Friday, June 29, 2007

CONF.- Economics of Social Insurance, Bishkek, Aug. 22-23, 2007

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CONF.- Economics of Social Insurance, Bishkek, Aug. 22-23, 2007

Posted by: Elvira Mamytova <elvira_mamytova@yahoo.com>

Lectures and the training seminar to be held
within the frameworks of the "EU-NIS Infrastructure Partnership."

On 22-23 August 2007 at 14.00­17.00 in the
Research Centre "EuroAsia", Hans Telerud
(economist in social insurance in Sweden) will
hold a lecture and training seminar on the following topics:

1) The use of databases for reports of results in
Swedish Social Insurance agency including
demonstration of models in Microsoft Excel and
Access for comparative studies between social insurance regions.

2) The use of balanced score cards for
comparative studies of social insurance regions in Sweden.

Free entry.

Lectures and the training seminar will be
organized within the frameworks of the "EU-NIS
Infrastructure Partnership" 2005-2007
project. Experts from Bulgaria, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Sweden participate in the
project. Aim of the project is to make it
possible to include Central Asian and Russian
border regions into a common scientific-educating
space with EU countries via creation and
development of scientific-technical infrastructure.

With all questions contact Project Coordinator:

Dr. Mamytova Elvira
Research Centre "Eurasia"
Bishkek 720001, Kyrgyzstan, m/b 624
Tel 996 312 652408
e-mail:elvira@netkey.bishkek.su


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WEBSITE- Launch of the Economic Policy Institutes Network's (EPIN) Website

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WEBSITE- Launch of the Economic Policy Institutes Network's (EPIN) Website

Posted by: Diana Bayzakova <diana.bayzakova@cer.uz>

The www.epinetwort.org, is created as a bi-lingual on-line resource to
serve the needs of experts and researchers in information sharing and
experience exchange in CIS countries and Central and Eastern Europe. The
on-line resource aims at facilitating cooperation and networking among
economic policy institutes (EPI) to strengthen their potential in policy
advice.

Economic Policy Institutes Network was initiated by the UNDP Regional
Bureau for Europe and CIS in 2004 think tanks or supporting development of
economic policy institutes (EPI) in Europe and CIS countries in transition
with particular emphasis on low and middle income countries. The principal
goal of the initiative is to develop the capacity of economic policy
institutes in the target countries so as to provide these countries with
independent, sophisticated voices in policy issues.

The network joins a number of institutions from Eastern Europe and CIS
countries with relatively high income and low or middle income countries
of Central Asia, Caucasus, South-Eastern Europe and CIS. It facilitates
active interaction among these institutions. They are getting more and
more involved into the joint projects on multilateral and bilateral basis,
and strengthen their capacities in terms both research capacities and
fundraising.

The web-site incorporates the services that foster communication during
implementation of joint initiatives both among the network members and
other portal users, effect online education and offers a technical
platform for data and knowledge exchange to run joint projects by EPIN
members.

The web-site offers accumulated analytical publications on main
development issues in transition economies. The services offered in the
portal are supposed to enhance the capacity of researchers and experts and
update on the latest developments on social-economic issues in the region.
There are a number of databases, which present EPIN members' products and
activities: in the database of EPIN think-tanks all necessary background
information about each EPIN Network member is available; in the
publication database almost all online publications of EPIN think-tanks
and other external publications are posted; the events database alerts on
all main developments inside each EPIN think-tank, posts main
social-economic developments in CIS and Central and Eastern Europe,
conference calls, research and education grant opportunities and any other
announcements that are of any interest to both EPIN members and other
portal users. In the experts database a résumé of EPIN experts and
researchers and any external professionals are available. In a later stage
the web-resource plans such services as on-line education, e-forums,
e-conferences, which will be conducted by EPIN members or other external
institutions.

The www.epinetwort.org portal is developed and being maintained by the
Central Asian Gateway (CAG) project. For more information please write to
the following addresses: umida.hashimova@cer.uz (Umida Hashimova) or
cagateway@cer.uz.


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JOB- Opening at OSI, Network Scholarship Programs - UK Program Coordinator

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JOB- Opening at OSI, Network Scholarship Programs - UK Program Coordinator

Posted by: Michael Sieburg <msieburg@sorosny.org>

The Open Society Institute's Network Scholarship Programs currently
has an opening for a Program Coordinator in the London office.

Please see the attachments or visit the following website for more information:
http://www.soros.org/about/offices/london/coordinator_20070625

Open Society Foundation – London

Position: UK Program Coordinator

The Open Society Foundation (OSF) in London seeking to fill the
position of the UK Programmes Coordinator at the Network Scholarship
Programmes Department. The OSF in London is a registered charity and
focuses on projects concerning public health, civic empowerment,
poverty, discrimination, as well as education, political and social
sciences, and journalism. The Network Scholarship Programmes fund the
participation of students, scholars, and professionals from Central
and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, Middle East,
and Indonesia in rigorous, competitive academic programmes outside
their home countries.

Duties:
- under direction and supervision of NSP UK Program Manager, work on
everyday program administration and program enhancement activities of
designated part of the UK scholarships (involving a number of UK
universities and about 200 grants per year).

For more information on the organization, see http://www.soros.org.

For a detailed job description: http://www.soros.org/about/careers#london
Deadline for applications: July 24, 2007
To apply: recruitment-scholarships@osf-eu.org

Best Regards,

Michael Sieburg

Program Coordinator, Network Scholarship Programs
Open Society Institute (OSI)
400 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 548-0390
Fax: (212) 548-4652
msieburg@sorosny.org


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COURSE- Uzbek and Tajik Language Course for Beginners, Samarqand and Dushanbe

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COURSE- Uzbek and Tajik Language Course for Beginners, Samarqand and Dushanbe

Posted by: Beate Kleinmichel <zentralas.sekr1@asa.hu-berlin.de>

Uzbek and Tajik language courses in Samarqand, Uzbekistan and
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
15 September - 13 October 2007
Application deadline: 15 July 2007
Language of instruction is German. Find more information at:

Uzbek:
http://www2.hu-berlin.de/asaf/iaaw/dokumente/aktuelles/2007%20samarkand%20au
sschreibung%20IAA.pdf
Tajik:
http://www2.hu-berlin.de/asaf/iaaw/dokumente/aktuelles/2007%20duschanbe%20au
sschreibung%20IAA.pdf

[links above are broken in the message, but must be entered into as a
single line (no spaces) in your browser.]


Beate Kleinmichel
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Zentralasien-Seminar
Unter den Linden 6

Fon: (+49-30)2093-6667
Fax: (+49-30) 2093-6684
zentralas.sekr1@asa.hu-berlin.de
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

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 (June 11-26, 2007), appearing on the Institute's website:

- "Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia Today"
Conference summary

- "On Certain Aspects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization"
Erlan Abdyldaev

- "Mythology of political parties in Kyrgyzstan"
Joomart Ormonbekov

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.

Shairbek Juraev

Research program director
Institute for Public Policy
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Tel: +996(312)906240, 906230
Email: s.juraev@ipp.kg
www.ipp.kg


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JOURNAL/CFP- Political and Social Role of Veterans in Russia, USSR, etc.

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JOURNAL/CFP- Political and Social Role of Veterans in Russia, USSR, etc.

Posted by: Journal of Power Inst. in Post-Sov. Soc. <kozlowsk@club-internet.fr>

LAST CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS:

The Political and Social Role of Veterans in Russia, the Soviet-Union
and Post-Soviet States: a Sociology of War Veterans

The Journal of Power Institutions in Pot-Soviet Societies, pipss.org

This issue will focus on the veterans of Russian, Soviet, and
Post-Soviet wars from a comparative as well as multidisciplinary
perspective.

We are interested in different levels of analysis: macro (the state
and national public policies), meso (social and political
organisations) and micro (on the individual level).

Few approaches to war pay much attention to ex-servicemen and to the
emergence of these new players: most often, veterans are perceived in
terms of the well-known triptych "disarmament, demobilisation,
reintegration", or from the anthropologists' point of view– the cult
of heroes and martyrs. Although we will include these approaches in
our issue, we hope to explore new angles of thought, such as the
institutional and social dimensions inherent in the aftermaths of war,
and to study the legal, social, political and symbolic markers of the
war veteran population.

Thus, the emergence of ex-combatants as a distinct social group and
the political and social role they play will be understood thanks to a
study of how various political actors (the state and the security
apparatuses in particular) contribute to the perpetuation of this
group, but also to the group's own formulation of its interests and
how it sees itself.

We will study veteran populations from the federal armed forces as
well as from the many armies attached to the Russian and Post-Soviet
power ministries and secret service agencies.

The periods of time and geographic areas covered are: World War II,
Afghanistan, the two Chechen wars, Tajikistan, Abkhazia, and the
Karabakh war. The comparison will be extended to Africa, Kurdistan,
the Balkans, Israel, etc.

The editors would like to have the following issues covered:
1) The State and Public Policy Concerning Veterans
2) The constitution of associations and groups of veterans
A) The constitution of new social groups based on the common
experience of violence
B) Ex-servicemen's movements
C) From association to politics: veterans and politics
3) Individuals seeking a place in society
A) The psychological consequences of the war experience
B) Memorials, folklore and songs: study of the symbolic markers of
the veteran population
a) Monuments and memorials: the treatment of various wars
b) Folklore, songs and literary works
c) Analysis of the cinematographic representation of regional
wars.

Guidelines for article submission

The journal will be published in four languages (French, English,
Russian, and German with a 100-word abstract in English) thanks to
which most authors will be able to write in their mother tongue. This
will ensure greater precision in the articles and avoid a decrease in
scientific quality. But we draw your attention to the fact that most
pipss.org readers are essentially English speakers, therefore we do
encourage articles in English in order to reach an audience as broad
as possible.

The articles submitted to pipss.org for publication should be original
contributions and should not be under consideration for any other
publication at the same time. Manuscripts should be attached as
Microsoft Word format. References should be given in footnotes. (For
more details about the guidelines for article submission please check
www.pipss.org

or contact the Editorial Board). There should be a
cover page stating the author's background and affiliation, full address.

If you wish to submit an article, please first contact the editorial
board and send an 100-word abstract in English. The deadline for
article submission is September 10, 2007, with publication in
December. Final decisions on publication will be made by the Editorial
Board.

Please send your abstracts, contributions or inquiries to:
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Chief Editor, contact@pipss.org


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LECTURE- Russian Minorities in Central Asia, Michelle Commercio, Jun 29, Dushanbe

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LECTURE- Russian Minorities in Central Asia, M. Commercio, Jun 29, Dushanbe

Posted by: Payam Foroughi <payamforoughi@aol.com>

"Divergence and Convergence: Trajectories of Russian Minorities in
Post-Communist Central Asia"

By: Dr. Michele Commercio (University of Vermont, USA)
When: Friday, 29 June 2007 4:15 PM
Where: OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
(Refreshments will be served.)

This lecture will address problems the ethnic Russian minority
populations in Central Asia have confronted after the collapse of the
Soviet Union and fall of Communism, and how those populations have
adjusted during the first fifteen years of the post-Soviet era. The
lecture will adopt a historical and comparative perspective as a basis
for understanding contemporary political phenomena in the region, such
as various degrees of nationalization and responses to it. Though the
lecture will focus on Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan because these are
where Commercio conducted her field work, it will also touch on
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, comparing and contrasting
the experiences of the Russian minorities across the region.

Michele Commercio is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at
the University of Vermont. A recent project of hers has focused on
ethnic Russian minority populations in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
and Estonia. Commercio's manuscript addressing this issue is currently
under review with a university press in the U.S. She has also
published two shorter scientific works addressing the topic.
Commercio's second research project, which she has just begun, focuses
on the relationship of the state to Islamic education in Kyrgyzstan
and likely Tajikistan. Commercio is currently traveling in Central
Asia courtesy of a grant by the National Council for East European and
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PUBL.- Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present, Sahadeo & Zanca, eds.

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PUBL.- Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present, Sahadeo & Zanca, eds.

Posted by: Laura Baich <lbaich@indiana.edu>

Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present
Edited by Jeff Sahadeo and Russell Zanca

For its citizens, contemporary Central Asia is a land of great promise
and peril. While the end of Soviet rule has opened new opportunities
for social mobility and cultural expression, political and economic
dynamics have also imposed severe hardships. In this lively volume,
contributors from a variety of disciplines examine how ordinary
Central Asians lead their lives and navigate shifting historical and
political trends. Provocative stories of Turkmen nomads, Afghan
villagers, Kazakh scientists, Kyrgyz border guards, a Tajik strongman,
guardians of religious shrines in Uzbekistan, and other narratives
illuminate important issues of gender, religion, power, culture, and
wealth. A vibrant and dynamic world of life in urban neighborhoods and
small villages, at weddings and celebrations, at classroom tables, and
around dinner tables emerges from this introduction to a
geopolitically strategic and culturally fascinating region.

Now available
424 pages, 24 black & white photos
978-0-253-34883-8, cloth $65.00
978-0-253-21904-6, paper $24.95

For more information, visit:
http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=41648

Instructors: If you are interested in adopting this book for course
use, please see our exam copy policy:
http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/information.php?info_id=122&meid=122

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Monday, June 25, 2007

FELLOWSHIP- Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA, Bishkek

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FELLOWSHIP- Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA, Bishkek

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

Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, American University of
Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Position: Visiting Research Fellow
Place: Social Research Center at American University-Central Asia
Period: From 2 months to 1 year

The Social Research Center (SRC) at American University - Central Asia
(AUCA) is pleased to offer interested foreign scholars (PhD students
and post-doctoral fellows) the opportunity to conduct research within
the framework of its Foreign Research Fellowship Program at our
Bishkek-based research center in Kyrgyzstan. The SRC is an integral
part of AUCA, with the mission to promote long-term development of the
principles and practice of democracy, rule of law, and social equality
in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia through carrying out research and
policy analysis.

Advantages and opportunities of the Foreign Research Fellowship Program at
the SRC:
- Ideal surroundings : work and conduct research at one of the leading
universities in Central Asia, recognized internationally as a university
based on the American liberal arts tradition of free and critical inquiry.
- Beneficial support: benefit from interaction with the AUCA faculty
members, local/foreign scholars and students.
- Valuable networking: use our networking capacities to establish
contacts with local research institutions, universities, local
scholars, non-governmental organizations and many governmental
agencies in Kyrgyzstan.
- Perfect working conditions: The SRC will provide a study/work
space, access to Internet, computers, printing, copying, faxing, and
the university library resources.

Research Areas
The SRC is broadly interested in the political and social development
of Kyrgyzstan, with a particular focus on the following areas :
1) Migration : The impacts of external and internal migration on
economic and social development (Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries)
2) Corruption (Kyrgyzstan)
3) Islam : political and social aspects (Kyrgyzstan and other Central
Asian countries)
4) Development of non-governmental organizations in Kyrgyzstan
5) Security cooperation in Central Asia
Interested scholars should
- Preferably be PhD students or post-doctoral fellows.
- Offer a research project related to the research interests of SRC.
- Be willing to submit two research papers per semester (four months)

Period:
>From one month to one year
Number of Fellowships:
SRC can host five Research Fellows at a time.
How to apply
- Fill out the application form posted on the "Vacancies" section at

www.src.auca.kg

- Send the filled out application form, your CV, and any other
information related to your application to:

Alexander Pugachev
Research Projects Officer
Social Research Center
American University - Central Asia
205 Abdumomunov Street ,
Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan , 720040
or apply by e-mail: pugachev_a@mail.auca.kg

- Please note that your application will be considered by the SRC
within 2-3 weeks
For further information
- If you are interested in finding out more information about current
and previous activities of the SRC, please refer to our website:

www.src.auca.kg

- If you would like to find out more about American University -
Central Asia, please refer to: http://www.auca.kg/

- For further inquires or information on your application status,
please contact Alexander Pugachev at: pugachev_a@mail.auca.kg

Logistical support The SRC will provide
- assistance in arranging visas
- support in finding accommodation in Bishkek.

Unfortunately, the SRC does not have the ability to cover
- travel, accommodation, health insurance or any other related expenses.

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PUBL.- Europe-Asia Studies: Volume 59 Issue

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PUBL.- Europe-Asia Studies: Volume 59 Issue 4

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

Europe-Asia Studies: Volume 59 Issue 4

The historical foundations of party politics in post-communist East
Central Europe p. 541
Authors: James Toole

Framing ethnic minority mobilisation in Central Asia: The cases of
Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan p. 567
Authors: Matteo Fumagalli

Networked poverty in rural Russia p. 591
Authors: Sergei Shubin

Belgrade, Pale, Knin: Kin-state Control over rebellious puppets? p. 621
Authors: Nina Caspersen

Elite networks and worldviews during the Yel'tsin years p. 643
Authors: Andrew D. Buck

Stalin and the Soviet famine of 1932 ­ 33 Revisited p. 663
Authors: Michael Ellman

Men in Contemporary Russia: The Fallen Heroes of Post-Soviet Change p. 695

Books received p. 705

List of Contributors p. 707


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PUBL.- Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 3, 2007

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PUBL.- Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 3, 2007

Posted by: Murad Esenov <murad.esenov@worldmail.se>

Please find the contents of no. 3(45), 2007 of the 'Central Asia and
the Caucasus' journal (in English and Russian) below. The issue will
be published in late June.

Central Asia and the Caucasus
Journal of Social and Political Studies
No. 3 (45), 2007

In this issue:

Central Eurasia and the European Union

Nicklas Norling. EU's Central Asia Policy: The Adoption of a new
Strategy Paper 2007-2013

Aziz Burkhanov. The EU Strategy in Central Asia: Successes and Failures

China's Policy in Central Eurasia: Specifics and Prospects

Ablat Khojaev. China's Central Asia Policy (Based on Chinese Sources)

Konstantin Syroezhkin. China in Central Asia: From Trade to Strategic
Partnership

Viacheslav Belokrinitskiy. Southwesterly Enlargement of Greater China

Adil Kaukenov. China's Policy within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Venera Galiamova. Central Asia and China: New Horizons of
International Regionalization

Muratbek Imanaliev, Erlan Abdyldaev. Globalization Challenges in
Central Asia and Certain Aspects of China's Central Asian Policies

Sergey Luzianin. Chinese "Roots" and Russian "Branches" in Central
Asia (On the Correlation of Chinese and Russian Policy in the Region)

Regional Economies

Alfia Salikhova. Investment Activity of Commercial Banks in
Kazakhstan: Trends, Problems< and Prospects

Region Politics

Daniel Linotte. Economic Aspects of Terrorism (With a Reference to the OSCE)

Askar Abdrakhmanov. Turkmenistan: Changing State Power Constructs and
Politics

Gulmira Iusupova. Uzbekistan: Raising the Status of Public
Associations in Society's Political Life

Olga Tsapieva, Tagir Muslimov. Republic of Daghestan: Ethnopolitical
and Ethnosocial Situation and the Recent Conflicts

For your information
The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:
Central Asia and the Caucasus

- U.S.'s Policy in Central Eurasia: Specifics and Prospects
- Russia's Policy in Central Eurasia: Specifics and Prospects
- Energy Policy and Energy Projects in Central Eurasia

If you are interested to go into more details about the content of the
articles you may find all necessary information on our Internet home-page:

www.ca-c.org

or http://www.ca-c.org/journal-table-eng.shtml

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Saturday, June 23, 2007

CONF./CFP- Int'l Congress of Caucasiology, 22-25 Oct 2007, Tbilisi

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CONF./CFP- Int'l Congress of Caucasiology, 22-25 Oct 2007, Tbilisi

Posted by: Ketevan Khutsishvili <ketevan_kchutsishvili@posta.ge>

Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Caucasiology
and
A. Chicobava Institute of Linguistics

International Congress of Caucasiology
22-25 October 2007

The Faculty of Humanities of Tbilisi State University's Institute of
Caucasiology will hold the International Congress of Caucasiology,
"Caucasian Civilizations in the Linguo-Cultural Context of the Near
East," on October 22-25, 2007. Those wanting to participate in the
Congress must provide the abstract of a paper for 15 minute
presentation plus 10 minutes of discussion. The Congress is devoted
to the problem Iberian-Caucasian languages, other languages of
Caucasus, areal linguistic, history and culture of the Caucasian
Peoples (cultural anthropology).

The working languages of the Congress are Georgian, Russian and
English. The abstract should be sent electronically in pdf format,
with any special characters coded with Unicode. One may also send the
forms by mail. The abstract, together with bibliography and materials
must not exceed 2 printed pages. The title of the report,
author/authors, and e-mail address should be sent electronically, by
fax or to the postal address.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is July 20, 2007. The
decision of organizing committee will be announced to the authors on
Sept. 5, 2007.
Website: http://www.tsu.ge

Tsira Baramidze, Teimuraz Gvantseladze, Vaja Shengelia
TSU Institute of Caucasiology
Tbilisi, Georgia, Chavchavadze Ave. No. 1
e-mail: caucasinst@tsu.ge
tsu.cauc@avoe.ge


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Friday, June 22, 2007

PUBL./CFP- Laboratorium - Russian Review of Social Research on South Caucasus

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PUBL./CFP- Laboratorium. Russian Review of Social Research on South Caucasus

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

Call for Papers
Laboratorium. Russian Review of Social Research
Thematic issue: Rethinking the South Caucasus

Laboratorium. Russian Review of Social Research is a new international
peer-reviewed journal for the publication of, and debate on, empirical
social research. (See below for details on the journal and its
editorial board.) The pilot issue is scheduled to appear in late 2007.

In March 2008, Laboratorium will publish a thematic issue entitled
Rethinking the South Caucasus.

The South Caucasus is a region of exceptional interest to empirical
social scientists. In Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, the economic
and political change of the past two decades has resulted in social
transformations on a scale that makes the region stand out among
post-socialist states. Nation-state building, contested borders,
changing gender roles, a nascent civil society, poverty and
unemployment, labour migration, the predicament of refugees and
displaced persons, new historical narratives, ethnic conflicts and the
rise of nationalism all require thorough empirical study as a
precondition for in-depth analysis.

Yet serious scholarly studies are still scarce in the international
literature, especially if compared to the torrent of myths about this
region, many of which enjoy the active support of politicised scholars
from the Caucasus, Russia and elsewhere. Political punditry and
normative statements still prevail over detached scholarly analysis in
the study of this region. The moralizing slant of the debate is partly
due to the predominance of journalistic reports over sociological data.

The editors of Laboratorium wish to counter this trend and go beyond
the tradition of folklore-centred ethnography. We propose a new,
critical approach to social research in the South Caucasus. This issue
will feature original articles examining and analysing the social
changes that have taken place in the region over the past decades.

There is now a new generation of talented South Caucasian
sociologists, anthropologists and historians, most of whom are not,
however, well integrated in international scholarly communities.
Another important aim of this issue is therefore to overcome this lack
of communication between local researchers and their colleagues abroad
by publishing and discussing work both from within the region and by
outside scholars.

All scholars who have carried out original empirical research in the
South Caucasus are invited to submit articles to this issue. We will
only consider original, previously unpublished papers in either
Russian or English.

The issue will be edited by Viktor Voronkov, director of the Centre
for Independent Social Research in Saint Petersburg.

The deadline for submissions to this issue is 10 September 2007. All
papers will be subjected to double-blind peer review, and acceptance
of any paper may be conditional upon revising it in accordance with
suggestions by reviewers and/or the editorial board. Papers should be
submitted to Nadia Nartova, managing editor (nartova (at)
indepsocres.spb.ru). Enquiries concerning this thematic issue should
be directed to Viktor Voronkov (voronkov (at) socres.spb.ru), while
general questions on Laboratorium may be addressed either to Nadia
Nartova or to the editor-in-chief, Mischa Gabowitsch (gabowitsch (at)
gmail.com).

Formatting guidelines:

Papers are accepted in either Russian or English, in MS Word or RTF
format. They should not normally exceed 55,000 characters (ca. 8,000
words) excluding notes. You are free to write in either British or
American English, but please be consistent in your usage.

Please provide information about yourself (full first and last name,
institutional affiliation, departmental address, e-mail and telephone
number) on a separate page.

Please also include a detailed abstract (ca. 3,000 characters, or 400
words). Ideally, though by no means necessarily, this should be in
English if the article submitted is in Russian, and vice-versa.

Use a 12-point font and 1.5 spacing. Notes should be formatted as
endnotes rather than footnotes or alphabetical bibliographies.

LABORATORIUM. Russian Review of Social Research
LABORATORIUM is a new international forum for the publication and
discussion of empirical social research, with a focus on qualitative
methods. The journal wishes to foster interdisciplinary and
international debate on the findings of fieldwork-based research. In
particular, LABORATORIUM is committed to making findings and debates
from Russian-language social research available to an English-speaking
audience, and vice-versa. The journal aims to stimulate debate across
the language divide and to open up cross-national perspectives. The
editors firmly believe that in the social sciences, substantive issues
are more relevant than the author's nationality or geographic specialisation.

Dialogue and debate between authors from different methodological
backgrounds is particularly encouraged. As in a laboratory, we believe
that improved understanding in the social sciences is achieved through
trial and error as well as informed argument.

Approaches to be featured in the journal include, but are not limited
to, critical sociology, actor-network theory, ethnomethodology,
interactionism, the sociology of critique, feminist studies, the
sociology of everyday life, phenomenological sociology, and historical
sociology.

LABORATORIUM is also open to all neighbouring disciplines, including
cultural anthropology, social geography, cultural studies,
sociolinguistics and social history.

Articles may be submitted in either Russian or English, and every
article will be published with a detailed abstract in the other
language. LABORATORIUM only accepts original, previously unpublished
work, and will reject essays or theoretical texts not based on
empirical research. In addition to its regular bilingual issues,
LABORATORIUM will regularly publish special issues featuring Russian
translations of seminal articles originally published in other languages.

LABORATORIUM encourages critical responses to articles published in
the journal and to other important works, irrespectively of their
place and language of publication. Every issue will carry a large
selection of reviews covering the entire range of books and journals
in the social sciences, as well as flashbacks on influential or
overlooked Russian books (in English) or foreign works (in Russian).
Research articles should not normally exceed 5,500 words (40,000
characters) plus notes, review articles may be up to 3,500 words
(25,000 characters) long, and standard reviews should average 800
words (5,000 characters).

All articles are subjected to double-blind peer review, and authors
will usually be expected to revise the submitted version of their
article to incorporate suggestions by anonymous reviewers and the
editorial board.

LABORATORIUM. Russian Review of Social Research. Editorial Board

Alexander Bikbov (Russian State University of the Humanities, Moscow)
Elena Bogdanova (Center for Independent Social Research, Saint Petersburg)
Olga Brednikova (Center for Independent Social Research, Saint Petersburg)
Sofia Chuikina (Center for Independent Social Research, Saint Petersburg)
Marc Elie (Franco-Russian Centre for the Humanities and Social
Sciences, Moscow)
Mischa Gabowitsch (Princeton University, editor-in-chief)
Katerina Gerasimova (Center for Independent Social Research, Saint Petersburg)
Konstantin Ivanov (Leo Tolstoy State Pedagogical University, Tula)
Oksana Karpenko (Center for Independent Social Research, Saint Petersburg)
Olessia Kirtchik (Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Nadya Nartova (Center for Independent Social Research, Saint
Petersburg, managing editor)
Oleg Pachenkov (Center for Independent Social Research, Saint Petersburg)
Mihail Rozhansky (Center for Independent Social Research and
Education, Irkutsk)
Irina Tartakovskaya (Institute for Social and Gender Policy, Moscow)
Anna Temkina (European University at Saint Petersburg)
Sergei Oushakine (Princeton University)
Ilya Utekhin (European University at Saint Petersburg)
Viktor Voronkov (Center for Independent Social Research, Saint Petersburg)
Oxana Zaporozhets (Samara State University)
Elena Zdravomyslova (Center for Independent Social Research, Saint Petersburg)


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INTERNSHIP- Editorial Asst., Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research

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INTERNSHIP- Editorial Asst., Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research

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

Internship Offer: Editorial Assistant
Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research (Saint Petersburg)

Laboratorium is a new bilingual (Russian/English) scholarly journal
with an international editorial and advisory board. The journal, whose
first issue is scheduled to appear at the end of 2007, will be
published at the Centre for Independent Social Research (CISR) in
Saint Petersburg. Laboratorium will serve as an international,
peer-reviewed forum for the publication and discussion of empirical
social research, and will endeavour to facilitate scholarly
communication between social scientists from the former Soviet Union
and other countries.

The editors and the CISR are offering one internship position in Saint
Petersburg starting 1 September 2008 (for a period of six months,
which may be extended). The intern will report to the editor-in-chief,
Mischa Gabowitsch (Princeton University), and managing editor, Nadya
Nartova (CISR). He or she will be required to assist with editorial
and proof-reading tasks and do a limited amount of Russian-English
translation. In return, the intern will be offered full use of the
research facilities at the CISR in Saint Petersburg and assistance
with his/her own research. This position is ideally suited for a
doctoral student doing research in Saint Petersburg, although other
candidates are also encouraged to apply. The workload will be moderate
(1-2 days/week on average), and working hours flexible, leaving ample
time for research activities; however, it may be unevenly spread
throughout the internship, with more and less intensive periods.

Requirements:
- native or near-native speaker of English
- editorial and proof-reading experience, with a firm grasp of the
differences between American and British English
- good reading knowledge of Russian
- familiarity with social science terminology in both languages
- resident in Saint Petersburg (interns based elsewhere may be
considered, see below)

Benefits:
- workplace at the CISR office with PC and internet connection which
may also be used for own research
- support from CISR staff with the intern's research project; the
intern will also be able to use the Centre's library and archive, draw
on its large network of contacts across the former Soviet Union and
elsewhere, and participate in all its seminars and conferences
- the intern will be credited in every issue of the journal to which
he he/she contributes
- visa support and help with registration
There is no financial remuneration.

Applications should include a CV and covering letter, as well as proof
of social science background and editorial experience. If you wish to
spend all or most of the internship period outside Saint Petersburg,
please state where you will be based and which other activities you
intend to pursue during that time.

Applications, and any inquiries, should be addressed to Nadia Nartova
(nartova@indepsocres.spb.ru) or, before 10 July, to Mischa Gabowitsch
(gabowitsch@gmail.com). The deadline for applications is 25 July 2007.
The intern will be selected by interview (in person or by telephone):
please indicate a telephone number at which you can be reached in late
July/early August.

To learn more about the Centre for Independent Social Research, visit

www.cisr.ru. Basic information about Laboratorium is at

http://www.cisr.ru/laboratorium.html.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

PUBL.- Reports from the Social Research Center at AUCA

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PUBL.- Reports from the Social Research Center at AUCA

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

Links to publications and summaries of recent events from the Social
Research Center (SRC) at the American University of Central Asia
(AUCA) (www.src.auca.kg)

You may also enjoy video files of select events that maybe found under
the "Video" Section on our newly redesigned website.

Articles By Src Visiting Research Fellows:

A Comparative Analysis: The Political-Criminal-Business Nexus in
Georgia and Kyrgyzstan
By Alexander Kupatadze

The nature and ramifications of the "color revolutions" in post-Soviet
Eurasia have raised many debates in international society and have
been called "democratic processes" or "the fourth wave of
democratization". Both the "democratic-ness" of these events and the
usage of the term "revolution" still, however, need to be explored.
For instance, Georgia has witnessed unprecedented pressure on the free
media and deterioration in the human rights situation since the 2003
"Rose Revolution", while a rise in corruption and organized crime has
been evident in Kyrgyzstan since the "Tulip Revolution" of 2005.
Furthermore, it is still unclear whether there has been a radical
break with the past in the "post-revolutionary" era, especially in Kyrgyzstan.

Click the link below to read the full report in English:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/report_political_criminal_business.pdf
in Russian:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Report_Aleko_Kupatadze_rus_19June.pdf

When the Divine Takes Place in the City: Reflections on Fieldwork in Bishkek
By Maria Elisabeth Louw

At a first glance, Bishkek hardly seems to be the kind of city you
would settle in in order to study Islam. The fact that most of it has
been built during the 20th century has given it a definite Soviet
touch, while the years since independence have certainly also made
their mark on it, leaving it today with a casino on virtually every
street corner. As a visitor, it may sometimes be hard to believe that
what surrounds you is a part of the Islamic world. According to many
locals, here is definitely not a place where you should look for
either good "Muslimness" or for good "Kyrgyzness" as people's morality
is being corrupted by the influence of modern city life and their
lifestyle influenced by the great number of Russian Bishkek residents.

Click the link below to read the FULL REPORT in English:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Report_Maria_Louw_June_20_2007_New.pdf
in Russian:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Maria_Low_4%2006%2007_Russian.pdf

The End of Geopolitics and the Beginning of Geopolinomics: The United
States in Central and Southwest Asia
By Dr. Aftab Kazi

Late 2005 witnessed the reorganization of the U.S. Department of State
and the moving of Central Asia into the Bureau of South Asian Affairs.
Accompanied by the Silk Road Act II passed by the U.S. House of
Representatives, and a follow-up conference on Trade and Development
in Greater Central Asia in Kabul in April 2006, the policy shift under
the Greater Central Asia Partnership (GCAP) has defined new policy
patterns in Central and South Asia different from the policy patterns
in the region since 1992. The new policy draws upon geopolinomics,
with an emphasis on regional and cross-continental trade and
development through Central Asia's historical traditional
transportation routes in Southwest Asia on the Arabian Sea coast,
rather than on military presence.

Click the link below to read the full report in English:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/report_aftab_kazi_end_of_geopo
litics.pdf
in Russian:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Report_Aftab_Kazi_End_of_Geopo
litics_rus_June19.pdf

Research Projects

Report: Civic Education Curriculum in Kyrgyzstan: Achievements,
Problems and Prospects for Development

This report describes the findings of research commissioned by the Aga
Khan Development Network on the state of civic education in
Kyrgyzstan. Secondary, university, and adult education were analyzed
based on data collected through interviews and focus groups.

Click the link below to read the FULL REPORT in English:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/final_report_eng_AKDN_SRC_KBS.pdf
in Russian:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/final_report_eng_AKDN_SRC_KBS_
555-russian.pdf

Rountables, Presentations And Lectures

Summary, LECTURE: Kyrgyz-Kazakh Relations: Economy, Trade, and Labor Migration
By His Excellency Umurzak Uzbekov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan

His Excellency Ambassador Uzbekov spoke on Kyrgyz-Kazakh relations
with a particular emphasis on three major areas of bilateral
cooperation: economy, trade, and labor migration. Ambassador Uzbekov
also discussed the latest political reforms in Kazakhstan.

Click the link below to read the FULL REPORT in English:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Report_Vlasov_Valentin_Eng_19_June.doc
in Russian:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Report_Kazakh_Ambassador_Rus_June12.pdf

Summary, lecture: Kyrgyz-Russian Relations: 16 Years of Experience in
Economic, Trade, and Security Cooperation
By His Excellency Valentin Vlasov, Ambassador of the Russian
Federation to Kyrgyzstan

Since Kyrgyzstan gained its independence, its foreign policy has put
great emphasis on cooperation with Russia in fields ranging from trade
to military cooperation. The establishment of a strategic partnership
between these two countries has demonstrated the important position of
Russia in Kyrgyzstan's foreign policy. Ambassador Vlasov spoke on
Kyrgyz-Russian relations with particular emphasis on three major areas
of bilateral cooperation: economy, trade, and security.

Click the link below to read the FULL REPORT in English:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Report_Vlasov_Valentin_Eng_19_June.doc
in Russian:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Report_Vlasov_Russian.pdf

Summary, Roundtable: The Step-by-Step Implementation of Democracy,
Market Economy, and Rule of Law in Post-Communist Transition Countries

Roundtable participants debated how to successfully transition
post-Soviet countries and, in particular, Kyrgyzstan, from the Soviet
model of governance towards a model based on liberal democracy and
market economics. The keynote speaker at the roundtable, Professor
Frank Emmert of the Indiana University School of Law, argued that
democracy does not work properly in many developing countries. He
stated that forcing developing countries to make the introduction of
democratic structures a top priority may actually be
counter-productive to their development.

Click the link below to read the FULL REPORT in Russian:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Report_Main_Priority_Roundtabl
e_June1.pdf

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 13 June 2007, is online

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 13 June 2007, is online

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

Highlights: The CACI Analyst launches its new, redesigned website!
The new redesigned website is being perfected at

http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. Until technical glitches are
eliminated, the old version of the website is still available.

This Analyst issue features a reappraisal of foreign fighters in
Chechnya by Cerwyn Moore; two articles on Putin's Gabala gambit by
Stephen Blank and Richard Weitz; and Chemen Durdiyeva on
Turkmen-Kazakh relations. Field reports feature articles on the
Caspian sturgeon, US-Kyrgyz relations, Nazarbayev's family feuds, and
the role of remittances in the Tajik economy.

Note: New Publications:

The New Silk Roads: Transport And Trade In Greater Central Asia
Edited By S. Frederick Starr, 510 pages. Download chapters at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/GCA.html

China And Eurasia Forum Quarterly, May Issue Is Online
With articles by Daniel Burghart, Michael Mihalka, Braekhus &
Overland, Olga Oliker, and Sebastien Peyrouse, among others. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm

The 13 June issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
12) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. The PDF
version of the entire issue is available at:

http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070613Analyst.pdf

Full contents:

Feature Article

Foreign Fighters And The Chechen Resistance: A Re-Appraisal
Cerwyn Moore
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4635

Analytical Articles

Putin's Gabala Gambit: More Than Missiles
Stephen Blank
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4634

The Gabala Gambit And Azerbaijan's Geopolitics
Richard Weitz
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4633

Berdimukhammedov Bases Turkmen-Kazakh Relations On Pragmatism
Chemen Durdiyeva
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4632

Field Reports

Endgame For The Caspian Sturgeon
Christopher Pala
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4639

U.S. Urges Kyrgyzstan To Continue Bilateral Cooperation Against Terrorism
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4638

Nursultan Nazarbayev Offers Up His Son-In-Law To Justice, Seeks Public Favor
Farkhad Sharip
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4637

Remittances And Tajikistan's Private Sector Development
Sergey Medea
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4636

News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4641

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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IN MEMORIUM- Vladimir A. Moiseev (1948-2007)

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IN MEMORIUM- Vladimir A. Moiseev (1948-2007)

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

We inform you with deep regret that Professor Vladimir Anisimovich
Moiseev passed away after short, but hard struggle with stomach
cancer. It's a bitter loss not only for regional (Altai), but Russian
and international scholarship as well - Vladimir Moiseev was one of
the best Russian experts in history of international relations in
Central Asia, he authored about 150 works, including several
individual and edited books, documentary collections: Russia and China
in Central Asia (second half of XIX - 1917). Barnaul, 2003. - 346 p.
is among the most comprehensive works in the field, this research had
been done with the support of Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation (Taiwan).

Vladimir Moiseev was born in Russian Altai in 1948, he graduated
university in Almata (Kazakhstan) and Institute of Oriental Studies
(USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow), where he defended PhD on history
of Qing China's policy in Tuva and Mountain Altai under supervision of
noted historian Professor Boris Gurevich. His Dr of History thesis was
focused on the history of Junghar khanate relations with Central Asian
and Siberian peoples and states. Since coming back from Kazakhstan to
homeland - Russian Altai, he taught at Altai State University, where
he also established and chaired the Department of Oriental Studies.
Prof Moiseev was the first (1996-99) Director of Center for Regional
Studies at Barnaul State Pedagogical University.

Already being mortally sick, he published the impressive volume of
scholarly papers devoted to the memory of his beloved teacher Prof
Gurevich - "Actual problems of Central Asia and China: history and
contemporaneity", Barnaul, 2006. - 470 p. - farewell and noble gesture
for his colleagues, friends and disciples in Altai, Russia and elsewhere.

Civil funeral to the memory of Vladimir Moiseev will be held on 20th
June 2007 in Altai State University, Barnaul, Lenina avenue 61, since
10.00 to 12.00. Tel: +7 3852 668455, fax +7 3852 668458, e-mail:
ost@hist.asu.ru

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

ROUNDTABLE- Urban and Rural Land Reform in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, 6/29, DC

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ROUNDTABLE- Urban and Rural Land Reform in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, 6/29, DC

Posted by: Scott Frederick <SFrederick@chemonics.com>

Please join Kathrine Kelm (Chief of Party) and Chynara Arapova (Deputy
Chief of Party) of the USAID-funded Land Reform and Market Development
Program (CAR Land), for a discussion on the project's working with
government counterparts and civil society on urban and rural land
reform issues in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Since September 2005, the CAR Land project has been creating economic
opportunities for the citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan by
facilitating the development of vibrant, modern urban and rural land
markets. The project works at the high-level policy development level
to help adopt more progressive land policies and legal frameworks, as
well as at the civil society level to increase local involvement in
land management and to provide greater access to land market
information and services.

In Kyrgyzstan, the project recently collaborated with the World Bank
to develop an analytical report on the management of pasturelands. The
report examined the legal, institutional and social aspects of
pastureland management and will be used to inform future Government
policy on the issue. The program is also working on pilot programs
with local governments and citizens' groups to develop land
use/management plans for Land Redistribution Fund (LRF) plots in their
districts. Questions or disputes on land use were addressed by the
project's group of Demilgechi (rural land activists) who are in the
process of reorganizing into an independent and self-sustainable NGO.

In Tajikistan, the project recently enjoyed a hard-won success
facilitating the Government of Tajikistan's approval of Amendments to
Land Code. Private ownership of land has not yet been legalized in
Tajikistan, and the approval of these amendments represents a
significant step in the reform process. In addition, COP Kathrine Kelm
also led a team (including consultants from ILS) to complete an
institutional and legal assessment for creating a Unified System of
Registration (USR). In May, we also held our first national conference
of Tashabuskor (Tajik rural land activists), building on best
practices and lessons learned from our Kyrgyz experience.

CAR Land is a dynamic program whose technical areas touch on economic
growth, democracy & governance and gender practice areas.

The 30 minute presentation will be followed by open time for questions
or discussion.

Date & Time: 6/29/2007 10:00-11:00
Location: Chemonics International Inc., 1717 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20006
Teele Auditorium B & C
RSVP: Scott Frederick, sfrederick@chemonics.com

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Monday, June 18, 2007

INTERNSHIP- Social Research Center, American Univ. of Central Asia, Bishkek

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INTERNSHIP- Social Research Center, American Univ. of Central Asia, Bishkek

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

Position: Intern

Place: Social Research Center at American University-Central Asia

Period: From 3 months to 1 year

The Social Research Center (SRC) at American University of Central
Asia (AUCA) is pleased to announce the opportunity of doing an
internship with our center for a time period of from three months up
to one year. The purpose of this internship is to expose international
graduate students to the work of the research center and to enhance
their educational experiences through completion of practical work
assignments. The internship would best suit the candidates who are
eager to contribute their enthusiastic efforts to the development of
newly established research center, which aims to become a sound think
tank in the nearest future, and to deepen their knowledge about the
Central Asia region, through close interaction with the educational
environment.

AUCA is a non-profit organization in the heart of Central Asia
considered the leading institution of higher education in the region.
It is recognized internationally as a university based on the American
liberal arts tradition of free and critical inquiry. The SRC, as an
integral part of AUCA, was established in 2005 with the mission to
promote the long-lasting development of principles and practices of
democracy, rule of law, and social equality in Kyrgyzstan and Central
Asia, through carrying out research and policy analysis. Please refer
to our center's website at www.src.auca.kg to find out more
information on current and previous activities.

The SRC offers its interns to advance their grantsmanship as well as
organizational and analytical skills while collaboratively working
with AUCA and external researchers. The intern will be encouraged to
develop and implement creative ideas that complement their
professional development with respect to the SRC's agenda. This will
also be excellent opportunity for intern to experience the diverse
cultures in AUCA that has students coming from more than 27 countries,
including Afghanistan, China, and the USA. Commonly, the intern will
be given a chance to participate in roundtables, conferences, forums
and other educational events organized by SRC and AUCA. Working with
the team of SRC, the intern will be involved into implementation of
new initiatives to advance the development of the center into sound
think tank. The gained experience and connections established during
internship with local and foreign researchers will last lifetime, and
can be good contribution for future professional growth.

The SRC is flexible about the supervision scheme to be followed and is
ready to agree on details after negotiations with the intern. This is
an unpaid internship, and the SRC does not have the ability to cover
travel, accommodation, health insurance or any other related expenses.
Therefore, all interested candidates are strongly encouraged to obtain
their own funding. However, SRC will be willing to provide assistance
in visa arrangements and finding accommodation in Bishkek.

An intern must:

- Have or be pursuing a Master's Degree in social science disciplines
- Have sound analytical skills
- Have strong fundraising experience
- Show proficient oral and written skills in English
- Have excellent communication and leadership skills
- Be able to organize and manage diverse work tasks
- Be able to complete work tasks independently and in a timely manner
- It is expected that an intern will largely be involved in
fundraising, publication and communication activities. In particular,
an intern will:

Fundraising:

- Assist in development of concept papers, detailed research
proposals and budgets for new projects
- Investigate funding opportunities to support new research projects
- Keep records of grant proposals and monitor timelines
- Provide assistance in other fundraising activities initiated by SRC

Publications and Communication:

- Draft and produce summary reports of research at a high standard
for publication
- Produce summary reports and press-releases of SRC events (lectures,
roundtables, seminars, conferences) to be published in newsletters and
local mass media;
- Assist in updating the SRC's website on the running projects and
other related events.
- Contribute to development of the AUCA academic bulletin.

Other tasks:
An intern may also be asked to carry out other job tasks.

All interested candidates should submit (1) a cover letter, stating
the reasons why she/he is seeking an internship with the SRC and how
she/he envisions benefiting from it, and (2) a resume clearly stating
his/her professional and educational experiences. These documents
should be sent to: Mr. Alexander Pugachev, Research Projects Officer,
Social Research Center, American University of Central Asia, 205
Abdumomunov Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 720040 or be e-mailed to
pugachev_a@mail.auca.kgThis email address is being protected from spam
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Deadlines:

Spring internship: Application for spring internship (March-May)
should be submitted preferably by January 15th, 2007.

Summer internship: Application for summer internship (June-August)
should be submitted by March 1st, 2007.

Fall internship: Application for fall internship (September-November)
should be submitted by July 1st, 2007.

Winter internship: Application for winter internship
(December-February) should be submitted by September 1st, 2007.

For further inquires or application status, please contact Alexander
Pugachev at pugachev_a@mail.auca.kg.

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EVENT- The Wildeness of Asia, Nomads Festival, Poland

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EVENT- The Wildeness of Asia, Nomads Festival, Poland

Posted by Janyl Jusubjan <janyl_j@hotmail.com>

Dates: June 19-24, Wroclaw

Press Conference - June 12. at 14:00
Official Opening - June 19, 15:00

The "Wilderness of Asia" is a five day long event with focus on
nomadic culture of wider Central Asia. The festival hosted by the City
of Wroclaw will include a photo exhibition, concerts, workshops and
presentations, a handicraft bazaar, film screenings, the fire
celebration of the shortest night of the year, competition in archery,
wrestling and horse riding. Many events will be held in yurts - the
nomadic felt tents - made in Kyrgyzstan.

The organizers strive to involve members of Central Asian Diaspora in
Central Europe. They will play for you native music, teach dances and
throat singing, cook lagman - an Ujgur hand-made noodles with spicy
source. You also can learn firsthand to play dombra and stitch felt shoes.

Main Events:

Photo exhibition by Jerzy Trawinski

Concerts of Central Asian Prague Ensemble and its friends

Presentations: "Dungur - Shaman horse", "Instruments of Asia" by
Tereze Wierzbowska, "The Magic of Epic Telling" by Janyl Jusubjan.
LECTURES: "Shamanism in Ethnologic Research", by Konrad Gorny, "The
History of Kazakhstan" by Adilzhan Ibraiuly, "The Music of Kazakhstan"
by Alexiej Vasiliev, "The Steppe Life" by Jerzy Trawinski.

Workshops: "Sound of Asia" - throat singing, dombra (possibility of
private lessons), "An Uzbek Dance", by Gulsara Toktosun, "With Felt
Shoes Against Poverty" by Aizada Sulaimanova.

FILMS And DOCUMENTARIES: Dersu Urzala, Belyi Parakhod, Beyond
Samarkand - an Uzbek Love Story, On the Back of the Horse, Tabu -
poslednij shaman, Tengir-too - Mountain Music from Kyrgyzstan,
Invisible Face of Beloved, and others.
NAADAM Open International Championship in archery, wrestling and horse riding.

The "Wilderness of Asia" is a project by:
The Millennium Society(http://www.grod.wroclaw.pl/), Poland;
The Municipal Museum of Wroslaw(www.muzeum.miejskie.wroclaw.pl),
AKT Kultura i Turystyka (www.akt.art.pl), Poland;
kultur-multur.org, Czech Republic (www.kultur-multur.org)
Society HAYIRAKAN Kultura Jutra, Poland.

with support by
MOFFOM - Music on Film, Film on Music Festival, Prague;
Dialogue of Cultures - United World, Prague

Contact:

Macek Trsinski:
tel: +48605830425
email: trzcinka2@gazeta.pl

Grzegorz Gumula
tel: +48602303374 +48757551971
email: akt@akt.art.pl

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CD RELEASE - Golden Melodies, A Musical Journey from Central Asia

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CD RELEASE - Golden Melodies, A Musical Journey from Central Asia

Posted by: Kay Kara <knowledge4d@gmail.com>

Golden Melodies seeks to promote cultural understanding and increased
dialogue through words & melodies inspired by mystical poets such as
Rumi and his universal message of love which is at the heart of these
compositions. UNESCO has declared 2007 as the Year of Rumi.

A musical journey from Central Asia, Golden Melodies Vol.1 is a blend
of new and classical poetry, traditional yet innovative.

The idea of sharing the Central Asian poetry and melodies came during
the producer, Karima Kara's memorable five-year journey in the
mountain valleys of Badakshan, Tajikistan, where she was involved in
educational programs with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).

Many have contributed to this recording including the Afghan community
in Canada, helping in the documentation and preservation of these
precious words and melodies.

You can visit www.iExpressions.ca to order copies of the CD and to see
the photos of Karima's journey in Tajikistan and in the Hunza Valley
while sampling some audio clips from the CD.

Karima Kara
M.Ed. McGill University
International Development Advisor
www.iExpressions.ca

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Friday, June 15, 2007

WEB RESOURCE- New Professoinal Networking Site on Development and Conflict

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WEB RESOURCE- New Professoinal Networking Site on Development and Conflict

Posted by: Craig Zelizer <czelizer@yahoo.com>

http://internationalpeaceandconflict.ning.com/

This is a free professional networking site to encourage interaction
between individuals & organizations worldwide involved in development,
peace, conflict resolution and related fields. Members are encouraged
to dialogue and share resources. There is also a section to discuss
regional issues, such as in Central Asia.

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EVENT- Reading from "Danser sur les ruines, une jeunesse tchetchene," June 24

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EVENT- Reading from "Danser sur les ruines, une jeunesse tchetchene," June 24

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

June 24, 2007:

Reading from "Danser sur les ruines, une jeunesse tchetchene" (Dancing
on ruins. A Chechen youth) by Chechen author Milana Terloeva

The Tank @ C:U
279 Church Street
New York
6:30pm
Please join us for a reading from "Danser sur les ruines, une jeunesse
tchetchene" (Dancing on ruins. A Chechen youth), by 27 year-old
journalist and author Milana Terloeva from Chechnya. Since the book
has only been published in France to date, the reading will be from
excerpts translated into English.

Milana was 14 when war broke out in her native Chechnya. During the
following years she experienced bombings, flight and displacement, the
destruction of her home town and the deaths of people around her.
Milana was studying French in Chechnya's bombed-out capital Grozny
when the second war started in 1999 and she became a refugee. Unlike
most of her generation, Milana was fortunate: in 2003, she was given
the chance to go to Paris and embark on a graduate education in
journalism at the elite Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, by a
new grass-roots initiative of French students, Etudes Sans Frontieres
(Studies Without Borders), who wanted to help their peers in Chechnya.
After writing for French and Italian newspapers, Milana was approached
to write her book, which was published in 2006, the same year she
graduated second in her class. Milana has since returned to Chechnya,
where she is working to establish a European cultural center and
writing her next book. Milana is visiting New York with three of her
colleagues from Etudes Sans Frontieres.

The excerpts of the book will be read by New York-based journalist
Marisa Robertson-Textor, who spent seven years living and working in
Russia. Marisa holds a graduate degree in International Affairs from
Columbia University and has previously worked with human rights
organizations in Russia and written about Chechnya.

Since seating is limited, please RSVP to can@chechnyaadvocacy.org.
There will be a suggested contribution of $5 to cover expenses of the venue.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

PUBL.- China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly

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PUBL.- China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly

Posted by: Christopher Len (SRSP) <clen@silkroadstudies.org>

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program is
pleased to announce the release of the May 2007 issue of the China and
Eurasia Forum Quarterly. You can access it here:
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm

The PDF-version of the entire issue is available at:
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/May_2007.pdf

Contributions to this issue:

1. The New Nomads? The American Military Presence in Central Asia, p. 5
Dan Burghart

Dan Burghart is a Professor of National Security and Eurasian Studies
at the National Defense Intelligence College, Washington DC, U.S.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/May_2007/Burghart.pdf

2. Not Much of a Game: Security Dynamics in Central Asia, p. 21
Michael Mihalka

Michael Mihalka is Associate Professor of Full Spectrum Operations
(Strategic/Operational), US Army Command and General Staff College,
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/May_2007/Mihalka.pdf

3. A Match Made in Heaven? Strategic Convergence between China and
Russia, p. 41
Kyrre Elvenes Brækhus and Indra Øverland
Kyrre Elvenes Brækhus is a Mandarin Language Scholar at Tsinghua
University, Beijing, China. Indra Øverland is Director of the Energy
Program at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/May_2007/Braekhus_Overland.pdf

4. Kazakhstan's Security Interests and Their Implications for the
U.S.-Kazakh Relationship, p. 63
Olga Oliker
Olga Oliker is Senior International Policy Analyst at RAND Corporation, U.S..
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/May_2007/Oliker.pdf

5. The Rise of Islam in Muslim Eurasia: Internal Determinants and
Potential Consequences, p. 73
Galina M. Yemelianova
Galina M.Yemelianova is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for
Russian and East European Studies, European Research Institute, The
University of Birmingham, UK.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/May_2007/Yemelianova.pdf

6. On the Edge of the Big Muddy: The Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan, p. 93
Thomas H. Johnson
Thomas H. Johnson is a Research Professor of the Department of
National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in
Monterey, California, U.S.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/May_2007/Johnson.pdf

7. The Hydroelectric Sector in Central Asia and the Growing Role of
China, p., 131
Sebastien Peyrouse
Sebastien Peyrouse is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for cholars, U.S.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/May_2007/Peyrouse.pdf'

The next issue will be out in August 2007 (deadline July 31). Authors
are encouraged to submit interesting and thought-provoking articles
for review to nswanstrom@silkroadstudies.org. We especially welcome
articles analyzing the implications with the upcoming SCO heads of
state summit.


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ONLINE RESOURCES- Eurasian Cultural History and the "Great Game"

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ONLINE RESOURCES- Eurasian Cultural History and the "Great Game"

Posted by: Dan Waugh <dwaugh@u.washington.edu>

Note several new online resources relating to Eurasian cultural
history and a new electronic publication on the "Great Game" in Central Asia:

* A spectacular exhibition at The British Library through September,
"Sacred: Discover what we share: The world's greatest collection of
Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy books," with innovative access to
its highlights via the Internet (http://www.bl.uk/sacred). For
example, one can turn pages of Sultan Baybars' Qur'an, hear the Arabic
text being recited, read a translation of it, or hear a discussion of
it in English. More generally, the Library's new Online Gallery uses
innovative technology to allow one to page or scroll through important
books (among them the Dunhuang copy of The Diamond Sutra).

* The International Dunhuang Project is adding material apace to its
website (http://idp.bl.uk). In particular, note that superb images of
the Dunhuang paintings and textiles in the UK collections can now be
accessed via using the IDP search page. A recent addition is the
hundreds of previously inaccessible textiles from Dunhuang housed in
the Victoria and Albert Museum.

* Silk Road Seattle has added hundreds of new captioned images to its
museum pages, upgrading its display for the Victoria and Albert Museum
and with a whole new section for the British Museum. The latter
material includes a significant selection from the Islamic collections
(especially ceramics and coins) and a good many of the stucco
sculptures brought back from China by Aurel Stein. Access via:

http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/srmuseums.html

* A new online publication, based on extensive work in collections of
the British Library:
Daniel C. Waugh, Etherton at Kashgar: Rhetoric and Reality in the
History of the "Great Game" (Seattle: Bactrian Press, 2007;

http://faculty.washington.edu/dwaugh/ethertonatkashgar2007.pdf), 76
pp. This is a reassessment of British Intelligence activity and in
particular the career of the British Consul P. T. Etherton at Kashgar
(Xinjiang) in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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CONCERT- Alash Throat Singing Ensemble, Boston Area Performances, June 25-26

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CONCERT- Alash Throat Singing Ensemble, Boston Area Performances, June 25-26

Posted by: Susan Sypko <centasia@fas.harvard.edu>

[Please note the times]

Alash
International Award-Winning Throat Singers from Tuva

Monday, June 25, 2007
Lily Pad, 7 p.m.
1353 Cambridge Street (Inman Square)
Cambridge, MA 02139
Info: 617-782-5536
Donation appreciated

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Cloud Place, 7 p.m.
647 Boylston St. (Copley Square)
Boston, MA 02116
Info: 617-782-5536
Donation appreciated

For more information about the Alash Ensemble and their U.S. tour
visit: http://www.alashensemble.com/

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

CONCERT- Alash Throat Singing Ensemble, Boston Area Performances, June 25-26

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CONCERT- Alash Throat Singing Ensemble, Boston Area Performances, June 25-26

Posted by: Susan Sypko <centasia@fas.harvard.edu>

Alash
International Award-Winning Throat Singers from Tuva

Monday, June 25, 2007
Lily Pad
1353 Cambridge Street (Inman Square)
Cambridge, MA 02139
Info: 617-782-5536
Donation appreciated

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Cloud Place
647 Boylston St. (Copley Square)
Boston, MA 02116
Info: 617-782-5536
Donation appreciated

For more information about the Alash Ensemble and their U.S. tour
visit: http://www.alashensemble.com/

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PROG. INFO.- Exploring Postmodern Immediacy of Mass Media, OSI

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PROG. INFO.- Exploring Postmodern Immediacy of Mass Media, OSI

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

Challenge Seminar Visual Studies of Immedia: Exploring Postmodern
Immediacy of Mass Media

http://www.ehu.lt/news/notice/0007080/

Project description:

European Humanities University invites young university faculty from
NIS countries and Eastern Europe, to take part in the new
interdisciplinary project Visual Studies of Immedia: exploring
postmodern immediacy of mass media, funded by OSI Higher Education
Support Program <http://www.soros.org/> (Budapest).

The seminar aims at the collaborative analysis of how contemporary
media (cinema, TV, Internet) re-configure the correlation of form and
content of the message (formats of communicative mediation as an
"immediate" content), the narrative and the visual, the global and the
local, the private and the public experience of individuals in the new
space of global communications. Participants' team-work in the course
of the seminar will be focused on the elaboration of the model for the
renewal of education in visual media, journalism and Communication
Studies in post-Soviet countries.

Project duration 2 years (September 2007 - September 2009).

The first year of the project will be organized along the lines of
theoretical and methodological inquiry of contemporary approaches to
visual media, while the second year will be more focused on the
didactic issues (how to incorporate new approaches to studying media
culture into University curriculum, how to implement media formats
into the practices of teaching) and the forms of interaction between
academia and mass media which has to do with the role of intellectuals
in public sphere and the social relevance of University knowledge. The
format and profile of Challenge Seminar presupposes a variety of forms
and ways of cooperation and interaction between resource faculty,
participants and invited media practitioners. We envisage lectures,
seminars, master-classes, the workshops of digital video production;
round-table discussions; the collective production of multimedia
didactic materials and so on.

The project builds upon previous work in HESP Regional Seminar for
Excellence in Teaching Rethinking Visual and Cultural Studies: new
subjects, methods and teaching strategies (EHU, 2003 - 2006).

The first contact session will take place in the second half of
September 2007, in Vilnius.

Resource faculty of the project:

Well-known experts and scholars from various Western and post-Soviet
universities will be engaged in the project as visiting lecturers and
as tutors. Among them there are:

Mark Poster - Professor of History and Film & Media Studies,
University of California, Irvine (USA)

Francois Jost - Professor of University Paris-3, Department of
Audiovisual Communications and Cinema (France)

Andrei Gornykh - Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences, European
Humanities University (Belarus - Lithuania)

Nerijus Milerius - Associate Professor of the Department of
Philosophy, Vilnius University (Lithuania)

Benjamin Cope - Director of academic program at Zacheta National
Gallery of Art (Poland - UK)

Almira Ousmanova - Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences,
European Humanities University (Belarus - Lithuania)

Project directors - Almira Ousmanova and Andrei Gornykh.

Application procedure and eligibility:

The potential candidates should qualify the following criteria:
- to be junior university faculty, teaching in subjects related to
Media and Visual Culture (and affiliated with the Depts. of Media
Studies, Information and Communication, Culturology, Design of Visual
Media, Film Studies, Sociology)
- to have proficiency in English and Russian (the two working
languages of the project).

Preference will be given to those who combine teaching with creative
activities (film production, work in mass media or advertising, etc.).

The application package should include the following documents:

- Application (to be written in English, please include your name,
surname, year of birth, country of residence, name of the affiliated
institution and position, courses taught, highest academic degree,
degree-granting institution and year, your research interest, language
ability, contact information)
- Curriculum Vitae, including list of publications (in English)
- Statement of Purpose (a brief description of the applicants'
current professional interests and goals, of how the theme of the
project corresponds to their academic background and current
professional activities, how they see the participation in the project
would enhance their academic and professional development, how they
can effectively contribute to the program (optional - English or Russian)
- Writing sample on the theme of the project or a Syllabus of an
academic course developed or taught by the applicant in the subject of
the project (optional - English or Russian)

Deadline for applications is July 10, 2007. Applications are to be
submitted in electronic format via e-mail.

Contact information for applicants:
Elena Khloptseva, project coordinator
Postal address: Kraziu str., 25, LT 01108, Lithuania
e-mail: e.khloptseva@gmail.com

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

JOB- Russian-Speaking Law Student Needed for International EU-Project

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JOB- Russian-Speaking Law Student Needed for International EU-Project

Posted by: Michael Koburger <koburger.michael@arcor.de>

For an International EU-funded project which is implemented in several
Central Asian Russian speaking countries a Russian-Speaking Law
Student is needed.

I. Requirements

1. good knowledge of law
2. very good knowledge of Russian, English and German
3. good Internet access

II. We offer

1. very flexible working hours
2. interesting work

The research work can be done at home and transmitted electronically.

Applications (most recent CVs) in German and English language with the
reference to this position are to be submitted to the e-mail address:
Koburger.Michael@arcor.de

Applicants are strongly advised to match their qualifications against
the post requirements before submitting applications. Please indicate
"Internationales EU-Projekt" in the subject line of your message.

Michael Koburger
email: Koburger.Michael@arcor.de

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JOB- Editor-in-Chief, Russia and Eurasian Economic Digest Monthly

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JOB- Editor-in-Chief, Russia and Eurasian Economic Digest Monthly

Posted by: J. Quinn Martin <jqm2101@columbia.edu>

New Business Magazine Seeking Editor-in-Chief

REED (Russia & Eurasia Economic Digest) is a new monthly magazine
covering business in Russia and the CIS. Headquartered in New York,
the magazine will be distributed globally with an editorial hub in
Moscow. The target audience is people doing business in, or with, the
countries of the former Soviet Union­whether working in finance,
energy or any other field.

REED is currently seeking an editor-in-chief to lead editorial
operations, starting August 2007. S/he will be responsible for
overseeing all editorial content, from concept to final copy.

Candidates should possess:

- Five years experience editing and/or writing on business, with at
least two years covering the former Soviet Union;
- Ability to manage a network of fist-tier correspondents and
stringers throughout the former Soviet Union;
- Attention to detail, excellent organizational skills and the
ability to meet deadlines;
- Experience managing projects and people;
- Keen understanding of the demands of our global readership,
particularly the investment community;
- Superior editing skills, including knowledge of AP style;
- Native English and fluent Russian;
- Commitment to excellence and an impressive work ethic.

If interested, please send a letter of interest and resume to the
publisher of REED, Quinn Martin, at quinn@reedmagazine.com or call +7
926 286 9106. After July 3, call +1 860 933 9477.


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JOB- Business Journalists in CIS, Russia and Eurasian Economic Digest Monthly

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JOB- Business Journalists in CIS, Russia and Eurasian Economic Digest Monthly

Posted by: J. Quinn Martin <jqm2101@columbia.edu>

New Business Magazine Seeking Correspondents and Occasional Contributors

REED (Russia & Eurasia Economic Digest) is a new monthly magazine
covering business in Russia and the CIS. Headquartered in New York,
the magazine will be distributed globally. The target audience is
people doing business in, or with, the countries of the former Soviet
Union­whether working in finance, energy or any other field.

REED is currently seeking correspondents and occasional contributors
based on the ground in every country we will cover: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

Candidates should possess:

- Track record of excellent journalistic writing in English;
- Proven understanding of international business and finance;
- Ability to report and write both tight news summaries on a short
deadline and longer narrative features;
- Deep knowledge of the local market;
- Russian or other relevant language skills;
- Commitment to high ethical standards of journalism.

If interested, please send resume and clips to the publisher of REED,
Quinn Martin, at quinn@reedmagazine.com or call +7 926 286 9106. After
July 3, call +1 860 933 9477.


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