Wednesday, May 9, 2007

LECTURE- CASG Spring Program, University of Washington

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LECTURE- CASG Spring Program, University of Washington

Posted by: Ilse Cirtautas <icirt@u.washington.edu>

University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization

Central Asian Studies Group
(Subgroups: Kazakh & Kyrgyz Studies, Uzbek Circle)
Founded In 1987

Program For Spring Quarter 2007

President: Brenda Schuster, e-mail: bschus@u.washington.edu
(Faculty Advisor: Ilse D. Cirtautas, e-mail: icirt@u.washington.edu)

April 3 Silk Road Lecture Series 2006-2007:
"The Monks of Kublai Khan: Christianity under the Mongols"
Joel Walker, History, University of Washington
Kane Hall 110, 7:00 pm

April 13 Social Gathering for all students and faculty interested in
Central Asia:
Welcoming of six scholars from our Partner Institutions in Tashkent:
Kasimjon Sadiqov, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies,
Nodira Mahkomova, Institute of History, Uzbek Academy of Sciences,
Dilorom Gulomova, Institute of History, Uzbek Academy of Sciences,
Gulchehra Zununova, Institute of History, Uzbek Academy of Sciences,
Saidakbar Agzamkhodjaev, Tashkent Islamic University.
Vegetarian Pizza Lunch served
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-2:30 pm

April 14 The Thirteenth Annual Russian, East European and Central
Asian Studies Northwest Conference:
"From the Cold War to Post-Communism: Sixty Years of REECAS
(1947-2007)" Communications Building, 8:15 am-5:15 pm
For further information please call The Ellison Center at (206)
543-4852 or email reecas@u.washington.edu


April 15 "Second International Conference on Issues of Comparative
Religious Studies in Central Asia":
Communications Building, 202 (Simpson Center for the Humanities)
9:00 am-5:30 pm
The Conference has been sponsored by a U.S. State Department
Uzbekistan Educational Partnership Grant and organized in co-operation
with five Uzbek academic institutions, located in Tashkent, Seattle's
Sister City since 1972.
Note: the First Conference under the same title took place in Tashkent
in September 2006.
For further information please contact Professor Ilse Cirtautas
(206-543-9963 or icirt@u.washington.edu) or Professor Florian Schwarz
(206-685-2246 or schwarz@u.washington.edu)

May 4 Showing of the Kazakh Movie "Nomad"
Denny 123, 12:30-2:30 pm

May 8 "Childhood and Youth Culture in Central Asia"
Charles Carlson, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Communication 120, 7:00 pm

May 10 Silk Road Lecture Series 2006-2007:
"Secrets of Tamerlane's Tomb"
Robert McChesney, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
Kane 110, 7:00 pm

May 11 Seminar: "Writing Central Asian Social History: Documentary
Sources for the 16th and 17th Centuries"
Robert McChesney, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
Communication 202 (Simpson Center)
10:30-12:30 am

May 12 "19 th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner
Saturday Asian Studies"
Denny Hall 215 A, 8:30 am-5:30 pm"
For further information please contact Professor Ilse Cirtautas
(206-543-9963 or icirt@u.washington.edu)

May 17 "Reflections on the Kazakh Movie: 'Nomad' "
Ilse Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny Hall 123, 12:30-1:30 pm

May 18 "Second Showing of the Kazakh Movie: 'Nomad'"
Denny Hall 123, 12:30-1:30 pm

May 24 "Recent Publications in Kyrgyzstan: Qirgiz Adabiyatinin Tarixi
(History of Kyrgyz Literature), 3 vols. Bishkek, 2004"
Ilse Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny Hall 123, 12:30-1:30 pm

May 25 "Recent Publications in Uzbekistan: "Amir Temur in Uzbek
Literature: Muhammad Ali, Amir Temur Chamani [The
Flower mGardens (=accomplishments) of Amir Temur], Tashkent, 2006"
Ilse Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny 123, 12:30-1:30 pm

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