CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- REMINDER - TODAY!: The Conflict between Georgia and Russia, Wed., Aug. 27

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CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- REMINDER: The Conflict in Georgia, Wed., Aug. 27

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Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

Roundtable on the Current Conflict between Georgia and Russia

Date: Wed., Aug. 27, 2008
Time: 4:15-6:00.

Roundtable Panelists:

Monica Duffey Toft (Associate Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard U.)
Julie George (Queens College, City University of New York)
Timothy Colton (Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian
Studies, Harvard U.)
Peter Rutland (Professor of Government, Wesleyan University)
Thomas W. Simons, Jr. (Visiting Scholar, Davis Center, Harvard U.)

Moderator: John Schoeberlein (Director of the Program on Central Asia
and the Caucasus, Davis Center, Harvard U.)

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

The roundtable discussion will consider the current conflict between
Georgia and Russia from the perspectives of Georgian and Russian
politics, and the politics of relations within the region and with the West.

Open to the public.

Sponsored by:

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

For further information, contact:

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

John Schoeberlein

Dr. John Schoeberlein \ Director
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center \ Harvard University
1730 Cambridge St., Room S-320 \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338 program: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319
Central Asia Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
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CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Roundtable on the Current Conflict between Georgia and Russia, Wed., Aug. 27

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CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Roundtable on the Conflict in Georgia, Wed., Aug. 27

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

Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

Roundtable on the Current Conflict between Georgia and Russia

Date: Wed., Aug. 27, 2008
Time: 4:15-6:00.

Roundtable Panelists:

Timothy Colton (Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian
Studies, Harvard U.)
Julie George (Queens College, City University of New York)
Thomas W. Simons, Jr. (Visiting Scholar, Davis Center, Harvard U.)
Monica Duffey Toft (Associate Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard U.)
John Schoeberlein (Director of the Program on Central Asia and the
Caucasus, Davis Center, Harvard U.)

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

The roundtable discussion will consider the current conflict between
Georgia and Russia from the perspectives of Georgian and Russian
politics, and the politics of relations within the region and with the West.

Open to the public.

Sponsored by:

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

For further information, contact:

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

John Schoeberlein

Dr. John Schoeberlein \ Director
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center \ Harvard University
1730 Cambridge St., Room S-320 \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338 program: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319
schoeber@fas.harvard.edu
Central Asia Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
Central Eurasian Studies World Wide: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
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PROG. INFO.- Georgian Language Free On-line Course at Malmoe University

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PROG. INFO.- Georgian Language Free On-line Course at Malmoe University

Posted by: Manana Kobaidze <georgia@imer.mah.se>

If you are interested to learn Georgian, you can apply to take a course offered
at Malmoe University. There is no tuition fee. The course is conducted on
Internet. No meetings are included. Lessons, exercises, sound files, texts,
etc. are available on the course home page. The course starts in September.

Read here how to apply:

http://webzone.imer.mah.se/projects/georgianV04/INTRO/apply_late.html

Demo version is found here:

http://webzone.imer.mah.se/projects/georgianV04/DEMO/INDEX4.html

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PROG. INFO.- Georgian Language Free On-line Course at Malmo University

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PROG. INFO.- Georgian Language Free On-line Course at Malmo University

Posted by: Manana Kobaidze <georgia@imer.mah.se>

If you are interested to learn Georgian, you can apply to take a
course offered at Malmo University. There is no tuition fee. The
course is conducted on Internet. No meetings are included. Lessons,
exercises, sound files, texts, etc. are available on the course home
page. The course starts in September.

Read here how to apply:

http://webzone.imer.mah.se/projects/georgianV04/INTRO/apply_late.html

Demo version is found here:

http://webzone.imer.mah.se/projects/georgianV04/DEMO/INDEX4.html

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PUBL.- Ismail Gasprali, French and African Letters, Edition by Azade-Ayse Rorlich

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PUBL.- Ismail Gasprali, French and African Letters, Edition by A.-A. Rorlich

Posted by: Azade-Ayse Rorlich <arorlich@college.usc.edu>

Ismail Gasprali
French and African Letters

Azade-Ayse Rorlich, transl., ed., and Introduction

Isis Press, Istanbul, 2008

For information: isis@tnn.net

The present book provides scholars as well as students access to
primary sources critical to understanding the intellectual life of
Russia's Muslims in the last decades of the nineteenth century.
Through Ismail Gasprali's French and African Letters Professor Rorlich
offers evidence regarding the scope of Muslim modernism in late
imperial Russia contributing at the same time to a better
understanding of the debates on gender issues that shaped the
modernist discourse.

This volume represents the first annotated English translation of
Ismail Gasprali's fictional travelogue, first serialized in his
newspaper Terjuman between 1887 and 1891. Providing a window into the
diversity of the issues that shaped the Muslim modernist discourse in
Russia, this publication offers one of the few opportunities to
examine primary source material in a field still marked by the paucity
of such materials available in English translation. This annotated
translation makes an important contribution to the field of Eurasian
scholarship not only for bringing to the students of Muslim modernism
and gender studies an important work of Ismail Gasprali -- one of the
leading Muslim reformers of the Russian empire, but also for offering
an Introduction that places the French and African Letters in the
broader context of his work.

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LECTURE- Tajikistan: Election Reform, Political Parties and the State, OSCE Office, Dushanbe, Aug. 21

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LECTURE- Tajikistan: Election Reform, Political Parties and State, OSCE, Aug 21

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

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

"Tajikistan: Election Reform, the Public, Political Parties, and the
State-An Empirical Approach"
By Mr. Navruz Nekbakhtshoev, Department of Political Science, Indiana
University, USA.

Thursday, 21 August, 4:15 PM
OSCE Office in Tajikistan
12 Zikrullo Khojaev St.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
RSVP: LOdinaeva@osce.org

Abstract: Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, electoral reform has
been on the agenda of many post-Soviet or newly independent states. In
Tajikistan, too, election laws have been rewritten several times. This
study attempts to trace electoral system change in Tajikistan since
1990. It also seeks to determine the thoughts, intentions, and driving
forces behind the State, political parties, and the public in relation
to the issue of elections and electoral reform. The study highlights
major reform proposals agreed upon by the majority of parties and the
Central Election Committee at a summer 2008 International Foundation
for Electoral Systems (IFES)-sponsored roundtable and addresses the
parties' motives behind their proposals. To identify the factors
driving the choice of electoral system in Tajikistan, the study draws
on interviews with the deputies and chairmen of eight recognized
political parties and a set of focus groups with voting age citizens.
The evidence drawn from the interviews favors an interest-based
explanation as the basis for electoral rule change, rather than
normative commitments to pluralist politics. In particular, main
political parties in Tajikistan choose institutional designs to
maximize self interest and protect their position vs. other opposition
parties. The study concludes, among other things, that reform of the
election law in Tajikistan is solely driven by the dominant party's
evaluation of electoral performance and as such it is less of a
co-operative endeavor concerned with free and fare elections.

Bio: Navruz Nekbakhtshoev is a PhD student in Political Science at
Indiana University in Bloomington, USA. His concentration is
comparative politics with an emphasis on democratization in the
post-Soviet space. He is particularly interested in researching
electoral and party systems, contentious politics, and regime change.
Nekbakhtshoev obtained his MA in Social and Public Policy from
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, USA, while having been a recipient
of the Edmund Muskie Graduate Fellowship (2005-06). Later, and while
commencing his PhD studies at Indiana University, he became an Aga
Khan Foundation International Scholar (2006-08 academic years). He has
also worked for the US-based Social Science Research Council.
Nekbakhtshoev is currently completing a short-term research assignment
on Election Reform with the OSCE Office in Tajikistan.

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CONF.- Azerbaijan-Turkey-US Relationship in Eurasia (Georgia & Kazakhstan), Baku, Sept. 17-18

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CONF.- Azerbaijan-Turkey-US Relationship in Eurasia, Baku, Sept. 17-18

Posted by: Louette Ragusa <atib_projectsadvisor@mac.com>

Azerbaijan-Turkey-US Relationship in Eurasia: Georgia from the Caucasus,
Kazakhstan from Central Asia

Baku, Azerbaijan, September 17-18, 2008

Azerbaijan Turkey Business Association (ATIB) is one of the most active Business
Associations in the Region dedicated to furthering economic, social and cultural
relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey and then between Azerbaijan and other
countries. ATIB organized the first of its kind trilateral international
conference entitled "The Azerbaijan-Turkey-US relationship and its Importance
for Eurasia" in Washington, D.C. December 10, 2007.

The 2nd Annual International Conference "Azerbaijan-Turkey-US Relationship in
Eurasia, Georgia from the Caucasus, Kazakhstan from Central Asia," will be held
on September 17-18, 2007, we will discuss the cooperative roles of all fives
countries in furthering the development of Eurasia.

The conference will bring together representatives from policy realms, academic
fields, the business community, civil society and members from the government
of all five countries in an effort to continue to define the importance of the
trilateral relationship of the initial three countries and the two other
important players in the region. The conference will discuss:

Day One:
* Eurasian Geopolitics: Regional Security
* Eurasian Geo-economic: Regional Economic Development and Cooperation

Day Two:
* Eurasian Geopolitics: Energy Security and
* Eurasian Geo-economics: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

The conference is extended to two days so that the panels may be able to
elaborate on each area of discussion with an extended Q & A Session. These
panels are intended to be highly interactive where panelists and moderators
will not deliver speeches from a podium, but will instead be seated around a
discussion table. This is designed to stimulate open and honest discussion with
all participants.

For more information please visit: www.atus.az

Email: office@atib.az / atib_projectsadvisor@mac.com

Louette Ragusa
International Project Advisor
Azerbaycan-Türkiye Business Association
Istiglaliyat St. 21 5th Floor Baku AZ 1066 Azerbaijan
Tel 994 12 449 8882
Fax 994 12 449 8884
Cell 994 50 255 0535
email atib_projectsadvisor@mac.com; lragusa67@mac.com

US Cell number: 985 869 3012

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CONF.- Xiongnu Archaeology Conference, Ulaanbaatar, Oct. 15-18

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CONF.- Xiongnu Archaeology Conference, Ulaanbaatar, Oct. 15-18

Posted by: Bryan K Miller <millerbk@sas.upenn.edu>

Silkroad Foundation presents:
International Conference on Xiongnu Archaeology
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
16-18 October, 2008

on

* Mortuary Customs and Ritual
* Ostentatious Burials and the Elite
* Interaction and Peripheries
* Art and Ornamentation
* People and Animals
* Landscape and Settlements

This international conference endeavors to bring together all
scholars, from Asia to America, actively researching in the field of
Xiongnu archaeology in order to discuss old and new research questions
in a focused group of both specialists and related scholars. As this
event will be structured around the exchange of ideas and constructive
discussion, the format will be different from most conferences. Brief
lectures of 20 minutes will be organized into thematic sessions, and
each session will close with discussant commentary and open
discussion. We thus aim to foster new ideas and approaches for the
research which has been presented by specialists in this field.

Conference Organizers:

Dr. Ursula Brosseder (Bonn University, Germany)
Bryan K. Miller, PhD Candidate (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Sponsors:

This event is sponsored by the Silkroad Foundation in cooperation with
University of Bonn, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of
Archaeology, Mongolia, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, National Museum
of Mongolia, and American Center of Mongolian Studies.

Registration at Conference Website:

http:/www.silkroadfoundation.org

Bryan K Miller
University of Pennsylvania, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
847 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

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JOURNAL/CFP- ARMACAD Armenian Academic-Autobiographical Journal

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JOURNAL/CFP- ARMACAD Armenian Academic-Autobiographical Journal

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

The editorial board of the ARMACAD Academic-Autobiographical Journal
invites authors to submit papers about their academic experiences in
and outside Armenia. The Journal will be divided into two sections.
The first section will include autobiographical articles of students
and scholars from Armenia who have been abroad for an academic
occasion - conference, seminar, summer school, degree programme,
lecture, etc. In the second section we will publish autobiographical
articles of foreign students and scholars who visited Armenia for
academic purposes - conference, seminar, summer school, degree
programme, lecture, etc.

The Journal will provide an open forum for all interested parties to
write about memories from their academic experiences in a free genre.
You are welcome to submit any interesting recollection you have from
Armenia and/or abroad. Any story related to your short, or a long term
stay will fit into the scope of the Journal. The Journal will be
published yearly and the authors may write about their experiences in
a series of articles. Representatives of all academic disciplines are
invited to contribute to the Journal. The Journal will be published in
English.

Alongside your autobiographical article, please send your CV, a photo
and a short biography. The biography and the photo will appear with
your article in the journal. The short biography should include your
current affiliations, your academic interests and any other
information, which you would like the reader to be aware of. Please
limit the biography to 200 words.

Please submit all materials to: armacad@armacad.org
Once we receive an e-mail from you with the attached documents, a
confirmation letter will be sent back to you. If you do not receive a
confirmation e-mail, then we have not received your materials. In that
case please resend them to: khachik.gevorgyan@yahoo.co.uk More
information on Journal will appear here:
www.armacad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=62

DEADLINE: November 30th, 2008.
The first issue of the journal will be out in April-May 2009.

Editor-in-Chief: Khachik Gevorgyan (Yerevan)

Associate Editors: Mushegh Asatryan (Yale), Vahe S. Boyajian
(Yerevan), Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (Yerevan), Artashes Karapetyan
(Harvard), Gevorg Muradyan (Kaiserslautern)

International Editorial Board: Gevorg Avetikyan (CEU), Dzovinar
Derderian (Georgetown), Sona Gasparyan (Yerevan), Smbat Khachatryan
(Cairo), Ekaterina Manicheva (St. Petersburg), Gayane Melkom Melkomian
(Yerevan), Natalia Plechistova (Goettingen)

Khachik Gevorgyan

http://www.armacad.org

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JOB- Research Assistant, Project on Islam and Politics in Eurasia, Harvard Univ.

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JOB- Research Assistant, Project on Islam and Politics in Eurasia, Harvard U.

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

Title: Part-Time Research Assistant (II)
Requisition Number: 34519
School / Unit: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Part-Time

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Project on "Islam and Politics in Eurasia" is a research and
public information project seeking to develop a clear analysis of the
changing role of Islam and the region and its implications for the
region's political future, as well as to disseminate understanding of
this to policy-makers, opinion-leaders and the general public. The
project involves research in the field, library research, preparation
and dissemination of publications, and engagement with the target
audience through the conferences, the internet and other means.

The Research Assistant provides assistance to the project director in
administrative and research tasks. Specific responsibilities include,
but are not limited to: Research for the project: gathering of
materials from library, internet and other sources, review and
analysis of research materials, management of databases, contribution
to write-up of research analysis; Preparation of publications in print
and web formats: editing and formatting of materials for publication
(originating from conference presenters and research project team
members), translation or correction of translation of materials for
publication, layout and preparation of print publications, web-editing
of web publications; Administrative work for conference and meeting
planning and preparation: handling logistical arrangements such as
travel, visa arrangements, meeting rooms, hotel accommodations, meals,
and conference materials, publicity of conferences, including
preparation of publicity materials, handling its distribution,
correspondence with conference presenters and attendees;
Administration of project's finances: processing of charges and
payments for project expenditures, administration of project's
budgetary procedures, preparation of materials for project's financial
reporting; Project office and administration tasks: support to the
project director in administration of pragmatics of work in the
project team, including correspondence, administrative arrangements
such as establishing contracts, coordinating the research agenda,
collecting research materials, and sharing research results,
maintenance of contact database, producing mailings, handling
correspondence and queries, general management and distribution of
project's informational outputs. The research assistant will travel to
the region at least once during the term of the project to support a
project meeting; additional travel to the region to support research
is dependent upon the skills and abilities of the person filling the
position. The position will start out at 17.5 hours per week with a
strong potential for an increase in hours over time.

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

Knowledge of Russian or other languages of the former Soviet Muslim
world (Azerbaijan, Daghestan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tatarstan,
Uzbekistan), knowledge of and interest in Islam and former Soviet
Union, strong computer skills (MS Office, database experience,
internet based applications), one to two years research experience,
ability to learn quickly and write well. Post-bachelor's degree
education preferred.

Please note that this position is available only to a candidate who is
located in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area or is willing/able to
relocate to here on her/his own, and who is eligible to work in the US.

To Apply:

Visit http://jobs.harvard.edu/jobs/search_req and search for
requisition no. 34519.

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JOB- Research Assistant, Project on Islam and Politics in Eurasia, Harvard Univ.

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JOB- Research Assistant, Project on Islam and Politics in Eurasia, Harvard U.

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

Title: Part-Time Research Assistant (II)
Requisition Number: 34519
School / Unit: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Part-Time

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Project on "Islam and Politics in Eurasia" is a research and
public information project seeking to develop a clear analysis of the
changing role of Islam and the region and its implications for the
region's political future, as well as to disseminate understanding of
this to policy-makers, opinion-leaders and the general public. The
project involves research in the field, library research, preparation
and dissemination of publications, and engagement with the target
audience through the conferences, the internet and other means.

The Research Assistant provides assistance to the project director in
administrative and research tasks. Specific responsibilities include,
but are not limited to: Research for the project: gathering of
materials from library, internet and other sources, review and
analysis of research materials, management of databases, contribution
to write-up of research analysis; Preparation of publications in print
and web formats: editing and formatting of materials for publication
(originating from conference presenters and research project team
members), translation or correction of translation of materials for
publication, layout and preparation of print publications, web-editing
of web publications; Administrative work for conference and meeting
planning and preparation: handling logistical arrangements such as
travel, visa arrangements, meeting rooms, hotel accommodations, meals,
and conference materials, publicity of conferences, including
preparation of publicity materials, handling its distribution,
correspondence with conference presenters and attendees;
Administration of project's finances: processing of charges and
payments for project expenditures, administration of project's
budgetary procedures, preparation of materials for project's financial
reporting; Project office and administration tasks: support to the
project director in administration of pragmatics of work in the
project team, including correspondence, administrative arrangements
such as establishing contracts, coordinating the research agenda,
collecting research materials, and sharing research results,
maintenance of contact database, producing mailings, handling
correspondence and queries, general management and distribution of
project's informational outputs. The research assistant will travel to
the region at least once during the term of the project to support a
project meeting; additional travel to the region to support research
is dependent upon the skills and abilities of the person filling the
position. The position will start out at 17.5 hours per week with a
strong potential for an increase in hours over time.

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

Knowledge of Russian or other languages of the former Soviet Muslim
world (Azerbaijan, Daghestan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tatarstan,
Uzbekistan), knowledge of and interest in Islam and former Soviet
Union, strong computer skills (MS Office, database experience,
internet based applications), one to two years research experience,
ability to learn quickly and write well. Post-bachelor's degree
education preferred.

Please note that this position is available only to a candidate who is
located in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area or is willing/able to
relocate to here on her/his own, and who is eligible to work in the US.

To Apply:

Visit http://jobs.harvard.edu/jobs/search_req and search for
requisition no. 34519.

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JOB- Executive Assistant to Vice President for Academic Affairs, AUCA, Bishkek

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JOB- Executive Assistant to Vice President for Academic Affairs, AUCA, Bishkek

Posted by: Bermet Tursunkulova <bermet13@gmail.com>

American University of Central Asia is seeking an individual for the
position of the Executive Assistant to Vice President for Academic Affairs.

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

Responsibilities include but not limited to:
* providing day-to-day assistance to VPAA
* developing and maintaining an integrated calendar of academic
meetings for VPAA
* assisting in developing reports on academic affairs and marketing
and enrollment to the Board of Trustees
* coordinating activities of academic departments and offices
* recording minutes for meetings of the Board of Trustees and
Academic Policy Committee

Work experience in higher education sector and knowledge of an
academic process is an advantage. A competitive salary will be based
on experience and qualification. Interested candidates should submit a
letter of interest and a resume to: shananova_t@mail.auca.kg

Dr. Bermet Tursunkulova
tel.: +996(555) 36-81-05

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PUBL.- Argorods of Western Uzbekistan: Knowledge Control and Agriculture in Khorezm

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PUBL.- Argorods of W. Uzbekistan: Knowledge Control and Agriculture in Khorezm

Posted by: Caleb Wall <caleb.wall@gmail.com>

The Center for Development Research at Bonn University (ZEF) is glad
to announce the publication of:

Argorods of Western Uzbekistan: Knowledge Control and Agriculture in Khorezm
by Caleb Wall
Berlin and Vienna: LIT Verlag. 344 pages. 29.90 euro.
ISBN 978-3-8258-1426-7

"Agricultural Knowledge is important in rural Uzbekistan, it is also
contested. This book illustrates how risk-takers and rule-makers
negotiate knowledge in rural Uzbekistan"

Synopsis:
Agricultural Knowledge is important in rural Uzbekistan, it is also
contested. Knowledge determines the livelihoods of the majority of
the rural population, it helps explain why social organisation occurs
in its unique way and it provides a useful mechanism to examine how
state authority plays out at the local level.

This book shows the ways in which local people create and share
agricultural knowledge, seeing this as a useful mirror to
understanding how state authority operates at the lowest levels in
rural Uzbekistan. In this way, modern Uzbeks are acting as risk takers
in using their household plots 'argorods' and vegetable production to
promote local development. Just as Malinowski's analysis of Western
Pacific Argonauts helped us to understand economic activity as
grounded in social organisation, culture and external restraints ­
this book aims to explain why it is that rural development in
Uzbekistan has taken the path it has, post-1991.

The focus of this book is on explaining 'local knowledge' from the
perspective of the insider in the Khorezm province of western
Uzbekistan. By detailing the ways in which knowledge is socially
structured in Khorezm the book explains much about how rural society
operates. For instance the prevalence of 'masters' as a reflection of
the particular understanding of authority in rural Uzbekistan
(joshuli), heavily informed by state authoritarianism. Likewise, the
way in which the state seeks to control and delimit knowledge, through
a 'state plan' for cotton and wheat ­ and by the enforcement of state
'norms by the 'plough police' ­ tells us much about the machinations
of one of the world's more repressive regimes. Yet rural Uzbeks are
also active experimenters and sharers of knowledge, conducting
community building activities (khashar) and distributing seeds through
familial networks.

Based on over one year of field research in a village in Khorezm, this
book details the role that the Soviet history had in producing
'knowledge loss' and in developing an agricultural system largely
unsuited to the desert steppe. It then goes on to explain how rural
Uzbeks have responded to the collapse of the Soviet system, post-1991,
with a mixture of ingenuity and inflexibility. This is followed by an
account of how the state enforces its control over agricultural
production, and agricultural knowledge, at the local level. Providing
a unique insight into how state power is reproduced and enacted at the
lowest levels, distant from the political centre.

Brief Biography:

Caleb Wall is a development consultant with a PhD from the University of Bonn
caleb.wall@gmail.com

To order please visit:

www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/3-8258-1426-7 (for orders within Austria and Germany)
www.amazon.de (available now)
www.amazon.co.uk (pre-order for delivery soon)

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JOURNAL/CFP - Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 4

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JOURNAL/CFP - Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 4

Posted by: Nasimi Aghayev <nasimi_aghayev@yahoo.com>

Call for Papers for the Fall 2008 issue of the Caucasian Review of
International Affairs

Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) announces call for
papers for its Fall 2008 issue to be published at the end of October
2008. Deadline for submissions is September 30, 2008. Submission
guidelines can be viewed at
http://www.cria-online.org/modules.php?name=Submit_a_Paper.

CRIA is particularly interested in papers on the following topics:

* Conflicts in Georgia : New situation after the recent war in South Ossetia?
* Islam in the Caucasus;
* Armenia-Russia relationship;
* GUAM and its role in the security of the member states;
* Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad and its geopolitical implications for the region;
* Kosovo versus Nagorno-Karabakh;
* Iranian nuclear program and its implications for the South Caucasus;
* Germany and Caucasus;
* European Neighborhood Policy and its implications for the South Caucasus;
* Russian policy towards South Caucasus;
* North Caucasus new situation?
* Integration of the South Caucasus to the Euro-Atlantic structures;
* Prospects of the South Caucasian regional security;
* Israel in the Caucasus;
* Azerbaijan's relations with the Moslem world;
* Foreign Policy of the new Armenian Government;
* Iran-Armenia relations;
* Recent attempts of rapprochement in Turkish-Armenian relations;
* Azerbaijani community of Iran;
* Legal status of the Caspian Sea;
* EU-Central Asia;
* China in Central Asia;
* Foreign Policy of Turkmenistan under the new government;
* Turkey and PKK;
* Iraqi Turkomans;
* Realist view on Turkey 's accession to the EU;
* Iran-Turkey relationship;
* Ukraine's foreign policy - NATO and EU versus Russia;
* Armenian Diaspora and lobby in the US its influence over US foreign policy;
* Armenian Diaspora in France its influence over French foreign policy;
* Presidential elections in the US and its implications for the US
foreign policy.

This is a preliminary list. Please feel free to offer alternative
topics, including book reviews to the Editor.

The CRIA is a Germany-based quarterly peer-reviewed free, non-profit
and online academic journal. The Review is committed to promote a
better understanding of the regional affairs by providing relevant
background information and analysis, as far as the Caucasus in
general, and the South Caucasus in particular are concerned. The CRIA
also welcomes lucid, well-documented papers on all aspects of
international affairs, from all political viewpoints. The last issue
of the Review can be viewed at www.cria-online.org.

Nasimi Aghayev
Editor-in-Chief
Caucasian Review of International Affairs
contact@cria-online.org
ISSN: 1865-6773

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JOB- Program Officer, American Councils, Osh, Kyrgyzstan

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JOB- Program Officer, American Councils, Osh, Kyrgyzstan

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

Program Officer
Location: Osh, Kyrgyzstan
FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Description

Summary

The Central Asian Turkic Languages Overseas Flagship (CATLOF) program
is a US Government funded initiative designed to produce
professionally competent speakers of such Central Asian languages as
Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, and Uzbek. This is accomplished
through a regimen of intensive study and professional development in
an immersion environment on site at various locations throughout
Central Asia. This position supports the Uzbek and Kyrgyz site in Osh,
Kyrgyzstan. The CATLOF Program Officer for Uzbek and Kyrgyz will be
responsible primarily for all aspects of the development and
maintenance of the Osh Language Center (OLC) and the overseas
components of all Osh-based Flagship and Outbound activities and
programs. Additionally, the Program Officer will be responsible, when
the below duties permit, for assisting with other American Councils
endeavors in the region at a maximum rate of 10 percent of his/her
weekly time. The CATLOF Program Officer will report directly to the
Flagship and Outbound Program Managers on all issues related to
Flagship and Outbound programs, but will be responsible for including
the Kyrgyzstan Country Director in all relevant correspondences. All
legal, accounting, security, and other logistical decisions will be
made in direct consultation with the Kyrgyzstan Country Director and
the Flagship and Outbound Program Managers.

Primary Responsibilities
* Choosing, procuring, developing, and maintaining a suitable office location;
* Creating a network of internships and host families;
* Forming a relationship with a local university to culminate in an
eventual contract;
* Providing selections and logistical support for faculty development
endeavors;
* Modeling and writing a student handbook for Osh based on
preexisting Flagship materials;
* Maintaining daily contact with American Councils in Bishkek and
Washington, DC;
* Supervising, coordinating and facilitating all aspects of student programs;
* Enforcing American Councils student rules and policies;
* Performing all financial reporting and accounting duties necessary;
* Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
* Familiarity with culture and geography of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan;
* Proficiency in spoken and written Russian and at least one of
Kyrgyz or Uzbek;
* Extensive experience living and studying or working in Central Asia;
* Excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail;
* Demonstrated administrative, budgeting, and organizational skills;
* Experience with US and international education preferred;
* Advanced degree in relevant field (e.g. language, education, area
studies etc.) preferred;
* Elementary, secondary and higher education within the U.S. required.

To Apply:

Please send a cover letter and resume to:

HR Department, American Councils for International Education
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Fax: (202) 572-9095 or (202) 833-7523
E-mail: resumes@americancouncils.org

Please visit our website at http://flagship@americancouncils.org or
view a full job description at
http://www.americancouncils.org/employmentList.php.

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CFA- American Institute for Afghanistan Studies Student Paper Competition

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CFA- American Institute for Afghanistan Studies Student Paper Competition

Posted by: Michael Carroll <mcarroll@bu.edu>

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The American Institute for Afghanistan Studies (AIAS)
Student Paper Competition

The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies announces its second
student paper competition. Undergraduate and graduate students in all
disciplines are invited to submit scholarly works that focus on Afghan
culture, society, land, languages, health, peoples and history.
Submitted papers will be judged based on the quality of scholarship,
application of extant literature, and overall contribution to
Afghanistan studies. Students may submit their own work directly or
may be nominated by supervising faculty. Submissions must be
accompanied by a separate email from the student's advisor confirming
that the paper was completed as independent work while the author was
a student.

The winner will be awarded a $750 cash prize and the option to have
the paper published on the AIAS web site. Submissions received by
October 1, 2008 will be given full consideration. In the unlikely
event of insufficient academic merit, the committee reserves the right
to award no prize this year.

The AIAS is an academic society committed to advancing the study of
Afghanistan by scholars in the US and to the rebuilding of academic
institutions and scholarly study in Afghanistan. The AIAS has
administrative offices at Boston University and a research center in
Kabul, Afghanistan. For more information on AIAS, please go to our
web site at http://www.bu.edu/aias.

Email Submissions (in Microsoft Word format) and Faculty Advisor's
Letter by July 15, 2005 to Michael Carroll at aias@bu.edu

Michael Carroll
Center Administrator
American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
745 Commonwealth Ave. Rm. 639
Boston, MA 02215

617-358-4649
Fax: 617-358-4650
mcarroll@bu.edu

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PUBL.- The Caucasus and Globalization, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2008

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PUBL.- The Caucasus and Globalization, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2008

Posted by: Murad Esenov <murad.esenov@worldmail.se>

Please find below the contents of the Volume 2, Issue 1, 2008, of the
Caucasus and Globalization Journal (in English and Russian).

The Caucasus and Globalization
Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies

Volume 2, Issue 1, 2008

Contents

Geopolitics

Iranian Azerbaijan: The Epicenter of a Cold War Jamil Gasanly

Main Factors Contributing to the European Union's Policy Toward the Black
Sea Region Richard Rousseau

The Northern Caucasus: Situation Analysis and Possible Ways to Overcome the
Crises and Conflicts Alla Yazkova

The Main Development Trends in Bilateral Relations between Azerbaijan and
Israel Rashad Guseinov

Azerbaijan-Germany: Cooperation Vectors Sudaba Zeinalova

Geo-Economics

Russian Bank Expansion in CIS Countries and CIS Bank Participation in the
Russian Market Zakhid Mamedov

The Formation of an Efficient Internal Energy Market under Globalization
Conditions (Azerbaijani Case Study) Vagif Nasibov

Distorted Migration Terms: Cui Bono? Avtandil Sulaberidze

Globalization and Economic Theory Rozeta Asatiani

Development of Daghestan's Rural Population Settlement System in the
Post-Soviet Period Eldar Eldarov

Geoculture

The Universality of Human Rights and the Principle of Cultural Relativism
Kiamran Shafiev

Globalization Myth and Traditional Culture in Georgia and the Caucasus Lela
Yakobishvili-Piralishvili

Globalization and Problems of Developing Ethnic Culture (Based on
Information of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic of the Russian Federation)
Gulfia Bazieva

Geohistory

Azerbaijan's Cultural Relicts in the Global Civilizational Context
Meshadikhanum Neymat, Vafa Kulieva

The Caucasus and the Caspian in theGreat Geostrategic Game on the Eve of and
During World War II (Geohistorical Assay) Parvin Darabadi

Carl Von Hahn - Outstanding Student of the Caucasus Gocha Saitidze

If you are interested to go into more details about the content of the
articles you may find all necessary information on our Internet home-page:
www.ca-c.org or http://www.ca-c.org/journal-table-eng.shtml

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CFP- Armenia and Armenians in International Treaties, U. of Mich., Mar. 18-21, 2009

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CFP- Armenia and Armenians in International Treaties, U of Mich, Mar 18-21, '09

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

Armenian Studies Program
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Call For Papers
International Conference on Armenia and Armenians in International Treaties

The Armenian Studies Program (ASP) at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, will be convening an international conference on the theme
Armenia and Armenians in International Treaties. The conference will
be held on the campus of the University of Michigan, March 18-21, 2009.

International treaties represent critical moments in the history of
Armenia and of the Armenian people that had serious implications for
their status and future as well as that of neighboring peoples and
countries. International treaties also constitute the linchpin of
diplomatic history, an aspect of Armenian history that has been
neglected. The purpose of the conference is to determine patterns and
processes which might shed light on the challenges faced by Armenia
and Armenians in their long history.

For the purposes of this conference the term treaties will include
also international agreements such as the one between the Armenian
merchants of India and the British East India Company in 1688 or the
May 1896 agreement regarding the Eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire.

Scholars interested in the subject of Armenian diplomatic history from
earliest times to the present are invited to submit abstracts for
their proposed papers on the theme to Ms. Gloria Caudill, ASP
Administrator, (gcaudill@umich.edu) by Friday, October 3, 2008. ASP
will notify scholars regarding the acceptance of their proposal by the
end of October, 2008. Final papers should be submitted two weeks
before the conference, by February 18, 2009. The papers will be made
available to all participants in order to limit presentations during
the conference to 20 minutes per participant and provide time for
discussion during panels.

The conference will begin with a reception on the evening of
Wednesday, March 18, followed by three full days of panels. The
conference will be webcast live internationally. Professor Gerard
Libaridian is the main convener of the conference.

The language of the conference will be English, although presentations
in Armenian as well as in French, Russian and Spanish will be accepted
as long as the presenter can provide an English translation of the
paper two weeks before the conference

ASP will cover all expenses related to travel, lodging and meals for
participants.

For further information, please contact Ms. Gloria Caudill at the ASP office:
Email: gcaudill@umich.edu
Telephone: (1) 734-763-0622.

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CFP- Protest Movements and Rise of Transnational Civil Society, Univ. of Zurich, June 23-26, 2009

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CFP- Protest Movements and Rise of Transnational Civil Society, June 23-26, '09

Posted by: Rebekka Weinel <mail@protest-research.eu>

Call for Papers / Travel Grants:

Shaping Europe in a Globalized World?

Protest Movements and the Rise of a Transnational Civil Society?

Conference at the University of Zurich, Department of German with the
support of the European Commission

Conveners: Roland Axtmann (Centre for the Study of Culture and
Politics, University of Swansea), Kathrin Fahlenbrach (University of
Halle), Martin Klimke (University of Heidelberg), Joachim Scharloth
(University of Zurich)

Location: Department of German, University of Zurich
Date: June 23-26, 2009

Recent research into the development and implications of transnational
modes of political organization has tended to concentrate on the
growth of institutions involved with international political and
economic governance. This has been counter-balanced by growing
research into international protest movements that appears to paint a
picture of an emerging transnational civil society; one that includes
formalized Non-Governmental Organisations such as OXFAM, Amnesty
International and international labour movements as well as the
seemingly more spontaneous movements associated with
anti-globalization and anti-capitalist activism. The study of
transnational social movements is, then, central to the development of
our understanding of the internationalization of politics as such and
in particular to attempts to conceptualize a global civil society.

However, such research is problematic and in need of expansion and
realignment in both the conceptual and empirical dimensions. There are
three central issues that need to be addressed:

Firstly, research into transnational social movements often
presupposes a series of normative claims regarding the desirability of
particular forms of democratic activity. It then relies on these norms
to both explain and justify research findings. But the movement from
centralized and state-led national politics to a global politics of
multiple actors in a multi-polar context precisely calls such norms
into question: they are a source of the conflictual dynamics of global
politics not its outcome and still less a governing explanatory
principle. Research needs to conceptualize the way in which an
irreducible tension between a demand for universal norms and the
reality of a global pluriverse is constitutive of the terrain
traversed by transnational movements.

Secondly, research into social movements tends overwhelmingly to
concentrate on movements of the left. This leads not only to the
minimizing of the attention paid to social movements of the right. It
also simply generalizes a particular dimension of political
differentiation while suppressing others. This may have been
sufficient for the study of the first wave of post-war transnational
movements in 1960s Europe. It is not sufficient for today. For
instance, an increasingly significant political phenomenon consists of
transnational nationalisms: movements organized for national
"liberation" that operate across borders, connected to and sustained
by networks of migrant co-nationals and other sympathizers. Movements
organized to oppose trade liberalization may be motivated by
nationalist and particularist sentiments as well as social democratic
nostalgia. Religious movements cannot easily be contained within a
left-right spectrum. Research into transnational social movements must
undertake empirical examination of the multiple dimensions along which
groups are dispersed and also to conceptualise this distribution.

Thirdly, to date research has concentrated on European-style social
movements and has identified similar variants in other regions. But
this might mean that religious movements such as Falun Gong in China
are not properly attended to.

The goal of this conference is to address these issues; to consolidate
present research and to begin developing new empirical findings and
new conceptual frameworks.

We especially encourage applications referring to the following topics:

* Globalization of Politics ­ Globalization of Protest?
* Transnationalism within Right Wing Protest Movements
* Filling the Gap: European Protest Movements as a Result of a Lack
of Democracy within the EU
* EU Polity and Europeanization of Protest
* Applying the Concepts of "Civil Society" and "Social Movements" in
Eastern Europe and non-European Countries ­ Potential and Limits
* Even Newer Social Movements ­ Creating new Public Spheres?
* Building Transnational Protest Identities ­ Languages, I, Images and Actions
* European Anti-Corporate Campaigns in a Globalized Economy
* Migration and Ethnicity as a Source of Protest
* Professionalizing Protest
* The Future of Political Participation: Social Movements, Lobbying
or Party Politics
* Taming Protest: The Rituals of Violence

Applications from postgraduate students, early stage researchers
(PhD-students), postdocs and young scholars from all disciplinary and
national backgrounds are strongly encouraged and form the main target
group for this event.

All travel and accommodation costs within reasonable boundaries will be
covered by the European Union.

Although the conference language will mainly be English, we also invite
proposals in French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Polish, if a short
summary (2 pages) in English is provided.

Deadline for Applications: August 15, 2008
(abstracts no longer than 500 words)

Selections will be made by: October 1, 2008

Please use online application at: www.protest-research.eu

Further questions: mail@protest-research.eu

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PUBL.- Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies: Military Justice in Russia

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PUBL.- Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies: Military Justice

Posted by: Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski <kozlowsk@club-internet.fr>

The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies, www.pipss.org
Military Justice in Post-Soviet Russia
Issue 8 -- July 2008

- Foreword by Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski & Aude Merlin (Issue 8 Editors)
- Military Justice in Russia: Issues and Questions -- an introduction
by Peter H. Solomon, Jr., Professor of Political Science, Law and
Criminology, University of Toronto

Military Justice - articles
- Leonid Golovko - Les cours militaires russes : juridictions de droit
commun, juridictions spécialisées ou juridictions d'exception ?
[Russian Courts-Martial: Courts of General Jurisdiction, Specialised
Courts or Extraordinary Courts?]
- Nikolay P. Kovalev - Trial by jury in military courts
- Amandine Regamey - L'opinion publique russe et l'affaire Boudanov
[Russian Public Opinion and the Budanov Case]

Military Justice -- Conversations
- How does one defend one's case in today's Russian army ? - Interview
of Shota Gordadze, Lawyer -- conducted by Aude Merlin, Moscow, 2 June 2008
- The power of law versus the law of power - Interview of Stanislav
Markelov, Lawyer -- conducted by Aude Merlin, Moscow, 3 June 2008

Military Justice -- Historical Perspective (Reprints)
- Elise Kimerling Witschafter - Military Justice and Social Relations
in the Prereform Army, 1796 to 1855
- William C. Fuller - Civilians in Russian Military Courts, 1881-1904

Military Justice -- Book Reviews (4 titles)
- S. Ushakov, A. Stukalov, Front voennykh prokurorov [The Military
Procurors' Front], Kirov, Viatka, 2000, 223
pages. Reviewed by Vanessa Voisin
- N. Petuhkov, Istoriia voennykh sudov Rossii [An History of Russian
Military Courts], Moscow, Norma, 2005, 352 pages. Reviewed by Marc Elie
- V.E. Zviagintsev, Voina na vesakh Femidy. Voina 1941-1945 gg. v
materialakh sledstvenno-sudebnykh del [War in the Scales of Justice]
Moscow, Terra, Knizhnyi Klub, 2006, 767 pages. Reviewed by Vanessa Voisin
- E.R. Fidell, E.L. Hillman, D.H. Sullivan, Military Justice: Cases
and Materials, Lexis/Nexis, 2006, 1076 pages.
Reviewed by Stanislaw Romanov and Max Dranzhevsky

Army / Society Relations in Post-Soviet Russia
- Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski - The Inextricable Ties Between Society
and the Army in Post-Soviet Russia or the Resurgence of shefstvo from
Boris Eltsin to Vladimir Putin

War and Nation-Building
- Taline Papazian - State at War, State in War: The Nagorno-Karabakh
Conflict and State-Making in Armenia, 1991-1995

War and Post-War Socialization Studies
- Nona Shakhnazarian - Mal'chiki-Mazhory Karabakhskoi voiny :
zhiznennye istorii voennoi "molodezhi" [Child Soldiers in the Karabakh
War: Life Stories of a Militarised "Youth"]

Book Reviews -- General (4 titles)
- P. P. Shcherbinin, Voennyi factor v povsednevnoi zhizni russkoi
zhenshcheny v XVIII­nachale XX v. [The Military Factor in the Daily
Lives of Russian Women from the 18th to the 20th Centuries],Tambov,
Izdatel'stvo Iulis, 2004, 507 pages. Reviewed by John W. Steinberg
- J. Hedenskog, V. Konnander, B. Nygren, I. Oldberg and Ch.
Pursiainen (eds.), Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security
Under Putin. London, Routledge, 2005, 464 pages. Reviewed by Christian
W. Erickson
- Z. Barany, Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian
Military, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2007, 247
pages. Reviewed by Erica Marat
- G. Caforio (ed.), Social Sciences and the Military: An
Interdisciplinary Overview, London, Routledge (Cass Military Studies),
2007, 320 pages. Reviewed by Bernard Boëne

Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
Chief Editor

The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
www.pipss.org
contact@pipss.org

Editorial Board: Eden Cole, Anna Colin Lebedev, Françoise Dauce,
Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Anne Le Huerou, Erica Marat, Laurent
Rucker, Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Joris Van Bladel

Scientific Board: Adrian Beck (UK), Alexander Belkin (Russia),
Frederic Charillon (France), Stephen Cimbala (USA), Julian Cooper
(UK), Roger McDermott (UK), Isabelle Facon (France), Mark Galeotti
(UK), Aleksandr Gol'ts (Russia), Dale Herspring (USA), Philippe
Manigart (Belgium), Kimberly Zisk Marten (USA), Michael Orr (UK),
Michael Parrish (USA), Nikolay Petrov (Russia), Eduard Ponarin
(Russia), Jean-Christophe Romer (France), Jacques Sapir (France),
Manfred Sapper (Germany), Louise Shelley (USA), Richard Staar (USA),
Brian Taylor (USA), Mikhail Tsypkin (USA), Stephen Webber (UK), Elena
Zdravomyslova (Russia).

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, Vol. 10, No. 14

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, Vol. 10, No. 14

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

Note: New Publications:

"Kazakhstan and the New International Politics of Eurasia",
CACI & SRSP Silk Road Paper by Richard Weitz, July 2008, 170 pp.
Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0807Weitz.pdf

The 9 July issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 10, no.
14) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/. The PDF version of the
entire issue is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/files/080709Analyst.pdf

Full contents:

Analytical Articles

Kashagan Leads Kazakhstan to Increase Trans-Caspian Oil Exports
Robert M. Cutler
http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4901

Mongol-Russian Uranium Cooperation
John C.K. Daly
http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4900

Stakes and Implications of the Construction Boom in Turkmenistan
Sebastien Peyrouse
http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4899

Kadyrov Brawl with Yamadaev Points to Russian Dilemma in Chechnya
Dmitry Shlapentokh
http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4898

Field Reports

Tensions Mounting in South Ossetia
Johanna Popjanevski
http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4906

Tajikistan's Water Woes
Sergey Medrea
http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4905

Kyrgyz Government Prepared for Hot Political Period This Fall
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4904

Regional Aspects of Militancy in Pakistan
Zahid Anwar
http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4903

NEWS DIGEST:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4908

The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and the Institute
for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm.

The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At
this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, economics and finance matters in Central Asia and the
Caucasus region, but all inquiries are welcome. Please contact the
Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornell@jhu.edu with a short description of
your article idea. Editorial principles are online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/59

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JOB- Native English Teacher, Dushanbe International School, Dushanbe

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JOB- Native English Teacher, Dushanbe International School, Dushanbe

Posted by: Azamat Kholmat <dushis@dushis.com>

Position Description and Background:
Primary and ESL Teachers

Personal requirements:
* Teaching Degree or Bachelors degree and at least two years of
teaching experience
* Native English speaker
* Skills of organising extra-curricular activities
* Communication skills (communicating with students, colleagues and parents)
* Teaching without any kind of promotion of religious or extremist views

Terms and conditions:
* A contract for one academic year (2008/2009) will be offered
according to local legislation
* Accommodation and transportation (including air fee) provided by school
* Attractive salary (equal to standard salary in home country of the teacher)
* Health care provided according to standards of health care service
for local teachers of Tajikistan
* Appropriate support in adaptation into the new environment

For further questions, please contact Azamat Kholmat at dushis@dushis,
azamat78@hotmail.com.

Interested candidates please send their CV and cover letter to Azamat
Kholmat(dushis@dushis, azamat78@hotmail.com)

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PUBL.- Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 3

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PUBL.- Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 3

Posted by: Nasimi Aghayev <nasimi_aghayev@yahoo.com>

Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 2 (3) - Summer 2008
issue has been published.

Summer 2008 issue of the Caucasian Review of International Affairs
(CRIA) is now available online at http://www.cria-online.org

Contents:

"Identities, Interests and the Resolution of the Abkhaz Conflict", by
Ondrej Ditrych (http://www.cria-online.org/modules.php?name=4_1)

"Nabucco Pipeline and the Turkmenistan Conundrum", by Marco Giuli
(http://www.cria-online.org/modules.php?name=4_2)

"Geopolitics of Central Asia in the Context of the Iranian Factor", by
Guli Yuldasheva (http://www.cria-online.org/modules.php?name=4_3)

"Instability in the New Imperial Periphery: A Conceptual Perspective
of the "Turbulent Frontiers" in the Caucasus and Central Asia", by
Khatchik Der Ghoukassian (http://www.cria-online.org/modules.php?name=4_4)

"The Shadow of Past Rivalry: Limits of Post-1999 Dynamism in
Greco-Turkish Relations", by Eda Kusku
(http://www.cria-online.org/modules.php?name=4_5)

"Turkish AK Party's Central Asia and Caucasus Policies: Critiques and
Suggestions", Comment by Ertan Efegil
(http://www.cria-online.org/modules.php?name=4_6)

"Soft annexation of Abkhazia is the greatest legacy of Putin to his
successor", Interview with Thomas de Waal, Institute of War & Peace
Reporting in London (http://www.cria-online.org/modules.php?name=4_7)

The CRIA is a Germany-registered quarterly peer-reviewed free,
non-profit and online academic journal. The Review is committed to
promote a better understanding of the regional affairs by providing
relevant background information and analysis, as far as the Caucasus
in general, and the South Caucasus in particular are concerned. The
CRIA also welcomes lucid, well-documented papers on all aspects of
international affairs, from all political viewpoints. The paper
version of the Review is planned for the next future.

Deadline for submission of papers for the next Autumn 2008 issue is
September 30, 2008. Submission guidelines can be found at
http://www.cria-online.org/modules.php?name=Submit_a_Paper

Nasimi Aghayev
Editor-in-Chief
Caucasian Review of International Affairs
www.cria-online.org
ISSN: 1865-6773

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FELLOWSHIP- Two Research and Teaching Fellowships, OSCE Academy in Bishkek

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FELLOWSHIP- Two Research and Teaching Fellowships, OSCE Academy in Bishkek

Posted by: Dinara Asanbaeva <d.asanbaeva@osce-academy.net>

Call for Applications

Two Research & Teaching Fellowships at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Application Deadline: September 15, 2008

The OSCE Academy in Bishkek is a public foundation designed to promote
and enhance the principles and aims of the OSCE in the Central Asian
region, enshrined in its fundamental idea of comprehensive security.
Located in Bishkek, the OSCE Academy is strongly embedded in the wider
Central Asian academic and political context and follows a distinctive
regional approach in its activities. The Academy is looking for two
research and teaching fellows in the MA Program Political Science 2008/2009.

Requirements:

The qualified candidate holds at least an MA/MSc but preferably a PhD
degree in Political Science or a related field and has teaching experience.

The fellowship has the following terms and components:

1) A teaching assignment of a course on either Topics in Comparative
Politics, Topics in Political Theory or Topics in International Relations.
These are a 3 credit hour courses, meeting twice a week for 90 min
sessions from January 12, 2009 through May 16, 2009. The period of
contract is from January 1 to May 31, 2009. The idea behind the Topics
courses are to provide graduate level survey of these fields
introducing the students to major approaches and theories, important
topics, and the contemporary developments. As such, the courses are
expected to be taught on graduate level involving lectures, seminars,
research assignments, and individual student mentoring. The specific
course topic as well as the course design should be discussed with the
academic management of the OSCE Academy. Additionally, we expect the
fellow to spend 6 hours per week for personal preparation to the
courses with lecture/seminar notes, preparation of assignments, and
grading/evaluation of students.

2) The fellowship also includes office hours for students of
approximately 4 hours a week.

3) Overall, the commitment at the Academy will not exceed the load of
20 hours per week. However, due to the nature of an academic
environment, the load may vary from about 15 to 25 hours per week.
During the rest of the time, the fellows are encouraged to conduct
their research and will receive full support of the Academy and our
partners. We expect the fellows to present their research to the
students and the greater audience during the fellowship period with us.

The OSCE Academy will provide/cover - a) Economy class roundtrip
airfare from the city of current residence to Bishkek; b) Entry visa
expenses to Kyrgyzstan, if any; c) Housing will be provided by the
Academy; d) Honorarium of 750 Euros per month for teaching the 3
credit hour course; e) 100 Euro one-time settling-in fee; f) office
space and a computer, as well as access to all of our facilities.
NOTE: The Academy will not be able to provide health insurance.

Interested applicants should submit their CV, letter confirming
availability of funds for research, a short summary of their research
project, and two letters of reference from people familiar with the
candidate's academic work to <d.asanbaeva@osce-academy.net> until
September 15, 2008. With any questions on this call, please contact
Ms. Dinara Asanbaeva under d.asanbaeva@osce-academy.net.

The OSCE Academy in Bishkek is an equal-opportunity institution. It
operates on the principle of non-discrimination. All recruitment
decisions are taken on the basis of best qualification of the
candidates, with consideration of regional and gender balance.

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FELLOWSHIP- CACI Short-Term Fellowship, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

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FELLOWSHIP- CACI Short-Term Fellowship, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

Posted by: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute <caci2@jhu.edu>

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI), at Johns Hopkins
University's School of Advanced International Studies, invites junior
scholars to apply for short-term fellowships to do research in the
Washington, DC area. The fellowships are one month in duration and
begin on October 1, 2008. Successful candidates should be US citizens,
completed a Ph.D., either have an academic appointment, be employed by
a think tank in an analytical role, or work for the government.
Finally, all individuals should have a strong interest in Central
Asia, the Caucasus or Afghanistan, and a demonstrated interest in
current policy issues. This program parallels a second fellowship
program open to young men and women from the region that has already
been announced.

Those interested in being considered for this fellowship should send
to David Soumbadze (dsoumba1@jhu.edu) the following by August 22, 2008:

1) Detailed curriculum vitae, including information on the candidate's
education, professional experience, publications, etc.

2) A concise description (up to 1200 words) of his or her project to
be pursued while in Washington, including a discussion of the
project's relevance to current policy issues involving Central Asia,
the Caucasus and Afghanistan.

The program will cover a round trip transportation to Washington (up
to $400), and a stipend of $3,000. Winners will be notified by
September 5, 2008.

David Soumbadze
Fellowship Program Manager
Central Asia - Caucasus Institute
The Nitze School - SAIS
Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036-2213
dsoumba1@jhu.edu

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CFA- Workshop on Urban Space Analysis for Students in Florence, Nov. 13-20, 2008

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CFA- Workshop on Urban Space Analysis for Students in Florence, Nov. 13-20

Posted by: Milan Prodanovic <ecourban@eunet.yu>

Dear Colleagues:

This is the first announcement of the Workshop for Students in
Florence, November 13-20, 2008 which is included in the general
program of the "Degree & Profession" Florence International Exchange
Festival 08.

Please, express the preliminary interest in participating at the
workshop in a team of one professor (with accompanying person) and
four students of senior years from one university.

Design of urban environment and architectural heritage reuse: the role
of the "genius loci" within the "Life Beyond Tourism" agenda.

Project Leader:
Milan Prodanovic, Ph.D., Dip. T.P., Dip. Arch.
Professor of Urbanism, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Project Leader E-Mail:
ecourban@eunet.yu

Project Description:

Cultural field: Urban space analysis on visions of transmission of
knowledge, conservation and creativity, branding the city, etc. with a
topic "Identity of our City, Region" and "Genius Loci' phenomenon
within the electronic communication era and the issues of
educational/cultural tourism, destination selection and trail choice.
The issue of "Identity" and "branding" in the light of the phenomenon
of ARCHITOURISM, (tourism attracted by architecture and architectural
heritage).

The experience of the "BRAND" of historic city (as created as"Myth of
Florence" the fashions in 18th and 19th century and raised interest in
art and civilization of Renaissance Florence). At the present time of
globalization and transition in East Europe the question about the
fashions change to accord to the issues of knowledge transmission by
meditation of education and media, today's influence of education --
formal, informal and permanent, to the choice of tourist destinations.

The seminar is open to max 5 universities of different countries; each
university must be represented by 4 students and 1 accompanying tutor
(professor). Each member of the different universities teams are
requested to fill the registration form within October 10th, 2008.

For any other information about the organization of the workshop
please refer to the Project Co-ordinator Prof. Milan Prodanovic (send
an e-mail)

Looking forward to see you and your students in Florence

Best regards

Prof Milan Prodanovic

Milan Prodanovic, Ph.D., Dip. T.P., Dip. Arch.
Professor of Urbanism, University of Novi Sad,
Centro Internazionalle di Studi sul Disegno Urbano - Firenze,
Ecourban Workshop Belgrade, NGO
Studio address: Supilova 11,
11000 Belgrade,
Serbia, Yu
Tel/fax +381 11 2750 876
e-mail: ecourban@eunet.yu

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JOB- International Consultant, CEDAW Watch Report

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JOB- International Consultant, CEDAW Watch Report

Posted by: Yelena Kudryavtseva <yelena.kudryavtseva@unifem.org>

UNIFEM CIS Sub-regional office is looking for a short-term
International Consultant, who will be tasked to prepare a CEDAW Watch
Report for CIS countries. The CEDAW Watch Report is to be focused on
the analysis of data based on gender priorities defined through
aligning the MDG's indicators with relevant CEDAW articles and BPFA
priorities. In particular, the analysis of the statistical and
qualitative data is to be done on social protection, women's economic
opportunities, employment in non-agricultural sector, HIV/AIDS and
violence against women, labor migration.

For complete description of assignment and requirements, please, visit
UNIFEM CIS Sub-regional office web-site at
http://www.unifemcis.org/?en=1 section Announcements to download the
Terms of References. Or request the TOR from the person indicated below.

Application Process:

Applicants are requested to submit: 1) CV, outlining their relevant
professional experience; 2) Cover letter, stating their interest in
and qualifications for the post; 3) List of publications/researches in
similar field/of similar nature; 4) One or two their
publication/research in similar field/of similar nature in full text
in PDF or Word and 5) Two references by 24 August, 2008 to Yelena
Kudryavtseva, National Programme Officer, UNIFEM CIS Sub-regional
office via e-mail yelena.kudryavtseva@unifem.org.

Yelena Kudryavtseva
National Programme Officer / Programme Specialist
UNIFEM Regional Office for CIS
UN Premises, 67 Tole Bi St., Almaty 05000, Kazakhstan
Tel: (7 7272) 58 26 43, ext.1606
Fax: (7 7272) 58 26 45
E-mail: yelena.kudryavtseva@unifem.org
Website: www.unifemcis.org

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JOURNAL/CFP- International Journal of Russian Studies

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JOURNAL/CFP- International Journal of Russian Studies

Posted by: Ayse Dietrich <dietrichayse@yahoo.com>

The second edition of the International Journal of Russian Studies has
been published at www.radtr.net. We are now calling for articles for
our third edition. The deadline for the third edition will be 31
December 2008.

For the writing principles of the journal please look at www.radtr.net

Articles may be sent to the journal editor as an e-mail attachment to
the following address:

Prof. Dr. Ayse Dietrich (Editor–Founder)
E-mail: editor@radtr.net
dietrichayse@yahoo.com

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PUBL.- Georgian Archival Bulletin, No. 2

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PUBL.- Georgian Archival Bulletin, No. 2

Posted by: Timothy Blauvelt <timblauvelt@mail.ru>

The second number (August 2008) of the quarterly Archival Bulletin has
recently been released by the Archive Department of the Georgian
Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is available for download in PDF
format (the file has been made smaller this time for easier
downloading): http://archive.security.gov.ge/saarqivo_moambe_2.pdf

They have also made a short video (in Georgian) about the making of
the Bulletin and the presentation of No. 2 in the Georgian Parliament
on July 23: http://archive.security.gov.ge/video/moambe_2.wmv

Once again, any institution interested in receiving a hard copy of the
Archival Bulletin, or individuals interested in working in the
Georgian security and Central Committee archives should contact:

Colonel Omar Tushurashvili
Head of the Archives Department
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
Vazha-Pshavela Avenue, #72
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel./Fax: (995 32) 323898
E-mail: Tushurashvili(at)pol.ge or Moambe(at)pol.ge

Timothy Blauvelt,
Tbilisi, Georgia

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PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Volume 27 Issue 1

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PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Volume 27 Issue 1

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

Central Asian Survey: Volume 27 Issue 1 is now available online at
Informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

Local elites, prokurators and extraction in rural Uzbekistan
Lawrence P. Markowitz

Framing Andijon, narrating the nation: Islam Karimov's account of the
events of 13 May 2005
Nick Megoran

Deconstructing the myth of the Tatar Yoke
Marlies Bilz-Leonhardt

The formative years of Azerbaijani nationalism in post-revolutionary Iran
Gilles Riaux

Popular culture and religious metaphor: Saints and shrines in Wakhan
region of Tajikistan
Abdulmamad Iloliev

What price access to the open seas? The geopolitics of oil and gas
transmission from the Trans-Caspian republics
Rafael Kandiyoti

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