Thursday, November 29, 2007

CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Colette Harris, Masculinities and Violence in Tajikistan, Dec. 6

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CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- C. Harris, Masculinities & Violence in Tajikistan, Dec. 6

Posted by: John Schoeberlein <centasia@fas.harvard.edu>

Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

"Masculinities and Violence in Tajikistan: From the Domestic to the Civil War"

Colette Harris
Senior Lecturer on Conflict, Governance and Development
University of East Anglia, England

Thursday, December 6
12:15-2:00 pm

CGIS South, Room S-354
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

Colette Harris has done extensive field research in Tajikistan and
focuses issues of violence and conflict, sexualities, and community
development, among others. She has recently published books entitled
"Muslim Youth: Tensions and Transitions in Tajikistan" (2006) and
"Control and Subversion: Gender Relations in Tajikistan" (2004).


NOTE!! This event is not at our usual time, but rather noon on Thursday!!

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
Email: centasia@fas.harvard.edu
http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/


John Schoeberlein


Dr. John Schoeberlein \ Director
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center \ Harvard University
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tel.: +1/617-495-4338 program: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319
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Central Asia Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
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SEMINAR- Fotini Christia, Alliance Formation in the Afghan Civil War, ISP Brown Bag Seminar, KSG, Dec. 6

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SEMINAR- Fotini Christia, Afghan Civil War, ISP Brown Bag Seminar, KSG, Dec. 6

Posted by: Susan Lynch <susan_lynch@harvard.edu>

Belfer Center's International Security Program

"The Closest of Enemies: Alliance Formation in the Afghan Civil War"

a brown bag seminar with

Fotini Christia
Research Fellow
International Security Program

Date: Thursday, December 6
Time: 12:15 ­ 2:00 P.M. (coffee and tea provided)
Place: Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come - first
served basis. We hope that you can join us.

For more information, email susan_lynch@ksg.harvard.edu

or visit our website:
http://www.belfercenter.org/events/3582/closest_of_enemies.html


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WORKSHOP- Archival Study of Russia & Islamic world, Columbia U. (NYC), Sat., Dec. 1

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WORKSHOP- Archival Study of Russia & Islamic world, Columbia U. (NYC), Dec. 1

Posted by: Sean Pollock <smp2146@columbia.edu>

Sean Pollock (Harvard History PhD and REECA MA; now at the Harriman
Institute) invites you to a workshop this Saturday at Columbia exploring
the possibilities of using archives to study Russia's relationship with
the Islamic world. The workshop program is below.

If you'd like to attend the workshop, please contact Sean at
smp2146@columbia.edu to arrange entrance to the venue, or print a copy
of the workshop program to show to library guards.


Russia and Islam in the Archives of Eurasia: A Workshop

Date: Saturday, December 1, 2007
Venue: Butler Library, Rm 523, Columbia University
Organizer: Sean Pollock, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Harriman Institute
(smp2146@columbia.edu)
Sponsor: The Harriman Institute, Columbia University

PROGRAM

9:00 am-11:30: Russian-Muslim Relations in the Archives of Russia and Georgia

Moderator: Richard Wortman, Columbia University

Vladimir Bobrovnikov, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy
of Sciences
"Islamic Responses to Imperial/Soviet Modernization of Local Muslim
Communities in Private and State Archives from the Caucasus"

George Sanikidze, Institute of Oriental Studies, Georgian Academy of Sciences
"Orthodoxy versus Islam: Russian Imperial Policy towards Georgia's
Muslims during the 19th Century"

Dmitry Arapov, Moscow State University
"Islam in Russian Imperial State Archives, 1721-1917" (in Russian with
interpreter)

11:30-12:00: Russia, Islam and the Bakhmeteff Archive

Tanya Chebotarev, Curator, Bakhmeteff Archive, Columbia University
Jenny Lee, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Columbia University

12:00-1:45: Lunch

2:00-4:30: Islam and Orthodoxy in the Archives and Libraries of Turkey
and Central Asia

Moderator: Christine Philliou, Columbia University

Michael Khodarkovsky, Loyola University Chicago
"How Useful Are the Ottoman Archives to a Historian of Russia?"

Virginia Aksan, McMaster University
"Looking for a Russian Needle in an Ottoman Haystack"

Adeeb Khalid, Carleton College
"Searching for Muslim Voices in Post-Soviet Archives"

5:00: Reception

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FILM AND PANEL- An Islamic Conscience: The Aga Khan and the Ismailis, KSG, Dec. 3

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FILM & PANEL- An Islamic Conscience: The Aga Khan and the Ismailis, KSG, Dec. 3

Posted by: Kamron Mitchell <kamron_mitchell@harvard.edu>

Film and Panel:

An Islamic Conscience: The Aga Khan and the Ismailis

Struggling for a common humanity in a divided world.

www.agakhanfilm.org


6 pm, Monday, December 3

JFK Jr. Forum, Kennedy School of Government

As the divides between the Muslim and non-Muslim world seem to be
getting more pronounced, it is time to hear the story of a Muslim
leader who has been persevering for fifty years to bridge the major
world divides through a philosophy he says is rooted in the conscience
of Islam. But who is the Aga Khan and who are the Ismaili Muslims? And
what do they have to say about this post 9/11 World? Can the story of
the Aga Khan point to a solution to the East-West divide?

This is the first documentary on the Aga Khan in 45 years and with a
rare and exclusive interview with him, the film will have its world
premiere on December 3 at the JFK Jr Forum, Kennedy School of Government.

The film trailer can be seen: www.agakhanfilm.org


The film will be followed by a Panel Discussion on the themes of
religious tolerance, pluralism, and positive social change with:

Bill Cran: Emmy Award-Winning Director

Firas Ahmad: Deputy Editor of Islamica Magazine (KSG '05)

Ali Asani: Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and
Culture (Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)

Shamir Allibhai: Filmmaker and Producer (HDS '09)

Moderated by Jocelyne Cesari, Director of the Islam in the West
Program (Center for Middle Eastern Studies)

This event is co-sponsored by the Divinity School, Initiative on
Religion and International Affairs, the Islam in the West Program, and
the Kennedy School Muslim Caucus. For more information about the
film, please go to www.agakhanfilm.org . For more information about
the event, please contact Kamron_Mitchell@harvard.edu .

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

CONF./CFP- CESS Conference in Kyrgyzstan, August 4-7, 2008

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CONF./CFP- CESS Conference in Kyrgyzstan, August 4-7, 2008

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Call for Papers

Central Eurasian Studies Society Regional Conference (2008)

Date: August 4-7, 2008

The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) announces that its first
regional conference will be held the summer of 2008 in Kyrgyzstan.
Conference registration is open to the public. For more information,
see the information on CESS's website:

http://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_08.html. Due to space
limitations, we may have to close registration when capacity is
reached, and thus, non-presenting attendees are urged to pre-register
to ensure that their place is reserved.

Those wishing to present a paper at the conference are welcome to
submit a proposal in accordance with the guidelines below.

Conference dates: August 4-7, 2008
Conference location: Royal Beach Hotel, Choq Tal village, Issyk-Kul,
Kyrgyzstan, hosted by the Aigine Research Center and The University of
Central Asia.

The program will feature approximately 16 panels in sessions running
from Tuesday morning till Thursday noon. There will also be a
supplementary program including films and other cultural events, a
welcoming reception on Monday, August 4 and a conference conclusion
and lunch on Thursday, August 7.

The working languages of the conference are Russian and English.
Translation will be provided for a key lecture and closing speech.

Call for Paper and Panel Proposals

Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and
social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The
geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and
Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus,
Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia.
Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science
disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to
participate.

Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will
be given some preference in the selection process. Individual papers
are also welcome and will be assigned by the program committee to an
appropriate panel with a chair and a discussant. CESS members wishing
to organize panels are encouraged to use the Central Eurasian Scholars
Network to make contact with interested colleagues.

Please note that due to a high level of interest in CESS conferences,
and the fact that the total number of participants in first regional
conference of CESS will be limited due to space constraints, we
anticipate that the selection of papers will be extremely competitive.
We encourage all who hope to attend to consider working with
colleagues to arrange a pre-organized panel, as this will improve your
chances of acceptance.

Submission of Proposals

The Conference Committee only accepts ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS -- please
fill out the web form for a panel or individual paper proposal at:

http://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_08.html. Those who don't have
access to the website may contact us at <frc_cess@gmail.com> and we
will e-mail the submission forms in MS Word format.

The following information is required for submissions; we suggest that
you prepare the text before accessing the website so you can simply
paste the information into the form (but do not send it without the
form!):

FOR PAPER PRESENTERS: 1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation,
3) Title/position, 4) E-mail, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax,
8) Title of Paper, 9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of
200-300 words in Russian or English; abstracts longer than 300 words
may be rejected) 10) Any audio-visual equipment requests (specify --
e.g., overhead projector, slide project, video player), 11) A brief,
one-page CV or biographical statement which contains the information
which the panel chair may require for introductions, and includes the
presenter's educational background (highest degree, year awarded,
awarding institution,
and field of study).

FOR PANELS: Proposals may be submitted for regular panels (with
presentation of scholarly papers) and roundtable panels (featuring
discussion of a current topic in the field).

Regular panels MUST have three or four paper presenters, a chair, and
a discussant. In addition to the information for each of the paper
presenters on the panel (as indicated above), the following are also
required: a) a title for the proposed panel, and b) name, affiliation,
and contact information of the panel chair and discussant.

Roundtable panels MUST have between three and six presenters and a
chair (no discussant is required). As roundtables are oriented towards
a more informal discussion, no paper proposal is expected from
roundtable panelists, but please provide information for each of the
presenters on the panel (as indicated above, with the exception of an
abstract), as well as a) a title for the proposed roundtable, and b)
name, affiliation, and contact information of the panel chair.

Panels should be formed to work in one language (either Russian or
English).

Only complete panels with a full set of panelists, a chair, and a
discussant (for regular panels) will be considered for acceptance. If
a panel or roundtable as proposed does not include a full complement
of panelists, the panel may be wait-listed until it is complete.
Pre-organized panels should be thematically coherent and may be
organized/sponsored by a scholarly organization (optional).

The deadline for proposals is February 15, 2008. Please do not submit
your proposal until it is complete. In the case of panels, this means
having complete information on all panelists. Once your paper or panel
proposal information is complete, please fill out the appropriate
webform, available at: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_08.html

SPONSORED PANELS: CESS encourages other institutions supporting the
study of Central Eurasia, such as regional scholarly associations, to
organize "sponsored panels" at the CESS conference -- i.e., panels
organized by the sponsoring institution, involving their members and
receiving their imprimatur.

The following organizations have already offered their participation,
but other organizations are also welcome to contact CESS about
organizing their own panels:

Aigine RC has limited funds to support two panels on the biological
and cultural diversity of Central Asia for participants from
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkey. The support will be
provided for travel and accommodation expenses. Participants must
obtain their own funding from personal resources, their own
institutions, or grant-giving organizations to cover the conference
fees. Central Asian participants studying abroad at the time of the
conference are not eligible to apply. The contact person is Zemfira
Inogamova <inogamova@gmail.com>

University of Central Asia will sponsor two panels: 1) "Issues and
Challenges of Teaching about Central Asia to Central Asians", 2)
"Socio-economic Development in the Mountain Regions of Central Asia".
Scholars from any countries are eligible to apply. The contact person
is Dr. Elmira Kochumkulova (University of Central Asia, Bishkek,
<elmira.kuchumkulova@ucentralasia.org>).

IFEAC (Institut Francais d'Etudes sur l'Asie centrale) will sponsor
participation of three scholars from Uzbekistan. The contact person is
Bayram Balci, IFEAC, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, <balci_bayram@yahoo.fr>)

Commitment to Participate:

By submitting a proposal, you are indicating your serious intention to
participate in the conference -- including your commitment to take the
necessary steps to obtain any required visa or funding -- unless
prevented by circumstances out of your control. You will be asked to
confirm your commitment in April after your proposal is accepted. Note
that, because withdrawal after the program has been put together is
very disruptive and harms the quality of panels, and prevents us from
including people in the program who would indeed be able to attend,
CESS rules stipulate that those who withdraw after May 1 without a
good reason are barred from participating in the conference the
following year, and those who fail to appear at the conference without
timely notice to the Conference Committee will be considered
"no-shows" and will be barred from participating for the next two
years. The deadline for such notification is seven days prior to the
conference (July 28), and after this date, no registration fees can be
refunded.

E-Mail Contact:

Since all communication with prospective participants are via e-mail,
and we will require your confirmation of participation in April after
proposals are accepted and again in June when all of your visa and
travel arrangements should be in place, it is vitally important that
you make sure we always have an e-mail address that will reach you. If
we LOSE CONTACT with you after your proposal is accepted, you will be
dropped from the program, will be counted as a "no-show", and will not
be able to participate in the conference.

Program Limitations:

No participant may present more than one paper at the conference,
including roundtable presentations. Without special justification, the
program committee will not schedule any individual to appear on more
than two panels as a presenter or discussant.

Schedule of Key Dates:

Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, February 15, 2008.

Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case of
special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the program
committee.

Notification of acceptance: by April 12.

The Conference Committee will provide, upon request, mailed or faxed
invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel
funds; these will be sent in the second half of June. Note: Obtaining
a Kyrgyz visa can take a long time, and we urge participants to begin
the process immediately upon notification of their proposal's acceptance.

Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests: June 30.

Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by Friday, July 4.

Paper presenters will be informed via e-mail in the middle of May of
the e-mail addresses of their panel's chair and discussant, to whom
they should send their papers by the deadline.

Conference: August 4-7, 2008

Arrival to Choq Tal is on the afternoon/evening on Monday, August 4.
Registration opens in the afternoon followed by a reception in the
evening. Panels begin Tuesday morning, August 5, and continue through
Wednesday and Thursday, August 6 and 7. There will be a concluding
party and the conference lunch on Thursday, August 7 at 1 pm.

Registration:

Each conference presenter is required to have a current CESS
membership. To join CESS or check on the status of your membership, go
to http://www.cess.muohio.edu/

Payment of registration fees IS REQUIRED for everyone attending the
conference. The fee covers a welcoming reception on Monday, coffee
breaks during the conference lunch on Wednesday and transport
Bishkek-Royal Beach-Bishkek. The fees are as follows:

Registration fee: $45/$40 for CESS members
Registration fee for regional scholars: $25/$20 for CESS members

Note: citizens of Central Eurasian countries currently
studying/researching outside of the region as well as citizens of
non-Central Eurasian countries currently studying/researching in
Central Eurasia are considered regional scholars.

Payment of registration fees will be accepted on site.

Travel and Accommodations

It is expected the majority of participants will stay at the Royal
Beach Club Hotel, Choq Tal village. There will be block booking
through Aigine RC. Requests should be sent to Guljan Kudabaeva
<kiguljan@gmail.com>

Another accommodation possibility is to stay in Choq Tal village
located nearby the Royal Beach Club Hotel. Participants shall book
rooms in the village individually. Aigine RC cannot provide any
contact information for this option.

There will be two buses going to Issyk-Kul on the noon and afternoon
of August 4. Participants will have to sign up for the buses by
sending an e-mail to Guljan Kudabaeva <kiguljan@gmail.com> after their
travel arrangements are set.

Information about the Royal Beach Club Hotel and Issyk-Kul,
transportation options, maps, and lodging information will be
available on the Aigine Research Center's CESS Conference Information
page: http://www.aigine.kg/Articles/ViewSection.aspx?ArticleID=253

Virtually all informational questions about the conference can be
answered by consulting the above-mentioned web pages. If you don't
have web access, or if you don't find the answer to your questions
there, you can contact the conference organizers by e-mail at
<frc_cess@gmail.com>

The hosts of future CESS conferences are as follows:
2008- Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2009- University of Toronto

Communications regarding local arrangements, including invitation
letters, should be addressed to:

Aigine Research Center
93 Toktogul Street
Bishkek 720040
Kyrgyzstan
Tel.: +996 (312) 666966, 667673
Fax: +996 (312) 667674
e-mail: <aigine.bishkek@gmail.com>

Communications about proposal submission, program matters,
registration matters, the mailing list, and data updates should be
sent to the FRC CESS committee: <frc _cess@gmail.com>

The members the Conference Committee are:
1. Dr. Ali Igmen (California State University, Long Beach, aigmen@csulb.edu),
2. Dr. Anvar Mokeev (Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, anvarmokeev@yahoo.com
3. Dr. Ainura Asamidinova (American University-Central Asia,
asamidinova_a@mail.auca.kg)
4. Dr. Daniel G. Prior (Miami University, priordg@muohio.edu)
5. Mr. Dilshod Sharipov (Central Asian Resource Centre, Almaty,
dilshodbek@mail.ru),
6. Dr. Elmira Kochumkulova (University of Central Asia, Bishkek,
elmira.kuchumkulova@ucentralasia.org)
7. Dr. Gulnara Aitpaeva (Aigine Research Centre, aitgul@yahoo.com)
8. Dr. Gulmira Junushalieva (Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University,
dzun_gulmera@mail.ru)
9. Dr. John Schoeberlein (Harvard University, schoeber@fas.harvard.edu),
10. Dr. Laura Adams (Princeton University, lladams2@earthlink.net)
11. Ms. Madeleine Reeves (University of Manchester, madeleinereeves@gmail.com)
12. Dr. Mahinoor Mamatova (American University-Central Asia,
mamatova@mail.auca.kg)
13. Ms. Venerahan Torobekova (International Ataturk Alatoo University,
venerahan@gmail.com)

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LECTURE- Women in the Kyrgyz Parliament, Gulnara Ibraeva, AUCA-SRC, Bishkek, Nov. 30

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LECTURE- Women in the Kyrgyz Parliament, Gulnara Ibraeva, Bishkek, Nov. 30

Posted by: Alexander I. Pugachev <pugachev_a@mail.auca.kg>

Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg)

presents:

Lecture: Women in the Kyrgyz Parliament: Past Experience and Opportunities
of New Electoral Process

Time: 15.00, November 30th, 2007

Venue: 232, AUCA (Main Building)

Speaker: Gulnara Ibraeva, Candidate Nauk of Sociological Sciences, and Chair
of Sociology Department, American University of Central Asia

Synopsis:

Dr. Ibraeva will speak about important moments of lobbying special measures
to support women in politics and approved list of measures in the electoral
legislation. The presentation will also seek to answer the following
questions: what can be the outcomes of new electoral party system introduced
for the first time in Kyrgyzstan? In what way the used opacity procedures to
recruit women into parties can impact the results of forthcoming
parliamentary elections? Has the history of development of political parties
as closed man's clubs basically ended in Kyrgyzstan? Can the introduction of
special measures to support women, youth, and ethic groups be regarded as
progress or a way for failure? How do authorities and regimes formulate
"natural" categories of gender and age? What is the difference between age
and gender representation in the elective lists of political parities? What
is socio-demographical portrait of current female-candidates proposed by
political parties? How many new female candidates do we see in the current
election campaign? Which of potential female politicians will remain behind
the 2007 elections and why? In conclusion, Dr. Ibraeva will picture all
forms of resources owned by the female candidates, and describe scenarios of
how the party leaders can use the female political resource.

To register: Please send e-mail to pss@mail.auca.kg

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LECTURE- Barnett Rubin, Why Are We in Afghanistan?, Tufts Univ., Dec. 5

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LECTURE- Barnett Rubin, Why Are We in Afghanistan?, Tufts Univ., Dec. 5

Posted by: Fares Center - Tufts University <fares-center@tufts.edu>

The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies

Presents:

"Why Are We in Afghanistan?"
Barnett R. Rubin,
Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation,
New York University

December 5, 2007, 5:30PM
Cabot Center, Room 702, Tufts University - Medford
Open Invitation.


Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Cabot Intercultural Center
160 Packard Avenue
Medford, MA 02155

http://farescenter.tufts.edu

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GRANT- Travel Grant for Use of Library at Western Washington University

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GRANT- Travel Grant for Use of Library at Western Washington University

Posted by: Edward Vajda <eddievajda@yahoo.com>

The Center for East Asian Studies of Western Washington University is
offering travel grants for research in the WWU Libraries on any
subject dealing with Mongolia and the Mongols. Two grants of up to
$500 each will be awarded in any one calendar year to scholars,
including doctoral candidates, who at the time of application reside
more than 500 miles from Bellingham. Applicants from institutions
with no or few Inner Asian resources are given preference.

The grants, financed by the Henry G. Schwarz Endowment Fund for
Mongolian Studies, are designed to help scholars use the more than
9,300 books and dozens of periodicals dealing with Mongolia. This
large collection of materials, broadly representative of all parts of
Mongolia and of every major group of Mongols elsewhere in the world,
is known not only for its books on language, literature, the
humanities and social sciences but also for its unparalleled resources
in medicine and the natural sciences. It is supported by more than
2,700 titles on Tibet and substantial collections on neighboring
areas, such as Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang), and the indigenous
populations of Eastern Siberia, the Russian Far East and Manchuria.

Applications must be submitted by August 1 for research during
September through January and by January 1 for research during
February through June. They should include a brief description of the
research project, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, and an estimated
budget. When completed, they should be sent to: Director, Center for
East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9057.

Edward Vajda
Director
Center for East Asian Studies
Western Washington University

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PUBL.- The Silk Road, Vol. 5, No. 1

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PUBL.- The Silk Road, Vol. 5, No. 1

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

We are pleased to announce publication of the new issue of The Silk
Road, the semi-annual journal of the Silkroad Foundation. The new
issue (Vol. 5, No. 1, Summer 2007) may be accessed in pdf format
from: <http://silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol5num1/>.

It contains:

Richthofen's "Silk Roads": Toward the Archaeology of a Concept
by Daniel C. Waugh

Georgia: A Culinary Crossroads
by Darra Goldstein

Food, Medicine and the Silk Road: The Mongol-era Exchanges
by Paul D. Buell

In Search of Mongolian Barbecue
by Debra McCown

Investigation of a Xiongnu Royal Complex in the Tsaraam Valley: Part
2: The Inventory of Barrow No. 7 and the Chronology of the Site
by Sergei S. Miniaev and Lidiia M. Sakharovskaia

A Chinese Inscription from a Xiongnu Elite Barrow in the Tsaraam Cemetery
by Michele Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens

On Ancient Tracks in Eastern Anatolia
by Frank Harold

Review of: Tschingis Khan und seine Erben (Hirmer Verlag, 2005)
by Florian Schwarz

Marking the Centenary of Dunhuang (conference report)
by Daniel Waugh

Announcements of upcoming programs.

Please note that all the previous issues of the journal are available
on the Silkroad Foundation website at
<http://silkroadfoundation.org/toc/newsletter.html>. All but the
first issue are now available in pdf format. Vol. 1, No. 1 and
several of the subsequent numbers are also available as html files.

Please contact the editor, Daniel Waugh <dwaugh@u.washington.edu> if
you have suggestions or wish to submit a contribution for a future
issue. The winter 2008 number will focus on archaeology in Mongolia
but also contain a range of other interesting material.

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FELLOWSHIP- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Resources and Political Order in Central Asia

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FELLOWSHIP- Post-Doc Fellowship, Resources & Political Order in Central Asia

Posted by: Andrea Schmitz <andrea.schmitz@swp-berlin.org>

The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung
Wissenschaft und Politik) in Berlin is offering a post-doctoral
fellowship funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation for a period of 2
years for research on the following topic:

Resources and political order in Central Asia: Historical foundations,
contemporary challenges and prospects for development.

We are looking for post-doctoral
* historians with a relevant regional specialization
* social scientists with a good knowledge of economics
* economists with a focus on political economy
* development or transition economists with knowledge of the post-Soviet space

The successful candidate will already possess expertise on Central
Asia, and research experience in the region would be desirable. A good
working knowledge of German is essential, and knowledge of Russian
would be a significant asset.

The candidate should be willing to work in Berlin.

Applications should include a CV, academic transcripts and diplomas,
names and addresses of 2 scientific references, and a project exposé
of max. 5 pages.

Please send your application to:

Dr. Andrea Schmitz
Forschungsgruppe Russland / GUS
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
andrea.schmitz@swp-berlin.org

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Sunday, November 25, 2007

CONF./CFP - Iran and the Caucasus: Unity and Diversity, Yerevan, June 6-8, 2008

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CONF./CFP - Iran and the Caucasus: Unity and Diversity, Yerevan, June 6-8, 2008

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

Call For Papers

International Conference: "Iran and the Caucasus: Unity and Diversity"
June 06-08, 2008
Yerevan, Armenia

Dear Colleagues,

ARYA International University (Yerevan) and the Caucasian Centre for
Iranian Studies (Yerevan), in collaboration with the Armenian
Association for Academic Partnership and Support, are organising an
international conference entitled "Iran and the Caucasus: Unity and
Diversity" on the problems of Irano-Caucasica.

The Seminar will be held in June 06-08, 2008.
Venue: ARYA International University, Yerevan, Armenia.

Once being a part of Eranshahr, the Caucasus with its ethnical,
linguistic and cultural diversity and uniqueness still preserves the
elements of the Iranian cultural heritage. The Irano-Caucasian
geographical domain covers contemporary Iran, Iraq, Armenia, the
Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Northern Caucasus, Eastern
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and those of the Central
Asian countries, which have experienced the strong cultural and
political influence of Iran.

The conference will address and seek to answer mainly to the following
questions: What were the main principles of cultural unity and
diversity in this huge area? How and in what capacity the cultural
interactions were taking place? How were the literary motifs in the
region reflecting on each other? What is the cultural future of the
region? What are the modes of peaceful coexistence of different
civilizations and cultures?

Scholars and postgraduate students are invited to submit papers and
panel proposals relating to all aspects of humanities and social
sciences on Irano-Caucasica, including:

1. Peoples and their Identities, Ethnic and National Diversity:
Minorities and their Rights;
2. Historical Issues of the Region: History of the Iranian and
Caucasian Peoples (Ancient, Medieval and Modern);
3. Literatures and Languages of the Region, Folklore, Textology;
4. Armenia as a Bridge between Iran and the Caucasus;
5. Economic and Political Problems and Challenges of the Region,
Geopolitics of the Irano-Caucasica: Interdisciplinary Approach;
6. History of Religion: Religions of the region, Christianity, Islam,
Ethno-Confessional Groups (the Yezidies, Alavies, Russian Sectarians, etc.);
7. Archaeology, Anthropology, and Sociology;
8. Caspian Region: Past, Present, Future;
9. The Cultural and Political Future of the Region.

Abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) are to be emailed by March 15,
2008 to: IranoCaucasica@armacad.org
A brief CV, including contact details is to be included in the message.
A notification about acceptance of the papers will be sent due to
April 15, 2008.

Pre-organised panels should be thematically coherent and should
include title, abstracts, details of panel chair and participants.

The scheduled time for each paper will be 15 minutes plus 5 minutes
for discussion.
The working language of the Conference is English.

The conference papers are planned to be published in a separate volume.

For the scholars coming from the region there will be limited funding
to cover some expenses.

The next circular will be prepared right after the deadline for the
abstracts, and will contain details on programme, registration fee,
accommodation in Yerevan, the Armenian visa, etc.

Further information on the conference will appear on www.armacad.org.


For any further information do not hesitate to contact:
Dr. Khachik Gevorgyan,
Secretary of the Organising Committee
iranist@yahoo.co.uk

ARYA International University
Shahamiryanneri street, 18/2
Yerevan
Armenia
Tel: +374 (10) 44-35-85
Fax: +374 (10) 44-23-07
www.arya.am

Email: arya@arminco.com

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LECTURE- Evolving Islamic Identities in Central Asia, AUCA-SRC, Nov. 28

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LECTURE- Evolving Islamic Identities in Central Asia, AUCA-SRC, Nov. 28

Posted by: Alexander I. Pugachev <pugachev_a@mail.auca.kg>

Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg) with support of Social Science Research Council in New
York, USA, presents:

LECTURE: "Evolving Islamic Identities in Central Asia"

Speakers: Dr. Eric M. McGlinchey, USA, and Dr. Abdullo Khakim Rakhnamo,
Tajikistan

Time: 15.00, November 28th, 2007

Venue: 315, AUCA (Main Building)

Language: English/Russian (Interpretation into Russian/English will be
provided, if requested)

Synopsis:

Dr. McGlinchey will speak about the proliferation of Islamic identities in
post-Soviet Central Asia. It appears that religious identification in
Central Asia is considerably more complex and fluid than either discrete
categories or opposing dichotomies suggest. As such, his talk will provide a
much-needed inventory of variations in Muslim belief in Central Asia.
Second, he will provide brief explanations for why Islamic identities other
than the 'traditional' identities supported by the official clerical
hierarchy-the Central Asian muftiates-have grown in popularity and
prominence in recent years. Lastly, he will touch upon the near future of
Islam-a future in which, he thinks, the muftiates' 'traditional' Islam will
continue to lose out to new, more compelling articulations of belief, both
Muslim and Christian.

Dr. Rakhnamo will describe key problems of secular state establishment in
the Muslim societies relying on the experience of Tajikistan. In spite of
diversified practices in political life of Central Asian countries, there
appeared some tendency to view Islam as a monolithic process. More often,
development of Muslim communities is largely connected with status of
political and economic systems, levels of civil and juristic liberty. Dr.
Rakhnamo will brief about permeation of Islam into new societal arenas in
post-Soviet Tajikistan as well as interrelationship of secularism and
religion (Islam) there.

Bio: Dr. Eric M. McGlinchey is an Assistant Professor of Government and
Politics at Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason
University, USA. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2003.
Prior to joining George Mason University in August 2005, Dr. McGlinchey
worked at Iowa State University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Central
Asian Studies at Stanford University. Dr. McGlinchey's research interests
include comparative politics, Central Asian regime change, and political
Islam. He has written numerous articles on regime change and political
Islam.

Dr. Abdullo Khakim Rakhnamo holds Candidate Nauk of Political Sciences from
Tajik State University. Currently, he is teaching at the Tajik State
University. In 2006, he worked as a researcher at the Center for Strategic
Research under the Tajik President. He also worked as Adviser to the First
Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan (1995 -2005). He is the author of
numerous publications related to Islam in Central Asia. He delivered
lectures on Islam in Central Asia in Russia, USA, Germany and Central Asian
countries.

To register: Please send e-mail to pss@mail.auca.kg

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LECTURE- China and the EU in Central Asia, DIE, Bonn, Dec. 4, 2007

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LECTURE- China and the EU in Central Asia, DIE, Bonn, Dec. 4, 2007

Posted by: Joern Graevingholt <joern.graevingholt@die-gdi.de>

The German Development Institute (DIE)
and the Centre for Development Research (ZEF)

cordially invite you to a lecture on

"Competing views? China and the EU in Central Asia"

held by

Dr. SHAO Yuqun
Deputy Director, Department of South Asia Studies,
Shanghai Institute for International Studies,
Visiting Fellow at the German Development Institute

On TUESDAY, 4 December 2007
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Venue:
Hörsaal, Ground Floor
German Development Institute (DIE)
Tulpenfeld 6, D - 53113 Bonn

Central Asia has recently received renewed public attention as the
European Union, under German presidency, has drafted and adopted a new
Central Asia strategy in the first half of 2007. The strategy comes in
the wake of such events as the Kyrgyz "Tulip Revolution" in spring
2005 and the shooting of demonstrators in Andijon, Uzbekistan, shortly
thereafter. It aims to combine Europe's interests in reliable energy
supply and effective measures against terrorism, religious extremism
and organised crime with a reinforced emphasis on the promotion of
human rights and democracy. Europe's influence in Central Asia,
however, depends largely on its relative weight compared to other
major powers interested in the region, namely Russia, the U.S., and
China. A geographic neighbour to Central Asia, China has taken an ever
increasing interest in the region since the former Soviet republics
became independent in 1991. Additional sources of energy, which China
needs to maintain its current level of economic growth, and the
prospect of an interesting market in the close vicinity of its less
developed Western province Xinjiang, are strong incentives for Beijing
to engage with Central Asia. In addition, China shares concerns about
political and religious extremism that it fears could spill over to
Muslim separatists in Xinjiang. How, then, do the European and the
Chinese perspectives on Central Asia relate to each other? Are the EU
and China natural competitors, or could they be possible partners, in
engaging with Central Asia?

Dr. SHAO Yuqun is an expert on Central Asia and China's Central Asia
policy. During her visiting fellowship at DIE in autumn 2007, she has
done extensive research on the European approach towards Central Asia.
Her lecture will present a comparative view of the Chinese and the
European Central Asia policies.

RSVP, acceptances only, by 3 December 2007, to gisela.kuhlmann@die-gdi.de

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PUBL.- Patterns of Transformation in and around Uzbekistan

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PUBL.- Patterns of Transformation in and around Uzbekistan

Posted by: Marco Buttino <marco.buttino@unito.it>

The Italian Association for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus
(ASIAC) is glad to announce the publication of

Patterns of Transformation in and around Uzbekistan, edited by Paolo Sartori
and Tommaso Trevisani, Diabasis, Reggio Emilia, 2007. 320 pages, 25 euro.

This volume presents a selection of articles which reflects the many facets
of the historic-social research now being done in and around the most
populous of the Central Asian republics, ranging from history to political
science and anthropology. In keeping with the theme of the variety of
political, social and cultural transformations which have taken place in the
recent past, or are still underway, the authors offer a rich and articulated
image of a situation that today is little studied, except by a narrow circle
of experts. Can Uzbek society be still legitimately identified essentially
as an example of "post-Soviet" development? Should this development still be
viewed as an imperfect transition to a Western model - as is often still
posited in post-Socialist transitology? This book tries to answer these
questions by investigating the institutional legacies and contemporary
developments, attempting to overcome the commonplaces of past research, and
producing new, empirically grounded pictures of the region's institutional
situation.


Paolo Sartori / Tommaso Trevisani:
Introduction

Gero Fedtke:
How Bukharans Turned into Uzbeks and Tajiks: Soviet Nationalities
Policy in the Light of a Personal Rivalry

Chiara De Santi:
Cultural Revolution and Resistance in Uzbekistan during the 1920s. New
Perspectives on the Woman Question

Alisher Ilkhamov:
National Ideologies and Historical Mythology Construction in
Post-Soviet Central Asia

Habiba Fathi:
Women of Authority in Central Asian Islam as Identity Preserving
References and Agents of Community Restructuring in the Post-Soviet Period

Irene Hilgers:
Defining the "Uzbek Christian": Conversion to Christianity in the
Ferghana Valley

Paolo Sartori:
Tashkent 'Ulama' and Soviet State (1920-1938): A Preliminary Research
Note Based on NKVD Documents

Tommaso Trevisani:
Rural Communities in Transformation: Fermers, Dehqons, and the State in Khorezm

Caleb Wall:
Peasant Resistance in Khorezm? The Difficulties of Classifying
Non-Compliance in Rural Uzbekistan

Anja Schöller-Schletter:
Structural Deficits in Legal Design and Excessive Executive Power in
the Context of Transition in Uzbekistan

Matteo Fumagalli:
The Role of Frames in Explaining Uzbek Political Mobilization in
Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan (1991-2003)

Arnaud Ruffier:
Rôle de la transformation des pratiques de la fête de navro'z a dans
la mise en scène d'un imaginaire politique en Ouzbékistan


For further information please contact:

Edizioni Diabasis
via Emilia S. Stefano, 54
Reggio Emilia - Italia
telefono 0522 432727
fax 0522 434047
e-mail info@diabasis.it

or visit:

http://www.diabasis.it/database/diabasis/diabasis.nsf/b4604a8b566ce010
c125684d00471e00/592ad7b55412df27c1257393005a92a2!OpenDocument


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JOB- Resident Director, American Councils, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

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JOB- Resident Director, American Councils, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Posted by: Jacob Smith <jsmith@americancouncils.org>

American Councils for International Education is seeking a Resident
Director to supervise the Persian Flagship and Eurasian Regional
Language Program in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Requirements include:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Persian, Tajik, and/or Uzbek
language or area studies or equivalent;
- Advanced Persian, Tajik, and/or Uzbek skills -- written and oral
(minimum "Level 3" as defined by the ILR scale);
- Knowledge of Russian is preferred;
- Study, work, or extensive travel experience in Central Asia;
- Experience overseeing and guiding groups;
- Demonstrated skills in academic and personal counseling;
- Demonstrated skills in general financial accountability; and
- Experience teaching or developing curricula for Persian, Tajik, and/or Uzbek

For more information and to apply please visit view the full position
description at http://www.americancouncils.org/employmentList.php and
visit our website at http://flagship.americancouncils.org/splash.php.

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JOB- Deputy Chief of Party/Senior Association Specialist, Bishkek, ACDI/VOCA

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JOB- Deputy Chief of Party/Senior Association Specialist, Bishkek, ACDI/VOCA

Posted by: Almazbek Aldayarov <almazbek@camfa.kg>

For 43 years and in 145 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in
developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy.
Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international
development consultancy firm that delivers technical and management
assistance in agribusiness systems, financial services, enterprise
development and community development in order to promote broad-based
economic growth and vibrant civil society. ACDI/VOCA currently has
approximately 90 projects in 40 countries and revenues of
approximately $90 million.

We are currently seeking a Deputy Chief of Party / Senior Association
Specialist based in Kyrgyzstan for immediate placement. The DCOP will
support the management of an on-going four-year project in Central
Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan). The project
focuses on expanding rural and agricultural lending services by
strengthening national microfinance associations, credit unions, and
other lenders that are willing to undertake innovative approaches to
serving agricultural and rural areas. We are looking to fill this
position as soon as possible.

Responsibilities:
* provide overall management responsibility for Component I -
Financial Sector Growth
* overall technical direction for the four Central Asian Microfinance
Associations (MFAs)
* support to MFAs to develop business plans and financial projections
* provide hands-on training and technical assistance to MFAs
* assist in various trainings, study tours and conferences
* develop and monitor MFAs budgets
* supervise and ensure all grants management practices strictly
adhere to all conditions and requirements with USAID
* participate in all MFA assessment activities and the Action Plans
development

Qualifications:
* minimum of 3 years experience in the association development,
microfinance, and training activities is required
* regional experience is required
* demonstrated proficiency in the field of people and project management,
strategic planning and monitoring & evaluation is preferred
* familiarity with USAID procedures and policies is highly preferred
* proven track record of building relationships with associations,
governmental organizations as well as private organizations is required
* established track record of achieving results within difficult working
environments is preferred
* fluency in both English and Russian languages is required

How to Apply:
Please apply by e-mailing to Ms. Bermet Imankulova, bermet@camfa.kg


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Saturday, November 24, 2007

LECTURE- Drugs and Organized Crime, Filippo De Danieli, Nov 26, OSCE Centre in Dushanbe

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LECTURE- Drugs and Organized Crime, Nov 26, OSCE Centre in Dushanbe

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

As part of its Open Lecture Series, the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe invites you to:

"Drugs, Political (Dis)order, and the Central Asian Borderlands: The
Case of Tajikistan"
By Mr. Filippo De Danieli, PhD Student, University of London, SOAS
Monday, 26 November, 2007, 4:15 PM
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe
12 Zikrullo Khajaev St.

Abstract: The emergence of criminal networks as actors of political
and economic processes is one of the un-intended consequences of
Soviet Collapse. Among the Central Asian republics, Tajikistan has
also been affected by this "criminalization syndrome". In his
presentation, De Danieli will highlight why since 1991 the former
Soviet Union, and Tajikistan in particular, has demonstrated a fertile
ground for establishing criminal activities, specifically drug
trafficking. De Danieli will explore the negative (and positive)
effects of the shadow economy on broader political-economic dynamics
of the newly created states of Tajikistan and its neighborhood, in
addition to the effectiveness of international counter-narcotics and
border-control policies practiced in the region.

Bio: Filippo De Danieli is pursuing a Doctorate from the University of
London, School of Oriental and African studies (SOAS). His research
emphasis is on "The Drugs-Development-State-building Nexus in
Tajikistan". In 2002, De Danieli completed a study at the University
of Padova titled: "El poder sin atajos ni fronteras del narcotrafico:
El caso de la coca en Colombia" ("The Absolute Power of
Narcotrafficking: The Case of Coca in Colombia"). In 2005, De Danieli
completed a Master's thesis at the University of Roma titled: "La
Nuova via Della Seta: Droga e Geopolitica in Asia Centrale-Il Caso del
Tajikistan" ("The New Silk Road: Drug and Geopolitics in Central
Asia-case of Tajikistan"). For the past eight months, De Danieli has
been conducting fieldwork in Tajikistan for his PhD dissertation,
three months of which has been in his capacity as Intern with the
OSCE. For this, De Danieli has conducted nearly 100 interviews with
Tajikistan's civil society, international organizations, academics,
journalists, and government officials.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

PUBL.- Reports from the Social Research Center at AUCA (Bishkek)

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PUBL.- Reports from the Social Research Center at AUCA (Bishkek)

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

Please find below links to reports and summaries recently posted to
the website of the Social Research Center at the American University
of Central Asia.

SRC is a research unit of AUCA. Its mission is to promote the
long-lasting development of principals and practices of democracy,
free market, rule of law, and social equality in Kyrgyzstan through
research, publications, interdisciplinary studies, conferences,
roundtables, and networking. SRC mainly focuses on four target areas:
Corruption, Islam, Migration and NGO.

For more detailed information about SRC, please visit our website at

www.src.auca.kg.


CORRUPTION:

Local Governance and Citizens' Welfare in Kyrgyzstan

By Dr. Babken V. Babajanian, London School of Economics and Political
Science, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Babken_eng.pdf


Short-Circuiting Reform: Informal Politico-Economic Network in
Georgia's and Kyrgyzstan's Electricity Sectors

By Dr. Stacy Closson, PhD in International Relations, London School of
Economics and Political Science, Visiting Research Fellow, Social
Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Closson_eng.pdf


Smuggling and Organized Crime in Kyrgyzstan

By Alexander Kupatadze, PhD candidate, School of International
Relations, St Andrew University, Visiting Research Fellow

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Kupat_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Kupat_rus.pdf


ISLAM:

Roundtable: Islam in Central Asia: Perspectives From the Field
Presenters: Dr. John Schoeberlein, Director, Central Asian and
Caucasus Program, Harvard University; Eren Murat Tasar, PhD student at
the History Department of Harvard University; Baris Isci, PhD
candidate at the Anthropology Department of Washington University in
St. Louis; and Dr Kadyr Malikov, expert of the Institute of Strategic
Analysis and Prognosis at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University,
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/IslamCA_eng.pdf


The Religious, the Secular and the Esoteric in Bishkek: A Disenchanted City?

By Maria Elisabeth Louw, PhD in Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus
University, Denmark, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Louw_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Louw_rus.pdf


Analysis of Islam in Historical Context

By Eren Murat Tasar, PhD student at the History Department of Harvard
University, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Eren%20Tasar_eng.pdf


MIGRATION:

Research Project: Social Rehabilitation Conditions of Kyrgyz Labor
Migrants Following Their Return to Homeland

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Migrants_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Migrants_rus.pdf

Migration: Osh Bishkek Almaty Moscow and return? How Different
Generations Sustain Their Livelihoods in Multi-local Settings

By Dr Susan Thieme, PhD in Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Susan_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Susan_rus.pdf


Impact of Land Distribution on Internal Migration in Kyrgyzstan

By Ruslan Rahimov, PhD in Social Anthropology, School of Higher
Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris, France, Visiting Research
Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Rahimov_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Rahimov_rus.pdf


NGO DEVELOPMENT:

Research Project: Collaboration Between Government and Health NGOs in
Kyrgyzstan

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Pugachev_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Pugachev_rus.pdf


Roundtable: Establishing a Representative Democracy in Kyrgyzstan: The
Role of NGOs In This Process

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/rd_est_ngo_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/rd_est_ngo_rus.pdf


OTHER HOT TOPICS:

National Poll Analysis: Mood of Kyrgyz Citizens during 2005-2007

Russian version of Report I:

http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Nog_rus.pdf
Russian version of Report II:

http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Ryabkov_rus.pdf


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PANEL/CFP- Panel on Education in Afghanistan at CIES Conference, Mar 17-21, New York

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PANEL/CFP- Panel on Education in Afghanistan at CIES Conference, Mar 17-21, NYC

Posted by: Michael Sinclair <msinclairafg04@yahoo.ca>

The theme of the 52nd Annual Conference of the Comparative and
International Education Society (CIES - http://www.cies.ws) is
"Gaining Educational Equity Around the World. The conference will
place special emphasis on educational equity within and among regions
and countries, focusing on the impact of factors such as gender, race,
ethnicity, income, wealth, disability, and urbanization.

Proposals are encouraged that address the measurement, extent,
origins, and solutions for gaining education equity on a local,
national, regional, and international scale." (See

http://www.tc.edu/academic/ITS/CIES/papers.htm for full details.)

Within this framework, I hope to organize (together with Steve Bahry
at OISE/UT in Toronto, Canada) a panel on "Education Reconstruction
Under Conditions and Legacy of War, Occupation and Poverty: The
Special Case of Afghanistan". Proposals could be on any educational
area or topic including about recent challenges and experiences since
2001. We especially welcome proposals on successful, flawed or failed
initiatives and innovations in the field that involve an analysis of
the reception of education programs by students, parents, teachers,
and the broader community. Submission of papers written by or
co-authored by colleagues from Afghanistan will be particularly welcomed.

A CIES panel typically comprises 3-4 papers and a discussant; and
regardless is allocated only 1.5 hours in the conference program.
Please also note that all presenters must be CIES members at the time
of registration for the conference (see http://cies.ws/membership.htm).

If you would like to suggest a paper for this panel, please submit the
following information by e-mail to:
msinclairafg04@yahoo.ca, with cc to stephen.bahry@gmail.com, NOT LATER
than Monday November 26, 2007. (The final deadline for CIES to
receive panel submissions is December 1, 2007.) IF you intend to
submit a proposal please, owing to the very short lead time, so advise
by e-mail right away, with a tentative title and a few explanatory
sentences. This would then make it easier for Steve Bahry and I to
consider all the proposals eventually received. (Incidentally, Steve
will not be participating in this panel, and at present I do not
intend to either, unless such would be necessary so as to have four
presenters.)

Name of Panel Presenter:

Institution & Title:
E-Mail Address:
Mailing Address:
Telephone Number:
Fax Number:
Paper Title:
Abstract (200 words maximum):
Keywords (maximum 4):


Thank you for your consideration. Best wishes,

Michael Sinclair, Ph.D
Independent Scholar (Toronto)

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Monday, November 19, 2007

EVENT- Armenian Studies at the Sharp Edge (Film and Talk), Ara Sarafian, ALMA, Nov. 29

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EVENT- Armenian Studies at the Sharp Edge, Ara Sarafian, ALMA, Nov. 29

Dear Friends,

The Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) will host a
presentation "Armenian Studies at the Sharp Edge" by Ara Sarafian, the
founding director of the Gomidas Institute in London, UK. The one-hour
event will take place at ALMA's Contemporary Art Gallery on Thursday,
November 29, 2007 at 7:00 pm.

Ara Sarafian is a specialist of late Ottoman and modern Armenian
history. The first part of his presentation will be a discussion of
his recent trips to Turkey, from Istanbul to the Kharpert plain and
Lake Van. He will argue that there are now many new opportunities to
put the academic knowledge of Armenian history to good use in Turkey.
The presentation will be highlighted by a short documentary about the
monuments in the Kharpert region.

In the second part of the presentation, Ara Sarafian will discuss the
Gomidas Institute's ongoing work on the documentation of the Armenian
Genocide. He will look at the role of "history" and "literature" in
recording and teaching the Armenian Genocide of 1915, with special
reference to the work of Vahram Dadrian—a child survivor of the
genocide. He will argue that it is vital to continue publishing such
materials in a critical manner in order to broaden our common
understanding of the events of 1915 . Ara Sarafian is the director of
the Gomidas Institute, London. For more information about the Gomidas
Institute visit its website www.gomidas.org.


Armenian Library and Museum of America
65 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Website:

www.almainc.org
Phone: 617-926-2562


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LECTURE- Electoral Dynamics in Kyrgyzstan, 1995-2007, AUCA, Bishkek, Nov. 23

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LECTURE- Electoral Dynamics in Kyrgyzstan, 1995-2007, AUCA, Bishkek, Nov. 23

Posted by: Alexander I. Pugachev <pugachev_a@mail.auca.kg>

Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg) presents:

LECTURE: Electoral Dynamics in Kyrgyzstan, 1995-2007: Candidate Typology,
Accountability, and Competitiveness

Presenter: Mr. Fredrik M. Sjoberg, PhD Candidate at Uppsala University,
Sweden, and London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Time: 16.30, November 23rd , 2007

Venue: 232, AUCA (Main Building)

Language: English (Interpretation into Russian to be provided)

Abstract: Elections are held regularly in Kyrgyzstan, but to what extent are
they meaningful? Meaningful in the sense that the winner is not known
beforehand and that politicians are held accountable. Are there any
interesting patterns in terms of electoral competition or candidate
profiles, perhaps along the lines of urban/rural, north/south? Where have
parties been more prevalent and does that give us a hint of how the
proportional system will work. At a time when Kyrgyzstan is preparing for
new elections a study on the most recent elections, both parliamentary and
local, seems warranted.

Bio: Fredrik M. Sjoberg is a PhD Candidate at Uppsala University and London
School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is currently a visiting
research fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. In March/April 2006 he was a
visiting research fellow at the Social Research Center, AUCA.

How to register: Please send e-mail to pss@mail.auca.kg.

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JOB- Office Manager, International and Comparative Politics Department, AUCA, Bishkek

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JOB- Office Manager, International & Comparative Politics Dept., AUCA, Bishkek

Posted by: Bermet Tursunkulova <tursunkulova_b@mail.auca.kg>

The American University of Central Asia is seeking an individual for
the position of Office Manager for the International and Comparative
Politics Department.

Requirements include:
- Higher education – Bachelor's or Master's degree
- Fluency in English and Russian
- Computer literacy and knowledge of modern information technologies
- Good analytical skills and official document writing skills
- Ability to work with extensive information

Salary will be based on experience and qualification. Interested
candidates should submit a letter of interest and resume by November
24, 2007. Email documents to: human_resources@mail.auca.kg


Dr. Bermet Tursunkulova
Chair
Department of International and Comparative Politics
American University -Central Asia
Abdymomunov 205, Bishkek 720040
Kyrgyzstan
tel.: +996 (312) 66-35-24


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PUBL.- Organized Crime and Corruption in Georgia

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PUBL.- Organized Crime and Corruption in Georgia

Louise I. Shelley, Erik R. Scott, and Anthony Latta, eds.
Organized Crime and Corruption in Georgia
Routledge, UK, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-415-36821-6 (hardback) 978-0-203-02800-1 (electronic)

Georgia has a reputation as one of the most corrupt and crime-ridden
nations of the former Soviet Union. In the Soviet period, Georgians played
a major role in organized crime groups and the shadow economy operating
throughout the Soviet Union, and in the post-Soviet period, Georgia
continues to be important source of international crime and corruption.
While Georgia has passed some of the region's most sweeping anti-crime and
corruption reforms in the wake of its Rose Revolution, the efficacy of
these reforms are subject to much debate both within Georgia and beyond
its borders.

This book, based on extensive original research, surveys the most enduring
aspects of organized crime and corruption in Georgia and evaluates the
most important reforms undertaken since the Rose Revolution. Endemic crime
and corruption have had a devastating effect on government and everyday
life in Georgia, spurring widespread popular discontent that culminated
with the Rose Revolution in 2003. As recent events in Georgia have shown,
major challenges lie ahead as Georgia confronts deep-seated crime and
corruption issues that will remain central to the nation's political,
economic, and social life in the years to come.

Table of Contents:

Introduction (Louise Shelley)
1. Georgia's Anti-Corruption Revolution (Erik R. Scott)
2. Overcoming Economic Crime in Georgia through Public Service Reform
(Shalva Machivariani)
3. Georgian Organized Crime (Louise Shelley)
4. Smuggling in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region in 2003- 2004 (Alexandre
Kukhianidze, Alexandre Kupatadze, and Roman Gotsiridze)
5. Policing and Police Reform in Georgia (Alexandre Kupatadze, George
Siradze, and George Mitagvaria)
6. Georgia's Rose Revolution: People's Anti-Corruption Revolution? (Londa
Esadze)

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CONF./CFP- Archives in Oriental Studies, Moscow, May 21-23, 2008

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CONF./CFP- Archives in Oriental Studies, Moscow, May 21-23, 2008

Posted by: Alexander A. Stolyarov <astol007@gattamelata.com>

Dear Colleagues!

Orientalists' Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Asian and African Countries, Moscow State University
Russian State University for the Humanities

are holding the International Conference

"Archival Branch of Oriental Studies"
Moscow, May 21-23, 2008

Information Letter No. 1

The problems to be discussed at the Conference:
1. Source studies in archives as fundamental field of the native
Oriental studies.
2. Traditional and modern methods of handling the documents.
3. Oriental sources in the Russian and foreign archives: General
characteristics, description, cataloging, and safety.
4. Oriental MSS in Russian libraries and archives.
5. Studies of newly revealed in archives oriental documents and MSS.

Also at the Conference there will be:
- Roundtable on the problem of specialists training for working with
archival oriental documents;
- Presentations of periodical and reference media publishing archival
documents.

Deadline for sending your claims for participation and abstracts
(about 1 page) by electronic (Word editor) or ordinary mail is January
1, 2008.

Address of the Organising Committee:

Archival Publications Unit
History Department
Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS
12, Rozhdestvenka str.
Moscow 103031
Russia
Tel.: +7 (495) 621 80 03; +7 (495) 628 57 64
Fax: +7 (495) 625 77 88
e-mail: dmivas46@mail.ru


Organising Committee
of the International Conference
"Archival Branch of Oriental Studies"

Rostislav B. Rybakov (Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS) - chairman;
Vitaly Yu. Aphiani (Archive, RAS) - deputy chairman;
Alexander Sh. Kadyrbaev (Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS) - deputy chairman;
Alexander D. Vasilyev (Institute of Asian and African Countries, MSU)
- executive secretary;

D. Yu. Arapov (Historical Faculty, MSU)
V. V. Belyakov (Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS)
D. D. Vasilyev (Orientalists Society, RAS; Institute of Oriental
Studies, RAS; Russian State University for the Humanities)
G. V. Dluzhnevskaya (Institute for the History of Material Culture, RAS)
I. V. Zaitsev (Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS; M.I. Rudomino
All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature)
V. P. Kozlov (Federal Archive Agency)
T. V. Kotyukova (All-Russian Archival Science and Records Management
Research Institute)
A. P. Logunov (Russian State University for the Humanities)
M. E. Malevinskaya (Russian State Navy Archive)
M. S. Meier (Institute of Asian and African Countries, MSU)
V. S. Myasnikov (Russian Historians Archivists Society)
R. G. Pikhoya (Russian State Academy of State Service)
M. R. Ryzhenkov (Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts)
A. A. Stolyarov (Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS)
A. N. Khokhlov (Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS)
A. A. Chernobaev ("Istoricheskyi Arkhiv [Historical Archive]" magazine)
V. I. Sheremet (Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS)

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SEMINAR- Free Market Economy in Afghanistan, Kabul, Nov. 21, 2007

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Posted by: Guissou Jahangiri <openasiafrance@gmail.com>

SEMINAR- Free Market Economy in Afghanistan, Kabul, Nov. 21, 2007

Armanshahr Foundation/OPEN ASIA in collaboration with the Centre
Culturel Français is honoured to invite you to its fourteenth monthly
(Year Two) public seminar "Goftegu":

The Free Market Economy in Afghanistan:
Challenges and Solutions

Speakers:
Mr. Seyyed Massoud (Professor of Economy University of Kabul)
Mr. Latif Pedram (Head of the National Congress of Afghanistan)

Discussant: Mr. Omid Afghan (Professor of Sociology, Pedagogical University)

Date and Time: 21 November 2007 at 14:00
Place: The French Cultural Center
(Istiqlal High School, Across from Kabul Town Hall)

For more information: Tel 0700 233 802
Email: armanshaharfoundation@gmail.com

Free Entry. Seminar in Dari.


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WORKING GROUP- Reminder: "Fifteen Quintessences of the Osseteness," Alecia Jioeva, Nov. 20

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WORKING GROUP- "Fifteen Quintessences of the Osseteness," Alecia Jioeva, Nov 20

Posted by: J. Schoeberlein- Central Asia & Caucasus <centasia@fas.harvard.edu>

This is a reminder of tomorrow's special Working Group meeting.
Please note that the event is on Nov. 20 (the date was indicated
incorrectly in one place in the earlier announcement).


The Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus invites you to a special
meeting of the Central Asia and Caucasus Working Group:

"Fifteen Quintessences of the Osseteness"

presented by

Alecia Jioeva

Tuesday, November 20
4:15-6:00 pm

Alecia Jioeva is currently a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University,
and is Professor in the Depts. of International Politics and Foreign
Languages and Regional Studies at Moscow State University. Her
presentation will present a perspective on the culture of Ossetia,
from where she originally comes.

1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS South, Room S-354
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
Email: centasia@fas.harvard.edu
http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/


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CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Marianne Kamp, Femicide as Terrorism: The Case of Uzbekistan's Unveiling Murders, Nov. 27

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CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Marianne Kamp, Uzbekistan's Unveiling Murders, Nov. 27

Posted by: John Schoeberlein <centasia@fas.harvard.edu>

Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

"Femicide as Terrorism: The Case of Uzbekistan's Unveiling Murders"

Marianne R. Kamp
Director of the Women's Studies Program, University of Wyoming

Tuesday, November 28
4:15-6:00 pm

CGIS South, Room S-354
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

Marianne Kamp teaches history and researches women in Uzbekistan from
early Soviet times to the post-Soviet period. Her book, The New Woman
in Uzbekistan: Islam, Modernity and Unveiling under Communism, was
published last year by the University of Washington Press.

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
Email: centasia@fas.harvard.edu
http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/


John Schoeberlein


Dr. John Schoeberlein \ Director
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center \ Harvard University
1730 Cambridge St., Room S-320 \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338 program: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319
schoeber@fas.harvard.edu
Central Asia Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
Central Eurasian Studies World Wide: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
Central-Eurasia-L: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/CESWW_Central-Eurasia-L.html

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

FELLOWSHIPS- CEU Research Visiting Fellowship, Deadline: 15 Dec 2007

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FELLOWSHIPS- CEU Research Visiting Fellowship, Deadline: 15 Dec 2007

Posted by: Celine Barlet <barletc@ceu.hu>

Call for Applications
CEU Professorial and CEU Visiting Research Fellowships 2008-2009

CEU Research Fellowship is a program for teachers and researchers
holding Phd or equivalent, working in Central and Eastern Europe
(except EU), former Soviet Union, Mongolia and Palestine. Fellows are
supported for a research period of one to six months, depending upon
the type of research being undertaken.

The Fellowship program supports two types of Research Fellows: CEU
Visiting Research Fellows and CEU Professorial Research Fellows (For
academics holding a full professorship). Both types of Fellowship
cover travel costs to/from Budapest, accommodation in CEU's Residence
Center during the period of the Fellowship, insurance and a monthly stipend.

This program is publication-oriented and promotes original research.
You can find the relevant fields of research, the application
requirements and more information on the Special and Extension
Programs Website: http://www.ceu.hu/sep/spo/fellowships.html


The deadline for application is: Dec. 15, 2007

For more information on topics of research and Fellowships requirements, see
www.ceu.hu/sep/spo/fellowships.html

Special Projects Office
Special and Extension Programs
Central European University
Nador u. 9. H -1051 Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: +361 327 3000/2217
Fax: +361 327 3190
E-mail: barletc@ceu.hu
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PROG. INFO.- Dissertation Development Workshop: Violence in Eurasia from Past to Present, Apr. 4-6, 2008, SSRC Eurasia Program

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PROG. INFO.- Dissertation Development Workshop: Violence in Eurasia, Apr. 4-6

Posted by: Holly Danzeisen <danzeisen@ssrc.org>

Times of Trouble: Violence in Eurasia from Past to Present
Dissertation Development Workshop

New York City
April 4-6, 2008

Application Submission Deadline: December 17, 2007

The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
invites proposals for a dissertation development workshop focusing on
issues of violence in Eurasia. Graduate students at any stage of their
dissertation process (from proposal to write-up) and from any
disciplinary or interdisciplinary program in the humanities or social
sciences are eligible to apply. We particularly encourage applicants who
propose fresh theoretical perspectives and methodologies, and whose work
speaks to a wide scholarly audience.

Tsarist-era pogroms, the brutalities of the Stalinist period, the fame
of the Russian mafia, contemporary human rights abuses in Central Asia,
and ongoing conflicts across the Caucasus suggest only some of the best
known concerns of the past 100 years. What kind of norms or values have
governed the use of violence in the territory once covered by the
Russian empire and the Soviet Union, now by the Russian Federation and
other successor states? To what extent have scholars focused
appropriately, or at times excessively, on these most sensational
aspects of former Soviet space? What have been the responses from
individuals, groups, and states from within and outside the region to
violence and repression, or to ongoing scholarly and popular renderings
of themselves as violent? Does the region deserve such reputation
relative to other world areas?

These and related questions will shape the discussions of the Eurasia
Program dissertation development workshop, with participants invited
from, but not limited to the fields of anthropology, archaeology,
economics, environmental studies, film and media studies, history, law,
literature, politics, psychology, and sociology.

For detailed information on application procedures and eligibility
requirements, please visit the Eurasia Program online at
www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia or contact program staff at
eurasia@ssrc.org.

Eurasia Program
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727

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CONF.- Georgia: The Rose Revolution: Four Years Later, Columbia Univ., Nov. 30

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CONF.- Georgia: The Rose Revolution: Four Years Later, Columbia Univ., Nov. 30

"The Rose Revolution: Four Years Later"
November 30th, 2007
9:30 am-5:00 pm

Columbia University in the City of New York
School of International and Public Affairs
420 West 118th Street, 15th Floor, Room 1501

Co-Sponsored by
The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
and The Center for Georgian Studies at The Harriman Institute

Advance Registration is Necessary
Please email Name and affiliation to SIWPS PA Molly D'Ambra
mmd2137@columbia.edu

Agenda

9:30 am Welcome and Introduction

Panel I - Energy and Economic Development
9:45 am-11:15 am

Jonathan Elkind, EastLink Consulting, LLC and The Brookings Institution
Vasilii Rukhadze, Visiting Scholar, The Harriman Institute
Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, Consultant, Business Climate Reform in Georgia

11:20 pm-12:20 pm Keynote Address by Richard Miles, Former U.S. Ambassador
to Georgia

12:20 pm-1:45 pm Break

Panel II - Georgia, Russia and Frozen Conflicts
1:45 pm-3:15 pm

Irakli Alasania, Georgian Ambassador to the United Nations
Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Soviet Foreign
Policy, Columbia University
Ken Yalowitz, Former U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, Director, John Sloan
Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College

Panel III - Democratic Development Since the Rose Revolution
3:30 pm-5:00 pm

Christopher Walker, Freedom House
Nicholas Gvosdev, Editor, The National Interest
Stephen Jones, Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies, Mount
Holyoke College
Lincoln Mitchell, Arnold A. Saltzman Professor in the Practice of
International Affairs, Columbia University
Alexander Sokolowski, Senior Political Process Advisor Bureau for Europe
and Eurasia, USAID

5:00 pm-6:00 pm Reception

The conference will also include an exhibition of photographs of the
Rose Revolution by Steve Weinberg and campaign posters from
that period from the collection of Lincoln Mitchell, located on the
4th Floor of the International Affairs Building.

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EVENT- Alash Ensemble, Throat Singing Music of Tuva, NEC, Boston, Jan. 23, 2008

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EVENT- Alash Ensemble, Throat Singing Music of Tuva, NEC, Boston, Jan. 23, 2008

Posted by: NEC World Music <worldmusic@newenglandconservatory.edu>

Alash Ensemble, The Music of Tuva
Wednesday 1/23
4-5:30pm
Williams Hall
Free

NEC's Intercultural Institute presents the Alash Ensemble. This Throat
Singing quartet formed in 1999, is one of the most adventurous groups
driving the revival of Central Asian traditions since the end of the
Soviet era. The traditional techniques they learned as students of
revered Tuvan masters like Kongar-ool Ondar combine with influences
from elsewhere in Asia and the West to create beautiful vocal and
instrumental combinations which are contemporary, but distinctly Tuvan.

http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/worldmusic/events.html

Liam Malloy
Program Coordinator
Intercultural Institute
New England Conservatory
(617)585-1189

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FELLOWSHIP- NBR, Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs

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FELLOWSHIP- NBR, Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs

Posted by: The National Bureau of Asian Research <nextgen@nbr.org>

Fellowship Announcement

The Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs

Dear Colleague:

The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is pleased to announce the
Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs Fellowship for 2008-2009,
a year-long program that focuses on bridging the gap between
scholarship and policymaking. The fellowship is open to recent
master's degree recipients and professional degree holders (e.g., MA,
MBA, LLM, JD, etc.) and will be based at NBR's headquarters in
Seattle. Fellows will collaborate with leading scholars to conduct
independent research and share research findings with the policymaking
community in Washington, D.C.

The Next Generation Leadership program, which is in its third year, is
breaking new ground by mentoring and immersing young Asia specialists
from a wide variety of fields and interests to bridge the gap between
the best scholarly research and the pressing needs of U.S. foreign
policy toward a rapidly changing Asia. Each fellow will receive a
fellowship award, as well as a stipend for relocation expenses.

Application Deadline
January 14, 2008

Eligibility
The fellowship is open to recent master's degree recipients and
professional degree holders (e.g. MA, MBA, LLM, JD, etc.)

Location
Seattle, Washington

The application deadline is January 14, 2008. Fellowships begin June
2, 2008 and conclude May 30, 2009. For further information and
application materials please visit http://www.nbr.org/NextGeneration.


Please forward and post the full-text announcement available at

http://nbr.org/nextgeneration/announcement.pdf. Thank you for sharing
this with your colleagues and students.

Sincerely,

Michael Wills
Director, Research and Operations

Please contact Aishah Pang, Senior Project Manager, at nextgen@nbr.org
or 206-632-7370 for any questions you may have regarding this fellowship.

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PUBL.: Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 14 November 2007, Is Online

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PUBL.: Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 14 November 2007, Is Online

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

Welcome to the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, the biweekly journal of
the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint
Center. This issue features analytical articles on Afghan-Pakistani
differences; closer Iranian-Armenian cooperation; national branding n
Central Asia and the Caucasus; and the Chinese Prime Minister's visit to
Moscow. In field reports, articles on the unrest in Georgia;
Turkmenistan's warming to the EU; Azerbaijani reactions to events in
Georgia, and Sino-Uzbek relations.


Note: New Publications:

"The August 6 Bombing Incident in Georgia: Implications for the
Euro-Atlantic Region"
By Svante E. Cornell, David J. Smith, and S. Frederick Starr. Download
at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0710Georgia.pdf

"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


The 14 November issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9,
no. 22) 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/071114Analyst.pdf


Full contents:

Analytical Articles

Afghan-Pakistani Differences Remain Despite Recent American Initiatives
Richard Weitz
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4737

Iran and Armenia Tighten Ties
Haroutiun Khachatrian
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4736

Branding the New Nations of Central Asia and South Caucasus
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4735

Wen Jiabao's Visit to Moscow Fails to Resolve Problems in
Russian-Chinese Economic Relations
Marcin Kaczmarski
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4734

Field Reports

Georgia Faces Early Elections Following Political Crisis
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4741

Berdimuhammedov Enters a New Phase of EU-Turkmenistan Relations
Chemen Durdiyeva
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4740

Georgian Political Unrest Gets Mixed Reaction in Neighboring Azerbaijan
Fariz Ismailzade
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4739

Sino-Uzbek Relations and the Energy Politics of Central Asia
Erkin Ahmadov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4738

News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4742

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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