PANEL- Central Asian Art at the Istanbul Biennale, Sept. 9, 2007

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PANEL- Central Asian Art at the Istanbul Biennale, Sept. 9, 2007

Posted by: Leeza Ahmady <ahmadyarts@earthlink.net>

10th International Istanbul Biennale

09/09/2007, 17:00–19:00
santralistanbul

Panel Program: International Discourse vs. Local Vibrancy: Challenges
and Opportunities in the Practice of Art in Central Asia

Speakers: Gulnara Kasmalieva (Artist, Kyrgyzstan), Shaarbek Amankul
(Artist, Kyrgyzstan), Yulia Sorokina (Independent curator and critic,
Kazakhstan), Saken Narynov (Architect and artist, Kazakhstan), Surayo
Tuichieva (Artist, Activist), Jamshed Kholikov (Designer, Activist, Tajikistan)

Participants: Artur Boljurov (Artist, Kyrgyzstan), Ilyos Mamadzhanov
(Artist, Tajikistan)

Moderator: Leeza Ahmady (Independent curator)

The contemporary art world has expanded, advancing ever forward by the
efforts of artist-collectives from regions that were once considered
remote. In the past few decades, many localities have launched artists
who are formulating new aesthetics and who are bringing to the fore
issues that in the past were simply repressed. Much like many other
regions of the world, the art communities in Central Asian countries
are very small. Thus when its best artists who also act as curators,
critics, and administrators become engaged and occupied in projects
abroad, what happens to the local art scene? Can it maintain local
activity and local vibrancy? If so, how? The symposium gathers a
number of artists, critics, and educators from the region and attempts
to explore the above-mentioned issues, and other specific challenges
and opportunities in the practice of art inside the countries of
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan.

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts would like to thank the
Christensen Fund for its contribution towards the realisation of the
"International Discourse vs. Local Vibrancy: Challenges and
Opportunities in the Practice of Art in Central Asia" panel discussion.

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GRANT- 2008 IREX/WWC Regional Policy Symposium on Frozen Conflicts, March 2008

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GRANT- 2008 IREX/WWC Regional Policy Symposium on Frozen Conflicts, March 2008

Posted by: Sarah Shields <sshields@irex.org>

Grant for US Graduate Students, Pre-Tenure Faculty and Professionals
to Participate in the 2008 IREX/WWC Regional Policy Symposium

FROZEN CONFLICTS AND UNRECOGNIZED STATES IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE AND EURASIA

Application Deadline: December 3, 2007

IREX (The International Research & Exchanges Board), in collaboration
with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Kennan
Institute (WWC), is pleased to announce its 2008 Regional Policy
Symposium – Frozen Conflicts and Unrecognized States in Southeast
Europe and Eurasia.

The research symposium, supported by the United States Department of
State (Title VIII Program), will bring together junior and senior
scholars and members of the policy community to study and discuss
timely topics related to the frozen conflicts and unrecognized states
in Southeast Europe and Eurasia. Topics may include: security and
military cooperation; economic trends; environment and safety; human
rights; cross-border ethnic issues; trade development; legal reform;
and foreign relations.

Research focus areas include: Abkhazia; Kosovo; Nagorno-Karabakh;
Republika Srpska; South Ossetia; and Transnistria.

Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national competition to
present their current research on the region. Grants will be awarded
to approximately 10 junior scholars.

The Regional Symposium is scheduled to take place in late March 2008
in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and will involve two full
days of reviews of current research projects, roundtable discussions,
and the development of policy recommendations.

Technical Eligibility Requirements:
- Applicants must either be currently enrolled in an MA, MS, MBA, JD,
or PhD program or have held a graduate degree for 10 years or less.
Applicants who hold an academic post must be pre-tenure.
- Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents of the United
States who are currently residing in the US.

Grant Provisions:
- Round-trip airfare (provided by IREX through its travel office)
and/or surface transportation from anywhere in the United States to
the symposium site.
- Meals and accommodations for the duration of the symposium.

To receive more information on the 2008 Regional Policy Symposium,
please send e-mail inquiries to Symposium@irex.org.
Application materials are available on the IREX website at:
http://www.irex.org/programs/symp/index.asp

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LECTURE- Labor Migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Susan Thieme, Sept. 12, 2007, Bishkek

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LECTURE- Labor Migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Susan Thieme, Sept. 12, 2007, Bishkek

Posted by: Alexander I. Pugachev <pugachev_a@mail.auca.kg>

The Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(www.src.auca.kg) presents:

Lecture: Osh-Bishkek-Almaty-Moscow and return? How Different Generations
Sustain Their Livelihoods in Multilocal Settings

Presenter: Susan Thieme (PhD in Geography), University of Zurich,
Switzerland

Time: 5 p.m.

Date: September 12th

Place: Room 315, AUCA

Synopsis: Bishkek and cities in Russia and Kazakhstan are major
destinations for labour migrants from rural South Kyrgyzstan. Next to
search for a better income, younger men and women also migrate for
education and to escape traditions like early marriage. Children and
elderly people are left behind. In Kazakhstan and Russia the majority
of migrants work de facto illegal on territory, where they would have
had the same citizenship and rights only some years ago, including all
stigma and risks for their livelihoods illegality implies. However,
the way in which migrants appropriate their working and living spaces
strongly depends on gender, age and the cities they have been migrated
to. While elderly often feel that this separation of the traditional
family is only temporary, younger people start placing their lives at
other places than where they originally come from. This lecture will
look into the multilocal setting of families and at the different and
sometimes controversial perceptions and experiences of migration and
their consequences for different generations involved.

Bio: Susan Thieme holds PhD in Geography from University of Zurich,
Switzerland. Her doctoral research focused on labor migration from
Nepal to India and selected aspects of migrants' daily lives, such as
working and living conditions, management of loans and savings, and
remittance transfer. Since 2006 she is leading a project, "Sustaining
Livelihoods in Multilocal Settings", looking at risks and potential of
migration for people's livelihoods in Central Asia and South Asia.
Susan Thieme works at the Geography Department, University of Zurich.
In the past, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Sussex Center for
Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK.

How to register: Please send e-mail to pss@mail.auca.kg with your name.

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JOB- Deputy Director, OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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JOB- Deputy Director, OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Posted by: Tim Epkenhans <t.epkenhans@osce-academy.net>

Position Announcement:

OSCE Academy
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

The OSCE Academy in Bishkek seeks a qualified candidate for the
following position:
Deputy Director

Starting Date: December 2007/January 2008

Duties:

The Deputy Director works closely with the director of the OSCE and
acts for the director in case of absence. She/he represents the OSCE
Academy in public and maintains contacts with partner organizations
and official institutions in accord with the director. She/he is
responsible for administrative issues as well as the three components
of the Academy's professional activities: Professional training, the
"Master of Political Science (Central Asia)" study programme and
research. She/he arranges and personally engages in professional
training and research projects. She/he is actively involved in the
administrative and academic planning of the Academy.
The post of the Deputy Director is foreseen as full-time (40 hours/per
week) and not compatible with other jobs. She/he holds the citizenship
of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan.

Required Qualification:

The qualified candidate for the posts of the Deputy Director holds a
MA/MSc or preferably higher academic degree (PhD) in political science
or a related field (for instance regional studies). She/he has a
strong professional background in managing an academic institution of
international standards. She/he proves outstanding knowledge of
research and teaching resource needs. She/he knows the specifics of
co-operating with national development agencies and international
organisations that are engaged in comprehensive security building and
attest a significant record of high-quality publications. She/he is
fluent in Russian and English.

Preferred Qualification:

Qualified candidates have preferably a working command of a Central
Asian language (Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen or Uzbek). They have a
detailed knowledge of Central Asian affairs. They are acquainted with
the cultural and other specifics of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Salary and Benefits:

Open to negotiation.

Application Procedure:

Application documents have to include (1) a cover letter indicating
motivation and experience, (2) Curriculum Vitae, (3) two current
letters of recommendation indicating the complete name, title and
contact information for each referee, (4) graduate transcripts (copy).

Deadline:

The complete set of application documents should be received by
15.10.2007 to receive full consideration.

Application documents have to be sent to:

OSCE Centre in Bishkek
Subject: Deputy Director OSCE Academy
Dr. Sabine Machl
139 Toktogul St.
720001 Bishkek
KYRGYZSTAN

Application documents or questions might be submitted also by e-mail
to deputy2007@osce-academy.net. Attachments should not exceed 2 MB.
Please, always indicate "Deputy Director" in the subject line.

The OSCE Academy 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, taking
into consideration regional and gender balance.

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CONF./CFP- The Law of Waqf II, Harvard Law School, May 16-18, 2008

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CONF./CFP- The Law of Waqf II, Harvard Law School, May 16-18, 2008

Posted by: Peri Bearman <pbearman@law.harvard.edu>

A conference in three parts

I. Origins to Ottoman-Era Maturity (convened 2006)
II. Modern State Control and Nationalization
III. Contemporary Regeneration

May 16-18, 2008
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.

The institution of waqf, the Islamic charitable foundation, has been
the topic of intensified research since 1970. Increasingly, its
historical, economic, and social implications have been highlighted
and explored. Legal aspects of waqf-the rules, procedures, and
institutions that govern its establishment and operation-have been
relatively neglected, however.

In response to this situation the Islamic Legal Studies Program of
Harvard Law School and Randi Deguilhem of the Institut de Recherches
et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM) in Aix-en-Provence
are organizing a conference on "The Law of Waqf." The conference is
divided into three stages, organized chronologically, which capture
three distinct eras of waqf up to modern times. The first stage
"Origins to Ottoman-Era Maturity" was held in May 2006. The next stage
"Modern State Control and Nationalization" is now being planned for May 2008.

For the second stage, the organizers are soliciting presentations that
explore colonial law vis-à-vis the waqf both as an institution and as
physical property in the Muslim world before the independence of the
colonized countries. In theory and in practice, colonial law wrestled
with the reality of waqf as the colonial powers sought to introduce
reforms for other than legal reasons. In the interests of discovering
the law that adapted and was adapted in relation to the waqf, papers
focusing on the political, social, or economic agenda of the colonial
powers are not solicited; rather, innovative legal mechanisms or
discussions that were presented to deal with the waqf status quo found
or established by the colonizing countries upon intervention in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are requested.

The conference language will be English. Previously presented or
published work will not be accepted. Abstracts of up to 500 words,
clearly stating the legal dimension of the topic, should be e-mailed,
either in the body of the e-mail or as an attachment in Word or as
PDF, to Peri Bearman at pbearman@law.harvard.edu, with as subject
heading "The Law of Waqf II". If sending a Word attachment, please
avoid using diacriticals in transliteration. The abstract should
include the complete name, occupation, and work or university
affiliation of the author, as well as a short bio. The deadline for
the submission of abstracts is September 30, 2007; notification of
acceptance will be sent out by October 31, 2007.

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 22 August 2007, Is Online

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 22 August 2007, Is Online

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

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst features analytical
articles on the Russian bombing of Georgian territory; the SCO Bishkek
summit; U.S.-Afghan differences on drug control; and money laundering
legislation in the South Caucasus. Field reports include articles on
labor migration in Uzbekistan, tourism investments in Georgia,
Russian-Kazakh cooperation on drugs, and legal education in Kyrgyzstan.
See full contents below:.

NOTE: NEW PUBLICATIONS:

"The New Silk Roads: Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia"
Edited By S. Frederick Starr, 510 pages. Download chapters at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/GCA.html

China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, May Issue Is Online
With articles by Daniel Burghart, Michael Mihalka, Braekhus & Overland,
Olga Oliker, and Sebastien Peyrouse, among others. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm

The 27 June issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
13) 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/070627Analyst.pdf

Full contents:

Analytical Articles

Another Russian Attack on Georgia: Unmistakable Evidence
David Smith
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4677

The SCO Seeks Energy Cooperation, but Problems Remain
Erica Marat and Asel Murzakulova
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4676

U.S.-Afghan Differences Over Narcotics Persist
Richard Weitz
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4675

Uneven Progress in Countering Financial Crime in the South Caucasus
Christian Nils Larson & Michael Jonsson
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4674

Field Reports

Fighting Illegal Labor Migration in Uzbekistan
Erkin Ahmadov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4681

Georgia Seeks Again to Attract Tourists
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4680

Russia Bolsters Kazakh Buffer Zone Against Afghan Drugs
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4679

TV Trials and Debates on Legal Reforms in Kyrgyzstan
Kairat Osmonaliev
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4678

NEWS DIGEST:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4682

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

The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, economics and finance matters in Central Asia and the
Caucasus region, but all inquiries are welcome. Please contact the
Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornell@jhu.edu with a short description
of your article idea. Editorial principles are online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063

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CONF./CFP- Morphological Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus, Fe.b 2008

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CONF./CFP- Morphological Variation & Change in Languages of the Caucasus, 2/08

Posted by: Nino Amiridze <nino.amiridze@let.uu.nl>

Morphological Variation and Change in Languages of the Caucasus
Workshop at the 13th International Morphology Meeting
February 3rd-6th, 2008, Vienna, Austria

http://www.let.uu.nl/~nino.amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html

Second Call for Abstracts

A great diversity of languages is spoken in the Caucasus, most of
which have rich inflectional systems, on the noun (e.g., North-East
Caucasian), on the verb (e.g. North-West Caucasian), or both (e.g.,
South Caucasian).

The Caucasus offers rich material for studying genetically diverse
languages being in close contact for centuries, e.g. Georgian (South
Caucasian) with Abkhaz (North-West Caucasian); Ossetian
(Indo-European) and Batsbi (North-East Caucasian); Armenian
(Indo-European) with Azeri (Turkic); or Kumyk (Turkic) with major
North-East Caucasian languages of Daghestan; or, for a much shorter
period, the languages indigenous to the region being in contact with
the unrelated Russian and Turkish. While much is known about the
contemporary grammar of individual languages of the Caucasus, much
less can be said with regard to the various contact situations and
their impact on the morphosyntax of individual languages. Our workshop
aims to broaden the knowledge on this subject.

We invite researchers working on morphological variation and change in
the languages spoken in the Caucasus to submit abstracts for
participation in the workshop, planned to be held at the 13th
International Morphology Meeting. We would like to invite
contributions dealing with contact-induced morphological changes in
any language of the Caucasus region. This includes investigations of
changes driven by influence from any other language of the region,
irrespective of the genetic affiliation of the languages in contact.
Of great interest are not only inter-family, but also somewhat more
subtle intra-family contacts, such as contacts between various
North-East Caucasian languages spoken in adjacent areas or neighboring
villages. Contributions exploring morphological variation and
language-internal morphological changes are also welcome.

Invited Speakers

* Alice C. Harris. SUNY Stony Brook.
* Johanna Nichols. University of California, Berkeley.
* Vladimir Plungian. Russian Academy of Sciences.

Important Dates

Abstract submission: September 17, 2007
Notification: October 31, 2007
Workshop: February 3rd-6th, 2008
(The exact date will be announced later)

Organizers

* Nino Amiridze, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
* Michael Daniel, Moscow State University (Russia)
* Silvia Kutscher, University of Cologne (Germany)

Publication

If after the workshop there will be interest in publishing either a
proceedings or a special journal issue, then the organizers will take
responsibility of finding a suitable forum and will act as editors.

Submission

Abstracts (in English, maximum 3 pages, including data and references)
have to be submitted electronically as portable document format (.pdf)
or Microsoft Word (.doc) files via the EasyChair conference management
system: http://www.easychair.org/MVCLC2008/.

If you do not have an EasyChair account, click on the button "I have
no EasyChair Account" on that page and follow the instructions. When
you receive a password, you can enter the site and upload your abstract.

Workshop Web Page
http://www.let.uu.nl/~nino.amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html

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