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EVENT- Samarqand 2750 and Great Silk Road Conference, Columbia Univ., April 26

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EVENT- Samarqand 2750 and Great Silk Road Event, Columbia Univ., April 26

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

Columbia University
Harriman Institute

presents

Cultures and Traditions of Uzbekistan:
Samarkand and the Great Silk Road
Conference

with Film and Photo Exhibition

This year Uzbekistan celebrates 2750-year-anniversary of the city of
Samarkand. The development of Samarkand, whose age is as old as the
cities of Babylon and Rome, represents the continuity and changes in
the cultural and social developments in Uzbekistan since achieving its
independence in 1991. Samarkand has diverse cultures and hosted many
world famous scientists, philosophers, poets and artists. The city
also was the key Central Asian trading center on the Great Silk Road
for about 2,000 years. Samarkand was the political capital and
cultural center of Central Asia in medieval ages, during the period of
Amir Timur (Tamerlane). Today, Samarqand, that often was named as
"Rome of the East", "beauty of sublunary countries", "pearl of the
Eastern Muslim world" undergoing new series of transformations. The
conference will focus on the significance of the cultural heritage of
Samarkand and also social and cultural developments in the present
life of this ancient city.

Location: Harriman Institute,
International Affairs Building, Room 1219
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, NY 10027

Date and Time: 6.00 p.m. ­ 8. 30 p.m. April 26, 2007
The event is followed by a reception with Uzbek traditional cuisine

Everyone is welcome

The event is sponsored by Harriman Institute at Columbia University,
Uzbekistan Mission to the UN, Embassy of Uzbekistan to the US,
Consulate General of Uzbekistan in New York, Turkistan-American
Association, Congress of Bukharian Jews of the US and Canada

No RSVP is required. For further inquiries; please contact Farkhod
Muradov, fsm2103@columbia.edu


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