PUBL.- Marco Buttino, Revoliutsiia naoborot [An Upside Down Revolution - in Russian]

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PUBL.- M. Buttino, Revoliutsiia naoborot [An Upside Down Revolution-in Russian]

Posted by: Marco Buttino <marco.buttino@unito.it>

The Italian Association for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus (ASIAC)
is glad to announce the publication of:

Revoliutsiia naoborot, Sredniaia Aziia mezhdu padeniem tsarskoi imperii i
obrazovaniem SSSR
(An Upside Down Revolution, Central Asia between the Collapse of the Tsarist
Empire and the Formation of the USSR)

Translation from Italian: Nikolaj Okhotin
Afterword: Alberto Masoero
Translation of the revised edition of: "La rivoluzione capovolta", Napoli 2003
Author: Marco Buttino
Editor: Zven'ya, Moskva 2007, 447 pp.
Price: $30 (20 Euro)

The book deals with the history of Turkestan (the region of Central Asia
which is currently made up of the Republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan and Kirghizia) in the first quarter of the twentieth century. The
main focus is on the complex social and political dynamics which were set
off by the collapse of the Tsarist empire and the rise of the Soviet regime.
The study is heavily based on still unused primary sources, gathered in
Moscow, Tashkent and Ferghana. They range from the reports of the tsarist
administration on the state of the colony to the newspapers of Tashkent and
Vernyi, from the papers in the military, state and party archives to the
documents produced by the various levels of the local administration.

The study provides a fresh account of the events of this turbulent period by
highlighting the diversity of situations that characterised the various
parts of the region and the different contexts of Turkestan society. A
large part of the book is therefore devoted to an in-depth analysis of three
particularly illuminating cases: Tashkent, the headquarters of the Russian
political and military power; the Ferghana valley, a region where the armed
resistance against the Soviets (basmachestvo) was particularly strong; and
the Semirech'e, a nomads' region in which famine and the ensuing social
conflict assume catastrophic dimensions.

The book is distributed world-wide by Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga,
mkniga@gmail.com (the Russian books exporter from 1923, with a good
selection of leading humanities publishers from Russia)

For further information contact:

Marco Buttino
University of Torino, Dipartimento di Storia
via S.Ottavio 20
10124 Torino
Italy
E-mail: marco.buttino@unito.it

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PROG. INFO.- MA Program, Univ. of Toronto, European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

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PROG. INFO.- MA Program, Univ. of Toronto, European, Russian & Eurasian Studies

Posted by: Ed Schatz <ed.schatz@utoronto.ca>

MA Program in European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
University of Toronto

The MA Program at the University of Toronto's Centre for European,
Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES) offers students the opportunity
to engage in a comprehensive, rigorous and hands-on study program.
CERES has some of the top faculty in their fields and provides
generous funding to MA candidates through fellowships or financial
support for internships, language training and study abroad
opportunities. Our students typically are engaged in research or
training internationally, with advisory and logistical support from
CERES. This field component sets us apart from other MA programs.

In addition to a diverse array of courses, the MA program has an
important practical dimension; we host two or more workshops per year
with key practitioners from the region. This is over and above our
busy agenda of seminars and conferences. Every week, top specialists
from around the world take part in an engaging series of debates at
the Munk Centre. Students are encouraged as well to develop their own
projects and initiatives, and every year CERES students host their own
graduate student conference.

CERES is an excellent place to deepen one's understanding of Central
Asian states and societies, as well as their vibrant external links to
the broader region, however defined. Toronto is a truly multicultural
city of over 2.5 million residents, and it is a major transportation
hub, with myriad nonstop flights to major cities across the US,
Europe, and beyond.

Applications received by February 15, 2008, will be considered for
funding. For more information on the CERES MA program and for
application materials, please consult:

http://www.utoronto.ca/ceres/prospective.html

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GRANTS- IREX Grant Opportunity for US Scholars and Professionals

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GRANTS- IREX Grant Opportunity for US Scholars and Professionals

Posted by: Nicole Mechem <nmechem@irex.org>

2008-2009 Short-Term Travel Grants (STG) Program

Application Deadline: February 1, 2008

IREX's STG Program seeks to attract, select, and support in-depth
field research by US scholars and experts in policy-relevant subject
areas related to Southeast Europe and Eurasia, as well as to
disseminate knowledge about these regions to a wide network of
constituents in the United States and abroad. The STG Program provides
fellows with the means to conduct in-country research on contemporary
political, economic, historical, and cultural developments relevant to
US foreign policy. The STG Program plays a vital role in supporting
the emergence of a dedicated and knowledgeable cadre of US scholars
and experts who can enrich the US understanding of developments in
Southeast Europe and Eurasia.

STG provides fellowships for up to eight weeks to US postdoctoral
scholars and holders of other graduate degrees (MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA,
MLIS, MPH, JD, MD) for independent or collaborative research projects
in Europe and Eurasia.

Eligible Countries of Research Focus

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Macedonia,
Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Grant Provisions
* International coach class round-trip transportation from the US to
the host country/countries for the period of grant awarded;
* A monthly allowance for housing and living expenses, based on
IREX's pre-established country-specific rates (IREX will determine
your housing amount at the time of your grant award, based on your
city/cities of placement);
* Travel visas: IREX will pay for and assist with fellows' visas for
travel related to the fellowship; and
* Emergency evacuation insurance. Please note that IREX does not
provide health insurance, only emergency evacuation insurance.

Note that this fellowship is only available to applicants that are US
citizens or have permanent residency in the United States.

Application materials are available on the STG website at

http://www.irex.org/programs/stg/stg_info.asp

For more information about the program and application details, visit

http://www.irex.org/programs/stg/index.asp or contact stg@irex.org

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JOBS- Dept. of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Univ. of Athens

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JOBS- Dept. of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Univ. of Athens

Posted by: Ioannis Grigoriadis <ing7@columbia.edu>

Call for Declaration of Interest

The Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens is
intending to hire in the near future a number of scholars whose expertise
overlaps with the Department's current curriculum. For more information,
please consult the Department's website at http://www.turkmas.uoa.gr.

Interested scholars are kindly requested to submit until 31 January 2008
their curriculum vitae (including publications), either by post (Department
of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens Kaplanon 6, Athens
GR-106 80, Greece), or by email to the attention of Ms. Aekaterini
Pavlopoulou (pavlocat@turkmas.uoa.gr).

The Acting President of the Department
Prof. Athanassios Markopoulos

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CONF./CFP- Transformations: Researching Asia, York University, Canada, Sept. 26-28, 2008

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CONF./CFP- Transformations: Researching Asia, York Univ., Canada, Sept. 26-28

Posted by: Alicia Filipowich <falicia@yorku.ca>

Call for Papers

Transformations: Researching Asia
York Centre for Asian Research Graduate Student Conference
York University, Toronto, Canada
September 26-28, 2008

Call for Papers deadline: April 1, 2008

What does it mean to "research Asia?"

Asian Studies is a growing field within and, we hope, beyond Area
Studies. Recent developments in Asian research reflect modern and
contemporary events across a wide range of disciplines. As the body of
research on Asia grows, questions concerning the production and
mediation of "Asia" become more pressing. The critical and fundamental
questions "What is Asia?" and "How to study Asia?" remain unresolved
and contested. As a field, moreover, Asian Studies remains driven by
disciplinary divides; interdisciplinary intersections remain
disappointingly rare.

With this conference we seek to address the epistemology and
methodology of researching Asia within and beyond the geographical and
disciplinary constraints traditionally associated with Area Studies.
We invite papers from graduate students engaged in interdisciplinary
research in Asian Studies focusing on the modern and contemporary periods.

Possible paper topics could address (but are not limited to) these
sub-themes:
* Epistemology of Asian Studies
* Orientalism & Re-Orientalism
* Time and Temporality
* North/South Divide
* Race and Ethnicity
* Race, Gender, and Class
* Body and Representation
* Media and Technology
* Art and Visual Culture
* Methodology and Practices in Asian Studies
* Knowledge/Power
* Modernity
* Globalization
* Migration and Diaspora
* Positioning and Subjectivity
* Sexuality
* Environmental Challenges
* Music and Performing Arts

Interested participants should submit a paper title, abstract (250
words maximum) and brief biographical information by April 1, 2008.
Selected participants must submit completed papers by August 1, 2008.
Inquiries and email submissions can be sent to the conference
organizers at: transformationsasiaconference@gmail.com. More
information about the conference can be found on the conference
website:

www.yorku.ca/ycar/Events/graduate_conference.html.

This Conference is hosted by the York Centre for Asian Research at
York University. York University has a proud history as a leader in
innovative and creative learning approaches with an emphasis on
multidisciplinary research that covers wide geographical areas. This
Conference reflects the strengths of York faculty and students in
interdisciplinary approaches to research and learning. For more
information about the Centre: please visit: www.yorku.ca/ycar.

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FELLOWSHIPS- American Institute of Afghanistan Studies

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FELLOWSHIPS- American Institute of Afghanistan Studies

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

The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies

2008 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 the knowledge of Afghanistan. Applicants
should be at the post-doctoral level or have equivalent professional
experience. The Fellowship will support work focusing on any aspect
of Afghanistan studies, but cannot currently be used within, or for
travel to, Afghanistan. The maximum award for each fellowship will be
$6500. The application deadline is April 1, 2008 with an anticipated
award date of May 1, 2008. The project or research must be completed
by October 1, 2008. Eligibility is limited to US citizens and
permanent residents.

For application and additional information, please go to

http://www.bu.edu/aias/fellowships.html or contact AIAS at aias@bu.edu.

2008 Getty Research Exchange Fellowship Program for the Mediterranean
Basin and Middle East

The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies and the Council of
American Overseas Research Centers announce a new fellowship program
open to scholars who are Afghan citizens and who have already obtained
a Ph.D. or have professional experience in the study or preservation
of cultural heritage and who wish to undertake a specific research
project at an overseas research centers in another country. Funded by
the Getty Foundation, the fellowships require scholars to affiliate
with one of the following overseas research centers: American Academy
in Rome; American Center of Oriental Research (Amman); American
Institute for Maghrib Studies (Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria);
American Institute for Yemeni Studies (Sana'a); American Research
Center in Egypt (Cairo); American Research Institute in Turkey
(Istanbul and Ankara); American School of Classical Studies at Athens;
Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (Nicosia); and the
W.F Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Jerusalem). The
deadline for this application is February 15, 2008.

For application and additional information, 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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LECTURE- Rise of the SCO in Central Asia: Western Foreign Policy Reactions, Alexander Cooley, SRC-AUCA, Jan. 16

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LECTURE- Rise of the SCO in Central Asia: Western Reactions, SRC-AUCA, Jan. 16

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

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

Lecture: "The Rise of the SCO in Central Asia: Western Foreign Policy
Reactions"

Speaker: Alexander Cooley, Ph.D, Columbia University, USA

Time: 17.00, January 16th, 2008

Venue: 315, AUCA (Main Building)

Language: English (Interpretation into Russian will be arranged, if
requested)

Abstract: The rise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a main
regional organization in Central Asia is drawing increasing concern and
criticism in Western foreign policy establishments. Since its 2005 summit
declarations, when the organization declared that US military bases in
Central Asia should be removed now that their original mission in
Afghanistan has been completed, Western analysts have viewed the SCO as a
threat to Western interests in Central Asia. Specifically, the SCO is viewed
as a regional organization through which Russia and China can exert pressure
on the smaller Central Asian states to promote their regional interests and
check the influence of the United States. Western observers are also
concerned about the group's potential as an Energy Club and Iran's potential
membership in the organization. This lecture argues against this prevailing
view that sees the SCO as an anti-American military alliance. Rather, I will
argue that the true role of the SCO lies in providing necessary regional
public goods for the Central Asian states, but doing so in a way that does
not involve itself in the internal decision-making or domestic politics of
member countries. Unlike Western organizations operating in the region such
as the OSCE, the World Bank or the EU, the SCO is fostering cooperative
initiatives without placing political or economic conditions on member
states. Accordingly, the author concludes that the SCO, from the Western
perspective, does challenge Western interests in the region, but not as a
military alliance. Rather, the SCO undermines the influence and authority of
Western international organizations that traditionally have performed
regional functions such as monitoring elections, promoting human rights,
funding large developmental projects and providing humanitarian assistance.

Bio: Alexander Cooley is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard
College and Columbia University's School of International and Public
Affairs. He earned both his M.A. (1995) and Ph.D. (1999) from Columbia
University. Cooley is the author of several books and scholarly articles
that examine the international relations of the post-Soviet states, with a
focus on Central Asia. His first book, Logics of Hierarchy (Cornell
University Press 2005), examined Soviet legacies in Central Asia and was
awarded the 2006 Marshall Shulman Prize by the American Association for the
Advancement for Slavic Studies (AASS) for outstanding book on the
international relations of the post-Communist states. His new book - Base
Politics: Democratic Change and the U.S. Military Overseas (Cornell
University Press, 2008)- examines the domestic politics surrounding U.S.
overseas military bases in East Asia, Southern Europe and the post-Communist
states (including Kyrgyzstan).

In addition to his academic work, Professor Cooley has published articles in
Foreign Affairs magazine and has contributed opinion pieces to the New York
Times and International Herald Tribune. He has been a Transatlantic Fellow
with the German Marshall Fund in Brussels (2005) and an International
Security Fellow with the Smith Richardson Foundation (2007). Cooley also
taught a class at the American University in Kyrgyzstan in 1998.

How to register: Please RSVP to pss@mail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.

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