CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Edil Baisalov, "Political Instability in Kyrgyzstan: Sources of Hope and Despair"

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CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Edil Baisalov, "Political Instability in Kyrgyzstan," 3/5

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Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

"Political Instability in Kyrgyzstan: Sources of Hope and Despair, April 5"

Edil Baisalov
President, Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society, Kyrgyzstan

Since 1999, Edil Baisalov has led the Coalition for Democracy and
Civil Society, the largest civic grass-roots network and democracy
watchdog group in Kyrgyzstan. He was among the most prominent figures
in the movement calling for the resignation of former present Askar
Akaev on grounds of corruption, and has in recent years been one of
the main voices that has effectively brought a Kyrgyz perspective to
the Western audience through press interviews. His campaigning
against corruption is considered the reason for an attempt on his life
in April 2006. In 2006, he also received the American Bar
Association's Global Rule of Law Award. He continues to be at the
forefront of opposition politics in Kyrgyzstan. Just this week,
together with Rosa Otunbaeva, Azimbek Beknazarov, and Almaz Atambaev,
he established the "United Kyrgyzstan" Party, in opposition to
President Bakiev, and following this there has been continuing termoil
in Kyrgyzstan.

Thursday, April 5
4:15-6:00 pm

1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS South, Room S-354
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasia@fas.harvard.edu
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SYMPOSIUM- Armenians and the Left, Harvard Univ., March 31 - TODAY

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SYMPOSIUM- Armenians and the Left, Harvard Univ., March 31 - TODAY

Date: Saturday, March 31, 2007
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: CGIS S010 (Tsai Auditorium)
A panel discussion, presented by: Peter Balakian, Professor of
Humanities, Colgate University; Halil Berktay, Professor of History at
Sabanci University, Istanbul

Hosted by: Armenians and the Left and the Center for Middle Eastern
Studies, Harvard University

More info: Contact Sevag Arzoumanian at sevag@armeniansandtheleft.com

Part of the "Armenians and the Left" 1-Day Symposium in Cambridge

For more information please visit:
http://www.armeniansandtheleft.com/AATL2007/symposium.htm

Full Schedule:

12pm-2pm

Panel I: The Media and Social Injustice in Armenia

Moderator: Antranig Kasbarian, "Armenians and the Left" Organizing Committee

Panelists:

Edik Baghdasaryan, Hetq Investigative Journalists Union, Yerevan

Gayane Torosyan, Professor of Mass Communications, SUNY-Oneonta

Khatchig Mouradian, Editor, The Armenian Weekly

Discussant:

Stephen Kurkjian, Senior Editor, The Boston Globe

3pm-5pm

Panel II: Environmental Politics in Armenia

Moderator: Jeff Masarjian, Director, Armenia Tree Project

Panelists:

Jeffrey Tufenkian, President, "Armenian Forests" NGO, Yerevan

Ann Shirinian-Orlando, US Representative, Greens Union of Armenia

other participants TBA

6pm-8:30pm

Panel III: Armeno-Turkish Relations: Pitfalls & Possibilities
Following Hrant Dink's Assassination

Moderator:

Henry Theriault, Director, Center for Human Rights, Worcester State College

Panelists:

Peter Balakian, Professor of Humanities, Colgate University

Halil Berktay, Professor of History at Sabanci University, Istanbul

"Armenians and the Left" organizes conferences, lectures and
discussion groups that take a critical look at, and offer progressive
analyses of, a range of subjects pertinent to the Armenian people's
political, social and economic situation within a global context.
These public forums explore alternative ways of understanding
Armenia's predicament besides the conventional, state-centered
approaches and examine how Armenian activists can build coalitions
with other dispossessed groups and progressive movements.

The first "Armenians and the Left" conference was held in New York and
Boston in April of 2006 and was jointly hosted by the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF) in the Eastern United States and the
Nation Institute (publishers of The Nation magazine). The conference
opened up numerous essential topics and critical perspectives, many of
which rarely figure as priorities in the mainstream agenda of
Armenian-American politics, such as globalization, American
militarism, human rights in Armenia, reparations, women and political
power, Armeno-Turkish dialog, etc.

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Fwd: GRANT- Water in Islamic Art and Culture, Qatar, Nov. 4-6, 2007

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GRANT- Water in Islamic Art and Culture, Qatar, Nov. 4-6, 2007

Posted by: Diane Tepfer < dtepfer@vcu.edu>

Fellowships for travel and accommodation are available for scholars of
Islamic art to attend Rivers of Paradise: Water in Islamic Art and
Culture at VCU's Qatar campus Nov. 4-6, 2007.

The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
and the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts are offering
15 Hamad Bin Khalifa travel fellowships.

The Hamad Bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art strives to foster the
development of an international community of researchers and scholars
in Islamic art and cultures. The fellowship provides financial support
for conference attendance and recognition of scholars from diverse
geographic and cultural areas, including those from the less developed
and less well-funded countries.

Many scholars, who more characteristically conduct research for years
with minimal support, are having a hard time believing that these
generous fellowships are merely to attend the symposium, and not to
present papers, as is usual with travel fellowships.

Thirteen speakers from around the world from a variety of disciplines
will explore the theme of water in the Islamic lands from southern
Europe to South Asia from the 7th century to the present. Topics range
from the supply and distribution of water to its role in religion and
popular culture.

Attendance at the Rivers of Paradise: Water in Islamic Art and Culture
Symposium in Doha, Qatar is an opportunity for advanced students and
other scholars from around the world to meet and interact with one
another. The fellowship will also allow students and scholars to visit
Doha, one of the fastest-growing Islamic Art centers in the Middle East.

Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom, shared holders of the Hamad bin
Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art at VCU and the Norma Jean
Calderwood University Chair of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston
College, and curators of the acclaimed current exhibition of Islamic
art Cosmophilia, are convening the conference.

Online fellowship applications are due June 1, 2007. Complimentary
symposium registration will be available July 2007.  For more
information click http://www.islamicartdoha.org/
or contact Diane Tepfer at dtepfer@vcu.edu

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LECTURE- Ali Shir Navoi and His Influence, March 27, 2007, Washington, DC

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LECTURE- Ali Shir Navoi and His Influence, March 27, 2007, Washington, DC

Posted by: Christopher Murphy <cmur@loc.gov>

The African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress and
the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan
present an international symposium on

"Ali Shir Navoi and His Influence on the Cultural Development of
Central Asian Nations"

March 27, 2007
9:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
Room 119, Thomas Jefferson Building
The Library of Congress
10 First Street, S.E.
Washington, DC 20540

Free and Open to the Public
Contact: Dr. Christopher Murphy [(202) 707-5676] or cmur@loc.gov
Request ADA Accommodation five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or
ada@loc.gov.

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PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy

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PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy

Posted by: Shairbek Juraev <s.juraev@ipp.kg>

The following are the latest articles of the Institute for Public
Policy, Kyrgyzstan (February 20 - March 19, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:

"We overworked the Constitution so that none of the Constitutions in
Kyrgyzstan get public legitimization."
Interview with Muratbek Imanaliev

"Kyrgyzstan in Search of a Recipe for Competitiveness"
Anar Musabaeva

"Kyrgyzstan: Democratic Success or Threat to Stability?"
Valentin Bogatyrev

"Central Asia in 2007: Dynamics of Change and Development"
Conference summary

"Authorities-Opposition" Tandem in 2007"
Bakyt Beshimov

"State Construction and Romanticism of Nationalism"
Muratbek Imanaliev

"Constitutional Reform and Powers of the Highest Government Bodies in
Kyrgyzstan: A New Balance?"
Gulnara Iskakova

"Kyrgyz Foreign Policy Priorities in 2007"
Round table summary

IPP news:

On 23 March 2007, at 11:00-12:30 Dr. Klaus Grewlich, German Ambassador
to the Kyrgyz Republic, will speak on the EU strategy for Central Asia
at the Institute for Public Policy. Chair: Muratbek Imanaliev,
President of the Institute for Public Policy.
To register, please call 906240, or email office@ipp.kg

All are available at http://www.ipp.kg
Russian version is available at http://www.ipp.kg/ru

Note: Those who subscribed to the IPP update at www.ipp.kg before 23
February, please enter your email again. Due to technical problem,
those email addresses were lost.

Institute for Public Policy (IPP) is a Bishkek-based independent,
non-partisan research and policy institution. IPP's scope is to study
and analyze relevant issues in the domains of politics, economy
foreign relations and other areas. The Institute is committed to
promote participatory approach in establishing public policy; to
strengthen expert analysis in order to achieve effective
decision-making in matters of public policy and to create an
independent platform for dialogue on public policy issues.

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CONF.- 2007 Annual SOYUZ Symposium: Program (April 27-29, 2007, Princeton U)

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CONF.- 2007 Annual SOYUZ Symposium: Program (April 27-29, 2007, Princeton U)

Posted by: Serguei Alex. Oushakine <oushakin@Princeton.EDU>

2007 Annual SOYUZ Symposium

Locating "Eurasia" In Postsocialist Studies:
The Geopolitics Of Naming

April 27-29, 2007
Princeton University
Aaron Burr Hall
Friday, April 27:
2.30-3.00
Registration

3.00-5.00
Round Table: "Eurasia": Old Themes And New Approaches

Sergei Glebov (Smith College)

Russia, Eurasia, and the Mongol-Bolshevik Revolution: in Search of
Non-Eurocentric History

Stefan Wiederkehr (German Historical Institute in Warsaw)
Forging a Concept: "Eurasia" in Classical Eurasianism

Ilya Vinkovetsky (Simon Fraser University)

Eurasia and Its Uses: The History of an Idea and the Mental Geography
of post-Soviet Space

Boris Stepanov (Russian Humanities University, Moscow)
"Eurasia" in the Post-Soviet Humanities: the Politics of Theory

Moderator: Michael Gordin (Princeton University)

5.30-6.30
Keynote Address

Stephen Kotkin (Princeton University)
Eurasia: Disease Masquerading as the Cure?

7.00-9.00 pm
RECEPTION, followed by an informal meeting with Mark Beissinger, the
President of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic
Studies (AAASS).

Saturday, April 28:

9.00 - 11.00

Panel 1. Names And Spaces In Eurasia

Chair: Ekaterina Pravilova (Princeton University)

Steven Seegel (Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University)

Metageography Unbound? Late 19th-Century European Borderland
Cartography and the Geopolitical Construction of Space

Artak A. Dabaghyan (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Yerevan)
Renaming Practices in Post-war Karabakh/Artsakh

Abel Polese (Hannah Arendt Institute fur Totalitarismusforschung, Germany)

The Fluidity of the Eurasian Borders, (Mentally) Mapping the Self and
the Other in Odessa

Michael Denison (University of Leeds)

Reluctant Eurasians? Great Patriotic War Commemoration as Geocultural
Anchor in Turkmenistan

Discussant: Mark R. Beissinger (Princeton University)

11.00 -11:30
Break

11.30 - 1:30 pm

Panel 2. Marketing Postsocialist Ideas

Chair: Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University)

Michal Buchowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)

The Invention of Postsocialist Anthropologists and Anthropology by
Anthropologists

Elena Gapova (European Humanities University, Vilnius)

On (Not) Getting Lost in the Vast Spaces of Eurasia: Intellectuals and
Symbolic Markets

Johanna K. Bockman (George Mason University)

The Economics Profession in Post-Socialist Hungary: The Continuity of
East-West Connections and Practices

Edgar Hoffmann (University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna)

Eurasia Between Cultural Studies and Marketing & Management

Discussant: TBA

1.30: -- 2.30
Lunch

2.30- 4:30

Panel 3. Economies Of Backwardness And Modernization

Chair: Serguei Oushakine (Princeton University)

Leyla J. Keough (University of Massachusetts)

The Gendering of Migration Management in a Postsoviet Borderland:
Limiting Moldovan Women's Mobility and Legitimating a New
"Backwardness Project".

Neringa Klumbyte (University of Pittsburgh)

The Geopolitics of Provincialism and Political Economy of the Orient
in post-EU Lithuania.

Carroll (Corey) T. Patterson (Johns Hopkins University)

Diverging Pathways to the Periphery: The Case of Georgian and Moldovan Wines.

Alla Kassianova (Tomsk State University/Stanford University)
Between .ru and .com: Geopolitics of the Virtual Space.

Discussant: Ruth Mandel (University College London)

4.30- 4.45
Break

4.45.-6.45

Panel 4. Traveling Ideas: Natural Fusion?

Chair: Michael Reynolds (Princeton University)

Anya Bernstein (New York University)

Pilgrims, Fieldworkers, and Secret Agents: Buryat Buddhologists and
Eurasian Imaginary

Catherine Wanner (Pennsylvania State University)

Missionizing Eurasia: The Global Networks of Ukrainian Evangelicals

Sonja Luehrmann (University of Michigan)

"Only Russians Can Convert the Muslim World:" Eurasian Spaces in the
Geopolitical Imagination of Russian Evangelicals

Katerina Seraïdari (Centre d'anthropologie de Toulouse).
Greece and the 1990 Balkan Crisis: Political Manipulations of the
Notion of Eurasia

Discussant: Bruce Grant (New York University)

8.00
Film Screening (TBA)

Sunday, April 29:

9.00-11.00

Panel 5. Eurasian Spectacles: Identities In Performance

Chair: Cathy Nepomnyashchy (Columbia University)

Joseph Crescente (Indiana University)

Performing Post-Sovietness: Verka Serdiuchka and the Hybridization of
Post-Soviet Identity in Ukraine

Michael r. Rouland (Miami University)
Images of Eurasia: Conceptualizing Central Asia through Film

Aimar Ventsel (Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu)
Sakha Pop Music: Selling the "Exotic" i.e. European in Asia and Asian
in Europe

Aida Huseynova (Baku Music Academy)
Contemporary Music of Azerbaijan: Restructuring "Eurasian" Phenomenon

Discussant: Alexei Yurchak (Berkeley)

11-11:15
Break

11.15 - 1:15 pm

Panel 6. New Borders And Perihpheries: Politics In Between

Chair: Kristen Ghodsee (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)

Justine Buck Quijada (University of Chicago)
Etigilov between East and West: The Border Politics of Buryat Buddhism

Eunice Blavascunas (University of California Santa Cruz)
Primeval Forest and Relic Dictatorship on the EU's External Border:
Bialowieza, Poland

Tsypylma Darieva (Humboldt University, Berlin)

Locating the Homeland. Armenia between East and West, Between the
"Second" and the "Third World"

Jenifer Patico (Georgia State University)

In Search of Serious Husbands and Sincere Ladies: Power and Meaning in
the Russian-American Matchmaking Industry.

Discussant: Nancy Ries (Colgate University)

1.15- 2.00

Concluding remarks; an informal discussion of the Soyuz's plans and future.

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EVENT- Navruz at Columbia University, March 20, 2007

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EVENT- Navruz at Columbia University, March 20, 2007

Posted by: Farkhod S. Muradov <fsm2103@columbia.edu>

Join us in celebration of Spring Equinox!

A Turkic-Speaking Peoples Spring Festival

Time: Tuesday, March 20, 5 p.m.

Place: Lerner Hall, Party Space, Columbia University (corner of
Broadway and 115 St)

Turkic Nations' cousin, performances and music (FREE ADMISSION)!

Celebration of the ancient Eurasian holiday ­ Navruz: Azeri, Kazakh,
Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkish, and Uzbek music and dance performances will be
presented! National cuisines from Central Asia and Turkey will be served!

Navruz - "New Day" - is the pan-Eurasian holiday celebrating the
spring equinox and widely celebrated in the Central Asian republics,
Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey. Delicious traditional cuisine, music,
dance and company of family and friends are common elements of the
holiday celebrations throughout the region.

Event is open to public and everyone is welcome! For non-Columbia
affiliates: please RSVP through email at: SpringFestival.cu@gmail.com

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LECTURE- Kyrgyzstan: The Last Chance for Freedom in Central Asia, 3/28/07

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LECTURE- Kyrgyzstan: The Last Chance for Freedom in Central Asia, 3/28/07

Posted by: Central Asia <caci2@jhu.edu>

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
and
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, SAIS, JHU

"Kyrgyzstan: The Last Chance for Freedom in Central Asia"

Ambassador Bakyt Beshimov, Vice-president for Academic Affairs,
American University of Central Asia,

Commentator: Dr. Anara Tabyshalieva, Kyrgyzstan Institute for Regional Studies

Moderator: Dr. S. Frederick Starr, Chairman of the Central Asia
Caucasus Institute

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
5:00-7:00 p.m.

SAIS Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Ambassador Bakyt Beshimov combines extensive experience in education,
politics, diplomacy, and development. He is presently the
Vice-president for Academic Affairs at the American University in
Central Asia. His vision and goal in this position is to transform the
university into a vibrant source of leadership, driving Central Asian
development and integration. Prior to this, Bakyt Beshimov served as
Kyrgyzstan*s Ambassador to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
His ambassadorial work centered on building the foundation for a
lasting, fruitful, and multi-level friendship between these countries
and Kyrgyzstan, and capitalizing on powerful emerging trends such as
IT, renewable energy, and regional trade and tourism. Before this
diplomatic assignment, Ambassador Beshimov served as a Member of
Parliament of Kyrgyzstan, where he developed the Parliament*s
important linkages with international organizations and pushed for
progressive investment, education, and anti-corruption reforms. He
also served as the Rector of the Osh State University and upon
assumption of that post became the youngest university rector in
Kyrgyzstan. In his six years at the university, he transformed it from
its earlier position as a regional pedagogic institute, opening
several new departments and learning centers, such as medicine,
business and management, theology, the Center for the Study of the
Indian Civilization, and the Modern Languages Laboratory. Throughout
this time and in conjunction with his primary professional roles, he
served as the National Manager of the United Nations Ferghana Valley
Development Program and of the UNDP Local Initiative for Urban
Environment. He is a frequent contributor to national and regional
media, and he sees his public role as adding vision to opportunity and
analysis to vision. His dream for Central Asia is that of a region of
vibrant, positive cultures, humane, visionary politics, and dynamic,
innovative economies. He received the Bachelor's, Master's and
Candidate's degrees in history and political science from Kyrgyz
National University.

Please RSVP by Friday, March 23rd, 5:30 p.m at caci2@jhu.edu

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WEBSITE- University of Sydney Central Asian Programme Updated Website

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WEBSITE- University of Sydney Central Asian Programme Updated Website

Posted by: Alison Betts <alison.betts@arts.usyd.edu.au>

The University of Sydney Central Asian Programme (USCAP) has recently
updated its website to include details of new projects, publications
and important new discoveries at Kazakl'i-yatkan. Excavations in 2006
uncovered a spectacular series of portraits among the ever increasing
corpus of wall paintings from the site. Details of the 2007 Volunteer
Programme are also available. Anyone interested in the archaeology of
Central Asia is warmly welcome to come and join us on the excavations,
followed by a tour of the Silk Road cities of Khiva, Bukhara and
Samarkand. No archaeological experience is required, although all
skills are welcome. The website can be found at

http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/archaeology/CentralAsia/homepage.htm.

Associate Professor Alison Betts
Director, University of Sydney Central Asian Programme (USCAP)
Department of Archaeology
University of Sydney,
NSW 2006
Tel. 61 2 9351 2090

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CONF.- Eurasian Women and Self-reliance, March 22, 2007, California

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CONF.- Eurasian Women and Self-reliance, March 22, 2007, California

Posted by: Ali Igmen <aigmen@csulb.edu>

Eurasian Women and Self-reliance:
Religion and Education in the Contemporary World
California State University, Long Beach
The Pointe at the Pyramid

Thursday, March 22, 2007

The symposium will address women's position and role in forging
contemporary identities in several Eurasian societies during the
twentieth century and contemporary times. The purpose of this
symposium is to talk about the self-reliance of Eurasian women when
faced with pressures coming from the state, society, and external
forces. The three sessions will address the importance of studying
and teaching women's history and gender roles when discussing
geography, religion, and education in Eurasia. Our focus will be on
women's responses to their socialist and/or nationalist governments'
policies regarding cultural, educational and religious reforms. We
will explore the education of the girl child and women during
transitional periods in history of Eastern Europe, Southwest and South
Asia. The panelists will present their primary research on the
following topics:

- Preserving religious identities in revolutionary times
- Forging contemporary womanhood during early communist and
nationalist periods
- Contending with sweeping education reforms during the times of
revolutionary fervor
- Responding to limits and attacks of religious expression under
autocratic governments
- Resisting state oppression and societal pressure
- Modern education and globalization on religious change

Opening Remarks: Dee Abrahamse, Professor Emerita of History, CSULB
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Choi Chatterjee (History, California
State University, Los Angeles)

Women Challenge Reform And Revolution In The Soviet Union And Bulgaria
Chair: Adrienne Edgar, University of California, Santa Barbara
Kate Brown, University of Maryland, Baltimore: "The Hidden Terrain:
Sectarians Radicalism in Tsarist and Soviet Ukraine"
Mary Neuburger, University of Texas, Austin: "Women on the Edge of
Time: Muslim Women and the Negotiation of Nation and Modernity in
Communist Bulgaria"
Douglas Northrop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: "A Visual Voice?
Muslim Women and the Choice to Un/Veil"
Ali Igmen, CSULB: "Heroines, Actresses and the Soviet State: Kyrgyz
Women Assert Themselves"
Discussant: Caitlin Murdock, CSULB

Women Face Educational Reform And Writing Of History In Muslim China,
South Asia And Secular Turkey
Chair: Andrew Jenks, CSULB
Linda Benson, Oakland University: "Daughters of Ipar Han: Writing
Women's History in Muslim China"
Jyotsna Pattnaik, CSULB: "Education and Empowerment of the Girl Child
in South Asia: Intersections of Culture, Religion, Economics,
Policies, and Politics"
Kathryn Libal, University of Connecticut: "Popular Education and Women
as (Mother-) Citizens in the Early Turkish Republic"
Discussant: Sharon Sievers, CSULB

Women And Men Negotiate Modernity, Space, Identity And Feminism In
Yemen And India
Chair: Houri Berberian, CSULB
Sophia Pandya, CSULB: "Religious Change among Yemeni Women: The New
Popularity of 'Amr Khalid"
Bipasha Baruah, CSULB: "A Hand Up, Not a Handout: Vocational Training
for Low-Income Women in India"
Paul Perret, CSULB: "Men, Masculinities, and Gender Equality: New
Challenges and Opportunities"
Discussant: Elizabeth Philipose (CSULB)

The Organizer and Contact Person: Ali F. Igmen (Department of History,
CSULB). Please register: aigmen@csulb.edu

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EVENT- Kyrgyz Traditional Music and Art at NYPL this Saturday

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EVENT- Kyrgyz Traditional Music and Art at NYPL this Saturday

Posted by: Virlana Tkacz <yara@prodigy.net>

This week Yara Arts Group presents:
Kyrgyz Traditional Music and Art
Tompkins Square Branch of New York Public Library
Saturday, March 17, 2007 at 2 PM

Sakhna artists from Kyrgyzstan will perform traditional songs and
music to accompany exhibit of traditional art from Kyrgyzstan in
Central Asia. The exhibit, organized by Dinara Chochunbaeva, includes
traditional felt work and embroideries. The exhibit is open Friday and
Saturday from 2 to 5 PM. Both exhibit and concert are free events.
www.brama.com/yara/kyrgyz-tompkins.html

also La MaMa E.T.C. and Yara Arts Group present:

Janyl

March 9 to 25, 2007
La MaMa E.T.C. 74a East 4th St, New York @ 2nd Avenue

world music theatre piece based on Kyrgyz epic about a woman warrior
from the Celestial Mountains created by Yara Arts Group from La MaMa
and Sakhna Theatre of Bishkek

directed by Virlana Tkacz, design by Watoku Ueno, movement by Shigeko
Sara Suga, photography by Margaret Morton, video Andrea Odezynska,
translation by Virlana Tkacz, Roza Mukasheva & Wanda Phipps, featuring
Kyrgyz epic singing by Omurzak Kaiypov and music by Asylbek Nasirdinov

with: Munarbek Alibaev, Baktykul Dzhanibekov, Susan Hyon, Asel
Maamytova, Kenzhegul Satybaldieva, Shigeko Sara Suga, Ilgis Zhunusov

March 15-18 & 3/22-25 at 9:00 pm Sun at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm
$15/tdf Box Office (212) 475- 7710 or www.lamama.org

Made possible by the Nordlys Foundation, New York State Council on the
Arts, New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs. CEC ArtsLink, US
Embassy in Bishkek, Swiss Agency for Development & Soros Foundation of
Kyrgyzstan. Photo by Margaret Morton

La MaMa ETC 74A East 4th St New York, NY 10003
(212) 475- 7710 www.lamama.org

for other related events and a traditional art and music exhibit see:
www.brama.com/yara/kyrgyz-gigs-07.html

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JOB- Country Director, Tajikistan, Internews Network

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JOB- Country Director, Tajikistan, Internews Network

Posted by: Inna Rotenberg <irotenberg@internews.org>

Internews Network
Country Director
Location: Tajikistan
Full-time position

Internews Network is currently seeking a Country Director to oversee
all of our media development projects in the Tajikistan. This includes
ensuring compliance with funder reporting requirements, overseeing the
office based in Dushanbe, and developing new project ideas. Other
duties and responsibilities include:

- Liaising with funder representatives
- Management and development of multiple projects and staff; provide
leadership and direction for the implementation of the program,
ensuring program development goals are met
- Coordinate and work closely with partner media and organizations to
meet program goals
- Maintaining close contact with other Internews managers in the NIS
- Coordinate with Internews regional and global programs
- Maintaining a thorough knowledge of independent media outlets in
the region of responsibility
- Oversee and monitor sub grants to partner organizations
- Oversee program monitoring and evaluation plan to ensure project
meets development objectives
- Prepare proposals/reports/budgets and provide regular briefings and
reports to donors and partners as required
- Responsible for local staff development
- Manage program budget and expenditures
- Represent Internews at conferences and events
- Strategizing new directions for Internews to support independent media
- Ensuring that Internews is properly registered and is compliant
with local labor legislation and bookkeeping standards
- Other duties as assigned

Qualifications
- 4+ years experience in international development, media, and/or
nonprofit fields
- Strong leadership, staff management, team-building, and
organizational skills
- Experience in grants management
- Budgeting and financial management skills
- Strong computer skills
- Outstanding communication and problem solving skills
- Relevant university degree
- Excellent writing skills
- Fluent English and Russian required, regional language skills preferred
- Experience in media law and/or journalism and production preferred
- Experience working in developing countries, preferably in Central Asia
- Experience managing projects funded by US and/or European agencies
or international organizations

To Apply
Interested qualified candidates should forward a cover letter and
resume to careers at internews dot org (re-write in standard format),
placing "CD, Tajikistan" in the subject line. Only candidates selected
for interview will be contacted. EOE M/F/D/V

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PUBL.- India and Central Asia

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PUBL.- India and Central Asia

Posted by: Scott Levi <scott.levi@louisville.edu>

New Publication

Scott C. Levi, ed., India and Central Asia: Commerce and Culture,
1500-1800 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007). ISBN:
0195686470. (The volume is currently available from OUP India, and it
will soon be available from OUP in Europe and North America as well.)

Most scholarly works and textbooks characterize the medieval
Indo-Central Asian relationship as more or less unidirectional and
violent, defined by successive waves of aggressive Turko-Afghan
Islamic invasions of a passive Hindu India. They also tend to overlook
the peaceful exchange of people, ideas, and material goods. Departing
from the traditional scholarship, this reader, the eighth in the
Debates in Indian History and Society series, provides new insights
into India's relations with Central Asia between the sixteenth and
nineteenth centuries.

Did India's relationship with Central Asia grow during the period
under consideration or falter? Were cultural or commercial connections
more significant? India and Central Asia raises some important
questions. In an incisive introduction, Scott Levi examines the key
contours of various debates and the changing historiographical
perspectives. He also investigates areas where new issues have
emerged, and others that await further investigation.

The book is divided into two parts. The first section on commercial
relations deals with Mughal-Uzbek relations, trade patterns,
commercial structures, merchant networks, and the Indian diaspora. It
conclusively questions the notion that Indo-Central Asian trade in
this period suffered a general decline. Highlighting active
socio-religious connections, the second part discusses the Central
Asian heritage of the Mughal rulers, Fargana's contacts with India,
and the impact of Central Asian Sufism on Islam in India. It also
explores Perso-Islamic cultural exchanges and cross-fertilization in
the field of literature, painting, religion, and astronomy.

Including contributions from Muzaffar Alam, Stephen Dale, Claude
Markovits, Jo-Ann Gross, Richard Foltz, and Jos Gommans among other,
this reader presents the most ambitious and influential studies on an
emerging subject. It will be a significant reader for students,
scholars, and teachers of Medieval Indian history, particularly for
courses that engage Central Asia, the Mughals and Sufism.

Scott C. Levi is Assistant Professor of Central Asian and Islamic
World History, University of Louisville, USA.

Contents
Introduction - Scott Levi

I. Commercial Connections
1. Mughal India and Central Asia in the Eighteenth Century: an
Introduction to a Wider Perspective - Jos Gommans

2. Trade, State Policy and Regional Change: Aspects of Mughal-Uzbek
Commercial Relations, c.1550-1750 - Muzaffar Alam

3. India, Russia and the Eighteenth-Century Transformation of the
Central Asian Caravan Trade - Scott Levi

4. Indian Merchant Communities in Central Asia - Claude Markovits

II. SOCIO-RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS
5. Cultural Contacts Between Central Asia and Mughal India - Richard Foltz

6. The Legacy of the Timurids - Stephen Dale

7. The Ahrari Waqf in Kabul in the Year 1546 and the Mughul
Naqshbandiyyah - Stephen Dale and Alam Payind

8. The Naqshband_ya Connection: from Central Asia to India and Back
(16th-19th Centuries) - Jo-Ann Gross

9. Farghana's Contacts with India in the 18th and 19th Centuries
(According to the Khokhand Chronicles) - T. K. Beisembiev

Contributors
Muzaffar Alam is Professor, South Asian Languages and Civilizations at
the University of Chicago.
Timur K. Beisembiev is Senior Research Associate, Institute of
Oriental Studies, Almaty.
Stephen F. Dale is Professor of History at Ohio State University.
Richard Foltz is Associate Professor of Religion at Concordia
University, Montreal.
Jos Gommans is Senior Lecturer, History of South Asia at Leiden University.
Jo-Ann Gross is Professor of History at The College of New Jersey.
Scott C. Levi is Assistant Professor of History at University of
Louisville, Kentucky.
Claude Markovits is Director of Research at Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
Alam Payind is Director, Middle East Studies Center at Ohio State University.

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PROG.INFO- Master Program in Political Science (Central Asia), Bishkek, KG

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PROG.INFO- Master Program in Political Science (Central Asia), Bishkek, KG

Posted by: Dinara Asanbaeva <d.asanbaeva@osce-academy.net>

OSCE Academy

Call for Applications
Master Program in Political Science (Central Asia) 2007/2008

The OSCE Academy in Bishkek invites applications for the Master
Program in Political Science (Central Asia). The program starts in
September 2007.
Objective

The Master Program in Political Science (Central Asia) is designed for
junior experts who have successfully completed their undergraduate
studies or are in their final year of studies at an accredited higher
education institution within or outside Central Asia. The aim of the
program is to give students an opportunity to study political science
and international relations in depth; to strengthen analytical and
critical abilities; to meet and be taught by leading academics,
experts and representatives of international organizations.

Applicant Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following admission criteria:
1. Successful completion of an academic degree of higher education
(BA, MA, MSc, Diploma) in a related field from a Central Asian or
foreign institution of higher education;
2. Excellent knowledge of Russian and English;
3. The applicants should not be older than 32 years on 1 September 2007;
4. Citizenship preferably of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Students from other OSCE participating and
partner States can be accepted for the program on a limited basis.

Financing

The OSCE Academy in Bishkek covers travel expenses inside Central Asia
to and from Bishkek and health insurance, and provides monthly grants
of 150 Euros plus additional housing allowance. Child allowance is
available upon request.

Applications documents:
Application Form;
Two (2) Reference Letters;
The English Language Knowledge Form or a copy of TOEFL or IELTS
official score report;
Copies of secondary education certificate (attestat);
Copies of diplomas, degree certificates, and transcripts;

All application documents are available online under: www.osce-academy.net

Complete applications must be received by April 15, 2007.

For further information, please also contact the OSCE Academy in
Bishkek by phone: +996 (312) 54-12-00, or email under: master@osce-academy.net.

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CONF.- Eurasian Women and Self-reliance, March 22, 2007, California

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CONF.- Eurasian Women and Self-reliance, March 22, 2007, California

Posted by: Ali Igmen <aigmen@csulb.edu>

Eurasian Women and Self-reliance:
Religion and Education in the Contemporary World
California State University, Long Beach
The Pointe at the Pyramid

Thursday, March 22, 2007

The symposium will address women's position and role in forging
contemporary identities in several Eurasian societies during the
twentieth century and contemporary times. The purpose of this
symposium is to talk about the self-reliance of Eurasian women when
faced with pressures coming from the state, society, and external
forces. The three sessions will address the importance of studying
and teaching women's history and gender roles when discussing
geography, religion, and education in Eurasia. Our focus will be on
women's responses to their socialist and/or nationalist governments'
policies regarding cultural, educational and religious reforms. We
will explore the education of the girl child and women during
transitional periods in history of Eastern Europe, Southwest and South
Asia. The panelists will present their primary research on the
following topics:

- Preserving religious identities in revolutionary times
- Forging contemporary womanhood during early communist and
nationalist periods
- Contending with sweeping education reforms during the times of
revolutionary fervor
- Responding to limits and attacks of religious expression under
autocratic governments
- Resisting state oppression and societal pressure
- Modern education and globalization on religious change

The Organizer and Contact Person: Ali F. Igmen (Department of History,
CSULB). Please register: aigmen@csulb.edu

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CONF./CFP- Aspects of the EU-Central Asia Relations, April 27, 2007, Germany

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CONF./CFP- Aspects of the EU-Central Asia Relations, April 27, 2007, Germany

Posted by: Rouslan Jalil <ruslanj@mail.ru>

Call For Papers (Update)

"Aspects of the EU-Central Asia Relations"

There has been a change in the theme and the date of the conference.
The Kyrgyz Revolution will not be a main topic. An attention will be
given to the subject of EU-Central Asia relations and to general
issues regarding political developments in Central Asian region.

New date: April 27, 2007

UPDATE:

The Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Germany and Akademikerbund
Hamburg will be hosting a conference :

"Aspects of the EU-Central Asia Relations"

Date: April 27, 2007 Time: 09:00- 19:00
Venue: Abgeordnetenhaus, Niederkirchnerstr. 5, 10111, Berlin, Germany

The conference was initially planned to mark the second anniversary of
the Kyrgyz Revolution and to analyze the dramatic events in
Kyrgyzstan. There has been a change in the theme of the conference and
Kyrgyz Revolution will not be a main topic. An attention will be given
to the subject of EU-Central Asia relations and general issues
regarding political developments in Central Asian region. We invite
you to take part in this event by presenting a paper or just by
participating in it. We welcome proposals for papers in the following topics:

EU-Central Asia Relations
Political Developments in Central Asia

If interested in presenting a paper, please submit 1-2 page abstract
of your paper along with your academic resume. Please indicate your
full name, e-mail address and your institutional affiliation in application.

A deadline for sending abstracts is March 27, 2007.

The language of the conference is English. However, papers in German
or Russian can also be presented if an English translation is available.

Mr. Maratbek Bakiev, the Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to Germany,
will deliver a keynote address.

Representatives from other Central Asian embassies in Germany, as well
as government officials, NGO activists and scholars are expected to
participate at the event.

There is a 20 Euro conference fee for all participants. Participation,
as well as attendance (as a guest) requires similar pre-registration
for the conference. You can register by sending a mail indicating your
full name, e-mail address and institutional affiliation. We regret
that we cannot provide any financial assistance to participants.

All applications should be sent to Rouslan Jalil
(Rouslan.Jalil@akademikerbund.de). For further information and
questions, please visit www.akademikerbund.de or mail to Mr. Jalil. We
apologize for any inconvenience that might have been caused by the changes.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts and seeing you in Berlin.

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION- Film Screening of "The Crying Sun"

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION- Film Screening of "The Crying Sun"

Posted by: Almut Rochowanski <almut@chechnyaadvocacy.org>

We are writing to invite your collaboration on the upcoming outreach
and advocacy campaign that Memorial Chechnya is conducting in
partnership with WITNESS, centered around a documentary shot by
Chechen film-maker and human rights activist Zarema Mukusheva, titled
"The Crying Sun". We are teaming up with colleagues at the Chechnya
Advocacy Network, who gracefully offered their expertise and support
for campaign implementation in the US.

We are approaching you concerning a possible documentary film
screening and panel discussion at your university in the second part
of April or early May, to reach out to students and faculty and raise
awareness about human rights challenges and socio-economic breakdown
in present-day Chechnya. Please let us know if you, your colleagues or
a relevant student group are willing to host an event which ideally
would include a video screening (either the full 25-min or a short
3-min version), a report presentation, a panel discussion (by
representatives of Memorial Chechnya: Zarema Mukusheva, Ekaterina
Sokiryanskaya, and Shamil Tangiev - the speakers' bios are below) and
a photo exhibit. Since Memorial's and WITNESS's funds are limited, we
would greatly appreciate if you could provide full or partial funding
for travel in the US to your university.

In the aftermath of two wars and countless abuses against the general
population, Chechnya is a land of devastation and impunity. In July
last year, Memorial and WITNESS set out to produce a video addressing
the impact of the Chechen wars on villages in mountainous areas of
Chechnya. Completed in February 2007, "The Crying Sun" focuses on the
life stories of people "disappeared" and/or displaced from the village
of Zumsoy and their struggle to maintain cultural identity and
traditions. By helping to articulate their voices in the public and
policy spheres, the video calls on local and federal authorities to
conduct investigations into abuses, end impunity for human rights
violations, and restore policies for the return of villagers to their
ancestral homes. Among international and US audiences, the video will
help bring visibility to calls for justice in Chechnya as well as the
impact of war on ordinary, rural people and stimulate a debate about
sustainable development in high mountain regions.

Memorial Chechnya is also currently preparing an accompanying report
to be released in early April 2007.

The most recent version of the "The Crying Sun" is available on the
WITNESS FTP Server. Please write to violeta@witness.org for
instructions on how to access the server and download the video.
WITNESS can also send you a DVD upon request.

We are looking forward to your proposals and to working with you on
this important issue.

Thank you and best regards,

Ekaterina Sokirianskaia, Memorial Chechnya
sokirianskaia@mail.ru
Violeta Krasnic, WITNESS
violeta@witness.org
Almut Rochowanski, Chechnya Advocacy Network
almut@chechnyaadvocacy.org

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