Saturday, May 10, 2008

CONF.- 20th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies, Seattle, May 10

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CONF.- Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies, Seattle, May 10

Posted by: Ilse D Cirtautas <icirt@u.washington.edu>

University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization

20th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on
Central/Inner Asian Studies

Saturday, May 10, 2008
Denny Hall 215A
8:30 am-17:30 pm

Program

8:30-9:00 - Coffee, Tea and refreshments

9:00-9:05 - Welcome Address: Ilse Cirtautas

9:05-10:00 - "Remembering Nicholas Poppe: Henry G. Schwarz, Hamit
Zakir, Ilse Cirtautas

10:00-10:30 - "Whither Mongolian Studies"
Henry G. Schwarz, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

10:30-10:40 - Discussion

10:40- 10:50 - Coffee/Tea Break

10:50-11:20 - "On Altaic Case Forms"
Hamit Zakir, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW
(This paper connects itself to Nicholas Poppe's article "On Some
Altaic Case Forms" (1977) and adds new observations on the case
category in the Turkic languages based on comparative studies of
Altaic morphology)
11:20-11:30 - Discussion

11:30-12:00 - "Tajik (Sariqul) Tümon 'Fog' and Altaic Tümen 'Ten Thousand'
Pengling Wang, Department of Anthropology, Central Washington
University, Ellensburg, WA
(This presentation examines the etymological connection of Tajik
(Sariqul dialect spoken in northwestern China) tümon 'fog' with Altaic
tümen 'ten thousand', on the assumption that the fog as a cloudlike
mass over the earth triggered the conception of 'ten thousand' in Altaic)
12:00-12:10 - Discussion

12:10-12:20 - Awarding of the combined Nicholas Poppe/Seattle-Tashkent
Sister City Association Prize for the best student in First-Year
Uzbek 2007-2008

12:20-13:30 - Lunch

13:30-14:00 - "Traditional Values and Norms of Conduct in the Altaic World"
Ilse Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, UW
(The admirable value structure of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples
will be discussed, such as respect for elders, hospitality and
generosity. An essential question to be asked is how these and values
outlived the attempts of Russian/Soviet colonial policies to deprive
non-Russians of their ancient traditions. To answer this question the
oral and written literature of advice and wisdom will be examined)
14:00-14:10 - Discussion

14:10-14:40 - "Textual Signs for the Hereafter: Square Kufic on the
Tombstones of Shah-i Zinda"
Mamoun Sakkal, Architect, Calligrapher, and Ph.D. Candidate,
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies, UW
(This presentation will look at one of the holiest sites in
Samarkand, the Shah-i Zinda, known for its magnificently decorated
mausoleum buildings. A dominant feature of this decoration is the
Square Kufic calligraphy that often covers the complete surface of the
building as a protective amulet or a talismanic robe)
14:40-14:50 - Discussion

14:50-15:00 - Coffee Break

15:00-15:30 - "Authoritarian Survival and Social Welfare in the
Post-Communist State Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan"
Erica Johnson, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Sciences, UW
(Despite the fact that all three Central Asian republics share the
legacy of Soviet socialism, their governments adopted strikingly
different social welfare strategies. The paper looks at the
differences and assesses how state welfare strategies impact
authoritarian survival)
15:30-15:40 - Discussion

15:40-16:20 - "The Life and Work of the Mongolian Poet/Writer and
Politic Figure Ochirbatin Dashbalbar (1957-1999)", followed by the
first screening outside Mongolia of "The Gazelle's Story," a film
about Dashbalbar"
Simon Wickham-Smith, internationally recognized Translator and
Scholar of Mongolian literature, London-Seattle
16:20-16:30 - Discussion

16:30-16:40 - "Honoring the Memory of Nicholas Poppe: Inauguration of
a New Website for Mongolian Literature in Translation
Simon Wickham-Smith and Stefan Kamola, Ph.D. student, Department of
History, UW
(This Website called "Center for Central Asian Literatures in
Translation", depts.washington.edu/ccalt, provides translation of
Mongolian literature and intents to add texts of or links to
translations of Central Asian Turkic literature. The goal is to create
something like a focus for the community of people interested in
Central Asian literature and thereby improving the standards of
translation)

16:40-16:50 - "Altai-Seattle, the Bond of Creativity"
Irene McManman, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Slavic Languages &
Literature, WA
(A brief informative presentation a local group whose goal is to help
the small Altai nations to preserve their cultural traditions)

16:50-17:10 - Closing Remarks


Allison Dvaladze
Assistant Director for Outreach
Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies
Jackson School of International Studies
University of Washington
203A Thomson, Box 353650
Seattle, WA 98195
dvaladze@u.washington.edu
(206) 221-7951 (vm)
(206) 685-0668 (fax)
http://jsis.washington.edu/ellison

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