CFA- 8th Summer University, Kazakh-German University, Almaty, Aug. 11-23, 2008

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CFA- 8th Summer University, Kazakh-German University, Almaty, Aug. 11-23, 2008

Posted by: Claudia Winkler <claudia.winkler@cimonline.de>

Kazakh-German University in Almaty / Kazakhstan announces its
8th Summer University Aug. 11 - 23, 2008
Topic: "The EU Central Asia Strategy: Prospects and Challenges"

Lecturers from Freie Universitaet Berlin, Europaeische Akademie Berlin
and other well-known German institutions are going to perform in 3 seminars:
Politics, Economy and Culture.

Participants from all over Central Asia and Germany are invited to
apply for the Summer University at www.dku.kz
The application deadline is May 30, 2008.

Participants from Central Asia will be only paying a course fee of
5000 KZT. Further costs will be compensated. Students from Germany
may apply for grants of "GoEast programme" at German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD). For further information on those grants contact

http://goeast.daad.de/content/aktuelles/sonderausschreibungen_index

Summer University's language is German.

Claudia Winkler

Hochschulmarketing und -entwicklung
Tel./Fax 007 - 727 2939521
Mob. 007- 705 5558557

CIM - Integrierte Fachkraft
Deutsch-Kasachische Universitaet
Puschkinstr. 111/113
050010 Almaty
Kasachstan
www.dku.kz

Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung (CIM);
Mendelssohnstraße 75-77; 60325 Frankfurt am Main; Germany

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LECTURE- Gender-Specific Aspects in the Oirat Music of Western Mongolia, Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar, Vienna, April 11

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Posted by: Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar <zakhchinmusic@yahoo.de>

LECTURE- Gender in Oirat Music of Mongolia, O. Chuluunbaatar, Vienna, April 11

EVENT - 4th Days of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology.
Meeting in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the
Museum for Ethnology in Vienna

http://www.univie.ac.at/ksa/html/inh/aktu/aktu_files/Tage08_Programm.pdf
Workshop 14: Fashion, music and gender in selected popular cultures.

LOCATION: Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7
1010 Vienna
Austria

DATE AND TIME: 2.00 p.m., April 11, 2008

The event is free and open for public.
Language: German

For further info and questions, please contact Otgonbayar
Chuluunbaatar, zakhchinmusic at yahoo.de

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DISCUSSION- Devin DeWeese, The Legacy of Sovietological Islamology, TOMORROW, Apr. 3

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DISCUSSION- Devin DeWeese, The Legacy of Sovietological Islamology, TOMORROW

Posted by: John Schoeberlein <centasia@fas.harvard.edu>

There will be a special (and last minute-organized) meeting of the
Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

TOMORROW

by Devin DeWeese (Indiana University)

A discussion of:

The Legacy of Sovietological Islamology

in CGIS S-250

4:15-5:45

April 3

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CFP- Call for Policy-Briefs, Social Research Center - AUCA, Bishkek

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CFP- Call for Policy-Briefs, Social Research Center - AUCA, Bishkek

Posted by: Social Research Center - AUCA <src@mail.auca.kg>

Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia is
pleased to announce "Call for Policy-Briefs"

Topic: The Civil Society in Modern Kyrgyzstan: What Are the
Limitations To Growth?

The Social Research Center at American University of Central Asia
(SRC) in Bishkek is pleased to announce a Call for Policy Briefs on
topic "The Civil Society in Modern Kyrgyzstan: What Are the
Limitations To Growth?". This call provides an opportunity for
scholars and practitioners to share their expertise with the
government officials on the most pressing issues related to the
development of civil society in the country. Papers exploring the
civil society development from various angles such as legislative,
political or socio-economic are sought for this call.

This project intends:
1) To encourage local and foreign scholars to conduct policy oriented
research
2) To offer the participants of this program the opportunity to
present their policy papers to government officials and wider public
community
3) To publish the policy briefs in the SRC's Annual Bulletin (English
and Russian versions)
4) To offer small compensation for policy - briefs

To apply:
1) Send us your CV clearly showing your previous research experience
2) Submit a two-page proposal explaining the problem area you intend
to explore and describing your research methodology

Please note that criteria for selection will be judged based on the
proposals' clarity and usefulness as well as applicants' work experience.
Local scholars are strongly encouraged to apply. Proposals can be
submitted in Russian or English languages, and should be typed using
New Times Roman 12, Single Spacing.

Procedure of submission:

Applications should be submitted electronically to Mr. Alexander
Pugachev, SRC's Research Projects Officer, at pugachev_a@mail.auca.kg.
Hardcopy can be posted to Social Research Center, American University
of Central Asia, 205 Abdumomunov Street, Room 234, 720040 Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan. Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.

Timetable:

Deadline for applications is 5 p.m., March 31st, 2008

Announcement of the selected candidates is April 3rd, 2008

Submission of final policy - briefs is June 9th, 2008

Any other questions should be addressed to:

Mr. Alexander Pugachev
Research Projects Officer
Social Research Center, AUCA
E-mail: pugachev_a@mail.auca.kg
Tel: +996 312 66 33 09 (ext.276)

Kindly note this project will cover two more focus areas, Islam and
Corruption. A call for proposals for these areas will be made at the
later stage. Therefore, please watch out for our forthcoming announcements.

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CONF.- Journal Security Index, OSCE Academy in Bishkek, April 1

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CONF.- Journal Security Index, OSCE Academy in Bishkek, April 1

Posted by: Nuria Kutnaeva <stipends@mail.ru>

The Reader's Conference with Vladimir Orlov, President of the PIR
Center for Policy Studies (Russia), Editor-in-Chief of the Security
Index journal, will take place on Tuesday, April 1, at 13.00 at the
OSCE Academy in Bishkek. This event will be devoted to the new format
of the Russian journal "Security Index" and its international edition.
The Reader's Conference might be of interest not only for those, who
are already receiving this journal, but also for potential subscribers
interested in international security issues.

Reservations are essential as space is limited--first come, first
served. RSVP by Monday, 31/03, by emailing nuria_k@mail.ru marked
"Reader's Conference".

Security Index is an academic and policy journal. The journal
illuminates various issues related to international security: from
nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and energy security to
information technology and demographic security, military-technical
cooperation, and the development of aerospace, nuclear, and other high
technologies. Security Index, which has gone through several stages of
evolution, has become the leading Russian journal on international
security. Since November 1994, 80 issues of the journal have been
published (until recently under the name Yaderny Kontrol). In January
2007 the journal did not simply gain a new name. It also attained a
new level, broadening its audience in Russia as well as throughout the
world, through an English-language edition that is distributed from
Switzerland. In Russia, the journal is read in the State Duma, the
Federation Council, the Administration of the President, the Security
Council, the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
Federal Atomic Energy Agency, the Ministry of Economic Development and
in other executive bodies of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Orlov - President of the PIR Center for Policy Studies
(Russia), Editor-in-Chief of the Security Index journal, PIR Center
Executive Board member. President of the Centre russe d'etudes
politiques-Genève. A leading expert on international security and
foreign policy of the Russian Federation. He has particularly focused
his research on contemporary international security challenges, such
as the proliferation of nuclear weapons and WMD terrorism. Dr. Orlov
participates in the work of several international centers in the
sphere of international security. He is a member of the Russian
Pugwash Committee at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(RAS); the Monterey Nonproliferation Strategy Group; Washington
Quarterly Editorial Board; and of the Board of Trustees of the OSCE
Academy in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). He is a member of the Public Board at
the Ministry of Defence of Russian Federation. Dr. Orlov continues to
teach on a regular basis, giving lectures on Russian foreign policy
and WMD nonproliferation.

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PROG. INFO.- Opportunities for Summer Central Asian Language Study, Indiana Univ.

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PROG. INFO.- Opportunities for Summer Central Asian Language Study, Indiana U.

Posted by: Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center <iaau@indiana.edu>

Indiana University's 2008 Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and
Central Asian Languages (June 13-August 8) is still accepting
applications for Beginning and Intermediate levels in all languages.
Funding is still available for Azerbaijani, Kazakh, and Turkmen.
Visit the SWSEEL website for details:

http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel/

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EVENT- Symposium on Uzbekistan; Ilkhom Theatre Performance, Miami Univ. of Ohio, Apr. 26

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EVENT- Symposium on Uzbekistan; Ilkhom Theatre, Miami U. of Ohio, Apr. 26

Posted by: Daniel G. Prior <priordg@muohio.edu>

SYMPOSIUM:

"Uzbekistan at the Crossroads"
Saturday, April 26, 2008
9:00 am-5:00 pm
MacMillan Great Room
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
The symposium is free; tickets for admission to the evening
performance by the Ilkhom Theatre, "Ecstasy with the Pomegranate," may
be purchased at

http://www.units.muohio.edu/performingarts/events/ecstasy_with_pomegra
nate.html.

Program:

9:00-9:30: Welcome; Student poster session
9:30: Opening remarks (Daniel Prior, Miami University)

9:45-12:15: Session 1, Uzbekistan in History

9:45: The Birth of "Central Asia" in the Eighteenth Century (Ron Sela,
Indiana University)
10:15: Imperial Tashkent: The Crossroads of Eurasia (Jeff Sahadeo,
Carleton University)
10:45: Break
11:00: Hamza, Communist Martyr, in Uzbek Collective Memory (Marianne
Kamp, University of Wyoming)
11:30: Discussion and general questions (Michael Rouland, Miami University)

12:15-2:00: Lunch; Student poster sessions

2:00-4:30: Session 2, Uzbekistan Now

2:00: The Ilkhom Theater and Alternatives to Official Discourse in
Uzbekistan (Laura Adams, Harvard University)
2:30: Place as Process: Reflections on Uzbekistan's Movement over
Twenty Years (John Schoeberlein, Harvard University)
3:15: Break
3:30: Discussion and general questions
4:15: Closing remarks
4:30-5:00: Student poster session

7:30: Ilkhom Theatre performance, "Ecstasy with the Pomegranate"
(Miami University Performing Arts Series, Gates-Abegglen Theatre)

Symposium presented by the Central Eurasian Studies Society with
support from the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies
http://www.units.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/IlkhomSchedule.htm
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/
Contact: cess@muohio.edu

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