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Collaborative Grants - Harvard Central Asia Forum
From: Central Asia Studies <centasia fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Dec 1996
The Harvard Central Asia Forum announces the availability of Collaborative
Research and Travel Grants. The Forum offers support for research
projects involving Harvard-affiliated scholars in collaboration with
Central Asian colleagues. The parameters of this program are open, as it
is meant to be sufficiently flexible to accommodate the variety of needs
that scholars may have. The following are the program priorities:
1) The general unifying theme of this program is: "Regional Diversity
and Integration in Central Asia"; this theme, meanwhile, is not
meant to be limiting, but rather to encourage individual research
projects to be framed in such a way as to have relevance to one
another.
2) Applications are accepted from Harvard-affiliated students and
scholars; the highest priority is given to proposals from graduate
students and junior faculty, though other Harvard-affiliates are
welcome to apply and the merits of any strong proposal will be
given due consideration.
3) Projects must entail a truly collaborative relationship with
colleagues in Central Asia, promising to yield substantive
scholarly benefits to both sides.
4) Projects must be relevant to current problems facing the region
following the break-up of the Soviet Union. Where possible, they
should aim to make practical contributions to the resolution of
such problems.
5) "Central Asia", for these purposes, encompasses the five
former-Soviet Central Asian republics, though exceptional
proposals relating to immediately adjacent geographic areas may be
considered.
6) The collaborative relationship may include bringing Central Asian
scholars to Harvard for a term as a Visiting Scholar. The Forum
for Central Asian Studies can support a few such scholars.
Proposals therefore can include reference to possible candidates
for such Visiting Scholarships. Such proposals must clearly
indicate how the term at Harvard would contribute to the
collaborative project.
7) Projects should contribute to the development of a broader
knowledge of Central Asian society, and should aim to make such
knowledge available to the widest appropriate audience.
Proposals will consist of the following:
1) A current curriculum vitae for each of the key participants in
the proposed project.
2) A narrative proposal, detailing: goals, methodology, expected
products, the current state of development of the project and its
role in the applicant's scholarly development, and how the project
addresses the priorities of the program.
3) A proposed budget of support requested from the Forum, providing
specific justification for the request: This should indicate
other support for the project that is being sought or is already
committed. Applicants should bear in mind that available funds
are limited, and the Forum might provide only a portion of that
needed to finance the complete proposed project. Therefore, one
should ensure that a variety of other sources of funding should be
sought where possible and appropriate.
4) Graduate students must submit two letters of recommendation,
which specifically assess the merits of the project and the
applicant's preparation and competence to carry it out.
5) Applicants are encouraged to include with the application samples
of work relevant to the project (e.g., a paper, a thesis
prospectus, etc.).
The deadline for applications will be April 25 for funds to be available
for research in the summer of 1997. If you need to begin work before June
1, contact us for special application procedures. All research funded by
such grants must be completed by September 15, 1998.
Anyone interested in submitting an application should contact John
Schoeberlein-Engel to ensure that the proposed project meets the program
goals, and to answer any questions about the program requirements.
These grants are made possible by support from the Ford Foundation
provided to the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies.
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein-Engel, Director
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel.: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-496-8319
email: <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
FLAS Fellowships
From: Central Asia Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Dec 1996
FLAS FELLOWSHIPS for 1997-98:
Harvard graduate students studying Central Asia and the region should be
aware of the FLAS Fellowships program which supports students studying
languages and area studies.
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must be citizens of the United States or have permanent
residency status. Furthermore, applicants must be enrolled in a graduate
degree program in one of Harvard's graduate schools and must be accepted
for either: (1) advanced training in both a foreign language and area or
international studies, or (2) research and training in international
aspects of professional (or other) fields of study which involved further
development of language proficiency. Applicants must also show potential
for high academic achievement.
QUALIFYING LANGUAGES
The following languages, classified by World Area, are pending approval by
the U.S. Department of Education for Harvard University to offer FLAS
fellowships:
EAST ASIA: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese
EAST EUROPE: Czech, Modern Greek, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian
INNER ASIA: Armenian, Chaghatay, Mongolian, Tajik, Tibetan, Uzbek, and
other Central Asian Languages
LATIN AMERICA: Mayan, Portuguese, Spanish
MIDDLE EAST: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish
[Note: Given that Department of Education approval for languages in the
Inner Asian (Central Asian) world area is still pending--as it is for all
such areas--the Forum recommends that those interested in this area submit
applications to other areas that have supported Central Asian languages in
the past: East Europe, Middle East, and East Asia world areas to maximize
your chances.]
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Academic year fellowships provide a cost of education allowance of up to
$10,000 plus a $10,000 stipend to be disbursed monthly over a ten-month
period. Summer fellowships provide tuition and required fees plus a
$1,500 stipend. Remaining tuition costs, if any, will be paid by Harvard.
APPLICATIONS
Applications for summer fellowships and academic year fellowships are due
*January 31, 1997* (there is no Central Asian program for summer study
this round, so you should apply to the other relevant areas).
Applications and fact sheets with detailed information about FLAS
application requirements may be obtained at each of the Harvard graduate
schools' Office of Financial Aid or by contacting:
Harvard Gruduate School of Arts and Sciences
Byerly Hall, Room 209
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-495-5396
Questions regarding the FLAS Fellowship may be directed to the FLAS
Coordinator at 495-5396
Central Asia Workshop February 5; Prof. Isen-Bike Togan
From: Central Asia Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Dec 1996
Central Asia Workshop
Wednesday, February 5; 4:15-6:00pm.
Coolidge Hall Room 4
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambride, MA
Dr. Isen-Bike Togan, Professor of History, Middle East Technical
University, will give a talk entitled: "From Dynastic to Dynamic History:
A new agenda for the general history of Turks."
Contact Information:
Harvard Central Asia Forum +1/617-496-2643
centasiafas.harvard.edu
Coolidge Hall Room 224A
Central Asia Workshop Dec. 16 Travel in Central Asia
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Dec 1996
December 16 CENTRAL ASIA WORKSHOP
Monday Adam Smith Albion, Independent Scholar
4:15-6:00pm "Recent Travel in Central Asia: From Turkey to
Qashghar" Coolidge Hall room 3
1737 Cambridge, St.
Cambridge, MA
Central Asia Workshop Dec. 16 Travel in Central Asia
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Dec 1996
December 16 CENTRAL ASIA WORKSHOP
Monday Adam Smith Albion, Independent Scholar
4:15-6:00pm "Recent Travel in Central Asia: From Turkey to
Qashghar"
Coolidge Hall room 3
SEMINAR SERIES- Strengthening Democratic Institutions Seminar Series on The
Caucasus and the Caspian
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Dec 1996
Tuesday, March 11 Dr. S. Rob Sobhani, Georgetown University 2:00pm-
4:00pm US, Iran, Russia and Turkey: "The Struggle for Azerbaijan"
CSIA Library
For more information, contact: Diane Curran, 496-5850
Inner Asian Luncheon
From: sbournfas.harvard.edu (Susan P. Bourneuf) - Posted: 3 Dec 1996
Wednesday, Dec. 4
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies Luncheon
Coolidge Hall Seminar Room 3 at 12:30.
At 1:00 Eric Mortensen (IAAS student) will speak on his trip to Northern
Kongpo and the "Soul Lake" of Ling Gesar.
Open to everyone.
Source:
Susan Bourneuf, Staff Assistant
Regional Studies -- East Asia
Inner Asia and Altaic Studies
Phone: 495-3777
Fax: 495-4306
sbournfas.harvard.edu
CONCERT- Whirling Dervishes in Cambridge, Jan. 30
From: Rabia Kathleen Seidel <seideltop.monad.net>
Posted: 30 Nov 1996
The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey will be touring thirteen North American
cities during January and February 1997, offering a performance of music,
readings from the works of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, and sema ceremony:
January 30 (Thursday)
Cambridge MA -- Sanders Theatre, Harvard University +1/617-496-2222
The purpose of the tour is to offer to those who are interested in Mevlana
and the Mevlevi tradition an opportunity to witness the central Mevlevi
ritual, sema, conducted by semazens and musicians from Turkey, the cradle
of the Mevlevi tradition. Music will be performed by the Mevlevi Ensemble
of the Mevlana Culture and Art Foundation, which is featured on the Water
Lily Acoustics recording "Wherever You Turn Is the Face of God," and the
Interworld recording "Returning." The Ensemble's members include some of
Turkey's most outstanding classical musicians, playing ney, oud and
tanbur, kemenche, and percussion. Travelling with the troupe will be Kani
Karaca, vocalist and Koran reciter, who has been described as "the
greatest voice of the century." The performance will be introduced by Dr.
Kabir Helminski, himself a Mevlevi shaikh and translator of Rumi into
English.
The tour is a not-for-profit endeavor sponsored by The Threshold Society
of Brattleboro, Vermont, an educational foundation committed to awakening
the experience and knowledge of divine love through intercultural events
and educational programs.
More information about the tour and about Threshold Society is available
online at http://www.sufism.org/.
Source: Rabia Kathleen Seidel, for the Threshold Society
SDI Seminar Series on Caucasus and Caspian
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: Friday, November 7, 1996
The SDI Seminar Series on The Caucasus and the Caspian
Dr. Liana Kvarchelia
Visiting Scholar from Abkhazia
Harriman Institute, Columbia University
will speak on the Georgia-Abkhazia Conflict: view from Abkhazia
Friday, November 8 3:00-5:00
CSIA Library
Kennedy School of Government Littauer Building, Third Floor
Contact: Diane Curran, 496-5850
SDI Seminar Series on Caucasus and Caspian
Posted: Friday, November 7, 1996
The SDI Seminar Series on The Caucasus and the Caspian
Dr. Liana Kvarchelia
Visiting Scholar from Abkhazia
Harriman Institute, Columbia University
will speak on the Georgia-Abkhazia Conflict: view from Abkhazia
Friday, November 8 3:00-5:00
CSIA Library
Kennedy School of Government Littauer Building, Third Floor
Contact: Diane Curran, 496-5850
DISCUSSION on Tibet
From: "Susan P. Bourneuf" <sbournfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 7 Nov 1996
Thursday, Nov. 12 12:15 Dudley Lunch Discussion on "Voices from the
Tibetan Diaspora", Dudley House, Private Dining Hall. Call 5-2255 in
advance.
Source:
Susan Bourneuf, Staff Assistant
Regional Studies -- East Asia
Inner Asia and Altaic Studies
Phone: 495-3777
Fax: 495-4306
sbournfas.harvard.edu
Inner Asian Luncheon, Nov. 6
From: "Susan P. Bourneuf" <sbournfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 29 Oct 1996
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
invites you to a luncheon at
Coolidge Hall, Seminar Room 2 at 12:30
Wednesday, November 6, 1996
Gray W. Tuttle,
a graduate student in Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
will speak on his "Pilgrimage to Mount Wutai"
Lunch can be bought in Coolidge Hall's dining room and taken into Seminar
Room 2. Lunch at 12:30, presentation at 1:00
For more information, contact:
Susan Bourneuf, Staff Assistant
Regional Studies -- East Asia
Inner Asia and Altaic Studies
Phone: 495-3777
Fax: 495-4306
sbournfas.harvard.edu
Center for the Study of World Religions Senior Fellowship
From: Malgorzata Radziszewska-Hedderick <mradziszpobox.harvard.edu>
Posted: 29 Oct 1996
** Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions
ANNOUNCES 1997-98 Senior Fellowship
Two characteristics mark the Center. The first is the international scope
of its subject matter and constituency. The second mark of the Center is
its encouragement of multiple disciplinary approaches toward religious
expressions, whether in art, medicine, law, literature, music, economic
activity, or cosmological sciences. The overarching goal is to understand
the meaning of religion, with sympathetic insight into religious
communities, and to analyze with scholarly integrity the role of religion
in global perspective.
Each year the Center selects an international group of Fellows who
represent a variety of scholarly disciplines, cultures, and complementary
research interests. Senior Fellows, usually from abroad, join Fellows
chosen from doctoral programs at Harvard University. Center sponsorship
may be divided among these research associates in several forms, including
the opportunity to reside at the Center, admission to the Director's
Seminar, and University library access. Funds are limited and financial
sponsorship by the Center, if provided in any form, covers only a small
fraction of the expenses facing visiting Center Fellows. Scholars admitted
as Fellows need to seek the bulk of their financial support from sources
other than the Center.
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 15, 1997.
All Application Requests and Related Questions should be directed to:
Malgorzata Radziszewska-Hedderick
Coordinator of Educative Planning and Academic Services
Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions
42 Francis Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel. +1/617-495-4476, fax +1/617-496-5411
mradziszpobox.harvard.edu
SDI Seminar Series on Caucasus and Caspian
Posted: 15 Oct 1996
The SDI Seminar Series on The Caucasus and the Caspian
Dr. Stephen Young
Director, Office of Caucasus and Security Affairs, U.S. Department of
State, will speak on "U.S. Interests in the Caucasus"
Monday, October 28 12:00-2:00
CSIA Library
Kennedy School of Government Littauer Building, Third Floor
Contact: Diane Curran, 496-5850
Central Asia Workshop, Meeting Times
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 22 Sep 1996
In a message sent yesterday about the Central Asia Working Group, I
neglected to mention that the regular meeting time is 4:15-6:00
(Wednesdays, Coolidge Hall Room 215).
However, it turns out that for this week the time corresponds to the Fall
Welcoming meeting of the Davis Center for Russian Studies. In order to
avoid conflicts of interest among the overlapping attendees, the Working
Group will meet at 5:00 (at which point the formal part of the Davis
Center meeting should be over) in room 215.
As I said previously, the first meeting will be organizational, and will
provide an opportunity for people to get (re)acquainted.
John Schoeberlein-Engel
Central Asia Working Group to convene Wed. Sept. 25
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 21 Sep 1996
To those who may be interested in attending the Central Asian Working
Group:
The first meeting of the Central Asia Working Group will be this coming
Wednesday. As in the past, we will meet on Wednesdays in room 215 of
Coolidge Hall.
The Working Group on "Central Asian Society, Politics and Culture" is a
weekly forum for discussion of projects on Central Asia. With support
from the Ford Foundation provided through the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences, the Working Group is aimed at providing a context for focused
discussion on Central Asian topics among Harvard graduate students,
faculty, and other affiliates. Each week is devoted to a presentation of
some work-in-progress (a thesis prospectus, chapter, or paper) by one of
the Working Group participants, accompanied by critical discussion by the
group as a whole. Guest speakers are also sometimes invited.
This semester, I am glad to say that Prof. Engin Sezer will be co-
sponsoring the Working Group since Prof. Keenan will not be able attend
all meetings. The first meeting will be organizational, and will provide
an opportunity for people to get (re)acquainted.
If you know of anyone who might be interested in joining the working
group, please pass the word on about it. Please also consider the
possibility of presenting a project at some point in the course of the
semester or the year. Bear in mind that the project can be something
rather "raw", though ideally you should have a (draft) paper that can be
distributed in advance of your presentation.
I look forward to seeing you this Wednesday and in the course of the
semester.
John Schoeberlein-Engel
UZBEK LANGUAGE COURSE - Introductory Meeting
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Sep 1996
There will be an introductory meeting for those interested in elementary
Uzbek language on Monday, September 15, at 11:30am in the Bergson/Ulam
room (rm. 215) at the Davis Center for Russian Studies (Coolidge Hall,
1737 Cambridge St). Gulnora Aminova will be discussing the course and
scheduling for the fall.
Contact information:
Jake Shapiro
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
496-2643
Course description:
Turkish 121: Elementary Uzbek
Wheeler M. Thackston, Jr. and Gulnora Aminova
For Undergraduates and Graduates full course. Hours to be arranged, four
meetings per week. Introduction to conversational and literary Uzbek.
Overview of the grammar, intensive practice of the spoken language, and
reading of contemporary texts.
Note: Some knowledge of Modern Turkish or other Turkic language helpful but not
required.
SEMINAR- Privatization in Tajikstan
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 26 June, 1996
COMPARITIVE ECONOMICS LUNCHEON SEMINAR - "Privatization in Tajikstan"
Delegation of businessmen and government officials from Tajikstan.
Wednesday, July 3
Room 3, Coolidge Hall
12:30-2:00 PM
SPECIAL SEMINAR- Uzbekistan and the West
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: June 5, 1996
Uzbekistan and the West
Ambassador Sodyq Safaev
Thursday, June 13, 1996
Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street
Room 3
4:30 - 6:00 PM
Co-Sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian Studies and Boston College,
Conference on Central Asia
Chairman: Professor Edward Keenan; Department of History and Davis Center
Speaker: Sadyk Safaev; Advisor to Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan;
former Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan and Ambassador to Germany
and NATO
Harvard Collaborative Research in C.A.
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 30 Apr 1996
As most Central-Asia-Harvard-List subscribers are no doubt aware, the
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies has a commitment to promoting
collaborative research initiatives involving Harvard-affiliated scholars
and their Central Asian colleagues -- both in terms of facilitating the
development of such collaborative relationships and in providing funding
other practical assistance to research projects. This latter function
might include bringing a Central Asian colleague to Harvard for a term as
a Visiting Scholar of the Forum for Central Asian Studies.
I will be making two trips to Central Asia in next few months (the first
beginning on Friday) and would be glad to do any facilitating that I may
in the area of collaborative projects during these trips. If I can be of
any assistance, please contact me -- before Friday (May 3) or after my
return from this first trip at the end of May.
John Schoeberlein-Engel
_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein-Engel \ Director
Forum for Central Asian Studies \ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street \ Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-495-4338 fax:+1/617-496-8584 \ Email: <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
SDI Seminar on the Caucasus and the Caspian
From: Ivan Ascher <ivanaksgrsch.harvard.edu>
Posted: 30 Apr 1996
SEMINAR - Dynamics of State-Building in Georgia
You are cordially invited to the next of SDI's Seminar Series on the
Caucasus and the Caspian:
Dynamics of State-Building in Georgia
Dr. Ghia Nodia
Chairman, Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development
Tbilisi, Georgia
Visiting Fellow, National Endowment for Democracy
Washington, DC
MONDAY, MAY 6 CSIA Library
12-2pm JFK School of Government, Littauer 3rd floor
Harvard Courses Related to Central Asia - Info Request
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 29 Apr 1996
Info Request - Harvard Courses Related to Central Asia
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies is updating the file of
information on courses related to Central Asia at Harvard. If you can
provide us with any information on courses related in any way to Central
Asia for next year please let us know as soon as possible. We will make
this information available to students in various programs at Harvard as
well as to prospective students.
If you have taken or have offered a relevant course this year, please also
let us know about this, even if you are not sure if it will be offered in
future.
Thanks for your assistance.
Contact: Jake Shapiro <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Kuz'mina to Lecture on Apr. 30 - Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>>
Posted: 23 Apr 1996
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies invites you to a lecture
at Coolidge Hall, Seminar Room 2 at 4:00 pm, Tuesday, April 30, 1996.
Dr. Elena Efimovna Kuz'mina, a professor at the Institute of Culture,
Moscow, will give a talk entitled, "New Perspectives on the Origins of the
Indo-Iranians."
This will be the last lecture sponsored by IAAS this term.
For more information, contact IAAS: 495-3777
Up-Coming Central Asian Studies Lectures
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 14 Apr 1996
The following are the remaining events for the semester sponsored by the
Forum for Central Asian Studies:
Wed. Apr. 17, 4:15-6:00 - Central Asia Working Group
Maliheh Tyrrell will present "Excerpts from documentary films on
the history of Uzbekistan the Basmachis, 1917 and 1937"
Coolidge Hall rm. 215 (Bergson/Ulam Room)
[Note that this is part of our discussion group series on Central
Asia, though people who are not regular members of the discussion
group are welcome to come on this occasion]
Wed. Apr. 24, 4:15-6:00 - Central Asia Workshop
"Economic and Social Problems of Transition in Central Asia"
by Dr. Ali Alikhani
Consultant on International Development; formerly Iran's Minister
of Economy and President of Teheran University
Coolidge Hall rm. 2
Wed. May 1, 4:15-6:00 - Central Asia Workshop
"'Guardians of the Nation': Gender, Islam and Nationalism in
Azerbaijan"
by Dr. Nayereh Tohidi
Lecturer in Women's Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Coolidge Hall rm. 2
We may have a visit from a high-level official in foreign affairs from
Uzbekistan at the end of May; those with a particular interest in this
might contact Don Carlisle to encourage him in his efforts to bring this
about. --J. S.-E.
Harvard Central Asia Forum Grants
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 11 Apr 1996
To the Harvard Community:
As has previously been announced, the Harvard Forum for Central Asian
Studies will provide grants to Harvard scholars and students for
collaborative research with Central Asian colleagues. I include below
details of this program. Note that the deadline of Apr. 25 is
approaching. Please pass this information on to anyone else who you think
may be interested.
John Schoeberlein-Engel
_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein-Engel \ Director
Forum for Central Asian Studies \ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street \ Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-495-4338
fax:+1/617-496-8584 \ Email: <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grants for Collaborative Research in Central Asia
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies offers support for research
projects involving Harvard-affiliated scholars in collaboration with
Central Asian colleagues. The parameters of this program are open, as it
is meant to be sufficiently flexible to accommodate the variety of needs
that scholars may have. The following are the program priorities:
1) The general unifying theme of this program is: "Regional Diversity
and Integration in Central Asia"; this theme, meanwhile, is not
meant to be limiting, but rather to encourage individual research
projects to be framed in such a way as to have relevance to one
another.
2) Applications are accepted from Harvard-affiliated students and
scholars; the highest priority is given to proposals from graduate
students and junior faculty, though other Harvard-affiliates are
welcome to apply and the merits of any strong proposal will be
given due consideration.
3) Projects must entail a truly collaborative relationship with
colleagues in Central Asia, promising to yield substantive
scholarly benefits to both sides.
4) Projects must be relevant to current problems facing the region
following the break-up of the Soviet Union. Where possible, they
should aim to make practical contributions to the resolution of
such problems.
5) "Central Asia", for these purposes, encompasses the five
former-Soviet Central Asian republics, though exceptional
proposals relating to immediately adjacent geographic areas may be
considered.
6) The collaborative relationship may include bringing Central Asian
scholars to Harvard for a term as a Visiting Scholar. The Forum
for Central Asian Studies can support a few such scholars.
Proposals therefore can include reference to possible candidates
for such Visiting Scholarships. Such proposals must clearly
indicate how the term at Harvard would contribute to the
collaborative project.
7) Projects should contribute to the development of a broader
knowledge of Central Asian society, and should aim to make such
knowledge available to the widest appropriate audience.
Proposals will consist of the following:
1) A current curriculum vitae for each of the key participants in
the proposed project.
2) A narrative proposal, detailing: goals, methodology, expected
products, the current state of development of the project and its
role in the applicant's scholarly development, and how the project
addresses the priorities of the program.
3) A proposed budget of support requested from the Forum, providing
specific justification for the request: This should indicate
other support for the project that is being sought or is already
committed. Applicants should bear in mind that available funds
are limited, and the Forum might provide only a portion of that
needed to finance the complete proposed project. Therefore, one
should ensure that a variety of other sources of funding should be
sought where possible and appropriate.
4) Graduate students must submit two letters of recommendation,
which specifically assess the merits of the project and the
applicant's preparation and competence to carry it out.
5) Applicants are encouraged to include with the application samples
of work relevant to the project (e.g., a paper, a thesis
prospectus, etc.).
The deadline for applications will be April 25 for funds to be available
for research in the summer of 1996. Applications will again be accepted
in late fall 1996 and in April 1997. All research funded by such grants
must be completed by September 15, 1997.
Anyone interested in submitting an application should contact John
Schoeberlein-Engel to ensure that the proposed project meets the program
goals, and to answer any questions about the program requirements.
These grants are made possible by support from the Ford Foundation
provided to the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies.
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein-Engel, Director
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel.: +1/617-495-4338 fax: +1/617-496-8584
e-mail: <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Up-Coming Central Asia Lectures
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 9 Apr 1996
Some up-coming lectures related to Central Asia:
Apr. 12 (Fri.) "Inter Communal Conflict in Central Asia"
John Schoeberlein-Engel, Harvard Forum for Central Asian
Studies
12:00 - 2:00
CMES Fellows Seminar
Coolidge Hall room 2
For more information, contact: 495-4055
Apr. 16 (Tues.) "New Perspectives on Old Iranian Religions"
Oktor Skjaervo (Chair, Dept. of Sanskrit and Indian Studies)
5:30 -
Center for the Study of World Religions
Common Room, 42 Francis Avenue
For more information, contact: 495-4495
Apr. 24 (Wed.) "Economic and Social Problems of Transition in Central Asia
Dr. Ali Alikhani, Economic Consultant on International
Development, and formerly Iran's Minister of Economy and
President of Teheran University
4:15-6:00
Central Asia Workshop
Coolidge Hall room 2
For more information, contact: 496-2643
May 2 (Thurs.) "Nationalism and Disintegration of the Soviet Union: Lessons
for the Future"
Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone (Fellow, Davis Center and HURI)
12:30 - 2:00
Occasional Seminar (Davis Center [RRC])
Bergson/Ulam Room, Coolidge 215
For more information, contact: 495-4038
U. Washington Central Asian Lang and Culture Summer Program
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Apr 1996
We have applications for the University of Washington Central Asian
Languages and Culture Summer Program in the Program Office of the Forum for
Central Asian Studies. If you are interested, please see Jake Shapiro
(Program Assistant) in Coolidge Hall Room 224A, tel. 496-2643, e-mail:
<centasiafas.harvard.edu>.
If you are interested in other summer language programs for Central Asian
languages in the U.S., contact me at <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>.
John Schoeberlein-Engel
_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein-Engel \ Director
Forum for Central Asian Studies \ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street \ Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-495-4338 fax:+1/617-496-8584 \ E-Mail: <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
SCREENING of a Film Set in Turkmenistan at the Harvard Film Archive
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Apr 1996
SCREENING of a Film Set in Turkmenistan at the Harvard Film Archive:
"LITTLE ANGEL, MAKE ME HAPPY"
(Angelochek Sdelai Radost') --Russia, 1993 (82 mins)
Showing April 20-23: Sat, 4/20 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm; Sun, 4/21 7:00 pm; Mon
4/22 and Tues, 4/23 at 9:30 pm
At the Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge.
The director, Ushman Saparov, and the scriptwriter, Liudmila Papilova,
will be present for a discussion after the screenings on Saturday 4/20 and
Sunday 4/21.
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 1994 Sochi International Film Festival
and the Peace Prize at the 1993 Chicago Children's Festival.
Set in Turkmenistan during World War II, the film centers on a young boy
who is left behind when his German parents are exiled to Siberia.
All seats $7.00.
For more information, contact:
Harvard Film Archive
495-4700
Inner Asian Luncheon - Mongolian Epic Poetry
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 29 Mar 1996
Inner Asian Luncheon - Wednesday, April 3
"Mongolian Epic Poetry"
by Professor Chogjin, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Wednesday, April 3, 12:00-2:00
Harvard Faculty Club (all are welcome)
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
For more information, call: 495-3777
Timur Celebration - Conference Participation
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 11 Mar 1996
I have been contacted by the Embassy of Uzbekistan in regard to
preparations for a series of conferences connected with the Timur
celebrations this year. They are interested in people doing scholarly
work related to Timur and the Timurids. If you are interested in possible
participation in such conferences (the main one being in Tashkent in early
fall -- the date is not yet set), let me know, and I can pass on the
information. Also, I would welcome suggestions of other appropriate
people (not necessarily at Harvard). Tell me: full name, contact
information, and nature of scholarly connection to this topic.
Thank you,
John Schoeberlein-Engel
_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein-Engel \ Director
Forum for Central Asian Studies \ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street \ Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-495-4338 fax:+1/617-496-8584 \ E-Mail: <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Central Asia Workshop - Wed., March 20
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 7 Mar 1996
Central Asia Workshop - Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
"Independent Kyrgyzstan: Successes Achieved and Problems of Development"
by Kulsina Kachkynbaeva
Docent, International University of Kyrgyzstan, and Officer of the
Legal Reform Department of Kyrgyzstan's Presidential
Administration
Wednesday, March 20, 4:15-6:00
Coolidge Hall Room 2, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138
For more information, call: 617/496-2643 or 495-4038
Central Asia Working Group
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 7 Mar 1996
Central Asia Working Group
This is to inform subscribers to Central-Asia-Harvard-List of an on-going
discussion forum for those interested in Central Asian Studies at Harvard:
The Central Asia Working Group: "Central Asian Society, Politics and
Culture"
Co-chairs: Edward L. Keenan and John Schoeberlein-Engel.
The Working Group is a weekly forum for discussion of projects-in-progress
related to Central Asia. Working Group members include graduate students,
faculty, and other Harvard affiliates. If you are interested in joining
the Working Group, contact John Schoeberlein-Engel (contact information
below). Most weeks, the Working Group members read and discuss a project
of one of the group members -- a paper, thesis chapter, or the like.
Guest speakers are also occasionally invited.
More information on this and other activities of the Forum for Central
Asian Studies is available on the World Wide Web at the following address:
"http://fas-www.harvard.edu/~mideast/activities/cenasia.html"
Inquires may be addressed to:
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein-Engel, Director
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel.: +1/617-496-2643 or 495-4338
Fax: +1/617-496-8584
E-Mail: centasiafas.harvard.edu
Harvard SDI Seminar Series on The Caucasus and the Caspian
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 6 Mar 1996
Harvard SDI Seminar Series on the Caucasus and the Caspian
"The Great Game: The Struggle for Caspian Oil"
on: Wednesday, March 13 by: Jack Carter
12-2pm Senior Adviser for International
Affairs, US Department of Energy
at: CSIA Library
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Littauer Building, Third Floor
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies Luncheon
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 1 Mar 1996
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
invites you to a luncheon
at the Harvard Faculty Club at 12:00 noon
Wednesday, March 6,1996
Leonard van der Kuijp
Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Harvard University
will speak on
Tibetan Studies at Harvard: Where are we and where are we going
A soup and sandwich luncheon will be provided which members of the Faculty
Club may charge. Students and all others who do not belong to the Faculty
Club are requested to bring $6.00 and $8.00 in cash, respectively.
**Please note the following schedule of remaining monthly meetings: April
3 May 1
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies may be contacted by phone
at 617/495-3777.
Central-Asia-Harvard-List - Harvard Central Asian Studies Announcements
From: John Schoeberlein-Engel <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 29 Feb 1996
Dear Members of the Harvard Community with an interest in Central Asia,
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies has established an e-mail
distribution list for Central Asian Studies at Harvard. An important part
of the mission of the Forum for Central Asian Studies is to assist
initiatives in this field by helping to distribute information about them.
All those interested in learning about what is going on in Central Asian
Studies at Harvard are encouraged to subscribe, and all those who have
information about such goings-on are *strongly* encouraged to submit it to
the list for distribution.
For the sake of clarity, I must explain that this distribution list is
distinct from CentralAsia-L [Note: CentralAsia-L was renamed
Central-Eurasia-L in September 2002], which is another list established by
the Central Asian Studies program. CentralAsia-L distributes information
of relevance to Central Asian Studies throughout the world, while Central-
Asia-Harvard-List distributes information of events and programs based at
Harvard. Correspondingly, Central-Asia-Harvard-List will carry relatively
infrequent notices -- though, of course, we hope there will be
increasingly lively activity in this field.
You have been subscribed to Central-Asia-Harvard-List automatically,
either because you are a member of CentralAsia-L (which will no longer
carry announcements for Harvard events, programs, etc.), or because you
are involved with Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies activities.
Central Asia, for the purposes of this list, will be construed in the
broad, European sense, encompassing the entire region of the interior of
Asia, from eastern Siberia, Manchuria, and Mongolia in the east through
Tibet, Turkistan, and Khorasan to the Caucasus and the western Steppes.
As such, it is a region which receives the attention of a very broad range
of Harvard programs and scholars.
We are making an effort to inform all of the relevant people of the
existence of this list, but Harvard is a big place, and it is easy to miss
some one. So I urge you to pass the information on to others you know who
might be interested, including students, faculty, program administrators,
research affiliates, and so on. We also encourage you to let us know
about yourself if appropriate, so that we can help to people with related
interests in touch with one another.
Thank you for your interest, and I hope you will benefit from this new
medium.
Sincerely,
John Schoeberlein-Engel
Director, Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
schoeberfas.harvard.edu or centasiafas.harvard.edu
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