE -
dataset 1, 'Silk Road' routes [104 data points; Src: Tajikistan Development
Gateway Team. n.d. (1) & (2); georeferenced] # Tajikistan, 400 CE-800 CE -
dataset 2, 'Silk Road' routes [53 data points; Src: Jonboboev &
Mamadambarova. n.d. (1); georeferenced] # Iran and China, 200 BCE-500 CE,
'Silk Road' routes [27 data points; Src: Klimkeit 1988; georeferenced] #
The
Mediterranean, Iran and China, 200 BCE-1400 CE, 'Silk Road' routes [55 data
points; Src: Klimkeit 1988; georeferenced] # Central Asia, 700-1000 CE,
'Silk Road' routes [59 data points; Src: Whitfield 1999; georeferenced] #
Central Asia, 1 CE-1400 CE, 'Silk Road' routes [45 data points; Src: Foltz
1999; georeferenced] # Central Asia, 1 CE-1400 CE, 'Silk Road' routes [40
data points; Src: Anonymous-4 1991; georeferenced] # Middle East and
India,1300 CE-1600 CE, trade and pilgrimage routes [149 data points; Src:
Michell 1978; georeferenced]);
- Europe trade and pilgrimage routes data sets [...]);
- The OWTRAD Gazetteer (A list of online Lat/Long Gazetteers, Georeferenced
Nodes - coordinates and other details of 8996 variant names for 2263 unique
places in Eurasia and Africa)];
- Catalogue of Georeferenced Caravanserais/Khans [Details of 607
caravanserais/khans and other built facilities (bedestans/qaysariyyas,
bridges, forts, lighthouses/beacons, markets/bazaars, hospices, etc.)
supporting long-distance communication routes];
- Trade-Routes[use""]mm.isu.edu scholarly forum [Historical
Transport/Communication/Pilgrimage Networks forum]
- The OWTRAD Notation System (Introduction, Details of the formal language);
- Useful Bibliographies.
URL http://www.ciolek.com/owtrad.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.ciolek.com/owtrad.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek[use""]coombs.anu.edu.au)
- Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Study
- Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
- Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: rating not available
- External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
-under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000
Originally published in:
The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
The e-journal [est. Apr 1994], a pioneering and the only publication of this
kind in the world, provides free weekly abstracts and reviews of new/updated
online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications
dealing with the Asian Studies. The email edition of this Journal has now
over 4500 subscribers. Please announce new/improved Asian Studies' Web
sites via http://coombs.anu.edu.au/regasia.html
Dr T. Matthew Ciolek
Head, Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS
The National Institute for Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University
Canberra
Australia
E-mail: tmciolek[use""]coombs.anu.edu.au
Phone: +61 (02) 6125 0110
Fax: +61 (02) 6257 1893
Web: http://www.ciolek.com/
ON-LINE RESOURCE- Directory of Non-governmental Organizations in Central Asia
Posted by: Daniel Waugh <dwaughu.washington.edu>
Posted: 5 May 2005
International Organization for Migration (IOM, in Vienna) Technical
Cooperation Centre is pleased to announce the launch of the Online Version
of the Directory of Non-governmental Organizations in Central Asia focusing
on Human, Migrant and Refugee Rights. In addition to contact information,
the Directory also features an overview of an organization's objectives,
partnerships, base of operations, past projects and future perspectives.
Information on 152 organizations can be located by country, city or region
or organization name. A keyword search function also enables the user to
look for organizations thematically. Bi-annual entry updates are planned,
and a Russian-language version is envisioned for September 2005.
The Directory is designed to be a comprehensive, easily accessible and
easily up-dated resource on civil society actors in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. As such, it provides a close and systematic look
at civil society initiatives in the area of human, migrant and refugee
rights. IOM TCC believes that it will serve as a valuable tool for all
stakeholders working to promote civil society and to strengthen human,
migrant and refugee rights in Central Asia.
The print version of the Directory was released in January 2005 and is still
available for purchase. The organization of the print version (with country
tabs for easy reference) by city or region and organization name allows
additional entries to be easily added to the files in up-dated future
editions. Bi-annual print inserts will be issued.
Preliminary desk research in January and February 2004 revealed that
although many directories existed, few contained a comprehensive overview of
NGOs working under the umbrella of human, migrant and refugee rights in
Central Asia. Moreover, most directories were not easily updated and, hence,
the information presented was often out-dated. The project's core
researcher, Heather Salfrank, designed the present Directory to address this
gap under the guidance of the TCC coordinator, Claus Folden.
To order a copy of the Directory or to obtain further information on this
project, please contact IOM TCC at:
Tel: (43-1) 585 33 22 27
Email: infotccviennaiom.int
The IOM website is at: http://tcc.iom.int/iom/artikel.php
PUBLICATION- Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies, No. 2, 2005
Posted by: The Journal of PIPSS <kozlowskclub-internet.fr>
Posted: 4 May 2005
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies #2, 2005.
An electronic journal of social sciences
Web: http://www.pipss.org/
I am pleased to inform you that the second Issue of the Journal of Power
Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies is now online at www.pipss.org.
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies is a semesterly
publication devoted to armed forces and power ministries in post-Soviet
societies.
Pipss.org is a multi-disciplinary journal, which addresses issues across a
broad field of disciplines in human and social sciences. Its main objective
is to study changes and their underlying mechanisms in post-Soviet
republics, through the analysis of the institutions that remain most hidden
from the public eye: armies and power institutions.
As an electronic journal, pipss.org also aims to promote scholarly debate
across as broad an audience as possible, and make CIS research available to
Western scholars.
An essential aspect of the journal is the establishment of links and
comparisons between research findings concerning the different republics of
the CIS, in order to better understand the development of each of them given
that they all share a common past and have continued to share common
features. The comparative dimension of the journal can be reinforced through
reference to cultural areas other than those mainly covered by the journal.
Hence, the comparative dimension must be understood in as wide a sense as
possible, extending beyond the borders of the CIS.
Thanks to its international scientific board drawn from a large pool of
leading academics and experts in their respective fields, it is in a
position to become a leading source of analysis on post-Soviet societies.
The entire issue is available at http://www.pipss.org (Open Access Journal).
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
Chief Editor
E-mail: kozlowskclub-internet.fr
Table of Contents:
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
An electronic journal of social sciences
Issue 2 - 2005 Reflections on Policing in Post-Communist Europe
Foreword by Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski (Chief Editor, 2nd Issue Editor)
Introduction by Gilles Favarel-Garrigues (2nd Issue Editor)
Articles:
Marina Caparini & Otwin Marenin
Crime, Insecurity and Police Reform in Post-Socialist CEE
Adrian Beck
Reflections on Policing in Post-Soviet Ukraine: A Case Study of Continuity
Maria Los
Reshaping of Elites and the Privatization of Security: The Case of Poland
Nikolay Petrov
Siloviki in Russian Regions: New Dogs, Old Tricks
Book Reviews: Policing in Post-Communist Europe
"Criminalité, police et gouvernement: trajectoires post-communistes, Sous
la direction de Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Paris, l Harmattan, collection
logiques politiques, 2003", reviewed by Anne Wuilleumier.
Other Book Reviews:
"Armiia i Ia. Materialy sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniia, situatsii, pis'ma,
vyskazyvaniia. Sankt-Peterburgskaia regional'naia obsestvennaia
pravozasitnaia organizatsiia "Soldatskie materi Sankt Peterburga". [The Army
And Me. Materials for sociological enquiry, situations, letters,
declarations by the "Soldiers Mothers of Saint Petersburg" organisation],
Tuskarora, Saint Petersburg, 2003." reviewed by Anna Colin Lebedev;
"My byli na etikh voinakh: Svidetel stva Uchastnikov Sobytii 1989-2000 [We
were in those wars: Witnesses of survivors of military conflicts of
1989-2000], Sankt-Petersburg, Zvezda (with the support of Soros Foundation
"Open Society"). Comp. by Ia. A. Gordin, V.A. Grigor ev, 2003, 319 p."
reviewed by Amandine Regamey;
"Amy Caiazza, Mothers and Soldiers. Gender, Citizenship and Civil Society in
Contemporary Russia. Routledge. New York and London 2002." reviewed by
Elena Zdravomyslova;
"Ekaterina Efimova, Sovremennaia tiur ma: byt, traditsii, fol klor
[Contemporary prison: ways of life, traditions, folklore], Moscow: OGI, 2004
& Russian Criminal Tatoo Encyclopedia, Steidl / Fuel 2003." reviewed by
Youri Vavokhine;
"Jan T. Knoph, Civilian Control of the Russian State Forces: A Challenge in
Theory and Practice, Stockholm: Swedish Defence Research Agency, 2004.
Pp.132." reviewed by David J. Betz.
Editorial Board:
Eden Cole, Francoise Dauce, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Anna Colin Lebedev,
Anne Le Huerou, Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Joris Van Bladel
PUBLICATION- Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring 2005
Posted by: Journal of Cold War Studies <jcwsfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 May 2005
Journal of Cold War Studies
Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 2005
Special Issue: Ideas, International Relations, and the End of the Cold War
Contents:
Kramer, Mark.
Editor's Note
Tannenwald, Nina.Wohlforth, William Curti, 1959-Introduction: The Role of Ideas and the End
of the Cold War
Subjects:
International relations -- Philosophy.
Cold War.
Abstract:
The end of the Cold War helped to prompt new interest in the study of ideas
in international politics. Once the province of a few dedicated researchers
on the fringes of the discipline, scholarship on the role of ideas now
occupies an important place in the mainstream of North American and
especially European international relations research. The five articles in
this special issue of the journal are intended to move the research agenda
on ideas and the end of the Cold War to a new level of rigor. They develop
new models of how ideas affected the outcome and, in so doing, take stock of
this event to refine our understanding of how ideas work in international
politics. Although we seek a deeper understanding of the end of the Cold War
itself, we also use this seminal case to clarify and advance the debate over
the role of ideas in international politics more generally.
Tannenwald, Nina.
Ideas and Explanation: Advancing the Theoretical Agenda
Subjects:
International relations -- Philosophy.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1985-1991.
Abstract:
This article responds to key methodological and theoretical challenges posed
by the literature on the role of ideas in international relations,
especially the literature on ideas and the end of the Cold War. The article
develops a theoretical framework that guides the analysis of the empirical
articles that follow. It identifies explanatory strategies for the role of
ideas and seeks to clarify key methodological issues in the study of ideas.
The article defines terms, identifies several different relationships
between ideational and material factors, and lays out a series of "tests"
for evaluating the causal effect of various kinds of ideas and ideational
mechanisms. It then seeks to clarify two primary issues: whether it is
possible to draw a clearer line between the material and the ideational; and
what is meant by "constitutive effects" and "constitutive explanation." The
article defends the notion of constitutive explanation and shows how both
causal analysis and constitutive analysis are valid explanatory strategies
for the role of ideas.
English, Robert (Robert D.)
The Sociology of New Thinking: Elites, Identity Change, and the End of the
Cold War
Subjects:
International relations -- Philosophy.
Soviet Union -- Intellectual life.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991.
Abstract:
This article recounts the origins of Soviet "new thinking" as a case study
of how Soviet intellectuals sought to redefine national identity in response
to the West. It demonstrates that new thinking was fundamentally normative,
not instrumental, insofar as it was developed in a period (1950s-1960s) when
"socialism" was thought to be materially outperforming capitalism. It also
demonstrates that new thinking decisively affected Soviet policy in the
second half of the 1980s. Putting forth a socialization argument to show how
new-thinking ideas originated in the post-Stalin period within a community
of intellectuals, the article charts the growing influence of these
intellectuals through the 1970s and 1980s. In the mid-1980s, when Gorbachev
became general secretary of the Communist Party and empowered many of the
new thinkers as advisers, their liberal, Westernizing ideas played an
indispensable role in shaping his reforms. The analysis focuses on
mechanisms of identity change at two levels: that of the community of
reformist intellectuals, and that of the Soviet Union itself. The analysis
challenges realist and rationalist views that new thinking was largely
instrumental. Until the Gorbachev era, Soviet reformers advocated
new-thinking ideas often at the risk of their personal, professional, and
institutional interests.
Bennett, Andrew.
The Guns That Didn't Smoke: Ideas and the Soviet Non-Use of Force in 1989
Subjects:
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Europe, Eastern.
Europe, Eastern -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1985-1991.
Europe, Eastern -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
Abstract:
Why did Soviet leaders not resort to force to preserve the Warsaw Pact in
1989? This article provides a cognitive model of how decision-makers learn
from experience. It seeks to specify and establish the causal effect of this
mechanism (elite cause-and-effect learning) as opposed to alternatives (more
materialist or normative arguments) and to lay out the scope conditions for
its operation. Soviet leaders learned from past Soviet military
interventions in Czechoslovakia, in Afghanistan, and elsewhere the high
costs and negative consequences of the use of force. Even Soviet hardliners,
for both material and ideational reasons (i.e., beliefs about the efficacy
of force), would have hesitated about the use of force in Eastern Europe had
they been in power. The hardliners did, however, have much different views
about the terms the Soviet Union should seek regarding German unification.
Gorbachev's ideas prevailed largely because of the lingering authority of
his position as top leader. In short, although ideas and material
constraints pushed in the same direction to produce the startling events of
1989, ideas and governmental structure were critical in determining which of
competing policy prescriptions would prevail regarding German unification.
Thomas, Daniel C. (Daniel Charles)
Human Rights Ideas, the Demise of Communism, and the End of the Cold War
Subjects:
Human rights.
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991.
Communism -- Soviet Union.
Abstract:
This article analyzes the role of human-rights ideas in the collapse of
Communism. The demise of Communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet
Union was significantly influenced by the transnational diffusion of
human-rights ideas. The analysis focuses on how human-rights norms were
transmitted to Soviet dissidents and policymakers. The article also
considers precisely how, and how much, these norms affected policy. The two
primary causal mechanisms were the transmission of these ideas by a
transnational Eastern European social movement for human rights, which
expanded the roster of available political concepts and the terms of
political legitimacy, and the mechanism of "rhetorical entrapment" whereby
Soviet leaders became "trapped" or constrained to uphold their rhetorical
commitment to the Helsinki Accords by the expanding discourse of human
rights. Subsequently, Soviet leaders accepted human rights ideas for both
substantive and instrumental reasons. Western power played some role, but
the ideas themselves were salient, legitimate, and resonant for Soviet
leaders seeking a new identity and destiny for the Soviet Union.
Forsberg, Tuomas, 1967-Economic Incentives, Ideas, and the End of the Cold
War: Gorbachev and German Unification
Subjects:
Soviet Union -- Foreign economic relations -- Germany.
Germany -- Foreign economic relations -- Soviet Union.
Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931
Abstract:
Focusing on Gorbachev and German unification, this article shows how the
effectiveness of economic aid depends on ideas decision-makers hold about
economics and identity. German economic statecraft worked in securing
Gorbachev's support for German unification solely because of a specific set
of ideas that animated Soviet decision-makers during that period. The
weakness of the Soviet economy made economic assistance from Germany
attractive, but Gorbachev did not bargain hard over the amount of aid
because he thought it would ruin an anticipated close partnership with
Germany in the future. The importance of the German economic incentives lay
in their role as trust-building measures. In contrast, Japan's effort to use
economic aid to persuade Soviet leaders to return the Kurile Islands during
the same period failed, in part because Soviet leaders did not expect a
friendly relationship with Japan. For cultural and political reasons, Soviet
leaders were more oriented toward Germany and the West. The fact that Soviet
leaders did not seek aid or technology from Japan--a technology
powerhouse--and turned instead to Germany, shows that material pressures
alone cannot account for the success or failure of economic incentives.
Wohlforth, William Curti, 1959-The End of the Cold War as a Hard Case for Ideas
Subjects:
International relations -- Philosophy.
Cold War.
Abstract:
The articles in this special issue of the journal succeeded in meeting the
core objective set out in the introduction: to refine, deepen, and extend
previous studies of the role of ideas in the end of the Cold War. In
particular, they confront more forthrightly than past studies a major
challenge of studying ideas in this case; namely, that ideas, material
incentives, and policy all covaried. Two other important problems for those
seeking to establish an independent role for ideas remain to be addressed in
future studies. Facing those problems as squarely as the contributors to
this issue have faced the covariation problem will yield major benefits for
the study of ideas in this case and in international relations more generally.
For more information, please visit the Journal of Cold War Studies web site at:
<http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/journal.htm>
PUBLICATION- John R. Perry, A Tajik Persian Reference Grammar
Posted by: John Perry <j-perryuchicago.edu>
Posted: 2 May 2005
Colleagues may wish to acquire this book --or at least recommend it to their
university libraries:
John R. Perry, A Tajik Persian Reference Grammar
Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 8, Uralic & Central Asian Studies,
Vol. 11.
Leiden: Brill, 2005; hardback, ISBN 90 04 14323 8. 524 pp
Price: EUR 95, US$ 133
This is the first comprehensive reference grammar of Tajik, the Persian of
Central Asia, to appear in English. It describes the modern literary
language, with examples of colloquial and dialect usage, from the early Soviet
period (1920s) up until Tajikistan's independence after 1991.
Grammatical examples, taken from a variety of literary sources, are given in
both the Cyrillic and Perso-Arabic scripts. Complete verb paradigms, a
grammatical index, and parallel word-indexes in both writing systems make it
easy to find particular points.
For further details please visit the Publisher's Web site at:
http://www.brill.nl
John R. Perry
University of Chicago
CMES
5828 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
USA
Tel: 773 702-7251
Fax: 773 702-2587
PUBLICATION- Ak Jang in the Context of Altai Religious Tradition, Available On-Line
Posted by: Andrei Vinogradov <aav242mail.usask.ca>
Posted: 29 Apr 2005
The M.A. Thesis in Religious Studies:
"Ak Jang in the Context of Altai Religious Tradition"
by Andrei Vinogradov is available in the electronic form (PDF) at the address:
http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-01192005-154827/
Access is unrestricted.
Abstract:
In 1904, a Native religious movement, Ak Jang, formed in Gorny Altai in
Southwestern Siberia. It strongly opposed itself to Shamanism, which was
considered to be the "core" tradition of Altaians. The initial persecution
of the movement by the Russian colonial administration did not stop its
spread and development. It was widely practiced in Altai until 1930 when it
was eradicated by the Soviet regime.
During the period when Ak Jang was still practiced, it was observed by a
number of witnesses, some of whom were ethnographers while others were not.
Those who investigated Ak Jang, produced a number of diverse and often
contradictory interpretations of it.
>From the 1930 until the post-Soviet period, Ak Jang was not studied due to
an imposition of the Communist Party "verdict" regarding its
(counterrevolutionary) character.
In the 1980s, the practice of Ak Jang has resumed. However, there is no
agreement in academic publications regarding its nature and character.
The Thesis research has had two principal objectives: the analysis and
clarification of certain misconceptions about the nature and character of Ak
Jang, and the formulation of a view, according to which Ak Jang is the
manifestation of the continuity between the old religious and cultural
tradition of Turks and Mongols and the modern tradition of Altaians and
their cultural "siblings" - the heirs of the ancient Turkic-Mongolian culture.
PUBLICATION- Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica, Issue #1, 2005
Posted by: Roman Ignatiev <actaeurasicamail.ru>
Posted: 29 Apr 2005
Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica is a multidisciplinary journal with the
major part of its annual volume reserved for articles based on original
empirical research. It aims at encouraging scholarly inquiry and exposition
in the fields of geography, demography, economics, history, sociology and
social anthropology, political science, with an emphasis on historical and
contemporary everyday life in Eurasia
Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica, Independent Academic Journal, 2005 #1
Table of Contents:
Thematic Issue:
Feminine: 'Proper' And 'Improper', 'Common' And 'Uncommon'
Articles:
Territories
Olesya Davidenko,
All of as are somewhat of guests at life: Space and time in the lyrics of
Anna Akhmatova
People
Dmitrii Poletayev,
Women-migrants from abroad in Russia
Jakob Rigi,
Women and sexualized strategies: Violence and stigma
Institutions
Stanislav Panin,
Streetwalkers' 'love' in Soviet Russia in 1920s
Nona Shakhnazaryan,
"It's a married woman who is a good woman": Gender regulations inherent in
the subculture of Karabakh Armenians
Security
Tatiana Dronzina,
Female suicide bombers: Gender dimension of the phenomenon of new global
terrorism
Lively Voice
Rozalia Cherepanova,
To exult or to mourn? Two myths about the fortunes of Russia
Contents for 2004
Roman Ignatiev, Ph.D. in Ethnology and Anthropology, Researcher
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences
32A Leninski prospekt
Moscow 119334
Russian Federation
Telephone: +7 095 9385941
E-mail: actaeurasicamail.ru; ignatieviea.ras.ru
Web: http://www.eavest.ru
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- Insight Turkey, April-June 2005 Issue
Posted by: Suat Kiniklioglu <kinikliogluankam.org>
Posted: 29 Apr 2005
Insight Turkey - Call for Papers, April-June 2005 Vol. 7 No. 2
Insight Turkey's April-June 2005 issue will focus on a variety of Turkish
foreign policy issues as well as regional affairs. We are particularly
interested in articles on the following topics:
- Turkey and Iraq/Iran/Syria
- Turkey and the Middle East
- Turkey and Israel after PM Erdogan s Visit
- Turkey and the U.S.: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?
- Turkey and the Cyprus Question
- Turkey and the E.U.: Negotiating in 2005?
- Turkish Security and Iran
- Turkey's Energy Politics
- Turkey and Armenia: Reconciliation or Impediment in Turkey s EU drive?
- Turkey and the Black Sea
- Terrorism as a regional threat
- EU-NATO initiatives in the Black Sea
- Islam and Democracy
- Foreign policy formulation processes in Turkey
This is just a preliminary list. Please feel free to propose any other paper
ideas, including book reviews to the Editor. We publish three categories of
material. Comments are 2,000-3,000-word front-of-the-book pieces that make a
single, provocative point. Essays are more extensive 4,000 5,000-word pieces
of analysis that comprise the body of the journal. Book reviews are
700-1,500-word pieces of new books. The deadline for article submission is
March 1, 2004. We welcome unsolicited manuscripts and article proposals. The
easiest mode of communication is electronic mail. We expect all article
proposals to be made in English. For format and referencing questions please
contact the Editor. Insight Turkey covers a broad range of topics related to
Turkish domestic and foreign policy affairs. It intends to present original
thinking by knowledgeable observers both from Turkey and abroad, written in
English that is easily read by professionals and a general audience.
The deadline to submit papers is June 10, 2004. Earlier submissions are
highly appreciated.
Suat Kiniklioglu
Editor-in-Chief
Insight Turkey
Tunus Cad. No. 15/4
Kavaklidere 06680
Ankara, Turkey
Tel: +90.312.428-5250
Fax: +90.312.428-5251
E-mail: editorinsightturkey.com
Web: www.insightturkey.com
PUBLICATION- Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica, No. 3 (26), 2004
Posted by: Roman Ignatiev <actaeurasicamail.ru>
Posted: 28 Apr 2005
Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica is a multidisciplinary journal with the
major part of its annual volume reserved for articles based on original
empirical research. It aims at encouraging scholarly inquiry and exposition
in the fields of geography, demography, economics, history, sociology and
social anthropology, political science, with an emphasis on historical and
contemporary everyday life in Eurasia
Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica, Independent Academic Journal, 2004 #3 (26)
Table of Contents:
Thematic Issue: Youth Number
Articles:
Territories
Irina Abdulova,
Virtual image of Mongolia in Irkutsk and Buryatia's segments of Internet
Communication
Alexandra Gurinova,
Hippie in Krasnodar: Communication-bound details of appearance
Education
Svetlana Ganina,
Image of child in Russian pedagogic ideas in the end of 19th - beginning of
20th
People
Margarita Astoyants,
Orphans in Russia: characteristics personal to a child under the conditions
of deprivation
Peoples
Alexandr Kobzev,
Tatars-Moslems in the Middle Volga: Ethnic identity and rumors about
compulsory baptism
Institutions
Sergei Lyubichankovskii,
Regional bodies of state power in the last decade of Empire (the case of
Orenburg guberniya)
Dmitrii Mikhel, Irina Mikhel, Irina Sirotkina,
Social and historical context of the medical struggle against epidemics in
the Volga Region: 1890-1925
Myths
Ivan Mitin,
Towards mythogeography of Russia: "Playing upon space"
Regions
Denis Belyayev,
Arctic Archipelago Novaya Zemlya in 19th - the first third of 20th: State
and colonization
Alexei Gorbunov,
Social and economic problems of adaptation of population in the Kurgan oblast'
Guide
Natalia Shimanskaya, Natalya Galashova,
School of younger scholars "Problems of management in science": A new benchmark
Roman Ignatiev
Ph.D. in Ethnology and Anthropology, Researcher
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences
32A Leninski prospekt
Moscow 119334
Russian Federation
Telephone: +7 095 9385941
E-mail: actaeurasicamail.ru; ignatieviea.ras.ru
Web: http://www.eavest.ru
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS- Articles on Turkey, Iran & Afghanistan, EWIC, Vol. 4
Posted by: Nader Rastegar <bameqyahoo.com>
Posted: 27 Apr 2005
Call for Authors:
Focus on Central Asia - The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (EWIC)
The EWIC is now soliciting authors for the fourth volume on Economics,
Education, Mobility and Space - If you focus on Turkey, Iran, and/or
Afghanistan, and are interested in writing on any of the following topics,
as pertaining to women's experiences, women's voices, women's
interpretations of the issues, please write to Loretta Kim at
lekimfas.harvard.edu.
For more information regarding EWIC, please visit the website:
http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/ewic
- Access to Credit Organizations (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan
only)
- Advertising and Marketing
- Architecture
- Child Labor
- Colonial Education
- Commodification and Consumption
- Cottage Industries
- Crafts
- Development Discourses and Practices (author needed for Turkey only)
- Development and Family (Modernization and Assimilation)
- Domestic Space (authors needed for Iran/Afghanistan only)
- Environmental Change and Natural Resource Extraction (authors needed for
Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Environmental Displacement
- Environmental Organizations
- Female Space (authors needed for Iran/Afghanistan only)
- Forced Resettlement
- Foreign Aid
- Global Markets
- Homelessness
- Housing Policies and Projects
- Industrial Labor (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Informal Sector (author needed for Afghanistan only)
- Internal Displacement
- Labor and Health
- Labor Profiles (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Land Reform
- Markets and Trading (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Migration: Labor and Remittances
- Migration: Policies and Laws (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Missionary Schools (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Modern Education (authors needed for Turkey only)
- Mosques (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Muslim Diasporas
- National Curricula (authors needed for Iran/Afghanistan only)
- NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) (authors needed for Iran and
Afghanistan only)
- Paid Domestic Labor (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Pastoral Economies
- Population Exchange
- Post-secondary Education (author needed for Turkey only)
- Poverty
- Premodern Education (authors needed for Iran only)
- Professional Occupations (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Refugees and Health
- Refugee Camps
- Refugee Education (authors needed for Turkey and Iran only)
- Refugee Women Narratives
- Regional Migration (author needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Repatriation
- Sex Workers
- Slavery
- Small Businesses (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Social Welfare and Policies (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Sustainable Development
- Tourism
- Traditional Professions (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Urban Built Environments
- Urban Identities
- Urban Movements (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Vocational Education (authors needed for Turkey and Iran only)
- Water and Pollution (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan only)
- Women's Religious Education
- World Markets (premodern period) (authors needed for Iran and Afghanistan
only)
PUBLICATION- Museynoe Prostranstvo Journal, Vol. 2. (in Russian)
Posted by: Cholpon Turdalieva <cholponu.washington.edu>
Posted: 27 Apr 2005
Center of Museum Initiatives NGO is pleased to inform you that the second
edition of "Museum Area (Museynoe Prostranstvo)" journal was published in
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Publication of the museum journals is part of Museum
Initiatives Project supported by Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation.
Museum publications focus on different aspects of museum activity at the
regional museums of Kyrgyzstan as well as reflect relevant information on
building of museum sustainability and organizing of museum network
throughout Central Asia and abroad. The first edition, devoting to Museum
and Society topic was published in April 2004.
Journal content:
Museum Rhythms of Middle and Small Cities
K. Ysmanova "Museums of the Issyk-Kul Region"
A. Sabitova "The Historical and Ethnographic Museum of the city of Naryn"
A. Shaymergenova "Museum Library"
V. Yaroshevskaya "The Experience of the Krasnoyarsk museum"
Museum Theory and Practice
ICOM Museum Ethics
Kenneth Hudson "Museums of Influence" (extract in Russian)
Museum Anniversary
70-years Anniversary of the Kyrgyz National Museum of Liberal Arts
R. Mukasheva "Human Thinking about the Future"
25-years Anniversary of the Museum of the City of Cholpon-Ata
We and History
K. Tabaldiev "Olennye Kamni (Dear Stones)at the Kyrgyz Historical Museum"
Creative Laboratory
G. Toktosunova "A Few Words about the Artist..."
Information on museum conferences, grants, scholarships, exhibitions and
projects
If you would like to request a hard copy of Museynoe Prostranstvo journal,
please email to:
Cholpon Turdalieva
Editor-in-chief
E-mail: cholponfreenet.kg
Aida Alymova
Project Manager
E-mail: alymovamail.ru
Mail address:
Center of Museum Initiatives NGO
51A Razzakov St.
Bishkek 720026
Kyrgyzstan
PUBLICATION- Cross-Cultural Connections along the Silk Roads: A Curriculum Guide
Posted by: Daniel Waugh <dwaughu.washington.edu>
Posted: 25 Apr 2005
The China Institute in New York (http://www.chinainstitute.org/) has just
published a substantial curriculum guide for K-12 educators:
>From Silk to Oil: Cross-Cultural Connections along the Silk Roads. A
Curriculum Guide for Educators. Ed. Martin Amster and Lier Chen (NY: China
Institute, 2005). ISBN: 0-9654270-9-9.
The project directors were Nancy Jervis, Morris Rossabi and Marleen Kassel;
the project was made possible by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.
The book contains a wide variety of curriculum units for K-12 educators,
grouped in sections on geography, ethnic relations and political history,
exchange of goods and ideas, religions, art. There are several introductory
essays by well-known scholars, and a range of bibliographic and other
materials.
I do not have information on cost/availability; for that you should write
the China Institute directly.
The China Institute's contact information is available on their web site at:
http://www.chinainstitute.org
Daniel Waugh
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, April 20, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 25 Apr 2005
Note: TWO Policy Papers Recently Released:
- "A 'Greater Central Asia Partnership' for Afghanistan and Its Neighbors",
By S. Frederick Starr, March 2005, 38 pp. Full electronic version online at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/CACI/Strategy.pdf
- "Developing Counter-Narcotics Policy in Central Asia: Legal and Political
Dimensions", By Kairat Osmonaliev, January 2005, 104 pp. Full electronic
version available online at: http://www.silkroadstudies.org/Kairat.htm
The 20 April issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org. The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly
publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins
University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes article submissions. At this moment, we are
particularly interested in submissions on economics and finance matters in
Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries are welcome. Please
contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu with a short
description of your article. Editorial principles are online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 20 April CACI Analyst is
available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20050420Analyst.pdf
The Analytical Articles include:
Saving Afghanistan: from Poppy to Pipeline
Teymur Huseyinov and Hasanali Karasar
With the war over and the threat from the Taliban highly minimized, the long
dormant Trans-Afghan Pipeline (TAP) project is reviving. The October
presidential election was carried out in good order and all forecasts of
doom were proven wrong. For the first time ever, Afghanistan has an elected
ruler. Although Despite the fact that the $4.4 billion pledged by
international donors in Tokyo in 2002 is coming in too slowly, the Karzai
government seems resolute on speeding up the process of realizing TAP - as
Karzai's latest trip to India and intensive discussions with Turkmen
authorities indicate.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3237
The Revolt in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan's Political Situation
Pulat Shozimov
The Presidents of the Central Asian states are all nearing the point of
passing on their responsibilities to newly elected successors. Yet the
absence of legitimate mechanisms of transferring power are likely to make
these processes difficult. Until recently, the issue has been in an impasse.
Yet the March revolt in Kyrgyzstan after a flawed parliamentary election
showed one possible scenario of radical transformation. As the Kyrgyzstan
events reverberate around the region, one salient question is to what extent
a similar, radical scenario is possible in Tajikistan, especially on the eve
of the 2006 presidential elections?
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3238
Hard Times for President Aliyev
Anar Valiyev
The months of February to March 2005 turned out to be both the most
difficult and the most decisive time of the one-and-a-half year presidency
of Ilham Aliyev. There was the attack on the opposition press by
pro-governmental circles, the murdering of the prominent journalist Elmar
Husyenov, and the scandal about the involvement of high-ranking police
officers in organized crime. All those incidents have affected the position
of the president. The opposition used the recent events to accuse the
government of being unwilling to make reforms. Meanwhile, struggle within
the ruling Azerbaijani elite is perceptible more clearly than ever.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3239
Alternative Transport Routes Begin to Emerge in Central Asia
Inomjon Bobokulov
The core issues of regional political and economic processes determine the
perspectives of Central Asian integration. These include the effective
management of regional water resources, the creation of a regional security
system, the legal regulation of boundary issues, among other. And the
establishment and development of alternative regional transport routes, in
the line of these issues, is a path to stimulating economic growth,
achieving political stability, and reinforcing sovereignty. A number of
transportation project to connect Central Asia to its southern and eastern
neighbors are gathering increasing momentum.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3240
The Field Reports Include:
Verbal Attacks on U.S. Ambassador Highlight Pre-Election Tensions in Azerbaijan
Anar Kerimov
Last week, several pro-governmental deputies launched verbal attacks on U.S.
ambassador in Azerbaijan Reno Harnish, accusing him of "plotting a velvet
revolution." The Ambassador's visits to the provinces of the country and his
meetings with opposition parties behind closed doors were the cause of these
accusations. http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3241
Authoritarian Regime in Kazakhstan Gains "Democratic" Laurels as Opposition
Loses Ground
Marat Yermukanov
After last year's September 19 parliamentary elections, the opposition in
Kazakhstan suffered serious setbacks, and the political image of leading
pro-democratic forces such as the Ak Zhol party has dramatically plummeted.
Regime change in Kyrgyzstan, which assumed the most appalling forms and
culminated in mass looting and chaos, deprived the opposition movement in
Kazakhstan of much of its public appeal. Democratic forces in Kazakhstan are
taking desperate steps to form a united opposition block. But what has been
achieved so far is a far cry from unity.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3242
Afghanistan's Fledging Private Sector Asks for Support
Daan van der Schriek
Private business in Afghanistan is pressing for financial support, saying it
could do a better job than the many non-governmental organizations in the
country that up till now handled most of the money flowing into Afghanistan.
It can count on government support for its attempt. However, at the moment
there is very little going on in the private sector outside construction.
But an olive oil enterprise near Jalalabad offers a cheerful exception.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3243
Conference Held on the "Revolution" in Kyrgyzstan
Dariya Alieva
Entitled "Kyrgyzstan's Spring of Discontent: Causes, Parallels,
Implications," a round-table discussion of a panel of academicians,
journalists, political analysts and NGO representatives took place at the
American University - Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek on March 31. The
conference with an audience of roughly 150 people took place in a
comparative and analytical atmosphere defining the issue, looking at the
causes of upheavals, and possible future scenarios for Kyrgyzstan.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3244
DEADLINE REMINDER- 2005 Yearbook, Azerbaijan Nat'l Acad. of Sciences Literary Inst.
Posted by: Rahilya Gheybullayeva <rahilya_ghotmail.com>
Posted: 21 Apr 2005
Deadline Reminder:
Yearbook - 2005 Announcement
The Third Issue
The Literary Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences is pleased
to invite you to participate in Yearbook -2005. This yearbook will bring
together scholars from both the West and the East, with some various
understanding of aims and method, themes of Theory of Literature and
Comparative Literature last decades.
Articles, using interdisciplinary approaches, covering many of the important
questions of past, present and future definitions, themes and methods,
concerning similarities and differences between Soviet and Western Theory of
Literature and Comparative Literature are most welcome.
The deadline for submitting the articles is May 15, 2005.
Please send your manuscript as Times New Roman and Word format attachment to
Rahilya Geybullayeva to the following e-mail address: rahilya_ghotmail.com,
with the information:
- Your name, degree and e-mail address where we can contact you.
- Title of the article
- Any questions, or comments you have.
Editors: Tahira Mammad, Rahilya Geybullayeva
Rahilya Geybullayeva
Ph.D., Senior Researcher
Theory of Literature Department
Literary Institute
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Main Building, 5-th floor
H. Javid ave 31
Baku 1141
Azerbaijan
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS- Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
Posted by: Loretta Kim <lekimfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 19 Apr 2005
The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (EWIC) is now soliciting
authors for the fourth volume on Economics, Education, Mobility and Space.
If you are interested in writing on any of the following topics, as
pertaining to women's experiences, women's voices, women's interpretations
of the issues, please write to Loretta Kim at lekimfas.harvard.edu. Please
specify your region of specialization: Caucasus and/or Central Asia in your
correspondence.
For more information regarding EWIC, please visit the website: http://
sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/ewic
Access to Credit Organizations
Advertising and Marketing
Architecture (author needed for the Caucasus only)
Child Labor
Colonial Education (author needed for the Caucasus only)
Commodification and Consumption
Community-Based Organizations
Cottage Industries
Crafts
Development Discourses and Practices
Development and Family (Modernization and Assimilation)
Domestic Space
Environmental Change and Natural Resource Extraction
Environmental Displacement
Environmental Organizations
Female Space
Forced Resettlement
Foreign Aid
Global Markets
Homelessness
Housing Policies and Projects
Industrial Labor
Informal Sector
Informal Settlements
Internal Displacement
Labor and Health
Labor Profiles
Land Reform
Markets and Trading
Migration: Labor and Remittances
Missionary Schools (author needed for the Caucasus only)
Modern Education
Mosques
Muslim Diasporas (author needed for the Caucasus only)
National Curricula (author needed for Central Asia only)
Non-Governmental Organizations
Pastoral Economies (author needed for the Caucasus only)
Population Exchange (author needed for the Caucasus only)
Post-secondary Education (author needed for the Caucasus only)
Poverty
Premodern Education
Professional Occupations
Refugees and Health
Refugee Camps
Refugee Education
Refugee Women Narratives
Regional Migration (author needed for the Caucasus only)
Repatriation
Slavery
Small Businesses
Social Welfare and Policies
Sustainable Development
Tourism
Traditional Professions
Urban Built Environments (author needed for Central Asia only)
Urban Identities
Urban Movements
Vocational Education
Water and Pollution
Women's Religious Education
World Markets (premodern period)
PUBLICATION- Childhood Poverty Research & Policy Centre Reports and Briefings
Posted by: Minna Lyytikainen <M.Lyytikainensavethechildren.org.uk>
Posted: 15 Apr 2005
I'm pleased to inform you that the Childhood Poverty Research & Policy
Centre (CHIP) now has a full set of policy briefings and research reports
available to download from www.childhoodpoverty.org
CHIP Reports and Policy Briefings
CHIP publications focus on success stories in tackling childhood poverty, as
well as offering policy-relevant information and recommendations to end
childhood poverty - for instance, in the areas of economic policy, social
protection, basic services and aid effectiveness.
In addition, there are country-focused research reports on childhood poverty
in China, India, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.
A complete listing of these publications is available on the CHIP web site.
If you would like to request a hard copy of a CHIP publication, please email
Falguni Patel on f.patelsavethechildren.org.uk
www.childhoodpoverty.org: a resource for policy makers, practitioners and
activists concerned about childhood poverty
As well as the aforementioned research report and policy briefings, the web
site contains insightful film clips on child labour in Kyrgyzstan, plus
relevant case studies, photographs and links, providing what we hope is a
useful and wide-ranging resource on preventing and tackling childhood poverty.
Caroline Harper
Director
Childhood Poverty Research & Policy Centre (CHIP)
www.childhoodpoverty.org
CALL FOR PAPERS- Transition Economies Panel, Business & Economics CONFERENCE, June 2005, Turkey
Posted by: Mehmet Balcilar <balcilarkimep.kz>
Posted: 14 Apr 2005
I am organizing a session on "Transition Economies" in The First
International Conference on Business, Management and Economics in a Changing
World organized by Yasar University, which will be held in Cesme, Izmir,
Turkey, 16-19 June 2005. More information is available at
http://www.yasar.edu.tr/conference/.
The conference is held in one of the most attractive touristic places in
Turkey. They also have some additional social activities. The conference
place is very close to two of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World", The
Temple of Artemis in Ephesus & The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in Bodrum.
If you would like to present a paper on transition economies please send
your abstract directly to me until May 10, 2005. Papers should be related to
economics, public administration, political science, and management in
transition economies.
Please forward this information to colleagues who might be interested.
Sincerely,
Mehmet Balcilar, PhD
Associate Professor
Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, & Strategic Research (KIMEP)
Department of Economics
Abei Ave. 4, Room 228
Almaty 480100
Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 (3272) 70 42 51 (Internal 3060)
Mobile: +7 (300) 494 4906
Fax: +7 (3272) 70 42 11
E-mail: balcilarkimep.kz
Web Page: http://www.kimep.kz/balcilar
Reproducible Research Page: http://www.kimep.kz/balcilar/rresearch
Teaching Page: http://www.kimep.kz/balcilar/teaching
ON-LINE RESOURCE- Univ. of Toronto's Central & Inner Asia Seminar Website Updated
Posted by: Central and Inner Asia Studies U of Toronto <ciasutoronto.ca>
Posted: 13 Apr 2005
We are delighted to announce that the Central and Inner Asia Seminar at the
University of Toronto has a new look - a new website, a new email address
and a new name!
Please see all the updated information and then bookmark
www.utoronto.ca/cias, the new site of Central and Inner Asia Studies in the
Asian Institute at the University of Toronto.
Our 11th Annual Conference (CIAS 2005) will be held in the Croft Chapter
House of University College on May 13th and 14th.
The theme is Traders & Trade Routes of Central and Inner Asia: The "Silk
Road" Then & Now.
Please see the website for a preliminary list of speakers and an on-line
registration form. Pre-registration is requested to facilitate catering
arrangements as a light lunch is included in your registration fee.
We are also happy to report that Volume 7 of Toronto Studies in Central and
Inner Asia, the papers from CIAS 2004, will be available, hot off the press,
in time for the conference, at the special price of Can. $30.
We look to meeting old and new friends at the conference.
Sincerely,
Michael Gervers, Gillian Long and Bolor Legjeem
Phone and fax: 416-978-4882
E-mail: ciasutoronto.ca
Central and Inner Asia Studies
Asian Institute, Munk Centre for International Studies,
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto ON M5S 3K7
Canada
PUBLICATION- Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 2, 2005
Posted by: Murad Esenov <murad.esenovworldmail.se>
Posted: 11 Apr 2005
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to offer you the contents of No. 2 (32) of the "Central Asia
and the Caucasus" journal (in English and Russian). The issue will be
published in late April. For more details about the content of the articles
and further information including how to subscribe please contact:
Murad Esenov
Central Asia and the Caucasus
Center for Social and Political Studies
Hubertusstigen 9
97455 Lulea
Sweden
Tel.: (46) 70 232 16 55
Tel/fax: (46) 920 620 16
E-mail: murad.esenovworldmail.se
Web: http://www.ca-c.org
Central Asia and the Caucasus
Journal of Social and Political Studies
No. 2 (32), 2005
In This Issue:
Civil Society
Malkhaz Matsaberidze. The Rose Revolution and the Southern Caucasus
Sukhrobjon Ismoilov. Uzbekistan: New Voting Techniques in the Election
Campaign of the 2004 Parliamentary Election
Religion in Society
Viacheslav Belokrenitskiy. The Muslim East in the Early 21st Century:
Current Development Trends and Prospects
Teimuraz Panjikidze. Christianity in Georgian-Russian Relations: Then and Now
Party Development
Mira Karybaeva. Development of a Multiparty System in Central Asia
Valerian Dolidze. Political Parties and Party Development in Georgia
Ekaterine Gakhokidze. Georgia: Political Parties Before and After the Rose
Revolution
Valentina Kurganskaia. The Party System in Kazakhstan and the Ethnic Issue
Vladimir Babak. Kazakhstan: How Its Multiparty System Came Into Being
Parviz Mullojanov. Party Building in Tajikistan
Regional Politics
Rustam Mirzaev. Transportation Communications and Geopolitics in the Great
Silk Road Region
Farkhod Tolipov. Central Asia as a Space, Polity, Peoples, and Fate
Bakhtier Rashidov. Russia in Central Asia: A Shift to Positive Foreign
Policies
Boris Parakhonskiy. Countries of the Black Sea Region and European Security
Shoislam Akmalov. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Regional
Security Problems
Ethnic Relations and Population Migration
Mamuka Komakhia. Yezidi Kurds in Georgia: Ethnic Self-Awareness and
Consolidation
Sergey Markedonov. Ethnopolitical Processes in the Rostov Region, the
Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories: Problems, Contradictions, and Prospects
For Your Information
The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:
Central Asia and the Caucasus
- Religion in the Sociopolitical Context
- The Democratic Revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine and their Impact on
Central Asian and Caucasian Politics
- Border Delimitation and Separatism
If you are interested to go into more details about the content of the
articles you may find all necessary information on our Internet home-page:
www.ca-c.org
PUBLICATION- Forum for Anthropology and Culture, No. 1, 2004
Posted by: Forum for Anthropology and Culture <magazinekunstkamera.ru>
Posted: 8 Apr 2005
Web site:
http://www.ehrc.ox.ac.uk/Forumforanthropologyand%20culture/Forumantrhopology
%20and%20culture.htm
Forum for Anthropology and Culture is the parallel English-language edition
of Antropologicheskii forum which was founded in 2003 by two of the foremost
academic institutions in St Petersburg: the Peter the Great Museum of
Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences, and
the European University, St Petersburg. The European Humanities Research
Centre is closely involved in the work of the journal. The current EHRC
director, Professor Catriona Kelly, is the English-language editor, and a
member of the editorial board.
The novelty of the journal lies at several levels. First, it is an
inter-disciplinary venture, with participation from a range of different
specialists working in the field of culture, including social and cultural
anthropologists, archaeologists, folklorists, cultural and social
historians, linguists, and museologists. Second, the contents of the
journal, like the membership of the editorial board, is international in
character, and the discussion items and selected articles are published in
English as well as in Russian. Third, each issue is centred round an
exchange of views about topics of current interest to specialists in
anthropology, cultural studies, and cultural and social history.
The intention is that the journal should facilitate genuine dialogue between
specialists working in Russia, and in the Russian field, and those working
elsewhere and in other areas, a process that has till now been hindered by
the language barrier, and by lack of direct contact between the different
scholarly traditions. At the same time, we aim to publish first-class work
in the various different areas covered by the journal's remit, including
studies based on fieldwork as well as analyses of written and printed
sources, discussions of theoretical and methodological issues, and
publications of manuscripts and of texts collected during expeditions. The
range of material included is wide; the defining characteristic of the
journal is a capacity to think beyond national frontiers in terms of
interpretive principles and methodological strategies, and to address issues
such as the relationship between nationalism and anthropology and folklore
in an informed and critical way.
The first issue of Antropologicheskii forum appeared in September 2004,
creating a stir of interest and favourable comment. A review in
Etnograficheskoe obozrenie describes it as 'a major event for Russian
ethnography generally', and the sign of 'important and significant, indeed
long-awaited reforms' in the subject. We plan to publish two issues a year,
each of about 400 printed pages. An English-language edition, containing
selected material from both issues, will appear annually, subject to
availability of funding. We are grateful to the Humanities Division,
University of Oxford, to New College, Oxford, and to the Modern Humanities
Research Association for generous financial support, which has made possible
the appearance of the first two English-language editions.
The editorial board of Antropologicheskii forum/Forum for Anthropology and
Culture is happy to consider submissions of articles and edited documents;
such submissions should be written in Russian or English, and should follow
the Author Guidelines below.
General Editor: Albert Baiburin (European University of St Petersburg/Peter
the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian
Academy of Sciences)
Deputy Editor: Sevir Chernetsov (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and
Ethnography(Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences)
Editor, English-language section: Catriona Kelly (European Humanities
Research Centre, University of Oxford)
Author Guidelines:
Submissions are considered for publication on the understanding that they
have not been published elsewhere, and are not under consideration for
publication elsewhere. They may be sent by e-mail to
magazinekunstkamera.ru(with a copy to catriona.kellynew.ox.ac.uk), or
submitted on a diskette/CDin IBM format, accompanied by two complete
print-outs, identical in everyway to the material on the diskette, to the
following postal address:
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography / Antropologicheskii forum magazine
3, Universitetskaya nab.
199034 St.-Petersburg
Russia
Tel: +7 812-275 52 56
Subscription Information
Distribution outside Russia is currently being arranged. In the meantime,
please contact magazinekunstkamera.ru (with a copy to
catriona.kellynew.ox.ac.uk)
Contents of No. 1 (2004)
Editors' Foreword
1. Forum
Cultural Anthropology: The State of the Field
Levon Abrahamian, Adele Barker, Pavel Belkov, Yury Berezkin, Konstantin
Bogdanov, Sevir Chernetsov, Susan Gal, Bruce Grant, Nicholas Harney, Tim
Ingold, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Catriona Kelly, Georgy Levinton, Aleksandr
Panchenko, Steve Smith and Sergei Sokolovsky.
Afterword by Albert Baiburin
2. Articles
- Catriona Kelly, 'The School Waltz': The Everyday Life of the
Post-Stalinist Soviet Classroom
- Svetlana Adonyeva, The Pragmatics of the Chastushka: A Socio-Linguistic
Study
- Pavel Rykin, The Social Group and its Designation in Middle Mongolian:
the Concepts irgen and oboq
3. 'Readings in Honour of D. K. Zelenin', St Petersburg, November 2004
- Valeriya Kolosova, Conference Report
- Kirill Chistov, D. K. Zelenin's Compendium Russian (East Slavonic)
Ethnography: The German and Russian Editions
- Olga Belova, 'We Lived Side by Side': Ethno-Cultural Stereotypes and
Living Tradition
- Mariya Akhmetova, 'The Yellow Peril' as Seen in Contemporary Church Culture
- Ekaterina Melnikova, Eschatological Expectations at the Turn of the
Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The End of the World is [Not] Nigh?
- Margarita Zhuikova, The Origin of the Expression tuda i doroga! and Slav
Folk Beliefs about Two Ways of Dying
4. Materials from Museums
- Sergei Korsun, The Holdings Relating to the Tlingits in the Museum of
Anthropology and Ethnography, St Petersburg
5. Archival Publications
- Aleksei Zhukov, The Saami, 1200-1700 (Source Materials and Commentary)
6. Reviews
- Mikhail Lurye, The Road with no Verges: T. B. Shchepanskaya. Kultura
dorogi v russkoi miforitualnoi traditsii XIX-XX vv. [The Journey in Russian
Rituals and Myths of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries]
- Veronika Makarova, The Life of the Orthodox Pastor: A. N. Rozov.
Svyashchennik v dukhovnoi zhizni russkoi derevni [The Priest in the
Spiritual Life of the Russian Village]
- Ilya Utekhin, Dacha Reading: S. Lovell. Summerfolk. A History of the
Dacha 1710-2000
- Vlada Baranova, Kseniya Viktorova, National Identity on the Shores of the
Azov: K. Kaurinkoski. Les Grecs dans le Donbass.
- Yuri Berezkin, A Ship of Fools: E. A. Okladnikova. Traditsionnye kultury
Severnoi Ameriki kak tsivilizatsionnyi fenomen [The Traditional Cultures of
North America as a Civilisational Phenomenon].
7. Conference Report
- Catriona Kelly, Martin McLaughlin, 'The Future of the Humanities'
(European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford, 19-20 March
2004).
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, April 6, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 7 Apr 2005
Note:
TWO Policy Papers Recently Released:
"A 'Greater Central Asia Partnership' for Afghanistan and Its Neighbors", By
S. Frederick Starr, March 2005, 38 pp. Full electronic version online at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/CACI/Strategy.pdf
"Developing Counter-Narcotics Policy in Central Asia: Legal and Political
Dimensions", By Kairat Osmonaliev, January 2005, 104 pp. Full electronic
version available online at: http://www.silkroadstudies.org/Kairat.htm
The 6 April issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org. The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly
publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins
University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes article submissions. At this moment, we are
particularly interested in submissions on economics and finance matters in
Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries are welcome. Please
contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu with a short
description of your article. Editorial principles are online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 6 April CACI Analyst is available
at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20050406Analyst.pdf
The Analytical Articles include:
Costs and Benefits of the "Kyrgyz Revolution"
Maks Kobonbaev
Beginning on March 24, the uprising in Kyrgyzstan brought excitement to
democratic forces of the world and alarmed the authoritarian regimes in
Central Asia. The new government has found itself in a unique position to
change the status quo, combat corruption and build institutions of
democratic governance based on the rule of law. At the same time, the
consequences of "Kyrgyz Revolution" are fraught with potential costs such as
the fragility of property rights and business investment climate that could
stagger economic performance for years to come.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3194
Assessing China's Reaction to Kyrgyzstan's "Tulip Revolution"
Matthew Oresman
The surprisingly rapid opposition takeover of the Kyrgyz government last
week has significant implications for nations across the region, including
China, which has watched these developments with a keen eye. While Russia
and the United States maintain military bases in Kyrgyzstan, China is the
only outside power that actually borders Kyrgyzstan. China has developed
strong ties with Kyrgyzstan since the Central Asian republic gained its
independence, and Beijing has used these ties to fulfill multiple foreign
policy goals, particularly in the area of counterterrorism, domestic
security, economic cooperation, and diplomatic and strategic positioning.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3195
Nazarbayev's Grand Design for Kazakhstan's Domestic Purposes
Stephen Blank
On February 18 Kazakhstan's President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, presented the
equivalent of his state of the union address. However this speech goes
further than merely a statement of policy priorities for the short, medium,
and/or long-term. Rather Nazarbayev here outlined a template, not just of
policy initiatives, but also of the development of the future Kazakh state.
Kazakh spokesmen, traveling in America, also pointed to this template-like
quality of his speech, citing that it proposes Kazakhstan's full
independence as a state (based on its previous economic successes largely
connected to oil and gas revenues), Kazakhstan's movement toward a market
economy from a command economy, and the movement from unitary authoritarian
leadership to what they call democratic institutions and values.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3196
Georgia and Ukraine: Buying Iranian Gas?
Hooman Peimani
During his two-day visit (March 12-13) to Yerevan, Georgian Prime Minister
Zurab Noghaideli discussed with his Armenian counterpart Andranik Margarian
Tbilisi's interest in the extension of the Iranian-Armenian gas pipeline to
Georgia. According to the Armenian prime minister, the Georgian official
also discussed the possibility of the pipeline's further extension to
Ukraine, which seeks to decrease its heavy fuel reliance on Russia with an
expressed interest in Iranian gas. Provided the Georgians go beyond
expression of interest, reach an agreement with Iran and ignore Washington's
opposition to such an agreement, the discussed project will have a long-term
impact on the Caucasus' balance of power.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3197
The Field Reports Include:
Large Demonstration in Javakheti Marks Increased Tensions
Grigor Hakobyan
An increase in the level of tensions has recently been reported in the
Armenian-populated province of Javakheti (known as Javakhk in Armenian) in
southwestern Georgia. The leaders of United Javakhk (an Armenian public
organization in the region) have rallied thousands of people to protest the
socioeconomic hardships experienced by the Armenian community of the region.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3198
Kazakhstan Balances on the Tightrope between Velvet Revolution and
"Governable Democracy"
Marat Yermukanov
One of the most cited theories in Kazakhstan is that economic reform should
take precedence over political renewal of society. The successful economic
performance of the country and far-reaching reforms in the pension and
banking systems lead some experts to believe that the time has come for
Kazakhstan to implement radical political reforms. But the current regime,
with an authoritarian streak, seems to be vacillating between genuine and
"governable" democracy imposed from the top.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3199
Peshawar Conference on Pakistan's Tribal Areas
Zahid Anwar
The University of Peshawar's Area Study Center recently held a high-level
conference on the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a timely issue
following the Wana operation and the unrest in this crucial region
neighboring Afghanistan. Speakers discussed economic development issues, the
impact of Afghanistan's crisis on the FATA, and the recent military operations.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3200
Afghanistan's Media under Pressure
Daan van der Schriek
Media in Afghanistan, especially television, continues to be criticized and
threatened with a crackdown. The non-governmental organization Internews
that monitors media developments in Afghanistan even says that pressure on
both independent and state-controlled media has been increasing in recent
months. The main enemies of a free media in Afghanistan today appear not to
be the Taliban, but conservative judges and warlords.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3201
PUBLICATION- Danish Society for Central Asia Newsletter, First Issue Available
Posted by: Rasmus Chr. Elling <rcellingmideastconsult.com>
Posted: 5 Apr 2005
Dear Central Asia enthusiasts,
The first issue of the Newsletter of the Danish Society for Central Asia is
now available in PDF format. Please mail us at infocentralasien.dk to
receive your own, free copy by e-mail.
The Danish Society for Central Asia is a non-profit NGO run by volunteers
with the purpose of promoting the knowledge of and interest in Central Asia
in its broadest sense.
Best regards,
The Board of DSCA.
E-mail: infocentralasien.dk
Web: www.centralasien.dk (under construction)
PUBLICATION- Journal of Central Asian Studies, Vol. VI, No. 2
Posted by: Reuel Hanks <hreuelokstate.edu>
Posted: 5 Apr 2005
Publication:
Journal of Central Asian Studies
The publication of the Association for the Advancement of Central Asian
Research.
Vol. VI, No. 2
Special Guest Editor: Laura Adams
Articles:
Globalization in Central Asia: Notes on Centrality and Marginalization.
Laura Adams
Contested Geographies of Globalization in Kyrgyzstan: De/Reterritorialization?
Nick Megoran
Television, Transition and Globalization: Uzbekistan s Experience after a
Decade of Independence.
Sanginjon Jabborov and Brad Thompson
Unintended Consequences of Globalization: The Case of Trafficking of Women
from Central Asia.
Saltanat Sulaimanova
Submissions to the journal and other correspondence should be sent to:
Professor Reuel Hanks
Department of Geography
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
USA
E-mail: hreuelokstate.edu
Submission guidelines and subscription information are available on the JCAS
web site:
www.geog.okstate.edu/journals/jcas/jcas.htm
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS- SCOPES Programme Joint, Individual, Institutional Grants
Posted by: Aida Aidakyeva <aida.aidakyevasdc.net>
Posted: 5 Apr 2005
Since 1990 the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) in cooperation with
the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has been promoting
cooperation with scientists from Central and Eastern Europe and from the New
Independent States. The SCOPES programme aims at supporting individual
researchers, research teams and research institutions in their endeavor to
overcome the difficulties of the transition period.
The programme contains the following funding instruments:
- Conference Grants
- Joint Research Projects
- Institutional Partnerships
- Preparatory Grants
- Valorisation Grants
The deadline for Joint Research Projects and Institutional Partnerships is
15 May 2005.
In Central Asia researchers from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are
eligible to apply for any type of funding mentioned above. Conference
grants are also open to scientists from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
Activities to be selected for funding should not be of academic interest
only, but rather be thematically oriented on important issues for the
transition process and its consequences.
The list of thematic priorities includes:
- crisis prevention and management (integration, migration);
- good governance (constitutional structures, human rights,
democratisation, decentralisation, free expression of opinion);
- promotion of income and employment (small and medium size enterprises,
reforms in agriculture and forestry, transformation of research activities,
enhancement of professional qualifications);
- social transformation (healthcare sector, social security, cultural
activities, educational reforms, social networks, civil society);
- sustainable use of natural resources ( preservation of biodiversity,
improvement of energy efficiency, water/wastewater, nuclear safety).
Further thematic fields may be financed if they demonstrate a contribution
to the overall aim of the SCOPES programme.
All information concerning SCOPES and the current call for proposals may be
downloaded from the website www.snf.ch -> Calls ->international research
cooperation -> Eastern Europe SCOPES.
The information package can be also requested by e-mail scopessnf.ch
PUBLICATION- Central Asia Rediscovered, Inst. of Oriental Culture Spring 2005 Newsletter
Posted by: Kumi Morita <moritaioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Posted: 4 Apr 2005
The publication Central Asia Rediscovered, Newsletter of the Institute of
Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, is available on line.
Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo is pleased to announce
that the Spring 2005 Issue of its Newsletter focusing on Central Asian
Research - Central Asia Rediscovered is available online in the PDF format at:
http://ricas.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pdf/nl013.pdf
The Newsletter (published at The Research and Information Center for Asian
Studies, IOC, University of Tokyo) is a bi-annual publication of the
Institute devoted to new directions as well as general description of Asian
Research both at the Institute and in Japan in general.
Current issue titled Central Asia Rediscovered focuses on new projects at
the IOC, University of Tokyo, on Central Asia, outlines the general trends
in Central Asian research in Japan and highlights features of partner
institutions involved in collaborative research in the UK. This issue aims
to inform those interested in Central Asian research in the Western research
institutions and Central Asian countries about initiatives and research
projects in Japan.
It features:
1. Measuring Societies and Life-styles in Central Asia, By Timur Dadabaev
2. Central Asian Studies in Japan, By Komatsu Hisao
3. British Academic Caravan Returns to the Silk Road, By Siddharth S. Saxena
ON-LINE RESOURCE- New Central Asia Watchdog Website
Posted by: Michael Andersen <michaelandersencentralasiayahoo.com>
Posted: 28 Mar 2005
Central Asia Watchdog website
Please have a look at a new website, launched yesterday, that looks at what
the West is doing in Central Asia.
<http://www.centralasiawatchdog.com/>
Contributors are academics, journalists, staff from international
organisations, experts, diplomats, whistleblowers - all people who work on/
in Central Asia, locals and internationals.
The site posts daily blogs analysing and commenting on our policies,
programmes, projects, people and motives.
We felt that in the present rather confused situation in Kyrgyzstan - but
more generally because Central Asia is mentally and physically so far away
from the general political agenda in the West, it was important that
somebody focus on what we - the West - and our governments and organisations
- are doing in the region.
We would be pleased if we could persuade YOU to post some comments.
Comments can be posted either by filling in one of the 'post comments'
forms, or by emailing directly to: centralasiawatchdogyahoo.com
The style of the website is very direct - in your face - to encourage free
and frank discussion.
We are operating with a system where people we trust and know can post
stuff/comments anonymously (for those who are restricted because of their
official capacity, or those who feel vulnerable within the region), and/or
under their own profile. When you post a comment or blog, please include a
brief profile of yourself (plus a photo, maybe) and tell us whether you want
us to include your name or not.
So far, we are all doing this out of the goodness of our hearts, so we
cannot pay anybody for contributions, but we are looking for some limited
funding to cover 'production costs'.
We hope to hear from you.
Regards,
Michael Andersen
Wendy Andersen
Michael Andersen (former CEP visiting lecturer in Tashkent and Osh, has
covered the region for Denmark's Radio and several European magazines and
newspapers for several years, and has for the past couple of years run a
number of large-scale media projects in the region). Michael's comments on
the website do NOT represent anybody but himself.
Site Administrator: Wendy Andersen (former CEP visiting lecturer in
Tashkent and Osh, PhD in political and economic development in the former
East Bloc, with numerous publications on economic co-operation and integration)
ON-LINE RESOURCE- Virtual Art of the Silk Road Exhibition Available in Spanish
Posted by: Daniel Waugh <dwaughu.washington.edu>
Posted: 25 Mar 2005
I am pleased to announce that the extensive virtual Art of the Silk Road
exhibition at Silk Road Seattle
(http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/exhibit/index.shtml) is now
available in both Spanish and in English.
The Spanish translation is the work of Alexandra Prats and Prof. Dolors
Folch, under the latter's editorial supervision, and was supported by a
grant from the PQE (Program for educative quality) of Universitat Pompeu
Fabra, Barcelona.
Daniel Waugh
University of Washington (Seattle)
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, March 23, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 23 Mar 2005
Note:
Policy Paper Released: "Developing Counter-Narcotics Policy in Central Asia:
Legal and Political Dimensions", By Kairat Osmonaliev, January 2005, 104 pp.
Order information and full electronic version available online at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/Kairat.htm
The 23 March issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org. The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly
publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins
University-SAIS.
Please note the CACI Analyst welcomes article submissions. At this moment,
we are particularly interested in submissions on economics and finance
matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries are
welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu with
a short description of your article. Editorial principles are online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 23 March CACI Analyst is available
at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20050323Analyst.pdf
The Analytical Articles include:
Kyrgyz Government's Control Slips, Creating Dangers and Opportunities
Aya Telekova
The Kyrgyz government's hard-necked determination to press forward with
concluding the second round of parliamentary elections and rejecting
opposition allegations of fraud out of hand has led the situation in the
country to boil over. The government has effectively lost control of much of
Southern Kyrgyzstan. The possibility of a revolutionary change in Kyrgyzstan
is becoming visible, but the risk of an escalation of violence is clear and
present.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3158
Did Russia Escalate Tension in Chechnya by Assassinating Maskhadov?
Murad Batal al-Shishani
The assassination of Chechnya's legitimate President, Aslan Maskhadov, on
March 8 in a Russian Special operation is no ordinary event. It is a
transformation in the dynamics of the contemporary Russo-Chechen conflict.
The President who got nearly eighty per cent of the votes in the 1997
elections, endorsed by observers from the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, was the symbol of moderation and Russia's last hope
for ending its crisis in Chechnya in a peaceful manner.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3159
Georgia's Diplomatic Offensive Probes Moscow's Real Intentions on Bases
Jaba Devdariani
A Georgian delegation travels to Moscow on March 24-25 to try to revamp
stalled negotiations over the withdrawal of Russia's Batumi and Akhalkalaki
military bases. The talks follow on the heels of a tough parliamentary vote
that tasked the Georgian government to outlaw the bases unless the schedule
of withdrawal is negotiated by mid-May. Official Tbilisi appears set to
interpret the results of the Moscow talks as the final response of the
Kremlin on the feasibility of a civilized dialogue between the two countries.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3160
Armenia's Foreign Policy: Towards Real Complementarity
Tevan Poghosyan
Since 1999, Armenia declared that its foreign policy would be based on the
principle of complementarity, i.e., seeking to bring Armenia's national
interests into harmony - rather than antagonism - with the competing
priorities of various global and regional powers. Since then, the issue of
complementarity, if not of its precise meaning, has been repeatedly
discussed both in Armenian society and its elite, as Armenia had
traditionally been perceived as coordinating its foreign policy actions and
rhetoric with Russian interests. Recent changes in Russia's position and
foreign policy behavior, however, have altered the Armenian perception of
Russia as an ally and lynchpin of Armenia's security.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3161
The Field Reports Include:
A 'Tulip' Revolution Develops in Kyrgyzstan?
As President Akaev seems to have realized that he cannot continue to be
President after the next elections, he seems intent on ensuring his control
over the country by creating a pro-presidential parliament. Akaev's
determination in clinging to power is best understood in the context that
being in power for almost 15 years, his extensive family practically bought
out most profitable businesses and control most of the media, thus fearing
the political as well as economic - if not judiciary - implications of
losing power.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3162
No Progress in Nuristan
Nuristan means "the land of light." Yet it is one of the darkest places in
Afghanistan. It suffers from violent local conflicts and in addition,
insurgents fighting the government in Kabul feel free to travel in the area.
The same cannot be said of government officials, who hold less influence in
this mountainous, isolated area than fundamentalist clerics. And a change
for the better does not seem to be imminent.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3163
Smuggling and Corruption Continue to Plague Georgia
On March 13, President Saakashvili publicly upbraided his staff for
passively allowing smuggling to flourish in Shida Kartli, the Georgian
region that borders South Ossetia. The rebuke was brought on by recorded
telephone calls implicating the regional chief of police, Aleko
Sukhitashvili, and several of his associates in a smuggling racket.
Saakashvili's reaction was swift and severe - arrests were carried out that
very evening - but it will take more than his political will to stop the
culture of contraband and smuggling that has taken root over the past decade.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3164
Central Asian Efforts to Combat HIV/AIDS
A round-table meeting was held in February in Bishkek, capital of
Kyrgyzstan, with the participation of government officials and NGO
representatives from three Central Asian states - Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan. The purpose of the meeting was to develop a HIV/AIDS Regional
Program, which would aim at supporting the effective implementation of
comprehensive National AIDS Programs in each partner country.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3165
PUBLICATION- Journal of the History of Sufism, Vol. 4, 2004
Posted by: Thierry Zarcone <thzarconewanadoo.fr>
Posted: 22 Mar 2005
Journal of the History of Sufism, 4 - 2004
Eds.: Th. Zarcone; A. Buehler; E. Ishin
Section One "Sufi Dance"
Paris: Jean Maisonneuve, Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient, 2005
VI + 312 pp.; illus. colour frontispiece ; 28 photographs; 4 drawings
ISBN: 2-7200-1148-7
fare: 48 Euros
To order, go to: www.maisonneuve-adrien.com
See the abstract of the articles in the web page of the Journal of the
History of Sufism: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jhs
Contents/Sommaire
Part One
Sufi Dance/La Danse Soufie
Mustafa Koc
Tahsin Yazici (1922-2002)
Tahsin Yazici
La Danse soufie (samâ') à l'époque de Mawlânâ
Serge de Beaurecueil
Lendemains d'une expérience malheureuse; le samâ' chez 'Abdullâh Ansârî
Kenneth Honerkamp
Abû 'Abd al-Rahmân al-Sulamî (d. 412/1021): on samâ', Ecstasy and Dance
Pierre Lory
La Danse dans l'onirocritique
Dilaver Gürer
Deux traités par des _eyhulislams ottomans sur la danse
Mahmud E. Kilic
Yasar Baba, maître de zikr dans le soufisme turc
Melih Duygulu
Poésie et Danse chez les Bektachis des Balkans
Alberto F. Ambrosio
La danse des "derviches tourneurs" et la création d'un espace sacré
Mostafa Zekri
La 'imâra des darqâwâ du Maroc: une danse rituélisée
Jean-Claude Penrad
Chorégraphies mystiques. Vidéographie et relation de rituels: Zanzibar,
Comores, Syrie
Anne-Marie Vuillemenot
Quand un Bakhsi Kazakh évoque Allah
Françoise Arnaud-Demir
Entre chamanisme et soufisme: le semâ' des Alévi-Bektachis
Michel Boivin
Note sur la danse dans les cultes musulmans du domaine sindhî
Alexandre Papas
'Dansez et Chantez': le droit au samâ' selon Âfâq Khwâja, maître naqshbandî
du Turkestan (XVIIe siècle)
Thierry Zarcone
Les danses naqshbandîs en Asie centrale et au Xinjiang : histoire et actualité
A. F. Ambrosio, Th. Zarcone
Samâ' and Sufi Dance: a Selected Biblio-graphy
Part Two
Miscellanea
Arthur Buehler
Sirhindi's Indian Mujaddidi Sufism: Selections from the Mabda' wa-ma'âd
Itzchak Weismann
The Naqshbandiyya-Khâlidiyya and the Salafî Challenge in Iraq
Matthijs van den Bos
Notes on Freemasonry and Sufism in Iran, 1900-1997
Jürgen W. Frembgen
Devotional Service at Sufi Shrines: A Punjabi Charagwala and his Votive
Offering of Light
Dilaver Gürer, Ali Namli
Masters and Dissertations on Tasavvuf in Egypt and Saudi Arabia up to 1997
Aftandil Erkinov
Une Prière (munâjât) attribuée à Ahmad Yasawî
Book Reviews/Comptes-Rendus
Rachida Chich. Le Soufisme au quotidien. Confréries d'Égypte au XXe siècle.
Arles: Sinbad - Actes Sud, 2000 (359 pp.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Patrick Franke. Begegnung mit Khidr. Quellenstudien zum imaginären im
traditionellen Islam. Beirut: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2000 (xv + 620 pp. + 23
end plates). (by A. Buehler)
Alexandre Knysh. Islamic Mysticism. Leiden, Brill, 2000. (by Th. Zarcone)
Ildikó Bellèr-Hann. The Written and the Spoken. Literacy and Oral
Transmission Among the Uyghur. Berlin: Das Arabische Buch, 2000 (101 pp.).
(by Th. Zarcone)
Abd Al-Qâdir Al-Djazâirî. Le Livre des Haltes (Kitâb al-Mawâqif). Traduit et
annoté par Michel Lagarde. Leiden: Brill, 2000, tome I (472 pp.), tome 2
(626 pp.), tome 3 (594 pp.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Allen J. Frank, and Mirkasyim A. Usmanov. Materials for the Islamic History
of Semipalatinsk. Berlin: Das Arab. Buch, 2001 (97 pp.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Th. Emil Homerin. From Arab Poet to Muslim Saint. Ibn al-Fârid, His Verse,
and His Shrine. Cairo - New York: The American University, 2001 (162 pp.).
(by Th. Zarcone)
Müstaqîm-Zâde Süleymân Sa'deddîn. Traktat über die Derwischmützen (Risâle-i
Tâciyye). Edited by Helga Anetshofer and Hakan T. Karateke. Leiden: Brill,
2001 (218 pp.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Sigrid Kleinmichel. Halpa in Choresm und Atin Ayi im Ferghanatal. Zur
Geschichte des Lesens in Usbekistan. Berlin: Das Arabische Buch, Anor 4,
2001 (363 p.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Itzchak Weismann. Taste of Modernity. Sufism, Salafiyya, and Arabism in Late
Ottoman Damascus. Leiden, Brill, 2001 (xii + 343 pp.). (by A. Buehler)
Najm Al-Dîn Kubrâ. La Pratique du soufisme. Quatorze petits traités. Traduit
de l'arabe et du persan et présenté par Paul Ballanfat. Nîmes, Editions de
l'Éclat, 2002 (293 pp.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Matthijs van den BOS. Mystic Regimes. Sufism and the State in Iran, from the
late Qajar Era to the Islamic Republic. Leiden: Brill, 2002 (vii+ 286 pp.).
(by A. Buehler)
Thierry Zarcone. Secret et sociétés secrètes en Islam. Turquie, Iran et Asie
centrale XIXe-XXe siècles. Franc-Maçonnerie, Carboneria et Confréries
soufies. Milano: Archè 2002 (210 pp.). (by E. Phalippou)
Nesrin E. Aleskerova. Sufijskoe bratstvo Gjulshanija [La confrérie soufie
Gulshaniyya]. Saint-Petersbourg: Peterburgskoe Vostokovedenie, (Orientalia),
2002 (160 p.). (by A. Papas)
Vittoria Luisa Guidetti. L'Islam vicino : i Bektashi. Cosenza: Edizioni
Lionello Giordano, 2002 (187 pp.). (by A. Ambrosio)
Kalabadhi. Il sufismo nelle parole degli antichi. Introductions et notes par
Paolo Urizzi. Préface de Denis Gril. Palermo: Officina di Studi Medievali,
2002 (572 pp.). (by A. Ambrosio)
Hülya Küçük. The Role of the Bektâshîs in the Turkey's National Struggle.
Leiden, Brill, 2002 (408 pp.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Arthur F. Buehler Fahâris-i tahlilî hashtgâna-yi Maktûbât-i Ahmad Sirhindî
(Analytical Indexes of the Collected Letters of Ahmad Sirhindi). Lahore:
Iqbâl Akâdemî Pâkistân, 2001 (195 pp.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Annette Krämer. Geistliche Autorität und islamische Gesellschaft im Wandel.
Studien über Frauenälteste (Otin und xalfa) im unabhängigen Usbekistan.
Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 2002 (462 pp.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Ameneh Youssefzadeh. Les Bardes du Khorassan iranien. Le Bakhshi et son
répertoire. Leuven - Paris: Peeters, 2002 (316 pp.). (by Th. Zarcone)
Florian Schwarz. Unser Weg schließt tausend Wege ein: Derwische und
Gesellschaft im islamischen Mittelasien im 16. Jahrhundert, Berlin: Klaus
Schwarz Verlag, 2000 (270 pp.). (by A. Papas)
Shams Al-Dîn Ahmad-E Aflâkî. The Feats of the Knowers of God (Manâqeb
al-'arefîn). Translated by John O'Kane. Leiden: Brill, 2002 (788 pp.). (by
Th. Zarcone)
Necdet Tosun. Bahâeddîn Naksbend: Hayati, Görüsleri, Tarîkati. Istanbul:
Insan Yayinlari, 2002 (464 pp.). (by A. Buehler)
Carl W. Ernst, and Bruce B. Lawrence. Sufi Martyrs of Love. The Chishti
Order in South Asia and Beyond. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 (241 pp.)
(by Th. Zarcone)
Qamar al-Huda. Striving for Divine Union. Spiritual Exercices for Suhrawardî
Sûfis. London: Curzon, 2003 (221 pp.). (by A. Papas)
Marietta Stepanyants, ed. Sufismo e confraternite nell'islam contemporaneo.
Il difficile equilibrio tra mistica e politica. Turin: Edizioni della
Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli - Centro di studi religiosi comparati Edoardo
Agnelli, 2003 (380 p.). (by A. Papas)
Reviews of Selected CDS: Sufi Music
Hommage à Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. 2 CDs (Frankfurt: Network Medien, n.d.)
Booklet by Pierre-Alain Baud (in French, German, English) 35 pp. (by A.
Buehler)
Sufi Soul: Echos du Paradis. 2 CDs (Frankfurt: Network Medien, 1997) Booklet
by Peter Pannke (in German, French, English), 22 pp. (by A. Buehler)
B'ismillah: Highlights From the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music. Volume
1. 2 CDs (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 1997). (by A. Buehler)
Hamdulillah. Volume 2. 2 CDs (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 1998). (by A. Buehler)
Under the Moroccan Sky. Volume 3. 1 CD (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2001). (by
A. Buehler)
Apni Masti: Qawwalis from Delhi. Hamsar Hayat and Friends (Delhi: Ektara,
2002) (by A. Buehler)
Niyâzi Sayin: Sadâ. 1 CD (Istanbul: Mega Müzik, 2003) Booklet in Turkish,
English), 9 pp. (by Th. Zarcone)
PUBLICATION- Ab Imperio 4-2004, Reconciliation through the Past
Posted by: Sergey Glebov <glebovrci.rutgers.edu>
Posted: 17 Mar 2005
Dear colleagues,
Ab Imperio ediors would like to draw your attention to the fourth issue of
AI in 2004. Please, visit AI website at http://abimperio.net for detailed
information on the journal, including editorial contacts and the journal's
annual program.
With best regards,
AB Imperio editors
Ab Imperio 4-2004 Reconciliation through the Past: Pan-European Perspective
Methodology and Theory
- Editors Memories at Peace or in Pieces? Reconciliation with and through
the Past (Rus/Eng)
- Norbert Frei Past Overcome? The Third Reich in Contemporary German
Consciousness (Rus)
- Stefan Troebst "What Sort of a Carpet?" The Culture of Memory in
Post-Communist Societies of Eastern Europe. An Attempt at General
Description and Categorization (Rus)
- Interview with Jan Gross Memory and History: "The Neighbors?" (Eng)
- Ronald Grigor Suny Dialogue on Genocide: Efforts by Armenian and Turkish
Scholars to Understand the Deportations and Massacres of Armenians During
World War I (Eng)
History
- Agnieszka Jagodzinska Between Two Worlds: Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw as a
Text of Culture (1850-1900) (Eng)
- Jurgita Siauciunaite-Verbickie Our Common Culture: "The Learnt Memory" of
Lithuanian Jerusalem (Eng)
- Anna Lipphardt Post-Holocaust Reconstruction of Vilno, "The Most Yiddish
City in the World", in New York, Israel, and Vilnius (Eng)
- Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern "The Dead Jews:" A Reflection On Useable Past (Eng)
- Sener Akturk Counter-Hegemonic Visions and Reconciliation Through the
Past: The Case of Turkish Eurasianism (Eng)
- Pavel Varnavskii Soviet People: The Making of a Common Identity in the
USSR as the Creation of Common Memory (the Case of Buriat ASSR) (Rus)
- Elza-Bair Guchinova The Nation and the Discourse of Guilt: Reconciliation
With the Past in the Kalmyk Politics of Memory (Rus)
- Olga Brednikova Historical Text Ad Marginem, or the Divided Memory of
Divided Towns? (Rus)
- Ene Koresaar The Notion of Rupture in Estonian Narrative Memory: On the
Construction of Meaning in Autobiographical Texts on the Stalinist
Experience (Eng)
Archive
- Ilya Gerasimov "Remembering the Future." Constitutional Project of Andrei
Sakharov and the Problem of "System Memory:" Between "Convergence" and the
"Zero Option" (Rus)
Document
- Materials for A. D. Sakharov's Constitutional Project: June-November,
1989 (Rus/Eng)
- Forum AI
Remembering A. D. Sakharov's Constitutional Project 15 years Later (Lowry
Wyman, Joshua Rubenstein, Dietrich Beyrau, Joanna Regulska, Kimitaka
Matsuzato, Gasan Gusejnov, Artem Magun)(Eng/Rus)
Sociology, Ethnology, Political Science
- AI Discussion on Historical Memory in Perestroika
- Evgenii Anisimov From Pikul' to "Round Table" (Rus)
- Melissa F. Gayan Gorbachev's Reforms and the Beginning of a New History
in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Eng)
- Kathleen E. Smith Whither Anti-Stalinism? (Eng)
- Harley Balzer An Acceptable Past: Memory in the Russian Extrication from
Communism (Eng)
- Alexander Kustarev Practices of Dealing with the Past in the
Post-Perestroika Russia: Narrative and Invocation (Rus)
ABC: Empire and Nationalism Studies
- AI Forum on Historical Memory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Alexander Filiushkin "One Land, Different Memories:" The Grand Duchy of
Lithuania in Historical Memories of Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine,
Byelorussia,
and Russia (Rus)
- Interview with Hieronim Grala "Non-Empire:" The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
in Polish Historical Memory (Rus)
- Darius Vilimas The Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Stereotypes of Historical
Memory in Lithuania (Rus)
- Giedre Mickunaite Empire as Nostalgia or a la recherche des terres
perdues (Eng)
- Dmitrii Vyrskii The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as Historical Experience:
The Case of Ukraine (Rus)
- Igor Marzaliuk The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Historical Memory of
Byelorussians - Rusins: from the Middle Ages to Modernity (Rus)
- Alexander Filiushkin Looking into the Broken Mirror Splinters: The
Russian Discourse on the Grand Duchy of Lithuania(Rus)
Newest Mythologies
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Hermeneutics of Pain in Provincial Russia (Rus)
Historiography
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Book Reviews
Lilia Berezhnaia
A. Kappeler, Z. E. Kohut, F. E. Sysyn, and M. Von Hagen (Eds.), Culture,
Nation, and Identity. The Ukrainian-Russian Encounter (1600-1945) (Edmonton,
Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2003). 381 pp. ISBN:
1-895571-47-2.
Emilian Kavalski
Roman Szporluk, Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union
(Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2000). xlix+438 pp. ISBN: 0-8179-9542-0.
Sergei Kiselev
D. N. Zamiatin, Vlast' prostranstva I prostranstvo vlasti: geograficheskie
obrazy v politike I mezhdunarodnykh otnosheniiakh. Moskva, ROSSPEN, 2004.
352 str. ISBN: 5-8243-0300-2.
Ernest Gyidel
Jan T. Gross, Revolution from Abroad. The Soviet Conquest of Poland's
Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia (Princeton; London: Princeton
University Press, 2002). Expanded edition, with a new preface by the author.
xxiv+396 pp. ISBN: 0-691-09603-1.
Aleksandr Lavrov
Mykhailo Hrusevsky, Hystory of Ukraine-Rus'. From Prehistory to the Eleventh
Century (Volume 1); The Cossack Age to 1625 (Volume 7); The Cossack Age,
1626-1650 (Volume 8). (Edmonton and Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian
Studies Press, 1997-2002).
Anna Brzozowska
Margarita M. Balmaceda, James I. Clem, and Lisbeth L. Tarlow (Eds.),
Independent Belarus: Domestic Determinants, Regional Dynamics, and
Implications for the West. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University
Press, 2002). 483 pp. Appendix. Index. ISBN: 0
Maksim Kirchanov
Timothy Snyder, The Reconstruction of Nations. Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania,
Belarus, 1569-1999 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003). 367
pp. ISBN: 0-300-09569-4.
Wim van Meurs
Problemy natsional'noi identifikatsii, kul'turnye i politicheskie sviazi
Rossii so stranami Baltiiskogo regiona v XVIII-XX vekakh / Pod red/ R.
Buetner, V. Dubiny, M. Leont'eva. Samara, Parus, 2001. 284 str. ISBN:
5-7967-0090-1.
Emmanuel Waegemans
D. i I. Goutzevitch. Velikoe posol'stvo. Sankt-Peterburg, Feniks, 2003. 309
str. ISBN: 5-85042-073-8.
Nikita Khrapunov
Yale Richmond, From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians (Yarmouth:
Intercultural Press, 2003). Third Edition. 203 pp. ISBN: 1-877864-16-1.
Magdalena Zolkos
Padraic Kenney, A Carnival of Revolution. Central Europe, 1989 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002). 352 p. ISBN: 0-691-05028-7.
Katya Vladimirov
A. O. Chubarian, F. Gori, I. Yu. Novichenko, V. V. Ishchenko (Eds.),
European Experience and Teaching History in Post-Soviet Russia: Seminar
Materials Promoting Regional Innovation in Programs and Methodology (Moscow:
IVI RAN, 1999). ISBN: 5-201-00522-5.
Stephen Blank
Boris Kagarlitsky, Russia Under Yeltsin and Putin: Neo-Liberal Autocracy
(London: Pluto Press, 2002). vi+303pp. ISBN: 0-74531502-X.
Bruce BeanLilia Shevtsova, Putin's Russia (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, 2003). 306 pp. Index. ISBN: 0-87003-202-X.
Svetlana Malysheva
A. B. Nikolaev. Gosudarstvennaia Duma v Fevral'skoi revoliutsii. Riazan,
2002. 302 str. ISBN: 5-944730-02-1.
Sergey Glebov
AI editor in US
PUBLICATION- Galina Lindquist, Healing & Magic in Contemporary Russia, Forthcoming in 2005
Posted by: Galina Lindquist <aatmarehotmail.com>
Posted: 17 Mar 2005
Galina Lindquist
Conjuring Hope Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia.
Berghahn Books, 2005 (forthcoming).
256 pages, bibliog., index
ISBN 1-84545-057-4 Hb $60.00/£36.50
Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now
understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as
structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on
contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys
the experience of living that makes magic logical. By following people's own
interpretations of the work of magic, the author succeeds in unraveling the
logic of local practice and local understanding of affliction, commonly used
to diagnose the experiences of illness and misfortune.
Galina Lindquist was born in Russia, and trained as anthropologist in
Sweden. She received her degree at the Department of Social Anthropology,
University of Stockholm, for the study of urban shamans in Scandinavia.
Since then she has done work in medical anthropology and anthropology of
religion, with a special focus on folk religious and healing practices. Her
other areas of interest are play, ritual, and anthropology of consciousness.
This book discusses magic and healing in contemporary urban Russia. It
follows recent anthropological understandings of magic as reflecting local
ideas of power and agency, as well as the structures of self, subjectivity
and affect. It tries to convey the experience of living that makes magic
logical, and inquires into the social conditions of this experience.
People's own interpretations of the work of magic are addressed, in order to
unravel the logic of local practice. To this end, the book employs the basic
tools of Peircian semiotics, arguing that the mechanisms of magic in Russia
are not only symbolic, but primarily iconic and indexical. Elements of magic
are analyzed as "icons of power"-- as signs that are structurally homologous
(iconical) with other cultural grids of power and force. As icons, these
elements act indexically, to achieve transformations of subjectivity and self.
These ideas are used to discuss the local terminology of affliction,
commonly used to diagnose the experiences of illness and misfortune. How we
can gain access to people's subjective experience, by treating their
language and actions as icons and indexes of their emotions and affective
moods, is central to the discussion. Stories of treatment are analyzed to
trace the transformations of subjectivity and the self that occur in the
interaction between the client and the healer. Further, focusing on
practitioners, it is argued that the perceived power to heal stems from the
fact that the practitioners are seen, and see themselves, as "icons of power".
For more information or to place an order, go to:
<http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=LindquistConjuring>
CALL FOR REVIEWERS- Ab Imperio Seeks Reviewers for Books on Russian History
Posted by: Igor Martyniuk <igor.martynyukabimperio.net>v
Posted: 16 Mar 2005
Ab Imperio, a Journal of Studies of New Imperial History and Nationalism in
the Post-Soviet Space invites scholars to review books on Russian history.
The list of books is available at:
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The journal's policy is to publish in Russian a review on a book in other
languages and to publish in English a review on a book in Russian. Please
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