CONF.- Post-Soviet Azerbaijan, Univ. of Toronto, Mar. 28

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CONF.- Post-Soviet Azerbaijan, Univ. of Toronto, Mar. 28

Posted by: Aslan Amani <aslan.amani@utoronto.ca>

National Security, Foreign Policy and Economic Development of
Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

Centre for European, Russian, Eurasian Studies (CERES) at the Munk
Centre for International Relations at the University of Toronto and
the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Canada will organize a
scholarly conference exploring Azerbaijan on March 28, 2008. The event
will be held at Father Madden Hall, University of St Michael's College
(100 St Joseph Street) and is scheduled to start at 12:00 PM.

Azerbaijan has become a country of interest for many scholars,
statesmen and businessmen around the globe. In the years to come, this
interest is expected only to grow due to Azerbaijan's geostrategic
location and energy resources. This event brings together scholars and
practitioners so as to review the developments in Azerbaijan, its role
in the region and its policy objectives. The conference will shed
light on an array of topics from regional cooperation to the economic
boom of the past few years, from national security to issues of
international strategic partnership, and more.

The speakers will place Azerbaijan in the historical and modern
context of the region and will explore the roles that the country has
started to play or is likely to play in the near future. Commentaries
by Dr. Robert Austin and Dr. Edward Schatz will follow the
presentations.

Professor Thomas Goltz, author of Azerbaijan Diary, a much-acclaimed
account of Azerbaijan's immediate post-Soviet years, will deliver a
lecture titled: "Seventeen Years of Association With The Land of Fire:
Prof. Thomas Goltz reflects on nearly two decades of change in
Azerbaijan, from the 'failed state' of the early 1990s to the regional
powerhouse of the early 21st century."

Mr. Yashar Aliyev, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States, will
speak about Azerbaijan-US relationship in the fields of security and
energy cooperation. Mr. Tofiq Musayev, director of the Strategic
Analysis Department at the Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
will elaborate on the "Foreign Policy Priorities of Azerbaijan".

Dr Taras Kuzio will expound on regional cooperation and integration
into the Transatlantic structures. Aslan Amani will speak about the
political and civic-culture implications of the regional and national
developments. The speeches and commentaries will be followed by an
academic debate and a luncheon/reception that will allow Canadian
students of international relations and Eurasian politics to converse
with the experts on a more personal basis.

For further information about the conference and registration please
contact Aslan Amani at aslan.amani@utoronto.ca

In order to register please send an email with a subject line
"AZERBAIJAN CONFERENCE" and in the message body include your full name
and institutional affiliation.

* This is a free event but participants are required to register
through e-mail prior to the event day.

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LECTURE- Intergenerational Transmission of Mass Trauma: Genocide of Armenians, March 14

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LECTURE- Intergenerational Transmission of Mass Trauma: Genocide of Armenians

Posted by: Armenian Library & Museum <armenianlma@yahoo.com>

The Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) is inviting the
public to attend a lecture by Dr. Ani Kalayjian of Fordham University.

WHAT: Lecture, "Intergenerational Transmission of Mass Trauma: The
Post-Ottoman Turkish Genocide of the Armenians."
WHEN: March 14 | 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: ALMA's Contemporary Art Gallery (65 Main Street, Watertown MA 02472)

Dr. Kalayjian will give a lecture on the "Intergenerational
Transmission of Mass Trauma: The Post-Ottoman Turkish Genocide of the
Armenians." According to Dr. Kalayjian, the attempted destruction of
the Armenian people by the Ottoman Turkish Government from 1895-1915
not only cost one-and-a-half million Armenian lives, but also created
massive trauma for many of those who survived. Her lecture will
explore the after effects of Genocide and the therapeutic modalities
she utilized to work with this form of generational transmission of
mass trauma. Kalayjian is also a UN NGO Human Rights Committee board
member. The lecture is free and open to public. For more information,
or for directions please visit www.almainc.org.

ABOUT ALMA

Founded in 1971, ALMA's mission is to present and preserve the
culture, history, art and contributions of the Armenian people to
Americans and Armenians alike. Since its inception, ALMA's collection
has grown to over 26,000 books and 20,000 artifacts, making it perhaps
the largest and most diverse holding of Armenian cultural artifacts
outside of Armenia. As a repository for heirlooms, the collection now
represents a major resource not only for Armenian studies research,
but as well as for preservation and illustration of the Armenian
heritage. In 1988, ALMA acquired a 30,000 square foot facility in
Watertown, MA – one of North America's oldest and most active Armenian
communities. The facility includes exhibition galleries, Library,
administrative offices, function hall, climate-controlled vaults and
conservation lab.

ALMA is the only independent Armenian Museum in the Diaspora funded
solely through contributions of individual supporters. An active Board
of Trustees and volunteer base augments the museum's staff. Museum's
active schedule of changing exhibits includes the use of the library
primarily by researchers and interested general public seeking
research materials on Armenians. In addition, the museum sponsors
lecture and presentation program on related topics.

Hours: Friday and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
and Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Admission: Free admission for ALMA Members; $2 for students; $5 for
non-members; Children 12 and under are free.

Driving Directions: Take route 95 to 128 to 90 (Mass Pike East)
towards Watertown. Take exit 17-Watertown/Newton. Go North 1 mile
towards Watertown Square. As you cross the small bridge, get into the
2 left lanes. Turn left onto Main Street. Turn right onto Church
Street, and then turn right into the municipal parking lot.

MBTA Buses: 71, 70/70A, 57, 52, 59, 502, 504. Please visit

www.mbta.com for schedules and maps.

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc.
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472

Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
www.almainc.org

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JOB- Senior Program Officer for Turkmenistan and Central Eurasia, Open Society Institute

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JOB- Senior Program Officer, Turkmenistan/Central Eurasia, Open Society Inst.

Posted by: Virginia Moracho <vmoracho@sorosny.org>

Senior Program Officer for Turkmenistan and Central Eurasia
Open Society Institute - New York
March 2008

The Open Society Institute works to build vibrant and tolerant
democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To
achieve its mission, OSI seeks to shape public policies that assure
greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and
safeguard fundamental rights. On a local level, OSI implements a range
of initiatives to advance justice, education, public health, and
independent media. At the same time, OSI builds alliances across
borders and continents on issues such as corruption and freedom of
information. OSI places a high priority on protecting and improving
the lives of marginalized people and communities.

Investor and philanthropist George Soros in 1993 created OSI as a
private operating and grantmaking foundation to support his
foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Those foundations were established, starting in 1984, to help
countries make the transition from communism. OSI has expanded the
activities of the Soros foundations network to encompass the United
States and more than 60 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin
America. Each Soros foundation relies on the expertise of boards
composed of eminent citizens who determine individual agendas based on
local priorities.

OSIs Central Eurasia Project (CEP) seeks a full-time Senior Program
Officer for Turkmenistan and Central Eurasia to be based in New York,
starting immediately. Working under the supervision of OSIs Director
of the CEP and Middle East Initiatives, the Senior Program Officer
will have the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities:
- Monitor grants through extended site visits, review of narrative
and financial reports and other communication with grantees;
- Work with applicants to develop and finalize grant proposals;
- Liaise with area specialists to identify opportunities for new
projects or prospective grantees;
- Represent OSI in meetings with relevant officials in Washington
D.C., Brussels, and elsewhere;
- Liaise with associated Foundations and non-governmental
organizations in developing complementary strategies and approaches;
- Perform site visits of prospective and current grantees;
- Recommend Central Eurasia grantmaking strategies, priorities, and
guidelines;
- Crafting and implementing international advocacy on Turkmenistan
and other Central Eurasia Project activities
- Collaborating with international advocacy coalitions to promote
information-sharing and joint policy goals.
- Managing a grants program, including soliciting and evaluating
grant proposals in the context of broader policy efforts, and
overseeing due diligence on grants implementation, and supervising 1-2
staff members.
- Communicating with grantees and maintaining and growing a network
of grantees in Caucasus and Central Asia and on the regional and
international level.
- Soliciting policy-related research and coordinating OSI
publications on relevant regional topics.
- Outreach to journalists to promote informed media coverage.
- Extensive collaboration and internal communication with other
divisions of the Open Society Institute, other donors, and advocacy
partners.
- Regular travel to Washington, D.C. and to Europe and Caucasus and
Central Asia.

Requirements:
- Masters Degree or higher
- Excellent organizational, communication, and analytical skills;
- Capacity to work independently and in a team;
- Extensive regional knowledge;
- Strong verbal and writing skills in English;
- Fluency in Russian strongly desirable; knowledge of Turkmen, Uzbek
or other Turkic languages a plus;
- Advocacy experience and strong familiarity with international human
rights norms a plus;
- 10 years experience working in human rights, journalism and with
civil society;
- Knowledge of governance issues within the energy sector a plus;
- Personal discretion in handling issues of human security and
security of information.

Compensation: Commensurate with experience, qualifications. Excellent
benefit package.
Start: Immediately

To Apply: E-mail resume, cover letter and references, by April 4, 2008, to

humanresources@sorosny.org - Refer to job code in subject line SPO/TURK/CEA

OR

Open Society Institute
Human Resources - Code SPO/TURK/CEA
400 West 59th Street
New York, New York 10019

No phone calls, please. The Open Society Institute is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.

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CFA- Samarkand Summer School, August 18-September 12, 2008

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CFA- Samarkand Summer School, August 18-September 12, 2008

Posted by: Tommaso Trevisani <tommasotrevisani@googlemail.com>

Summer School in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

(3rd edition)

August 18- September 12, 2008

Deadline for registration: April 21, 2008

The 2008 Samarkand Summer School is jointly organised by the Italian
Association for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus (ASIAC,

http://www.asiac.net) and the Samarkand State Institute of Foreign
Languages (SamSIFL, http://sifl.50megs.com/Indexen.html) in the
context of a collaboration project between the University of Turin
(http://www.unito.it) and the Samarkand State Institute of Foreign
Languages. As in the previous editions, the Samarkand Summer School
offers language courses of the languages spoken in the region, a
seminar program on Central Asia's societies and cultures, and a
complementary program of excursions and visits to cultural sites and
events, as well as the possibility of a homestay in a guest family.
The Samarkand Summer School can rely on consolidated links with local
and international scholars and research institutes. All participants
to the Summer School's activities will be given a certificate of attendance.

The classes will take place in the central compound building of the
Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages. The duration of the
school is four weeks.

The 2008 edition comprises:

1. Language training in Uzbek, Russian, Tajik. Daily classes are
structured in group sessions for up to five students according to
language level. Lessons are held by qualified teaching staff of the
Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages. Each language course
has the duration of 80 hours and includes grammar lessons, exercises
and conversation.

2. Seminar program on "Central Asian Society in Historical
Perspective" will be held three afternoons per week. All the seminars
will be held in English. Topics covered by the seminar series will include:

- State- and nation-building in Central Asia
- Ethnicity and identity issues
- Russian culture in urban context
- Cultural traditions and religion
- Sociolinguistic situation in Uzbekistan
- Archival research work in Uzbekistan
- Anthropological and historical research in urban centres
- The Samarkand countryside and rural studies
- Community development projects

Participants to the Summer School will have the opportunity to present
and discuss their own researches or projects during additional seminar
sessions (facultative).

Participants:

The School is open to up to 15 Ph.D. and Master students.

Accommodation options in Samarkand:
- Homestay in families where the language of communication will be the
one chosen by the student
- Bed and Breakfast

Registration fees:

1,200 Euro with family accommodation
1,400 Euro with single room accommodation in Bed and Breakfast

This includes registration fees, travel costs from Tashkent to
Samarkand (depending on students' arrival schedule, we will organize
the transfer from Tashkent to Samarkand), accommodation and breakfast.
Travel fares to and from Uzbekistan are not included.

Advisory Board:

Prof. Marco Buttino, University of Turin, Italy, President of ASIAC
Prof. Shahriyor Safarov, Rector of the Samarkand State Institute of
Foreign Languages (SamSIFL)

Summer School Director:

Tommaso Trevisani, Gerda Henkel Fellow at Stiftung Wissenschaft und
Politik (SWP), Berlin

Local Coordinator:

Piera Viale, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages (SamSIFL)

Teaching Staff:

Bayram Balci, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC), Tashkent
Marco Buttino, Universit di Torino
Matteo Fumagalli, Central European University, Budapest
Azim Malikov, Samarkand State University
Christilla Marteau d'Auty, Paris X Nanterre University
Niccolò Pianciola, Universit di Trento
Bernardo Rondelli, Universit di Milano-Bicocca
Paolo Sartori, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg
Daniel Stevens, Westminster International University, Tashkent
Arnaud Ruffier, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC), Tashkent
Tommaso Trevisani, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Piera Viale, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages (SamSIFL)

More local and international experts will be included according to the
specific requirements of the individual projects presented by the applicants.

To obtain further details and to apply please write to:

samarkandsummerschool@gmail.com

Please include the following information to your application:

- your CV (max. 2 pages)
- the topic you are researching or are interested in (50-250 words)
- the language you would like to study (Uzbek, Russian or Tajik) and
your current level of proficiency -preferred type of accommodation
(family or Bed and Breakfast)

Applications sent after 21st of April 2008 will not be considered.

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APPEAL- Looking for Assistance for "Tourist Maps of Tajikistan" Project

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APPEAL- Looking for Assistance for "Tourist Maps of Tajikistan" Project

Posted by: Markus Hauser <hauser@orellkarto.ch>

We are currently executing for the Swiss government the map project
"Tourist Maps of Tajikistan" in scale 1:500.000. It covers West and
North of Tajikistan within 2 sheets (map-set) and join together with
the already published map "The Pamirs" in a set of 3 maps. These 3
maps will cover the whole of Tajikistan.

See covering here:
http://www.orellkarto.ch/kartenmuster/TJ_Layout.jpg

Now we are looking for travelers, expats or locals working or living
in the area the maps covering with very good local knowledge who would
like to help us updating or correct the contents regarding road
network (trekking routes), customs points, tourist informations etc.

Those interested to join the team for this project please contact me directly.

Thank you!
Kind regards
Markus Hauser

PS: I am the author and cartographer of the map "The Pamirs":
http://www.geckomaps.com/d/Pamir_Map_e.html

Markus Hauser
Orell Füssli Kartographie AG
Dietzingerstrasse 3
CH-8036 Zürich, SWITZERLAND
Tel +41-44-454 22 28 direkt
Tel +41-44-454 22 22
Fax +41-44-454 22 29
http://www.orellkarto.ch
e-mail: hauser@orellkarto.ch

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LECTURE- Adventurers from Kazakhstan: Where the Nomads Go These Days?, Grigoriy Evseev, New York, Mar. 27

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LECTURE- Adventurers from Kazakhstan, Grigoriy Evseev, New York, Mar. 27

Posted by: Rafis Abazov <ra2044@columbia.edu>

Central Asia Studies Program, Eurasia Initiative (EI) student groups
with the support of the Harriman Institute,
School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia
University

Present

EVENT -- Harriman Institute Central Asia Lecture Series

Adventurers from Kazakhstan: Where the Nomads Go These Days?

Grigoriy Evseev
President, Central Asian Geographic Society

H.E. Grigoriy Evseev will talk about the around the world marathon
launched from Kazakhstan and organized by the Central Asian Geographic Society

Introduction by Rafis Abazov, author of Palgrave Concise Historical
Atlas of Central Asia

Location: Harriman Institute,
International Affairs Building Room 1219,
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, NY 10027

DATE AND TIME: 6.30 p.m., March 27, 2008

Come and join us to learn about adventures in Central Asia!

The event is free and open for public

For further info and questions, please contact Rafis Abazov
or Alla Rachkov.

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PUBL.- Survey on HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan, InterMedia

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PUBL.- Survey on HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan, InterMedia

Posted by: Alexander Wooley" <wooleya@intermedia.org>

InterMedia releases new survey data on HIV/AIDS awareness in Afghanistan

InterMedia (www.intermedia.org) has released a new report on HIV/AIDS
awareness in Afghanistan. The result of its 2007 national survey in the
country's 34 provinces, 2,057 respondents were asked questions on their
awareness, knowledge, and chief sources of news and information about
HIV/AIDS. Among other categories, the reports analyzes the data by gender,
age, income, religiosity, ethnicity, as well as against media and
communication patterns.

For more information, contact InterMedia's Alex Wooley at
wooleya@intermedia.org

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