Tuesday, April 3, 2007

PUBL.- Central Asian Program Newsletter, Tsukuba Univ., Japan

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PUBL.- Central Asian Program Newsletter, Tsukuba Univ., Japan

Posted by: Timur Dadabaev <dadabaev@chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp>

PUBL: The Graduate School of Area Studies, Tsukuba University, Japan:
Central Asian Program Newsletter

The Graduate School of Area Studies, the University of Tsukuba,
Tsukuba, Japan is pleased to announce the publication of the first
issue of the newsletter issued by its Central Asian Program. To view
or download the PDF versions in English and Japanese languages please
refer to the links below:

For English language version:
http://thais.chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp/Members/dadabaev/tcacnews200703english.pdf

For Japanese language version:
http://thais.chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp/Members/dadabaev/japanese.pdf

You can also access the Newletter through the following link:
http://thais.chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp/

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PROG. INFO.- Master's Degree in Int'l Relations & Russian Studies, Bilkent U.

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PROG. INFO.- Master's Degree in Int'l Relations & Russian Studies, Bilkent U.

Posted by: Hasan Ali Karasar <karasar@bilkent.edu.tr>

PROGRAM INFO.- Master's Degree in Int'l Relations & Russian Studies, Bilkent U.

Call for Applications

Master's Degree in International Relations and Russian Studies

Center for Russian Studies of the International Relations Department
of Bilkent University presents Call for Applications for 2007/2008
Master's Degree Program in International Relations-Russian Studies track.

Master of International Relations and Russian Studies at Bilkent is an
intensive two-year program focusing not only on Russia proper but the
greater "Eurasian" landmass where the Russian Empire, at the beginning
of the 20th century, ruled over. The program starts with a
12-hours-a-week intensive Russian language training and the
fundamentals of Russian history, politics, economics, demography, and
international relations. Students at the program are also encouraged
to focus their research on the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Black Sea regions.

The teaching activities involve renowned scholars coming from Russia,
the US, and Europe. The students are able to take elective courses
from a very wide range of Bilkent offerings.

Bilkent is also the center of attraction for many heads of states,
leaders and politicians visiting Ankara for delivering lectures,
seminars and conferences.

The Russian Studies Program is able to offer a limited number of full
and half tuition waivers and research assistantships based on the
merit of each candidate.

The application form and additional information are available at the
webpages of the Department of International Relations at:

http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~ir/

and the Center for Russian Studies at Bilkent at:

http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~crs/

The deadline for submitting the full application package is May 31, 2007.

For further information please contact:

Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar,
Center for Russian Studies, Bilkent University
Bilkent, Ankara
Turkey
Tel: +90 312 290 2177
Fax: +90 312 266 4326
E-mail: karasar@bilkent.edu.tr

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PROG. INFO- 2007 Summer Research Lab, U Illinois, deadlines: April 1 & 15

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PROG. INFO- 2007 Summer Research Lab, U Illinois, deadlines: April 1 & 15

Posted by: Lynda Park <lypark@uiuc.edu>

2007 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia
June 11 - August 3
University of Illinois

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic and
East European Library at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
are pleased to announce its 2007 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia,
Eastern Europe, and Eurasia, June 11 - August 3. Please check the
website for the full list of programs, eligibility, and application
information: http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html

The SRL enables scholars to conduct advanced research in Russian, East
European and Eurasian Studies. Lab associates are given full access
to the collection and resources of the University of Illinois Library,
the largest Slavic collection west of Washington, DC, and are able to
seek assistance from the Slavic Reference Service staff. The SRL
provides an opportunity for specialists to keep current on knowledge
and research in the field, to access newly available and archival
materials, and disseminate knowledge to other scholars, professionals,
government officials, and the public. The Summer Lab is an ideal
program for doctoral students conducting pre-dissertation/dissertation
research.

The following persons are eligible to apply to the Summer Lab:
- Faculty or graduate students at a university or college who are
teaching and/or doing research on the region.
- Individuals who have a PhD and are doing research on the region,
even if this expertise is not being used in current employment.
- Individuals working in an area of government, NGOs or business
related to the region, regardless of academic training.
- Librarians specializing in the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian field.

Application Deadlines:
Housing Grants: for non-U.S. citizens/permanent residents 1 April
for U.S. citizens and permanent residents 15 April
Graduate Student Travel Grants: for U.S. citizens and permanent
residents only 15 April
Lab Only (no housing grant): for guaranteed housing availability 15
April, or at least 2 weeks prior to arrival (housing not guaranteed)

2007 SUMMER RESEARCH LAB PROGRAMS
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/SRL2007/programs.html

Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum
"Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as Writer, Myth-Maker and Public Figure in the
21st Century"
June 14-16, 314 Illini Union
Faculty Organizer: Richard Tempest (Associate Professor of Slavic
Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois)

Central Asia-Caucasus Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars
"From Chechnya to Kabul: New Directions in Central Asian and Caucasus Studies"
June 26-28
Moderator: Douglas Northrop (Associate Professor of History and Near
Eastern Studies, University of Michigan)

Balkan Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholar
"Building Balkan Studies: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives"
June 27-29
Moderator: Victor Friedman (Andrew Mellon Professor in Slavic
Languages and Literatures and Linguistics, University of Chicago)

SRS Individualized Research Practicum
Duration of the Lab
The Slavic Reference Service offers Individualized Research Practicum
to select Summer Lab associates. Associates can apply using the SRL
application.

Voluntary Discussion Groups and Workshops
Questions about specific groups should be addressed directly to the
group coordinator.

Early Russian History, June 11­15
Coordinator: Ann Kleimola, Department of History, University of
Nebraska, kleimola@unlinfo.unl.edu

Slavic Digital Text Workshop: From Medieval Texts to Geo-Cultural Data
(GIS), June 9-12
Coordinator: Miranda Remnek, Slavic and East European Library,
University of Illinois, mremnek@uiuc.edu
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/spx/slw-dtw/DTW2007.htm

For more information contact the Russian, East European and Eurasian
Center at the University of Illinois at reec@uiuc.edu, 217.333.1244.

The Summer Research Lab is funded in part by the U.S. State Department
Title VIII grant, the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant, and
generous contributions from private donors.


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PROG. INFO.- Lake Baikal Ecotour and Volunteer Summer Camps

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PROG. INFO.- Lake Baikal Ecotour and Volunteer Summer Camps

Posted by: Elena Agarkova" <eagarkova@gmail.com>

This summer presents a chance to visit Lake Baikal, one of the most
spectacular World Heritage Sites, while helping support local
conservation efforts. The Great Baikal Trail Association, together
with its American partners Tahoe-Baikal Institute and Earth Island
Institute, are offering another eco-tour of Baikal's nature reserves
and cultural attractions. Boyd Norton, a famous nature photographer
who is also an author of a book about Baikal, will lead the tour. All
profits will go to benefit local conservation organizations, national
parks, and local residents.

For additional details please take a look at the full description of
the ecotour:

http://www.earthisland.org/ecotours/ecotours/eurasia/baikal/summer.html

Another unique way to see this incredible region of Siberia is by
participating in one of the Great Baikal Trail's camps this summer.
Volunteers from all over the world live on the shores of Lake Baikal
for two weeks, contribute to developing eco-tourism by building a
1,300 mile-long recreational trail, immerse themselves in indigenous
culture, and make a meaningful contribution to the needs of local communities.

For more information please visit the GBT website:

www.greatbaikaltrail.org

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CONF./CFP- Interpreting Emotion in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia, 6/2008

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CONF./CFP- Interpreting Emotion in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia, 6/2008

Posted by: Lynda Park <lypark@uiuc.edu>

Call for Papers: "Interpreting Emotion in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia"
Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum, June 19-21, 2008

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign

Organizers: Mark Steinberg (History, Slavic Review) and Valeria Sobol
(Slavic Languages and Literatures)

The 2008 Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum will be held at the University of
Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, beginning on the evening of Thursday
June 19 and concluding Saturday June 21, 2008, on the topic of
"interpreting emotion in eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia." This
conference will be a multidisciplinary exploration of emotion and its
cultural representations in eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia from
the 19th century to the present, especially in public life, as well as
a critical consideration of how we approach the study of emotion. Only
relatively recently have scholars begun to study systematically and
deeply emotional perception and expression as not merely "private"
inward feeling but as ways of interpreting and judging the external
world and acting in it. We are seeking proposals for papers that
explore both questions of method and particular histories,
ethnographies, and cultural expressions of emotion. Topics that might
be examined, for example, include emotions and political culture,
emotions and gender, emotions and the body, emotions and the public
sphere, and individual emotions such as love, anger, shame, and
melancholy. Historians, literary scholars, art historians,
anthropologists, sociologists, musicologists, psychologists and other
disciplines are encouraged to propose papers. Please send proposals
for papers (maximum 1 page) and a brief CV to steinb@uiuc.edu and
vsobol@uiuc.edu by May 31, 2007 (you may also contact us with
questions). Subject to funding, we expect to be able to cover
participants' expenses for travel and lodging.

For more information on the Fisher Forum series see:

http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html

Mark D. Steinberg
Professor, Department of History
Editor, Slavic Review
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/steinb/www/main.htm


Department of History, University of Illinois
416 Gregory Hall 810 S. Wright Street
Urbana IL 61801 (MC-466)
tel. 217.244.2082 fax 217.333.2297

Slavic Review
57 East Armory Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820-6601
tel. 217.333.3621 fax: 217.333.3872
email: slavrev@uiuc.edu
URL: http://www.slavicreview.uiuc.edu/

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 21 March 2007, is online

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 21 March 2007, is online

Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornell@eurasia.uu.se>

Highlights: The CACI Analyst is launching its new, redesigned website.
The new redesigned website is being perfected at

http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. While the site migrates to the new
system, some problems may occur. The old version of the website is
still available. We strongly recommend use of the PDF version for the
next two weeks.

This Analyst issue features Steven Blank on Kazakhstan's foreign
policy; Harutioun Khachatrian on Armenia's national security strategy,
Dmitry Shlapentokh on post-Soviet extremism; and Kevin Leahy on
conscription in Chechnya. In Field reports, articles on Novruz
celebrations, a fistfight in the Azerbaijani parliament, the lingering
memory of the Aksy killings in Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan-Georgia relations.

NOTE: JOB OPENING
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Seeks a Program Office Manager.
See advertisement for details.
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/employment/index.htm

NOTE: NEW ISSUE OF CHINA AND EURASIA FORUM QUARTERLY
The February 2007 issue, Guest Edited by Erica Marat with a focus on
military institutions, is now online. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007.pdf

The 21 March issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
6) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. The PDF
version of the entire issue is available at:

http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070321Analyst.pdf

Full contents:

Analytical Articles

Kazakhstan Steps Out To The World
Stephen Blank
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4740

Armenia Adopts A National Security Strategy
Harutioun Khachatrian
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4741

Post-Soviet Radicals And Spread Of Terrorism
Dmitry Shlapentokh
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4742

The Threat Of Conscription: A New Sabre For Umarov To Rattle?
Kevin Daniel Leahy
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4743

Field Reports

Celebrating Novruz In Central Asia
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4744

Fistfight In Azerbaijani Parliament Indicates Controversy Within Ruling Block
Azer Kerimov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4745

Aksy Events Still Torment Kyrgyz Government
Nurshat Ababakirov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4746

Kazakhstan Extends Helping Hand To Georgia
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4747

NEWS DIGEST:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php

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 Uppsala
University, Sweden.

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/view_article.php?articleid=2063


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Monday, April 2, 2007

CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Edil Baisalov, "Political Instability in Kyrgyzstan" - REMINDER & ROOM CORRECTION

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CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Edil Baisalov, "Political Instability in Kyrgyzstan," 3/5

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PLEASE NOTE the correct room listed below (CGIS South Concourse Level Rm S-050)

Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

"Political Instability in Kyrgyzstan: Sources of Hope and Despair, April 5"

Edil Baisalov
President, Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society, Kyrgyzstan

Since 1999, Edil Baisalov has led the Coalition for Democracy and
Civil Society, the largest civic grass-roots network and democracy
watchdog group in Kyrgyzstan. He was among the most prominent figures
in the movement calling for the resignation of former present Askar
Akaev on grounds of corruption, and has in recent years been one of
the main voices that has effectively brought a Kyrgyz perspective to
the Western audience through press interviews. His campaigning
against corruption is considered the reason for an attempt on his life
in April 2006. In 2006, he also received the American Bar
Association's Global Rule of Law Award. He continues to be at the
forefront of opposition politics in Kyrgyzstan. Just this week,
together with Rosa Otunbaeva, Azimbek Beknazarov, and Almaz Atambaev,
he established the "United Kyrgyzstan" Party, in opposition to
President Bakiev, and following this there has been continuing turmoil
in Kyrgyzstan.

Thursday, April 5
4:15-6:00 pm

1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS South Concourse Level Room S-050
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

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


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