Saturday, January 31, 2009

PANEL/CFP- CESS 2009, Panel on Education and Training in Afghanistan

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PANEL/CFP- CESS 2009, Panel on Education and Training in Afghanistan

Posted by: Michael Sinclair <msinclairafg04@yahoo.ca>

CESS 2009 Panel on "International and Canadian Roles in Rebuilding
Education and Training in Afghanistan: Afghan and Non-Afghan,
Governmental, NGO and Other Perspectives"

We envision a well-focused panel with a practical orientation on "what
has worked, and not worked -- and why," including suggestions helpful
to governments, NGOs and others actively concerned with social
reconstruction and human security for the Afghan people and with
international educational assistance to Afghanistan.

Participation is encouraged from diverse perspectives -- including NGO
workers as well as government & aid agency officials, teachers,
academics, graduate students and others vitally interested in the topic.

The panel could include reports and analysis regarding several of the
following:

(1) Perspectives of the Islamic Government of Afghanistan, and of
stakeholders including NGOs and other civil society organizations in
the country, on needs and challenges in education and training with
emphasis on relevant Canadian and international expertise and experience

(2) Policies and planning of the international community (governments,
international organizations, INGOs, etc.) in support of education,
training and reconstruction in Afghanistan

(3) Experiences, and lessons learned, concerning the participation of
the international community and other external actors -- NGOs,
professional & civil service bodies, educational institutions, civil
society organizations, etc. -- regarding:

- special initiatives / innovative activities and programs to address
critical needs, e.g. for women and girls, peace education,
literacy, teachers
- training for the public, private, social and community sectors and
services, e.g. general management, entrepreneurship and small business
development and support; police, military, judicial system
- training for professionals and paraprofessional occupations
- other training for the labour market, including skilled trades,
"informal" employment sector
- twinning and linkage projects of schools, other institutions,
professional bodies, government departments, etc.
- training in computers, information & virtual technologies, other
distance education
- assistance to strengthen educational planning and management at all levels
- support including training for capacity building and sustainability
in public administration (national, provincial, municipal, rural)

The above are not mutually exclusive and concern Formal Education, as
well as Nonformal, Adult and Community Education:

- Primary, Secondary, Post-Secondary (colleges, universities, etc.)
- Teacher Training and support
- Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
- curriculum reform, including teaching and learning materials
(textbooks), resource centres, etc.
- language of instruction and the role of languages in Afghanistan in
education; mother tongue education
- rural education

(4) Challenges in identifying and fulfilling appropriate roles for
external support towards sustainability in education and training in
Afghanistan


The presentation mode is a "Roundtable Panel" for "discussion of a
current topic in the field". This enables flexibility, with three to
six presenters, and is oriented towards a more informal discussion.
Written papers are not required, nor an abstract. (Further information
is contained in the CESS "Call for Papers",
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/CFP_2009.html#Call)

We hope that the panel, if accepted, will contribute to a proposed
education in Afghanistan network, a possible mini-conference, and a
book, on education and training in Afghanistan.

If interested, please email a suggested title (& sub-title) for your
remarks and a brief summary -- also an outline of your experience
relevant to your proposed topic -- not later than Wednesday 11
February 2009 to both of us at the email addresses below.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Michael Sinclair, Ph.D, Visiting Scholar
msinclairafg04@yahoo.ca

Stephen Bahry, Ed.D (ABD)
stephen.bahry@gmail.com

Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of
Toronto (OISE/UT)


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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

PUBL.- China's Energy Geopolitics: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Central Asia

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PUBL.- China's Energy Geopolitics: Shanghai Cooperation Org. and Central Asia

Posted by: Thrassy Marketos <marketosthras@gmail.com>

China's Energy Geopolitics: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and
Central Asia
Published by Routledge Contemporary China Series, 2009
Written by Thrassy N. Marketos
ISBN 9780415456906, 978020389428
167 pages

Limited preview is available through http://eBookstore.tandf.co.uk
Includes biographical references and index.

China's need for energy has become an important factor in contemporary
world politics and a precondition for sustaining China's continuing
high economic growth. Accordingly, Chinese energy policy has been a
political and strategic player rather than a purely market-driven
policy. This book examines China's energy geopolitics, focusing in
particular on the need for a stable and secure investment environment
which is necessary for the provision of energy to China from Central
Asian states.

The author argues that the institutionalization of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Friendship and Cooperation Treaty
between Russia and China and Chinese bilateral agreements with
individual Central Asian states present an avenue and a framework of
stability in which pipeline construction can commence. However, in
order to stabilize the region for Chinese investment in energy
resources, the author argues that the United States needs to be
present in the region and that a strategic framework of cooperation
between Russia, China and the United States has to be developed.

The book will be of interest to academics working in the field of
International Security, International Relations and Central Asian and
Chinese politics.

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FELLOWSHIP- Two Research & Teaching Fellowships, OSCE Academy, Bishkek

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FELLOWSHIP- Two Research & Teaching Fellowships, OSCE Academy, Bishkek

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

Call for Applications

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

Application Deadline: April 15, 2009

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 2009/2010.

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 on either Approaches &
Issues in International Relations or Approaches & Issues in Political Theory.

These are a 3 credit hour courses, meeting twice a week for 90 min
sessions from September 1, 2009 through December 19, 2009. The period
of contract is from September 1 to December 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 Ms. Dinara Asanbaeva by e-mail:
d.asanbaeva@osce-academy.net until April 15, 2009. With any questions
on this call, please contact Ms. Dinara Asanbaeva by e-mail:
d.asanbaeva@osce-academy.net or by phone: +996 312 541200.

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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PUBL.- How NGOs React: Globalization and Education Reform in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia

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PUBL.- Globalization & Education Reform in the Caucasus, Cent. Asia & Mongolia

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

How NGOs React: Globalization and Education Reform in the Caucasus,
Central Asia and Mongolia

Edited by Iveta Silova and Gita Steiner-Khamsi
Edition: illustrated
Published by Kumarian Press, Inc., 2008
ISBN 1565492579, 9781565492578
303 pages

Limited preview is available through Google Book: http://books.google.com/

- Critical retrospective on the first decades of the transition from
planned to free-market economy in Central Asia
- Contributions from both Eastern and Western scholars
- Includes both theoretical NGO research and practical examples taken
from experience

During the important, early years of post-socialist transformation in
the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia, the Open Society
Institute/Soros Foundation was arguably the largest and most
influential network in the region. "How NGOs React" follows the Soros
Foundation's educational reform programs there and raises larger
questions about the role of NGOs in a centralist government,
relationships NGOs have with international donors and development
banks, and strategies NGOs use to interpret global reforms locally.
The authors, all former or current educational experts of the Soros
Foundation, analyze "the post-socialist reform package" at the
country-level, highlighting the common features such as
decentralization, privatization, vouchers and liberalization of the
textbook publishing market. They look at the global reforms and their
variations as they were transferred to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and
Uzbekistan over the past decade. A unique combination of perspectives
from Western as well as Eastern scholars based in the region makes
this collection an essential retrospective on key processes involved
in transforming educational systems since the collapse of the socialist bloc.

Contributors: Tatiana Abdushukurova, Erika Dailey, Valentin Deichman,
Natsagdorj Enkhtuya, Alexandr Ivanov, Saule Kalikova, Elmina
Kazimzade, Anna Matiashvili and Armenuhi Tadevosyan.

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LECTURE- Parvin Ahanchi, Nobel Oil Company and Ethno-religious Relations in Baku, Madison, Jan. 29

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LECTURE- Parvin Ahanchi, Nobel Oil and Ethno-religious Relations in Baku, 1/29

Posted by: Parvin Ahanchi <pahanchi@yahoo.com>

Please join us for this week's Thursday talk with Fulbright scholar
Parvin Ahanchi. This talk is part of the Central Asia lecture series,
sponsored by the Central Asian Studies Program and CREECA.

"Nobel Brothers' Oil Producing Company: Managing Relations among
Ethno-Religious Groups in the Baku Oil Industry"
Parvin Ahanchi, UW-Madison Fulbright Scholar and Senior Researcher at
the Institute of History at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.

Date and Time: Thursday, January 29 at 4:00 P.M.
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive

About the speaker: Parvin Ahanchi holds a PhD in history from Moscow
State University, and is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of
History, as well as at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography at
the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. She is a specialist on
the on Nobel oil legacy, and in 2008-09 is a Fulbright scholar and
Honorary Fellow in the Central Asian Studies Program at the University
of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Ahanchi's research interests include
socioeconomic history; history of the emergence of the oil industry in
Azerbaijan and America; Islam in the South Caucasus during the
Imperial Russian period; quantitative methods and computer
applications in history.

About the lecture: This talk focuses on the Nobel Brothers' Oil
Producing Company as a giant among those in the late 19th- and early
20th centuries. The talk explores the company's policies towards
workers of different ethno-religious groups at the outset of the
twentieth century in Baku.


Laura Weigel
Events Coordinator
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
210 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706

phone: 608-262-3379
fax: 608-890-0267
on the web: http://www.creeca.wisc.edu


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Monday, January 26, 2009

CONF./CFP- Reminder: Deadline Feb. 1, CESS Conference 2009, Toronto, Oct. 8-11

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CONF./CFP- Reminder: Deadline Feb. 1, CESS Conference 2009, Toronto, Oct. 8-11

Posted by: Central Eurasian Studies Society <cess@muohio.edu>

Call for Papers

Central Eurasian Studies Society Tenth Annual Conference (2009)

October 8-11, 2009
University of Toronto, Canada

(Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: February 1, 2009.)

The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper
proposals for the Tenth Annual CESS Conference, October 8-11, 2009, in
Toronto, Canada. The event will be held at The University of Toronto,
hosted by the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (Munk
Centre for International Studies). Panels begin Friday morning,
October 8, and continue through mid-day on Sunday, October 11.

Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and
social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The
geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and
Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus,
Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia.
Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science
disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to
participate. This year, due to the increased opportunity for scholars
from Iran to obtain visas to the host country, we especially encourage
proposals that touch on Iran in the broader context of Central Eurasia.

The program will feature approximately 45 panels and there will also
be a supplementary program including a welcome reception on Thursday,
a conference dinner and a keynote speaker.

Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: February 1, 2009.

For complete details, please see the complete Call for Papers on the
CESS website: http://www.units.muohio.edu/cess/CFP_2009.html

Registration Information

The registration fees covers a welcome reception on Thursday and the
conference dinner on Friday. The deadline for pre-registration payment
(required for all presenters) is August 1.

Fees for 2009 are as follows:

Regular fee members*:
$80US / $100CAD
$120US / $160CAD

Reduced fee members**:
$40US/ $50 CAD
$60US / $80CAD

Non-members:
$140US / $180CAD
$180US / $235CAD

* "Regular fee members" are those who have paid their annual dues at $50US.
** "Reduced fee members" are those who qualify and have paid for
membership at reduced fees ($0-$20US).

Panel participants may submit the registration fee at the same time as
submitting their proposal form, or at any time before the
pre-registration deadline of August 1. We accept payment by 1) cash
(Canadian or U.S.; only at the conference), 2) check or money order
(Canadian or U.S.), 3) credit card (see the Credit Card Payment Form:
http://www.units.muohio.edu/cess/utilities/ccard.php; all payments are
in US$). Check and money order payments should be mailed to: Central
Eurasian Studies Society, Havighurst Center, Harrison Hall, Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA. Please consult the CESS
Membership Form (http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_memb_form.html) for
full details on methods of payment.

NOTE: CESS does not have funds to support the costs of conference
participation, and does not waive the conference fee for participants
who cannot afford it. Participants must obtain their own funding --
from personal resources, their own institutions, or grant-giving
organizations which provide conference travel grants. Some further
information about possible sources is available on the conference website.

Further Information

Full information about CESS 2009 in Toronto, Canada may be found on
the conference webpages:

* University of Toronto CESS Conference:
http://www.utoronto.ca/ceres/centralasiaconference.html

* CESS Secretariat Main Conference Page:
http://www.units.muohio.edu/cess/CFP_2009.html

Virtually all questions about the conference can be answered by
consulting the above-mentioned webpages. If you don't have web access,
or if you don't find the answer to your questions there, you can
contact the conference organizers by e-mail at cess@muohio.edu.

We hope you will be able to join us in Toronto.

Laura Adams
Victoria Clement
CESS Conference Committee Co-chairs

Central Eurasian Studies Society
Havighurst Center, Harrison Hall
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-0241
www.units.muohio.edu/cess

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LECTURES- Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia, J. Schoeberlein, Toronto, Ann Arbor and East Lansing, Mich., Jan. 27-29

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LECTURES- Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia, J. Schoeberlein, Jan. 27-29

Posted by: Project on Islam in Eurasia <islam-eurasia@fas.harvard.edu>

This week, John Schoeberlein (Director of the Project on Islam in
Eurasia, Harvard University) will make the following lectures at the
University of Toronto, the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and
Michigan State University (East Lansing).


University of Toronto
Central Asia Lecture Series

Tuesday, January 27, 1-3 pm

"Secular, Traditional, and Fundamentalist: The Intertwined
Orientations of Post-Soviet Central Asian Muslims"

Room 108, North Building, Munk Centre for International Studies
(1 Devonshire Place)
Registration: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=6984
Sponsored by the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
and co-sponsored by the Central Asian Society.

Synopsis:

The terms by which scholars and government officials alike most often
seek to characterize the religious orientations of Muslims in Central
Asia are proving to be quite inadequate and misleading. Generally,
these efforts to characterize Central Asian Islam aim at predicting
the political behavior of Muslims -- either fulfilling fears that
"Fundamentalism" will lead to radicalization and instability, or
providing reassurance that Soviet secularism or the "moderate"
traditions of Central Asian Islam will prevail. This talk will
explore the much more complicated picture of emerging motivations and
orientations by which Central Asian Muslims appeal to Islam. This is a
picture of intertwined strands of secularism and various ideas of
Islam that developed during Soviet and pre-Soviet times as well as
that have appeared in the region in the region in post-Soviet times.
>From an ethnographic perspective on how these concepts are interacting
in communities of ordinary Muslims, the talk will derive conclusions
on how policy-makers might better address the political challenges of
changing Central Asian Islam.


University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES)

Wednesday, January 28, 12:00-1:30 pm

"What is Post-Soviet about Islam in Central Asia?"

Location: 1636 II/SSWB, 1080 S. University
Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and
Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies.
Contact Information: crees@umich.edu or 734.764.0351

Synopsis:

The interpretation of Islam in the former Soviet spaces is commonly
based on assumptions that either the impact of the Soviet experience
was so thoroughgoing that Soviet Islam grew to have little in common
with Islam elsewhere, or alternatively, that Soviet influence and
control was merely a thin cover which, when it was lifted by the
demise of the Soviet system, would reveal an Islam that had thoroughly
resisted Soviet influences. This presentation will call into question
both of these assumptions, and consider the ways that the post-Soviet
experience of Islam is a product of the specific conditions which
prevail in the post-Soviet situation. This experience shows
substantial continuity across those parts of the former-Soviet space
where Islam is a predominant religion--which stems from common forces
which conditioned Soviet Islam, from common reactions of the
Soviet-formed elite to current changes, to common dynamics of
government policy making on issues of ideology, etc. In this, the
presentation will attempt to clarify what characteristics of the
post-Soviet condition that play a key role in setting the direction of
change in the realm of Islam.


Michigan State University
Asian Studies Center

Thursday, January 29, 4:00-6:00 pm

"Islam and the Legacy of Soviet Secularism"

Location: 303 International Center
Co-sponsored by the MSU Muslim Studies Program and the Center for
Eurasian and Russian Studies (CERS).
Contact: Tel: (517) 353-1680, asiansc@msu.edu

Synopsis:

Dr. Schoeberlein will highlight the effects of secularization during
the Soviet period in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and the
Kyrgyz Republic, and show how the process of state-sponsored
secularization has impacts in the Central Asian region today. This
talk will focus on secularism, both in the Soviet period and in its
very strong legacy in Central Asia today. Islam will be addressed as
it challenges that secularist orientation, and also as it is formed by it.

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PUBL.- Nargis Kassenova, China as an Emerging Donor in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

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PUBL.- Nargis Kassenova, China as an Emerging Donor in Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan

Posted by: Info Russie <info.russie.nei@ifri.org>

Electronic Collection Russie.Nei.Visions

The Ifri Russia/NIS Center is very glad to inform you that the 36th
issue of Russie.Nei.Visions has just been published:

Nargis Kassenova, "China as an Emerging Donor in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan"

China has become an important provider of development assistance
(through grants and soft loans) to Central Asian states. The focus of
this study is the two states of the region most in need of aid:
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The paper discusses the characteristics of
Chinese assistance, comparing its activities and policies in Central
Asia with those in Africa, and draws conclusions about the
implications of such growing engagement. Given the European Union's
declared interest in the region, notably through its Strategy for
Central Asia adopted in 2007, the opportunity is taken to suggest ways
in which China's growing development role should be understood in
Brussels.

As usual, these papers are available in English, in French, and in Russian

Information and free subscription: info.russie.nei@ifri.org

Dr. Thomas Gomart (editor), Tatiana Kastueva-Jean (coordination and
editing), Dominic Fean (English-version editing), Jean-Philippe
Tardieu (French-version editing), and Catherine Meniane (contacts).

The Russian pages are available directly from our Center's homepage.

Go to Russie.Nei.Visions:
http://www.ifri.org/frontDispatcher/ifri/publications/russie_cei_visio
ns_1111752534925

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SEMINAR SERIES- Date Changes - Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, U. of Reading

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SEMINAR SERIES- Date Changes - Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, U. of Reading

Posted by: Christian A. B. Nygaard <c.a.b.nygaard@henley.reading.ac.uk>

Please note that two of the speakers in the CEAS seminar series held
at the University of Reading have exchanged dates.

Keith Henry, Chairman Regal Petroleum will present on 28 January, 2009.

Christian Nygaard, CEAS will present on 18 February, 2009.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,

Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, Reading

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CONF./CFP- Study of Mongolian Symbolism, Ulaanbaatar, Sept. 9-10, 2009

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CONF./CFP- Study of Mongolian Symbolism, Ulaanbaatar, Sept. 9-10, 2009

Posted by: Gaby Bamana <gabybamana@gmail.com>

Call For Papers / Invitation

"Study of Mongolian Symbolism: Quest and Perspectives"

Centre for the Study of Nomadic Culture and Civilization,
National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

September 9-10, 2009

The Center for the Study of Nomadic Culture and Civilization, National
University of Mongolia, invites panel and paper proposals for its
first Conference on Mongolian Symbolism scheduled for September 9-10,
2009.

The Center takes the chance of the unique occasion of the symbolic
date of September(9) 9, '09 at 9 hours 09' at which the number nine
comes up five times (09/09/09, at 09:09) to organize this conference.
This is an exceptional date when the symbolic number for the Blue Sky
which is also the highest unit number (fullness) is up five times thus
connecting the symbolism of nine to the symbolism of five (Beginning,
origin, foundation). This Conference is intended to celebrate this
uniqueness!

The Center welcomes panels and paper topics related to all aspects of
Symbolism in the Mongolian cultural area. The Mongolian cultural area
including (but not limited to): The Republic of Mongolia, The Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region (PRC), Xingjian Autonomous Region (PRC),
Buriyati (RF) and Kalmukya (RF).

Practitioners and Scholars of Humanities, Social Science disciplines
and Mongolian studies are welcome to participate.

Registration for the conference starts on September 8, 2008.
Presentations and discussions start on September 9. 2009 at 9: 00 AM
through September 10, 2009. The conference closes on September 10,
with a reception.

Conference policy

Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals (with 250 words abstract):
March 1, 2009.

Notification of acceptance: by March 31, 2009.

Papers should be submitted to the Conference Secretary: by August 1, 2009.

Papers are accepted either English or Mongolian language.

Papers should be in MS Word or PDF formats, (ft: Times New Roman or Arial
Mon, 12)

Please indicate any audio-visual equipment requests (e.g., overhead
projector, slide projector, video player);

Conference language: English and Mongolia (translation will be provided)

Registration: registration starts on September 8, 2009, PM

Registration fee:
* $150 for overseas scholars
* $50 for local scholars

The Center for the study of Nomadic Culture and Civilization operates on a
limited budget and will be able to offer accommodation to overseas scholars
during the conference. However the Center will provide, upon request, mailed
or faxed invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel
funds.

Conference Convener:

Prof. S. Dulam, Director, Center for the Study of Nomadic Culture and
Civilization, National University of Mongolia

Conference Secretary:

Gaby Bamana, Research Assistant, Centre for the Study of Nomadic
Culture and Civilization, National University of Mongolia

Request for more information:

Gaby Bamana
P.O. Box 21/1305
Ulaanbaatar 211121
Mongolia
gabybamana@gmail.com
Tel #: 976-99765774

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CONF./CFP- International Council for Central and East European Studies, Stockholm, July 26-31, 2010

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CONF./CFP- Int'l Council for Central & East European Studies, July 26-31, 2010

Posted by: Tova Höjdestrand <tova.hojdestrand@iccees2010.se>

Dear Colleagues:

We have the honour to invite the international academic community to the
VIII ICCEES World Congress in Stockholm 2010, to participate in a wide
scholarly discussion with the overriding theme:

"Eurasia: Prospects for Wider Cooperation"

Deadline for panel and paper proposals: 28 February 2009

On 26-31 July 2010, the World Congress of the International Council for
Central and East European Studies will take place in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Swedish Society for the Study of Russia, Central and Eastern Europe
and Central Asia invites all interested scholars to submit proposals for
panels, papers and round-table discussions.

The processes of European integration and wider cooperation across Eurasia
not only impact upon geographical spaces but also leave their mark upon
cultural spaces. These processes make communication between languages,
histories, religions, traditions, legacies and memories more complex.
Humanities and social science scholars are therefore invited to present
the results of new research in the study of developments in the cultural,
political, social and economic processes underway in Central and Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union. For further information about the
general themes of the Congress, see the Congress webpage
(www.iccees2010.se).

Proposals for panels normally include a chair, up to three speakers and a
discussant. The proposal should include: the title of the panel; name,
rank/position and academic affiliation of the participants; and, if
possible at this stage, titles of the speakers' presentations.
Only proposals submitted electronically will be considered for inclusion
in the Congress. Proposals must be submitted in English - irrespective of
the language to be used by the panellists at the Congress. Panels must be
international in composition. The allotted time for a panel is 90 minutes.
Proposals for individual papers - not included in a proposal for a panel -
may be included in the Congress programme by the decision of the
International Academic Committee. Such papers may be presented in special
sessions or included in other panels. Paper proposals should include a
short preliminary abstract (a final one will be submitted later).

The International Academic Committee will send all scholars whose
proposals have been accepted, an official letter of invitation, which can
be used to apply for funding and/or obtaining a visa, by 1 July 2009. Only
after that, registration begins and the final abstracts are submitted
through our online abstract system. Deadline for registration is 30
October 2009.

Address for proposals: proposals@iccees2010.se
Address for questions and information: info@iccees2010.se

N.B.! This is a short summary of the procedures for panel proposals.
Interested scholars should acquaintance themselves with the detailed
account of the procedure available at the Congress webpage.

Registration Fees by 31 December 2009:
Registration fee: 290 euro
Residents of Eastern European and Central Asian states: 230 euro
Students: 125 euro

Registration after 1 January 2010:
Registration fee: 350 euro
Residents of Eastern European and Central Asian states: 290 euro
Students: 150 euro

On-Site Registration:
Registration fee: 375 euro
Residents of Eastern European and Central Asian states: 300 euro
Students: 160 euro
One-Day Admission: 55 euro
One-Day Admission for Students: 25 euro

The congress organiser will try to obtain a limited number of grants for
participants from Eastern European and Central Asian countries. Those
interested in applying for such grants should click the respective box in
the electronic registration form when registering. Information about the
availability of any such grants will only become available in late 2009.

For further information about payments, accommodation, registration,
tours, and the scholarly aspects of the congress, see the Congress
webpage.

http://www.iccees2010.se


Tova Höjdestrand, Ph.D.
General Secretary ICCEES 2010
Södertörn University College
CBEES / F901
S-14189 Huddinge
Sweden

Phone: +46 8 6084035
Cell phone: +46 73 6463567


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PUBL.- Turkish Policy Quarterly: Europe's East: Changing Landscapes and Mindscapes in the Caucasus

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PUBL.- Turkish Policy Quarterly: Europe's East (The Caucasus)

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

Turkish Policy Quarterly

Fall 2007 - Europe's East: Changing Landscapes and Mindscapes in the Caucasus

Full-text articles are available at:
http://www.turkishpolicy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=categor
y&sectionid=36&id=58&Itemid=225

>From the Desk of the Editor, Diba Nigar Göksel

A Future Vision for the Caucasus Caspian Region and its European
Dimension, The Caucasus-Caspian Commission

A New Way for the Caspian Region: Cooperation and Integration, Elmar
Mammadyarov

Think instead of Tanks, Goran Buldioski

Georgia's Railway to NATO Passes through Turkey, David J. Smith

Weakness as an Opportunity: EU Policy in the South Caucasus, Sascha Tamm

Democratization and the Conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh, Tigran Mkrtchyan

Energy Security: A New Buzzword for Europe, Khazar Ibrahim

Law and Revolution: Formation of the New Legal Tradition in Georgia,
Giorgi Meladze

Is Azerbaijan Becoming a Hub of Radical Islam? Arzu Geybullayeva

Georgia Four Years After the Rose Revolution, Keti Tsikhelashvili

Effective Management of Resource Wealth in Democratizing Countries, Ebru Ilhan

Various Voices on Turkey-Armenia Relations, Various

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PUBL.- Sören Stark: Die Alttürkenzeit in Mittel- und Zentralasien

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PUBL.- Sören Stark: Die Alttürkenzeit in Mittel- und Zentralasien

Posted by: Sören Stark <soeren.stark@orientarch.uni-halle.de>

Sören Stark: Die Alttürkenzeit in Mittel- und Zentralasien.
Archäologische und historische Studien (Nomaden und Sesshafte, Vol.
6), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2008.
ISBN 978-3-89500-532-9
Hardback, 608 pages, 240 x 170 mm, 116 tables, 7 maps
Price: 88,00 euros
In German with summaries in Russian and English

This study analyses aspects of the archaeology and history of the
period of the Türk Qaghanates in Central Asia (ca. A.D. 550-750). A
main focus is to assess the political, social and cultural
interrelations between the pastoral nomads of the Turkish steppes and
the contemporary oasis societies of Pre-Muslim Mawarannahr. The
analysis is based on archaeological as well as literary and
epigraphical data which for the first time are presented both in full
detail.


Dr. Sören Stark
Freie Universität Berlin
Exzellenz-Cluster TOPOI
Junior Fellow


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JOURNAL/CFP- Slovo (Journal of Russian, Eurasian, Central and East European Affairs)

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JOURNAL/CFP- Slovo (Russian, Eurasian, Central & East European Affairs)

Posted by: Slovo Editor <slovoeditor@hotmail.co.uk>

Call For Papers

Slovo
Volume 21.2 (Autumn 2009)

Deadline: 14th March 2009

This journal aims to discuss and interpret Russian, Eurasian, Central
and East European affairs, covering the fields of anthropology,
economics, film, geography, history, international studies,
linguistics, literature, media, politics and sociology.

Contributions, including research articles, book and film reviews, and
review articles are welcome from all research students and academics.
Submissions to the Board of Editors may be sent via e-mail attachment
(slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk) or on a CD in Microsoft Word format. All
research articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and adhere to
the MHRA Style guide in advance of submission (available for download
for free from the MHRA website).

All manuscripts are refereed and undergo a review process.
Contributions submitted must not be under consideration by other
publications at the time of submission. The editors reserve the right
to make any changes thought to be necessary or appropriate to
typescripts accepted for publication. A duplicate should be retained
by the author. No disks or hard copies shall be returned. The maximum
length for consideration of an article is 6,000 – 8,000 words
(including footnotes), and 700 words for a review.

The deadline for article submissions for Volume 21.2 is the 14th March
2009.

If you have any queries about becoming a contributor for Slovo please
do not hesitate to get in touch with us via slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk and
we will be happy to assist. For more information about Slovo visit our
website: http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/slovo.htm


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CONF.- 16th Annual ACES Central Eurasian Studies Conference, Bloomington, Feb. 28

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CONF.- 16th Annual ACES Central Eurasian Studies Conf., Bloomington, Feb. 28

Posted by: Association of Central Eurasian Students <aces@indiana.edu>

The Association of Central Eurasian Students at Indiana University
cordially invites you to attend the:

16th Annual ACES Central Eurasian Studies Conference
28 February 2009

Indiana University, Bloomington
Complete information: www.indiana.edu/~aces

ACES is grateful for the support of the following individuals,
departments, and organizations at Indiana University: The Ottoman and
Modern Turkish Studies Chair, East Asian Languages and Cultures, the
Department of History, the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource
Center, the Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, the
Indiana University Student's Association, the Graduate and
Professional Student Organization, and the Indiana Memorial Union.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Khodarkhovsky, Loyola University Chicago


Panels, Presenters, and Papers:

Panel: Language Pedagogy

Malik Hodjaev (Indiana University): Effective Use of Technology in
Uzbek Language Instruction

Rahmon Inomkhojayev (Indiana University): Some Problems and Solutions
of a Distance Language Class

Tserenchunt Legden (Indiana University): Modal Particles Common for
Spoken Mongolian


Panel: Minority Communities

Lennea Carty (Indiana University): On the Decline of Ottoman Jewry in
the Late Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Benjamin Lazarus (Georgetown University): Turkey's IDP Crisis: The
Consequences of Internal Displacement for Turkish Society

Rob Dunbar (Indiana University): Shi'a Muslim Enslavement in 19th
Century Bukhara

David Straub (Indiana University): Religious Dissent in Tajikistan in
the Late Soviet Period


Panel: Issues in Contemporary Kazakhstan

Zamzagul Kashkimbaeva: Linguistic aspects of cross-cultural
communication in multilingual Kazakhstan

Alla Kim: Psychology in Kazakhstan

Svetlana Belenkova: Teaching Medical Students in Kazakhstan

Ainur Abdrazakova: Internationalization of education in Kazakhstan

Gulmira Sheryazdanova: Democracy in Kazakhstan

Natalya Borgul: Polylingual Education in multinational Kazakhstan


Panel: Music

Elise Anderson (Indiana University): Singing the Homeland: Music and
musicians in Uyghur diaspora communities

Colin Legerton (Indiana University): Musical Canon Formation of the
Uyghur Diaspora Web

Jessie Wallner (Indiana University): Musicians in Lhasa's Nang-ma'i
Skyid-sdug and Skyor-mo-lung Musical Associations and their Relevance
to Present-day Tibetan Performing Arts


Panel: Integration and Development

Ivan Peshkov (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznañ): Conservative
Adaptation Trap. Poverty in Unrestructured Transition Economies with
Traditional Sectors. The Cases of Mongolia, Northern and Northeastern
China, and Siberia.

Delgerjargal Uvsh (University of Notre Dame): Amartya Sen's Theory of
Development and Status of Mongolian Nomadic Herders' Development since
1990

Navruz Nekbakhtshoev (Indiana University): Explaining the Dynamic of
Minority Radicalization in Tajikistan and Moldova

Matthew Price (Indiana University): The Loss of the Grey Areas:
Changes in state control over Islamic institutions in Soviet and
post-Soviet Central Asia


Panel: Soviet and Post-Soviet Society

Michael Hancock (Indiana University): The Future of Balkhash

Baktybek Isakov (Harvard University): Nomadic Society during
Collectivization: Changes in the Role of Individual Autonomy in
Pastoral Kyrgyz Families during Soviet Times

Kristine Kohlmeier (Indiana University): Internet Libel Law in Tajikistan

Aziz Burkhanov (Indiana University): Formal and Informal Presidential
Powers in post-Soviet Area: the Problem of Measuring


Panel: Societies & Cultures of Xinjiang

Tim Grose (Indiana University): The Xinjiang Class: Education,
Integration, and the Uyghurs

Gulnisa Nazarova (Indiana University): On Uyghur Nicknames

Eitan Plasse (Harvard University): Interpreting Signs on the Silk
Road: Xinjiang Ethnic Minorities' Perceptions of Post-Soviet Central
Asia


Panel: Islam and Society

Nur Khan (University of Cambridge): Rethinking "Slavery" in
sixteenth-century Ottoman Istanbul

Aynur Onur (Indiana University): The Sacred Flower: Pagan Worshippers
or True Followers of Allah?

John Dechant (Indiana University): Islamization, the Mongols, and the
Manāqib al-'ārifīn of Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad-i Aflākī


Panel: Market Building as Nation Building in Central Asia:
Entrepreneurs, Markets and Morals

Erica Marat: The Early 1990s in Ferghana Valley: Shortages of State
and Emergence of Violent Entrepreneurs

Deniz Tura: Formal institutions and entrepreneurship: the case of micro-
finance

Alisher Khamidov: Doing business the Islamic way: Jamoats and their
growing economic role in the Ferghana Valley

Gul Berna Ozcan: Markets and morality: a typology of entrepreneurial
choices


Panel: Linguistics

John Erickson (Indiana University): Specificity and Accusative Case
Marking in Written and Spoken Uzbek

Andrew Shimunek (Indiana University): Several layers of Turkic in
Khotong, a forgotten Turkic language of northwestern Mongolia

Jonathan North Washington (Indiana University): Complex codas in
Kazakh and Kyrgyz

Ilya Yakubovich (University of Chicago): Linguistic Convergence
between Bactrian and Sogdian


Panel: Inner Asia & Late Imperial China

Devon Dear (Harvard University): Protectors or Predators?: Money
lending, Violence, and the State in late Qing Mongolia, 1861-1905

Benjamin Levey (Harvard University): Writing the Oirats Back into
History: Qing China's Colonization of the Zunghar Frontier, 1757-1800

Max Oidtmann (Harvard University): Playing the Lottery With Sincere
Thoughts: Manchu Officials and the Selection of Incarnate Lamas in the
Late Qing

Elliot Sperling (Indiana University): The Co-ne dpon-po (tusi 土司):
Their Origins and Relations with the Ming Court


Panel: Nationalism

Naomi Caffee (UCLA): Reclaiming the Soviet Success Story: Kazakh
Identity in Olzhas Suleimenov's Ode to Gagarin

Eric T Schluessel (Indiana University): Networks of reform and
activism in Chinese Turkestan

Aysen Uslu Bayramli (Beykent University Istanbul): Turkistanis
(Central Asian Turks) in Exile

Nick Walmsley (Indiana University): The origins, manifestations and
implications of elite historiography in independent Uzbekistan


Association of Central Eurasian Students
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
USA
Fax: (812) 855-7500
aces@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~aces


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Friday, January 23, 2009

CONF./CFP- Performing History from 1945 to the Present, Kaunas, Lithuania, Oct. 21-23

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CONF./CFP- Performing History from 1945 to the Present, Lithuania, Oct. 21-23

Posted by: Linara Dovydaityte <l.dovydaityte@mf.vdu.lt>

International Conference

The Past is Still to Change:
Performing History from 1945 to the Present

Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Humanities
Vytautas Magnus University
Kaunas, Lithuania
October 21-23, 2009

The conference is focused upon an important issue for contemporary
society - that of interpreting the past and writing its history. The
subject of the conference refers to critical historiography, proposing
that history is not a stable body of fact(s) but a shifting range of
meanings produced by different cultural, social and political
practices (such as rituals of public memory, historical re-enactments,
museums, memorials et al.) and that the general images of the past are
substantially affected by art (literature, visual arts, theatre, film,
performance). The conference will open a discussion concerning the
performative means of (re)constructing the past, going beyond a
passive interpretation of historical texts, activating a participation
in the "performing" of history. The act of performing history also
describes history as an academic discipline which is involved in
(re)construction and (re)interpretation of the past. Consequently the
conference will discuss the problems of research and evaluation of the
past as it is faced by researchers of the legacy of the Cold War,
especially in the countries of Eastern Europe and the Baltic region.

One of the major aims of the conference is to discuss these problems
on an interdisciplinary basis, to reveal the complex multidimensional
significance of the concept of performing history. Contributions are
invited from different fields and disciplines - history, political
science, social sciences, culture studies, literary research, theatre
studies and visual art studies - both concerned with the past and the
forms of remembering the past in contemporary society. Suggested
topics include:

* Re-enacting the past: performance as interpretation of history
* Performing political action: public events and civic rituals
* Historical event/theatrical event: parallels, contexts, and methods
* Theatre of history: witnessing, spectatorship, participation
* Personal memory/collective identities
* (Re)mapping the past: site-specific practices and places of memory
* Mediated memory: readings of historical resources
* Aesthetics and theatricality of political regime(s)
* Carnival of history: memory and mass culture

Presentations of the conference will be limited to 20 minutes.
Registration form containing abstract (up to 400 words) should be sent
to the address below by March 31, 2009. Accepted papers will be
notified by April 21, 2009. Conference fee: 50 EUR (it covers
conference materials, coffee breaks and opening dinner). You may
address the organizing committee for a conference fee waiver. Selected
papers of the conference will be considered for publishing in the
peer-reviewed journal.

Conference Board Academic Committee:

Prof. Svetlana Boym (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Prof. Leonidas Donskis (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas)
Prof. Boris Groys (New York University)
Prof. Padraic Kenney (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Prof. Freddie Rokem (Tel Aviv University)

Organizing Committee:

Assoc. prof. Edgaras Klivis (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas)
Assoc. prof. Jurgita Staniskyte (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas)
Dr. Linara Dovydaityte (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas)
Dr. Ruta Mazeikiene (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas)

E-mail: l.dovydaityte@mf.vdu.lt; performing.history@gmail.com

Contact the organizers for details on submitting your proposal for the
conference.


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JOB- InterMedia Survey Institute, Panel Research Intern

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JOB- InterMedia Survey Institute, Panel Research Intern

Posted by: Corliss Lawrence <lawrencec@intermedia.org>

Panel Research Intern

InterMedia, a global research, evaluation and consulting firm
specializing in the field of media and communications, is seeking a
full-time Panel Research Intern. Note: this is not a summer internship.

This paid internship will:

Provide support to the global IARP panel studies by working closely
with the Panel Manager to help ensure that requirements are met for
each panel study. Panel studies are aimed to assess the quality of
international radio and television broadcasts.

The ideal candidate for this position should be pursuing an
undergraduate or graduate degree with some experience and/or strong
interest in foreign affairs, culture and diplomacy, especially in
transitional and developing countries. He/she should have excellent
verbal and written communication skills and be proficient in English,
especially in writing and editing.

InterMedia offers a casual and friendly work environment, and a
convenient downtown DC location. We invite qualified candidates to
email their cover letters and resumes to Interns@intermedia.org or fax
to 866-500-4095.

EOE/M/F/V/D

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SEMINAR SERIES- Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, Term 2

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SEMINAR SERIES- Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, Term 2

Posted by: Jane Savory <js64@soas.ac.uk>


Dear All:

Please find listed below details of the Centre of Contemporary Central
Asia and the Caucasus event schedule for Term 2.

The seminars are free and open to the public. No booking is required.


Seminar

Date: Thursday, 29 January 2009

Time: 5.30-7pm

Title: Islam, State and the Transformation of the Rural Space in
Post-Soviet Central Asia

Speaker: Habiba Fathi (Research Fellow, Aga Khan University Institute
for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC), London)

Venue: G50, Main Building, SOAS

Contact: Bhavna Dave (bd4@soas.ac.uk) or Jane Savory (js64@soas.ac.uk)

All Welcome


Seminar

Date: Thursday, 19 February 2009

Time: 17.30-19.00

Title: Temporary Conversions: Encounters with Pentecostalism in Kyrgyzstan

Speaker: Mathijs Pelkmans (London School of Economics)

Venue: G50

Enquiries: Bhavna Dave, bd4@soas.ac.uk or Jane Savory, js64@soas.ac.uk


Seminar

Date: Thursday, 5 March 2009

Time: 17.30-19.00

Title: Endangering Space: Towards a Critical Geopolitics of Central Asia

Speaker: John Heathershaw (University of Exeter) and Nick Megoran
(University of Newcastle)

Venue: G50

Enquiries: Bhavna Dave, bd4@soas.ac.uk or Jane Savory, js64@soas.ac.uk


Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture

Date: Monday, 16 March 2009

Time: 18.30

Title: The Lures and Perils of Gender Activism in Afghanistan

Speakers: Deniz Kandiyoti (Professor of Development Studies, SOAS)

Venue: KLT, Lower Ground Floor, Main Building, SOAS

Enquiries: Jane Savory, js64@soas.ac.uk


All are Welcome (seminars are free and open to the public). Booking
is not required unless otherwise stated.

Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Thornhaugh
Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG

Centre website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/cccac/


Jane Savory
Office Manager, Centres and Programmes Office
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

tel +44 (0)20 7898 4892
fax +44 (0)20 7898 4489
email js64@soas.ac.uk
web www.soas.ac.uk/centres/

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CONF.- National Identity in Eurasia, New College, Oxford, 22-24 March 2009

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CONF.- National Identity in Eurasia, New College, Oxford, 22-24 March 2009

Posted by: Olivier Ferrando <olivier.ferrando@sciences-po.org>

National Identity in Eurasia: Identities & Traditions
22-24 March 2009
New College, University of Oxford

Convenor: Professor Catriona Kelly

Deadline for registration: 10 March 2009

Website: http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/russian/nationalism/eurasiaconf.htm
Email: russian-nationalism@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

The conference explores the institutions, ideologies, and practices
that have shaped identity in the countries that once formed part of
the Soviet Union and in the states and cultures that border the former
superstate. It traces the history of 'Eurasia' as a concept, and
analyses the role of political interest groups, religious beliefs,
museums, education, and everyday experience (whether under direct
state control or governed by what are believed to be autonomous
'traditions' in evolving concepts of ethnic, national, and
transnational culture). Gathering together anthropologists,
historians, political scientists, sociologists, and specialists in
cultural studies from the Caucasus and Central Asia, Belorussia,
France, Germany, and Russia as well as the UK and the USA, it presents
a uniquely wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary forum for informed
discussion of issues that are of enormous topical significance.

We are pleased to announce that the conference registration is now
open. Please note that the number of places is limited. We anticipate
a high demand and you are advised to register as early as possible.
Conference participants will be registered strictly on a
first-come-first-served basis, without exceptions.

To register, please follow the instructions on the conference website
registration pages:
http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/russian/nationalism/eurasiaregistration.htm

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GRANTS- 2009 AIAS Fellowships, American Institute of Afghanistan Studies

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GRANTS- 2009 AIAS Fellowships, American Institute of Afghanistan Studies

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

The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS) is pleased to
announce a fellowship and a grant program for 2009. For additional
information on both these programs, please go to the AIAS web site or
contact AIAS. Please feel free to forward and circulate this announcement.


2009 John F. Richards Fellowship Program

The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS) invites
applications for support of short-term research or other scholarly
projects that will advance knowledge of Afghanistan. Applicants should
be at the post-doctoral level or have equivalent professional
experience. The fellowship will support work focussing on any aspect
of Afghanistan Studies, but cannot currently be used within, or for
travel to, Afghanistan.

The maximum award per fellowship is $6,000. Applications must be
received by April 1, 2009 to receive consideration. Decisions will be
made by May 1, 2009. Eligibility is limited to US citizens and
permanent residents.

For additional information and to download an application, please go
to http://www.bu.edu/aias/fellowships.html or contact AIAS at aias@bu.edu


2009 AIAS Afghanistan Room and Board Stipend

The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS) invites
applications from junior and senior scholars for its first annual Room
and Board Stipend. This stipend will provide up to 30 days value
towards the cost of room and board at the AIAS Center in Kabul,
Afghanistan. These funds may only be used for room and board at the
AIAS Kabul Center. The selection committee will evaluate proposals on
how the proposed research activity will enhance scholarly activity in
Afghanistan. AIAS cannot provide funding to secure travel to and
within Afghanistan.

The application deadline is April 1, 2009 with an anticipated award
date of May 1, 2009. The award must be used by October 1, 2009.
Eligibility is limited to US citizens and permanent residents.

For additional information and to download an application, please go
to http://www.bu.edu/aias/fellowships.html or contact AIAS 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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JOB- Programme Officer Democratisation ICCO Central Asia, Bishkek

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JOB- Programme Officer Democratisation ICCO Central Asia, Bishkek

Posted by: ICCO Central Asia Vacancies <centralasiavacancies@icco.nl>

ICCO is looking to fill the position of Programme Officer
Democratisation for its regional office located in Bishkek. The
Programme Officer Democratization is mainly responsible for the
relation between ICCO and partners/program coalitions in the thematic
area of democratization. ICCO works together with local NGOs to
support self-help groups and their clusters and federations for the
purpose of increasing their role in societal change.

For background information, job description, required qualifications
and application, see below.

The deadline for application is 28 January 2009.

ICCO Central Asia Regional Office
402 Frunze (/Isanova)
720033 Bishkek
Kyrgyz Republic


Vacancy: Program Officer with a focus on Democratization in Kyrgyzstan
and Kazakhstan

ICCO & Kerk in Actie

ICCO is the Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation and
Kerk in Actie is part of the protestant church in The Netherlands.
ICCO & Kerk in Actie provide financial support and advice to local
organizations and networks throughout the world that are dedicated to
improving access to basic services, stimulating sustainable economic
development and advancing peace and democracy.

To advance democracy ICCO & Kerk in Actie would like to empower
vulnerable people and groups in order to protect their social,
economical and cultural rights and increase participation of these
groups in economical, social and political processes.

In its strategic plan 2007 - 2010, ICCO has presented a tentative
outline for innovation of our own organisation which will be
transformed into an international network organization, based on the
concept of "ProCoDe". This includes a Programmatic Approach,
Co-responsibility and Decentralisation. Over the coming years ICCO
will become an international network organisation, consisting of a
central working organisation in the Netherlands and ca. 11 regional
working organisations. In Central Asia, one of first regional working
organisations (RWO) is currently being set up. This RWO will be
located in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The region includes Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

ICCO is a member of the Ecumenical network Act Development and
cooperates closely with the other Act Development agencies in Central
Asia. Under the flag of Act-D Central Asia, a forum for cooperation is
formed between the European agencies Dan Church Aid, Christian Aid,
Norwegian Church Aid and ICCO.

Our Regional Working Office in Bishkek, ICCO is looking for candidates
to apply for the following job position:

Program Officer Democratization (1 FTE)

Duty station: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Focus working area: Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

Tasks and Responsibilities of the program officer
The program officer is responsible for the relation between ICCO and
partners/program coalitions and other alliances in the region. The job
objective is to contribute to regional development processes by
facilitating multi-actor, multi-level programmes and support strategic
relations and alliances within the framework of ICCO Alliance Strategic Plan.

We would like to support vulnerable people, because we believe that
people can themselves reduce the causes for their vulnerability.
Empowered people will be able to reduce the bad effects of the risks
they face. Reducing vulnerability requires processes of empowerment
(of individuals, groups) and addressing the root causes of the
problems. It is as much a social as a political process. ICCO mainly
works through local non-governmental organisations.

For the development of a democratisation program we have chosen a
process approach, where programmatic development is seen as an ongoing
process where local ownership of the program is the leading principle.
Currently we are exploring together with local NGOs how to better
support self-help groups and their clusters and federations for the
purpose of increasing their role in societal change.

Promoting synergies between these and other ICCO and Act-D CA programs
is a continuous area of attention and applies mostly to access to
basic services, local market development and disaster risk reduction.
The program officer should be willing to travel both within Kyrgyzstan
and Kazakhstan, and possibly also to countries outside the region.

Specific tasks:
* identification and facilitation of projects, programs and program
coalitions by applying the four ICCO strategic roles in the
programmatic approach: strategic financing, lobby, advocacy and
participation, capacity building and brokerage;
* assessment of program- and project proposals;
* preparation of financing decisions;
* control, evaluation and monitoring of ongoing contracts between
ICCO and partners;
* facilitation of capacity building, advocacy and necessary expert
knowledge in the programs;
* supporting policy development and contributing to the development
of the regional annual plan;
* contribute to communication regarding activities and policies of
ICCO and partners in North and South;
* contribute to applications for funding by other sources;
* coordination with other relevant alliances in the region
(specifically Act-D Central Asia members).

The Program Officer reports to the Regional Manager. The Program
Officer works in a multidisciplinary team and works in direct
cooperation with the Finance Officer.

Qualifications of the Program Officer:
* Academic background in social or political sciences or affiliated studies
* Minimum of three years working experience in development cooperation
* Good knowledge of the social, economic and political situation in the region
* Insight in the complexities of development and development
cooperation, including the relations between local and international
organisations
* Basic knowledge of grant management
* Native speaker of Russian, Kyrgyz, Kazakh and/or other regional
languages. Excellent English language skills.
* Strong communicative skills
* Skills to find common understanding and reach agreement
* Networking and facilitation skills

Competences:
* Honest, open and cooperative personality
* Process oriented, while at the same time aiming to realize concrete results
* Respectful and stimulating authentic (bottom-up) development processes
* Appreciative of the role of religion and ideology in social and
political development
* Innovative

For general information on ICCO visit: www.icco.nl

Applying

To apply, e-mail both motivation letter and CV in ENGLISH only to
centralasiavacancies@icco.nl stating PO-D in the subject line.
Deadline is 28 January 2009.

Short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview on 2 February
2009. Only short-listed candidates will be informed.

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CONF.- Conflict in the Caucasus: Implications for International Order, U. of Reading, Apr. 15

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CONF.- Conflict in the Caucasus, U. of Reading, Apr. 15

Posted by: Christopher Waters <cwaters@uwindsor.ca>

Leading academics, with expertise in diverse fields of International
Law and International Relations, will present papers on issues arising
from the recent Russia-Georgia dispute over South Ossetia. Topics
include: the use of force, forced migration, human rights,
self-determination and the role of international institutions and
courts. The School of Law at the University of Reading (UK), will
host this one-day conference, which is cosponsored by the Centre for
Transnational Law and Justice at the University of Windsor (Canada).

Speakers:

Bill Bowring (Birkbeck)
Sandy Ghandhi (Reading)
James Green (Reading)
Robert McCorquodale (BIICL)
Anneke Smit (Windsor)
Christoph Stefes (Colorado)
Christopher Waters (Windsor)
Dominik Zaum (Reading)

The conference is to take place in Foxhill House at the University of
Reading on Wednesday, 15 April 2009, from 9 am to 4 pm, with lunch and
refreshments to be provided. There will be an attendance fee of £10
for students and £20 for non-students. To register for this event, or
to request further information, please send an email to any of the
addresses provided below.

Conference convenors:

Dr James A. Green, University of Reading (j.a.green@reading.ac.uk)
Professor Christopher Waters, University of Windsor (cwaters@uwindsor.ca)

Assistant organisers:

David Leary (d.r.leary@reading.ac.uk)
Valbona Bajrami (vbarjami@yahoo.co.uk)


Christopher Waters, DCL
Faculty of Law
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Canada N9B 3P4
+ (1) 519-253-3000 ext. 4233
http://www.uwindsor.ca/law/cwaters


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CONF.- Challenges of Education Reform: Central Asia, Columbia U., Jan. 23-24, 2009

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CONF.- Challenges of Education Reform: Central Asia, Columbia U., Jan. 23-24

Posted by: Rafis Abazov <polra99@hotmail.com>

Harriman Institute

Presents

The Challenges of Education Reform:
Central Asia in a Global Context
International Conference

The event is free and open to the public

Dates: Friday, January 23- Saturday 24, 2009
Location: The Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1501.
International Affairs Building ,
420 West 118th street,
New York, NY 10027

For more information please contact Alla Rachkov, email: ra2044@columbia.edu
Iveta Silova, email: ism207@lehigh.edu
Rafis Abazov, email: ar2052@columbia.edu

The program and the list of participants also available on our website;
http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/programs/central_asian_events.html


Conference Program

January 23, 2009

Time: 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Location: The Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1501.

(1) Education Reform in Central Asia: Commonalities and Varieties or
of Post-Socialist Transformation

Reflecting on almost 20 years of post-Soviet transformations, this
panel will examine some of the commonalities and varieties of
education development trends in Eastern/Central Europe, the former
Soviet Union, with particular attention to Central Asia. Do the
countries of the former socialist bloc share any common features of
post-socialist education reform? Are there any education reform
features that are unique to Central Asia and/or vary within the
Central Asian region? To what extent are "lessons learned" in the
former socialist bloc (Eastern and Central Europe and the former
Soviet Union) relevant to Central Asian countries in general and
Turkmenistan in particular?

Chair: Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy, Director, Harriman Institute,
Columbia University

Panelists:

* Education Reform in Central Asia and the Republic of Kazakhstan,
Ambassador Aitimova (Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the United Nations,
former Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan)

* Varieties of Post-Socialist Education Transformations, Iveta
Silova, Assistant Professor of Comparative and International Education
(Lehigh University)

* Can Post-Soviet Education Systems Build Knowledge-Based Societies?
Mark Johnson, Associate Professor of History (Colorado College)

Discussant:

* Vladimir Briller, Director of Strategic Planning and Institutional
Research, Pratt Institute


Time: 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1501.

(2) Higher Education Reform in Central Asia: New Challenges and Opportunities

Since the collapse of the socialist bloc, universities across the
region have been coping with new challenges and opportunities. They
have attempted to make their curricula relevant to global labor
markets. They have managed to introduce new technologies and adhere to
new criteria for equity and administrative efficiency. How have
universities in Eastern/Central Europe and the former Soviet Union
responded to these challenges? Are there any "lessons learned" in
Eastern/Central Europe that could be meaningfully applied in Central
Asia? This panel will discuss issues of distance education, Internet
technologies, liberal arts, and other key challenges and opportunities
in higher education reform.

Chair: Jenik Radon, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and
Public Affairs, Columba University

Panelists:

* Comparative Issues in Central Asian Higher Education Reform, Steven
Heyneman, Professor of International Education Policy (Vanderbilt
University)

* The Geography and Geometry of the Bologna Process: Centers,
Peripheries and the Possible Invisible Hands, Voldermar Tomusk, Ph.D.,
Open Society Institute Higher Education Support Program (HESP)

* Internationalizing Higher Education in Central Asia: Definitions,
Rationales, Scope, and Choices, Martha Merrill, Associate Professor of
Higher Education (Kent State University)

Discussant:

* Peter D. Jones, Post-Doctoral Fellow (University of Bristol)


Time: 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: The Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1501.

(3) Aligning international aid with local education priorities:
Examining Western and alternative technical assistance in Central Asia

In many Central Asian countries, the contours of post-Soviet education
reform have been increasingly set by international donors, including
the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, UN agencies, USAID, and
international NGOs. However, it is still common to find a mismatch
between the discourse of donors and the needs and homegrown strategies
of countries in the region. At the international level, donors have
been increasingly able to "speak the same language" by orienting their
efforts towards pre-defined sets of targets like those embodied in
Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals. Nonetheless,
it is still to be seen whether those initiatives truly resonate with
national governments and the way forward they see for their own
dilemmas. This panel will spur extensive discussion about the
interaction between international donors and governments in
educational agenda setting and will examine concrete cases of
alignment/conflict between aid providers and aid recipients in education.

Chair: Alex Cooley, Associate Professor of Political Science, Barnard
College, Columbia University

Panelists:

* Dealing with Western Donors: The Conditions of SWAP, Paris
Declaration, and Strategy Development, Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Professor
of Comparative Education (Teachers College, Columbia University)

* Higher Education as Foreign Policy: The European Union and Central
Asia, Peter D. Jones, Post-Doctoral Fellow (University of Bristol)

* Alternatives to Western Aid: Enlightenment from within the Muslim
World, Victoria Clement, Assistant Professor of History (Western
Carolina University)

Discussant:

* Steven Heyneman, Professor of International Education Policy
(Vanderbilt University)


Time: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: The Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1501.

(4) Use of Information Technologies in Education

This panel will asses new trends in using information technologies and
new media in transferring knowledge (teaching) and creating knowledge
(research). American universities have been among the pioneers in
utilizing information technologies and new media in a classroom and
have accumulated significant experience and know-how. The speakers
will discuss current trends and debates related to the innovative use
of information technologies in the classroom. What have we learned
from past experience? Is this know-how transferable to developing and
transitional countries? How can we utilize this experience in
developing future cooperation in the field of education between
Columbia University and Central Asian Universities?

Chair: Rafis Abazov, Adjunct Assistant Professor (School of
International and Public Affairs and Harriman Institute, Columbia
University)

Panelists:

* Louise Rosen, Earth Institute (Columbia University)

* Sreenath Sreenivasan, Dean of Student Affairs and Professor (School
of Journalism, Columbia University)

* Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Professor of Comparative Education (Teachers
College, Columbia University) & Hugh McLean, Director of Education
Support Programs (Open Society Institute, London)

Discussant:

* Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy, Director, Harriman Institute,
Columbia University


January 24, 2009

Time: 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Location: The Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1501.

(5) Teacher professionalism and status in the post-Soviet school environment

This panel will examine how post-socialist transformations have
affected the professional status and morale of schoolteachers in
Central Asia. In particular, it will examine whether and how low
teacher salaries contribute to the declining status of the teaching
profession, making teaching unattractive. Furthermore, it will discuss
why most countries face teacher shortages in rural areas and
experience a feminization and an over-aging of the teaching
profession. Besides demonstrating the urgent need for reform, an
examination of the change in the professional status of teachers also
lends itself to the study of globalization in education. Almost twenty
years after the political upheaval that took place in this part of the
world, teacher salaries in the region have been strikingly resistant
to major changes. Does the current fragmented salary structure in the
region reflect the cultural understanding of the teacher's role? What
are the implications of the continuing decline of the teaching status
in the region?

Chair: Iveta Silova, Assistant Professor of Comparative and
International Education, Lehigh University

Panelists:

* From Teaching Load to Workload: The Consequences of Teacher Salary
Reform in the Former Socialist Bloc, Christine Harris-van Keuren
(Teachers College, Columbia University)

* Teaching as a Profession in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan, Alan DeYoung,
Professor of Education (University of Kentucky )

* Dilemmas and Challenges of Teachers' Professional Lives in
Post-Soviet Tajikistan: What Sort of Teachers' Professionalism Could
we Talk About? Sarfaroz Niyozov, Assistant Professor of Education
(OISE, University of Toronto)

* Testing the system: Examining teacher corruption in Central Asia,
Eric Johnson, recent Teachers College PhD graduate now living in Ghana.

Discussant:

* Kathryn H. Anderson, Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University


Time: 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1501.

(6) Education in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan has faced many challenges and experienced many
opportunities in education since the fall of the Soviet Union. Limited
access to Turkmenistan since the 1990s has, however, perplexed
scholars and researchers seeking to understand the central issues
posed by education reform in this Central Asian country. Now with the
budding relationship between Turkmenistan and Columbia University, a
unique opportunity exists for a new look at the changes and future
plans for education in Turkmenistan. This panel will consist of
Turkmen delegation officials, and will engage the audience in a
meaningful dialogue. What does education look like in Turkmenistan
today? What are the newly defined educational priorities? How is new
leadership transforming the education landscape in Turkmenistan? What
are the problems, benefits, and strategies for internationalizing the
Turkmen education system?

Chair: Kimberly Marten, Professor and Department Chair, Department of
Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University

Panelists:

* Members of the Turkmen Delegation

Discussant:

* Kimberly Marten, Professor and Department Chair, Department of
Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

SEMINAR SERIES- Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, Univ. of Reading, Spring 2009

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SEMINAR SERIES- Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, Univ. of Reading, Spring 2009

Posted by: Christian A. B. Nygaard <c.a.b.nygaard@henley.reading.ac.uk>

Dear Colleagues:

Please find below this term's seminar arranged by
the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies at the University of Reading.

Wednesdays, 5pm-6pm, HUMSS Building Room127,
University of Reading

All welcome.


Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
University of Reading

Seminar Program:

21 January, 2009
Mehmet Ogutcu, Director International government
and corporate affairs BG Group, member of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
"The changing parameters of world energy and geopolitics"

28 January, 2009
Christian Nygaard, University of Reading, Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
"Growth and state investment vehicles in Russia"

4 February, 2009
Ralph de Haas, Chief Economist, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development
"EBRD Transition Report-2008"

11 February, 2009
Max Watson, Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford
"Eastern Europe after the financial crisis: In need of a new transition?"

18 February, 2009
Keith Henry, Chairman, Regal Petroleum PLC,
TBA

25 February, 2009
Dr. Matthias Lücke, Senior Economist, The Kiel Institute for World Economy
"Labour migration from Moldova"

4 March, 2009
Arild Moe, Deputy Director/Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute
"The Shtokman development and Russian offshore strategy"

11 March, 2009
H.E. Ambassador Kairat Abusseitov, Embassy of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, London
"Kazakhstan's Path to Europe Program"


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Monday, January 19, 2009

GRANT- Fellowships for Language Study in Eurasia, ACTR/ACCELS

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GRANT- Fellowships for Language Study in Eurasia, ACTR/ACCELS

Posted by: Brita Ericson <ericson@americancouncils.org>

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is pleased to
announce fellowship opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate
students to participate in the Summer 2009 Eurasian Regional Language
Program for language study in Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus,
Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.

Applications for the Summer 2009 program are due March 1st. Applications
are now available for download from the American Councils website:
http://www.americancouncils.org.

Fellowships are available through American Councils from U.S. Department
of State (Title VIII) and U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays)
grant support. Recent program participants have also received
substantial fellowship support from the Institute of International
Education (IIE), the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, and
the U.S. Department of Education Title VI (FLAS).

Recent Eurasian Regional Language Program participants have studied:

Azeri in Baku;
Georgian and Chechen in Tbilisi;
Kazakh in Almaty;
Kyrgyz in Bishkek;
Persian (Dari/Farsi/Tajiki) and Uzbek in Dushanbe; and
Ukrainian in Kyiv

Programs also available for the study of Armenian, Buryat, Chechen,
Pashto, Romanian, Tatar, Turkmen, Tuvan, and Yakut. Please note that
some languages are offered in more than one country.

The Eurasian Regional Language Program provides graduate students,
advanced undergraduates, scholars, and working professionals intensive
instruction in the languages of Eurasia. Participants may enroll in
semester, academic year, or summer programs. All courses are conducted
by expert faculty from leading local universities and educational
institutions. Students with at least two years of college-level
instruction in the target language, Russian, or a language related to
the target language are eligible to apply to the program.

Courses are designed to strengthen participants' oral, listening,
reading and writing proficiency in the language of study. Participants
receive approximately fifteen hours per week of in-class instruction in
the target language. Courses in history, literature, and politics are
also available for advanced speakers. Other program features include
peer tutoring, housing with local host families, and graduate- or
undergraduate-level academic credit through Bryn Mawr College.

Application deadlines
Summer Program: March 1
Fall Semester/Academic Year Program: April 1
Spring Semester: October 1

For more information, please contact:
Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
Website: www.americancouncils.org


Brita Ericson
Information and Outreach Officer
American Councils for International Education: ACTR-ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-572-9102

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