CONF.- Morphological Variation and Change in Caucasus, Vienna, February 2008

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CONF.- Morphological Variation and Change in Caucasus, Vienna, February 2008

Posted by: Nino Amiridze <Nino.Amiridze@let.uu.nl>

Morphological Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus

Workshop at the 13th International Morphology Meeting
February 2008, Vienna, Austria

http://www.let.uu.nl/~nino.amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html

Call for Abstracts

A great diversity of languages is spoken in the Caucasus, most of
which have rich inflectional systems, on the noun (e.g. North-East
Caucasian), on the verb (e.g. North-West Caucasian), or both (e.g.
South Caucasian).

The Caucasus offers rich material for studying genetically diverse
languages being in close contact for centuries, e.g. Georgian (South
Caucasian) with Abkhaz (North-West Caucasian); Ossetian
(Indo-European) and Batsbi (North-East Caucasian); Armenian
(Indo-European) with Azeri (Turkic); or Kumyk (Turkic) with major
North-East Caucasian languages of Daghestan; or, for a much shorter
period, the languages indigenous to the region being in contact with
the unrelated Russian and Turkish. While much is known about the
contemporary grammar of individual languages of the Caucasus, much
less can be said with regard to the various contact situations and
their impact on the morphosyntax of individual languages. Our workshop
aims to broaden the knowledge on this subject.

We invite researchers working on morphological variation and change in
the languages spoken in the Caucasus to submit abstracts for
participation in the workshop, planned to be held at the 13th
International Morphology Meeting. We would like to invite
contributions dealing with contact-induced morphological changes in
any language of the Caucasus region. This includes investigations of
changes driven by influence from any other language of the region,
irrespective of the genetic affiliation of the languages in contact.
Of great interest are not only inter-family, but also somewhat more
subtle intra-family contacts, such as contacts between various
North-East Caucasian languages spoken in adjacent areas or neighboring
villages. Contributions exploring morphological variation and
language-internal morphological changes are also welcome.

Important Dates

Abstract submission: September 17, 2007
Notification: October 31, 2007
Workshop: In the first week of February, 2008
(The exact date will be announced later)

Organizers
Nino Amiridze, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
Michael Daniel, Moscow State University (Russia)
Silvia Kutscher, University of Cologne (Germany)

Publication
If after the workshop there will be interest in publishing either a
proceedings or a special journal issue, then the organizers will take
responsibility of finding a suitable forum and will act as editors.

Submission
Abstracts (maximum 3 pages, including data and references) have to be
submitted electronically as portable document format (.pdf) or
Microsoft Word (.doc) files via the EasyChair conference management
system: http://www.easychair.org/MVCLC2008/.

If you do not have an EasyChair account, click on the button "I have
no EasyChair Account" on that page and follow the instructions. When
you receive a password, you can enter the site and upload your abstract.

Workshop Web Page
http://www.let.uu.nl/~nino.amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html

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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 (April 24 - May 14, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:

- "The Lull before the Storm?"
Valentin Bogatyrev

- "Constitutional Reform in Kyrgyzstan as of May 2007"
Summary and transcript of a round table

- "Regional Elites in the Ferghana Valley Voice Complaints over
Political Exclusion"
Alisher Khamidov

All are available at http://www.ipp.kg/en and http://www.ipp.kg/ru

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.

Any comments and suggestions will be appreciated (s.juraev@ipp.kg)

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PUBL.- Journal of Black Sea Studies in Memoriam of O. Pritsak

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PUBL.- Journal of Black Sea Studies in Memoriam of O. Pritsak

Posted by: Osman Karatay <karatay.osman@gmail.com>

The spring 2007 issue (IV/13) of the journal Karadeniz Arastirmalari
(Black Sea Studies) in memoriam of Omeljan Pritsak (1919-2006), an
eminent specialist on early Turkic and Slavic studies, is published.

Contents

p. 1 Omeljan Pritsak (1919-2006) / Altay Tayfun Ozcan (Turkish)
p. 11 In Memoriam of Omeljan Pritsak / Ilber Ortayli (Turkish)
p. 15 The Conversion of the Khazar Kingdom to Judaism / Omeljan
Pritsak (Turkish translation)
p. 35 Khubrat Khan and the Establishment of the Magna Bulgaria / Ali
Ahmetbeyoglu (Turkish)
p. 43 Khazars and Karaites, Again / Dan D.Y. Shapira (English)
p. 65 A Pamphlet about the Ottoman Black Sea / Yücel Oztürk (Turkish)
p. 93 The Black Sea and Turkey in Ukrainian Geopolitical Thought of the
20th Century / Yuri Kochubey (English)
p. 99 The Balkan Policy of Russia after the Cold War / Ýlyas Kamalov (Turkish)
p. 115 Factors Determining Ukrainian Foreign Policy / Tolga Bilener (Turkish)
p. 133 Arslan Aba Hasbeg, the Atabeg (Viceroy) of Meraga / Engin Ayan (Turkish)
p. 147 Common Features in Crimean and Kazan Tatar Religious Songs /
Güzel Tuymova (Turkish)
p. 153 Turkish Cemeteries in Dobrogea / Sinan Uygur (Turkish)

Book Review

p. 159 Neal Ascherson: Black Sea / Osman Karatay
p. 162 Uluslararasý Karadeniz Ýncelemeleri Dergisi (International
Journal of Black Sea Studies) / Yahya Kemal Taþtan
p. 166 Abstracts (Turkish)
p. 169 Abstracts (English)

Karadeniz Arastirmalari (Black Sea Studies)
Balkan, Kafkas, Dogu Avrupa ve Anadolu Incelemeleri Dergisi
(Journal of the Balkan, Caucasus, Eastern Europe and Anatolian Studies)
Published quarterly
ISSN: 1304-6918

Address
Karadeniz Arastirmalari Merkezi (KaraM)
3. Cadde No 52-2, Beytepe / CORUM - TURKEY
Tel: (90-364) 225 60 07
http://www.karamyayincilik.com

karam@karamyayincilik.com (for subscription)
karadenizarastirmalari@gmail.com (for editorial communication)
Subscription Fee: Annually 25 TL (Turkey) USD 50 (Abroad)

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CONF./CFP- Labor Migration in Post-Soviet States, Vienna, December 2007

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CONF./CFP- Labor Migration in Post-Soviet States, Vienna, December 2007

Posted by: Dinora Azimova <dazimova@yahoo.com>

Mentioned Session is part of the conference "KCTOS: Knowledge, Creativity and
Transformations of Societies" to be held in Vienna, 6 to 9 December 2007

Conference patron: President of Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer

Information may be found at:

http://www.inst.at/kctos/sektionen_a-f/azimova.htm#f1

Paper abstract should be send to Dinora Azimova, email: <dazimova@yahoo.com>
Deadline for abstract submission: August 1, 2007

New economic, political and demographic trends show that the entire
world enters an epoch of growing migratory pressure: it is estimated
that there are more than 80 million migrant workers around the
world.[1] Therefore, labor migration becoming a top question in
elaboration of strategy for many governments in the world.

Transformations of the last 15 years made labor migration driven force
for economic development. At the same time, this is social therapy for
less developed and over-populated places with low infrastructure and
limited chances such as rural areas and small cities in East Europe.

Due to its demographic and socio-economic features, Central Asia is
related to a category of so-called "labor exceeding" regions. It is
caused by all traditional views towards having many children, by
national mentality, and also constantly increasing surplus of
agricultural population.

Active demographic development of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan has stipulated the fact that nowadays the population of the
countries has exceeded 34 million people, 50 percent of which are of
labor age. Nearly half million young people enter here the labor
market annually. 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 2060 Central Asia
population might be doubled.

There are a lot of dilemmas around the migration phenomenon,
especially concerning the labor migrants, their security and human
rights, contribution to GDP and GNP of receiving countries,
remittances back home, etc.
This is very sensitive issue for those small countries, who have no
enough domestic market to survive, and who experience difficulties in
both: creating contingent policy towards own labor migrants and
collaborating with governments of accepting stated in elaboration of
better policy towards migrants whom they host.

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, and contrasting situation in the neighboring or remote
countries. The most complicated type of labor migration is

1. Illegal labor migration.
It has few forms:
a) Legal exit from EE/CA state to another country as a tourist, or for
studies/short business trip, and the subsequent illegal employment
taken up voluntarily in small "unnoticeable" businesses, in order to
"legalize" eventually residence in the given country (work permit,
residence permit, or citizenship).
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 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 prostitution,
slavery, narco-trafficking, etc.
c) Illegal exit from country of origin and illegal penetration to
another country (using huge refrigerators, boats, and so on)
d) Illegal exit from the country and participation in "mafia"
structures activities abroad;

2. Seasonal (short term) labor migration
One of the most common forms of migration from Central Asia is the so
called "job-hunting". It is particularly widespread in the country's
agricultural regions, as well as small towns, with poor
infrastructure, where unemployment is a quite serious problem. In some
regions, every third able-bodied man regularly leaves the country for
seasonal work abroad.
In case of Eastern Europe, this stream is going towards Central and
Western Europe, in case of CA; trend is mainly towards Russia (around
75 percent of them) and other CIS countries (25 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.
Peculiarities of 21 century migration is participation of woman in the
process, those who left their families back home to create condition
for children education, health insurance and so on.
This section welcomed those researchers who are interested in
collecting new statistics and developing theoretical basis of
research, practitioners, who is dealing with labor migrants as lawyers
or officials, NGOs and human right activists.

Case -studies related to the topic is highly appreciated.
Especially important for us is concentration on issues of migrant woman.

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PROG. INFO- Intensive Modern Uyghur Language Course at ILCAA (Tokyo,JAPAN)

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PROG. INFO- Intensive Modern Uyghur Language Course at ILCAA (Tokyo,JAPAN)

Posted by: Jun Sugawara <sugawara@uighur.jp>

Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and
Africa(ILCAA*),offers an intensive Modern Uyghur language course on
August-September:

The Summer course will be all-day long, Monday through Friday, from
August 6 through September 7, 2007.

Instructors:
Jun Sugawara, IAGC research fellow, ILCAA
Aysima Mirsultan, Ph.D. student, Georg August University(GERMANY)

Fee
90,000 JPY(textbooks and the other materials are included)
CAUTION: Instructors uses Japanese and Modern Uyghur languages only.

Deadline for Application: June 22
The application form is available at:
http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/project/language/application-form.doc
(It should be filled in Japanese language)

Website(in Japanese)
http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/aa03_gengo_j.html

For more information contact:
Ms.Kaori Takasaka,
Research Promotion Devision,
ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8534 JAPAN
telephone: +81-42-330-5603
e-Mail: <takasaka_kaori@tufs.ac.jp>

The Research Institute for the Languages and Cultures of Asia and
Africa (ILCAA) is the first institution to be designated as an
Inter-University Institution in humanities and social sciences in
Japan. The mission of Inter-University Institutions is to promote
multi-disciplinary research by means of providing research materials
and facilities for scholars who belong to various universities and
institutions of the country.

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PUBL.- Insight Turkey, Vol. 9 Nr. 1

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PUBL.- Insight Turkey, Vol. 9 Nr. 1

Posted by: Suat Kiniklioglu <kiniklioglu@ankam.org>

Insight Turkey, Vol. 9 Nr. 1
Table of Contents

Researching Turkey: Activities, trajectories and reconfigurations
Leonard Stone

The Decline of Turkish-American Relations under the Bush
Administration and Opportunities for the Final Two Years
Melissa Maxey

Testimony for Mr. Daniel Fata, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Europe and NATO U.S. House of Representatives House Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Daniel Fata

Political Islam in Turkey
Senem Aydin & Rusen Cakir

Building Moderate Muslim Networks
Angel Rabasa, Cheryl Benard, Lowell H. Schwartz & Peter Sickle

Iraq and the Kurds: Resolving the Kirkuk Crisis
International Crisis Group

Northern Iraq and its Neighbors: The regional dimension of the Kurdish
question
Ole Frahm

Syria's Relations with Iraq
Mona Yacoubian

Turkey, Cyprus and the European Division
Rebecca Bryant

The Cyprus Policy of the CHP: Change or Continuation?
Seckin Baris Gulmez

What Turkey teaches about democracy
Melkulangara Kumaran Bhadrakumar

Security Structure of the Black Sea Region in the Context of New Challenges

Selcuk Colakoglu

For more information about Insight Turkey, subscription details and
any other inquiries please visit our website at www.insightturkey.com

<http://www.insightturkey.com/>

Insight Turkey
Tunus Cad. No. 15/4
Kavaklidere, Ankara
06680 Turkey
Tel: +90.312.424-1540
Fax:+90.312.425-3399
e-mail: insight@insightturkey.com

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LECTURE- Kyrgyz-Kazakh Relations, AUCA, Bishkek, May 29, 2007

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LECTURE- Kyrgyz-Kazakh Relations, AUCA, Bishkek, May 29, 2007

Posted by: Social Research Center <src@mail.auca.kg>

The Social Research Center at AUCA (www.src.auca.kg) presents:

Lecture: "Kyrgyz-Kazakh Relationship: Economy, Trade and Labor Migration"

Presenter: His Excellency Umurzak Uzbekov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to
Kyrgyzstan

Date and time: 16:00-17:30, Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Venue: 315, Main Building, AUCA
Language: Russian. If required, translation into English will be provided.

His Excellency Ambassador Uzbekov will speak about Kyrgyz-Kazakh
relations with particular emphasis on three major areas of bilateral
cooperation: economy, trade and labor migration. Ambassador Uzbekov
will also highlight the last political reforms in Kazakhstan.

How to register: Please RSVP to pss@mail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.

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PROG. INFO- 12th Annual Central Asian Dance Camp, June 14-17, DC

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PROG. INFO- 12th Annual Central Asian Dance Camp, June 14-17, DC

Posted by: Laurel Victoria Gray (Graykhanum@aol.com)

12th Annual Central Asian Dance Camp
"Babur's Legacy: Exploring Uzbek-Indian Connections"
June 14 - 17, 2007

Under the patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan and
co-sponsored by

the Uzbek Dance and Culture Society, World Arts Focus, and the Indian
Dance Educators Association (IDEA)

www.uzbekdance.org
www.silkroaddance.com
www.worldartsfocus.org

Dance Camp to Explore Uzbek-Indian Connections

Washington, DC "The Moghul Empire's impact on dance will be the focus
of the 12th Annual Central Asian Dance Camp, Babur's Legacy: Exploring
Uzbek-Indian Connections Classes with international instructors are
scheduled to take place in the Metro DC area from June 14 -17, at the
new Joe's Movement Emporium facility in Mount Rainier, Maryland.

Although Uzbek classical dance comes from an Islamic culture and North
Indian court dance springs from Hindu roots, these diverse forms
interacted and evolved under the Moghul dynasty founded by Babur. For
Uzbeks, Babur is a much-admired hero and poet; for Indians, he is
remembered as a cruel conqueror. But from either perspective, Babur is
recognized as the founder of the Moghul dynasty that blended Central
Asian Islamic culture with North Indian Hindu traditions. The cross
pollination of these Central Asian and Indian traditions flowered in a
court culture remarkable for music, dance, and poetry. Its
architectural signature is the Taj Mahal. One of the most vibrant
results of this cultural interaction remains today in the classical
dance genre known as Kathak which developed into its contemporary form
at the Moghul courts.

Central Asian Dance Camp (CADC) participants will have the opportunity
to explore the historical, cultural and artistic links between
Uzbekistan and India with international guest instructors. Traditional
Uzbek dance will be taught by Qizlarhon Dustmuhamedova, who has earned
the title of People's Artist of Uzbekistan; she lives in Tashkent.
Jayantee Payne, Asha Vattakutti, and Christel Stevens and " all
members of the Indian Dance Educators Association (IDEA)" will present
classes on various aspects of North Indian dance.

Daily sessions on history, culture and costuming will augment dance
training. Indian food will be served at the lunch breaks. A special
bazaar featuring costumes, traditional crafts and jewelry will be open
for campers and the public before and after the dance sessions.

The sumptuous beauty of the Moghul court will come alive at an evening
concert featuring the guest instructors and DC's award-winning Silk
Road Dance Company at the Gunston Theater One in Arlington, VA on
Saturday, June 16, at 7:30 PM. The performance -- titled Gul Bahaar or
"spring flower" -- celebrates Uzbek, Indian, and Persian dance forms
that interacted and influenced each other. Classical pieces and
folkloric dances will be presented in lavish, colorful costumes and
selections from Babur's famous literary work, the Babur Nama, will
help set the scene. Appearances by guest Uzbek musicians are also planned.

In 1995, the Uzbek Dance and Culture Society instituted the Central
Asian Dance Camp to encourage the study of these rare forms in the US.
The CADC has been presented at many venues in the Metro DC area,
including the Embassy of Uzbekistan in 2000.

12th Annual Central Asian Dance Camp Schedule
Babur's Legacy: Exploring Uzbek-Indian Connections

Thursday, June
7:00 - 9:30 pm Introduction to Uzbek Dance with Qizlarhon Dustmuhamedova

Friday, June 15
10:00 - 12:30 pm Classical Persian Dance with Laurel Victoria Gray
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch Break catered by Indian restaurant
1:30 -2:00pm Video Viewing: Moghul dance depicted in Indian movies
2:00 - 4:30 pm Bukharan and Khorezm dance with Qizlarhon Dustmuhamedova
7:00 - 9:30 pm Introduction to Indian Gestures & Dance Steps with
Christel Stevens

Saturday, June 16
10:00 - 12:30 pm Uzbek Dance with Qizlarhon Dustmuhamedova
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch Break catered by Indian restaurant
1:30 -2:00 pm Historical Overview; Babur and the Moghuls
2:00 - 4:30 pm Introduction to the Basics of Kathak Dance with Jayantee Payne
7:30 pm "Gul Bahaar" concert at Gunston Theater One in Arlington, VA

Sunday, June 17
10:30 - 1:00 pm Uzbek Ferghana choreography with Qizlarhon Dustmuhamedova
1:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch Break catered by Indian restaurant
2:00 -2:30 pm Uzbek and Moghul costuming
2:30 - 5:00 pm Introduction to Qawwali Dance with Asha Vattakutti

Class Fees:
$45 advance/$50 at door per single daytime or evening workshop
$90 advance/$100 at door per day session, vegetarian Indian lunch included
$340 package for all camp sessions, 3 lunches, Saturday concert

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PROG. INFO- Managing Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation, June 5-9, INTRAC

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PROG. INFO- Managing Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation, June 5-9, INTRAC

Posted by: Kazbek Abraliev <kazbek.abraliev@gmail.com>

INTRAC's Training Course "Managing Participatory Monitoring and
Evaluation" June 5-9, 2007 (5 days, residential, in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan)

We have pleasure in sending you information about INTRACs Open
Training workshop - "Managing Participatory Monitoring and
Evaluation". This workshop will be run on June 5-9, 2007 (5 days,
residential, in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan ).

Description:

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is essential in providing greater
accountability, together with our organization's need to learn from
and build on its experiences. You will understand the purposes, the
stakeholder perspectives, and expected outcomes, build skills to
manage and use different methods, and become successful at designing
and implementing M&E systems.

Objectives:
- Examine the purposes of monitoring and evaluation
- Discuss the evolution of approaches to monitoring and evaluation
and the reasons for the emergence of participatory methods
- Look at the different information requirements of a range of
stakeholders and how to involve them
- Explore the contributions of other stakeholder perceptions and realities
- Identify which participatory tools to use in different circumstances
- Identify issues around impact assessment and the monitoring and
evaluation of intangibles
- Examine issues around managing the process
- Explore ways of ensuring institutional learning

Residential course, which includes course materials, accommodation,
refreshments and meals during the course.

To apply for this course or to find out more about INTRAC Open
Training Programme in Central Asia, please contact: Burma Baitokoeva,
Programme Officer

Email: icap@intrac.kg

INTRAC Central Asia Programme,
Regional Office, 107 Kievskaya (3rd Floor)
Bishkek 720001, Kyrgyz Republic
Tel: + 996 312 611402
Fax: + 996 312 611277

INTRAC is a non-profit organisation working in the international
development and relief sector. We support non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) around the
world by helping to explore policy issues, and by strengthening
management and organisational effectiveness. http:// www.intrac.org

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CFP- Becoming Urban?: Investigating the P-S Landscape

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CFP- Becoming Urban?: Investigating the P-S Landscape

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

For further information, please feel free to contact either Nerijus
Milerius (nerijus_miler@yahoo.com) or Benjamin Cope (b.cope@zacheta.art.pl )

Call For Papers
Becoming Urban?: Investigating the P-S Landscape

We are calling for contributions in the realms of culture studies,
social studies, urban studies, media studies, architecture and
anthropology to the volume Becoming Urban?: Investigating the P-S
Landscape. This volume aims to explore the metamorphosing urban,
rural, social and media landscapes in the geographical space usually
referred to as 'post-socialist', i.e. potentially from the Balkans to
Vladivostok, including all that lies between.

However, we are acutely aware that, especially in terms of an
investigation of questions related to urban forms, this territory was
constituted as other in relation to the developed urban territory of
the Western world well before the advent of communism. In addition, it
is far from certain that socialism or communism was a distinct form of
urban organisation or whether it just represented one branch of the
modernist urban project. Also, not only was the experience of
socialism lived very differently in the different countries usually
grouped under the heading 'post-socialist', but we have now had at
least 15 years of something different: is it therefore accurate to
label this territory under the heading 'socialist' even in conjunction
with the epithet 'post'?

Thus, we have chosen to opt for the title "P-S" which, although
representing the first letters of Post-Socialist, also reflects our
hesitation as to whether this specific historical legacy is really the
dominant influence on the region. For P-S might equally stand for
Post-Soros and thus suggest that it is the way in which the urban
societies of this region now plug into global flows of capital and
knowledge that, at least intellectually, plays the dominant role in
fashioning this geographical space as a coherent region. Another sense
of P-S which plays an important role in our thinking is that of
Post-Scriptum as a challenge to Francis Fukuyama's controversial
assertion that the liberal urban democracies of the West constitute
the end of history; in this sense, are the urban forms emerging in the
P-S landscape simply footnotes to this conclusion or are they
significant enough to suggest that there is more to history than we
have yet understood? In addition, P-S has a further connotation which
might help in interpreting this uncharted landscape, since P-S is also
the German abbreviation for horse-power (in German, Pferd-Sterke).
Might it be that the absence of stable urban structures and the
difficulty of understanding what is happening in this region gives the
cities here a specific dynamism of their own?

So are the P-S civilisations at last becoming urban, in the sense of
catching up with the western and only model of urban civilisation, or
does the relationship to the legacies of history here open up new
forms of urban interaction? Or is it, in the age of the
post-metropolis or post-modernity, too late to become urban: what kind
of urban forms are emerging in the age of the domination of the global
media village? Or do these societies remain obdurately rural - or
perhaps the 'rural' elements in the P-S cities give them a special
form of urban energy? Or are there also radical changes happening in
provincial and rural settlements, and in the countryside, which are
also linked to changes in urban life and the dominant modes of
economic production?

We see all these questions as being open and requiring new theoretical
and empirical approaches to try to map this confusing cultural space.
For simply importing Western urban theories seems inappropriate to map
a space which is itself being produced by a distorting/distorted
encounter with forces from the West? Equally, while Marxism is
appealing in a context where the questions of who owns what and where
does the profit go are complicated and urgent, returning to Marx as a
tool for analysing the ruins of communism also seems questionable.
Thus, to try to bring thinking closer to what is really happening in
P-S societies, an anthropological turn might seem a fruitful direction
to take, but what then might be the role of thinking in seeking to
build models to explore this experience?

Articles, therefore, are expected be based on empirical evidence from
a city, cities, or the countryside in the region, but will also seek
to open up new theoretical avenues for dealing with the complex
socio-cultural organisation of this region.

Contributions should be in Russian and preceded by an abstract and
keywords in Russian, and followed by an abstract and keywords in
English. Please also attach short biographical information: i.e.
institution where you work and a brief mention of books/articles
already published. Articles should be submitted to us in electronic
form before July 1st 2007, but it would be helpful if those wishing to
contribute an article could signal their intention to do so earlier.

The publication is a product of an International Higher Education
Support Programme and will be published through the European
Humanities University Publishing House in Minsk. It is also planned
that the best articles from this volume will form the core of a
publication in English under the same title, scheduled for 2008.

For further information, please feel free to contact either Nerijus
Milerius (nerijus_miler@yahoo.com) or Benjamin Cope (b.cope@zacheta.art.pl )

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PUBL./CFP- Journal of Azerbaijani Studies

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PUBL./CFP- Journal of Azerbaijani Studies

Posted by: Farid Guliyev <fareedaz@yahoo.com>

Call for Contributions - Journal of Azerbaijani Studies
Published by Khazar University Press, Baku, Azerbaijan

ISSN: 1027-3875

Editor: Dr. Hamlet Isaxanli, Founding Rector, Khazar University, Azerbaijan
Editorial Board:
- Dr. Audrey L. Altstadt, Professor and Chair, History Department,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
- Dr. Turaj Atabaki, Professor of History of the Middle East and
Central Asia, Leiden University
- Dr. Jamil Hasanli, Professor, Baku State University, Azerbaijan
- Dr. Evan Siegel, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA
- Dr. Michael G. Smith, Associate Professor, Department of History,
Purdue University
- Dr. Tadeusz Swietochowski, Professor Emeritus of History, Monmouth
University, USA
- Dr. Nayereh Tohidi, Assistant Professor, California State University, USA

The Journal solicits articles covering issues in a broad range of
fields in the Social Sciences and Humanities with a regional focus on
Azerbaijan and/or the Caucasus, Central Asia, East Europe and the
Middle East. The Journal is published mainly in English. Contributions
representing a substantial and original academic work are welcomed.
The Editorial Board will not consider articles published or submitted
for publication elsewhere.

Notifications about relevant conferences and events as well as new
book releases may also be published under the rubric of "Information."
Articles and any other material published in The Journal represent
opinions of the author(s) and should not be considered to reflect
opinions of the Editorial Board. If an article contains material
reproduced from other sources, the necessary written permission from
the author(s) and publisher must accompany the paper.

Authors can submit papers to the Editorial Board via regular mail to
the address below. Alternativley, articles can be sent in MS
Word/ASCII format to the following email: contact@khazar.org In case a
regular mail is used, authors should supply two copies of their
manuscript, typed and double-spaced. The first page of the manuscripts
should bear the title of the article as well as name(s) and
affiliation(s) of the author(s), their mailing address, telephone
number, e-mail address and an abstract of no more than one page.
Tables and illustrations should be numbered. References should be
quoted by figures not the abbreviations of names and titles. Entries
in the reference list should be put in an alphabetical order.
Footnotes in the text should be avoided if possible. In case they are
used, they must be identified by superscript numbers and typed
together on a separate page, double- or triple-spaced.

Please contact the Editorial Office if you need any further information:

Khazar University
Baku, Azerbaijan AZ1096
Tel: +994-12-421-79-16
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JOB- Knowledge Management Advisor, Kyrgyzstan, ICCO/Kerkinactie

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JOB- Knowledge Management Advisor, Kyrgyzstan, ICCO/Kerkinactie

Posted by: Kazbek Abraliev <kazbek.abraliev@gmail.com>

ICCO / Kerkinactie

ICCO is the Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation and
Kerkinactie is part of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. ICCO
and Kerkinactie combine their knowledge, means and policies to enable
them to do their work in developing countries better and more
efficiently. Although they cooperate quite closely, ICCO and
Kerkinactie continue to operate as separate organisations.

Together we provide financial support and advice to local
organisations and networks throughout the world that are dedicated to
improving access to basic services, stimulating sustainable economic
development and advancing peace and democracy. We also put
enterprising people in the Netherlands and developing countries in
contact with one another. We work very closely with social
organisations, including development organisations, educational
institutions and businesses. Our assistance goes to help people in
Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe build a more dignified
existence and become financially independent. ICCO has plans to
decentralise part of its organisation, whereby, in all likelihood,
some employees will perform their duties from a regional office. ICCO
has 250 employees.

Kyrgyzstan
ICCO invites qualified candidates to apply for the position of:
Knowledge Management advisor
Duration: 24 months
Duty station: Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan
The Organisation: Center Interbilim (CIB)

Job Description

CIB expects an increased capacity to develop, deliver and monitor a
leadership development programme. With 0,5 FTE the Knowledge
Management Advisor will be support CIB in implementing this leadership
development program - review of its educational aspects, input on
curriculum, and link to academic institutions.

The Advisor will work the other 0,5 FTE as a Knowledge Management
Advisor to the ECCA Capacity Building Programme 'Strengthening NGOs to
Support the Self-Help Movement', under coordination of INTRAC. Whilst
this is a separate entity, it is envisaged that the advisor can help
develop practical links between the Leadership Development programme
and the cross-cutting ECCA Capacity Building Programme.

Tasks and responsibilities

- Responsible to INTRAC Regional Consultant for work on cross-cutting program
- Responsible for development of Communities of Practice
- Liaison with all parties (NGO partners, private sector, government
and academic institutions, international development agencies)
- Setting up of information systems for COP (including IT) and linked
activities
- Responsible for assisting the institutionalisation of the
leadership program - review of its educational aspects, input on
curriculum, link to academic institutions
- Help develop practical links between the leadership programme and
the cross-cutting programme

Requirements
- Experience with management of education programmes
- At least 5 years of working experience in a developing country,
Central Asia is an advantage
- Experience with learning networks and knowledge management
- Experience in curriculum development in management/leadership programmes
- Ability to work with standard IT applications
- Advisory skills
- Cross-cultural communication skills
- Knowledge of Russian language is an advantage

Conditions

The appointee will sign a labour contract with the requesting
organisation and a supplementary contract with the back-donor PSO (

www.pso.nl). Remuneration will be in accordance with PSO terms and
conditions and includes a supplementary salary and a social security
and insurance package.

Information / applications

For further information regarding this position, please contact: Ms.
Bertien Bos (+31 30 8801808 ) or Herman Brouwer (+31 30 ...).

Letters of application and CVs must be received before 11th June 2007
by ICCO, addressed to the Human Resources Department,
vacatures@icco.nl stating "Knowledge Management Advisor". Previous
applicants do not need to reapply.

ICCO
Human Resources Department
P.O. Box 8190
3503 RD UTRECHT
The Netherlands
phone: +31 30 ...
fax: +31 30 6925 614
e-mail: vacatures@icco.nl

For general information on ICCO and Kerkinactie visit:

www.icco.nl /

www.kerkinactie.nl

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CONF./CFP- Revisiting Perestroika, November 29-December 1, Helsinki

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CONF./CFP- Revisiting Perestroika, November 29-December 1, Helsinki

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2nd Call for Papers: Revisiting Perestroika - Processes And Alternatives
November 29 - December 1, 2007
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007

News

The Aleksanteri CULTURAL FORA: Parallel to the academic conference,
participants and guests will enjoy a new international series of
cultural events ­ artistic, documentary, archival, literary and
cinematic. See the website for the 6 fora already confirmed:

http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007/cultural_fora.htm

Poster: A new pdf poster may be found at the below link from our
website. It is designed for A3 printing, although A4 is also possible.
Please send your postal address to aleksanteri7@gmail.com to receive a
hard-copy colour print:
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007/files/poster_alexconf.pdf

Deadline
It is less than two weeks to our first deadline for submissions: June 1, 2007.

2nd Call for Papers for the 7th Annual Aleksanteri Conference
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007

Revisiting Perestroika ­ Processes And Alternatives
November 29 - December 1, 2007
The Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland

Keynote Speakers (in alphabetical order):

Marietta Chudakova ­ Professor at the World Literature Institute,
Moscow; member of Boris Yeltsin's Presidential Council; member,
European Academy. http://www.ecsocman.edu.ru/db/msg/203701.html

Boris Groys ­ Professor of Philosophy and Media Theory, Hochschule für
Gestaltung, Karlsruhe; Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and
Slavic Studies, NYU

http://as.nyu.edu/object/aboutas.globalprofessor.BorisGroys

Boris Kagarlitsky ­ Director, Institute of Globalization Studies,
Moscow; former Deputy, Moscow City Soviet; dissident and former
political prisoner.
http://www.tni-archives.org/detail_page.phtml?page=fellows_kagarlitsky

Jutta Scherrer - Directeur d'études, EHESS, Paris, Centre d'études du
monde russe, soviétique et post-soviétique; Centre d'études
Interdisciplinaires des Faits Religieux.
http://cercec.ehess.fr/document.php?id=511

Alexei Yurchak ­ Associate Professor, University of California at
Berkeley, author of "Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More".
http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/anth/yurchak.html

Elena Zdravomyslova ­ Co-director of the Gender Studies Program,
Associate Professor, The European University at St. Petersburg.
http://www.eu.spb.ru/en/imars/faculty.htm

A Wide Scope For Debate

The political foundation for the reforms of Perestroika, whose outcome
was to seal the fate of the USSR, was laid in Mikhail Gorbachev's
"basic theses" of 1987. Twenty years down that road which led to the
demise of an entire way of life and the re-constellation of the
international system, Helsinki's Aleksanteri Institute is hosting an
intellectual forum to revisit this era of dramatic changes,
reassessing causes and effects, while considering alternative
perspectives and paths not taken.

This call for papers is an open invitation for panels, papers and
suggestions for innovative formats (such as debates on new key
publications, round-tables or film presentations). It is addressed to
scholars and advanced graduate students from a wide range of
disciplinary backgrounds, including the social and political sciences,
cultural studies, the arts and humanities, law and economics. The
direct relation of the perestroika-process to the collapse of the
Soviet bloc, leading to the end of the Cold War means that
contributions concerning Eastern Europe as well as global
repercussions are also very much welcome.

To stimulate topics for debate and the formation of panels, please
find below some questions indicating the wide, multi-disciplinary
scope aimed at:

- Revolutions and Processes - Was the collapse of the Soviet bloc a
result of a series of contingencies, or deliberate political
decisions? Was economic collapse avoidable, and if so, for how long?
Was the restoration of capitalism inevitable, or were there
alternative paths of development? What role did ideas and cultural
movements play in perestroika, its pre-history and aftermath?
- Actors and Institutions - Which groups or traditions emerged, which
survived and which were neglected or "written out of history" during
the perestroika era? Did practices and customs genuinely see a
transformation in all fields of life ­ from the Kremlin to the kitchen
table? How was the role of women transformed? Did "parallel" and
"underground" cultures cease to exist?
- Generations, Retrospectives and Perspectives - How did different
age groups evaluate the changes, and how did people of different
"mind-sets" see each other? How do contemporary social formations
assess the perestroika era and how does this inflect the future?

Conference Schedule And Deadlines:

Panel Proposals / Innovative Formats Submissions: June 1, 2007
Individual Paper Submissions (circa 300 words): June 1, 2007
Notification of acceptance: July 2, 2007
Online Registration by November 1, 2007
Conference: November 29 - December 1, 2007

All proposals should be sent via the conference website
<http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007>, where an Extended
Call for Papers as well as a Conference Discussion Forum for
establishing panels is available. For Inquiries Concerning Submissions
contact: fcree-aleksconf@helsinki.fi

The Aleksanteri Cultural Fora

Running parallel to the academic conference, participants and guests
will enjoy the opportunity to attend a new international series of
cultural events ­ artistic, documentary, archival, literary and
cinematic. See the website for the 6 fora already confirmed:

http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2007/cultural_fora.htm

The Annual Aleksanteri Conference is an international,
multidisciplinary conference organized by the Aleksanteri Institute,
the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies affiliated
with the University of Helsinki. Aleksanteri Conferences have
attracted broad interest among scholars as well as policy and
opinion-makers from a wide variety of fields.

Organising Committee

Dr. Markku Kangaspuro (Head of Research), Suvi Kansikas (Conference
Coordinator), Senior Researcher Vesa Oittinen, Professor Pekka
Pesonen, Senior Researcher Aino Saarinen, Ivor Stodolsky (Conference
Coordinator)

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LECTURE- Dr. Victoria Clement on Turkmenistan, June 7, 2007, London

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LECTURE- Dr. Victoria Clement on Turkmenistan, June 7, 2007, London

Posted by: <B.V.Babajanian@lse.ac.uk>

LSE Centre for Civil Society seminar

Can Stability Coexist with Reform? Turkmenistan's New Challenges

Dr Victoria Clement, Assistant Professor of History, Western Carolina
University

Date: Thursday, 7 June 2007
Time: 12:30-1:45 pm
Venue: LSE Old Building, Room A283

Dr Victoria Clement has a PhD from the Ohio State University. Her
dissertation was entitled "Rewriting the Turkmen "Nation": Literacy,
Education, and Power in Central Asia, 1904-2004." Her major research
interests concern the Islamic World History, especially Central Asia
and Russia. She has lived in Turkmenistan, Turkey and Russia. Her
article, "Alphabet Changes in Turkmenistan: State, Society, and the
Everyday" in Daily Life in Central Asia, Jeff Sahadeo and Russell
Zanca, eds. ( Bloomington: Indiana University Press) will appear in
publication in spring 2007.

Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic
communications disclaimer:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm

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CONF.- The Circassians: Past, Present and Future, May 21, 2007, Washington, DC

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CONF.- The Circassians: Past, Present and Future, May 21, 2007, Washington, DC

Posted by: Circassian World <info@circassianworld.com>

The Circassians: Past, Present and Future
In Cooperation with: The Circassian Cultural Institute

Monday, May 21, 2007 (Official Circassian Memorial Day) 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Location:
The Jamestown Foundation
1111 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036

Reservations are required. Please e-mail your name and affiliation to:
rsvp-may21@jamestown.org

Agenda

Registration: 8:30 AM

Introduction: 9:00 AM
Glen E. Howard
President, The Jamestown Foundation

Opening Remarks
Zack Barsik
President, the Circassian Cultural Institute

Morning Panel

The Circassians: 9:10-10:45 AM

Paul Henze
Rand Corporation (Retired)
"Who are the Circassians? A Historical Perspective on the Circassians
and Imperial Russia"

Dr. Kemal Karpat
Director of the Center of Turkish Studies, Department of History,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"The Circassian Migration to Turkey"

Fatima Tlisova
Former North Caucasus Correspondent, Regnum News Agency
"The Circassians Today & the Resurgence of Circassian Nationalism in
the North Caucasus"

Glen E. Howard
Moderator

Coffee Break: 10:45-11:00 AM

Russia's Circassian Frontier: 11:00-12:30 PM

Dr. John Colarusso
McMaster University
Moderator

Ali Berzeg
Executive Director, Circassian Congress Movement, Maikop, Adygeia, Russia
"The Democratic NGO Movement in Adygeia"

Haci Bayram
Human Rights Activist
"NGOs in the North Caucasus & Their Impact on Civil Society & the War
in Chechnya"

Dr. Matthew Light
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
University of Massachusetts Amherst
"The Proposed Merger of Adygeia and Krasnodarskii Krai: Why, Why Now,
and What Next?"

Mairbek Vachagaev
Doctoral Candidate Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS), Paris, France
"The Military Jammats in Karachai-Cherkess"

Luncheon: 12:30-1:15 PM

Keynote Address: 1:15-1:45 Pm

Paul Goble
Professor, Institute of World Politics
"Are the Circassians Again Looking Beyond Their Borders?"

Afternoon Panel

The Circassian Diaspora: 2:00-4:00 PM

Dr. Kemal Karpat
Director of the Center of Turkish Studies, Department of History,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator

Dr. Alexandre Toumarkine
Vice Director, The French Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
"Where Are the Circassians Today? The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey &
the Middle East"

Ziad Hajjo
Circassian-American
"The Circassian Diaspora in America"

Close Of Conference: 4:00 PM

Reservations are required. Please e-mail your name and affiliation to:
rsvp-may21@jamestown.org

The Jamestown Foundation
1111 16th St. NW
7th Floor Conference Room
Washington, DC 20036

http://www.jamestown.org

http://jamestown.org/events_details.php?event_id=33

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 16 May 2007, is online

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 16 May 2007, is online

Posted by: Svante Cornell <scornel4@jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>

Highlights: This Analyst issue features John Daly on the politics of
tankers vs. pipelines in the Caspian; Haroutiun Khachatrian on
Russian-Iranian economic cooperation through Armenia; Naveed Ahmad on
Musharraf's dilemmas in Pakistan; and Kevin Leahy a free economic zone
for Chechnya. In field reports, articles on Turkmen-Russian relations,
Armenia's parliamentary elections, the Kumtor gold mine controversy in
Kyrgyzstan, and South Ossetia's alternative government.

The 16 May issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
10) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org. The PDF version of
the entire issue of the 16 May CACI Analyst is available at:

http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070516Analyst.pdf

Full contents:

With No Pipelines In Sight, Tankers Set To Roam The Caspian
John C.K. Daly
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4615

Russia And Iran May Restore Rail Corridor Through Armenia
Haroutiun Khachatrian
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4614

Musharraf's Options Reduced Amid Fresh Political Turmoil
Naveed Ahmad

http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4613

Special Economic Status For Chechnya: A Quid Pro Quo Arrangement?
Kevin Daniel Leahy
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4612

Field Reports

Berdimukhammedov Enters A New Phase Of Relations With Russia
Chemen Durdiyeva
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4619

Republican Party Of Armenia Tightens Grip Over Parliament
Niklas Nilsson
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4618

Nationalization Of Kumtor Gold Mine Sparks Controversy In Kyrgyzstan
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4617

Tensions Rise Over Sanakoyev's Alternative Government In South Ossetia
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4616

News Digest
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4620

The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.

The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, economics and finance matters in Central Asia and the
Caucasus region, but all inquiries are welcome. Please contact the
Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornell@jhu.edu with a short description
of your article idea. Editorial principles are online at

http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063

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CONF.- Globalization and Youth, Int'l Ataturk Alatoo Univ., Bishkek, May 19, 2007

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CONF.- Globalization and Youth, Int'l Ataturk Alatoo Univ., Bishkek, May 2007

Posted by: Ibrahim Keles <qelesh@hotmail.com>

The 2nd IAAU International Student
Conference
Globalization And Youth
`Where Does It Lead Us?'

International Ataturk Alatoo University
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

"Conference Programme"

19th of May, Saturday 10.00-1730
9.00-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.00 Welcome speech (Konya Conference Hall)
Prof. Dr. EROL ORAL, Rector of International Ataturk Alatoo University

I. PART 11.00-12.30

1. Session Konya Conference Hall
Topic: Process of Globalization in every aspect of our life, including
Youth & Technology.

Head of session: Bazarbaeva Nazgul, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
1. Marat kyzy Ayzada, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization and education"(English)
2. Rakhmankulov Feruz, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"History of nations and globalization" (English)
3. Bazarbaeva Nazgul, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Future of World Politics through Samuel P. Huntington's "Clash of
civilizations" and Mohammad Khatami's "Dialogue among Civilizations" (English)
4. Yusupova Akbermet, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Youth phenomena in globalizing world" (Russian)
5. Muhammed Musa, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization and Technology" (English)
6. Rahimdinova Aycan, Manas, Kyrgyzstan.
"Media, technology and privatization in the process of globalization" (Turkish)
7. Guneshan Ozlem, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Human trade in Globalizing World" (Turkish)

12.45-13.30 Lunch Time

II. PART 13.30-15.00
1. Session 3rd floor Seminar saloon
Topic: The Role of Educational & Financial Institutions and importance
of culture, language & religion in globalizing World.

Head of Session: Zahidullah Jalali, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.

1. Zahidullah Jalali, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"Fair globalization benefits every one, including youth" (English)
2. Jeenbekova Anara, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"Culture, Language and religion(English)
3. Hommayev Muhommet, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"Role of Global Institutions in Globalization Process post World War 2
Era" (English)
4. Nuralieva Asel, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"China's path towards Globalization" (English
5. Abakirova Nurjamal, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"History of Globalization" (English)
6. Balykchy Zehra, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization and education" (Turkish)
7. Esenbek Dilbara, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"7 reasons why young business people say "YES" to globalization" (English)
8. Bulut Hulya, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"SEBAT schools in Kyrgyzstan in the period of globalization" (Turkish)
9. Kulichik Ksenya, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Some issues of education development within the problems of
globalization".(English)

Coffee - Break 15.00-15.30

II. PART 15.30-17.00

2-Session 3rd floor Seminar saloon

Topic: Emerging problems & solutions in society, economics and
politics in the process of Globalization.

Head of Session: Andakulov Daniyar, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
1. Sultanova Nargiza, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
"Financial Crisis in 1990s" (English)
2. Djaparova Ayzada, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Global Problems in ecology arising from Energy Sector, and as the
solution- Renewable Sources of Energy" (English)
4. Andakulov Daniyar, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Impacts of Globalization on Kyrgyzstan via Drug-Trafficking(English)
5. Akysbekova Elnura, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization opens the door to NGOs and international student
organization V- FUND(English)
6. Topkaya Mehmet, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Importance of Education in Developing countries and inequalities in
Education in Globalizing world" (Turkish)
7. Kargaev Akylbek, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"RFID and Voice Directed Technologies in Supply chain and Global
competition" (Kyrgyz)
8. Joldoshbekova Keremet, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan.
"The problem occurs not when the computers start thinking as a
humanbeings, but when the humanbeings start thinking as a computers"(English)
9. Nikitenko Natalya, IAAU, Kyrgyzstan

II. PART 13.30-15.00

1. Session Social Science Faculty
1st floor Seminar saloon

Topic: Solutions offered by young people involved in narcotic business
and children related issues.

Head of Session: Uturova Meerim, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
1. Raimbekova Feruza, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Youth phenomena in globalizing world" (Russian)
2. Nisharapova Jyldyz, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization... narcotics... youth..." (Russian)
3. Kambaraliev Mirbek, JANU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Children related issues in Kyrgyzstan and their preservation" (Kyrgyz)
4. Raimbekova Feruza, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Media, technology and privatization" (Russian)
5. Dalbaeva Ayjan, MAPKR, Kyrgyzstan.
"Education in Globalizing World" (Russian)
6. Jeenbekova Kiyal, Manas, Kyrgyzstan.
"Life security training starts at secondary schools"(Kyrgyz)
7. Uturova Meerim, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
"The study of Merchandise and Marketing "(Russian)

Coffee - Break 15.00-15.30

II.PART 15.30 - 17

2.Session Social Science Faculty
1st floor Seminar saloon

Topic: Developments in higher education and influence of globalization
on Kyrgyzstan.

Head of Session: Kerimalieva RAUSHAN, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.

1. Joldosheva A., KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Development tendency of Higher Education in Kyrgyzstan on Globalizing
World" (Russian)
2. Kenenbaeva Umsunai, BGU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Why the cultural identification is so important?" (Russian)
3. Kerimalieva Raushan, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization in the spheres of culture and health: Damage or
Benefit?" (Russian)
4. Djabaev Rinat, KNU,Kyrgyzstan.
"War and terror are gaining global characters" (Russian)
5. Kupsuldaeve Ayzada, KNU, Kyrgyzstan.
"Globalization and its influence on Kyrgyz Republic" (Russian)
6. Kambaraliev Mirbek, JANU, Kyrgyzstan.
"A clear defining the purpose of education as the way out from the
crisis " (Kyrgyz)

Closing Part 17.00-17.30
3rd floor Seminar saloon

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LECTURE- Major Barriers for Economic Growth in KG, Rafkat Hasanov, May 16, KG

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LECTURE "What are the Major Barriers for the Economic Growth in
Kyrgyzstan?", Rafkat Hasanov, Social Research Center, AUCA, Bishkek, May 16

The Social Research Center at AUCA (www.src.auca.kg) presents:

Lecture: "What are the Major Barriers for the Economic Growth in Kyrgyzstan?"

Presenter: Rafkat Hasanov, Executive Director, Investment Roundtable Foundation

Date and time: 17:00-18:30, Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Venue: 315, Main Building, AUCA
Language: Russian. If required, translation into English will be provided.

Bio: Mr. Hasanov is the Executive Director of Investment Roundtable
Foundation, a leading economic research and policy analysis center in
Kyrgyzstan. He currently works an advisor to the Minister of Economy
and Finance of Kyrgyzstan on pro bono basis. He is also Economic and
Financial Expert at Investment Council under the Kyrgyz President. In
the past, he worked as the Deputy Finance Minister and Head of
Economic Policy Department under the President's Office in Kyrgyzstan.
Mr. Hasanov has an extensive work experience with local and
international research projects related to fiscal policies, foreign
investment, small and medium business development. Mr. Hasanov holds
MA in Development Economics, Center for Development Economics,
Williams College, USÀ and Master's degree in Economics from
Novosibirsk State University, Russia.

How to register: Please RSVP to pss@mail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.

The project is funded, in part, through the grant provided by the US
Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.

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CONF- EU Strategy for Central Asia, Berlin, May 29, 2007, 6 pm

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CONF- EU Strategy for Central Asia, Berlin, May 29, 2007, 6 pm

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CONF.- The European Union Strategy for Central Asia. Is the EU on the
right track?, German-Kazakh Society, Berlin

The German-Kazakh Society invites all interested persons to
participate in its conference, to be held May 29, 2007, 6 pm, in
Berlin: Office of the European Commission in Germany, Unter den Linden
78, 10117 Berlin.

The European Union is currently developing its own strategy for the
five Central Asian Countries. We will discuss the strategy's
background, the actual state of affairs, the role of Germany and the
future of an EU democratisation policy together with

Dr. Beate Eschment, University of Halle

Mirko Kruppa, Desk Officer, Central Asia and Southern Caucasus,
Federal Foreign Office

Dr. Tolganay Umbetalijewa, The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic
Studies, Almaty

Sebastian Schiek, PhD Candidate at the Institute for Peace Research
and Security Policy (IFSH), University of Hamburg

The admission is free. Please register at info@dekasges.de.

For further information please feel free to contact

Deutsch-Kasachische Gesellschaft e. V.
Colditzstr. 34-36, D-12099 Berlin
Tel: +4930 / 70 02 34 78
Mobile: +49 - 177 572 33 00
Fax: +4930 / 70 02 48 80
E-mail: info@dekasges.de
www.dekasges.de

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RESOURCE- New Mongolian & Pashto Learning Materials Launched

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RESOURCE- New Mongolian & Pashto Learning Materials Launched

Posted by: Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center <iaau@indiana.edu>

May 15, 2007

New Central Asian Language Learning Materials Launched - Pashto and Mongolian

We would like to draw your attention to the launch of important new
language resources for students of Pashto and Mongolian languages. The
Center for the Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) has
developed online, web-based reading and listening materials for these
languages, and beginning today, we will be placing these on our
website alongside the Uyghur and Tajik materials. The modules can be
accessed on our main website:

http://www.indiana.edu/~celcar/intermediate.php

Please note that we ask all users to register, so as to better track the
usage and efficacy of the modules.

Please feel free to share this announcement with your colleagues and all
those interested in Central Asian languages.

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CONF./CFP- U.S.-Soviet Relations, October 22-23, 2007, Washington, D.C.

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CONF./CFP- U.S.-Soviet Relations, October 22-23, 2007, Washington, D.C.

Posted by: Evan N. Dawley <dawleyen@state.gov>

Call For Papers

U.S. Department of State Announces a
Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969-1976

Washington, D.C., October 22-23, 2007

The U.S. Department of State will hold a scholarly conference on
October 22-23, 2007, on U.S. Relations with the Soviet Union in the
Era of Détente, 1969-1976. The conference will be hosted by the
Office of the Historian in the Bureau of Public Affairs, and will take
place in the new George C. Marshall Conference Center at the U.S.
Department of State in Washington, D.C. The conference will feature
keynote presentations on U.S.-Russian relations by Department of State
principals and comments from former diplomats and senior scholars from
both the United States and Russia. The conference will also include
scholarly sessions that complement the forthcoming release of
Soviet-American Relations: The Détente Years, 1969-1972, a joint
documentary publication undertaken by the Office of the Historian of
the U.S. Department of State and the Historical-Records Department of
the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Program Committee invites proposals for original papers dealing
with the geopolitical and strategic implications of détente from 1969
to 1976. We particularly encourage submissions that draw on recently
opened archival collections. Possible themes include, but are not limited to:

- The development of the concept of "linkage" and its implementation
- The U.S.-Soviet dialogue relating to the war in Vietnam
- U.S.-Soviet relations and international security, including the
Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War and the Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks (SALT)
- U.S.-Soviet relations and the Middle East, including the 1973 October War
- Détente and Europe, including Germany and Berlin, Mutual Balanced
Force Reductions (MBFR), and the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and the Helsinki Accords
- The development of triangular diplomacy among the United States,
the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China
- U.S.-Soviet relations and the Third World, including southern Africa
- Economic, cultural, ecological, and scientific issues in
U.S.-Soviet bilateral relations
- Détente and U.S. domestic politics, including the critics of détente

The Program Committee may form panels loosely by historical period
(1969-1973; 1974-1976) or by theme, and potential contributors may
wish to focus their topics accordingly. Paper proposals (abstract and
c.v.; proposals must be in English, which is the language of the
conference) should be sent, via e-mail or fax, before June 1, 2007 to:

Dr. Amy Garrett, Program Committee Chair, Office of the Historian
e-mail: garrettac@state.gov; fax: 202-663-1289

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CONF.- Post-Soviet Transition in Southern Caucasus, May 18-19, 2007, Ankara

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CONF.- Post-Soviet Transition in Southern Caucasus, May 18-19, 2007, Ankara

Posted by: <kora@metu.edu.tr>

"Post-Soviet Transition in the Southern Caucasus: Security, Democracy,
Market Economy and International Politics" Conference organized by
Center for Black Sea and Central Asian Studies (KORA)-METU and
International Relations Department of TOBB University of Economics and
Technology, will be held on 18-19th of May, 2007.

Prof. Dr. Ayþe Ayata
KORA Chairperson

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydýn
Chairmen of Department of International Relations

Date: 18 May 2007
Time: 09:30
Venue: Cultural and Convention Center, METU Campus, Ankara, Turkey

The Center for Black Sea and Central Asia
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey
Tel/Faks: +90 312 210 3051

Day 1 (18.05.07)

9.30-9.45 Welcome Speeches

09:45-11:00 Keynotes
Amb. Ünal Çeviköz (Deputy Undersecretary, MFA, Turkey)
Peter Semneby, (EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus)

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-13.00 Panel I: Security and regional Cooperation in the Southern Caucasus
Chair: Mustafa Ayd?n (TOBB- University of Economics and Technology)

Unresolved Conflicts as Security Challenges in the Southern Caucasus
Jonathan Cohen (Conciliation Resources, UK)

The OSCE's Policies in the Southern Caucasus
Dov Lynch (OSCE)

The Role of BSEC in the Wider Black Sea Area
Murat Sungar (First Deputy Secretary General, BSEC PERMIS)

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-16.00 Panel II: Intersection of Foreign Interests and Security
Challenges in the Southern Caucasus
Chair: Ay?e Ayata (METU, KORA)

EU and The Southern Caucasus
Borut Grgic (Institute for Strategic Studies, Slovenia)

The US' Policies in the Southern Caucasus
Neil MacFarlane (University of Oxford, UK)

Russia and the Southern Caucasus
Oktay Tanr?sever (Department of International Relations, METU)

Turkey and the Southern Caucasus
Mitat Çelikpala (Department of International Relations, ETU)

16.00-16.30 Coffee Break

16.30-18.00 Panel III: Economic Transition in the Southern Caucasus
Chair: Ayça Ergun (METU)

Privatization Policies in the Southern Caucasus
Naz?m Imanov (Kavkaz & Globalizatsia, Azerbaijan)

Natural Resources in the Economic Development of the South Caucasian
Countries: Options, Incentives and Obstacles for Regional Cooperation
Mert Bilgin (Do?u? University, Turkey)

Economic Transition in the Southern Caucasian Countries; A Comparative Analysis
Eldar M. Ismailov (Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus, Azerbaijan)

Day 2 (19.05.07)

10.00-12.00 Panel IV: Political Transition in the Southern Caucasus
Chair: Mustafa Ayd?n (TOBB- University of Economics and Technology)

Political Transition in the Southern Caucasus
Dennis Sammut (LINKS, UK)

The Role International Organizations and INGOs in the South Caucasian
Democracy Promotion
Leyla Alieva (Center for National and International Studies, Azerbaijan)

Civil Society and Democratization in the Southern Caucasus
Ayça Ergun (Department of Sociology, METU)

12.30-14.00 Lunch

14.00-16.00 Panel V: Looking to the Future of the South Caucasus
Chair: Dennis Sammut (LINKS)

Security-Building in the Southern Caucasus
Tedo Japaridze (Former Adviser to the President, Georgia)

"Solving Unsolvable? Future of Frozen Conflicts in the South Caucasus
Levon Zourabian (International Crises Group-Yerevan Office, Armenia)

Potentials for Regional Cooperation and Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts
Erkin Qadirli (Baku State University, Azerbaijan)

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CONF.- Cooperation and Integration for Central Asia, June 2007, Tajikistan

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CONF.- Cooperation and Integration for Central Asia, June 2007, Tajikistan

Posted by: Boyko <boyko@uni-altai.ru>

The international conference "Cooperation and Integration Projects for
Central Asia: Comparative Analysis, Opportunities and Prospects" will
be held in Khudjand (Tajikistan) 26-28 June 2007. It is organized by
the Center of Geopolitical Studies at Russian-Tajik Slavonic
University (Dushanbe), Alexander Knyazev Public Foundation (Bishkek),
Central Asia and Caucasus Institute (Moscow), Center for Regional
Studies "Russia and the East" (Barnaul) in partnership with the
Information Agency "Ferghana.ru", newspaper "Business and politics"
(Dushanbe), and the Center for media assistance (Dushanbe).

Central Asia is the region, historically and civilizationally emerging
and developing as ethno-cultural and confessional coherency and the
receptacle of political entities in geographic space between
Slavonic-Christian, South Asian, East Asian and Arab worlds. In late
XX the concept of Central Asia has been interpreted in accordance to
geopolitical considerations - in most narrow notion it is reduced to
formula of five post-soviet republics, whereas the extended view
frames this region as including the territories of some other states,
which are "interfered" or similar with each other on ethnical and
other dimensions. Some new cooperative/integrative schemes are
elaborated - these are different by space and political format and
suggest the solution of certain objectives, corresponding to the
interests of out-of-region power centers. The developing of analytical
projects is followed by practical activities, which are causing
competitive situation, feeding natural intra-regional contradictions
as well the whole set of new threats for regional security.

The assessment of the given situation by expert circles, including the
representatives of different academic schools and think-tanks from the
countries of region and outside might get the answers for the long
list of questions arising in this context.

The preliminary list of problems to be discussed at the conference:

1. Central Asia: general framework, definitions and criteria of
political geography

2. Objective pre-requisites for cooperation and integration in region
and factors preventing it

3.The main external players and motivation of their interests in
cooperation and integration with Central Asian countries

- Russia;
- USA and their trustworthy partners (Turkey, Pakistan);
- China;
- EU;
- islamist integrists (the establishment of caliphate, etc);

The main cooperation and integration projects:

- post-soviet unities, in which the core component is Russia (OACS
and EurAsEC);
- SCO as cooperative project of RF and PRC;
- US project of GCA;
- projects based on ethnical criteria: Turkish initiatives for
Turkophone countries of region, concept of Arian unity (Iran,
Afghanistan, Tajikistan);
- the making of caliphate and other integrist schemes of islamist radicals

4. The main factors of cooperation/integration (pro and contra):
- economical and resource-rooted:
- communicational;
- cultural-civilizational;
- geopolitical;
- Afghanistan (state, society, military-political reality) in Central
Asian context

It is expected that conference will be attended by many noted experts
from Central Asia, Russia, China, USA, Great Britain, Ukraine, India,
Pakistan, Iran and other countries.

The conference venue is sanatorium "Shifo" at picturesque storage lake
Qairakkum (Khudjand, Tajikistan). The organizers will provide visa
support for conference participants. Working languages of conference
are Russian and English, the simultaneous translation of presentations
will be provided.

Interested scholars and practitioners should contact the organizers
asap, providing personal details, the title of presentation, etc) and
submit an abstract/paper up to 20000 symbols in Russian or English
(preferably with the relate translation) in World format with
footnotes and references at the end of text by the date of conference.
Maps, schemes, etc should be sent as separate files in jpeg, gif, tif,
psd format.

All requests and mails should be directed to the organizing committee:
conference_2007@inbox.ru

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CONF.- Int'l Conf on Inter-Asian Connections, Dubai, February 2008

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CONF.- Int'l Conf on Inter-Asian Connections, Dubai, February 2008

Posted by: Social Science Research Council <shahabuddin@ssrc.org>

Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Call For Workshop Proposals

Deadline: Friday, June 1, 2007

International Conference on Inter-Asian Connections (Dubai, UAE:
February 21-24, 2008)

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce an
open call for proposals from faculty members at accredited
universities and colleges in any world region, to organize and direct
a 4-day thematic workshop at an international conference on
"Inter-Asian Connections." Workshop directors selected by the SSRC
will be expected to help recruit and select 8 international workshop
participants from across relevant disciplines in the social sciences
and related fields.

To be held in Dubai, February 21-24, 2008, the conference will host
multiple workshops showcasing innovative research from across the
social sciences and related disciplines, on themes of particular
relevance to Asia, reconceptualized as a dynamic and interconnected
historical, geographical, and cultural formation stretching from the
Middle East through Eurasia and South Asia, to East Asia. This
expanded understanding should bring to the fore new and unanticipated
research themes and cross-regional/trans-regional connections and
formations. The conference theme of "Inter-Asian Connections" is
flexible enough to encompass a wide range of projects, from
explorations of inter-regional historical and material connections
(for instance, trade and migration flows; Asian international
relations; the diffusion and exchange of ideas and ideologies), to
cross-national and comparative investigations of contemporary
political, socio-cultural, and economic processes.

We invite researchers to apply to organize a workshop on a theme of
their choice. Each workshop may have one or two directors and will
include 8 participants (graduate students, junior faculty, other
researchers and scholars) chosen competitively. Workshop directors
should have sufficient research experience on the region and themes of
their proposals. The deadline for application submissions is Friday,
June 1, 2007.

The full text of the call for proposals, along with information on the
application process and selection criteria, is available at:

http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/global/papers/ .

For additional inquiries, please contact the SSRC at
intl_collaboration@ssrc.org .

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JOB- Thematic blogs on Uzbekistan, neweurasia/TOL

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JOB- Thematic blogs on Uzbekistan, neweurasia/TOL

Posted by: Leila Tanayeva <leila.tanayeva@gmail.com>

TOL & neweurasia are seeking enthusiastic bloggers interested in
writing and maintaining thematic blogs on Uzbekistan

We are currently seeking Central Asia based bloggers to write on
current issues on their own separate blogs. The bloggers will strive
to encourage discussions on their blogs and solicit voluntary
guest-contributions from other individuals, also from within the
neweurasia community.

In addition to previously announced regional blog, Kazakhstan blog,
Tajikistan blog and Kyrgyzstan blog, we are also looking to open three
thematic blogs on Uzbekistan.

Blogs can be written in Russian or English, or both. Knowledge of
Russian is necessary, decent English and knowledge of the
nationallanguage an advantage. The ideal candidates will be familiar
with social media (blogs), interested in using multimedia and
preferably located within the countries that they want to cover.

Successful candidates are expected to write at least three posts a
week (with an average length of about 300-500 words) and attract
readers and commentators by promoting their blogs on the Internet and
the mainstream media. He/she must have Internet access, be able to
work independently in a young virtual team and communicate with the
country blog coordinators and the Managing Editor.

A monthly stipend of $150 (transferred in four quarterly installments)
will be paid over 12 months. There will be technical support for the
maintenance of the blog, and the best bloggers will be short-listed
for an internship and a summer course on new media in Prague, Czech
Republic, from 8 to 15 July, 2007.

To apply, please send your CV and your letter of interest to info @
neweuasia.net with a subject line "Thematic blog (country name)". In
your letter of interest, please indicate what topic you would like to
cover and why. The deadline for the applications is 18 May 2007.

Based in the Czech Republic, TOL is the leading Internet journal and
newsmagazine on the 28 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the
Balkans, and the former Soviet Union.

neweurasia is Central Asia's premier network of weblogs, coordinated
and written by bright young individuals from Central Asia and the
Caucasus together with their peers around the globe.

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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 (April 24 - May 14, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:

- "Analysis of Political Events in Kyrgyzstan for January-April 2007"
IPP Quarterly Analysis

- "Kyrgyzstan's Water Policy: The Challenges and Possible Ways to Meet Them"
Anar Musabaeva

- "Central Asia: The Struggle for Energy, Freedom and Security"
Bakyt Beshimov

- "Issues of National Statehood in Central Asia"
Muratbek Imanaliev

- "On Tax Reforms in Kyrgyzstan: Myths and Reality"
Sergei Sabko

- "Opposition will become stronger, if it gets rid of hitchhikers and
develops its ideology."
Interview with Bakyt Beshimov

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

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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LECTURE- Prof Aleksandr Naymark, May 16, 2007, Oxford

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LECTURE- Prof Aleksandr Naymark, May 16, 2007, Oxford

Posted by: Alexander Morrison <alexander.morrison@all-souls.oxford.ac.uk>

Special Lecture

Joseph the Beautiful of Ravenna as the Calendar Deity of Soghdiana
(with an epilogue on Mamluk painting, Islamic saints, folk festivals
and Soviet agrarian officialdom)
Prof. Aleksandr Naymark, Hofstra University
Week 4: Wednesday 16th May
15.30: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford.

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PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Volume 25 Issue

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PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Volume 25 Issue 4

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

Central Asian Survey: Volume 25 Issue 4
This new issue contains the following articles:

Social policy and development in Central Asia and the Caucasus p. 373
Authors: Armine Ishkanian

The contribution of the PRSP to social policy development in Central
Asia and the Caucasus p. 387
Authors: Michael Reynolds

The social exclusion framework and poverty reduction strategy in
Tajikistan p. 403
Authors: Babken V. Babajanian

The unfinished journey from Semashko to Bismarck: health reform in
Central Asia from 1991 to 2006 p. 419
Authors: Michael Borowitz; Rifat Atun

Formalizing informal payments: the progress of health reform in
Kyrgyzstan p. 441
Authors: Angela Baschieri; Jane Falkingham

After the Cold War: international politics, domestic policy and the
nuclear legacy in Kazakhstan p. 461
Authors: Cynthia Werner; Kathleen Purvis-Roberts

Child mortality in Central Asia: social policy, agriculture and the
environment p. 481
Authors: Jennifer Franz; Felix Fitzroy

Problems and trends in education in Central Asia since 1990: the case
of general secondary education in Kyrgyzstan p. 499
Authors: Alan J. Deyoung

Human capital in Central Asia: trends and challenges in education p. 515
Authors: Bolormaa Shagdar

Expanding state authority, cutting back local services:
decentralization and its contradictions in Uzbekistan p. 533
Authors: Neema Noori

Book Reviews p. 551

CESS Award for Best Graduate Student Paper p. 557

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CONF.- Conference on Peaceful Coexistence and Fethullah Gulen, 11/2007

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CONF.- Conference on Peaceful Coexistence and Fethullah Gulen, 11/2007

Posted by: Dialogue International <info@dialogue-international.org>

International Conference on Peaceful Coexistence
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
23-24 November 2007
Fethullah Gulen's initiatives for peace in the contemporary world

Call for Papers

Deadline for receipt of Abstracts: 31 May 2007

The need for peaceful co-existence between Muslims and non-Muslims
within and between nations has long been recognized. The much
publicized failures in relations in recent years, which are both a
cause and effect of the situation in many parts of the world - not
just the Middle East - should spur all right-minded people to
re-double their efforts to sustain the hope for peaceful co-existence.

Fethullah Gulen is an Islamic scholar and peace activist, and the
mentor of a dynamic faith-based movement that has inspired a
generation of Muslims in Turkey and abroad to undertake charitable
works, especially in education. After thirty years of activism in the
field they now constitute one of the most effective and influential
Muslim faith-based movements of the 21st century. They work to raise
moral and religious awareness by founding non-denominational schools
and universities and so encourage intercultural dialogue and
understanding. Their work makes a practical contribution to
constructive, positive relations between the West and the Muslim
world, with special focus on issues such as democracy,
multiculturalism, globalization, and intercultural dialogue in the
context of secular modernity.

By focusing on Gulen's ideas and practice, this Conference aims to
explore the appeal and impact of the Gulen's movement worldwide
initiatives to help people respond creatively to the profound social
changes that are taking root everywhere. These changes make the world
an increasingly integrated place, while its people juggle different,
often divided identities. A particular focus will be the movement's
long-established and ongoing projects dedicated to improving
North-South and East-West relations, and to building trust and
cooperativeness among people of different faith traditions.

Major themes:
- Peaceful Muslim-non-Muslim co-existence in a secular context
- Inclusiveness and integration
- The necessity and importance of dialogue
- The positive role of non-denominational education
- The state of East-West, North-South relations
- Reconciling and balancing reason and faith
- Understanding the benefits of democracy
- The role of shared values in building civility and citizenship

Abstract & CV deadline: Abstracts (max. 500 words) with a brief CV
(max. 200 words) of the author(s) should be submitted by 31 May 2007
to submissions@gulenconference.nl.

Graduate students are encouraged to submit abstracts.

Paper submission deadline: Abstracts will be evaluated by the
Conference's editorial board. The authors of accepted abstracts will
then be asked to submit papers (3000-7000) words before 30 September 2007.

Conference book: Following editorial review, some of the accepted
papers will be published in the form of a book of the Conference proceedings.

Honorarium: â‚500 for papers presented at the conference

Free resource CD: A free resource CD on Gulen and his works is
available from the organizing committee. Please apply to:
cd@gulenconference.nl

Hotel and travel/flight: The cost of hotel accommodation and flights
will be subsidised for all participants who present papers at the Conference

For further information please e-mail:
info@gulenconference.nl
or visit:

www.gulenconference.nl

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