Sunday, June 29, 2008

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PUBL.- Reports from the Social Research Center at AUCA

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

Dear Colleagues,

We are glad to bring you the next issue of electronic bulletin presented by
the Social Research Center (SRC) at the American University of Central Asia
(AUCA). This bulletin provides the updates on the SRC's latest electronic
publications.

The 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: MIGRATION, ISLAM, NGO
DEVELOPMENT and CORRUPTION.

For more detailed information about SRC, please visit our website at
www.src.auca.kg.

IN THIS ISSUE, please find papers:


MIGRATION:
Labor Migration: The Potential for Development in Kyrgyzstan &
Uzbekistan, by Kursad Aslan
Political Changes and Return Migration to Europe from Across the
Former Soviet Space, by Dr. Benedicte Michalon
Where to Return to? Rural Urban Interlinkages in Times of Internal and
International Labor Migration, by Susan Thieme

ISLAM:
Methodological and Historiographical Perspectives on a Social History
of Islam in Soviet Central Asia, by Eren Murat Tazar
The Contemporary Debate between Islamism and Secularism: Secular and
Islamist Elites in Bishkek, by Baris Isci
Evolving Islamic Identities in Central Asia, by Eric M. McGlinchey and
Abdullo Khakim Rakhnamo (Summary of Lecture)
Islamic Activism in Kyrgyzstan, by Baris Isci

NGO DEVELOPMENT:
Contemporary Trends and Prospects in the NGO Sector Development in
Kyrgyzstan, Roundtable Materials
State-NGO Relations in Health Care in Central Asia by Erica Johnson
Social Entrepreneurship in the US: A Way for Replication by
Non-Governmental Organizations in Kyrgyzstan, by Aida Alymbaeva
All the Truth about NGO Funding in Kyrgyzstan: Numbers and Facts, by
Kanykey Jailobaeva

CORRUPTION:
Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in the Kyrgyz Republic, by
Zarylbek Kudabaev


MIGRATION:

Labor Migration: The Potential for Development in Kyrgyzstan &
Uzbekistan By Kursad Aslan, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research
Center This paper looks at the economic contexts of Uzbekistan &
Kyrgyzstan, which are connected to the same international economic
system (capitalist world economy), and have similar historic paths
such as colonization by the Soviet Union and gaining recent
independence. With a huge remittance inflow into both Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan within the recent years, these two countries are now facing
a new development puzzle. The outcome would depend on the ability of
two governments to channel these huge private inflows into efficient
investment projects.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Kursad_report_2_eng.pdf


Political Changes and Return Migration to Europe from Across the Former
Soviet Space
By Dr. Benedicte Michalon, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center

This work discusses one particular type of migration, known as ethnic
migration or return migration. It was chosen to talk about this form
of migration because it constitutes the bulk of the initial migrations
from the former Soviet states after the collapse of the Soviet Union -
Jews to Israel, Germans to Germany, Greeks to Greece or Poles to
Poland. In scholarly literature, this special type of migration is
conceived as that in which ethnicity is seen as the leading impetus
for migration, and as a factor that directs the entire migration process.

Download SUMMARY in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/report_migration.pdf


Where to Return to? Rural Urban Interlinkages in Times of Internal and
International Labour Migration, By Susan Thieme, University of Zurich,
Switzerland

Economic and social activities of migrants transcend internal and
international as well as rural and urban divides. Migration circuits
are not bipolar but rather develop towards a multi-local network of
family members putting into question "return" as an often assumed
conclusion to a successful migration. This briefing explores the
multi-local migration patterns of Kyrgyzstan's mobile population
placing return in a wider context and providing recommendations how to
facilitate circular migration and ties to places of origin and new
places of work and living.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/susan_paper_2.pdf


ISLAM:

Methodological and Historiographical Perspectives on a Social History of
Islam in Soviet Central Asia, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research
Center

The related fields of social history and ethnohistory attempt to
enrich the perspective of the document-bound historian with insight
into the lives and aspirations of real people. It is fair to say that,
due to the nature of their sources, historians have tended to
privilege the state (or at least the lens of the state) in a wide
variety of ways. Indeed, for most ordinary people the word 'history'
calls to mind a series of dates and political events. This, perhaps,
is the legacy of the slant towards political history taken by much
historical writing before the twentieth century and by elementary and
middle school history education through the present day.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Eren2_eng.pdf
Download ARTICLE in Russian here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Malikov_rus.pdf


The Contemporary Debate between Islamism and Secularism: Secular and
Islamist Elites in Bishkek, By Baris Isci, Visiting Research Fellow, Social
Research Center

With the breakup of the Soviet Union, interest in religion has soared
throughout all the successor states. Interest in Islam has been
equally spectacular on the part of Muslims living in Central Asia.
Even though experience of the Islamic revival has particularities to
each country. The common characteristics include emergence of Islam
onto the public space; proliferation of mosques; opportunity of
religious education both abroad and at madrasas and Islamic
institutions at home; the emergence of new sects and religious groups;
great interest in the Arabic script; and the upsurge in the Islamic
publications. Despite these common changes in the religious field,
Islamic revival in Kyrgyzstan carries distinctive features due to
exceptional transformations in social, political, and economic realms;
and unique national and cultural legacies.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Baris2_eng.pdf
Download ARTICLE in Russian here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Baris2_rus.pdf


Evolving Islamic Identities in Central Asia (Summary of Lecture)
By Dr. Eric M. McGlinchey and Dr. Abdullo Khakim Rakhnamo, Visiting
Lecturers, Social Research Center.

The relationship between Islam and the state in Central Asia - and
beyond - is a problematic and often contentious one. Dr. McGlinchey
and Dr. Rakhnamo each presented research suggesting future
opportunities and challenges in this relationship. Dr. McGlinchey
contended that, through ignorance or for political reasons,
governments in the West and in Central Asia tend to divide Muslim
groups into two discrete categories: "radical" and "non-radical." This
oversimplification can lead to bad domestic and foreign policies - and
even conflicts. Dr. Rakhnamo outlined the process through which Muslim
and secular groups managed to end Tajikistan's civil war and find a
compromise between the religious and the secular which all Tajiks
could live with. His presentation offered ideas for how Islam and
secular governments could coexist and warnings about the challenges of
maintaining such arrangements.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/IslamInCA2_eng.pdf

Islamic Activism in Kyrgyzstan,
By Baris Isci, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center.

The Kyrgyz people have long been considered the least "religious" of
Central Asian Muslims by Soviet officials and scholars, foreign
Muslims, politicians, Western researchers, local religious
authorities, and even by the Kyrgyz themselves. Since the breakup of
the Soviet Union, however, the Kyrgyz Muslims have been displaying a
growing interest in Islam, as evidenced in not only the rising number
of mosques and schools and the development of religious literature,
but also in their more active participation in religious activities.
In the relatively liberal religious realm that followed lifting of
restrictions on religious expression after seventy years of radical
secularism in the former Soviet Union, various groups and individuals
have made it their main project to make nominal Muslim Kyrgyz into
"true" Muslim.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Baris_eng.pdf


NGO DEVELOPMENT:

Contemporary Trends and Prospects in NGO Sector Development in Kyrgyzstan,
Roundtable Materials, Bishkek 2007

This is a collection of materials based on a number of roundtables
conducted by SRC and the Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan. The crosscutting
issues discussed extensively during the meetings were the contemporary
dynamics of NGO sector development, the current state of the NGO
sector, and the definition of methodologies and instruments for
researching civil society in Kyrgyzstan. The major goal of all the
meetings was to initiate a dialogue and share viewpoints with regard
to civil society development prospects between representatives of
think tanks and NGO activists in Kyrgyzstan.

Download PUBLICATION in Russian here (part 1):
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/soros_bulletin_eng.pdf

Download PUBLICATION in Russian here (part 2):
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/soros_bulletin_rus_2.pdf

Download PUBLICATION in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/soros_bulletin_eng.pdf


State-NGO Relations in Health Care in Central Asia
By Erica Johnson, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center.

Despite starting the era of independence with state-directed systems
of health care and social protection, post-Soviet Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan now show surprising variation in government
versus private provision of health care and social services. The
government of Uzbekistan has worked to retain Soviet-era welfare
policies and co-opt or exclude nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
from participating in the heath care services, whereas the regime in
Kazakhstan has significantly reduced the socialist welfare state and
opened space for cooperation with private health care providers,
including NGO actors. In a third variant, Kyrgyzstan has retained a
high degree of state control in health care and social protection but
also allowed for the development of NGOs that now compete with the
government in health care and social protection services. Because of
their similar starting points, the difference in institutional design
and state-NGO relations is a puzzling outcome.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Report_Erica_eng.pdf


Social Entrepreneurship in the US: A Way for Replication by Non-Governmental
Organizations in Kyrgyzstan, By Aida Alymbaeva, Director of Social Research
Center

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) started to appear in Kyrgyzstan
in mid-1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Their creation
and development was heavily supported by international development
organizations. At present, NGOs act as powerful civil activists and
important players in the delivery of social services. However, their
strong dependency on foreign aid makes them financially and
institutionally vulnerable. This represents serious concern regarding
their ability to bring about social change in long run. This paper
aims to explain the concept of social entrepreneurship and describe
benefits of social enterprises for sustainable development of NGOs.
The paper also provides recommendations for the replication of the US
social entrepreneurship model in Kyrgyzstan.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Aida_eng.pdf


All the Truth about NGO Funding in Kyrgyzstan: Numbers and Facts
By Kanykey Jailobaeva, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center

Today fundraising is a pressing problem for NGOs in Kyrgyzstan more
than ever before. Donor support to NGOs has reduced lately due to
various changes in their priorities and strategies. Are NGOs ready to
survive without donor support? To find an answer to this question,
Kanykey Jailobaeva analyzed whether NGOs have other sources of funding
which would replace donor grants. Her field report is based on 45
interviews with local NGOs from Chui and Osh oblasts.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/report_3_kanykei_eng.pdf


CORRUPTION:

Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in the Kyrgyz Republic
by Zarylbek Kudabaev, Professor, Doctor in Economics, AUCA

The report explores the tendencies of economic growth in the Kyrgyz
Republic and discusses the methodology of assessing Kyrgyz poverty
levels. It also reflects the progress in alleviating poverty and
extreme poverty. It shows that an increase in average income will
affect poverty more than the re-distribution of resources aimed at
reducing inequality, but to alleviate extreme poverty the poorest part
of the population should be directly supported and involved in the
improving economy.

Download ARTICLE in English here:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Kudab_eng.pdf


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JOB- Regional Educational Advising Coordinator, American Councils for International Education

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JOB- Regional Educational Advising Coordinator, American Councils

Posted by: Dawn Blackwell <blackwell@americancouncils.org>

Regional Educational Advising Coordinator
Eurasia

Position Description

Summary:

The Regional Educational Advising Coordinator (REAC) for Eurasia is
responsible for supporting the network of EducationUSA Advising
Centers (EACs) in the Eurasian region specifically, and cooperating
with REACs in a worldwide team. The Regional Educational Advising
Coordinator (REAC) Program, funded by the Department of State, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is designed to foster
international student mobility between the United States and the rest
of the world through the EducationUSA network. The REAC serves as a
liaison between the EAC network in the region and U.S. government
agencies, institutions of higher education in Eurasia and the U.S.,
and other international education organizations. Primary
responsibilities include consulting with Public Affairs Sections (PAS)
in Eurasia and Central Asia as well as the Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA) and Institute of International Education on the
direction and priorities of educational advising and carrying out
initiatives to build the capacity of the EducationUSA network. The
REACs work directly with EACs and administering organizations to
ensure high-quality services are delivered across the region. The
position also oversees the implementation of Opportunity grants in
countries in the region.

The REAC is based in Moscow, Russia and works directly with PAS and
ECA and the worldwide network of REACs, as well as the Director of
REAC Services at the Institute of International Education which
provides services to the REAC Program. The REAC for Eurasia also
works closely with the leadership of organizations providing advising
services. The REAC for Eurasia works in especially close consultation
and cooperation with REACs working in bordering regions to provide
necessary support to EACs in countries with shared history and languages.

The position involves a rigorous schedule of about 50% of time spent
traveling.

Responsibilities:

Leadership and representation:
* Maintains active contact with the ECA and PAS regarding EAC
developments and strategy, including providing reports and statistical
analysis on developments in higher education and related reform in
the region
* Coordinates program activities and links EACs to other relevant
organizations like NAFSA: Association of International Educators,
American Corners/Centers, Internet Access and Training Program,
College Board, ETS, Overseas Association of College Admissions
Counselors, U.S. institutions of higher education, education tour
providers, and other associations
* Represents the Eurasian EAC community in individual consultations,
public appearances, and meetings with potential and existing partners,
and the interests, goals, and objectives of ECA/A/S/A more broadly to
develop the EducationUSA network
* Promotes the Virtual Consulting Office in and out of the
EducationUSA network and provides strategic guidance to VCO management
* Works with advisers to complete the EAC certification process and
ensure compliance with ECA/A/S/A website and statistics-reporting
requirements are met
* Monitors center activities through e-mail and phone communication
* Delivers site visit reports to ECA, PAS, EACs, and appropriate
administering organizations
* Manages REAC budget and supplementary funds, working with American
Councils to disburse funds and providing reports in a timely manner
* Maintains a database of EducationUSA Advising Centers with current
contact information, and ensures relevant data is current on the
ECA/A/S/As website:

http://www/educationusa.state.gov/centers/

* Develops annual work and travel plans in collaboration with ECA and IIE

Evaluation, training and support:
* Travels to advising centers to conduct needs assessment, provide
training, and facilitate strategic planning
* Evaluates, updates, and develops training materials
* Collects and shares best-practices/strategies for new projects,
services or programming directions through newsletters, electronic
bulletins, or other means
* Shares information on other training opportunities for advisors
funded by ECA and others
* Maintains the REAC-Eurasia web page as a resource for advisors and
U.S. university staff on Eurasian advising topics, adviser training,
and EAC events
* Moderates the REAC-Eurasia advisor listserv and encourages active
adviser participation in advising listservs
* Selects advisers for internship training programs (ITP), organize
and coordinate the ITP
* Evaluates the effectiveness of workshops and trainings

Qualifications:
* Graduate degree related to region in: economics, international
education or development, history, or related area
* Fluent in English and one or more regional language, Russian preferred;
* Experience living and traveling in the region, and a demonstrated
willingness and ability to undertake an ambitious travel schedule
* Expert knowledge of the system of higher education in the U.S.,
including such issues as accreditation, distance learning, the
admissions process, standardized testing, and financial aid, as well
as of the educational system of the region and current reform issues
* Experience in budget and human resources management
* Supervisory experience; experience supervising host-country national staff
* Cross-cultural skills, especially in the area of communication
* Excellent time management, strategic planning and implementation,
analytical, and computer/internet skills
* Experience in public speaking and in professional training activities
* Ability to forge and develop connections and work cooperatively
with partners and stakeholders from various sectors including higher
education communities, U.S. and host country government, private
companies, NGOs, and media

To Apply:

Send letter/resume and salary requirements to HR Department, American
Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036.
Fax: 202-572-9095 or 202-833-7523; email:
resumes@americancouncils.org . Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.

American Councils improves education at home and abroad through the
support of international research, the design of innovative programs,
and the exchange of students, scholars, and professionals around the
world. American Councils employs a full-time professional staff of
over 370, located the U.S. and in 40 cities in 24 countries of Eastern
Europe, Eurasia, Asia and the Middle East.

Dawn Blackwell
Human Resource Generalist
American Councils for International Education:ACTR/ACCELS
Phone: 202/833-7522
Fax: 202/572-9095


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CFA- Armenian Studies Program, Visiting Scholar Program, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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CFA- Armenian Studies Visiting Scholar Program, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Posted by: Gloria Caudill <gcaudill@umich.edu>

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Armenian Studies Program
Visiting Scholar Program

The Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan is pleased
to invite applications for the position of Manoogian Simone Foundation
Visiting Scholar for the 2009-2010 Fall semester (Sept.–Dec.).

The Visiting Scholar Program aims to enrich the Armenian Studies and
University wide curriculum. Regular faculty associated with the
Program offer courses in Armenian history, language, culture and
literature. The Visiting Scholar position is open to faculty who will
teach two courses in disciplines such as art history, sociology,
anthropology, and political science for one semester.

To apply for the position, candidates (Ph.D. completed) should forward
the following documents by October 15, 2009:
a) Curriculum Vitae
b) Sample of writing/publication
c) Proposals for courses the candidate may offer.

Applications and inquiries should be addressed to:

Ms. Gloria Caudill, Administrator
Armenian Studies Program
1080 S. University, SSWB Ste. 2603
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Fax: (734) 763-4918
Email: armenianstudies@umich.edu



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CFA- Fulbright Opportunities in Central Eurasia

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CFA- Fulbright Opportunities in Central Eurasia

Posted by: Muriel Joffe <mjoffe@iie.org>

The Fulbright Scholar Program for Faculty and Professionals is
offering a variety of opportunities for both area and non-area
specialists to lecture, conduct research, or carry out both activities
in Central Eurasia for academic year 2009-10. The traditional
Fulbright Scholar Program offers awards that range from 2 to 10
months. Scholars may conduct research independently or in
collaboration with host country colleagues. Applications are welcome
from scholars in a broad range of disciplines in the arts, humanities,
social sciences and sciences. Opportunities also exist for
professionals in such fields as law, public administration, conflict
resolution, journalism, library science, and education. While many
awards specify project and host institution, there are a number of
open "All Discipline" awards that allow candidates to propose their
own projects and determine their host institution affiliation.
Foreign language skills may be required for certain research projects,
but lecturing awards are in English. The application deadline for
2009-10 is August 1, 2008. For general information about application
requirements and staff contacts, visit the CIES Web site at www.cies.org.


The Fulbright-University of Warsaw Distinguished Chair in East
European/Eurasian Studies is seeking specialists to lecture in East
European, Russian and/or Eurasian studies at advanced undergraduate
and postgraduate levels with possibilities for research. Special
interest in 20th-century topics. Desired specializations include
history, political science, culture and nationality issues.
Candidates must be U.S. citizens and senior scholars with a
significant publication and teaching record. For specific information
about the chair, contact Maria Bettua, at mbettua@cies.iie.org,
202-686-6245 or Abby Greenwell, agreenwell@cies.iie.org or
202-686-6232. The application deadline is August 1, 2008. Visit the
CIES Web site at www.cies.org for additional information.


Muriel Joffe, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Europe, East and North
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
TEL: 202-686-6249
E-mail: mjoffe@cies.iie.org
FAX: 202-362-3442

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LECTURE- Tajikistan: Nationalism & Historiography, OSCE Office Dushanbe, June 3, 2008

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LECTURE- Tajikistan: Nationalism & Historiography, OSCE Office Dushanbe, June 3

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

As part of its Open Lecture Series, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan presents:

Constructing a New Past: Nationalism and Historiography in Post-Soviet
Tajikistan

By Professor Touraj Atabaki, Ledien University and International
Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

Thursday, 3 July 2008, 4:15 PM
OSCE Office in Tajikistan
12 Zikrullo Khojaev St.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
RSVP: Tels: 918-614250 /678551 or send message to: krakhimov@osce.org

Abstract: Changes in socio-cultural and political relationships in
post-Soviet Central Asia have manifested themselves, more than
anywhere, in the new perceptions of the national historiography of the
individual States. In the post-Soviet era, the birth of new political
cultures aiming to form modern states, among other things, have
crafted new national identities for the Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik
and Turkmen. Writing national histories have developed into a
persuasive political project shaping a significant and unbroken link
with each nation's constructed past, and filling the gap between a
nation's supposed origin and its present day status and imagined
community. The formation of Tajikistan's modern historiography dates
back to the Soviet era. To study the criterion of the new school of
historiography, one thus needs to examine how far the Soviet
historiography has carried over into the post-Soviet Tajikistan. As an
example, one can refer to selected amnesia and acceptance of "Soviet
exceptionalism" or the recognition of an exclusive approach to history
from an elitist perspective in Soviet historiography, where the agency
in history is the elite, which in its multiplicity can be the secular
intelligentsia or political institutions. The aim of this Lecture is
to discuss the many different features in Tajik national
historiography such as the relationships between the processes of
state building and time, elites and subaltern, ethnicity, religion,
territory, centre and periphery, colonial conspiracy, Marxism, and
even gender. The Lecture will discuss the contributions of
Tajikistan's political discourse in writing its national history and
the crafted Tajik historiography in shaping the country's political
culture.

Bio: Touraj Atabaki is Professor of Social History of the Middle East
and Central Asia at Leiden University and Senior Research Fellow at
the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. Atabaki
studied Theoretical Physics (BS, MS) and History at the National
University of Iran and the University of London. He later worked at
Utrecht University in the Netherlands (MA, PhD). Atabaki has published
numerous articles on Iran, the Caucasus and Central Asia. His books
include Azerbaijan: Ethnicity and the Struggle for Powers in Iran
(London: I.B. Tauris, 1993); Beyond Essentialism: Who writes whose
Past in the Middle East and Central Asia? (Amsterdam: Aksant, 2003);
Post-Soviet Central Asia (Edited volume, London: I.B. Tauris, 1998);
Men of Order, Authoritarian Modernisation in Turkey and Iran
(co-edited with E. J. Zürcher, London: I.B. Tauris, 2004); Central
Asia and the Caucasus: Transnationalism and Diaspora (co-edited with
S. Mehendale, London and New York: Routledge, 2005); Iran and the
First World War: Battleground of the Great Powers (London: I.B.
Tauris, Forthcoming July 2006); and The State and the Subaltern:
Society and Politics in Turkey and Iran, (London: I.B. Tauris, 2007).
His more recent publication is an edited volume, Historiography and
Political Culture in Twentieth Century Iran, to be published later in
2008. Atabaki is currently working on projects focusing on issues of
ethnicity and historiography of everyday life and comparative
subaltern history in Iran and the southern tier of the Commonwealth of
Independent States. Aside from his academic life, among other things,
Atabaki has served as an OSCE Election Observer in presidential,
parliamentary, and municipal elections in Europe, Caucasus, and
Central Asia.


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PUBL.- Azerbaijan: Legacies of the Past and the Trials of Independence

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PUBL.- Azerbaijan: Legacies of the Past and the Trials of Independence

Posted by: Farid Guliyev <fareedaz@yahoo.com>

Azerbaijan: Legacies of the Past and the Trials of Independence
By Tadeusz Swietochowski

Series: Postcommunist States and Nations
List Price: £65.00
ISBN: 978-0-415-27411-1
Binding: Hardback
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 01/12/2008
Pages: 192

About the Book
Endowed with a large wealth of oil and situated in a strategic
position at the crossroads of diverse influences, Azerbaijan occupies
a special place among the independent republics that emerged from the
break-up of the USSR.

This book focuses on the Soviet and post-Soviet Azerbaijan, presenting
in a compact manner the main issues of the history, as well as the
roots of the current trends in the politics, economy, and culture of
Azerbaijan.

Divided into eight chapters, it includes:
- an introduction to the main historical issues in the preceding
century of the Russian rule
- broad treatment of the post-Soviet period and contemporary
Azerbaijani politics
- the process of the Soviet imperial decline from the stand point of
the periphery
- the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict and its impact on the political life
of the country
- Azerbaijani politics from the time of attempted bloodless
revolution under the rule of the Peoples Front to the end of the
period of stability imposed by Haidar Aliyev's regime
- newly independent Azerbaijan facing the outside world
- questions relevant to the Azerbaijani national identity and its formation
- the present condition of the country's economy.

Table of Contents

1. The First Century of the Russian Rule
2. The Revolutionary Empire and Transformations World War II and Azerbaijan
3. The Azerbaijani Periphery in the Declining Empire
4. Ethnic Conflict and Political Awakening
5. Politics of Post-Soviet Independence
6. Primacy of Foreign Policy and Consensus
7. Culture and National Identity in the Post-Soviet State
8. Economy in Transition and Geopolitics of Oil

Source: http://www.routledge.com/books/Azerbaijan-isbn9780415274111


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JOB- Junior Professorship, Islam in the Societies of Asia and Africa, Humboldt Univ., Berlin

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JOB- Junior Professorship, Islam in Societies of Asia and Africa, Humboldt Univ

Posted by: Diana Altner <diana.altner.1@staff.hu-berlin.de>


The following Professorship is available at the Institute for Asian
and African Studies, within the Philosophical Faculty III, at the
Humboldt University in Berlin:

Junior Professorship for "Islam in the Societies of Asia and Africa"(JP/010/08)

Candidates should convincingly represent the respective teaching area
as a part of the general BA degree "Regional Studies Asia/Africa" and
contribute to teaching in at least one of the specific MA courses
within the Institute (African Studies, South- and Southeast Asian
Studies or Central Asian Studies). Candidates should be able to
reflect upon Islam in its social dimensions and demonstrate research
and teaching experience in at least one of the following three fields
of inquiry:
- Religious organisations and movements
- Sprirituality and knowledge transfer in transregional networks
- Local forms of Islam in translocal contexts

Experience in academic teaching and relevant publications in one of
the regional foci of the Institute (Africa, South Asia, Southeast
Asia, Central Asia) will be expected, as well as good knowledge of a
modern, regionally relevant language, organisational competence and a
willingness to contribute to the further development of the
inter-regional profile of the Institute in terms of research and teaching.

Applicants must fulfill the conditions for the appointment of a Junior
Professor according to Paragraph 102a of the Berlin Higher Education
Act. The Humboldt University in Berlin in seeks to raise the
proportion of women working in research and teaching and particularly
encourages qualified female scholars to apply. Applications from
foreign countries are also welcome. Handicapped applicants with the
required qualifications will be given preferred consideration.

Applications should be sent directly by e-mail, up until 5:00pm on the
14 July 2008, to the Appointment Committee, Junior Professorship for
"Islam in the Societies of Asia and Africa", at the following address:
jpislam@ymail.com

Applications must include a letter of application, a complete CV with
publications list, and a scanned copy of the doctoral certificate, all
of which should be sent as attachments to the e-mail in .pdf format.

An der Philosophischen Fakultät III, Institut für Asien- und
Afrikawissenschaften
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, ist die folgende Professur zu besetzen:


Juniorprofessur "Islam in den Gesellschaften Asiens/Afrikas" (JP/010/08)

Der/die Bewerber/in soll den entsprechenden Lehrbereich im
Bachelor-Studiengang "Regionalstudien Asien/Afrika" überzeugend
vertreten und zu der Lehre in mindestens einem der Masterstudiengänge
Afrika, Süd-/Südostasien und Zentralasien-Studien beitragen. Der/die
Bewerber/in soll den Islam im Kontext seiner gesellschaftlichen
Dimensionen widerspiegeln und in einem der drei folgenden Felder
Erfahrungen in Forschung und Lehre nachweisen können.
- religiöse Organisationen und Bewegungen
- Spiritualität und Wissenstransfer in transregionalen Netzwerken
- lokale Ausformung des Islam in translokalen Kontexten

Erwartet werden Erfahrungen in der akademischen Lehre und einschlägige
Publikationen in einem der regionalen Schwerpunkte des Instituts
(Afrika, Südasien, Südostasien, Zentralasien), gute Beherrschung einer
regional einschlägigen modernen Sprache, organisatorische Kompetenz
und die Bereitschaft, einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Weiterentwicklung
des Regionen übergreifenden Profils des Instituts in Forschung und
Lehre zu leisten.

Die Bewerber/innen müssen die Anforderungen für die Berufung zum
Juniorprofessor/ zur Juniorprofessorin gemäss §102a des Berliner
Hochschulgesetzes erfüllen. Die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin strebt
eine Erhöhung des Anteils an Frauen in Forschung und Lehre an und
fordert qualifizierte Wissenschaftlerinnen nachdrücklich auf, sich zu
bewerben. Bewerbungen aus dem Ausland sind erwünscht. Schwerbehinderte
Bewerber/innen werden bei gleicher Eignung bevorzugt berücksichtigt.

Bewerbungen sollten bitte direkt per Email bis zum 14. Juli 2008 um 17
Uhr an die Berufungskommission für die Junior Professur für "Islam in
den Gesellschaften Asien/Afrika" an die folgende Adresse gesandt
werden: jpislam@ymail.com

Die Bewerbungsunterlagen sollten jeweils als pdf-Formular ein
Bewerbungsschreiben, einen vollständigen Lebenslauf inkl.
Publikationsliste und eine gescannte Kopie der Promotionsurkunde beinhalten.


Diana Altner
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften
Zentralasien-Seminar
Invalidenstr. 118
10115 Berlin
Tel: 030-2093 6665
Fax: 030-2093 6681

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JOB- Country Director, Americal Councils, Kazakhstan, Almaty

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JOB- Country Director, Americal Councils, Kazakhstan, Almaty

Posted by: Dawn Blackwell <blackwell@americancouncils.org>

American Councils
Country Director
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Position Description

Summary:

The Country Director is responsible for maintaining American Councils
for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS organizational relations in
Kazakhstan overseeing internal operations, and providing overall
supervision of American Councils programs in country. The Country
Director coordinates all administrative and programmatic tasks in the
region including: recruiting, advertising, tracking, testing,
assisting interview teams, directing alumni and follow on activities,
and managing and accounting for office expenses. The Country Director
position, located in Almaty, reports to the Regional Director for
Central Asia and works with Washington based program managers.

Responsibilities:

* Maintains American Councils organizational relations in Kazakhstan
with relevant US government offices and institutions (the US embassy,
PAS, USAID, and other US government agencies); with national
government and private institutions (government ministries, agencies
and offices; national corporations; American Councils' institutional
partners); with the in-country offices of American organizations and
foundations; and, with the international and domestic press;
* Oversees American Councils internal operations in Kazakhstan;
coordinates the activities of program staff; and advises staff on
American Councils policies and employment matters regarding local
national employees;
* Responsible for all in-country activities of the USAID-funded
Community Connections Program; supports Regional Director and DC
based Community Connections staff in developing and monitoring
budgets, negotiations and reporting program activities to USAID;
* Provides overall supervision of American Councils programs in
Kazakhstan by communicating, as needed, with country-based staff
members concerning academic, operational, and other policy matters as
affected by the region's political, economic and cultural conditions;
* Communicates regularly with, and makes recommendations to, the
Regional Director for Central Asia, the Washington-based VP overseeing
field operations and other staff on general program matters, on
perceptions of American Councils programs and on the influence of
local conditions on the organization's programs in Kazakhstan;
* Assists US-, Kazakhstan, and other NIS-based program staff in
developing new programs and seeking new funding sources for ongoing or
prospective projects; assists in coordinating the work of American
Councils offices in the host country and works to further external
relations there;
* Assists in coordinating work in other regions, as needed;
* Plan and execute innovative alumni programming throughout country;
* Supervises staff, coordinates development of programs, and oversees
internal operations of auxiliary centers such as Educational Advising
Center, Alumni Center, Computer Based Testing Center; and
* Manages all general office administrative matters such as
budgeting, finance and negotiating contracts; interacting with
landlords, etc.

Qualifications:

* Fluency in Russian or Kazakh vital;
* Bachelor's degree (graduate degree strongly preferred) related to
region in: economics, international education or development, history
or related area;
* Five years professional-level program management experience;
* Overseas work/living experience, preferably in Kazakhstan;
demonstrated interest in Central Asia;
* Supervisory experience; experience supervising local national staff
preferred;
* Grants management and business development experience;
* Experience working with Western institutions of higher education
(admissions, placement, advising, etc);
* Cross-cultural skills; and
* Strong written and oral communication skills (English, Russian
and/or Kazakh)

TO APPLY:

Send letter/resume and salary requirements to HR Department, American
Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036.
Fax: 202-572-9095 or 202-833-7523; email:
resumes@americancouncils.org . Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.

American Councils improves education at home and abroad through the
support of international research, the design of innovative programs,
and the exchange of students, scholars, and professionals around the
world. American Councils employs a full-time professional staff of
over 370, located the U.S. and in 40 cities in 24 countries of Eastern
Europe, Eurasia, Asia and the Middle East.

Dawn Blackwell
Human Resource Generalist
American Councils for International Education:ACTR/ACCELS
Phone: 202/833-7522
Fax: 202/572-9095

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APPEAL- Regarding Closure of the Italian Institute for Africa and the Orient (ISIAO)

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APPEAL- Regarding Closure of the Italian Inst. for Africa & the Orient (ISIAO)

Posted by: Philippe Frison <philippe.frison@coe.int>

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

An initiative undertaken in the past few days by the Italian Government
is aimed at closing down the *Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente
(IsIAO)*. To avoid such an eventuality, which would spell the end of an
institution that is unique in Italy and which has been active at the
international level in the fields of archaeology, restoration and
conservation of cultural assets, scientific research and publishing for
over 100 years, we are launching the on-line subscription to an open
letter addressed to the President of the Republic. This letter will be
available on-line by Tuesday 24 June on the web site

www.giuseppetucci.isiao.it .

We hereby invite you to kindly sign (name, surname, university/
institution, country) this petition and also to ask your colleagues to
do likewise.

Thanking you in advance, I send you my best regards.

IsIAO Desktop Publishing

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CONF./CFP- Caucasus Studies in Migration, Society, Language, Malmoe, Sweden, Nov. 28-30

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CONF./CFP- Caucasus Studies in Migration, Society, Language, Malmoe, Nov. 28-30

Posted by: Karina Vamling <karina.vamling@mah.se>

The conference brings together researchers in Caucasus studies for a
discussion of current developments in the region. How are these
dynamics to be understood and explained from political,
anthropological, historical, linguistic and cultural perspectives? We
welcome multidisciplinary papers and also encourage presentation of
research in progress.

Papers will be organized into thematic panels, such as:

- Armed conflicts and migration
- Migration and maintenance of cultural identities
- Language policy and migration
- Languages in contact
- Transitional identities
- Caucasian diasporas
- Intrastate conflicts and conflict resolution
- Caucasus in regional and global politics

Abstracts:
Deadline for abstracts: September 15. Send the title of your
paper/presentation, abstract (maximum 500 words), affiliation and
contact details to caucasus.studies@mah.se. Abstracts should be
written in English, but presentations may be given in English or
Russian. Researchers from countries requiring a visa for Sweden are
encouraged to contact us at an earlier date. Notification by October 1.

The program also includes possibilities for poster presentations.

Conference fees:
Faculty members 50 euro; from CIS countries 25 euro;
Students and PhD candidates 20 euro.

The conference is organized by Caucasus Studies at Malmö University,
Sweden, in cooperation with the Center for Caucasus Studies at Oresund
University. The conference is supported by SIDA (Swedish International
Development Agency).

Venue:
The Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER),
Malmoe University, Sweden (30 min. from Copenhagen airport).

Conference homepage:
http://www.mah.se/imer/caucasusconference

Karina Vamling, Assoc. Prof. Märta-Lisa Magnusson, Assoc. Prof.


Contact details:
Email: caucasus.studies@mah.se
Fax: +46 40 665 7330
Skype: CaucasusStudies
Address: Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER),
Malmoe University, Citadellsvaegen 7, S-20506 Malmoe, Sweden


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CFA- Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA, Bishkek

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CFA- Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA, Bishkek

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

Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, American University of
Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Position: Visiting Research Fellow
Host institution: Social Research Center at American University of Central
Asia (www.src.auca.kg)

Period: From 2 months to 1 year

The Social Research Center (SRC) at American University of Central
Asia (AUCA) is pleased to offer interested scholars (PhD students and
post-doctoral fellows only) the opportunity to conduct research within
the framework of its Visiting Research Fellowship Program at our
Bishkek-based research center in Kyrgyzstan. The SRC is an integral
part of AUCA, with the mission to promote long-term development of the
principles and practice of democracy, rule of law, and social equality
in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia through carrying out research and
policy analysis.

Advantages and opportunities of the Foreign Research Fellowship
Program at the SRC:

Ideal surroundings: work and conduct research at one of the leading
universities in Central Asia, recognized internationally as a
university based on the American liberal arts tradition of free and
critical inquiry.

Beneficial support: benefit from interaction with the AUCA faculty
members, local/foreign scholars and students.

Valuable networking: use our networking capacities to establish
contacts with local research institutions, universities, local
scholars, non-governmental organizations and governmental agencies in
Kyrgyzstan.

Perfect working conditions: The SRC will provide a study/work space,
access to Internet, computers, printing, copying, faxing, and the
university library resources.

Research Areas:

The SRC is broadly interested in the political and social development of
Kyrgyzstan, with a particular focus on the following areas:
- Migration: The impacts of external and internal migration on economic and
social development (Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries)
- Corruption (Kyrgyzstan)
- Islam: political and social aspects (Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian
countries)
- Development of civil society organization in Kyrgyzstan

Interested scholars should:
- Be PhD students or post-doctoral fellows.
- Offer a research project related to the research interests of SRC.
- Be willing to submit two research papers per semester (four months)

Period: from one month to one year

Number of Fellowships:
SRC can host five Research Fellows at a time.

How to apply
- Fill out the application form posted on the "Research Fellowship" section
at www.src.auca.kg

- Send the filled out application form, your CV, and any other information
related to your application to:

Ms. Ainura Asamidinova
Project Coordinator
Social Research Center
American University of Central Asia
205 Abdumomunov Street ,
Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan , 720040
or apply by e-mail: asamidinova_a@mail.auca.kg

Please note that your application will be considered by the SRC within 2-3
weeks.

For further information
- If you are interested in finding out more information about current and
previous activities of the SRC, please refer to our website: www.src.auca.kg

- If you would like to find out more about American University of Central
Asia, please refer to: www.auca.kg/

- For further inquires or information on your application status, please
contact Ms. Ainura Asamidinova at: asamidinova_a@mail.auca.kg

The SRC provides the following logistical support:
- assistance in arranging visas
- support in finding accommodation in Bishkek
- support in arranging airport pick-ups.

Unfortunately, the SRC does not have the capacity to cover
- travel, accommodation, health insurance or any other related expenses.

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Monday, June 23, 2008

LECTURE- Tajikistan: State and Islamic Forces, OSCE Office Dushanbe, June 25, 2008

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LECTURE- Tajikistan: State and Islamic Forces, OSCE Office Dushanbe, June 25

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

As part of its Open Lecture Series, the OSCE Office in Dushanbe presents:

"Relations between the State, Islam and Islamic Forces in Tajikistan:
An Interview-based Assessment"
By Ms. Anne-Kristin Linke, Institute for Peace Research and Security
Policy, Centre for OSCE Research,
University of Hamburg, Germany.

Wednesday, 25 June, 2008, 4:15 PM
OSCE Office in Dushanbe
12 Zikrullo Khojaev St.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
RSVP: Tels: 918-614250 /678551 or send message to: krakhimov@osce.org

ABSTRACT: During the Tajik civil war, the so called 'Islamic factor'
played a significant role, as exemplified by the armed Islamist-led
resistance of the United Tajik Opposition (UTO) against Tajikistan's
government forces. The June 1997 peace accord, inter alia, assured a
participatory share of 30% of government positions for the Opposition,
in addition to the incorporation of former UTO fighters in the armed
forces of Tajikistan. A long-term project initiated in 2001 by the
University of Hamburg-based Centre for OSCE Research (CORE) and funded
by the Swiss Federal Office for Foreign Affairs attempted to
systematically address the issue of 'secular-Islamic dialogue'. A
significant result of the said project was the 'Confidence building
measures' signed by project participants in 2003. Beyond this,
however, rarely has there been any significant research done on the
relationship of the State and the Islamic factor or forces in
Tajikistan. In the framework of her master's thesis, Anne-Kristin
Linke conducted a series of detailed interviews with religious
leaders, representatives of political parties, civil society, media
and Tajikistan government officials in the Sughd and Gharm regions, in
addition to Dushanbe. Linke's presentation will give an overview of
Islamic-based forces, in addition to an assessment of the current
relationship between the State, Islam, and Islamic forces in Tajikistan.

BIO: Anne-Kristin Linke is pursuing a postgraduate program at the
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of
Hamburg in Germany, where she is based at the Centre for OSCE Research
(CORE) and is specializing on contemporary politics of Central Asia
with a focus on Tajikistan. Aside from her current experience in
Tajikistan, Linke has in the past worked with a GTZ (German
Development Co-operation agency) project on small arms control; with
the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe on a nation-wide print media study; with
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) in Dushanbe, and has taught at
the Technological University of Tajikistan as well. In the past years,
Linke has also worked in the sphere of higher education in Siberia and
Uzbekistan. Her eclectic background has given her significant
practical experience with acquired skills used for empirical studies
focused on understanding the social and political forces in the
greater Central Asian/Eurasian region.

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PUBL.- Muslim Modernities: Expressions of the Civil Imagination

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PUBL.- Muslim Modernities: Expressions of the Civil Imagination

Posted by: Amyn Sajoo <asajoo@iis.ac.uk>

I would like to call attention to the edited volume below, just published.

Muslim Modernities: Expressions of the Civil Imagination. Edited by
Amyn B. Sajoo. London & New York: I. B. Tauris, 2008. ISBN
9781845118723. £29.50. Contributors: Bruce Lawrence, Nilüfer Göle,
Bryan S. Turner, Hasna Lebbady, John Renard, Theodore Levin, Fairouz
Nishanova, Kevin McDonald, Eva Schubert, and Amyn B. Sajoo.

Modernity is commonly cast as a break with tradition - and a marriage
with the secular. Rationalism, individual rights, democracy and
cosmopolitanism are its favoured offspring, and their story is told as
the rise of the modern West. Yet the essential values at stake - from
civic culture to the ethos of intellectual life and science – have
roots beyond the West. They extend to civilizations and histories of
the Islamic world in all its diversity, giving us journeys into a
modernity that is familiar but also different. Central Asia is a vital
aspect of this volume's inquiry into Muslim encounters with the
modern: how Islam and those in its orbit have shaped and been shaped
by histories that are overlapping and distinctive. Identity and
citizenship, piety and protest, music and modes of dress are explored
as expressions that bear on the making and remaking of modern public
spheres - amid the pervasive realities of technology and political
violence. Fresh perspectives are offered here on what it is to be
Muslim and modern, mindful of the rich narratives that inform both
identities.


Dr. Amyn B. Sajoo
The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS)
44 Grosvenor Gardens
London SW1W 0EB UK

Tel: (44) 0207-881-6093
Fax: (44) 0207-881-6040
Website: www.iis.ac.uk

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GRANT- Graduate Fellowships in Armenian Studies at the Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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GRANT- Graduate Fellowships in Armenian Studies at the U. of Mich., Ann Arbor

Posted by: Gloria Caudill <gcaudill@umich.edu>

Announcement
Graduate Fellowships in Armenian Studies
at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor


The Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
is pleased to announce the availability of two year full fellowships
in Armenian studies beginning in the academic year 2009-2010 for
students admitted in the Ph.D. Programs in the departments listed below:

Department of History (application deadline: December 1, 2008)
Department of Near Eastern Studies (deadline: December 14, 2008)
Department of Sociology (deadline: December 15, 2008)
Department of Anthropology (deadline: January 2, 2009)
Department of Political Science (deadline: December 15, 2008)

or in the Masters Program of either of the following centers:

Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS): January 15, 2009
Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES): February 1, 2009

Candidates must first apply to and be accepted in any of the
departments or Centers listed above. Applications for graduate studies
for all above departments and centers at the University of Michigan
are submitted through the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate
Studies. They must be submitted online at the website of Rackham
Graduate School, www.rackham.umich.edu.

Nominations of students whose interests fall within the purview of
Armenian studies for the Manoogian Simone Foundation fellowships are
made by the relevant Departments an. Centers. The final selection of
Manoogian Simone Foundation Graduate Fellows will be made by the
Armenian Studies Program Executive Committee upon the recommendation
of these Departments and Centers.

The thrust of the research interests of candidates for these graduate
fellowships must be in Armenian studies.

Questions regarding applications should be addressed to the above
Departments and Centers.

Questions regarding Manoogian Simone Foundation fellowships can be
addressed to Ms. Gloria Caudill, Armenian Studies Program
Administrator, by email: gcaudill@umich.edu or telephone (734) 763-0622.

These fellowships have been made possible by a generous gift from the
Manoogian Simone Foundation.

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GRANT- Post-doctoral Fellowships in Armenian Studies, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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GRANT- Post-doctoral Fellowships in Armenian Studies, Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor

Posted by: Gloria Caudill <gcaudill@umich.edu>

Announcement
Post-doctoral Fellowships in Armenian Studies
at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

The Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
is pleased to announce a limited number of Manoogian Simone Foundation
Post-doctoral Fellowships for the academic year 2009/2010.

These Post-doctoral Fellowships will be awarded for one semester or
the full academic year to graduates who have completed their
dissertations in the social sciences or humanities within the last two
years and whose dissertations are closely related to Armenian studies.

The purpose of the post-doctoral fellowships is to provide an
opportunity to recent graduates to undertake research and writing
aimed at the publication of a book or articles relevant to Armenian
studies. Post-doctoral fellows would also be asked to teach one course
per semester and participate in the activities of the Armenian Studies
Program during their tenure.

Applications (CV, copy of dissertation, statement regarding proposed
research, and proposals for the course or courses the applicant will
be asked to teach) should be forwarded directly to:

Ms. Gloria Caudill, Administrator
Armenian Studies Program
1080 S. University, SSWB Ste. 2603
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Tel: (734) 763-0622
Fax: (734) 763-4918
Email: armenianstudies@umich.edu

Applications must be received by February 28, 2009. Applicants will be
notified in early April.

Questions can be addressed to Ms. Gloria Caudill, Armenian Studies
Program Administrator, by email (gcaudill@umich.edu) or telephone
(734) 763-0622.

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Friday, June 20, 2008

BOOK/CFP- The "New" Central Asia: The Regional Impact of International Actors

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BOOK/CFP- The "New" Central Asia: The Regional Impact of International Actors

Posted by: Emilian Kavalski <kavalski@ualberta.ca>

Call for Chapters:

The "New" Central Asia: The Regional Impact of International Actors

The editor of a volume on 'The "New" Central Asia: The Regional Impact of
International Actors' announces a call for chapter submission from
interested international relations scholars. The projected volume is both
about the place of Central Asia in world affairs and the way the
international politics of state-building and regionalization have affected
Central Asia since the end of the Cold War. Therefore, this volume pursues
the twin-aims of simultaneously generalizing and contextualizing the
"Central Asian experience" as well as re-thinking and re-evaluating its
comparative relevance to the study of both other regions and international
politics. In this respect, the prospective submissions would assess the
agency of different international actors in Central Asia and their impact on
the dynamics of state-building and regionalization. At the same time, the
contributions would make analytically and empirically grounded propositions
on the possible trajectories of Central Asian state-building and
regionalization, and the possible patterns/transformations in the agency of
external actors in the region. In this way, the volume addresses the need to
systematize the knowledge produced on Central Asia since the end of the Cold
War.

List of chapters (this is only a schematic list of the themes of the
chapters):

1. The European Union (EU) and Central Asia.

2. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (PfP) and Central Asia.

3. The Conference/Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(C/OSCE).

4. The World Bank/International Monetary Fund/other international financial
institutions and Central Asia.

5. The United Nations (and its various agencies) and Central Asia.

6. Russia and Central Asia.

7. China (especially, through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization) and
Central Asia.

8. The United States of America and Central Asia.

9. India and Central Asia.

10. Iran and Central Asia.

11. Turkey and Central Asia.

Additionally, there would be chapters contextualizing the Central Asian
reception/perception of this agency:

12. Kazakhstan and the role of international actors.

13. Kyrgyzstan and the role of international actors.

14. Tajikistan and the role of international actors.

15. Turkmenistan and the role of international actors.

16. Uzbekistan and the role of international actors.

Outline of the main themes and questions for each chapter:

For the purposes of coherence, the assessment of the
roles/implications/agency of different international actors in Central
Asia focuses on the notions and practices of:

- state-building-understood as an attempt by an international actor
to suggest/promote a certain mode of governance to Central Asian
states and, thereby, impact their practices of policy-making according
to certain externally-promoted rules;

- regionalization-understood both (i) in terms of the existence of a
"regional approach" by an international actor to Central Asia-i.e., is
there something in the strategy of your actor (provision of
funds/incentives/infrastructure) that allows/intends for a process of
regionalization to take place; and (ii) in terms of whether there is
anything in the Central Asian interactions with that actor that
"justifies" the use of the term region (in a sense that designates
something unique to the "Central Asian" practice that is broader than
a mere geographical convenience/proximity);


Again for the purposes of coherence, the prospective contributors to
the volume are requested to construct their submissions around (or as
responses to) the following sets of questions:

1. What is the nature of the international actor under discussion?
What are the main theoretical approaches that have been employed in
understanding and explaining the international outreach of this
international actor? What would you say are the main international
norms/foreign policy beliefs that inform your actor's international
outreach? Do its declared policies and actual behavior in Central Asia
confirm such perceptions of its international role?

2. How has your actor defined its interests in Central Asia since the
end of the Cold War? Has such definition of its role in the region
changed over time?

3. What policies/approaches/tactics does your actor pursue in Central
Asia to support its objectives? In particular, what is the
understanding of state-building and regionalization that this
international actor represents/promotes in Central Asia (if any)?

- what are its tools for both state-building and regionalization in
Central Asia;

- in what way would you say they are unique to/property of that
international actor;

4. How successful has your actor's strategy been in Central Asia? What
has been its impact on Central Asian state-building and
regionalization dynamics? Has your actor's influence in Central Asia
grown/decreased since the end of the Cold War? Upon what its influence
in Central Asia rests? What weaknesses/obstacles hamper its influence?
Has something in the "Central Asian experience" of your actor forced
it to alter/reevaluate its international outreach?

5. How would you evaluate the prospects for your actor's policies in
Central Asia? What developments would/could impact its outreach in the
region? In short, (based on your analysis of the relationship between
this actor and the region) what do you think the "future" has in store
both for your actor and Central Asia? What does the explanation and
understanding of this international actor's agency in the region tells
us about the nature and concerns of state-building and regionalization
in Central Asia? Does your study suggest any critical perspectives,
revisions and developments in terms of the study of state-building and
regionalization in international politics, Central Asian affairs
and/or your actor's international outreach and the main theories by
which such study is usually informed?

Submission Procedure:

Interested researchers and scholars, who would be willing to commit to
such a collaborative project are invited to submit 500-word chapter
abstracts (including chapter title and a clear explanation of how the
authors would address the volumes objectives as outlined in the five
sets of questions above) and a short CV (1-2 pages) by 25 May 2008.
Authors would be notified by 30 May 2008 about the status of their
proposals. Full chapters (9,000-11,000 words) are due by 10 December
2008. All submissions should be sent by email to Emilian Kavalski
(emilian.kavalski@gmail.com)


Emilian Kavalski
Dept of Political Science
University of Alberta


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JOBS- Two Positions in Caucasus Programmes, Conciliation Resources

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JOBS- Two Positions in Caucasus Programmes, Conciliation Resources

Posted by: Conciliation Resources <recruitment@c-r.org>

Conciliation Resources (CR) is a dynamic international NGO that
supports community-based and national organizations seeking to prevent
or transform violent conflict into opportunities for sustainable
development. Established in 1994, CR has programmes in the Caucasus,
the Uganda/Sudan borders and West Africa where we work in partnership
with local and international civil society organizations and
governments. CR also publishes Accord: an international review of
peace initiatives and we are involved in projects in Colombia, Fiji,
and the Philippines. We are also increasingly engaged in influencing
public and governmental policies on peace processes. We are funded
through grants from governments, independent trusts, and foundations.

The posts below are senior positions in CR's Caucasus team working on
the Georgian-Abkhaz and Nagorny Karabakh conflicts. Both posts require
fluent Russian, a strong commitment to conflict transformation and two
years project management experience in peacebuilding or a related field.

Caucasus Projects Manager

Full-time, London-based with regular travel, £34,017 plus pension

The Projects Manager will develop and manage a range of projects in
our Caucasus programme. Regular travel (approximately three months a
year) is required to provide support and oversight to partner organizations.

The successful candidate will have experience of project management as
well as working with a wide range of social and political actors. The
post will require a sound understanding of the region, organizational
and community development and conflict transformation.

Caucasus Programme Officer (12 months maternity cover)

Full-time, London-based with occasional travel, £34,017 plus pension

The Programme Officer will provide financial and administrative
management to the programme and to local partner organizations, and
have responsibilities for managing specific projects.
The successful candidate will have experience of project and financial
management (including setting budgets and financial reporting), as
well as a sound understanding of conflict transformation and the region.


For full job descriptions and application forms, visit our website

http://www.c-r.org/about/jobs.php
Closing date: Friday 11 July 2008

Interviews will be held in the week beginning 21 July 2008

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CONF./CFP - ASPS Convention in Lahore on Persianate Societies, 2/27-3/1, 2009

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CONF./CFP - ASPS Convention in Lahore on Persianate Societies, 2/27-3/1, 2009

Posted by: Amir Porooshani <prooshan@gmail.com>

ASPS Biennial Convention in Lahore, Pakistan
Call for Papers: Deadline: September 30, 2008

We are pleased to announce the ASPS Fourth Biennial Convention, which
will take place from February 27-March 1, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Local excursions on March 2, 2009 will be optional.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is September 30, 1998.

All humanities and social science disciplines related to Persianate
Societies are welcome. We encourage pre-organized panels, but
individual papers are also welcome. Submissions for pre-organized
panels must include a panel abstract of no more than 300 words plus
individual abstracts of no more than 300 words for each of five
panelists. Panels must be limited to a minimum of three panelists and
a maximum of five. Panels and individual abstracts must contain a
clearly stated thesis. Please send abstracts in a Word document by email
to:

Dr. Shahzad Bashir (sbashir@stanford.edu)

In addition, proposals from Iran should be sent to:

Dr. Habib Borjian (hb146@columbia.edu)

Lahore is the cultural center of Pakistan and the Mughal ruler
Jahangir's capital in the 17th century. The city boasts some of the
wonders of Islamic architecture, including Shahi Qila (the Lahore
Fort), Badshahi Mosque, Shalimar Gardens, and the buildings of the
old, walled city. Not far away from Lahore is the prehistoric site of
Harappa, a city part of the Indus Valley Civilization that represents
the Indian parallel to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.

We look forward to an exciting fourth convention. Our first biennial
convention took place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in September 2002, with
the cooperation of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of
Tajikistan, the Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature, and the
National Commission of UNESCO, Tajikistan. This very successful and
well publicized four-day scholarly meeting brought together over 80
scholars from thirteen countries to present papers and to discuss a
variety of themes on pre-Islamic and Islamic Persianate culture. Our
second biennial convention on Iranian Studies, "Society, History and
Culture in the Persianate World," was held in Yerevan, Armenia in
2004, and brought together 90 scholars from 18 countries. Our third
conference was held in Tblisi, Georgia in June 2007 at the lv.
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and the Tsereteli Institute of
Oriental Studi! es, where scholars from 13 countries presented their
papers. During the conference period, ASPS opened its new branch
office at the Institute of Oriental Studies.

The conferences have provided a rare and valued opportunity for
scholars from West, Central and South Asia, Europe and North America
to participate in an interdisciplinary dialogue. The interchange of
ideas has also found its place in our publication, Journal of
Persianate Societies, which has recently moved to Brill Academic
Publishers.

For more information please visit:
www.persianatesocieties.org

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JOB- Project Manager, Open Society Institute Local Government and Public Service Initiative

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JOB- Project Manager, OSI Local Government and Public Service Initiative

Posted by: Martin Naegele <martin_naegele@post.harvard.edu>

The Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI) of the
Open Society Institute is seeking a motivated and experienced Project
Manager to oversee its portfolio of activities in Central Asia
(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan), and other parts of the
transition region where OSI is active. LGI's main areas of focus are:
good governance, delivery of public services and urban management,
improving public finance and intergovernmental relations, management
of multiethnic communities, and local economic development. Most of
LGI's activities are in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union,
with more recent initiatives taking root in such places as Indonesia
and Peru.

For further information: http://lgi.osi.hu/documents.php?id=2100&m_id=18


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CFA- OSI Arts and Culture Network Program Call for Proposals 2008-2010

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CFA- OSI Arts and Culture Network Program Call for Proposals 2008-2010

Posted by: Rita Bakradze <rbakradze@osi.hu>

The Arts and Culture Network Program of the Open Society Institute
announces its new Call for Proposals open on an ongoing basis from
June 2008 until the end of 2010. Applications will be reviewed within
two months after submission, and notifications will be sent out latest
within three months after confirming the receipt of a complete
applications. Grants are available in the following programmatic areas:

1. Enhancing Collaborative Practices:
* Professional Development
* Collaborative Artistic Production

2. Developing Public Cultural Spaces:
* Capacity-Building
* Public Cultural Events

3. Roma Cultural Program:
* Professional Development
* Individual or Collaborative Artistic Production
* Capacity-Building
* Public Cultural Events

For more information please visit our website at

www.soros.org/initiatives/arts


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PROG. INFO.- Odessa National University Model United Nation 2008, Oct. 24-26

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PROG. INFO.- Odessa National University Model United Nation 2008, Oct. 24-26

Posted by: Anna Shelest <njusha@yahoo.com>

You are welcome to participate in international student conference
Odessa National University Model United Nations 2008 (ONUMUN) on
October 24-26, 2008. The conference will take place on the Black Sea
coast, at Odessa city, Ukraine. This year we organize our conference
in seventh time.

ONUMUN gives a unique and interactive opportunity for university
students from all over the world to become familiar with international
issues and to enhance students' understanding of the institutional and
political in-workings of the UN organization. At this role-playing
game participants assume roles of diplomats representing various
member-states of the UN and simulate the debate happening in several
bodies of the UN and one regional organization, following the
corresponding rules of procedure.

We have a great traditional support from the General Consulates
accredited in Odessa and Representation of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Ukraine in Odessa.

During the conference the work will be in the following committees:

Security Council - (Topic to be discussed: Kosovo)
Human Rights Council - (Topic to be discussed: The Problem of Women
Rights in Muslim States)
Black Sea Economic Cooperation - (Topic to be discussed: The
Diversification of the Energy Transport Routes)
World Bank - (Topic to be discussed: The Investment Climate in the
Post-soviet States)

The deadline for application is – 5th of October, 2008.

The registration is online at www.onumun.org.ua

Participation fee:

Citizens of Ukraine – 10 euro (70 hrivnas)
Citizens of the CIS states – 15 euro
Citizens of the EU, the USA, Canada and Switzerland – 30 euro
Citizens of other states – 20 euro

You will have free breakfasts, lunches and dinners within 3 days of
the conference.

We don't have travel grants.

Please, take into account that you should pay for your accommodation,
but our team do our best to arrange the cheap hostel for al participants.

For any additional information, please, visit our web-site

www.onumun.org.ua . Or feel free to ask ONUMUN team via e-mail onumun@ukr.net .


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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

JOB- Program Coordinator for Educational Programs, OSI Assistance Foundation Armenia

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JOB- Program Coordinator for Educ. Programs, OSI Assistance Foundation Armenia

Posted by: Alexander Khechumian <alexanderkhechumian@yahoo.com>

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation Armenia is currently
seeking applications for the following position:

Program Coordinator for Educational Programs / General and Higher Education

This position is under the supervision of the Executive Director. The
Coordinators responsibility will be to oversee the successful
implementation of the Foundations strategy and programs in these
areas. He or she must work closely with educational and expert
community to facilitate the Foundations programs.

Qualifications will include:
* Strong interest and relevant experience in the field of Education
* University degree preferably in social sciences
* Three year minimum experience in an international organization
* Strong organizational skills
* Good knowledge of relevant software programs: Microsoft Office
* Discretion and ability to handle confidential issues
* Self-motivation with an ability to set and meet goals
* Ability to work under pressure and willingness to work long hours
* Good interpersonal skills
* Fluency in English, Armenian, and Russian

Deadline for submission of applications (CV and a cover letter) is
June 20, 2008, 6:00 p.m. Please submit your application to the OSI AF
- Armenia office at 7/1 Tumanian Str., 2nd cul-de-sac (tupik),
Yerevan; Tel: 533862; 536758 or email it to jobs@osi.am.

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PUBL.- "Religion Is Not So Strong Here": Muslim Religious Life in Khorezm after Socialism, Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi

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PUBL.- "Religion Is Not So Strong Here": Muslim Religious Life in Khorezm

Posted by: Berit Westwood <westwood@eth.mpg.de>

Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi.
"Religion is not so strong here"; Muslim Religious Life in Khorezm after
Socialism.
Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2008. 24.90 euros.
http://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/3-8258-9909-7

Abstract:

Atheist propaganda and the systematic repression of all forms of
institutionalised religion led to a considerable decline in religious
belief and observance among the Muslim population of Soviet Central
Asia. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, however, Islam began to
acquire renewed significance in the region. This development has
attracted much international interest from political scientists and
other analysts, most of whom tend to see the reassertion of Islam as
the most serious threat to regional security, political stability and
democratisation in the newly independent states of Central Asia. Little
work has been done so far to test such hypotheses by investigating the
articulation of Islam in particular local contexts. In this study of
contemporary forms of everyday Muslim religiosity in the province of
Khorezm in Uzbekistan, Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi aims to contribute to a
more balanced understanding of what is going on in the field of
religion in a place that, up to now, has received little scholarly
attention from Western anthropologists.

Among the newly independent states of Central Asia, Uzbekistan is
generally regarded as the country where post-Soviet Islamic revival has
been most visible and where 'fundamentalist' tendencies are the most
strongly pronounced. The religious landscape of Khorezm, however,
contrasts with this general picture and shows the danger of such
generalizations. The people of Khorezm consider themselves to be less
religious than their fellow countrymen and, there has been only a
moderate increase in observance of the normative tenets of Islam
following independence. For the majority, religious practice has
remained bound up with life-cycle events and concerns about health,
well-being, and prosperity. The book focuses on these elements of
everyday religiosity, which include various domestic rituals, shrine
related activities and diverse forms of religious healing. Kehl-Bodrogi
shows how the Khorezmians, like other Muslims in post-Soviet Central
Asia, have to grapple with tensions between their local heritage, the
new state ideology, and the pull of a religious modernism that is
informed by diverse external and internal influences. She outlines the
opposing conceptions that people hold about what constitutes correct
Islamic belief and practice and illustrates on the basis of rich
ethnographic materials how these often contradictory notions are acted
out in everyday behaviour.

What emerges from the different modes of religious behaviour described
in this book is a picture of temperance and tolerance which has deep
secular roots: people continue to think of religion as a matter of
private conscience rather than a public issue. This prevailing attitude,
Kehl-Bodrogi argues, prevents Islamic puritans or indeed any other
religious militants from making major inroads in the region.


Berit Westwood, MA
Secretary to Prof. C. Hann
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Advokatenweg 36, D-06114 Halle (Saale)
PO Box 11 03 51, D-06017 Halle (Saale)
(Phone) +49 (0)3 45-29 27-203
(Fax) +49 (0)3 45-29 27-202

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PUBL.- Recital of Liberty (Ozodlik Ohanglari): Modern Uzbek Dissident Poetry and Songs

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PUBL.- Recital of Liberty: Modern Uzbek Dissident Poetry and Songs

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

"Recital of Liberty" - Modern Uzbek Dissident Poetry and Songs

This is a tri-lingual publication in English, Uzbek and Russian of
modern Uzbek dissident poetry and songs with 2 CDs

Publisher: Open Society Institute - Soros Foundation;

Project Author and Manager: Pahlavon Turgunov
Preface and Russian Translation: Hamid Ismailov
English Translation: Richard McKane

Description of the Publication:

The Publication consists of tri-lingual book in English, Uzbek and
Russian of modern Uzbek dissident poetry and songs with Preface by
Hamid Ismailov. Two compact discs (CDs) of the Uzbek dissident poets
and songs are also a part of the publication.

CD 1 - songs written and performed by an Uzbek hafeez (folk poet and
singer) Dadahon Hasan;

CD 2 - verses and poems performed by other dissident and independent authors

Dadahon Hasan is a well known Uzbek dissident singer and poet. He is
one of the founders of Birlik (Unity) national movement which
struggled for the independence of Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union.

During the Soviet times the singer had been several times persecuted
by the KGB for his national patriotic songs. His songs were banned.
Nevertheless his songs became the flagman for the independence
movement late 1980s.

After the Andijan massacre in May 2005, Dadahon Hasan performed a new
song on the bloodshed and described it as a genocide. The song refers
to Andijon being "drowned in blood" and victims "falling like mulberries."

Soon after the Uzbek court charged Dadahon Hasan with insulting
President Islam Karimov, anti-constitutional activities, and preparing
and distributing material that threatens public security.

He was given three years of suspended jail sentence in the closed
trail held in September 2006.

The 2nd CD consists of poems read by the poets-dissidents like
Muhammad Salih a well-known Uzbek poet in exile; the leader of Erk
democratic party, Rauf Parfi well known Uzbek poet, literary critic
(1943-2005); Dilorom Iskhakova poet, leading member of the Uzbek
democratic opposition; Matluba Azamatova poet, Uzbek journalist;
Yodgor Abid poet, active member of the Uzbek opposition; Yusuf Juma
well known Uzbek poet, active member of the Uzbek opposition
imprisoned in 2008; Gulchehra Nurullayeva well known Uzbek poet,
leading member of Birlik opposition movement, former RFE/RL journalist
and other poets.

To order the book and for info: pahlavon.turgunov@bbc.co.uk


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CFA- Grants for Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Open Society Institute

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CFA- Grants for Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Open Society Institute

Posted by: OSI International Womens Program <women@sorosny.org>

Open Society Institute
International Womens Program (IWP)

Call for Proposals 2008

~ Equality and justice under the rule of law ~

The mission of IWP is to use grant-making and programmatic efforts to
promote and protect the rights of women and girls in priority areas
around the globe where the principles of good governance and respect
for the rule of law are absent or destroyed because of conflict. IWP
seeks to promote the advancement of women's rights and gender equality
in law and practice, and the empowerment of women to ensure
participation in the democratic processes.

IWP invites proposals from local, national, regional or international
organizations which focus on one or more of the following objectives:

1) Reducing discrimination and violence against women
IWP seeks to support initiatives that improve the status of women by:
* Strengthening legal frameworks and enforcement mechanisms that
focus on women's rights
* Strengthening civil society's capacity to hold governments
accountable to implement laws
* Increasing women's capacity to understand and claim rights

2) Strengthening women's access to justice
IWP seeks to support initiatives that strengthen judicial response to
women and reduce the obstacles to access by ensuring:
* Legal aid, counsel and assistance is available and resourced
* Judges, lawyers and prosecutors understand and apply gender justice
* Transitional justice mechanisms are equitable and inclusive of women

3) Increasing women's role as decision-makers and leaders*
IWP seeks to support initiatives that encourage and increase women's
role as decision-makers in a number of arenas including the following:
* Peace and reconciliation processes
* Electoral and legislative processes
* Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), Security
Sector Reform (SSR) and reconstruction programs

Grant support
Organizations can apply for general support grant or support for a
specific project. General support grants are intended for
organizations which focus on one or more of the listed objectives. A
general support grant supports unspecified organizational costs. Such
a grant is not awarded for any particular project or purpose. The
review process for this grant type will be exceptionally selective.
The project support grants are intended to fund targeted initiatives
related to one or more of the listed objectives.

Preference is given to:
* Organizations managed and led by women
* Organizations that have a five-year plus track record and
demonstrate sustainability
* Organizations that forge partnerships with other civil society
groups working on similar issues
* Local/indigenous independent non-governmental organizations or
initiatives that link local and international organizations

Proposals must benefit populations in one of the following countries only:

Africa:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Uganda
Zimbabwe

Asia:
Burma
Cambodia
Nepal
Tajikistan

Middle East and North Africa:
Algeria
Iraq (including refugees in region)
Lebanon
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Latin America
Guatemala

Europe
Bosnia & Herzegovina

Proposals benefiting populations in other countries will NOT be
considered at this time.

Grant amount & funding timeframe
Organizations can apply for one to three year grants ranging from
$25,000 to $200,000. Please note multi-year proposals will require an
annual assessment report prior to releasing the subsequent trench of funds.

Timeline
Proposals must be received in English by email (preferred), fax or
mail on or by July 7, 2008. Incomplete proposals or proposals
received July 8 or later will NOT be considered under any circumstances.

Please email completed proposals to: women@sorosny.org (please write
proposal call 2008 in the subject line of your email)

If your organization does not have email access, please fax or mail
application to:

International Womens Program / Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019, USA
(Fax) 1.646.557.2601

Organizations will receive notification of decision by the first week
of October 2008. For those awarded grants, funding will be allocated
by December 2008.

General support proposal guidelines
Title page
1. Organization name
2. Amount requested
3. Proposed effective dates of grant period (calendar year, or
organizations fiscal year)
4. Contact information (mailing address, street address, telephone,
fax, email, website) of organization
5. Contact person(s), including the executive director or signatory of
the grant letter and the proposal contact

Requirements
1. A description of the organization, its mission, goals, history and
capacity to carry out the work.
2. Statement of need for the organization's work and its relevance to
the mission and mandate of the OSI International Womens Program.
3. General overview of the previous years activities
4. Detailed explanation of expected activities in the year for which
the organization is seeking support, related timelines, and methodologies.
5. Explanation of how organization's outcomes and impacts will be measured.
6. Bios or C.V.'s of the organizations executive director and key
staff members working on the project and a list of the Board of
Directors or other managing body, if applicable.
7. Annual organizational budget, noting all sources of funding
received or anticipated from other donors. Include all aspects of
organizations budget, including salaries, overhead (e.g., rent),
communications, specific project costs, etc.

Project support proposal guidelines

Title page
1. Organization name
2. Amount requested
3. Proposed effective dates of grant period
4. Contact information (mailing address, street address, telephone,
fax, email, website) of organization
5. Contact person(s), including the executive director or signatory of
the grant letter and the proposal contact

Requirements
1. A description of the organization, its mission, history and
capacity to carry out the work.
2. Statement of need for the organization's work and its relevance to
the mission and mandate of the OSI International Womens Program.
3. Detailed explanation of project activities and objectives, related
timelines, and methodologies.
4. Explanation of how organization's outcomes and impacts will be measured.
5. Bios or C.V.'s of the organizations executive director and key
staff members working on the project and a list of the Board of
Directors or other managing body, if applicable.
6. An organizational budget and project budget, noting funding request
to OSI, and additional sources of funding received or anticipated from
other donors. Include those donor names.

* Please note that OSI cannot provide funding for electoral purposes

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