Central Asia Harvard List: October 2007

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

LECTURE- The Greek Community of Armenia, AUA, Yerevan, Oct. 30

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LECTURE- The Greek Community of Armenia, AUA, Yerevan, Oct. 30

Posted by: Khachik Gevorgyan <iranist@yahoo.co.uk>

Public lecture

The Greek Community of Armenia

Presented by

Dr. Marine Mkhitaryan

Tuesday, October 30, 18:00

Dr. Marine Mkhitaryan works for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and is a
Board Member of Yerevan City Greek Community and a Lecturer at the French
University in Armenia where she teaches courses on intercultural and cross-
functional management. Dr. Mkhitaryan worked in Greece while conducting
postdoctoral studies in the field of archaeology, ancient history and culture.
She is a graduate of the Department of Physics of Yerevan State University and
she earned her Ph.D. from the Institute of Physics. During the lecture Dr.
Mkhitaryan will discuss the past and current situation of national minorities,
mainly of the Greek community, in Armenia, present Armenian-Greek relationships
and introduce the book "Not Even My Name" about the Pontic Greeks in the
Ottoman Empire.

Admission is Free

American University of Armenia,
Small Auditorium, 5th Floor

The lecture will be given in Armenian with simultaneous translation in English

For further information, please contact the
Graduate School of Political Science and
International Affairs at 51-26-77

Sincerely yours,
Khachik Gevorgyan

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TALK- Muslim Cultural Reform in Rural Russia, James Meyer, Columbia, Nov. 1

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TALK- Muslim Cultural Reform in Rural Russia, James Meyer, Columbia, Nov. 1

Posted by: James H. Meyer <jhm2133@columbia.edu>

On the Educational Front Lines: Muslim Cultural Reform in
Rural Russia, 1890-1910

James H. Meyer. Postdoctoral Fellow, Harriman Institute
Thursday, 01 November 2007, 6:00pm–7:30pm
1219 International Affairs Building
420 W. 118th St. 12th Floor

http://russia-islam.harrimaninstitute.org/events.html

Dr. James H. Meyer
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harriman Institute
Columbia University

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PROG. INFO.- MA in REECAS at University of Wisconsin

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PROG. INFO.- MA in REECAS at University of Wisconsin

Posted by: Jennifer Tishler <jtishler@creeca.wisc.edu>

Dear Colleagues:

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) invites
applications for its Master of Arts program in Russian, East European,
and Central Asian Studies for fall 2008. Our two-year program provides
interdisciplinary area studies training for students interested in the
cultural, economic, social, and historical factors that have shaped the
development of societies in Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia.
Combining language study, broad interdisciplinary training, and
knowledge of the methodological approaches in a given academic social
science or humanities discipline, our program is ideal for students
interested in pursuing professional careers in business, journalism, and
law and for students planning further graduate study. Our students
benefit from a varied program of lectures, conferences, and seminars
with national and international experts. The members of our faculty are
outstanding teachers and scholars. Every year applicants to our program
are competitive for U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and
Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships; more information about the application
may be found here:
http://www.intl-institute.wisc.edu/fellow/

While US citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply for the
FLAS, we regret that funding opportunities for international students
are extremely limited in our program. Non-US citizens are encouraged to
consult the Graduate School Web site for information on costs and
funding information for international students:
http://info.gradsch.wisc.edu/admin/admissions/financialinfo.html

Please share this information with students who might be interested in
our Master of Arts program. Prospective students should visit our Web
site to learn more about the program and to see the application
requirements. The application is available as a fillable form, in
Portable Document Format (PDF). The deadline to apply is January 1, 2008
(postmarked):
http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/students/grad/ma.html

I will be happy to answer any questions you or your students might have
about our program. Please address questions to assocdir@creeca.wisc.edu.

Best regards,
Jennifer

Jennifer Ryan Tishler
Associate Director
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
tel. 608-262-3379
fax. 608-890-0267
http://www.creeca.wisc.edu

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CONF.- Revisiting Perestroika, Univ. of Helsinki - Programme Available Online

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CONF.- Revisiting Perestroika, Univ. of Helsinki - Programme Available Online

Posted by: Aleksanteri Institute 7th Annual Conference <aleksanteri7@gmail.com>

Seventh Annual Aleksanteri Conference

Revisiting Perestroika Processes and Alternatives

November 29 December 1, 2007

The Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland

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

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" presented to the Central Committee of the CPSU in 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. The central aim of the 7th
Annual Conference is to reassess the perestroika epoch, its causes and
effects, while considering alternative perspectives and paths not taken.

The preliminary Conference programme is published in the following address:

http://www.aleksanteri.helsinki.fi/freereg/list.php

The observers and the wider public are asked to register beforehand in
the following address:

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

Aleksanteri Institute
Conference secretariat
fcree-aleksconf@helsinki.fi

Unioninkatu 33 (P.O. Box 42)
00014 University of Helsinki
phone +358-(0)9-191 28616
fax +358-(0)9-191 28616

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PUBL.- Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte Issue on Transculturation

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PUBL.- Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte Issue on Transculturation

Posted by: Hans-Heinrich Nolte <CNolteVGWS@aol.com>

Dear Colleagues,

Allow me to draw your attention to Volume 8.2 of the Journal
Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte:

Special editors of the volume are Ulrike Schmieder (Hannover) und
Michael Zeuske (Cologne). The volume is focused on "Transkulturation
und Wissen", taking as a starting point the concept "transculturación"
developed by Fernando Ortiz, which lately has been discussed as
heuristic model for the study of transformations. The contributions
are on India and Europe, Russia and the West, Latin-America and the
conquista, gender and studies in humanities in the 18th century, and
Sephardim in the Caribbean.

Nachruf auf Samson Madievski

Gita Dharampal-Frick (Heidelberg): Zur Problematik von
Transkulturation und Wissenstransfer zwischen Europa und Indien

Hans-Heinrich Nolte (Barsinghausen): Was waren Bauern? Erinnerungen an
einen west-östlichen Diskurs und eine (begriffsgeschichtlich
einsetzende) Katastrophe

Alfonso de Toro (Leipzig): The conquest writes back. Überlegungen zu
hybrider Repräsentation und Inszenierungen von Andersheit und
Altatrität im Spiegel der neueren und neuesten Forschung

Ulrike Schmieder (Hannover): Transkulturation und gender: Stereotypen
von masculinity im europäischen Wissenschaftsdiskurs des 18.
Jahrhunderts über Lateinamerika

Christian Cwik (Wien): Neuchristen und Sepharden als cultural broker
im karibischen Raum (1500 1700)

Rezensionen: S. Hahn u.a. Hg.: Ausweisung, Abschiebung, Vertreibung in
Eu-ropa Ch. Bayly: Die Geburt der modernen Welt P. R. Gleichmann:
Soziologie als Synthese K. Pätzold: Nürnbergg Briefe sowjetischer
Kriegsgefangener

Bibliographische Notizen: Welt Internatioonale Beziehungen Okkupation
Holocaust, Genozide Mig Migration Ostasien/China
Osteuropa/Zentralasien Europa Historiographie Didaktik

Verlag Meidenbauer: www.m-verlag.net

Professor Dr. Hans-Heinrich Nolte,
Email: CNolteVGWS@aol.com.,
Bullerbachstr.12, D - 30890 Barsinghausen
Universitätsprofessor Osteuropäische Geschichte Universität Hannover
i. R., Lehrbeauftragter für Globalgeschichte, Universität Wien, 2007-10-22

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

PUBL.- The Transformation of the Gender Order in Tajik Society, Sofia Kasymova

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PUBL.- The Transformation of the Gender Order in Tajik Society, Sofia Kasymova

Posted by: Sofia Kasymova <skasymova@yahoo.com>

New publication

In September 2007, the first scientific gender study in Tajikistan had
been published. The title of this study is "The Transformation of the
Gender Order in Tajik Society" by Dr. Sofia R. Kasymova, PhD (Social
sciences), Director of the Center of Gender Education. The
publication is available in soft binding, volume is 230 pages. It is
published in Dushanbe in the Russian language.

Monograph is devoted to analyzing of gender orders of Tajikistan
society in the context of transformation processes of soviet and post
soviet periods in Tajikistan. The book consists of three chapters.

The first chapter examines issues of relationships of power and
gender. In the context of concrete historical settings the structure
of power that consists of correlation of domination and subordination,
mechanisms of control and enforcement, institutional and individual
violence in family and society has been described. Author pays
particular attention to roles of state in establishment of gender
order, examines phenomenon of gender policy of soviet Tajikistan as
well as women related policies undertaken by sovereign state of
Tajikistan at present stage.

The second chapter of this book is analyzing social division of labor
between men and women in fields of public economy and household taking
the example of Tajik society in the historical dimension. Gender
division of labor is analyzed not as an isolated structure, but as a
part of global order, gender order of the system of production,
consumption and distribution that is based on primary division of
labor on paid work and house work or male and female work. Growth of
female employment in post soviet Tajikistan as well as dynamics of
participation of women in the field of productive relations during
soviet period was subject to research.

In the third chapter, the sphere of private life of individuals and
groups is examined through the analysis of marital and family
relations, particularly, polygamous. Besides, motherhood that is
perceived as key social function of women in the context of classic
patriarchic cultures has been subject to analysis. Private sphere is
defined as a space where women have more possibilities of maneuvering
and thus having certain power and resources as compared to public
space. Publication further describes how changes of behavior practices
impact the pattern of traditional marital and family relations and
erotic and sexual relations of individuals and certain groups.

Essentially, the author pays attention to analysis of gender status of
women in public sphere that is explained as follows. Firstly, gender
policy of soviet state was mainly aimed at involvement of women to
public sphere through public and labor activities that were focused on
formation of soviet citizen - working mother. Secondly, specifically
change in gender status of woman in public sphere is a key indicator
measuring extent of changes of gender relations at micro and macro
levels. Thirdly, in contemporary world qualitative and quantitative
indicators of women's participation in public labor, public and
cultural life, politics, and education show the degree of
democratization and liberalization of particular society, country and
state. Primarily, above mentioned is relevant to Muslim societies that
are particularly sensitive towards category "woman" and factors
surrounding her.

The book is addressed to sociologist and all other persons interested
in gender issues in post soviet Muslim Central Asian societies.

For more detailed information please check this website:

www.genderedu.freenet.tj

For feedback please contact: sophi1000@mail.ru

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

LECTURE- Ethnography and Empire in Russian Turkistan, Tashkent, Nov. 8

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LECTURE- Ethnography and Empire in Russian Turkistan, Tashkent, Nov. 8

Posted by: IFEAC <administration@ifeac.org>

Institut Français d'Etudes sur l'Asie Centrale
French Institute of Central Asian Studies

Invitation to the lecture:

"The Sarts are a People with a Future":
Ethnography and Empire in Russian Turkistan

Sergei Abashin, Researcher, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Moscow

Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, 6:15 pm
Museum of Applied Arts
ul. Rakatboshi, 15
Tashkent

Free admission. Lecture in Russian with French translation.

For more information:

Tel. 139.47.03 - administration@ifeac.org - www.ifeac.org

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PUBL.- Islamic Revival in Azerbaijan, Bayram Balci (in French)

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PUBL.- Islamic Revival in Azerbaijan, Bayram Balci (in French)

Posted by: Stephané Dudoignon <dudoignon@aol.com>

We are pleased to inform you of the publication of the following item:

Bayram BALCI
Le renouveau islamique en Azerbaïdjan: entre dynamiques internes et
influences extérieures
Paris: CERI (Les Etudes du CERI, 138), 2007, 37 p., bibliography, map

Abstract:

Post-Soviet Azerbaijan is the theater of an Islamic revival in the
public sphere, a direct consequence of exiting from the empire and
achieving independence, which involved the rehabilitation of religion,
and even the integration of Islam in a new national identity policy.
Azerbaijan stands out from the rest of the former USSR by the fact
that it is the most secularised Muslim country due to its early
entrance into Russia's bosom and the fact that is was for long the
ground for an ideological clash between the Shiite Persian and the
Sunni Ottoman Empires. It is through the convergence of internal
factors - a preserved Islam despite the anti-religious Soviet policy -
and external factors - the influence of neighbouring countries:
Turkey, Iran, and the Arab world - that Azerbaijani Islam has been
reconfigured since the end of the Soviet era. Eager to preserve the
country's secularity - the pride of the elites - and to ensure that
the religious revival does not turn into a source of tension between
the two essential components of its population (Shiites and Sunnis),
the state has - with difficulty and sometimes with a lack of subtlety
- set up a religious policy that is far from receiving general
approval. However, even if its handling of Islam is disputed, the
Azerbaijan government controls the religious phenomenon through a
policy that alternates between tolerance and repression.

Information:

Dr. Bayram Balci
Institut Français d'Etudes sur l'Asie Centrale
Service de la valise diplomatique
128 bis, rue de l'Université
F-75007 Paris SP

Email: balci@ifeac.com.uz
Please do not write to the address of the sender of the present message.

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JOB- CORRECTED DEADLINE: Position in Cultural Anthropology, Russia/Eurasia, Miami Univ.

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Posted by: Kathleen E. Durham Erbaugh <durhamke@muohio.edu>

JOB- CORRECTED DEADLINE: Cultural Anthropology, Russia/Eurasia, Miami Univ.

[CORRECTION: A recent posting on Central-Eurasia-L about Miami
University's open position in Anthropology included incorrect
information about application deadlines. The posting below contains
the correct version of the announcement.]

Employment
Cultural Anthropology

Miami University (Ohio): The Department of Anthropology invites
applications for a tenure-track position in cultural anthropology
beginning in August 2008.

Candidates for this position should have regional expertise in Russia
or Eurasia, with ongoing research in economic, political, or urban
anthropology preferred. Rank open: Assistant, Associate, Full
Professor. For appointment as associate professor, require
demonstrated excellence in teaching and established record of
scholarly research. For appointment as tenured, full professor,
require established record of teaching, research and service
appropriate for appointment to the rank of full professor with tenure
at Miami University. See

http://casnov1.cas.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/, the Havighurst Center
for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, for resources outside the
Department of Anthropology.

The successful candidate will teach introductory and upper division
undergraduate courses; maintain an active research program and involve
undergraduates in research; seek external funding; and provide service
to the university and the profession. Ph.D. in anthropology required
by time of appointment. Required qualities include: excellence in
teaching, ability to contribute to a four-field department, and
ongoing research. The Anthropology program has existed at Miami for
over fifty years, and became an independent department in 2002.

See http://www.units.muohio.edu/anthropology/ for more information
about the department. Our mission is to generate, transmit and
disseminate the cultural and evolutionary knowledge developed in
anthropology's four fields. The department has 8 F.T.E. faculty
members and four full-time Visiting Assistant Professors. Several
faculty have joint appointments with other departments or programs
including the Center for American and World Cultures

http://www.cawc.muohio.edu/, the International Studies Program

http://www.cas.muohio.edu/itsweb/, the Latin American Studies Program

http://www.cas.muohio.edu/lasweb/, the Institute of Environmental
Studies, the Department of Sociology and Gerontology, and the
Department of Zoology.

Applicants should send a cover letter detailing teaching and research,
curriculum vitae, a writing sample, summary evidence of teaching
excellence, and the names and contact information, including e-mail
addresses, for three references to: Cultural, Linguistic and
Biological Anthropology Searches c/o Dr. Linda F. Marchant, Chair,
Department of Anthropology, Miami University, 164 Upham Hall, Oxford,
OH 45056; 513-529-8399; marchalf@muohio.edu. The deadline for
submission of applications for this position is Friday, October 26, 2007.

Miami University is among the nation's premier public institutions,
widely recognized for the strengths of its academic programs and
vibrant co-curricular programming. Miami University ranked 27th among
the top public universities in the nation, in the August 2007 U.S.
News and World Report. The main, residential campus in Oxford enrolls
over 15,000 students. The community of Oxford, with a population of
12,000, is in southwest Ohio, 45 minutes from Cincinnati. See

http://www.miami.muohio.edu/ for more information about the university.

Miami University is an EOE/AA employer. Campus Crime and Safely Report
– www.muohio.edu.righttoknow Hard copy upon request. Miami University
prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation/preference
and gender identity/expression and offers same-sex domestic partner
benefits. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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Monday, October 22, 2007

CONF.- First Annual Conference, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Nov. 3-4

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CONF.- 1st Annual Conf, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Prog, Nov 3-4

Posted by: Michael Graskemper <graskemp@fas.harvard.edu>

"Interpreting the Islamic Tradition in the Contemporary World"

Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
November 3-4, 2007

Saturday, November 3

9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Thompson Room, Barker Center

John Bowen, Washington University in Saint Louis:
"Ibn Ashur in Aceh and Paris: Adapting Sharî`a by way of its Objectives"

Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Princeton University:
"Religious Authority and the Language of Ijtihad in Contemporary Sunni Islam"

Asef Bayat, Leiden University:
"Fun and Fundamentalism"

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Barker Center

Middle Eastern lunch reception for members of the Harvard community

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Thompson Room, Barker Center

Said Arjomand, State University of New York-Stony Brook:
"Islamic Constitutionalism: Paradoxes and
Pitfalls in the Appropriation of the Islamicate Political Tradition"

Farid Esack, Harvard University:
"Redeeming Islam – Constructing the Good Muslim
Subject in Contemporary Religious Studies"

Omid Safi, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill:
"Reforming Islam in the 'Axis of Evil':
Contesting Islam in Post-Revolutionary Iran"

Sunday, November 4

9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Thompson Room, Barker Center

Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University:
"Distinguishing Bigotry from Blasphemy in
Contemporary Freedom of Speech Debates"

David Cook, Rice University:
"Faith and Fornication: Behind the Murji'a Debate in Contemporary Islam"

Sherman Jackson, University of Michigan:
"Ibn Taymîya and Black Theodicy"

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Barker Center
Concluding remarks, closing reception

Performance by Boston Village Gamelan Group

For more information, contact:

Michael David Graskemper
Program Administrator
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program
Harvard University
One Bow Street, 324 & 325
Cambridge, MA 02138
graskemp@fas.harvard.edu
617.495.3347 & 617.495.3379

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JOB- Asst./Assoc./Full Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Russia/Eurasia, Miami U. of Ohio

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Posted by: Serguei Alex. Oushakine" <oushakin@PRINCETON.EDU>
JOB- Asst/Assoc/Full Prof of Cultural Anthropology, Russia/Eurasia, Miami Univ.

Employment
Cultural Anthropology

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor to teach introductory and upper division
undergraduate courses in cultural anthropology; maintain an active research
program and involve undergraduates in research; seek external funding; and
provide service to the university and the profession. Require: Ph.D. in
anthropology required by time of appointment; regional expertise in Russia
or Eurasia; excellence in teaching; ability to contribute to a four-field
department, regional interests that complement existing faculty expertise.

Desire: research experience and continuing research in language and culture.
Applicants should send a cover letter detailing teaching and research,
curriculum vitae, a writing sample, summary evidence of teaching excellence,
and the names and contact information, including e-mail addresses, for three
references to: Cultural, Linguistic and Biological Anthropology Searches c/o
Dr. Linda F. Marchant, Chair, Department of Anthropology, Miami University,
164 Upham Hall, Oxford, OH 45056; 513-529-8399; marchalf@muohio.edu.

Screening of applications begins October 15, 2007 with a deadline of
November 16, 2007. Candidates whose applications are received by November
1, 2007, may be contacted for prearranged interviews at the AAA meetings in
Washington, D.C.

For more information,

http://www.units.muohio.edu/anthropology/.

Miami
University is an EOE/AA employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to
apply.

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BOOK/CFP- Mapping the Color Revolutions

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BOOK/CFP- Mapping the Color Revolutions

Posted by: Abel Polese <abelpolese@hotmail.com>

Call for papers: Mapping the Color Revolutions

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Given the enthusiasm and volume of submissions for the special issue
of the journal Totalitarianism and Democracy devoted to the "Color
Revolutions", we are planning to expand the scope of the research and
edit a book mapping the "Color Revolutions" that have so far occurred,
and trying to identify similar movements that may also act as a
catalyst for regime change.

Provisional title:
Mapping the 'Color Revolutions': The March of Civic Activism and
Political Transformation from Europe to Asia

Our geographical focus is not limited to former communist states as a
number of countries like Iran, Lebanon and Burma have also witnessed
increasing civil activism and the emergence of groups employing
non-violent methods to protest against the status quo.

For this reason we wish to integrate the material already selected and
receive further propositions for articles focusing on different
aspects of those "color movements". The original call for papers is
attached herewith and we encourage any submission but welcome
particularly papers with a geographical focus on

Slovakia (especially the OK campaign in 1998)
Belarus
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Russia
Moldova
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan

Submissions dealing with previous protest movements (for example
Solidarnosc in Poland, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia,
protests in the Baltic states and Ukraine) would also be welcomed so
long as they can show how such movements have contributed to the
current wave of "Color Revolutions"

Abstracts (500 words) should be sent by 10 December 2007 to the
addresses below. Selected authors will be notified by 15 December and
the deadline for submission of the final paper (8000 words) will be 20
April 2008.

For further information or submission of abstracts, please contact by
e-mail:

Dr. Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Associate Professor, Department of Political
Science, KIMEP, Almaty, Kazakhstan
donnacha_1@yahoo. com

Abel Polese , Marie Curie Research Fellow, Hannah Arendt Institute for
Research on Totalitarianism (HAIT), Dresden, Germany
abelpolese@yahoo. co.uk

Mapping the 'Color Revolutions': The March of Civic Activism and
Political Transformation from Europe to Asia (provisional title) (NB
contributions focusing on previous protest movements such as those in
Czechoslovakia or the Baltic States are very welcome, so long as they
can show a connection between them and those that form the primary
focus of our analysis).

Since 1998 the Eurasian geopolitical landscape has been affected by
what have been labeled the 'color revolutions' , which refers to a
number of socio-political transformations attempted, but not
necessarily achieved, in a number of countries, namely: Slovakia
(1998), Serbia (2000), Belarus (2001 and 2006), Georgia (2003),
Ukraine (2004), Kyrgyzstan (2005) and immediately sedated in Russia,
Uzbekistan (2005), Azerbaijan (2005), and Kazakhstan (2005).

Those events have certainly some elements in common with the second
wave of revolutions, which occurred in Germany, Poland, the Czech
Republic and the Baltic Countries in 1989 but they also possess some
completely new features like the growing use of the Internet, humor
and art to deliver a message, and the significant involvement of
grassroots NGOs.

In some cases these 'revolutions' have led to a radical political and
social change in the country, in other cases not. It is our belief
that the 'people' factor is decisive in determining the nature of a
revolution and popular attitudes are crucial for a successful
movement. However, it is up to leaders to create the conditions for
people to become aware and motivate them to act. How is it possible to
create the conditions necessary for a revolution to occur and to be
successful?

To answer this question one should go beyond the vision that sees
economic and logistic support to the opposition as the main elements
of a successful revolution. Likewise the opinion that 'people stood up
and fought for democracy' should be examined and analyses should try
to understand the relative importance of external aid and popular
attitudes in determining the 'success' of a revolution. A revolution
is 'successful' if it leads to a substantial change in the country.
The easiest indicator of this change is a political one, however a
social change might also be employed as an indicator of success, when
it is measurable.

All the opposition movements made use of protest techniques developed
over the years and often based on Gene Sharp's theory of power (1973)
and his a guidebook 'from dictatorship to democracy'. Some
theoretical questions we want to answer are: Why did the use of
revolutionary tools not lead to the same result throughout the
post-communist space? Is it because those tools were used correctly in
some cases and incorrectly in others or because 'geography' matters?

What was the role of the ruling elite in preventing the development of
civil society and stymieing protests and to what degree was the role
of the political opposition, external actors and NGO networking important?

Is there a saturation point for the 'color revolutions' after which
all attempts to use such techniques will be futile? Or is it the case
that some 'revolutions' were not attempted in the right place or at
the right moment?

By exploring the above questions and drawing from the experiences of
these 'revolutions' , we seek to spell out a theory of 'color
revolutions' that can provide some common points for all the social
changes that have occurred between 1998-2006. To do this, we welcome
theory-generating contributions that focus on a country as case study
or propose a comparative analysis of a number of countries.
Contributions should analyze one or more elements that have to be
encountered when 'organizing a revolution'. In particular we might
divide the topics in the following way: (the list is not exhaustive
and potential contributors are welcome to discuss with the editors a
possible focus)

a) Ideology and a theoretical framework
- The role of previous waves of revolutions
- The reference texts of a revolution
- The role of Gene Sharp's 'theory of power', 'from dictatorship to
democracy' and other ideological sources

b) The will to set up a revolutionary apparatus
- The work of the Einstein Foundation in Eurasia
- The role of foreign and domestic intelligence forces
- The legacy of previous protest movements
- Democratic ideology in regional context
- Existence of a team of revolution makers at national and
international level that has been operating in Eurasia and is
extending its field of action to other regions

c) Fundraising
- Relations with foreign foundations
- Domestic fundraising: contact with local businessmen
- Door to door fundraising: gathering goods other than money (labor
force, commodities, ideas, services, ideological and physical support)

d) Training of activists
- Contact with other successful protest movements
- Relations with foreign foundations
- Domestic trainings of activists

e) Coordination and cooperation of forces
- Relations between the political and NGO forces before, during and
after the political crisis
- Networking between domestic NGOs
- Relations between the political forces, national based and grassroots NGOs

f) Containing the influence of hostile actors
- The role of external forces such as the EU, Russia and USA and
their influence on civil society
- Coping with an hostile environment and limiting the influence of
the current regime
- Alliances of the opposition and civil society with some major
personalities of the ruling elite that subsequently support the
protest movements

g) Involving and motivating people
- The People's attitude, in a comparative historical and/or
geographical perspective
- Communication between the leaders and people to motive them
- The relations between NGOs and "ordinary" people
- Communication between active and passive strata of the population

h) Capacity to choose time and modality to carry out the revolution
- The logistics of a revolution
- How to prepare scenarios (optimistic and pessimistic) of a revolution
- The right time to carry out a revolution

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EVENTS- First Term 2007/08, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, SOAS, U. of London

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EVENTS- First Term, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, SOAS

Posted by: Jane Savory <js64@soas.ac.uk>

Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
University of London

List of Events during Term 1, 2007/08

Book Launch Reception
Date: 1 November 2007
Time: 6pm
Title: Kazakhstan: Ethnicity, Language and Power (Routledge, 2007)
Author: Bhavna Dave, SOAS
Venue: Khalili Lecture Theatre foyer, Main Building, SOAS
All Welcome. Please RSVP to js64@soas.ac.uk

Seminar
Date: 22 November 2007
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Title: Security, Sovereignty and the Tajiik-Afghan Border
Speaker: John Heathershaw, University of Exeter
Venue: G52, Main Building, SOAS

Seminar
Date: 29 November 2007
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Title: Labour Migration from Uzbekistan to Russia
Speaker: Sergei Abashin, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of
the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
Venue: G52, Main Building, SOAS

Seminar
Date: 6 December 2007
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Title: International Actors in Central Asia: Pros and Contra
Speaker: Anna Matveeva, LSE
Venue: G52, Main Building, SOAS

Contact: Bhavna Dave (Centre Chair) bd4@soas.ac.uk (Tel: 020 7898
4734) or Jane Savory js64@soas.ac.uk (Tel: 020 7898 4892)

All are Welcome (seminars are free and open to the public). Booking
is not required unless otherwise stated.

Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Thornhaugh
Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG

Centre website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/cccac/

Jane Savory
Office Manager, Centres and Programmes Office
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

tel +44 (0)20 7898 4892
fax +44 (0)20 7898 4489
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PUBL.- Turkestani Legion: Unread Pages of History (in Uzbek)

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PUBL.- Turkestani Legion: Unread Pages of History (in Uzbek)

Posted by: Hamid Ismailov <hamid.ismailov@bbc.co.uk>

Turkestani Legion: Unread Pages of History (in Uzbek)
by BBC Uzbek Service (Author of the project, Preface and the Play -
Hamid Ismailov, Producer - Luiza Iskandariy)

This is a documentary book on Turkestani Legion, for the first time
seen from inside. The book is based on exclusive, first-hand
documents and pictures, stories of witnesses and participants of the
events during the World War II.

Publisher: Vagant-Profit, Bishkek (Library of BBC Uzbek)
ISSN: 978-9967-23-948-7
Extent: 92 pages

Book Description

The Turkestan Legion was the general name for the military units of
exiles and POWs from Central Asia that fought in the German Army
during World War II. The Legion was formed in the spring of 1942 as
part of the German 162nd Infantry Division, referred as the "Turkoman
Division." It saw extensive action in Yugoslavia and Italy.
According to different estimates it consisted of 150-200 thousand
soldiers. The book publishes brief memoirs of the prominent figures
of Turkestani Legion: Veli Kayum-khan, Baymirza Hayit, Ruzi Nazar,
Husayn Ikram and others as well as pictures from the archive of
Legion's leader Veli Kayum-khan. The book also includes a script of a
radioplay "Arosat" and its audio version on a CD.

To order the book, e-mail your request to:

uzbek@bbc.co.uk

For queries, contact: uzbek@bbc.co.uk

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

CONF./CFP- Int'l Conference on Georgia (1918-1921 and 1991-2007), May 2008

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CONF./CFP- Int'l Conference on Georgia (1918-1921 and 1991-2007), May 2008

Posted by: Stephen Jones <sfjones@mtholyoke.edu>

Call for Papers

An International Conference on the Georgian Democratic Republic
(1918-21) and its Successors (1991-2007) will take place on 23-25 May,
2008. We invite proposals for presentations. Please keep the proposal to
no more than 300 words. The themes of the conference are:

1. The role of geopolitics, energy and regional powers in Georgian
foreign policy. This would include comparisons of Georgian strategic
significance in 1918-21 with the present, the role of oil, and the
changing goals of foreign powers in the region (think for example of
Georgia's transformed relationship with Turkey).

2. The role of Europe both in terms of intellectual links with
Georgia and influence over policy. Europe has always been a major
influence on Georgian politics. How could we compare Europe's role in
Georgia at the beginning of the 20th century (consider the mandates of
foreign powers in Georgia after 1918 including occupation by the
British) with European strategies today (the European Neighborhood
Policy, for example).

3. Cultural life and the impact of changes in social structure and
political values on government policies. How does the change from a
predominantly rural population to urban one affect domestic politics?
How have political norms and values changed the conduct of domestic
politics when comparing 1918-1921 to 1991-2007?

4. Foreign views of Georgia. Writers, journalists and politicians
have always seen Georgia as an exotic place. What role does it play in
the Western imagination? How did they view the First Republic and why?
What do they see today? Can these images of Georgia influence Georgian
relations with foreign states? How have the views of Georgia changed
since 1918?

5. The role of the Diaspora. The Georgian Diaspora, traditionally
small, but which has increased enormously in recent years due to the
harsh realities at home, amounts to close to a million and plays an
important role economically (remittances sent home), in lobbying abroad,
and in reconstruction of the state. After 1918, and again following
independence in 1991, many from the original Diaspora returned to their
homeland. Under Saakashvili, a number, like ballerina Nino Ananiashvili,
have taken up important roles in society. How do the Diasporas of 1918
and post-1991 compare? What has their contribution been to Georgian
politics?

6. A comparison of democracy goals and democratic institutions. This
question will help us unravel some of the more simplistic
interpretations of democracy. The nature of the word and the values it
embodies have changed since 1918. Democracy today, for example, strongly
identifies with the market and the special protection of minorities. Did
it mean the same to Georgians in the First Republic?. What did
democratic political institutions look like in 1918 and how do they look
now? How did they work then, how do they work now? This will include
comparisons of the media, parliament, the constitution, and judiciary.

7. How is the First Republic perceived today in historical and
political texts? History has a purpose. In the Soviet period, the First
Republic was the bête noir of Soviet power. How does the Georgian state
look at the First Republic today? What does an analysis of school
textbooks tell us? To what degree has the First Republic's obscurity
been the result of historical manipulation by the state?

Please send your proposals to Professor Stephen Jones at
sfjones@mtholyoke.edu.

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CONF./CFP- Central and Inner Asia Seminar, Univ. of Toronto, May 16-17, 2007

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CONF./CFP- Central and Inner Asia Seminar, Univ. of Toronto, May 16-17, 2007

Posted by: Central and Inner Asia Studies U. of Toronto <cias@utoronto.ca>

Dear Colleagues,

The Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Central & Inner Asia Seminar
(CIAS 2008) will be held at the University of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, in the Croft Chapter House on Friday and Saturday May 16-17, 2008.

The proceedings of the conference will be published in due course in
"Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia". Volume 9, the papers
from CIAS 2007, will be available before the upcoming conference.

The theme of this year's gathering is "The Material Culture, Language
and Religion of Central and Inner Asia". Scholars from any relevant
discipline are invited to submit proposals for papers.

The time allowance for any presentation is 20 minutes. Please include
the title, a one-page summary and a short copy of your curriculum
vitae and send them, by email, to me at gillian.long@utoronto.ca or
to Professor Michael Gervers at gervers@chass.utoronto.ca

The deadline for submissions is December 21, 2007 and those selected
will be notified by email as soon as possible thereafter.

We regret that we do not have the financial resources to help with
any transportation or accommodation costs. However we will do our
best to expedite visa applications and offer hospitality during the
conference.

We look forward to receiving many interesting proposals and to
hosting another stimulating and enjoyable conference in Toronto in May.

Please forward this message to anyone else who may be interested.
For further information see www.utoronto.ca/cias

The website will
be updated regularly as more information becomes available.

Sincerely,

Gillian Long
Administrative Co-ordinator for CIAS
416 978 4882

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CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Official and Underground Islamic Movements in Tajikistan, Abdullo Hakim, Oct. 23

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CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Islamic Movements in Tajikistan, Abdullo Hakim, Oct. 23

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Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

"Official and Underground Islamic Movements in Tajikistan: A
Comparison of Their Political Agendas"

Abdullo Hakim
Tajik National University, Dushanbe

Tuesday, October 23
4:15-6:00 pm

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S-354
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Abdullo Hakim Rahnamo teaches in the Department of Political Science
at Tajik National University in Dushanbe. He is a prominent voice in
Tajikistan on political issues in the country, especially regarding
the role of Islamic groups, and he was an advisor to the peace process
which ended Tajikistan's civil war in 1997. He received his Candidate
Degree in political science in 2004 with a dissertation on the role of
power in Tajikistan's political processes.

Open to the public

Saturday, October 20, 2007

PUBL.- Sebastien Peyrouse, Turkmenistan: Un destin au carrefour des empires

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PUBL.- Sebastien Peyrouse, Turkmenistan: Un destin au carrefour des empires

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Book: Sebastien Peyrouse, "Turkmenistan. Un destin au carrefour des
empires" [Turkmenistan. A Destiny at the Crossroads of Empires],
Paris, Belin and La Documentation Francaise, 2007, 184 p.

In the world, there exist some obscure countries which, by their
history and the position that they are called to fill in the 21st
century, draw considerable interest. Turkmenistan is without a doubt
one of these places. Who in the broad public is now familiar with this
country, situated on the southern border of the former Russian empire
and cast into the shadow of its Slavic big brother for many decades
after its integration into the Soviet Union? Yet even before drawing
the eyes of an expansionist Russia, the territory that is today
Turkmenistan had a prestigious ancient history, which saw the
procession of all great empires and conquerors of the famous Silk
Road. From Parthia to Gengis Khan, from Alexander the Great to
Tamerlane, the history of the country resembles a colorful tale that
recounts the most epic moments of the old continent. With numerous
archaeological relics and natural riches, the future most likely holds
the development of a tourist market.

Yet the Turkmen territory and its population have most often
constituted the periphery of great empires, and not their centers.
Were future Turkmen passive subjects under the influence of their
neighbors more than actors from their own history? Or does this vision
only reflect ancient historiographical prisms that do not allow for
the unity of Turkmen history? Does being in the heart of the old
continent necessarily signify being in its political and cultural
center? The late construction of the Turkmen nation, under the
influence of radical social and political processes installed by the
Soviet regime, increases the complexity of a reflection on the
identity traits re-elaborated in a retroactive and instrumental
manner. How did the little-known Turkmen nation constitute itself,
having mixed with diverse populations through the centuries Persian
then Turkic and contradictory cultural contributions from Iran on the
south, from Transoxiana and Siberia on the east, and from Russia on
the north? How did it specify its great historical figures and
moments, often common to the entire Central Asian region, and inscribe
them into the national pantheon? What place is Russian-Soviet heritage
destined to occupy, which in spite of its denunciation remains
significant for any visitor to the country? Finally, what role will
Islam, regional and clan divisions, and national minorities play?

In 1991, Turkmenistan gained an independence for which it did not ask.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union by the three Slavic presidents was
seen as abandonment by Moscow, which was urged to give up the
peripheral republics for their own. Notwithstanding, the future of the
country seemed promising. With a population of less than five million
people, the new state, declared the "Kuwait of Central Asia", knew it
was rich in hydrocarbons in an energy-hungry world. Despite the
constant insistence of the authorities that the 21st century would be
the one in which Turkmenistan finally realized its destiny, reality
proved more somber than expected. The Soviet economic system was
largely maintained, but lost its logic once the republican entities
became isolated from one another. As the Turkmen state was already one
of the least developed in the Soviet Union, two decades of
independence viciously impoverished the population. Examples include
the domination of cotton farming, quasi-absence of a private sector,
ecological problems, and the elimination of public services. The
political system turned out to be a sad reprise of Stalinist themes,
such as personality cults, quasi-complete cultural autarky,
international isolation, nationalist megalomania in the public
discourse, enormous state architectural projects, massive corruption
in administrative organs, and attempts to reshape nature.

However, Turkmenistan's place on the international stage is strategic.
The Caspian Sea is predicted to become a rising energy zone, Russia
continues to dominate the economy of the region, and new neighbors
allow for once-unthinkable alliances. Iran, like China a faithful
partner to Turkmenistan, is increasingly present. Even Pakistan and
India announce how much Central Asia remains an incontrovertible place
for the rising Asian powers. The environment of the still-unstable
Afghanistan, like that of Uzbekistan, seen as the "caldron" of Central
Asia, invites a reevaluation of the regional role Turkmenistan could
play if the country ends its harmful isolation. The death of
Saparmurat Niyazov in December 2006 and the assembling of a new
government more open to foreign governments clarified the
international stakes and reopened the energy "Great Game" for
Turkmenistan.

Contents:

Introduction

Premiere Partie. Espace, Histoire et Culture

Chapitre 1. Le territoire turkmene, unite et diversite
Chapitre 2. De l Antiquite aux khanats, une histoire riche en soubresauts
Chapitre 3. L'impact sans precedent de la modernisation russo-sovietique
Chapitre 4. La construction de la nation turkmene

Deuxieme Partie. Politique et Societe

Chapitre 5. Une independance modelee par la megalomanie de S. Niazov
Chapitre 6. Contre-pouvoirs et changements politiques
Chapitre 7. Societe et culture : les enjeux de la reconstruction

Troisieme Partie. Penser de Nouvelles Strategies de Developpement

Chapitre 8. Economie, ecologie et sante publique
Chapitre 9. Le Turkmenistan, futur "Koweit" de l Asie centrale ?
Chapitre 10. Trouver sa place sur la scene internationale

Conclusion

Bibliographie

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PUBL.- Ab Imperio, 2-2007, The Politics of Comparison

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PUBL.- Ab Imperio, 2-2007, The Politics of Comparison

Posted by: Sergey Glebov <sglebov@smith.edu>

Dear Colleagues,

The editors of Ab Imperio would like to draw your attention to the
second issue of the journal in 2007. Please note that all information
on the journal, including submission guidelines, annual program and
issue foci, subscription details is accessible through the journal
website at http://abimperio.net

Sergey Glebov

The Politics of Comparison

Methodology and Theory

>From the Editors: "Politics of Comparison: Inescapable Centrality and
Elusive Clarity of Matching Things Up" (Eng/Rus)

Andreas Kappeler "The Center and Peripheral Elites in the Habsburg,
Russian and Ottoman Empires, 1700-1918" (Rus)

Michael Werner and Bénédicte Zimmermann "Beyond Comparison: Histoire
croisée and the Challenge of Reflexivity" (Rus)
Interview with Matthias Middell "The Centrality of Comparison" (Eng)

Glennys Young "Emotions, Contentious Politics, and Empire: Some
Thoughts about the Soviet Case" (Eng)

History

Kristin Vitalich "Dictionary as Empire: Vladimir Dal's Interpretive
Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language" (Eng)

Steven Seegel "Metageography Unbound: Late Nineteenth-century European
Borderland Cartography and the Geopolitical Construction of Space" (Eng)

Svetlana Gorshenina "Is the Marginality of Russian Colonial Turkestan
Perpetual, or Whether Central Asia Will Be Included One Day into the
Sphere of 'Post-Studies'" (Rus)

Xavier Le Torrivellec "Tatars and Bashkirs: A History in the Mirror.
Ethnic Composition, Historiographic Debates, and Political Power in
the Republic of Bashkortostan" (Rus)

Tassadit Yacine "At the Origins of an Unusual Ethno-Sociology" (Rus)

Todd Shepard "Making French and European Coincide: Decolonization and
the Politics of Comparative and Transnational Histories" (Eng)

PUBL.- A Tribute to Omeljan Pritsak

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PUBL.- A Tribute to Omeljan Pritsak

Posted by: Muhammed Bilal CELIK <bcelik@sakarya.edu.tr>

Dear Colleagues,

"Omeljan Pritsak Armagani - A Tribute to Omeljan Pritsak" has been
published. The volume published by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Alpargu and Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Yucel Ozturk among the publications of Sakarya University
Press has consisted of a detailed introduction and 33 articles. While
this publication that brings together a lot of historians from home
and abroad fulfils gratitude of Turkish historians for their
colleagues from abroad, it clarifies the reader on the main subjects
of Turkish, Ukrainian and the others.

We congratulate the editor, the writers and science board of this
publication. The authors and contents of the volume are written at the
attachment file.

Contents:

Salih YILMAZ
Omeljan Pritsak (1919-2006)

Yuri KOCHUBEY
Omeljan Pritsak as a Member of the Ukrainian National Academy of
Sciences (His Kyiv years)

Kahhar BARAT
Omeljan Pritsak'in Codex Cumanicus Uzerine Ders Notlari (Timur
Kocaoglu'nun Sunusuyla)

Omeljan PRITSAK
Ruslarin Kokeni

Omeljan PRITSAK
Kiev Rusyasi ve Onaltinci-Onyedinci Yuzyil Ukraynasi

Omeljan PRITSAK
Cok Kulturlu Bakis Acisindan Moskova, Altinorda ve Kazan Hanligi

Osman KARATAY
Otuken Yis: Dag, Orman Ve Ulke

Peter B. GOLDEN
A Qara ay Nart Tale of Lupine Origins: An Echo of The Ašina Tradition?

Recep YASA
Stirrup: A Turkish Symbol of Submission and Obedience

Dolkun KAMBERI
New Approach on Date and Composition of Medieval Uyghur Manuscript Maitrisimit

Timur KOCAOGLU
Karayca: Turk Dilinin Kaybolmakta olan Bir Kolu

Michael NOSONOVSKY
Judeo-Turkic Encounters in Hebrew Epitaphs From Ukraine: Naming Patterns

Dan D. Y. SHAPIRA
The Mejelis 'Document' and Tapani Harvianen On Scholarship, Firkowicz
and Forgeries

Ali AHMETBEYOGLU
Yurt Tutan Hukumdar Asparuh Han Ve Tuna Bulgar Devleti'nin Kurulusu

Mustafa OZTURK
Dort Halife Doneminde Bilad-i Sam'da Islamlasma Ve Kulturel Degisim

Mehmet TEZCAN
XI. Yuzyilin Ilk Yarisinda Ermenilerin Dogu Roma Imparatorlugu
Tarafindan Orta Anadolu Bolgesine Gocurulmeleri

Huseyin KAYHAN
Karahanlilarda Devlet - Ulema Iliskileri Hakkinda

Saadettin GOMEC
Turklerin Ve Mogollarin Tarihi Iki Boyu

Ergin AYAN
Turkiye Selcuklularinda Kole Emirler (II): Semseddîn Yavtas

Enver KONUKCU
Baycu Noyan'in Erzurum Kusatmasi (1242)

M. Bilal CELIK
Son Buyuk Arabsahi: Anusa Muhammed Bahadir Han (1663-1687)

K. Ilker BULUNUR
Osmanli Donemi Karadeniz Ticaret Tarihine Katki: Akkirman Gumrugu (1505)

Mehmet INBASI
Kamanice'de Turk Idaresi (1672-1699)

Adrian JONES
An Empress and a Grand Vizier: Catherine, Baltaci Mehmed and the
Battle of the Prut, 1711

Feridun EMECEN
Orta Karadeniz Bolgesinde Antik Kaleden Sehre Bir Gelisim Sureci
Ornegi: Amasya Tarihine Genel Bir Bakis

Ebubekir SOFUOGLU
Osmanli Devleti'nin Rusya Yonetimindeki Topraklardan Gelen Hacilara Yardimlari

Michael KHODARKOVSKY
The Great Game in The North Caucasus

Enis SAHIN
Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti'nin Ilani ve Ilk Turkiye - Azerbaycan Iliskileri (1918)

Csaba FAZEKAS
Remarks on Lajos Kossuth's Church Policy

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PUBL.- Journal of Institute of Social Sciences, Sakarya University

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PUBL.- Journal of Institute of Social Sciences, Sakarya University

Posted by: Muhammed Bilal CELIK <bcelik@sakarya.edu.tr>

Dear Colleagues,

Sakarya University (Turkey), Institute of Social Sciences has recently
published its new issue journal which under the title of "Tarih ve
Kimlik" (History and Identity). The editor of the issue is Prof. Dr.
Mehmet ALPARGU. Contents of the journal are as follows:

Yucel Ozturk
Tarih ve Kimlik

Hakan Poyraz
Tarihin Amaci ve Tarihcinin Rolu

Memet Yetisgin
Tarih, Cografya ve Sosyo-Kulturel Ortamin Turk Kimliginin Gelismesine Etkileri

Salih Yilmaz
Avrupa Birligi'nin Tarih Egitimi Yoluyla Olusturmaya Calistigi Yeni
Avrupa Kimligi Ve Turkiye'nin Bu Yeni Kimlige Uyum Calismalari

Kemal Ciftci
Tarih, Kimlik ve Turkiye'nin Belleginin Dis Politikasi

Ernur Genc
Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Kimlik, Misyon ve Vizyonu Baglaminda Turk Aydini

M. Bilal Celik
"Cengizli Hanlik Kimligi"ni Degistirme Girisimleri: Kongrat Hive Hanligi Örnegi

Mustafa Demir - Tufan Turan
Selcuklu'dan Osmanli'ya Gayrimuslim Kimligi

Arif Bilgin - Umit Ekin
Bir Kimligin Dönusumu: Askerlikten Asker Esnafliga

Zeynep Iskefiyeli
Ermeni Kimlik Olusumunda Din Faktöru: Hiristiyanlik, Kilise ve Misyonerler

Fikrettin Yavuz
Ermeni Kimligi'nin Insasinda Bir Patrik Portresi: Migirdic Kirimyan

Aygun Attar
Ermeni Kimligi'nin Anatomisi

Safiye Kiranlar
Osmanli Baskentinde Tesettur Tartismalari Ekseninde Degisen Kadin
Kimligi Uzerine Bir Inceleme

Mehmet Alpargu - Enis Sahin
Sovyet Rusya'nin Dagilmasindan Sonra Kafkasya'da Kimlik Problemi

Research Assistant M. Bilal CELIK
Sakarya University, Department of History

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JOURNAL/CFP- Military Justice in Russia and the CIS, PIPSS.org

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JOURNAL/CFP- Military Justice in Russia and the CIS, PIPSS.org

Posted by: Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
<kozlowsk@club-internet.fr>

The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies, vol. 8, June 2008
An electronic journal of social sciences
www.pipss.org

In Russia, as in the ex-USSR in general, judiciary reform has
concerned itself very little with the subject of military justice, a
domain at the crossroads of several disciplines: military history,
political history, the history of criminality and of criminal justice.
Yet whereas these branches have expanded in recent years, military
justice has not been sufficiently dealt with, in particular by the
social sciences.
The reform of military justice is of major importance in the creation
of a state under the rule of law: an independent and impartial
judiciary system operating without outside interference or pressure is
vital for a democratic state.

The aim of this issue is therefore to assess the mutations taking
place in this domain in Russia and in other CIS republics.

The first step in the assessment of systems of military justice in
Russia and the CIS is a study of the components of these systems – the
laws that define and prohibit certain behaviours and criminal
procedures, the institutions and authorities responsible for enforcing
the law. At the same time, we must assess the crimes that are judged
and the changes in the structure of criminality. The principles
according to which people are judged depend on several variables:
national judicial traditions and the social role of the army in
particular. This is why the approach of social sciences is central.

A glance at western experience is equally essential to an assessment
of the post-soviet military justice system. Thus from the viewpoint of
comparative law, we are also interested in studies related to
countries such as Brazil, the United States, Israel and French Algeria.

This issue could cover the following topics:

The Russian Military Justice System

I. A historical approach: the history of military justice in Russia
II. The Russian military justice system after the disappearance of the
USSR: reforms and advances
1) Reforms and advances after the fall of the USSR
2) Institutions, their functioning and competencies
3) Staff
4) Criminal procedures
5) Crimes judged
6) Defence of the accused
7) Ways of enforcing sentences
III. Dependence of military justice on political power: role of the
military prosecutor in inquiries concerning political matters

Chechnya: A Case Study

In this section, special attention will be paid to the situation in
the North Caucasus with the case of military courts in the North
Caucasian region in the context of the Chechnyan conflict; the
question of competence sharing between civilian and military courts.

A Comparative Approach

Civil vs. military justice: are there differences in procedures and
sentences / condemnations for similar crimes?
The CIS: What model are the CIS republics tending towards? The weight
of the Soviet legacy and the influence of western models

The authoritarian legacy: the case of Latin America: authoritarian
regimes have often extended the competences of military courts in
order to prosecute political opponents or protect members of the
police and armed forces engaged in repressive actions. What happens to
military courts after the transition towards democracy? Why do some
regimes drastically reform their system of military justice and others
not? The study of reforms (or non reforms) of military justice in
Latin American states will shed considerable light on the weight of
the totalitarian legacy on their justice system.

The West: A comparative study of the functioning of courts, of the
treatment of deserters, of the system of courts-martial in Russia,
Germany, the U.S., French Algeria, Israel

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 April 10, 2008, with publication in June 2008.
Final decisions on publication will be made by the Editorial Board.

Please send your contributions or inquiries to:

Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Chief Editor, contact@pipss.org

Aude Merlin & Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski (8th Issue Editors)

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 17 October 2007, Is Online

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 17 October 2007, Is Online

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

The 17 October issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9,
no. 20) 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/071017Analyst.pdf

Full contents:

Analytical Articles

Georgia's Okruashvili Scandal: Loud Bang with Uncertain Fallout
Jaba Devdariani
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4717

Russia Attempts to Limit Chinese Influence by Promoting CSTO-SCO
Cooperation
Marcin Kaczmarski
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4716

Will Washington's New Counternarcotics Policy in Afghanistan Work?
Haroun Mir and Jens Laurson
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4715

Bakiev Gears Up Pro-Presidential Party for Coming Parliamentary
Elections
Nurshat Ababakirov

http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4714

Field Reports

Women: The Pillars of Afghanistan
M. Ashraf Haidari
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4721

Bread Crisis in Kazakhstan Heightens Social Tension
Farkhad Sharip
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4720

Tajik-Uzbek-Turkmen Energy Deal
Sergey Medrea
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4719

Celebrating Ramadan Eid in Uzbekistan
Erkin Ahmadov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4718

News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4722

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 the Institute
for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm.

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/newsite/?q=node/59

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Friday, October 19, 2007

CONF.- Civil Society in Kazakhstan, German-Kazakh Society, Berlin, 11 Nov. 2007

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CONF.- Civil Society in Kazakhstan, German-Kazakh Society, Berlin, 11 Nov. 2007

Posted by: Deutsch-Kasachische Gesellschaft <info@dekasges.de>

Civil Society in Kazakhstan: Theory and Practice

The German-Kazakh Society invites all interested persons to participate
in this conference, to be held November 5, 2007, in Berlin, 10.00-17.00,
Bundespresseamt, Reichstagufer 4, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

Aim & Topics:

This international conference aims to bring politicians, leaders of
Kazakh and German NGOs, practitioners and academics together to discuss
the various issues concerning the development of the civil society and
the role of NGOs in the democratisation of Kazakhstan as well as to show
the opportunities of the German-Kazakh cooperation in this sphere.

The following main topics are determined to serve as a guideline to
participants:

1. Civil Society in East and West: notion, history, chances;
2. The role of the Central Asia Strategy of the European Union in the
democratic development of this region;
3. Civil Society in Kazakhstan: myth or reality?
4. The NGOs and the Power of Kazakhstan: "ruled democracy" or
successful dialog?
5. Experiences and opportunities of German-Kazakh cooperation of NGOs.

The admission is free, but limited, please register as soon as possible.

For further information please feel free to contact

Ms. Galina Nurtasinowa
Managing Director, German-Kazakh Society

Deutsch-Kasachische Gesellschaft e.V.
Colditzstr. 34-36, D-12099 Berlin, Germany

E-mail: info@dekasges.de
Phone: +4930 / 70 02 34 78
Fax: +4930 / 70 02 48 80
Mobile: +49177 / 572 33 00
www.dekasges.de

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FILM- Nevestka, Harriman Institute Fall 2007 Film Series, New York, Oct. 23

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FILM- Nevestka, Harriman Institute Fall 2007 Film Series, New York, Oct. 23

Posted by: Rafis Abazov <ra2044@columbia.edu>

Central Asia Studies Program, Eurasia Initiative (EI) student groups
with the support of the Harriman Institute,
School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia
University

Present

Nevestka (Daughter in Law)
(Turkmenfilm, 1972)

Shakespearean tragedy on the steppe...

"There are films that can be viewed as the visiting card of the
nation. The film of Khodzhakuli Narliev 'Daughter in Law' is such
an encyclopedia of life of Turkmen people. The film shows an
ordinary life of herders an old man and daughter in law, living
in the desert, but their way of life in a traditional environment
is conveyed with such a depth and emotion, in such a charming
rhythm, which makes it impossible to turn away from the screen"
(Gulnara Abikeeeva, Central Asian cinema critic)

Introduction by Rafis Abazov, author of The Culture and Customs of
the Central Asian Republics
Presentation by Maral Ryzykuliyeva (SIPA)

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

Date and time: 6.30 p.m., October 24, 2007

The event is free and open for public
Light refreshment would be served

For further info and questions, please contact:
Rafis Abazov ra2044@columbia.edu
or Alla Rachkov ar2052@columbia.edu

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CONF.- Eurasia Conference in Hannover, Oct. 27, 2007

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CONF.- Eurasia Conference in Hannover, Oct. 27, 2007

Posted by: Hans-Heinrich Nolte <cnoltevgws@aol.com>

Rundbrief 124, Verein für Geschichte des Weltsystems, 2007-10-14
http://www.vgws.org
Prof. Dr. Hans- Heinrich Nolte
Bullerbachstr. 12,
30890 Barsinghausen 2007-10-08
Tel 05105/64332
CNolteVGWS@aol.com

Veranstaltungen:

Die Stellung Eurasiens nach 1990

27.10.2007
Volkshochschule Hannover
Theodor Lessingplatz (Lessingsaal)

10.00-10.15 Quo vadis Eurasien? Dr. Dariusz Adamczyk (Hannover)

10.15-10.45 Indien als Regionalmacht im globalen Kontext
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Rothermund (Heidelberg)

10.45-11.15 China als Großmacht im globalen Kontext
Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer (Duisburg)

11.15-11.45 Die Interessen Japans in Asien
Prof. Dr. Claudia Derichs (Hildesheim)

11.45-13.00 Fragen und Diskussion, 13.00-14.00 Mittagspause

14.00-14.30 Russland zwischen China und EU: ein ordnungspolitisches
Dilemma? Dr. O. Kirchner (Hannover)

14.30-15.00 Mittlerer Osten zwischen "Irakisierung" und Atombombe
Dr. Christian Lekon (Lefke)

15.00-16.30 Fragen und Abschlussdiskussion

Literatur zur Vorbereitung: Osteuropa Nr. 57
(8-9) August-September 2007)Sondernr. Machtmosaik
Zentralasien - Sepp Linhart, Susanne
Weigelin-Schwiedrzik Hg.: Ostasien im 20.
Jahrhundert, Wien 2007 (Promedia) Hans-Heinrich
Nolte Hg.: Transformationen in Osteuropa und
Zentralasien, Bad Schwalbach 2007 (Wochenschau)

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CONF./CFP- Kazakhstan-2030, Almaty, Dec. 7-8

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CONF./CFP- Kazakhstan-2030, Almaty, Dec. 7-8

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

Information

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Suleyman Demirel University

International scientific and practical conference devoted to 10th
anniversary of Strategy "Kazakhstan-2030" on the topic: "All-round
Accelerated Modernization of Kazakhstan and Central Asia Economics:
current state and perspectives".

Almaty, December 7-8, 2007

The conference program: plenary and section sessions, round-table
discussions. Sections of the conference:

1. Social-Economic Modernization: purpose, factors, and patterns.
2. State Support of Innovation Business and Corporate Management Development.
3. Financial Provision of Economic Modernization.
4. Marketing and Logistics improvements in the context of Innovative
Modernization of Economics of RK.
5. Problems of Accounting, Auditing, and Analysis under the conditions
of Economy Modernization.
6. Modernization as a basis of stable development of Kazakhstan economics.
7. Financial Globalization, Capital Movement, Economic Development and
their Impact on Central Asia.
8. The Transition Period of the Central Asia to the free Market
Economy: Success and Problems.

Participation Forms and Documents for the Conference

1. Plenary Session speech: time 20 min.
2. Section Session speech: time up to 10 min.
3. Participation as a listener

Coffee-break

Terms of Participation and Publication of Articles

For the participation in the conference the following documents should
be sent to organizers up to October 20, 2007.

1. Scientific article printed and on floppy.
2. Author's (authors') bio data.
3. Copy of receipt for entrance fee of 3500 tenge (per 1 publication).
Funds may be sent to the account __________ or may be paid in cash to
the responsible person from accounting and auditing department.

To Conference Participants:

1. The opening ceremony will be on December 7, 2007, at 10:00 a.m., at
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Address: Almaty, Str.
Timiriazev, rectorat, 15th floor.
2. Registration of conference participants will be held on December 7,
from 9:00 to 10:00, rektorat, 15th floor.
3. Travel and accommodation fees are up to conference participants.
4. For organizing purposes we ask to inform us of the necessity of
booking hotel, contact tel.: 8-723-2475404, add. 1403.

Articles Requirements:

The printed version A4 (210x297) and electronic version (MS Word) of
the article in the volume of 6 pages must be submitted to organizers
of the conference.

Allowed languages of articles: Kazakh, Russian, English, and Turkish.

Format requirements: left, right, up, and down margins – 20 mm, line
spacing – single, MS Word, font Times New Roman.

The name of the article is printed in capital letters (bold), central
alignment. Below: surname, name, patronymic (name), full name of
university (organization), city, after intend of 2 intervals the main text.

The text of the article should be thoroughly checked and edited.

Articles are accepted till October 20, 2007. Address: 050038, Republic
of Kazakhstan, Almaty, ave. Al-Farabi, 71, GUK-3, Faculty of Economics
and Business, Department of Accounting and Auditing.

Apply for information: tel.: 8-723-2475404, add. 1403. E-mail for
English articles is conference@sdu.kz, http://www.sdu.edu.kz

The issue of collected scientific articles is planned by the beginning
of the conference.

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CONF./CFP- Pamir Mountains Panel, Assoc. of American Geographers, Apr. 15-19

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CONF./CFP- Pamir Mountains Panel, Assoc. of American Geographers, Apr. 15-19

Posted by: Stephen Cunha <sc10@humboldt.edu>

[NOTE: The deadline is Oct. 20; the posting was delayed because of
Central-Eurasia-L's technical problem. --CEL]

Call for Papers:
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
Boston, April 15-19, 2008
The Pamir Mountains of Central Asia

A paper session co-sponsored by the Mountain Geography Specialty Group and
the Asian Geography Specialty Groups

Organized by: Stephen Cunha (Humboldt State University) and
Sarah J. Halvorson (The University of Montana)

This paper session provides a forum for researchers working in the Pamir
Mountains of Central Asia. Popularly called the 'Roof of the World," the
Pamir rise above the Central Asia steppe and desert where the Hindu Kush,
Karakoram and Tien Shan ranges converge. Most of this range falls within
the isolated multifrontier of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous
Oblast, with parts in Afghanistan, China, and Kyrgyzstan. Mountain runoff
sustains the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, Central Asia's lifelines and
principle tributaries to the Aral Sea. Current issues include population
relocation following the Tajik civil war, opium and weapons trafficking,
poverty reduction, improving education and agricultural productivity,
transborder commerce, environmental hazards such as the potential Lake
Sarez dam collapse, and securing the new Tajik National Park.

Papers that focus on aspects of physical geography, human geography, and
environment-society relations are welcome. We are interested in
empirically grounded work as well as contributions of a more conceptual
and theoretical nature. In organizing this paper session on the Pamir, we
seek to promote interaction and dialogue among researchers working in and
on the mountains of Central Asia.

We ask that you send your paper title, abstracts, and PIN no later than
*October 20* to one of the co-organizers:

Stephen Cunha (sc10@humboldt.edu)
Sarah J. Halvorson (sarah.halvorson@umontana.edu)

Stephen F. Cunha
Professor of Geography
Humboldt State University, Arcata CA 95521
Tel: 707/826-4975
Fax: 707/826-3205

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CALL FOR CONTRIB.- Commentaries and Analyses for the ISN /RES Security Watch

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CALL FOR CONTRIB.- Commentaries and Analyses for the ISN/RES Security Watch

Posted by: Merim Razbaeva razbaeva@sipo.gess.ethz.ch

This is a call for academics, journalists and etc. to contribute to
the ISN/RES Security Watch news services

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/ and

http://www.res.ethz.ch/news/sw/index.cfm.

We are specifically
interested in covering events in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

ISN Security Watch is a news analysis clearinghouse that provides a
platform for a wide variety of voices and calls attention to
developing issues and underreported events that are significant to the
course and conduct of international relations.

ISN Security Watch produces two forms of content: in-depth news
analyses and commentaries.

News analysis: A 1,200- to 1,500- word, well-sourced article with
original interviews as well as quotes from local media. When quoting
other media sources, emphasis should be placed on local media in
countries where readers are not likely to have access due to language
barriers or other reasons.

Commentary: An 800-word article in which the correspondent contributes
their views together with relevant sources and facts.

Payment

ISN Security Watch pays EUR300 per in-depth article, EUR150 per
commentary and EUR15 per photo published (up to three photos per story).

ISN Security Watch only pays for original work published on our
website and retains all rights to this content.

ISN Security Watch is a member of Creative Commons, which means
authors may see their stories, with proper attribution of origin,
reproduced in other media.

If you are interested in this proposal please send your short bio and
some of your previous work to be vetted by the ISN Security Watch
staff. In return, we will send copies of the mission statement and
correspondent guidelines for ISN Security Watch.

For all further enquires contact:

Merim Razbaeva razbaeva@sipo.gess.ethz.ch
RES Project Manager and ISN Editor

Russian and Eurasian Security Network (RES)
International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
ETH Zurich
Leonhardshalde 21, LEH C1
8092 Zurich
Switzerland

Tel: +41 (0)44 632 06 97
Fax: +41 (0)44 632 14 13

www.res.ethz.ch
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PUBL.- The Caucasus and Globalization, Vol. 1 (3), 2007

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PUBL.- The Caucasus and Globalization, Vol. 1 (3), 2007

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

Please find the contents of no. 1(3), 2007 of "The Caucasus and
Globalization" journal (in English and Russian) below. The issue will be
published in late October.

The Caucasus and Globalization
Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies

Vol. 1 (3), 2007

Contents

Geopolitics

Eldar Mamedov, The Constitutional Court and Courts of Ordinary
Jurisdiction in Azerbaijan: Theoretical and Practical Problems of Their
Interrelations.

Rustam Mamedov, Disarmament and Demilitarization in the Caspian Sea from the
Viewpoint of International Law.

Kiamran Shafiev, The self-determination Principle in the Context of
Globalization.

Geo-Economics

Rozeta Asatiani, The Phenomenon of Globalization and Its Influence on
National Economies (A Case study of Georgia)

Vakhtang Burduli, The role of Globalization in Reviving the Economy of
Countries in Transition (A Case study of Georgia)

Teimuraz Beridze, National Economic Model: An Alternative to Globalization?

Hadjiaga Rustambekov, Creation and Economic Model for Azerbaijan: Typical
Characterization and national Identification.

Geoculture

Liubov Solovieva, traditions in the Globalization Era: Abkhazia in the Early
21st Century.

Rena Kadyrova, On Some Sociopsychological Conditions of the Development of
National Identity of the Azeri Youth.

Guram Svanidze, Globalization-Westernization: Difficulties of Transitions in
Georgia.

Farkhad Aliev, A Cultural Revolution in the Globalization Context: the
Eurasian Approach.

Geohistory

Roin Metreveli, National Problems in the Globalization Context and
Historiography.

Parvin Darabadi, Central Eurasia in the "Big Geopolitical Game" of the late
19th - early 20th Centuries (Pages of Geohistory).

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/c-g-eng.shtml

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JOB- Program Officer for Central Eurasia Project, Open Society Institute

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JOB- Program Officer for Central Eurasia Project, Open Society Institute

Posted by: Virginia Moracho <vmoracho@sorosny.org>

Position Available
Program Officer for Central Eurasia Project
October 2007

The Open Society Institute works to build vibrant and tolerant
democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To
achieve its mission, OSI seeks to shape public policies that assure
greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and
safeguard fundamental rights. On a local level, OSI implements a range
of initiatives to advance justice, education, public health, and
independent media. At the same time, OSI builds alliances across
borders and continents on issues such as corruption and freedom of
information. OSI places a high priority on protecting and improving
the lives of marginalized people and communities.

Investor and philanthropist George Soros in 1993 created OSI as a
private operating and grantmaking foundation to support his
foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Those foundations were established, starting in 1984, to help
countries make the transition from communism. OSI has expanded the
activities of the Soros foundations network to encompass the United
States and more than 60 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin
America. Each Soros foundation relies on the expertise of boards
composed of eminent citizens who determine individual agendas based on
local priorities.

Working under the supervision of the Director of the Central Eurasia
Project and Middle East Initiatives of the Open Society Institute, the
Program Officer will have the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

* Provide program and administrative support to the Director of CEP
and the Director of Advocacy and Grants.
* Review, research, and evaluate grant proposals, letters, and
reports of various CEP grantees.
* Work with Director to help develop comprehensive strategies for
grantmaking and advocacy in the region.
* Conduct necessary correspondence with grantees at all stages of
grant process.
* Prepare grant docket for selection committee review.
* Plan and develop annual budget for CEP in conjunction with Director.
* Evaluate annual budgets and strategies, monthly transaction
reports, audit reports, and various other legal and grant
documentation.
* Under supervision of Director, develop, execute, and coordinate
special projects as required. Provide occasional program and
administrative support to other projects.
* Monitor civil society and NGO development in priority sectors of the
region.
* Conduct Pre-grant inquiries for all grant applicants.
* Complete Grant SQL (grant-processing program) entries for all grant
applicants.
* Monitor grantees, provide reporting guidelines, review interim and
final financial and narrative reports.
* Work alongside OSI-NY Grants Management (GM) Department to ensure
all grantees are in compliance with U.S. law and GM requirements.
* Assist in the preparation of annual budget in collaboration with
Director and departmental staff; review budget variance reports on a
regular basis.
* Work alongside OSI-NY Finance Dept. to ensure all regional
budgeting and accounting is in compliance with OSI Finance Department
requirements.
* Process payments and transfers using OSI software: administrative
payments, program payments, grant payments, and expense reports.
* Compose consultancy contracts and ensure that payments are
processed and sent in a timely manner.
* Engage in research and other projects as needed. Assist Director
with relevant projects upon request.

Requirements:

* Advanced degree, Masters or above;
* Knowledge of and relevant experience working in Central Eurasia and
Caucasus;
* Experience working with NGOs, international organizations, and/or
grant-making institutions;
* Excellent written and verbal English language skills;
* Advanced Russian language skills; other languages a plus,
specifically Middle Eastern languages;
* Excellent organizational skills, particularly the ability to
effectively manage and compile disparate pieces of data.
* High level of self-motivation and ability to work independently, as
well as commitment to working as a member of a team;
* Attentive to detail and able to work well under pressure;
* Extensive computer skills (expertise with Microsoft Word, Excel,
Access and databases required);
* Ability to travel as required.

Compensation: Commensurate with experience. Excellent benefit package.

Start Date: Immediately

To Apply: E-mail resume, cover letter and salary requirements, before
October 31, 2007, to:

humanresources@sorosny.org

Include job code in subject line: PO/CEA

Open Society Institute
Human Resources Code PO/CEA
400 West 59th Street
New York, New York 10019

No phone calls, please. The Open Society Institute is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.

Virginia Moracho
Human Resources Recruitment Specialist
Open Society Institute
(212) 548-0186
E-mail: vmoracho@sorosny.org

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