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EVENT- Symposium on Uzbekistan; Ilkhom Theatre Performance, Miami Univ. of Ohio, Apr. 26

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EVENT- Symposium on Uzbekistan; Ilkhom Theatre, Miami U. of Ohio, Apr. 26

Posted by: Daniel G. Prior <priordg@muohio.edu>

SYMPOSIUM:

"Uzbekistan at the Crossroads"
Saturday, April 26, 2008
9:00 am-5:00 pm
MacMillan Great Room
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
The symposium is free; tickets for admission to the evening
performance by the Ilkhom Theatre, "Ecstasy with the Pomegranate," may
be purchased at

http://www.units.muohio.edu/performingarts/events/ecstasy_with_pomegra
nate.html.

Program:

9:00-9:30: Welcome; Student poster session
9:30: Opening remarks (Daniel Prior, Miami University)

9:45-12:15: Session 1, Uzbekistan in History

9:45: The Birth of "Central Asia" in the Eighteenth Century (Ron Sela,
Indiana University)
10:15: Imperial Tashkent: The Crossroads of Eurasia (Jeff Sahadeo,
Carleton University)
10:45: Break
11:00: Hamza, Communist Martyr, in Uzbek Collective Memory (Marianne
Kamp, University of Wyoming)
11:30: Discussion and general questions (Michael Rouland, Miami University)

12:15-2:00: Lunch; Student poster sessions

2:00-4:30: Session 2, Uzbekistan Now

2:00: The Ilkhom Theater and Alternatives to Official Discourse in
Uzbekistan (Laura Adams, Harvard University)
2:30: Place as Process: Reflections on Uzbekistan's Movement over
Twenty Years (John Schoeberlein, Harvard University)
3:15: Break
3:30: Discussion and general questions
4:15: Closing remarks
4:30-5:00: Student poster session

7:30: Ilkhom Theatre performance, "Ecstasy with the Pomegranate"
(Miami University Performing Arts Series, Gates-Abegglen Theatre)

Symposium presented by the Central Eurasian Studies Society with
support from the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies
http://www.units.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/IlkhomSchedule.htm
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/
Contact: cess@muohio.edu

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