CFA- Samarkand Summer School, August 18-September 12, 2008
Posted by: Tommaso Trevisani <tommasotrevisani@googlemail.com>
Summer School in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
(3rd edition)
August 18- September 12, 2008
Deadline for registration: April 21, 2008
The 2008 Samarkand Summer School is jointly organised by the Italian
Association for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus (ASIAC,
http://www.asiac.net) and the Samarkand State Institute of Foreign
Languages (SamSIFL, http://sifl.50megs.com/Indexen.html) in the
context of a collaboration project between the University of Turin
(http://www.unito.it) and the Samarkand State Institute of Foreign
Languages. As in the previous editions, the Samarkand Summer School
offers language courses of the languages spoken in the region, a
seminar program on Central Asia's societies and cultures, and a
complementary program of excursions and visits to cultural sites and
events, as well as the possibility of a homestay in a guest family.
The Samarkand Summer School can rely on consolidated links with local
and international scholars and research institutes. All participants
to the Summer School's activities will be given a certificate of attendance.
The classes will take place in the central compound building of the
Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages. The duration of the
school is four weeks.
The 2008 edition comprises:
1. Language training in Uzbek, Russian, Tajik. Daily classes are
structured in group sessions for up to five students according to
language level. Lessons are held by qualified teaching staff of the
Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages. Each language course
has the duration of 80 hours and includes grammar lessons, exercises
and conversation.
2. Seminar program on "Central Asian Society in Historical
Perspective" will be held three afternoons per week. All the seminars
will be held in English. Topics covered by the seminar series will include:
- State- and nation-building in Central Asia
- Ethnicity and identity issues
- Russian culture in urban context
- Cultural traditions and religion
- Sociolinguistic situation in Uzbekistan
- Archival research work in Uzbekistan
- Anthropological and historical research in urban centres
- The Samarkand countryside and rural studies
- Community development projects
Participants to the Summer School will have the opportunity to present
and discuss their own researches or projects during additional seminar
sessions (facultative).
Participants:
The School is open to up to 15 Ph.D. and Master students.
Accommodation options in Samarkand:
- Homestay in families where the language of communication will be the
one chosen by the student
- Bed and Breakfast
Registration fees:
1,200 Euro with family accommodation
1,400 Euro with single room accommodation in Bed and Breakfast
This includes registration fees, travel costs from Tashkent to
Samarkand (depending on students' arrival schedule, we will organize
the transfer from Tashkent to Samarkand), accommodation and breakfast.
Travel fares to and from Uzbekistan are not included.
Advisory Board:
Prof. Marco Buttino, University of Turin, Italy, President of ASIAC
Prof. Shahriyor Safarov, Rector of the Samarkand State Institute of
Foreign Languages (SamSIFL)
Summer School Director:
Tommaso Trevisani, Gerda Henkel Fellow at Stiftung Wissenschaft und
Politik (SWP), Berlin
Local Coordinator:
Piera Viale, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages (SamSIFL)
Teaching Staff:
Bayram Balci, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC), Tashkent
Marco Buttino, Universit di Torino
Matteo Fumagalli, Central European University, Budapest
Azim Malikov, Samarkand State University
Christilla Marteau d'Auty, Paris X Nanterre University
Niccolò Pianciola, Universit di Trento
Bernardo Rondelli, Universit di Milano-Bicocca
Paolo Sartori, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg
Daniel Stevens, Westminster International University, Tashkent
Arnaud Ruffier, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC), Tashkent
Tommaso Trevisani, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Piera Viale, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages (SamSIFL)
More local and international experts will be included according to the
specific requirements of the individual projects presented by the applicants.
To obtain further details and to apply please write to:
samarkandsummerschool@gmail.com
Please include the following information to your application:
- your CV (max. 2 pages)
- the topic you are researching or are interested in (50-250 words)
- the language you would like to study (Uzbek, Russian or Tajik) and
your current level of proficiency -preferred type of accommodation
(family or Bed and Breakfast)
Applications sent after 21st of April 2008 will not be considered.
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