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- IAAS LECTURE- C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Inner Asian Nomads, Dec. 15 - Posted: 10 Dec 1999
- INNER ASIAN and ALTAIC STUDIES LECTURE- Shamanism among Buryats and Mongols - Posted: 24 Nov 1999
- MIDDLE EAST STUDIES LECTURE- Zulfu Livaneli, Dec. 7 - Posted: 18 Nov 1999
- CENTRAL ASIAN SEMINAR- Azerbaijan-Iran Relations, Nasib Nassibli, Nov. 23 - Posted: 16 Nov 1999
- FLETCHER SCHOOL PRESENTATION- The Taliban Enigma, Nov. 18 - Posted: 15 Nov 1999
- CANCELLATION: SEMINAR- Tibet Delegation on Vocational Education - Posted: 12 Nov 1999
- The Caspian Studies Program at the Strengthening Democratic Institutions - Posted: 12 Nov 1999
- CASPIAN SEMINAR- Armenia: Crisis or Opportunity?, Gerard J. Libaridian - Posted: 5 Nov 1999
- SEMINAR- Tibet Delegation on Vocational Education - Posted: 3 Nov 1999
- Davis Center Squaretable Discussion on "The War in Chechnya" - Posted: 2 Nov 1999
- LECTURE- Roxanna Blake, Cold War along the Inner Asian Frontier: Iran, 1945-63 - Posted: 29 Oct 1999
- LECTURE- Legal Reform in Central Asia and FSU, Fletcher School, Nov. 3 - Posted: 26 Oct 1999
- SDI's Launch of the Caspian Studies Program, Kennedy School of Government - Posted: 21 Oct 1999
- Central Asia Working Group - Wed., Oct. 20 - Suha Bolukbasi - Posted: 19 Oct 1999
- LECTURE- Prof. Suha Bolukabasi, Int'l Security Brown Bag Lunch, Wed., Oct. 20 - Posted: 18 Oct 1999
- LECTURE- "Tales from the Warfront in Afghanistan"--presentation 10/19 - Posted: 12 Oct 1999
- ISLAMIC LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM - Posted: 27 Sep 1999
- CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES AT HARVARD, 1999-2000 - Posted: 24 Sep 1999
- COURSE OFFERINGS IN UZBEK AND TAJIK LANGUAGES - Posted: 22 Sep 1999
- WORK-STUDY JOB - Central Asian Studies at Harvard - Posted: 13 Sep 1999
- EVENT- Third Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance - Posted: 13 Sep 1999
- SUMMER REMINDER- Unsubscribing from Central-Asia-Harvard-List - Posted: 2 Jun 1999
- LECTURE- Ildus Ilishev, Bashkortistan, Brown University - Posted: 8 Apr 1999
- LECTURE- Reissuing Langston Hughes' Book on Soviet Central Asia - Posted: 6 Apr 1999
- LECTURE- Muriel Atkin at Harvard Central Asia Forum, April 7 - Posted: 1 Apr 1999
- PANEL DISCUSSION- Corporate Crime, Corruption In the Caspian Basin - Posted: 2 Mar 1999
- LECTURE- March 10, "Russian-Mongolian-Tibetan Connection" - Posted: 24 Feb 1999
- HISTORY DEPARTMENT JOB TALK - Posted: 23 Feb 1999
- Central Asia Panel- Harvard Asian Business Conference - Posted: 2 Feb 1999
- COURSE OFFERING- Hist. and Cult. of the Islamic Peoples of the FSU - Posted: 1 Feb 1999
- LECTURE - Inner Asian and Altaic Studies - Posted: 26 Jan 1999
IAAS LECTURE- C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Inner Asian Nomads, Dec. 15
From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaas
fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 10 Dec 1999
Luncheon and lecture
Wednesday, December 15, lunch at 12:30, lecture at 1:00
Coolidge Hall Seminar Room 3, 1737 Cambridge Street
C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
Stephen Phillips Professor of Archaeology, Harvard University
will present an illustrated lecture on
Bronze Age Nomads(?) in Kazakhstan and the Southern Urals: Indo-Iranians(?)
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard
University
iaasfas.harvard.edu
617-495-3777
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
Coolidge Hall 102
1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: +1/617-495-3777
Fax: +1/617-495-4306
INNER ASIAN and ALTAIC STUDIES LECTURE- Shamanism among Buryats and Mongols
From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 24 Nov 1999
You are invited to attend a luncheon lecture, with slides and audio
recordings:
"Shamanic Journeys Among the Buryats and Mongols"
Dr. Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Research Fellow, Dept. of Anthropology,
Brown University
Wednesday, December 1
Lunch at 12:30, Lecture at 1:00
Coolidge Hall Seminar Room 3, 1737 Cambridge Street
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard
University.
You can bring your lunch, or lunch can be purchased in the Coolidge Hall
cafeteria and brought into Seminar Room 3.
For more information contact the Committee on Inner Asian Studies at
iaasfas.harvard.edu or 617-495-3777.
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES LECTURE- Zulfu Livaneli, Dec. 7
From: CMES - Ahmed Jebari <jebarifas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Nov 1999
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The Thousand-Year March: Turkey's Lonely Quest for Identity
By
Zulfu Livaneli
Composer, Singer, Author and Columnist in the Turkish daily Sabah
Tuesday, December 7, 1999
Auditorium of Boylston Hall
Harvard University
4:00-6:00 p.m.
CENTRAL ASIAN SEMINAR- Azerbaijan-Iran Relations, Nasib Nassibli, Nov. 23
From: Central Asian Studies-Harvard <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 16 Nov 1999
CENTRAL ASIAN SEMINAR
"Azerbaijan-Iran Relations: Challenges and Prospects"
Nasib L. Nassibli
Professor and Chair, Department of International Relations and Political
Sciences, Khazar University
President, Foundation of Azerbaijan Studies
Former Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Tehran (1992-1994)
Tues., Nov. 23
2:15 - 4:00
Coolidge Hall Room 3
1737 Cambridge Street
Sponsored by:
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
and
The Caspian Studies Program at the Strengthening Democratic Institutions
Project of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
For information, contact:
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel.: +1/617-496-2643
e-mail: centasiafas.harvard.edu
FLETCHER SCHOOL PRESENTATION- The Taliban Enigma, Nov. 18
From: Kevin Newman <knewma01emerald.tufts.edu>
Posted: 15 Nov 1999
Given the recent UN sanctions on Afghanistan and the subsequent violent
reaction inside both Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Central Asia/Caucasus
Forum will sponsor a talk by Neamat Nojumi, F'01, on "The Taliban Enigma:
The Taliban and the Osama bin Laden Connection" this Thursday (11/18) in the
ASEAN Auditorium. The talk will begin at 5:15 p.m.
Neamat will address the origins of "Islamic fanaticism" in the formation of
the Taliban following the end of the Soviet invasion. He will outline the
current dynamics of the Taliban and also discuss the situation surrounding
Osama bin Laden.
Neamat will also provide a short slide presentation.
We hope you will attend this timely discussion.
Regards,
Kevin Newman
P.S. For background, see an informative piece on the web at:
http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/central/9911/14/afghan.taliban.02/
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters swarmed into the streets
of the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, burning U.S. flags and shouting
anti-American slogans after the United Nations sanctions against the Taliban
rulers for refusing to hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden went
into effect.
Kevin Newman
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
http://www.tufts.edu/fletcher
28 Bowdoin St.
Medford, MA 02155
(781)-395-7103
CANCELLATION: SEMINAR- Tibet Delegation on Vocational Education
From: "IEP - Research Asst." <rsrch_asst_iepgse.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Nov 1999
Due to unforseen travel complications, the seminar with the Tibet
Vocational Education Project that was scheduled for Nov. 29 (see below) has
been cancelled.
Monday, November 29, 12:00-2:00 in the Gutman 404:
The Tibet Vocational Education Project
Discussion with the Tibet Commission Delegation
Arthur N. Holcombe, President Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund
David Kahler, International Team Leader
Rsrch Asst. IEP
Email: Rsrch_Asst_IEPgse.harvard.edu
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
The Caspian Studies Program at the Strengthening Democratic Institutions
From: Melissa Carr <Melissa_Carrksg.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Nov 1999
The Caspian Studies Program at the Strengthening Democratic Institutions
Project of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
and
the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
invite you to attend a panel discussion
"Chechnya: What's Next?"
The Faculty Dining Room, Littauer Building
79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Wednesday November 17, 1999
4:00 to 6:00 PM
Chair: Peter Rutland, Executive Director of the Caspian Studies Program at the
Kennedy School and Professor of Government at Wesleyan University
The Panel:
Ambassador Michael Libal, German Ambassador to Kazakhstan with diplomatic
experience in East-West relations and the former Soviet Union
General John Reppert, Executive Director of Research at the Belfer Center
for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School whose military
duties included three tours of duty at the US Embassy in Moscow.
Igor V. Rotar of the Moscow newspaper Nezavisimaya gazeta and the Jamestown
Foundation in Washington DC, an expert on Post-Soviet conflict.
CASPIAN SEMINAR- Armenia: Crisis or Opportunity?, Gerard J. Libaridian
From: Emily Goodhue <emily_goodhueharvard.edu>
Posted: 5 Nov 1999
You are invited to a seminar with:
Dr. Gerard J. Libaridian
who will speak on
"Armenia: Crisis or Opportunity?"
Sponsored by the
Caspian Studies Program
at the Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project
and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Monday, November 8
4:00 to 5:30
in the Taubman Dining Room
5th Floor of the Taubman Building
Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
From 1991-1997, Dr. Libaridian was Advisor, then Senior Advisor to former
President Levon Ter-Petrossian of Armenia, and negotiator on the Nagorno
Karabagh conflict.
Currently he is Senior Research Fellow at the EastWest Institute in New
York and Senior Consultant to IREX in Washington, D.C., on Caspian projects.
His most recent book: The Challenge of Statehood. Armenian Political
Thinking Since Independence was published this year in Cambridge.
He is currently writing Anatomy of Conflict. Nagorno Karabagh and the New
World Order, under a grant from the Arthur D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation.
SEMINAR- Tibet Delegation on Vocational Education
From: "IEP - Research Asst." rsrch_asst_iepgse.harvard.edu; - Posted: 3 Nov 1999
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to attend a special International Education
Seminar.
Monday, November 29, 12:00-2:00 in the Gutman 404:
The Tibet Vocational Education Project
Discussion with the Tibet Commission Delegation
Arthur N. Holcombe, President Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund
David Kahler, International Team Leader
Our Brown Bag talks are open to the public, so please feel free to forward
this message to interested parties.
We hope to see you there.
Research Asst. IEP
Email: Rsrch_Asst_IEPgse.harvard.edu
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Davis Center Squaretable Discussion on "The War in Chechnya"
From: Melissa Griggs <mgriggsfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Nov 1999
Davis Center Squaretable Discussion on "The War in Chechnya"
You are invited to a Squaretable Discussion entitled "The War in Chechnya".
Tuesday, November 9th, from 12:30-2:00 pm
Room 215 (Bergson/Ulam Room), Coolidge Hall
PARTICIPANTS include Timothy J. Colton (Director, Davis Center), Mark
Kramer (Director, Harvard Project on Cold War Studies), Brenda Shaffer
(Fellow, International Security Program, Kennedy School) and Victor
Shnirelman (Fulbright Scholar, Davis Center).
LECTURE- Roxanna Blake, Cold War along the Inner Asian Frontier: Iran, 1945-63
From: Roxanna K Blake <rkblakefas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 29 Oct 1999
"The Cold War along the Inner Asian Frontier: Iran, 1945-1963"
Presented by Roxanna K. Blake, Ph.D.
Wednesday November 3
12:30 lunch followed by a talk at 1:00
Coolidge Hall, Room 3
LECTURE- Legal Reform in Central Asia and FSU, Fletcher School, Nov. 3
From: Sarah Prosser <sprosserlaw.harvard.edu>
Posted: 26 Oct 1999
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Wednesday, November 3rd
11:30-12:30 Cabot 206
The International Security Studies Program and the Central Asia/Caucasus
Forum is pleased to present:
Richard Remias, Central Asian Regional Director of The International Center
for Not-for-Profit Law
who will speak on
"Legal Reform and Development Challenges in the Former Soviet Union"
This will be a brown bag luncheon. For further information, contact Sarah
Prosser, sprosserlaw.harvard.edu.
Mr. Remias has spent that past several years in Central Asia and Belarus
working with government leaders and NGOs to draft laws that enable the
existence of NGOs.
SDI's Launch of the Caspian Studies Program, Kennedy School of Government
From: Emily Goodhue <emily_goodhueharvard.edu>
Posted: 21 Oct 1999
SDI's Launch of the Caspian Studies Program, Kennedy School of Government
The Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project
of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Invites you to the launch of its Caspian Studies Program
Tuesday October 26, 1999
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
ARCO Forum, Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK Street, Harvard University
U.S. AND THE CASPIAN: CROSSROADS OR BARRICADE?
Chair: Graham T. Allison
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Kennedy School
Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Ilham Aliyev
First Vice President: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SCOAR)
Ashton B. Carter
Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School
Co-Director: Harvard-Stanford Preventive Defense Project
Tim Cejka
Vice President: Exploration for Exxon Ventures (CIS) Inc.
John M. Deutch
Institute Professor: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Please feel free to publicize this event among your colleagues, students and
friends.
A decade after the collapse of the USSR, the futures of the newly
independent states in the Caucasus and Central Asia are still uncertain.
Oil reserves in the Caspian Sea have catapulted these countries into the
challenging arena of global energy competition. Geostrategic jockeying for
control of oil fields and transit routes has exposed this historically
unstable region to international rivalries and disputes.
Will these young states successfully navigate the difficult paths of
democratic reform, economic restructuring, and national transformation?
Will their leaders be able to steer a course through the minefield of
competition over oil and pipelines? What are the United States' interests
in the region and what should U.S. policy in the region be?
To address these questions and to launch a new Caspian Studies Program and
Azerbaijan Initiative at the Kennedy School, leaders from the region and
experts from Harvard will be convened. The high-level panel will include
former CIA Director John Deutch, and former Assistant Secretaries of Defense
Graham Allison and Ashton Carter. Ilham Aliyev, son of the President of
Azerbaijan and representative of the largest Azeri oil company, and Tim
Cejka of Exxon will address the politics and realities of oil in the region.
Central Asia Working Group - Wed., Oct. 20 - Suha Bolukbasi
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 19 Oct 1999
Central Asia Working Group - Wed., Oct. 20 - Suha Bolukbasi
This week's meeting of the Central Asia Working Group may be of interest to
a wider audience (though usually "Working Group" meetings are meant
primarily for its regular participants). Thus, all are welcome. If you
want to be included in the regular mailing list for the Working Group
(which is for the group's participants -- i.e., a much narrower audience
than the Central-Asia-Harvard-List), let me know.
The agenda for this week's Working Group meeting (tomorrow, Wed., Oct. 20)
will be an informal discussion on:
"Turkey and the Caspian Region"
with:
Prof. Suha Bolukabasi
Department of International Relations
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
As usual, the Working Group will meet at 4:15, Wed. in the Bergson/Ulam Room
(Coolidge Hall 215)
With questions, call:
The Central Asia Forum
496-2643
<centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein \ Director
Forum for Central Asian Studies \ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338 fax: +1/617-495-8319
schoeberfas.harvard.edu
Central Asia Forum Website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
<Central Eurasian Studies World Wide>: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
LECTURE- Prof. Suha Bolukabasi, Int'l Security Brown Bag Lunch, Wed., Oct.
20
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Oct 1999
October 20, 1999
2:00 - 4:00 PM
BCSIA Library
"Turkey and the Middle East: A Delicate Balance"
Professor Suha Bolukabasi, Department of International Relations, Middle
East Technical University, Ankara
Prof. Bolukbasi is one of the leading experts in Turkey on questions
concerning geopolitics and relations between Central Asia and Turkey.
Open to the Public. Event organized by Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs (BCSIA). For further information, contact Kristina
Cherniahivsky of BCSIA via email or at +1/617-495-4708.
LECTURE- "Tales from the Warfront in Afghanistan"--presentation
Oct. 19
From: Kevin Newman <knewma01emerald.tufts.edu>
Posted: 12 Oct 1999
The Central Asia/Caucasus Forum at the Fletcher School, in cooperation with
PRAXIS, Southwest Asian Student Association and the International
Development Group, is pleased to announce Neamat Nojumi (F'01) who will
speak on "Tales from the Warfront in Afghanistan: An Afghan Mujahideen view
of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the recent Civil War" at the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Neamat will focus on the political and military events during the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan. In particular, Neamat will speak on his
experiences as a political prisoner, a resistance commander, and a
political activist. The presentation will endeavor to draw a picture that
will explain what has really happened in Afghanistan over the past 20 years.
Date: Tuesday, October 19th
Location: Murrow Room, Fletcher School
Time: 11:30 - 1:00
The event will be a brown-bag lunch.
Please also note that the Central Asia/Caucasus Forum will also be
sponsoring Dr. M. Saleh Keshawarz, who will speak on: "Water Resources and
its Importance in Central Asia" that is probably one of the greatest
potential flash points for conflict in Central Asia.
A few other speakers who the group hopes to invite are:
-a senior Afghan diplomat to the UN on recent developments in Afghanistan
-a recent Harvard Ph.D graduate to speak on "Chinese Interaction in Central
Asia."
Kevin Newman
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
www.tufts.edu/fletcher
28 Bowdoin St.
Medford, MA 02155
(781)-395-7103
ISLAMIC LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM
From: Islamic Legal Studies Program <ilsplaw.harvard.edu>
Posted: 27 Sep 1999
ISLAMIC LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM
All students throughout Harvard interested in the Islamic world,
historically or contemporaneously, are invited to attend an orientation
meeting and social gathering at the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at
Harvard Law School. Come learn about the activities of the Program and
give us your ideas on the kinds of activities you would like to see
relating to the Islamic world at Harvard.
Join us for delicious refreshments from the region and learn about course
offerings in Islamic law, upcoming activities including lectures and
conferences, or research opportunities within the Program. Meet our
current staff and visiting scholars and learn about their research projects.
We also wish to tell you about resources the ILSP has available to both
individual students and student organizations for activities related to the
Islamic world. Perhaps you would like to set up a panel discussion or
study group and need funding for materials or a guest speaker. Are you or
your student organization looking for funds to arrange a public lecture or
workshop for the greater Harvard community? Or perhaps you would like to
organize a series of films on the Islamic world, an art exhibit, or a
cultural evening of music or traditional dance? Come learn how!
Please join us on:
WHEN: Monday September 27, 1999
WHERE: Pound Hall 512 and 501
Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
TIME: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Islamic Legal Studies Program
Harvard Law School
1563 Mass Ave. Pound 501
Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-496-3941
website: www.law.harvard.edu/Programs/ILSP
CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES AT HARVARD, 1999-2000
From: John Schoeberlein <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 24 Sep 1999
CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES AT HARVARD, 1999-2000
Announcing some of the Central Asian studies activities at Harvard in
1999-2000:
* Central Asia Seminar Series
- A public lecture series on topics in the politics, society, culture
and history of Central Asia.
- Meets approx. twice monthly Wednesdays 4:15-6:00, Coolidge Hall 215.
- If you are interested in being informed of these events, let us know.
* Central Asia Working Group
- A regular forum for informal discussion of Central Asia-related
projects. Each week, the group discusses a project-in-progress
(dissertation chapter, paper, thesis prospectus, etc.) of one of
the members over refreshments.
- Meets on Wednesdays when there is no lecture in teh Central Asia
Seminar Series, 4:15-6:00 in Coolidge Hall 215.
- There is a special e-mail mailing list for this group -- let us know
if you want to be included.
- THE FIRST MEETING will be NEXT WEDNESDAY -- Sept. 29 -- in the usual
location.
* Courses in Uzbek and Tajik
- Instruction in Uzbek and Tajik at various levels is available (for
credit) in courses offered through Near Eastern Langs. and Civs.
- Contact centasiafas.harvard.edu or 496-2643 ASAP if you are interested.
* Islamic Civilizations 124. Central Asian Culture and Society
- A seminar course covering a broad range of topics in the study of the
region, taught by John Schoeberlein (in NELC).
- Spring Term, Wednesdays 2:00-4:00.
NOTE: For more information about Central Asian studies at Harvard, visit the
website of the Forum at: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
If you would like to be informed of events and resources at Harvard, you may
join the Central-Asia-Harvard-List, which is an announcement list for
Central Asian studies at Harvard. Send us a message if you would like to
subscribe, or find the subscription form on the Forum website.
If you have information about any Central Asia-related event, resource or
opportunity at Harvard or in the Boston area, please feel encouraged to
share this with the subscribers of the Central-Asia-Harvard-List -- several
hundred people at Harvard and further afield. The list address is:
Central-Asia-Harvard-Listfas.harvard.edu
Also feel free to stop by the Program Office of the Forum for Central Asian
Studies, in room 224A, Coolidge Hall (1737 Cambridge St.), where you can make
the acquaintance of Laurie Johnston, the program's assistant, Gulnora
Aminova, who teaches Central Asian languages, and John Schoeberlein,
Director of the Forum. We have many activities and we would be glad to have
your involvement and, if you are interested, your collaboration. For a
taste of the Forum's on-going projects, visit the <Central Asian Studies
World Wide> website (address below).
John Schoeberlein
______________________________________________________________________
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein \ Director
Forum for Central Asian Studies \ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338 fax: +1/617-495-8319
schoeberfas.harvard.edu
Central Asia Forum Website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
<Central Eurasian Studies World Wide>: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
______________________________________________________________________
COURSE OFFERINGS IN UZBEK AND TAJIK LANGUAGES
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 22 Sep 1999
The Central Asia Forum is sponsoring language courses this year in Uzbek
and Tajik. The courses are listed in the Department of Near Eastern
Languages and Civilizations.
Please contact the Forum Office for more information.
Forum for Central Asian Studies/ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel.: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319
centasiafas.harvard.edu
Central Asia Forum website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
<Central Eurasian Studies World Wide> website: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
WORK-STUDY JOB - Central Asian Studies at Harvard
From: John Schoeberlein <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Sep 1999
The Forum for Central Asian Studies is looking for work-study students to
help with a variety of projects. Some of the work will require computer
skills and knowledge of Russian. Depending on your skills and interests,
there is a range tasks you can be engaged in, from library research to
Internet to data management.
Note that this work is ONLY available to students who are eligible for the
U.S. Federal Work-Study program as part of their financial aid. Please
check about your eligibility with the Financial Aid Office.
If you are interested, please let us know. We will be grateful also if you
can pass this message to others who may be interested.
John Schoeberlein
Director, Forum for Central Asian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street, 224
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 496-2643
Fax: 495-8319
E-mail: <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
WWW: <http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu>
EVENT- Third Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance
From: Central Asian Studies-Harvard <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Sep 1999
The date of the Third Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance --
Friday, October 1, 1999 -- is approaching. It precedes the Islamic
Society of North America's (ISNA) Second Islamic Banking and Finance
Conference, which follows the Harvard Forum on October 2-3 and will also
be in the Boston area.
The Third Harvard Forum will be opened by Prince Mohamed Al Faisal Al Saud
of Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami, followed by Mr. Ishaq Dar, Pakistan's Minister
of Finance and Trade, at 8:00 a.m. on October 1. Other top speakers
include Mr. Abdullah Sulaiman Al Rajhi, Dr. Saleh J. Malaikah, and
Professor Samuel L. Hayes of the Harvard Business School. A longer list
of speakers is available on our Web site (http://www.hifip.harvard.edu).
Registration to the Harvard Forum gives you free registration to ISNA's
conference. If you plan to attend, please make your travel arrangements
to be in the Boston area from September 30 to October 3. The Harborside
Hyatt gives discounts to those who mention the ISNA code.
We look forward to your attendance at our conference. If you have not yet
registered, we encourage you to do so online to reserve your spot today.
Dr. S. Nazim Ali
Director of Operations
Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
850 Holyoke Center
Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.
Tel: +1/617-496-2296 or +1/617-496-2297
Fax: +1/617-496-2373
E-mail: hifipfas.harvard.edu
WWW: http://www.hifip.harvard.edu
SUMMER REMINDER- Unsubscribing from Central-Asia-Harvard-List
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Posted: 2 Jun 1999
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LECTURE- Ildus Ilishev, Bashkortistan, Brown University
From: Program on Global Security at Brown University - Posted: 8 Apr 1999
The Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies and the
Program on Global Security at Brown University presents:
Ildus Ilishev
Senior Fellow at the US Institute for Peace
"Relations Between the Center and Regions in Russia: The Case if
Bashkortistan"
Wednesday, April 28
Watson Institute
2 Stimson Ave,
Providence, RI 02912-1970
Tel: 401 863-2809
Fax: 401 863-1270
iisbrown.edu
LECTURE- Reissuing Langston Hughes' Book on Soviet Central Asia
From: David Chioni Moore <mooredcmacalester.edu>
Posted: 6 Apr 1999
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies and the W.E.B. DuBois
Institute for African American Studies announce:
David Chioni Moore, International Studies Program, Macalester College
speaking on
"Not So Far From Here to Yonder: Reissuing Langston Hughes' Lost 1934
Moscow-Published Book, 'A Negro Looks at Soviet Central Asia' "
Thursday, April 15, 1999, at 5:15 PM
Alain Locke Seminar Room, DuBois Institute, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street.
Reception to follow the talk.
LECTURE- Muriel Atkin at Harvard Central Asia Forum, April 7
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 1 Apr 1999
The Harvard Central Asia Forum presents:
"The Survival of Patron-client Networks in Tajikistan" Muriel Atkin
Professor of History,
George Washington University
Wednesday, April 7
12:30PM - 2:00PM Coolidge Hall Room 215 1737 Cambridge Street
Refreshments will be served, all are welcome. For information, call:
496-2643
or write: centasiafas.harvard.edu
PANEL DISCUSSION- Corporate Crime, Corruption In the Caspian Basin
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Mar 1999
Tufts University is holding their annual EPIIC Symposium, March 4 to 7. This
year's topic, "Global Crime, Corruption and Accountability," contains some
interesting panels specific to Russia and the Caspian Sea region on Saturday,
March 6th. All tickets are $10. The preliminary schedule is attached below for
your convenience.For more information please contact the following individual:
Heather Barry
Assistant Director, EPIIC
617.627.3314/Fax 617.627.3940
http://www.epiic.com
GLOBAL CRIME, CORRUPTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY
EPIIC 1999 International Symposium, Tufts University
______________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, March 4
Narcopolitics in the Americas
7:30pm
Peter Andreas
Co-Editor, The Illicit Global Economy and State Power; Co-Author, Drug War
Politics; Academy Scholar, Weatherhead Institute for International
Affairs, Harvard University
Diane Davis
Fellow, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; Recipient,
MacArthur Foundation Grant to study Mexican police relations
Gustavo Gorriti
Executive Editor, La Prensa, Panama; 1998 Man of the Year, Committee To
Protect Journalists
Jane Hughes
Senior Adviser, World Political Risk Forecasts, Political Risk Services,
Inc.; Author, Economic Dimensions of Organized Crime in the Americas
Frederico Molina Soto
Former Deputy Minister of Defense, Colombia*
Craig Van Note
Executive Vice President, Monitor: The Conservation, Environmental, and
Animal Welfare Consortium; responsible for the tuna/cocaine expos
Sidney Zabludoff
Former Deputy Chief, Counternarcotics Operations, CIA; Special Assistant
to the Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Department
of the Treasury
______________________________________________________________________________
Friday, March 5
Corruption in China
10:00am
Wei Jingsheng
Chinese Dissident and Human Rights Activist; Author, The Courage to Stand
Alone; Author, RThe Fifth ModernizationS, ChinaUs Democracy Wall
David Yu
Professor of Economics, Tufts University; Former Editor, Beijing Spring
______________________________________________________________________________
Media: The Challenges of Crime, Corruption, and Accountability
12:00pm
Kathi Austin
Visiting Scholar, Center for African Studies, Stanford University;
Producer, RForsaken Cries: The Story of RwandaS, Amnesty International;
Co-Author, RAfrica: Environmental Degradation, Human DeprivationS
John Dinges
Chair, Broadcast Journalism, Columbia School of Journalism; Former Foreign
Editor, National Public Radio
Chris Hedges
Former Bureau Chief, The Balkans, The New York Times; War Correspondent,
El Salvador, The Gulf War
Brant Houston
Executive Director, Investigative Reporters and Editors; Author,
RComputer-Assisted Reporting: A Practical GuideS
Timothy OUBrien
Author, Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz, and Danger of the
American Gambling Industry; Correspondent, The New York Times
Sharon Tiller
Senior Producer, Frontline, where the programs she has produced include
So You Want to Buy a President? and The Great American Bailout; Former
Executive Editor and Executive Producer, Center for Investigative
Reporting
______________________________________________________________________________
Voices from the Field: The Human Face of Crime and Corruption
2:00pm
Hafsat Abiola
Human rights and democracy activist, Nigeria; Founder and Director,
Kudirat Initiative for Democracy; Co-Founder and President, International
African Students Association
Marcelo Ebrard
Independent Legislator, Mexico; leading the Congressional investigation of
corruption in the Mexican government
Oby Ezekwesili
Former Chair, Transparency International Nigeria; Former National
Treasurer, Finance House Association
Gustavo Gorriti
Executive Editor, La Prensa, Panama; 1998 Man of the Year, Committee To
Protect Journalists
Martin Weinberg
Criminal Lawyer, Boston; his clients have included Michele Sidona, Jorge
Luis Ochoa, and Steve RThe RiflemanS Flemmi
______________________________________________________________________________
Opening Ceremonies
6:30pm
Welcome and Introductions
Announcement of the Leonard Silk Research Fellowship
Video on RGlobal Crime, Corruption, and AccountabilityS
Recognition of Distinguished Individuals
% Wei Jingsheng
% Hafsat Abiola
Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award to Luis Moreno Ocampo and Wole
Soyinka
Introduction of Mr. Moreno:
Marguerite Feitlowitz
Author, A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture;
Lecturer, Harvard University
Luis Moreno Ocampo
President, Transparency International Latin America and the Caribbean;
Prosecutor of the Argentine Military leaders responsible for the Malvinas
War; Author, In Self Defense: How To Avoid Corruption and When Power Lost
the Trial: How to Explain the Dictatorship to Our Children
Introduction of Mr. Soyinka:
Pearl Robinson
Professor of Political Science and Director of International Relations
Program, Tufts University; Co-Author, Stabilizing Nigeria : Sanctions,
Incentives, and Support for Civil Society
Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate in Literature; Woodruff Professor of the Arts, Emory
University; Fellow, W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Harvard University; Author,
The Burden of Memory, The Muse of Forgiveness and The Open Sore of a
Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis
______________________________________________________________________________
State Crimes and Accountability: Are Truth and Reconciliation Compatible?
8:30pm
Tom Blanton
Executive Director, National Security Archive
L. Carter Cornick
Former Chief, Terrorism Research and Analytical Center, FBI, supervisory
investigator for the Letelier assassination and the 1983 bombing of the
U.S. Marine Compound in Beirut, among other cases
Pumla Gobodo-Madikezela
Psychologist; Former Member, Human Rights Violation Committee, Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, South Africa
Julie Leimbach
EPIICU97, Senior, Tufts University; Intern, Institute of Criminology,
South Africa
Luis Moreno Ocampo
President, Transparency International Latin America and the Caribbean;
Prosecutor of the Argentine Military leaders responsible for the Malvinas
War; Author, In Self Defense: How To Avoid Corruption and When Power Lost
the Trial: How to Explain the Dictatorship to Our Children
Paul Stopforth
South African Artist; Professor, Museum School of Fine Arts
Gisela von Muhlenbrock
Former Chief of Staff and Counsel, Minister of Justice, Santiago, Chile;
Author, decree creating ChileUs Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate in Literature; Woodruff Professor of the Arts, Emory
University; Fellow, W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Harvard University; Author,
The Burden of Memory, The Muse of Forgiveness and The Open Sore of a
Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis
______________________________________________________________________________
Saturday, March 6
Hot Money and BCCI: Fraud, Finance, and International Security
9:00am
Jack Blum
Former Senior Investigator, U.S. Senate (where he was the principal
investigator of the B.C.C.I. scandal, General NoriegaUs drug trafficking,
and Lockheed overseas bribes, among other cases); Partner, Lobel, Novins
and Lamont
Gherardo Colombo
Prosecutor, Milan, Italy; Chief Prosecutor in the Mani Pulite (Clean
Hands) anti-corruption trials; Former Judge who exposed the P2 Lodge
Robert Morgenthau (via videotape)
District Attorney, New York County; noted prosecutor of Rwhite-collar
crimeS as in the cases of Carmine DeSapio and B.C.C.I.
Tom Naylor
Professor of Economics, McGill University; Author, Hot Money and the
Politics of Debt and Patriots and Profiteers (forthcoming)
John Owen
Governor, The Cayman Islands*
Nikos Passas
Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University; Editor, Transnational
Crime; Consultant, United Nations Centre for International Crime
Prevention
Jonathan Winer
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State
______________________________________________________________________________
IMF and the World Bank: Time for Reform
11:30am
David Dapice
Professor of Economics, Tufts University; Senior Fellow, Harvard Institute
for International Development
Soedradjad Djiwandono
Former Governor, Central Bank of Indonesia
Marcelo Ebrard
Independent Legislator, Mexico; leading the Congressional investigation of
corruption in the Mexican government
Oby Ezekwesili
Former Chair, Transparency International Nigeria; Former National
Treasurer, Finance House Association
Robert Lindquist
Director, Forensic Accounting Unit, Price Waterhouse; Investigator of
Corruption; The World Bank
Anthony Pereira
Neil Allen Visiting Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, The
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Michael Stevens
Principal Public Sector Management Specialist on Anti-Corruption Issues,
The World Bank
______________________________________________________________________________
Corporate Crime and Corruption: The Caspian and Beyond
2:30pm
Sam Barzilay
EPIICU99, Winter T99 Research trip to Azerbaijan
Alan Block
Professor, Administration of Justice, The Pennsylvania State University;
Author, Space, Time and Organized Crime and RThe Serious Crime Community
in Oil and BankingS
Hyun Jung Choi
EPIICU99, Winter T99 Research trip to Azerbaijan
Jayhun Mollazade
Editor , Caspian Crossroads Magazine*
Shorena Shaverdashvili
EPIICU99, Winter T99 Research trip to Azerbaijan
______________________________________________________________________________
Russia: Complex Webs of Transition
4:00pm
Boris Berezovsky
Former Member, Security Council, Russia; Former Head, Commonwealth of
Independent States; Russian business magnate*
Vladimir Brovkin
Project Director, United Research Centers on Organized Crime in Eurasia;
Author, "Fragmentation of Authority and Privatization of the State"
Robert I. Friedman
Award-wining Investigative Reporter; Author, Zealots for Zion, RBrighton
Beach GoodfellasS (Vanity Fair), RThe OrganizatsyaS, RThe Money PlaneS
(New York Magazine), and RPower PlayS (Details)
Richard Palmer
Former Chief of Station, Western Europe and the Former Soviet Union, CIA;
Former Director, Banka Balttija, Latvia; Author, The New Russian
Oligarchy: The Nomenklatura, the KGB and the Mafiya (forthcoming)
Glenn E. Schweitzer
Director, Central Europe and Eurasia, National Academy of Sciences;
Author, Moscow DMZ: The Story of the International Effort to Convert
Russian Weapons Science to Peaceful Purposes
______________________________________________________________________________
Recognition of Distinguished Individuals
8:00pm
% Jack Blum
% Gherardo Colombo
______________________________________________________________________________
Transnational Crime, Terrorism and the Arms Trade
8:15pm
Kathi Austin
Visiting Scholar, Center for African Studies, Stanford University;
Consultant, Human Rights Project/Arms Project; Author, Controlling Light
Weapons Trafficking in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Raymond Bonner
Investigative Reporter; Correspondent, The New York Times; Author,
Waltzing with a Dictator: the Marcoses and the Making of American Policy
and Weakness and Deceit: U.S. Policy and El Salvador
Bernard Cayron
Director, Export Trading Services; Former Defense Adviser, Delegate
Minister of the Sea, France
Rensselaer Lee III, Author, Smuggling Armageddon: The Nuclear Black Market
in the Former Soviet Union and Europe and The Andean Cocaine Industry;
Political Analyst, Global Advisory Services
Francois Pascal
Lt. Colonel, French Marines; Senior Intelligence Analyst, Investigations
Section, Internal Oversight Services, United Nations Situation Center,
Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Nikos Passas
Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University; Editor, Transnational
Crime; Consultant, United Nations Centre for International Crime
Prevention
Louise Shelley
Director, Center for the Study of Transnational Organized Crime and
Corruption, American University; Editor, Trends In Organized Crime
Jonathan Winer
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State
______________________________________________________________________________
Sunday, March 7
Information Highway Robbery: Cybercrime in the United States and the
European Union
11:00am
Frank Cilluffo
Senior Analyst and Director of Task Forces (including Information
Warfare/Information Assurance), Global Organized Crime Project, CSIS;
Co-Editor, Global Organized Crime: The New Empire of Evil, Russian
Organized Crime
Tom Diaz
Senior Policy Analyst, Violence Policy Center; Former Counsel,
Subcommittee on Crime, U.S. House of Representatives; Author, Making a
Killing
Nikos Passas
Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University; Editor, Transnational
Crime; Consultant, United Nations Centre for International Crime
Prevention
Jonathan Winer
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State
______________________________________________________________________________
The Corruption Eruption: Strategies for Accountability
2:30pm
Gherardo Colombo
Prosecutor, Milan, Italy; Chief Prosecutor in the Mani Pulite (Clean
Hands) anti-corruption trials; Former Judge who exposed the P2 Lodge
Kimberly Elliott
Editor, Corruption and the Global Economy; Research Fellow, The Institute
for International Economics
Anne Florini
Resident Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author,
RThe End of SecrecyS
Johanna Mendelson Forman
Attorney and Social Scientist, The Post-Conflict Unit/Social Development
Department, The World Bank
Ronald MacLean-Abaroa
Co-Founder, Transparency International; Former Mayor, La Paz, Bolivia;
Co-Author, Corrupt Cities (forthcoming)
Susan Rose-Ackerman
Luce Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University; Author,
Corruption: A Study in Political Economy and Corruption and Government:
Causes, Consequences and Reform
Fred Wertheimer
President, Democracy 21; Former President, Common Cause
James Wesberry
President, Casals and Associates; Form
LECTURE- March 10, "Russian-Mongolian-Tibetan Connection"
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 24 Feb 1999
Wednesday, March 10
Lunch at 12:30, Lecture at 1:00
"The Russian-Mongolian-Tibetan Connection: An Update on the Three Buddhist
Republics of the Russian Federation"
Gary Wintz, Independent Scholar
Seminar Room 3, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iaas
phone: +1/617-495-3777
Open to the public. You may bring your own lunch, or lunch can be bought
in the Coolidge Hall cafeteria and taken into Seminar Room 3.
HISTORY DEPARTMENT JOB TALK
From: John Schoeberlein <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 23 Feb 1999
Robert Crews
Princeton University
"True Religion in the Service of the Empire:
Mosque Community Debates, the State, and an Imperial Islam in Tsarist Russia"
Friday February 26
2:00 pm
Lower Level Library
Robinson Hall
Central Asia Panel- Harvard Asian Business Conference
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Feb 1999
Harvard Asia Business Conference at Harvard Business School, Feb. 5-6. This
year, the conference is featuring a panel on February 6th dedicated to
business development in Central Asia entitled:
THE NEW "GREAT GAME": BUSINESS, SECURITY, AND POLITICS IN CENTRAL ASIA
Saturday, February 6th
from 3:10PM to 4:40PM
Aldrich 111
Harvard Business School
Participants:
George Goolsby, Partner, Baker & Botts LLP
Sadyq Safaev, Republic of Uzbekistan, Ambassador to the US and Canada
Clive Gray, Harvard Institute for International Development
Moderator: Edward Keenan
Conference registration fees for students are $30 and non-students are $50.
Fees vary for other events other than the panel discussions. For complete
information on fees, registration and the conference schedule refer to the
following website:
http://www.asiabusinessconference.org
Through speeches and panel discussions featuring major government and
business leaders from Asia, as well as distinguished professors from
throughout Harvard University, the Conference aims to increase
understanding of the current policies and practices that govern business in
Asia.
COURSE OFFERING- Hist. and Cult. of the Islamic Peoples of the FSU
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 1 Feb 1999
Islamic Civilizations 125, Central Asian Culture and Society, Dept. of Near
Eastern Languages and Civilization
History and Culture of the Islamic Peoples of the Former Soviet Union
Firouzeh Mostashari, Visiting Professor of History, Regis College
Situated on the frontiers of the Russian empire and its successor state,
the Soviet Union, the Muslims of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the
Crimea, have had an eventful history in their encounter with the "Occident"
as represented by Russia. This seminar examines how these Islamic societies
were socially, politically and culturally impacted by Russian/Soviet
Imperialism, through analyzing the legacy of empire. The Muslims of the
Russian and Soviet "Orient" resisted political and cultural incorporation
and asserted their identity mainly through religious resistance. We shall
examine the changing role and nature of Islam in the Russian empire and the
Soviet Union, through the study of history, culture and identity. *This
course is intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.
Wednesdays 3-5 PM, Half Course (Spring term)
Coolidge Hall
Room 215
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02137
LECTURE - Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 26 Jan 1999
Friday, February 5
Lunch at 12:30, Lecture at 1:00
"The Importance of Iranian Studies for Understanding the Development of
Chinese Civilization"
Victor H. Mair
Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, University of
Pennsylvania
Seminar Room 4, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iaas
phone: +1/617-495-3777
Open to the public. You may bring your own lunch, or lunch can be bought
in the Coolidge Hall cafeteria and taken into Seminar Room 3.
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
Coolidge Hall 102
1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: +1/617-495-3777
Fax: +1/617-495-4306
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Posted: 10 Dec 1999
Luncheon and lecture
Wednesday, December 15, lunch at 12:30, lecture at 1:00
Coolidge Hall Seminar Room 3, 1737 Cambridge Street
C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
Stephen Phillips Professor of Archaeology, Harvard University
will present an illustrated lecture on
Bronze Age Nomads(?) in Kazakhstan and the Southern Urals: Indo-Iranians(?)
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard
University
iaasfas.harvard.edu
617-495-3777
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
Coolidge Hall 102
1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: +1/617-495-3777
Fax: +1/617-495-4306
fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 24 Nov 1999
You are invited to attend a luncheon lecture, with slides and audio
recordings:
"Shamanic Journeys Among the Buryats and Mongols"
Dr. Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Research Fellow, Dept. of Anthropology,
Brown University
Wednesday, December 1
Lunch at 12:30, Lecture at 1:00
Coolidge Hall Seminar Room 3, 1737 Cambridge Street
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard
University.
You can bring your lunch, or lunch can be purchased in the Coolidge Hall
cafeteria and brought into Seminar Room 3.
For more information contact the Committee on Inner Asian Studies at
iaasfas.harvard.edu or 617-495-3777.
fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Nov 1999
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The Thousand-Year March: Turkey's Lonely Quest for Identity
By
Zulfu Livaneli
Composer, Singer, Author and Columnist in the Turkish daily Sabah
Tuesday, December 7, 1999
Auditorium of Boylston Hall
Harvard University
4:00-6:00 p.m.
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Posted: 16 Nov 1999
CENTRAL ASIAN SEMINAR
"Azerbaijan-Iran Relations: Challenges and Prospects"
Nasib L. Nassibli
Professor and Chair, Department of International Relations and Political
Sciences, Khazar University
President, Foundation of Azerbaijan Studies
Former Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Tehran (1992-1994)
Tues., Nov. 23
2:15 - 4:00
Coolidge Hall Room 3
1737 Cambridge Street
Sponsored by:
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
and
The Caspian Studies Program at the Strengthening Democratic Institutions
Project of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
For information, contact:
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel.: +1/617-496-2643
e-mail: centasiafas.harvard.edu
emerald.tufts.edu>
Posted: 15 Nov 1999
Given the recent UN sanctions on Afghanistan and the subsequent violent
reaction inside both Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Central Asia/Caucasus
Forum will sponsor a talk by Neamat Nojumi, F'01, on "The Taliban Enigma:
The Taliban and the Osama bin Laden Connection" this Thursday (11/18) in the
ASEAN Auditorium. The talk will begin at 5:15 p.m.
Neamat will address the origins of "Islamic fanaticism" in the formation of
the Taliban following the end of the Soviet invasion. He will outline the
current dynamics of the Taliban and also discuss the situation surrounding
Osama bin Laden.
Neamat will also provide a short slide presentation.
We hope you will attend this timely discussion.
Regards,
Kevin Newman
P.S. For background, see an informative piece on the web at:
http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/central/9911/14/afghan.taliban.02/
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters swarmed into the streets
of the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, burning U.S. flags and shouting
anti-American slogans after the United Nations sanctions against the Taliban
rulers for refusing to hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden went
into effect.
Kevin Newman
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
http://www.tufts.edu/fletcher
28 Bowdoin St.
Medford, MA 02155
(781)-395-7103
gse.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Nov 1999
Due to unforseen travel complications, the seminar with the Tibet
Vocational Education Project that was scheduled for Nov. 29 (see below) has
been cancelled.
Monday, November 29, 12:00-2:00 in the Gutman 404:
The Tibet Vocational Education Project
Discussion with the Tibet Commission Delegation
Arthur N. Holcombe, President Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund
David Kahler, International Team Leader
Rsrch Asst. IEP
Email: Rsrch_Asst_IEPgse.harvard.edu
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
ksg.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Nov 1999
The Caspian Studies Program at the Strengthening Democratic Institutions
Project of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
and
the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
invite you to attend a panel discussion
"Chechnya: What's Next?"
The Faculty Dining Room, Littauer Building
79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Wednesday November 17, 1999
4:00 to 6:00 PM
Chair: Peter Rutland, Executive Director of the Caspian Studies Program at the
Kennedy School and Professor of Government at Wesleyan University
The Panel:
Ambassador Michael Libal, German Ambassador to Kazakhstan with diplomatic
experience in East-West relations and the former Soviet Union
General John Reppert, Executive Director of Research at the Belfer Center
for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School whose military
duties included three tours of duty at the US Embassy in Moscow.
Igor V. Rotar of the Moscow newspaper Nezavisimaya gazeta and the Jamestown
Foundation in Washington DC, an expert on Post-Soviet conflict.
harvard.edu>
Posted: 5 Nov 1999
You are invited to a seminar with:
Dr. Gerard J. Libaridian
who will speak on
"Armenia: Crisis or Opportunity?"
Sponsored by the
Caspian Studies Program
at the Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project
and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Monday, November 8
4:00 to 5:30
in the Taubman Dining Room
5th Floor of the Taubman Building
Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
From 1991-1997, Dr. Libaridian was Advisor, then Senior Advisor to former
President Levon Ter-Petrossian of Armenia, and negotiator on the Nagorno
Karabagh conflict.
Currently he is Senior Research Fellow at the EastWest Institute in New
York and Senior Consultant to IREX in Washington, D.C., on Caspian projects.
His most recent book: The Challenge of Statehood. Armenian Political
Thinking Since Independence was published this year in Cambridge.
He is currently writing Anatomy of Conflict. Nagorno Karabagh and the New
World Order, under a grant from the Arthur D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation.
gse.harvard.edu; - Posted: 3 Nov 1999
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to attend a special International Education
Seminar.
Monday, November 29, 12:00-2:00 in the Gutman 404:
The Tibet Vocational Education Project
Discussion with the Tibet Commission Delegation
Arthur N. Holcombe, President Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund
David Kahler, International Team Leader
Our Brown Bag talks are open to the public, so please feel free to forward
this message to interested parties.
We hope to see you there.
Research Asst. IEP
Email: Rsrch_Asst_IEPgse.harvard.edu
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Nov 1999
Davis Center Squaretable Discussion on "The War in Chechnya"
You are invited to a Squaretable Discussion entitled "The War in Chechnya".
Tuesday, November 9th, from 12:30-2:00 pm
Room 215 (Bergson/Ulam Room), Coolidge Hall
PARTICIPANTS include Timothy J. Colton (Director, Davis Center), Mark
Kramer (Director, Harvard Project on Cold War Studies), Brenda Shaffer
(Fellow, International Security Program, Kennedy School) and Victor
Shnirelman (Fulbright Scholar, Davis Center).
fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 29 Oct 1999
"The Cold War along the Inner Asian Frontier: Iran, 1945-1963"
Presented by Roxanna K. Blake, Ph.D.
Wednesday November 3
12:30 lunch followed by a talk at 1:00
Coolidge Hall, Room 3
law.harvard.edu>
Posted: 26 Oct 1999
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Wednesday, November 3rd
11:30-12:30 Cabot 206
The International Security Studies Program and the Central Asia/Caucasus
Forum is pleased to present:
Richard Remias, Central Asian Regional Director of The International Center
for Not-for-Profit Law
who will speak on
"Legal Reform and Development Challenges in the Former Soviet Union"
This will be a brown bag luncheon. For further information, contact Sarah
Prosser, sprosserlaw.harvard.edu.
Mr. Remias has spent that past several years in Central Asia and Belarus
working with government leaders and NGOs to draft laws that enable the
existence of NGOs.
harvard.edu>
Posted: 21 Oct 1999
SDI's Launch of the Caspian Studies Program, Kennedy School of Government
The Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project
of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Invites you to the launch of its Caspian Studies Program
Tuesday October 26, 1999
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
ARCO Forum, Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK Street, Harvard University
U.S. AND THE CASPIAN: CROSSROADS OR BARRICADE?
Chair: Graham T. Allison
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Kennedy School
Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Ilham Aliyev
First Vice President: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SCOAR)
Ashton B. Carter
Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School
Co-Director: Harvard-Stanford Preventive Defense Project
Tim Cejka
Vice President: Exploration for Exxon Ventures (CIS) Inc.
John M. Deutch
Institute Professor: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Please feel free to publicize this event among your colleagues, students and
friends.
A decade after the collapse of the USSR, the futures of the newly
independent states in the Caucasus and Central Asia are still uncertain.
Oil reserves in the Caspian Sea have catapulted these countries into the
challenging arena of global energy competition. Geostrategic jockeying for
control of oil fields and transit routes has exposed this historically
unstable region to international rivalries and disputes.
Will these young states successfully navigate the difficult paths of
democratic reform, economic restructuring, and national transformation?
Will their leaders be able to steer a course through the minefield of
competition over oil and pipelines? What are the United States' interests
in the region and what should U.S. policy in the region be?
To address these questions and to launch a new Caspian Studies Program and
Azerbaijan Initiative at the Kennedy School, leaders from the region and
experts from Harvard will be convened. The high-level panel will include
former CIA Director John Deutch, and former Assistant Secretaries of Defense
Graham Allison and Ashton Carter. Ilham Aliyev, son of the President of
Azerbaijan and representative of the largest Azeri oil company, and Tim
Cejka of Exxon will address the politics and realities of oil in the region.
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Posted: 19 Oct 1999
Central Asia Working Group - Wed., Oct. 20 - Suha Bolukbasi
This week's meeting of the Central Asia Working Group may be of interest to
a wider audience (though usually "Working Group" meetings are meant
primarily for its regular participants). Thus, all are welcome. If you
want to be included in the regular mailing list for the Working Group
(which is for the group's participants -- i.e., a much narrower audience
than the Central-Asia-Harvard-List), let me know.
The agenda for this week's Working Group meeting (tomorrow, Wed., Oct. 20)
will be an informal discussion on:
"Turkey and the Caspian Region"
with:
Prof. Suha Bolukabasi
Department of International Relations
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
As usual, the Working Group will meet at 4:15, Wed. in the Bergson/Ulam Room
(Coolidge Hall 215)
With questions, call:
The Central Asia Forum
496-2643
<centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein \ Director
Forum for Central Asian Studies \ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338 fax: +1/617-495-8319
schoeberfas.harvard.edu
Central Asia Forum Website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
<Central Eurasian Studies World Wide>: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
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Posted: 18 Oct 1999
October 20, 1999
2:00 - 4:00 PM
BCSIA Library
"Turkey and the Middle East: A Delicate Balance"
Professor Suha Bolukabasi, Department of International Relations, Middle
East Technical University, Ankara
Prof. Bolukbasi is one of the leading experts in Turkey on questions
concerning geopolitics and relations between Central Asia and Turkey.
Open to the Public. Event organized by Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs (BCSIA). For further information, contact Kristina
Cherniahivsky of BCSIA via email or at +1/617-495-4708.
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Posted: 12 Oct 1999
The Central Asia/Caucasus Forum at the Fletcher School, in cooperation with
PRAXIS, Southwest Asian Student Association and the International
Development Group, is pleased to announce Neamat Nojumi (F'01) who will
speak on "Tales from the Warfront in Afghanistan: An Afghan Mujahideen view
of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the recent Civil War" at the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Neamat will focus on the political and military events during the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan. In particular, Neamat will speak on his
experiences as a political prisoner, a resistance commander, and a
political activist. The presentation will endeavor to draw a picture that
will explain what has really happened in Afghanistan over the past 20 years.
Date: Tuesday, October 19th
Location: Murrow Room, Fletcher School
Time: 11:30 - 1:00
The event will be a brown-bag lunch.
Please also note that the Central Asia/Caucasus Forum will also be
sponsoring Dr. M. Saleh Keshawarz, who will speak on: "Water Resources and
its Importance in Central Asia" that is probably one of the greatest
potential flash points for conflict in Central Asia.
A few other speakers who the group hopes to invite are:
-a senior Afghan diplomat to the UN on recent developments in Afghanistan
-a recent Harvard Ph.D graduate to speak on "Chinese Interaction in Central
Asia."
Kevin Newman
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
www.tufts.edu/fletcher
28 Bowdoin St.
Medford, MA 02155
(781)-395-7103
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Posted: 27 Sep 1999
ISLAMIC LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM
All students throughout Harvard interested in the Islamic world,
historically or contemporaneously, are invited to attend an orientation
meeting and social gathering at the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at
Harvard Law School. Come learn about the activities of the Program and
give us your ideas on the kinds of activities you would like to see
relating to the Islamic world at Harvard.
Join us for delicious refreshments from the region and learn about course
offerings in Islamic law, upcoming activities including lectures and
conferences, or research opportunities within the Program. Meet our
current staff and visiting scholars and learn about their research projects.
We also wish to tell you about resources the ILSP has available to both
individual students and student organizations for activities related to the
Islamic world. Perhaps you would like to set up a panel discussion or
study group and need funding for materials or a guest speaker. Are you or
your student organization looking for funds to arrange a public lecture or
workshop for the greater Harvard community? Or perhaps you would like to
organize a series of films on the Islamic world, an art exhibit, or a
cultural evening of music or traditional dance? Come learn how!
Please join us on:
WHEN: Monday September 27, 1999
WHERE: Pound Hall 512 and 501
Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
TIME: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Islamic Legal Studies Program
Harvard Law School
1563 Mass Ave. Pound 501
Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-496-3941
website: www.law.harvard.edu/Programs/ILSP
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Posted: 24 Sep 1999
CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES AT HARVARD, 1999-2000
Announcing some of the Central Asian studies activities at Harvard in
1999-2000:
* Central Asia Seminar Series
- A public lecture series on topics in the politics, society, culture
and history of Central Asia.
- Meets approx. twice monthly Wednesdays 4:15-6:00, Coolidge Hall 215.
- If you are interested in being informed of these events, let us know.
* Central Asia Working Group
- A regular forum for informal discussion of Central Asia-related
projects. Each week, the group discusses a project-in-progress
(dissertation chapter, paper, thesis prospectus, etc.) of one of
the members over refreshments.
- Meets on Wednesdays when there is no lecture in teh Central Asia
Seminar Series, 4:15-6:00 in Coolidge Hall 215.
- There is a special e-mail mailing list for this group -- let us know
if you want to be included.
- THE FIRST MEETING will be NEXT WEDNESDAY -- Sept. 29 -- in the usual
location.
* Courses in Uzbek and Tajik
- Instruction in Uzbek and Tajik at various levels is available (for
credit) in courses offered through Near Eastern Langs. and Civs.
- Contact centasiafas.harvard.edu or 496-2643 ASAP if you are interested.
* Islamic Civilizations 124. Central Asian Culture and Society
- A seminar course covering a broad range of topics in the study of the
region, taught by John Schoeberlein (in NELC).
- Spring Term, Wednesdays 2:00-4:00.
NOTE: For more information about Central Asian studies at Harvard, visit the
website of the Forum at: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
If you would like to be informed of events and resources at Harvard, you may
join the Central-Asia-Harvard-List, which is an announcement list for
Central Asian studies at Harvard. Send us a message if you would like to
subscribe, or find the subscription form on the Forum website.
If you have information about any Central Asia-related event, resource or
opportunity at Harvard or in the Boston area, please feel encouraged to
share this with the subscribers of the Central-Asia-Harvard-List -- several
hundred people at Harvard and further afield. The list address is:
Central-Asia-Harvard-Listfas.harvard.edu
Also feel free to stop by the Program Office of the Forum for Central Asian
Studies, in room 224A, Coolidge Hall (1737 Cambridge St.), where you can make
the acquaintance of Laurie Johnston, the program's assistant, Gulnora
Aminova, who teaches Central Asian languages, and John Schoeberlein,
Director of the Forum. We have many activities and we would be glad to have
your involvement and, if you are interested, your collaboration. For a
taste of the Forum's on-going projects, visit the <Central Asian Studies
World Wide> website (address below).
John Schoeberlein
______________________________________________________________________
Dr. John S. Schoeberlein \ Director
Forum for Central Asian Studies \ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338 fax: +1/617-495-8319
schoeberfas.harvard.edu
Central Asia Forum Website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
<Central Eurasian Studies World Wide>: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
______________________________________________________________________
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Posted: 22 Sep 1999
The Central Asia Forum is sponsoring language courses this year in Uzbek
and Tajik. The courses are listed in the Department of Near Eastern
Languages and Civilizations.
Please contact the Forum Office for more information.
Forum for Central Asian Studies/ Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel.: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319
centasiafas.harvard.edu
Central Asia Forum website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
<Central Eurasian Studies World Wide> website: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
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Posted: 13 Sep 1999
The Forum for Central Asian Studies is looking for work-study students to
help with a variety of projects. Some of the work will require computer
skills and knowledge of Russian. Depending on your skills and interests,
there is a range tasks you can be engaged in, from library research to
Internet to data management.
Note that this work is ONLY available to students who are eligible for the
U.S. Federal Work-Study program as part of their financial aid. Please
check about your eligibility with the Financial Aid Office.
If you are interested, please let us know. We will be grateful also if you
can pass this message to others who may be interested.
John Schoeberlein
Director, Forum for Central Asian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street, 224
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 496-2643
Fax: 495-8319
E-mail: <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
WWW: <http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu>
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Posted: 13 Sep 1999
The date of the Third Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance --
Friday, October 1, 1999 -- is approaching. It precedes the Islamic
Society of North America's (ISNA) Second Islamic Banking and Finance
Conference, which follows the Harvard Forum on October 2-3 and will also
be in the Boston area.
The Third Harvard Forum will be opened by Prince Mohamed Al Faisal Al Saud
of Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami, followed by Mr. Ishaq Dar, Pakistan's Minister
of Finance and Trade, at 8:00 a.m. on October 1. Other top speakers
include Mr. Abdullah Sulaiman Al Rajhi, Dr. Saleh J. Malaikah, and
Professor Samuel L. Hayes of the Harvard Business School. A longer list
of speakers is available on our Web site (http://www.hifip.harvard.edu).
Registration to the Harvard Forum gives you free registration to ISNA's
conference. If you plan to attend, please make your travel arrangements
to be in the Boston area from September 30 to October 3. The Harborside
Hyatt gives discounts to those who mention the ISNA code.
We look forward to your attendance at our conference. If you have not yet
registered, we encourage you to do so online to reserve your spot today.
Dr. S. Nazim Ali
Director of Operations
Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
850 Holyoke Center
Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.
Tel: +1/617-496-2296 or +1/617-496-2297
Fax: +1/617-496-2373
E-mail: hifipfas.harvard.edu
WWW: http://www.hifip.harvard.edu
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Posted: 2 Jun 1999
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Posted: 6 Apr 1999
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies and the W.E.B. DuBois
Institute for African American Studies announce:
David Chioni Moore, International Studies Program, Macalester College
speaking on
"Not So Far From Here to Yonder: Reissuing Langston Hughes' Lost 1934
Moscow-Published Book, 'A Negro Looks at Soviet Central Asia' "
Thursday, April 15, 1999, at 5:15 PM
Alain Locke Seminar Room, DuBois Institute, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street.
Reception to follow the talk.
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Posted: 1 Apr 1999
The Harvard Central Asia Forum presents:
"The Survival of Patron-client Networks in Tajikistan" Muriel Atkin
Professor of History,
George Washington University
Wednesday, April 7
12:30PM - 2:00PM Coolidge Hall Room 215 1737 Cambridge Street
Refreshments will be served, all are welcome. For information, call:
496-2643
or write: centasiafas.harvard.edu
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Posted: 2 Mar 1999
Tufts University is holding their annual EPIIC Symposium, March 4 to 7. This
year's topic, "Global Crime, Corruption and Accountability," contains some
interesting panels specific to Russia and the Caspian Sea region on Saturday,
March 6th. All tickets are $10. The preliminary schedule is attached below for
your convenience.For more information please contact the following individual:
Heather Barry
Assistant Director, EPIIC
617.627.3314/Fax 617.627.3940
http://www.epiic.com
GLOBAL CRIME, CORRUPTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY
EPIIC 1999 International Symposium, Tufts University
______________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, March 4
Narcopolitics in the Americas
7:30pm
Peter Andreas
Co-Editor, The Illicit Global Economy and State Power; Co-Author, Drug War
Politics; Academy Scholar, Weatherhead Institute for International
Affairs, Harvard University
Diane Davis
Fellow, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; Recipient,
MacArthur Foundation Grant to study Mexican police relations
Gustavo Gorriti
Executive Editor, La Prensa, Panama; 1998 Man of the Year, Committee To
Protect Journalists
Jane Hughes
Senior Adviser, World Political Risk Forecasts, Political Risk Services,
Inc.; Author, Economic Dimensions of Organized Crime in the Americas
Frederico Molina Soto
Former Deputy Minister of Defense, Colombia*
Craig Van Note
Executive Vice President, Monitor: The Conservation, Environmental, and
Animal Welfare Consortium; responsible for the tuna/cocaine expos
Sidney Zabludoff
Former Deputy Chief, Counternarcotics Operations, CIA; Special Assistant
to the Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Department
of the Treasury
______________________________________________________________________________
Friday, March 5
Corruption in China
10:00am
Wei Jingsheng
Chinese Dissident and Human Rights Activist; Author, The Courage to Stand
Alone; Author, RThe Fifth ModernizationS, ChinaUs Democracy Wall
David Yu
Professor of Economics, Tufts University; Former Editor, Beijing Spring
______________________________________________________________________________
Media: The Challenges of Crime, Corruption, and Accountability
12:00pm
Kathi Austin
Visiting Scholar, Center for African Studies, Stanford University;
Producer, RForsaken Cries: The Story of RwandaS, Amnesty International;
Co-Author, RAfrica: Environmental Degradation, Human DeprivationS
John Dinges
Chair, Broadcast Journalism, Columbia School of Journalism; Former Foreign
Editor, National Public Radio
Chris Hedges
Former Bureau Chief, The Balkans, The New York Times; War Correspondent,
El Salvador, The Gulf War
Brant Houston
Executive Director, Investigative Reporters and Editors; Author,
RComputer-Assisted Reporting: A Practical GuideS
Timothy OUBrien
Author, Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz, and Danger of the
American Gambling Industry; Correspondent, The New York Times
Sharon Tiller
Senior Producer, Frontline, where the programs she has produced include
So You Want to Buy a President? and The Great American Bailout; Former
Executive Editor and Executive Producer, Center for Investigative
Reporting
______________________________________________________________________________
Voices from the Field: The Human Face of Crime and Corruption
2:00pm
Hafsat Abiola
Human rights and democracy activist, Nigeria; Founder and Director,
Kudirat Initiative for Democracy; Co-Founder and President, International
African Students Association
Marcelo Ebrard
Independent Legislator, Mexico; leading the Congressional investigation of
corruption in the Mexican government
Oby Ezekwesili
Former Chair, Transparency International Nigeria; Former National
Treasurer, Finance House Association
Gustavo Gorriti
Executive Editor, La Prensa, Panama; 1998 Man of the Year, Committee To
Protect Journalists
Martin Weinberg
Criminal Lawyer, Boston; his clients have included Michele Sidona, Jorge
Luis Ochoa, and Steve RThe RiflemanS Flemmi
______________________________________________________________________________
Opening Ceremonies
6:30pm
Welcome and Introductions
Announcement of the Leonard Silk Research Fellowship
Video on RGlobal Crime, Corruption, and AccountabilityS
Recognition of Distinguished Individuals
% Wei Jingsheng
% Hafsat Abiola
Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award to Luis Moreno Ocampo and Wole
Soyinka
Introduction of Mr. Moreno:
Marguerite Feitlowitz
Author, A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture;
Lecturer, Harvard University
Luis Moreno Ocampo
President, Transparency International Latin America and the Caribbean;
Prosecutor of the Argentine Military leaders responsible for the Malvinas
War; Author, In Self Defense: How To Avoid Corruption and When Power Lost
the Trial: How to Explain the Dictatorship to Our Children
Introduction of Mr. Soyinka:
Pearl Robinson
Professor of Political Science and Director of International Relations
Program, Tufts University; Co-Author, Stabilizing Nigeria : Sanctions,
Incentives, and Support for Civil Society
Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate in Literature; Woodruff Professor of the Arts, Emory
University; Fellow, W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Harvard University; Author,
The Burden of Memory, The Muse of Forgiveness and The Open Sore of a
Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis
______________________________________________________________________________
State Crimes and Accountability: Are Truth and Reconciliation Compatible?
8:30pm
Tom Blanton
Executive Director, National Security Archive
L. Carter Cornick
Former Chief, Terrorism Research and Analytical Center, FBI, supervisory
investigator for the Letelier assassination and the 1983 bombing of the
U.S. Marine Compound in Beirut, among other cases
Pumla Gobodo-Madikezela
Psychologist; Former Member, Human Rights Violation Committee, Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, South Africa
Julie Leimbach
EPIICU97, Senior, Tufts University; Intern, Institute of Criminology,
South Africa
Luis Moreno Ocampo
President, Transparency International Latin America and the Caribbean;
Prosecutor of the Argentine Military leaders responsible for the Malvinas
War; Author, In Self Defense: How To Avoid Corruption and When Power Lost
the Trial: How to Explain the Dictatorship to Our Children
Paul Stopforth
South African Artist; Professor, Museum School of Fine Arts
Gisela von Muhlenbrock
Former Chief of Staff and Counsel, Minister of Justice, Santiago, Chile;
Author, decree creating ChileUs Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate in Literature; Woodruff Professor of the Arts, Emory
University; Fellow, W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Harvard University; Author,
The Burden of Memory, The Muse of Forgiveness and The Open Sore of a
Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis
______________________________________________________________________________
Saturday, March 6
Hot Money and BCCI: Fraud, Finance, and International Security
9:00am
Jack Blum
Former Senior Investigator, U.S. Senate (where he was the principal
investigator of the B.C.C.I. scandal, General NoriegaUs drug trafficking,
and Lockheed overseas bribes, among other cases); Partner, Lobel, Novins
and Lamont
Gherardo Colombo
Prosecutor, Milan, Italy; Chief Prosecutor in the Mani Pulite (Clean
Hands) anti-corruption trials; Former Judge who exposed the P2 Lodge
Robert Morgenthau (via videotape)
District Attorney, New York County; noted prosecutor of Rwhite-collar
crimeS as in the cases of Carmine DeSapio and B.C.C.I.
Tom Naylor
Professor of Economics, McGill University; Author, Hot Money and the
Politics of Debt and Patriots and Profiteers (forthcoming)
John Owen
Governor, The Cayman Islands*
Nikos Passas
Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University; Editor, Transnational
Crime; Consultant, United Nations Centre for International Crime
Prevention
Jonathan Winer
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State
______________________________________________________________________________
IMF and the World Bank: Time for Reform
11:30am
David Dapice
Professor of Economics, Tufts University; Senior Fellow, Harvard Institute
for International Development
Soedradjad Djiwandono
Former Governor, Central Bank of Indonesia
Marcelo Ebrard
Independent Legislator, Mexico; leading the Congressional investigation of
corruption in the Mexican government
Oby Ezekwesili
Former Chair, Transparency International Nigeria; Former National
Treasurer, Finance House Association
Robert Lindquist
Director, Forensic Accounting Unit, Price Waterhouse; Investigator of
Corruption; The World Bank
Anthony Pereira
Neil Allen Visiting Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, The
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Michael Stevens
Principal Public Sector Management Specialist on Anti-Corruption Issues,
The World Bank
______________________________________________________________________________
Corporate Crime and Corruption: The Caspian and Beyond
2:30pm
Sam Barzilay
EPIICU99, Winter T99 Research trip to Azerbaijan
Alan Block
Professor, Administration of Justice, The Pennsylvania State University;
Author, Space, Time and Organized Crime and RThe Serious Crime Community
in Oil and BankingS
Hyun Jung Choi
EPIICU99, Winter T99 Research trip to Azerbaijan
Jayhun Mollazade
Editor , Caspian Crossroads Magazine*
Shorena Shaverdashvili
EPIICU99, Winter T99 Research trip to Azerbaijan
______________________________________________________________________________
Russia: Complex Webs of Transition
4:00pm
Boris Berezovsky
Former Member, Security Council, Russia; Former Head, Commonwealth of
Independent States; Russian business magnate*
Vladimir Brovkin
Project Director, United Research Centers on Organized Crime in Eurasia;
Author, "Fragmentation of Authority and Privatization of the State"
Robert I. Friedman
Award-wining Investigative Reporter; Author, Zealots for Zion, RBrighton
Beach GoodfellasS (Vanity Fair), RThe OrganizatsyaS, RThe Money PlaneS
(New York Magazine), and RPower PlayS (Details)
Richard Palmer
Former Chief of Station, Western Europe and the Former Soviet Union, CIA;
Former Director, Banka Balttija, Latvia; Author, The New Russian
Oligarchy: The Nomenklatura, the KGB and the Mafiya (forthcoming)
Glenn E. Schweitzer
Director, Central Europe and Eurasia, National Academy of Sciences;
Author, Moscow DMZ: The Story of the International Effort to Convert
Russian Weapons Science to Peaceful Purposes
______________________________________________________________________________
Recognition of Distinguished Individuals
8:00pm
% Jack Blum
% Gherardo Colombo
______________________________________________________________________________
Transnational Crime, Terrorism and the Arms Trade
8:15pm
Kathi Austin
Visiting Scholar, Center for African Studies, Stanford University;
Consultant, Human Rights Project/Arms Project; Author, Controlling Light
Weapons Trafficking in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Raymond Bonner
Investigative Reporter; Correspondent, The New York Times; Author,
Waltzing with a Dictator: the Marcoses and the Making of American Policy
and Weakness and Deceit: U.S. Policy and El Salvador
Bernard Cayron
Director, Export Trading Services; Former Defense Adviser, Delegate
Minister of the Sea, France
Rensselaer Lee III, Author, Smuggling Armageddon: The Nuclear Black Market
in the Former Soviet Union and Europe and The Andean Cocaine Industry;
Political Analyst, Global Advisory Services
Francois Pascal
Lt. Colonel, French Marines; Senior Intelligence Analyst, Investigations
Section, Internal Oversight Services, United Nations Situation Center,
Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Nikos Passas
Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University; Editor, Transnational
Crime; Consultant, United Nations Centre for International Crime
Prevention
Louise Shelley
Director, Center for the Study of Transnational Organized Crime and
Corruption, American University; Editor, Trends In Organized Crime
Jonathan Winer
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State
______________________________________________________________________________
Sunday, March 7
Information Highway Robbery: Cybercrime in the United States and the
European Union
11:00am
Frank Cilluffo
Senior Analyst and Director of Task Forces (including Information
Warfare/Information Assurance), Global Organized Crime Project, CSIS;
Co-Editor, Global Organized Crime: The New Empire of Evil, Russian
Organized Crime
Tom Diaz
Senior Policy Analyst, Violence Policy Center; Former Counsel,
Subcommittee on Crime, U.S. House of Representatives; Author, Making a
Killing
Nikos Passas
Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University; Editor, Transnational
Crime; Consultant, United Nations Centre for International Crime
Prevention
Jonathan Winer
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State
______________________________________________________________________________
The Corruption Eruption: Strategies for Accountability
2:30pm
Gherardo Colombo
Prosecutor, Milan, Italy; Chief Prosecutor in the Mani Pulite (Clean
Hands) anti-corruption trials; Former Judge who exposed the P2 Lodge
Kimberly Elliott
Editor, Corruption and the Global Economy; Research Fellow, The Institute
for International Economics
Anne Florini
Resident Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author,
RThe End of SecrecyS
Johanna Mendelson Forman
Attorney and Social Scientist, The Post-Conflict Unit/Social Development
Department, The World Bank
Ronald MacLean-Abaroa
Co-Founder, Transparency International; Former Mayor, La Paz, Bolivia;
Co-Author, Corrupt Cities (forthcoming)
Susan Rose-Ackerman
Luce Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University; Author,
Corruption: A Study in Political Economy and Corruption and Government:
Causes, Consequences and Reform
Fred Wertheimer
President, Democracy 21; Former President, Common Cause
James Wesberry
President, Casals and Associates; Form
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Posted: 24 Feb 1999
Wednesday, March 10
Lunch at 12:30, Lecture at 1:00
"The Russian-Mongolian-Tibetan Connection: An Update on the Three Buddhist
Republics of the Russian Federation"
Gary Wintz, Independent Scholar
Seminar Room 3, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iaas
phone: +1/617-495-3777
Open to the public. You may bring your own lunch, or lunch can be bought
in the Coolidge Hall cafeteria and taken into Seminar Room 3.
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Posted: 23 Feb 1999
Robert Crews
Princeton University
"True Religion in the Service of the Empire:
Mosque Community Debates, the State, and an Imperial Islam in Tsarist Russia"
Friday February 26
2:00 pm
Lower Level Library
Robinson Hall
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Posted: 2 Feb 1999
Harvard Asia Business Conference at Harvard Business School, Feb. 5-6. This
year, the conference is featuring a panel on February 6th dedicated to
business development in Central Asia entitled:
THE NEW "GREAT GAME": BUSINESS, SECURITY, AND POLITICS IN CENTRAL ASIA
Saturday, February 6th
from 3:10PM to 4:40PM
Aldrich 111
Harvard Business School
Participants:
George Goolsby, Partner, Baker & Botts LLP
Sadyq Safaev, Republic of Uzbekistan, Ambassador to the US and Canada
Clive Gray, Harvard Institute for International Development
Moderator: Edward Keenan
Conference registration fees for students are $30 and non-students are $50.
Fees vary for other events other than the panel discussions. For complete
information on fees, registration and the conference schedule refer to the
following website:
http://www.asiabusinessconference.org
Through speeches and panel discussions featuring major government and
business leaders from Asia, as well as distinguished professors from
throughout Harvard University, the Conference aims to increase
understanding of the current policies and practices that govern business in
Asia.
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Posted: 1 Feb 1999
Islamic Civilizations 125, Central Asian Culture and Society, Dept. of Near
Eastern Languages and Civilization
History and Culture of the Islamic Peoples of the Former Soviet Union
Firouzeh Mostashari, Visiting Professor of History, Regis College
Situated on the frontiers of the Russian empire and its successor state,
the Soviet Union, the Muslims of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the
Crimea, have had an eventful history in their encounter with the "Occident"
as represented by Russia. This seminar examines how these Islamic societies
were socially, politically and culturally impacted by Russian/Soviet
Imperialism, through analyzing the legacy of empire. The Muslims of the
Russian and Soviet "Orient" resisted political and cultural incorporation
and asserted their identity mainly through religious resistance. We shall
examine the changing role and nature of Islam in the Russian empire and the
Soviet Union, through the study of history, culture and identity. *This
course is intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.
Wednesdays 3-5 PM, Half Course (Spring term)
Coolidge Hall
Room 215
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02137
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Posted: 26 Jan 1999
Friday, February 5
Lunch at 12:30, Lecture at 1:00
"The Importance of Iranian Studies for Understanding the Development of
Chinese Civilization"
Victor H. Mair
Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, University of
Pennsylvania
Seminar Room 4, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
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phone: +1/617-495-3777
Open to the public. You may bring your own lunch, or lunch can be bought
in the Coolidge Hall cafeteria and taken into Seminar Room 3.
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
Coolidge Hall 102
1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: +1/617-495-3777
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Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian
and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge Street Rm S-326
Cambridge, MA 02138
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