Friday, January 23, 2009

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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