CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Judith Beyer, Customary Law in KG, April 17

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CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Judith Beyer, Customary Law in KG, April 17

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Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

"Imagining the State: How perceptions of the state influence customary
law in the Kyrgyz aqsaqal courts", April 17, 2007

Judith Beyer

Judith Beyer is Ph.D. Candidate affiliated with the Max Planck
Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. She conducted
fieldwork in the Talas Province of Kyrgyzstan on the role of aqsaqal
courts (courts of elders), especially in dispute resolution in
post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. She also has a forthcoming book on the
cultural life of the inhabitants of Talas, which will include
ethnographic texts and extensive photos.

4:15-6:00 p.m.
1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS South, S534, Third Floor
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
http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu

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