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- LECTURE-
Prof. Barth on Afganistan (Wednesday, Dec. 5th) - Posted: 5 Dec 2001
- LECTURE-
Iranian-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1945-46, NELC, 6 Dec. - Posted: 4 Dec 2001
- LECTURE-
Islamic Science in China, Zvi Ben-Dor, Dec. 4 - Posted: 27 Nov 2001
- INNER
ASIA LECTURE- Amban Cebake's Bribery Scandal, Ruohong Li - Posted: 21 Nov
2001
- LECTURE-
JUST WAR lectures Wednesday Nov. 28 - Posted: 20 Nov 2001
- NELC
LECTURE- John Greppin, "Comparative Middle Armenian Medicine" - Posted: 14 Nov 2001
- LECTURE-
Can Urine Kill? Indo-European, P.O. Skjaervo, Nov. 19 - Posted: 14 Nov 2001
- SEMINAR-
Aigul Kosherbayeva, External Economic Activity of Kazakhstan - Posted: 14
Nov 2001
- INNER
ASIA LECTURE- Peter Zieme, Uighur Texts from Mogao Grottos - Posted: 13
Nov 2001
- CURRENT
RESEARCH CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA - DISCUSSION - Posted: 13 Nov 2001
- LECTURE-
Ruud Lubbers, UNHCR, The Refugee Crisis in Afghanistan - Posted: 12 Nov
2001
- LECTURE-
Democratic Changes in Mongolia, Prime Minister of Mongolia - Posted: 12
Nov 2001
- LECTURE-
Peter Zieme, Maitreya in Uyghur Buddhism - Posted: 12 Nov 2001
- PANEL-
Impact of Anti-Terrorism Campaign on Central Asia, Nov. 13 - Posted: 11
Nov 2001
- CONF.-
International Workshop on Yi Studies, Harvard Univ., Nov. 9-11 - Posted:
7 Nov 2001
- LECTURE-
Pluralism and Tolerance in Classical Islamic Law - Posted: 2 Nov 2001
- SEMINAR
SERIES- PONSACS Seminars, Center for International Affairs - Posted: 24
Oct 2001
- DISCUSSION-
Islam and the Caspian Region, Kennedy School of Government - Posted: 13
Oct 2001
- REMINDER
- Global Terrorism and Central Asia - Posted: 10 Oct 2001
- SQUARE-TABLE
DISCUSSION- Global Terrorism and Central Asia, Oct. 10 - Posted: 3 Oct 2001
- TEACH-IN-
US Foreign Policy and America's Response to Terror - Posted: 2 Oct 2001
- INNER
ASIA LECTURE- Gray Tuttle, Tibetan Buddhism in Modern China, Oct 3 - Posted:
28 Sep 2001
- ISLAMIC
LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM - Posted: 19 Sep 2001
- Central
Asia Working Group 2001-2002 - First Meeting - Posted: 18 Sep 2001
- Central
Asia Working Group 2001-2002 Organizational Meeting - Posted: 12 Sep 2001
- WORK
STUDY JOB- Research Assistant on Central Asia - Posted: 10 Sep 2001
- CENTRAL
ASIAN LANGUAGE TUTORIALS - August 2001 - Posted: 3 Aug 2001
- Inner
Asia Workshop- B. Manz, Turkic and Iranian Identities, May 21 - Posted:
14 May 2001
- CSP
SEMINAR- Azerbaijan: Between Authoritarianism and Democracy, May 11 - Posted:
9 May 2001
- OLIN
SERIES- Erika Weinthal, Environmental Protection in Central Asia, May 17 - Posted: 8 May 2001
- INNER
ASIA LECTURE- David Roxburgh, Paintings of Nomads and Demons, May 10 - Posted:
4 May 2001
- YARSHATER
LECTURE- Bert Fragner, Timur and the Timurids, May 4 - Posted: 3 May 2001
- LECTURE-
Yuri Bossin, Inter-Ethnic Rel. in Post-Soviet Central Asia, May 15 - Posted:
3 May 2001
- OLIN
SERIES- Cynthia Werner, State-Soc. Rel. and Marriage in Kazakhstan, May 10 - Posted: 3 May 2001
- INNER
ASIA LECTURE- Peter Purdue, Rewriting Qing Inner Asian Conquests, May 2 - Posted: 2001
- Conference
on Sufism this Weekend (Apr. 28-29), Harvard Islamic Society - Posted: 24
Apr 2001
- CSP
SEMINAR- Education in Azerbaijan, Hamlet Isaxanli, Apr. 25 - Posted: 19
Apr 2001
- PANEL-
Negotiations on Nagorno-Karabagh, Kennedy School, Apr. 23 - Posted: 18 Apr
2001
- POST-COMM
WORKSHOP- Territory in Chechnya and Tatarstan, Monica Toft, Apr.20 - Posted:
18 Apr 2001
- OLIN
SEMINAR- Laura Adams, Cultural Elites in Uzbekistan, April 19 - Posted:
13 Apr 2001
- OLIN
SEMINAR- John Schoeberlein, Nationalism, Islam and State Ideology, Apr. 12 - Posted: 10 Apr 2001
- LECTURE/VIDEO-
Thomas Goltz, Caspian Politics and Pipelines, Apr. 10 - Posted: 9 Apr 2001
- CMES
TALK TODAY- Farhad Atai, Turkish and Iranian Initiatives in Central Asia - Posted: 13 Mar 2001
- Olin
Seminar Series - March 8, Marianne Kamp, Social Service and the State -
Posted: 5 Mar 2001
- INNER
ASIA LECTURE- Hodong Kim, The Rise of Qubilai, March 7 - Posted: 3 Mar 2001
- CENTRAL
ASIA TALKS- TODAY- Kelly McMann and Firouzeh Mostashari - Posted: 2 Mar
2001
- B.U.
LECTURE- Stalin, Russia and Chechnya, Victoria Poupko, Feb. 23 - Posted:
21 Feb 2001
- OLIN
SEMINAR- Alisher Ilkhamov, Center-Periphery Relations in Uzbekistan - Posted:
21 Feb 2001
- PRESENTATION-
Undergrad Workshop Including a Thesis Summary on Tajikistan - Posted: 16
Feb 2001
- CENTRAL
ASIA SEMINAR- Pan Guang, China and Central Asia, Feb. 14 - Posted: 8 Feb
2001
- LECTURE-
Geshe Thupten Phelgye, Tibetan Buddhist Perspective..., Feb. 2 - Posted:
1 Feb 2001
- CENTRAL
ASIA WORKING GROUP, Spring Semester 1st Meeting Wed., 7 Feb. - Posted: 31
Jan 2001
- INNER
ASIA LECTURE- T. Barfield, Changing Afghanistan, Feb. 7 - Posted: 30 Jan
2001
- OLIN
SEMINAR SERIES- Reconceptualizing Central Asia: States and Societies... - Posted: 30 Jan 2001
- COURSE
OFFERING- The Meanings of Islam in Central Asia - Posted: 29 Jan 2001
LECTURE- Prof. Barth on Afganistan (Wednesday, Dec. 5th)
From: Ahmed Jebari <jebari fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 5 Dec 2001
Boston University
Society for Middle Eastern Studies
presents
A Talk with Fredrik Barth on Afghanistan
Professor Barth is one of the most important contemporary representatives of
anthropology whose reputation both as a fieldworker and a theoretician has
been renowned for more than four decades. His main research interests are
anthropology of knowledge, ethnicity, religion, Islamic societies, Asia,
Pakistan, and Bali.
What can anthropology tell us about ethnic groups in the Afghanistan war?
How different is Islam in various societies and geographic areas?
What is the role of anthropological knowledge in understanding this conflict?
More Questions? Please join us to discuss the latest...
Place: George Sherman Union, Room 320-21
(BU Central T-Stop on Green-B Line)
Date: December 5th, Wednesday
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
For more information, please e-mail us via <mesbu.edu> or visit our web
site at: http://people.bu.edu/mes/
LECTURE- Iranian-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1945-46, NELC, 6 Dec.
From: "Richard N. Frye" <fryefas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Dec 2001
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard
University
"The Iranian-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1945-46 and the Assyrians"
Prof. Ronald Thomaszadeh
Professor of Political Science and English
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Room 3, Coolidge Hall
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Date: Thursday, 6 December 2001
Time: 6:00 pm
Chai Kada Reception to follow
LECTURE- Islamic Science in China, Zvi Ben-Dor, Dec. 4
From: Monika Shepherd <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 27 Nov 2001
Tuesday, December 4, 12:15 pm
"Islamic Science in China: Between the Mongols and the Jesuits"
Zvi Ben-Dor, Boston University
China Lunchtime Seminar
Seminar Room 2, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Sponsored by the Fairbank Center
Tel. +1/617-495-4046
CONF.- International Workshop on Yi Studies, Harvard Univ., Nov. 9-11
From: Qubumo Bamo <bamo2fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 7 Nov 2001
International Workshop on Yi Studies
The Fate of Cultural Diversity in the Age of Development:
The Case of Yi People in China
Sponsored by the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the interdisciplinary research
discussion will focus on the context and meaning of "developing west"
proclaimed by Chinese government in local, national and transnational
arenas. The significance of this workshop would be: to raise a new voice
from the discourse between ethnic native scholars and international
scholars, between insider and outsider, between there and here, that would
be a new chapter both in the history of international Yi Studies and in the
scholarship of Yenching Institute.
Dr. Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard will deliver a
keynote lecture on "Minorities, Stereotypes, and the Permutations of
Essentialism" on its opening session; Seven paper sessions of invited and
local speakers from the US and abroad will address the key issues of the
workshop. Among the fields represented will be anthropology, political
economics, folkloristics, ethnology, and cultural studies. In addition to
these formal sessions, there will be a general discussion focusing on
cultural diversity in Yi areas and beyond. As one of the highlights of this
workshop, a movie show about Long Yun, an important figure with Yi origin in
modern history of China will be screened, following by professors' interview
with Long Sheng-de, the sixth son of Long Yun on the spot.
The workshop will be held on November 9-11, 2001 on Harvard's campus.
PROGRAM
Note:
1. All activities are sponsored by Harvard-Yenching Institute and will be
held in Common Room, 2 Divinity, unless they are indicated.
2. Since it is still uncertain how many people can finally come from China,
the schedule is still open to update.
3. With the exception of the one single-paper session, each session will
discuss two papers in 90 minutes. Each presenter will have a maximum of 15
minutes to talk about his or her paper, after which the discussant will have
20-30 minutes to comment on both papers, followed by 30-40 minutes of
general discussion.
Friday, November 9
1:30pm-1:45pm Welcome and Introductions
Chairs: Edward Baker, Long Shengde and Pan Jiao
1:45pm-3:15pm: Keynote Lecture with group discussion
Michael Herzfeld, "Minorities, Stereotypes, and the Permutations of
Essentialism"
Chair: Stevan Harrell
3:30pm-5:00pm Paper Session
Chair: Wu Ga
Mark Bender, "Emergent Contexts of Yi Oral and Oral-Connected Literatures"
Bamo Qubumo, "Orality and Literacy in Nuosu Traditional Narratives"
Discussant: Aaron Tate
5:15pm-6:00pm Paper Session
Chair: Wu Ga
Yao Zhihua, "Water and Cosmogony in Yi Culture"
Discussant: Benoit Vermander
9:00pm-10:30pm Movie show _Long Yun and Jiang Jieshi_, Vanserg Hall, 25
Francis Ave.
10:30pm-11:15pm Interview with Mr. Long Shengde
Saturday, November 10
8:30am-10:00am Paper Session
Chair: Stevan Harrell
Benoit Vermander, "The Unfolding Narrative of Yi Religion"
Wu Da: "Yi Native Religion in Changing China"
Discussant: Robert Weller
10:15am-11:45am Paper Session
Chair: Stevan Harrell
Wu Ga, "Multicultural Education in Yi Areas in Guangxi"
Ziwo Lama, "On the Unification of the Yi Script"
Discussant: Li Yongxiang
1:30pm-3:00pm Paper Session
Chair: Thomas Heberer
Ann Maxwell Hill, "Cultural Translation and Erasure of Difference"
Pan Jiao, "Lolo of Liangshan: Culture as Travel"
Discussant: Stevan Harrell
3:15pm-4:45pm Paper Session
Chair: Thomas Heberer
Margaret Swain, "Sani Yi on the Internet"
Li Yongxiang and Stevan Harrell, "History of the History of the Yi, Part II"
Discussant: Pan Jiao
Sunday, November 11
8:30am-10:00am Paper Session
Chair: Bamo Qubumo
Lasha Vytsa Lynuo, "Backward and Poor: Animal Husbandry and Forestry"
Thomas Heberer, "Ethnic Entrepreneurs, Market Behavior and Social Morality"
Discussant: Wu Ga
10:30am-12:00pm Wrap-up Panel and General Discussion
Chair: Stevan Harrell
Panelists: Pan Jiao, Bamo Qubumo, Michael Herzfeld, Robert Weller
For more information, please contact:
Jiao Pan panfas.harvard.edu
Qubumo Bamo bamo2fas.harvard.edu
Ronald Suleski suleskifas.harvard.edu
Harvard-Yenching Institute
Vanserg Hall, 20D
25 Francis Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax.: +1/617--496-7206 (Inst.)
PANEL- Impact of Anti-Terrorism Campaign on Central Asia, Nov. 13
From: Timur Akazhanov <akazhanfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 11 Nov 2001
Topic: "THE FORGOTTEN IMPACT OF THE ANTI-TERRORISM CAMPAIGN ON
POLITICS AND REGIONAL SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA"
A Panel sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Relations
Student Council...
Speakers:
Dr. John Schoeberlein, Director of Forum for Central Asian Studies, Harvard
University; Advocacy Director, Int'l Crisis Group, Central Asia Project
Dr. Kelly McMann, Researcher at the Davis Center for Russian Studies,
Harvard University
Dr. Yusup Magdiev, Head of the Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Uzbekistan; Weatherhead Center Fellow
When: Tuesday, November 13, 4 PM
Where: TICKNOR LOUNGE, Boylston Hall
Central Asia remained largely invisible to the rest of the world until
the aftermath of September 11th made it a region that we can no longer
ignore. Please join us in a closer look at a part of the world whose
political and economic situation demands our understanding and our close
attention.
LECTURE- Ruud Lubbers, UNHCR, The Refugee Crisis in Afghanistan
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Nov 2001
"The Refugee Crisis in Afghanistan"
Ruud Lubbers
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982-1994)
Friday, November 16, 4:00 pm
ARCO Forum, Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge
Co-sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Institute
of Politics Student Advisory Committee
Tel. +1/617-495-1380
Web site: http://www.iop.harvard.edu/forum.html
LECTURE- Democratic Changes in Mongolia, Prime Minister of Mongolia
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Nov 2001
"Democratic Changes in Mongolia: Lessons and Challenges"
His Excellency Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Prime Minister of Mongolia
Friday, November 16, 4:00-5:30 pm
CID Visiting Dignitary Series
Starr Auditorium, Belfer building, Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge
Contact: anni_valmeharvard.edu
LECTURE- Peter Zieme, Maitreya in Uyghur Buddhism
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Nov 2001
"Maitreya in Uyghur Buddhism"
Professor Peter Zieme
Thursday, November 15, 4:15 pm
Seminar Room 1, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum
Contact: Michael Radich, radichfas.harvard.edu
INNER ASIA LECTURE- Peter Zieme, Uighur Texts from Mogao Grottos
From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Nov 2001
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies is proud to present
Peter Zieme
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
"Recent Discoveries of Uighur Texts from the Northern Mogao Grottos"
Thursday, November 15, 2001
Lunch at 12:30 p.m., Lecture at 1:00 p.m.
Coolidge Hall, Seminar Room 1
You may bring your own lunch or lunch can be bought in the Coolidge Hall
cafeteria and taken into Seminar Room 1
If you have questions, please contact iaasfas.harvard.edu.
CURRENT RESEARCH CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA - DISCUSSION
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Nov 2001
In a special meeting of the Central Asia Working Group, there will be an
open discussion devoted to current research conditions in Central Asia
(broadly construed -- from Mongolia to the Caucasus). Several young
researchers from the Harvard Community will make brief comments on their
recent research experiences in the region, following by questions/comments
in an open discussion. I hope that this will be interesting for everyone
and especially useful for those who are planning research trips to the region.
As usual, the Wed., Nov. 14 Working Group meeting will be in Coolidge Hall
room 215, 4:15-6:00, with refreshments.
Everyone is welcome. Please come with your own recent field experiences
and/or your questions.
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 asst.: +1/617-496-2643 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
__________________________________________________________________________
NELC LECTURE- John Greppin, "Comparative Middle Armenian Medicine"
From: Kimberly De Wall <kimberly_dewallharvard.edu>
Posted: 14 Nov 2001
Harvard University
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
presents
Professor John Greppin
Cleveland State University
"Comparative Middle Armenian Medicine"
Monday, November 19, 2001
3:00 pm
Room 201, Semitic Museum
6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
Kimberly De Wall
Harvard University
Department of Near Eastern
Languages and Civilizations
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-495-5757
kimberly_dewallharvard.edu
LECTURE- Can Urine Kill? Indo-European, P.O. Skjaervo, Nov. 19
From: Kimberly De Wall <kimberly_dewallharvard.edu>
Posted: 14 Nov 2001
You are cordially invited to the first meeting of the 2001-2002 FAS
Workshop on Indo-European Historical Linguistics and Poetics.
CAN URINE KILL?
OR
SMASHING URINE:
INDO-IRANIAN MYTH AND POETICS
presented by
P. O. Skjaervo
Monday, November 19th at 5pm
Linguistics Department Seminar Room
Boylston Hall 303
All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
Kimberly De Wall
Harvard University
Department of Near Eastern
Languages and Civilizations
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-495-5757
kimberly_dewallharvard.edu
SEMINAR- Aigul Kosherbayeva, External Economic Activity of Kazakhstan
From: Davis Center <daviscrsfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 14 Nov 2001
Aigul Kosherbayeva (Davis Center)
"External Economic Activity of Kazakhstan"
Wednesday, November 21
12:15-2:00pm
Coolidge Hall, Room 4
Helen S. Grigoriev
Davis Center for Russian Studies
Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-4037
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~daviscrs
LECTURE- JUST WAR lectures Wednesday Nov. 28
From: Islamic Legal Studies Program <ilsplaw.harvard.edu>
Posted: 20 Nov 2001
The Islamic Legal Studies Program
Harvard Law School
presents its
DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
Perspectives on Islamic Civilization
A series of lectures in which eminent scholars of Islam and the Muslim
world are asked to share with the Harvard community their own insights into
the attacks of September 11 and their aftermath
******************************************
The Just War Tradition in
Christianity and Islam
by
Sohail Hashmi, Mt. Holyoke College
and
David Little, Harvard Divinity School
******************************************
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
6:00 to 7:30 pm
Reception at 5:30 pm
Austin East
(Law School Campus)
ILSP, Pound Hall 501, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-496-3941, ILSPlaw.harvard.edu
INNER ASIA LECTURE- Amban Cebake's Bribery Scandal, Ruohong Li
From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 21 Nov 2001
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
invites you to a luncheon and lecture by
Ruohong Li
Ph.D. candidate, Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard University
"Amban Cebake's Bribery Scandal in the Early Jiaqing Reign:
A Case Study of Qing-Tibetan Contact"
Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Coolidge Hall, Seminar Room 3
Lunch 12:30, presentation 1:00
You my bring your own lunch or lunch can be bought
in the Coolidge Hall cafeteria and taken to Seminar Room 3.
LECTURE- Pluralism and Tolerance in Classical Islamic Law
From: Islamic Legal Studies Program <ilsplaw.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Nov 2001
Thursday, November 8, 2001
Islamic Legal Studies Program Distinguished Lecturer Series
Perspectives from Islamic Civilization on September 11
"Pluralism and Tolerance in Classical Islamic Law"
by Umar Faruq Abd-Allah
Chairman and 2000-2002 Scholar-in-Residence, Nawawi Foundation, Chicago
Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah (Wymann-Landgraf) is an American Muslim, born in
1948 to a Protestant family of the Midwest. Early in 1970, he embraced
Islam in Ithaca, New York while studying English literature at Cornell
University as a Woodrow Wilson honorary fellow. He then changed his field
of study and transferred to the University of Chicago in 1972, where he
received with honors his doctorate in 1978 for a dissertation pertaining to
the origins of Islamic Law. He taught at the Universities of Windsor
(Ontario), Temple, and Michigan from 1977 until 1982, when he left America
to teach Arabic in Granada (Spain). In 1984, he was appointed to the
Department of Islamic Studies at King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah and
taught Islamic studies and comparative religions there until 2000. During
his years abroad, Dr. Abd-Allah had the fortune to study with several
traditional Islamic teachers. He has written and published in Arabic and
English, is fluent in Arabic, and acquainted with several ancient and
modern tongues. He returned to Chicago in August of 2000 to work as general
director of the newly founded Nawawi Foundation and, in conjunction with
this postition, is now teaching in Chicago and conducting research in
Islamic studies and cognate fields.
Place: Austin East, Harvard Law School
(for map: http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/map_hls.shtml)
Time: 6:30 -- 7:30 pm. Reception at 6:00 precedes the lecture.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Islamic Legal Studies Program
Harvard Law School
1563 Mass Ave. Pound 501
Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-496-8260
website: www.law.harvard.edu/Programs/ILSP
SEMINAR SERIES- PONSACS Seminars, Center for International Affairs
From: Amanda Flohr <aflohrcfia.harvard.edu>
Posted: 24 Oct 2001
PONSACS Seminar on Ethnicity, Culture, and Change, 2001-02
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Fall 2001 Seminars
Link to our Seminar Series web page:
http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/ponsacs/DOCS/seminar01.htm
Seminars Also Listed Below:
Tuesday, October 30th
4-6pm
Room 3, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge St.
"Afghanistan: Concluding a War that Wins a Broader Peace in Central Asia"
Thomas Barfield
Thomas Barfield took his Ph.D. in Anthropology at Harvard University and is
currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at
Boston University. Barfield conducted ethnographic field research in
Afghanistan between 1974-6 and has done consulting work on Afghan refugee
issues and war reconstruction in Afghanistan. He is the author of The
Central Asian Arabs of Afghanistan (1981) and co-author of Afghanistan: An
Atlas of Indigenous Domestic Architecture (1991) in addition to numerous
articles on the evolving political situation in Afghanistan and the newly
independent states of Central Asia.
Wednesday, October 31st
4-6pm
Room 2, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge St.
"Women, Gender, and Nonviolence in Collective Action"
Karen Beckwith
Visiting Scholar at PONSACS/WCFIA and Professor of political science at the
College of Wooster. She is the author of various articles on women,
political parties, and social movements in the United States and West
Europe and is a coeditor of the forthcoming Women's Movements Facing the
Reconfigured State (Cambridge). Her current research focuses on women,
gender, and nonviolence in political movements.
Wednesday, November 7th
4-6pm
Room 3, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge St.
"New Approaches to Managing Environmental and Natural Resource Conflicts in
Latin America"
Yolanda Kakabadse
Founder and President of FFLA, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano; Former
Minister of the Environment for Ecuador; President of the IUCN World
Conservation Union; President, Geneva International; Professor in the
Practice of Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry and Environmental Studies,
Yale University
Other Talks TBA
For more information concerning future events, please call the PONSACS
office at 617-495-5580.
Or email us at: pnscfia.harvard.edu
DISCUSSION- Islam and the Caspian Region, Kennedy School of Government
From: Caspian Studies Program <sdijfkharvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Oct 2001
The Caspian Studies Program presents:
"Culture and Foreign Policy: Islam and the Caspian Region"
When: Monday, October 15, 2001
Where: The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Room: Taubman Building, Rooms BC on the 5th floor
Time: 1:00-4:00 pm
1:00-2:15 Culture and Foreign Policy: Are the Policies of Muslim
States Different?
2:15-2:30 Coffee break
2:30-4:00 Impact of the September 11 events and recent U.S. military
actions on the Caspian Region
Contact: Annaliis Abrego, 617-496-1565, SDIJFKharvard.edu
Sponsor: The Caspian Studies Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of
Government's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
In recent years, many studies in International Relations have emphasized
culture, religion, history and civilization as a main determinant of
states' foreign policies. Following the September 11th events, many have
again referred to the "clash of civilizations" and are asking themselves if
Muslim states are fundamentally different in their policies than those in
the West. Our discussion will look critically at the role of culture and
religion in the foreign policies of Muslim states, specifically in the
Caspian region.
This event is open to the press and on the record.
REMINDER - Global Terrorism and Central Asia
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 10 Oct 2001
This is a reminder that the Central Asia activity for this week -- a
Square-Table on "Global Terrorism and Central Asia" will be held 4:15-6:00
in Coolidge Hall Room 3. The panel will feature:
Thomas Barfield (Anthropology, Boston University)
John Schoeberlein (Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies)
Kelly McMann (Davis Center, Harvard University)
We look forward to hearing contributions from other members of the
Harvard/Central Asian studies community, as well.
Also note that next week's (the usually biweekly meeting time) will be in
the usual time and place, with a presentation by Miriam Lanskoy on Chechnya
-- i.e.,
Coolidge Hall Room 215
Wed., 17 October 2001
Hope to see you later today!
John Schoeberlein
SQUARE-TABLE DISCUSSION- Global Terrorism and Central Asia, Oct. 10
From: Monika Shepherd <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 Oct 2001
Three panel speakers will address different aspects of the connection
between various forces and factors in Central Asia and their connection with
the problem of global terrorism and the possible military response. After
brief comments, there will be open questions and discussion. Refreshments
will be served. All are welcome.
"Local Politics in Afghanistan and their International Consequences"
Thomas Barfield, Department of Anthropology, Boston University
"Security and Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia"
John Schoeberlein, Central Asia Forum, Harvard University
"The Governments and Economies of Post-Soviet Central Asia"
Kelly McMann, Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University
Wednesday, Oct. 10 2001, 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Room 3 Coolidge Hall
1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by:
The Davis Center for Russian Studies
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies, and
The National Resource Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian
Studies
For more information on this event, please contact:
Helen Grigoriev
Staff Assistant
Davis Center for Russian Studies, Room 220
tel.: 617-495-4037
e-mail: daviscrsfas.harvard.edu
TEACH-IN- US Foreign Policy and America's Response to Terror
From: Monika Shepherd <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Oct 2001
RESPONSE TO TERRORISM
A Teach-In on US Foreign Policy and America's Response to Terror
A panel discussion with foreign policy experts, religious leaders and
community members to better understand our current crisis.
Discussion will follow.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 6 pm
Robert Dubbs Auditorium
Brookline High School
115 Greenough Street
Brookline, MA
Panelists include:
Samina Ahmed, Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs
Imam Abdullah Faaruq, Roxbury Mosque
Judge Nancy Gertner
Reverend David Killian, All Saints Parish
Thomas Simons, former Ambassador to Pakistan
Sherman Teichman, Director of EPIIC, Tufts University
Event is free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
INNER ASIA LECTURE- Gray Tuttle, Tibetan Buddhism in Modern China, Oct 3
From: Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 28 Sep 2001
"Tibetan Buddhist Culture in the Politics of Modern China"
Gray Tuttle, Ph.D. Candidate, Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard
University
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001, Lunch at 12:30, presentation at 1:00
Seminar Room 3, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge St.
(Note: You may bring your own lunch or lunch can be bought in the Coolidge Hall
cafeteria and taken into Seminar Room 3.)
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Tel: +1/617-495-3777
E-mail: iaasfas.harvard.edu
ISLAMIC LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM
From: Islamic Legal Studies Program <ilsplaw.harvard.edu>
Posted: 19 Sep 2001
All students at Harvard and universities in the vicinity interested in the
Islamic world, 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 in the coming year.
Join us for a buffet dinner from the region and meet the Program's staff.
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, in particular with a legal focus. 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? Do
you need a travel grant to do research in Pakistan? Come learn how!
We look forward to welcoming you at the Program.
Date and Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 20, 2001
Place: Islamic Legal Studies Program, Pound Hall 501, Harvard Law School
Any questions regarding this function or the Program, please call 617-496-3941.
Islamic Legal Studies Program
Harvard Law School
1563 Mass Ave. Pound 501
Cambridge, MA 02138 +1/617-496-8260
website: www.law.harvard.edu/Programs/ILSP
Central Asia Working Group 2001-2002 - First Meeting
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Sep 2001
As a supplement to my previous notice about the first meeting of the Central
Asia Working Group, I would like to add the following to the planned agenda:
In light of past week's events and the apparent likelihood of military
action against Afghanistan, we will have an open discussion of the possible
impact of war in Afghanistan on social and political conditions in
Afghanistan itself, on the Central Asian region more widely, and on the
prospects for terrorism.
All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. As announced previously, in
this first meeting of the semester, we will also have introductions and
discuss the scheduling of presentations. Please be ready to mention what
you are up to in the study of Central Asia (or Central Eurasia), and if you
wish, what project you might want to present at some point in the year.
The Working Group meets on Wednesdays, 4:15-6:00 in Coolidge Hall room 215.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact my assistant at
617-496-2643 or centasiafas.harvard.edu, or me (schoeberfas.harvard.edu).
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 asst.: +1/617-496-2643 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
__________________________________________________________________________
Central Asia Working Group 2001-2002 Organizational Meeting
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Sep 2001
The Organizational Meeting of the
Central Asia Working Group
will be held on:
Wednesday, September 19, 4:15-6:00 pm
in the Bergson/Ulam Room (Coolidge Hall room 215, 1737 Cambridge Street)
This will be a time for introductions of new people -- all interested people
are encouraged to join.
ABOUT THE WORKING GROUP
The Working Group on "Central Asian Society, Politics and Culture" is a
weekly forum for discussion of projects on Central Asia. The Working Group
is aimed at providing a context for focused discussion on Central Asian
topics among Harvard graduate students, faculty, and other members of the
Harvard community. Central Asia, for these purposes, is understood to
include the states of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, Turkmenistan and
Tajikistan, as well as closely related areas: the Caucasus, the Volga Basin,
Southwestern Siberia, Mongolia, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. 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
helpful discussion by the group as a whole.
The Co-chairs of the Working Group are John Schoeberlein and Engin Sezer.
This is an activity of the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies and is
sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The group has been
meeting since 1994. Refreshments are a regular feature of the meetings.
Guest speakers are also sometimes invited.
In the organizational meeting, we will discuss the schedule for future
meetings, which will be on Wednesdays, alternating with the meetings of the
Central Asia Seminar (public seminar series).
If you would like to receive the regular notices about presentations in this
forum (even if you don't expect to attend regularly), please let me know and
I will add your address to the address list for this purpose (note: this is
not the same as the Central-Asia-Harvard-List, so you'll have to indicate
specifically if you want to be included). Note that since the Working Group
activities are generally aimed at the Group's membership, regular
information about the up-coming meetings will ONLY be distributed to those
who ask to be included on this list.
If you know of anyone who might be interested in joining the Working Group,
please pass on the word about it. Please also consider the possibility of
presenting a project at some point in the course of the semester or the
year, and come to the first meeting with ideas. Note 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.
Please contact me with any questions or suggestions you might have. For
general information/questions, please call my assistant at +1/617-496-2643, or
write to <centasiafas.harvard.edu>.
I look forward to your participation!
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 asst.: +1/617-496-2643 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
__________________________________________________________________________
WORK STUDY JOB- Research Assistant on Central Asia
From: John Schoeberlein <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 10 Sep 2001
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies is looking for work-study
students to help with a variety of projects. Some of the work will require
strong computer skills and knowledge of Russian is useful, but not
required. 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 in a
Harvard study program. If you are not certain about your eligibility, please
check with the Financial Aid Office.
John Schoeberlein
Director, Forum for Central Asian Studies
CENTRAL ASIAN LANGUAGE TUTORIALS - August 2001
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 Aug 2001
From: John Schoeberlein (Director, Forum for Central Asian Studies)
Re: Summer tutorial opportunities
Any Harvard student wishing to take a summer tutorial on Uzbek or Tajik
languages might contact the Forum for Central Asian Studies office at
<centasiafas.harvard.edu> or 496-2643. Please let us know of your
interest as soon as possible. The tutorials are available to Harvard
students at no cost. Please also copy your message to Ms. G. Aminova
<aminovafas.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 asst.: +1/617-496-2643 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
__________________________________________________________________________
Inner Asia Workshop- B. Manz, Turkic and Iranian Identities, May 21
From: Helene Perrin Wagner <hperrinfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 14 May 2001
This is to announce that Prof. Beatrice Manz will be visiting the Inner Asia
Workshop on May 21, 1-3 pm, room 4, Coolidge Hall. The discussion will be
devoted to an examination of 'The formulation of Turkic and Iranian
identities over time.' Three readings on this topic will be available for
pickup at the IAAS office by Wednesday May 16, including an unpublished
paper by Prof. Manz.
Refreshments and food will be served as usual.
Helene Perrin Wagner
Inner Asia Workshop
'Languages, Religions and Cultures'
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Coolidge Hall 102, 1737 Cambridge St.
Tel: 617-495-3777 (Ema Williams, IAAS office)
Tel: 617-493-4086 (Helene Perrin Wagner, IA Worskshop)
CSP SEMINAR- Azerbaijan: Between Authoritarianism and Democracy, May 11
From: Emily Goodhue <emily_goodhueharvard.edu>
Posted: 9 May 2001
The Caspian Studies Program at the Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs presents:
"Azerbaijan: Between Authoritarianism and Democracy"
Dr. Svante Cornell, fellow with the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the
School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and a
lecturer on the Caucasus at the department of Peace and Conflict Research
and the department of East European Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Chingiz Mammadov, Senior Program Officer at the National Democratic
Institute in Baku, Azerbaijan. He holds an MPA from Indiana University and
has worked with TACIS, the World Bank and was also the Chief of Media
Relations at the President's Office in Azerbaijan.
Date: Friday, May 11, 2001
Time: 2:30 to 4:00 PM
Location: BCSIA Library, Room L369, Third floor of the Littauer
Building, Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dr. Cornell and Mr. Mammadov will discuss perspectives for continued
democratization efforts in Azerbaijan and outline the different
configurations of forces in Azerbaijani politics. Dr. Cornell will focus on
the overall domestic political atmosphere in Azerbaijan, and prospects for
2003 presidential elections. Mr. Mammadov will comment on the 2000/2001
parliamentary elections and their significance for democratic development in
Azerbaijan.
OLIN SERIES- Erika Weinthal, Environmental Protection in Central Asia, May
17
From: Monika Shepherd <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 8 May 2001
Olin Seminar Series 2000-2001
Reconceptualizing Central Asia: States and Societies in Formation
"State Capacity and the Internationalization of Environmental Protection in
Central Asia"
Erika Weinthal
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Tel
Aviv, Israel
Thursday, May 17
4:15-6:00 pm
Coolidge Hall 4
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies/Davis Center for Russian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Series Co-chairs:
Pauline Jones Luong and John Schoeberlein
For further information, contact:
Melissa Griggs, 617-495-4037, <mgriggsfas.harvard.edu>
This will be the final lecture in the series.
Remember also that Cynthia Werner will be speaking on Mariage in Kazakhstan
this Thursday in the same series.
INNER ASIA LECTURE- David Roxburgh, Paintings of Nomads and Demons, May 10
From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 May 2001
There will be one last talk for Inner Asian and Altaic Studies this semester:
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
invites you to a luncheon and lecture at
Coolidge Hall, Seminar Room 3
Lunch at 12:30, presentation at 1:00
Thursday, May 10, 2001
David Roxburgh
History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
will present a lecture with slides on
Elusive Subjects:
Muhammad Siyah Qalam's
Paintings of Nomads and Demons
You may bring your own lunch or lunch can be bought in the Coolidge Hall
cafeteria and taken into Seminar Room 3.
Ema Williams
Staff Assistant
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
Coolidge Hall Room 102
1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Tel: +1/617-495-3777
Fax: +1/617-495-4306
YARSHATER LECTURE- Bert Fragner, Timur and the Timurids, May 4
From: Ahmed Jebari <jebarifas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 May 2001
Friday, May 4
CMES/Yarshater Lectures
"Timur and the Timurids as Seen in Retrospective: Reflexes and Constructions
in History"
by Professor Bert Fragner
Orientalistik/Lehrstuhl Iranistik, Otto-Friedrich-Universitat Bamberg, Germany.
Place: Coolidge Hall, Room 4, 5:00-6:30 pm
For further information, call: 617-495-4055
LECTURE- Yuri Bossin, Inter-Ethnic Rel. in Post-Soviet Central Asia, May 15
From: Melissa Griggs <mgriggsfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 May 2001
Tuesday, May 15, 12:15-2:00 pm, Coolidge 215
Occasional Seminar
Yuri Bossin (Visiting Scholar, Davis Center)
"Inter-Ethnic Relations in Post-Soviet Central Asia: A Theoretical Approach"
Melissa Griggs
Davis Center for Russian Studies
Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-4037
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~daviscrs
OLIN SERIES- Cynthia Werner, State-Soc. Rel. and Marriage in Kazakhstan, May
10
From: Monika Shepherd <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 May 2001
Olin Seminar Series 2000-2001
Reconceptualizing Central Asia: States and Societies in Formation
"State-Society Relations and Marriage in Kazakhstan"
Cynthia Werner
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University
Thursday, May 10
4:15-6:00 pm
Coolidge Hall 4
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies/Davis Center for Russian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Series Co-chairs:
Pauline Jones Luong and John Schoeberlein
For further information, contact:
Melissa Griggs, 617-495-4037, <mgriggsfas.harvard.edu>
The final lecture in the series will be:
May 17: Erika Weinthal, "NGOs and the Environment"
INNER ASIA LECTURE- Peter Purdue, Rewriting Qing Inner Asian Conquests, May
2
From: Inner Asian & Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2001
"Fixing Time: Rewriting Qing Inner Asian Conquests"
Professor Peter Purdue, T.T. Wei Fong Chan Professor of Asian Civilizations,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wednesday, May 2, lunch at 12:30, lecture at 1:00 pm
Seminar Room 3, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street
(Note: You may bring your own lunch or purchase it in the Coolidge Hall
cafeteria)
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Tel. 617-495-3777
Conference on Sufism this Weekend (April 28-29), Harvard Islamic Society
From: Osman Handoo <ohandoolaw.harvard.edu>
Posted: 24 Apr 2001
"The Sufi Path: Discourses on Traditional Spirituality"--A Conference at
Harvard University.
On the weekend of April 28th and 29th, come join members of the Harvard
community for a conference on spirituality in the 21st century. The
conference (www.TheSufiPath.com) hopes to explore the prospect of reclaiming
spirituality in our modern lives. The speaker for the weekend will be
Sheikh Nuh Keller, an American Sufi teacher currently living in Jordan.
Sheikh Nuh studied philosophy at the University of Chicago in the 1970s and
subsequently began an independent study of the Sufi tradition from masters
in Syria and Jordan. After more than twenty years of study, Sheikh Nuh has
been authorized as a spiritual guide in the Sufi path. His spiritual
training, much like the way of Rumi, focuses on attaining to direct and
experiential knowledge of the Divine, with an emphasis on developing one's
capacity to love. A partial account of Sheikh Nuh's journey to Sufism can be
found at http://www.thesufipath.com/page415520.htm, or can be accessed from
the main page.
The first keynote address will be on Saturday, April 28th at 6:00 PM in the
Taubman Conference Center of the Kennedy School of Government. The second
main session will be on Sunday at 11:00 AM in Taubman as well. Events for
the conference will be running most of Saturday and Sunday, and a complete
schedule can be found at www.thesufipath.com. There is no registration fee,
and people from all backgrounds and traditions are invited to share in this
unique experience.
For a map of the Kennedy School, see
http://map.harvard.edu/level2/2KennedySchool.shtml.
Feel free to e-mail HILFlaw.harvard.edu or call 617.661.4176 with any
questions.
CSP SEMINAR- Education in Azerbaijan, Hamlet Isaxanli, April 25
From: Strengthening Democratic Institutions <sdijfkharvard.edu>
Posted: 19 Apr 2001
The Caspian Studies Program at the Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs presents:
"Current Trends in Education in Azerbaijan"
a discussion with
Dr. Hamlet Isaxanli
Date: Wednesday, April 25
Time: 2:30 to 4:30 pm
Location: BCSIA Library, room 396 of the Littauer Building,
Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dr. Isaxanli is president and founder of Khazar University in Baku,
Azerbaijan. Khazar is one of the first private universities in the former
Soviet Union, and the first in Azerbaijan. Established in 1991, Khazar
University is dedicated to reinforcing the idea of an open, pluralistic,
democratic, market-oriented form of social organization. He will discuss
current trends in and approaches to Azerbaijani education.
To learn more about the University and Dr. Isaxanli, visit their website at
www.khazar.org
PANEL- Negotiations on Nagorno-Karabagh, Kennedy School, April 23
From: Emily Goodhue <emily_goodhueharvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Apr 2001
The Caspian Studies Program at the Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs presents:
"Negotiations on Nagorno-Karabagh: Where do we go from here?"
This panel discussion will focus on the conflict between Armenia and
Azerbaijan and features key players in, and specialists on the conflict and
negotiations.
Chair: Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Research Director of the Caspian Studies Program
Panelists:
Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh is the State Department's Special Negotiator for
the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict. He played a leading role in the conducting
of the negotiations summit held in Key West, which opened on April 3rd.
Professor Hamlet Isaxanli is the President of Khazar University in Baku,
Azerbaijan, and has played a leading role in the establishment of
post-independence education and culture in Azerbaijan.
Professor Ronald Suny, from the University of Chicago, has written
extensively on the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict and the history and politics of
the Caucasus.
Date: Monday, April 23, 2001
Time: 3:30 to 5:30 PM
Location: Allison Dining Room, 5th floor of the Taubman Building,
Kennedy School of Government
Please RSVP by responding to this email, or by calling 617-496-1565, if you
plan to attend.
POST-COMM WORKSHOP- Territory in Chechnya and Tatarstan, Monica Toft, April
20
From: Yoshiko Herrera <herrerafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Apr 2001
The Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop will meet this Friday,
April 20, 12:15-2:00 pm, in Coolidge Hall room 1, to discuss "Divisibility
of Territory and Bargaining in Chechnya and Tatarstan," a book chapter by
Monica Toft, Assistant Director, Olin Institute and Assistant Professor,
Kennedy School of Government.
The paper will be available for download from the Post-Comm web site
<www.fas.harvard.edu/~postcomm> as soon as possible. Several hard copies
will also be available for pick up from the mail room at Davis Center for
Russian Studies in Coolidge Hall.
As usual, lunch will be available.
Best,
Yoshiko Herrera
Assistant Professor
Harvard University, Department of Government
Coolidge Hall, Room 208
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: +1/617-496-7293; Fax: 617-495-8319
E-mail: herrerafas.harvard.edu
Web page: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~herrera/
OLIN SEMINAR- Laura Adams, Cultural Elites in Uzbekistan, April 19
From: Monika Shepherd <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Apr 2001
Olin Seminar Series 2000-2001
"Reconceptualizing Central Asia: States and Societies in Formation"
Laura Adams, "Cultural Elites in Uzbekistan"
Thursday, April 19
4:15-6:00 pm
Seminar Room 4, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Open to the public
Sponsored by:
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies/Davis Center for Russian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Series Co-chairs:
Pauline Jones Luong and John Schoeberlein
Contact: Melissa Griggs, 617-495-4037, mgriggsfas.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~daviscrs/
Remaining dates in the series:
May 10:
Cynthia Werner, "State-Society Relations and Marriage in Kazakhstan"
May 17:
Erika Weinthal, "NGOs and the Environment"
OLIN SEMINAR- John Schoeberlein, Nationalism, Islam and State Ideology, April
12
From: Monika Shepherd <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 10 Apr 2001
Olin Seminar Series 2000-2001
"Reconceptualizing Central Asia: States and Societies in Formation"
John Schoeberlein, "Cultural Nationalism, Islam and State Ideology"
Thursday, April 12
4:15-6:00 pm
Seminar Room 4, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Open to the public
Sponsored by:
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies/Davis Center for Russian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Series Co-chairs:
Pauline Jones Luong and John Schoeberlein
Contact: Melissa Griggs, 617-495-4037, mgriggsfas.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~daviscrs/
LECTURE/VIDEO- Thomas Goltz, Caspian Politics and Pipelines, Apr. 10
From: Melissa Griggs <mgriggsfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 9 Apr 2001
Tuesday, April 10, 2:00-3:30 pm, Coolidge Hall 4
Cosponsored by the Caspian Studies Program and the Davis Center
Thomas Goltz (Writer and Lecturer)
"Sea of Instability: Caspian Politics and Pipelines"
With a special video presentation on Oil Odyssey 2000 (the epic story of
transporting the first barrel of Azeri crude down the proposed Baku-Ceyhan
pipeline on three-wheeled motorcycles!)
Melissa Griggs
Davis Center for Russian Studies
Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-4037
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~daviscrs
CMES TALK TODAY- Farhad Atai, Turkish and Iranian Initiatives in Central Asia
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Mar 2001
Tuesday, March 13
Middle East Brown Bag Forum
"Rivals in Central Asia?: Turkish and Iranian Initiatives in the Region,"
by Farhad Atai, Yarshater Fellow,
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
and Associate Professor, Imam Sadeq University, Iran.
Place: Coolidge Hall, Room 4, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
For more information, contact:
Ahmed Jabari <mideastfas.harvard.edu>
495-4055
Olin Seminar Series - March 8, Marianne Kamp, Social Service and the State
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 5 Mar 2001
Olin Seminar Series 2000-2001
"Reconceptualizing Central Asia: States and Societies in Formation" March 8
Marianne Kamp, "Social Services and Expectations of the State's Role in
Uzbekistan"
Thursday, March 8
4:15-6:00 pm
Seminar Room 4, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Open to the public
Sponsored by:
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies/Davis Center for Russian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Series Co-chairs:
Pauline Jones Luong and John Schoeberlein
Contact: Melissa Griggs, 617-495-4037, mgriggsfas.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~daviscrs/
INNER ASIA LECTURE- Hodong Kim, The Rise of Qubilai, March 7
From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 Mar 2001
"The Rise of Qubilai and the Division of the Mongol Empire"
Professor Hodong Kim, Seoul National University
Wednesday, March 7, lunch at 12:30, lecture at 1:00 pm
Seminar Room 3, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street
(Note: You may bring your own lunch or purchase it in the Coolidge Hall
cafeteria)
Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Tel. 617-495-3777
CENTRAL ASIA TALKS- TODAY- Kelly McMann and Firouzeh Mostashari
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Mar 2001
Two talks today relevant to Central Asia (apologies for late notice):
1)
The Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop will meet this Friday,
March 2, 12:15 to 2:00 p.m. in the seminar room (2nd floor) at the Center
for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, located at 34 Kirkland Street
(across the yard behind Coolidge Hall).
Kelly McMann, an associate of the Davis Center for Russian Studies will
present a paper titled, "The Territorial Dimension of Democratization:
Reform in Post-Soviet Federal and Unitary Systems." Dan Epstein, a Ph.D.
student in the Government department will be the discussant.
2)
Friday, March 2, 2:15-4:00 pm, Coolidge Hall 215
Historians' Seminar
Firouzeh Mostashari (Regis College)
"Images of Islam in the 19th Century Caucasia: Orientalism Revisited"
B.U. LECTURE- Stalin, Russia and Chechnya, Victoria Poupko, Feb. 23
From: Miriam Lanskoy <mlanskoybu.edu>
Posted: 21 Feb 2001
Feb. 23 is Deportation Day. There will be two talks at Boston University.
Dr. Victoria Poupko will be speaking on "Stalin, Russia and Chechnya,"
at 7pm in the Photonics Center (8 St. Mary Street) Room 206. She will
also show a short film.
OLIN SEMINAR- Alisher Ilkhamov, Center-Periphery Relations in Uzbekistan
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 21 Feb 2001
Olin Seminar Series 2000-2001
Reconceptualizing Central Asia: States and Societies in Formation
"Center-Periphery Relations in Uzbekistan"
Alisher Ilkhamov
Director, Expert Social Research Centre, Tashkent
Thursday, February 22
4:15-6:00 pm
Coolidge Hall 4
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies/Davis Center for Russian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Series Co-chairs:
Pauline Jones Luong and John Schoeberlein
For further information, contact:
Melissa Griggs, 617-495-4037, <mgriggsfas.harvard.edu>
The remaining speakers and dates in the series are as follows:
March 8:
Marianne Kamp, "Social Services and Expectations of the State's Role in
Uzbekistan"
March 22:
Kelly McMann, "NGOs and Civil Society in Kyrgyzstan"
April 12:
John Schoeberlein, "Cultural Nationalism, Islam and State Ideology"
April 19:
Laura Adams, "Cultural Elites in Uzbekistan"
May 10:
Cynthia Werner, "State-Society Relations and Marriage in Kazakhstan"
May 17:
Erika Weinthal, "NGOs and the Environment"
(In some cases, the topics listed do not represent the final paper title.)
PRESENTATION- Undergrad Workshop Including a Thesis Summary on Tajikistan
From: Cemil Aydin <caydinfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 16 Feb 2001
Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Research Workshop
WEDNESDAY, February 21
Ryan Calder (Inner Asian and Altaic Studies)
"A New Face for Islamism: The Evolution of Moderate Political Islam in
Tajikistan"
Jacqueline Hamm (Social Studies)
"Exposing the Virtual Reality: The Catholic Church's Emphasis on
Intellectual Freedom and Constructive Criticism in Contemporary Cuba"
Jonathan Law (Social Studies)
"Low Politics and Public Opinion in International Relations: Modifying the
Audience Cost Proposition"
Chair: Cemil Aydin, History and Middle Eastern Studies
4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Bowie-Vernon Room (Coolidge Hall)
CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Pan Guang, China and Central Asia, Feb. 14
From: Central Asian Studies <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 8 Feb 2001
"China and Central Asia"
Pan Guang, Director and Professor, Institute of European and Asian Studies,
Shanghai Academy of Social Studies
Wednesday, February 14
12:30-2:00 pm
Seminar Room 4, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Open to the public
Sponsored by:
The Comparative Economics seminar of the Davis Center for Russian Studies
and the Central Asia Seminar of the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
Contact: Melissa Griggs, 617-495-4037, mgriggsfas.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~daviscrs/ or
http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
LECTURE- Geshe Thupten Phelgye, Tibetan Buddhist Perspective..., Feb. 2
From: Harvard Buddhist Community <hbchcs.harvard.edu>
Posted: 1 Feb 2001
Friday, Feb. 2, at 4:00
Geshe Thupten Phelgye
"A Tibetan Buddhist Perspective on Compassion Towards Animals"
Andover Chapel, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Harvard Divinity School
Born in the Kham region of Tibet in 1956, Thupten Phelgye fled to India with
his family when he was only three years old. His journey to safety in India
took more than two years. Becoming a monk at the age of 17, Thupten Phelgye
completed the vigorous 18 year course of traditional study in Buddhist
philosophy that earned him the title Geshe from Sera Monastic University in
1991. He then went on to do further advanced studies in Buddhist meditation
at Gyumeh Tantric Monastery. After a private audience with His Holiness the
Dalai Lama in 1993, Geshe began a strenuous five year meditation retreat in
the mountains. During this time he continued to teach courses for younger
monks as he had done since 1979. In 1997 Geshe formed an organization called
Universal Compassion Movement and, with the blessing and encouragement of
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, began publicly advocating for animal rights in
Dharamsala India. UCM holds veganism as an ideal but directs most of his
efforts to eliminating the consumption of meat. Under Geshe's leadership, at
least a dozen Tibetan monasteries, some with more than 5,000 monks, have
switched from non-vegetarian to vegetarian food.
In 1999 Geshe was elected the first president of the newly formed
International Gelug Executive Committee, which, with the support of the
Dalai Lama, seeks to preserve the teaching lineage of the largest sect of
Tibetan Buddhism. The first resolution Geshe introduced and successfully
passed called upon all Gelug monasteries to serve only vegetarian food. In
December of 2000 Geshe began his second term as President of the
International Gelug Executive Committee and was further elected to be
General Secretary of the International Gelug Society.
Geshe has also been nominated to become one of the 46 Members of the Tibetan
Parliament, the Dalai Lama's exile government in India, and it seems likely
he will be elected this March.
Harvard Buddhist Community
hbchcs.harvard.edu
www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hbc
CENTRAL ASIA WORKING GROUP, Spring Semester 1st Meeting Wed., 7 Feb.
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 31 Jan 2001
The first meeting of the Central Asia Working Group for spring semester will
be held on Wednesday, 7 February. As usual, meetings this semester will be
in Coolidge Hall, Room 215, on Wednesdays from 4:15-6:00 pm.
I will send a further notice about the agenda later to the members of the
Working Group mailing list only (let me know if you are not sure if you are
on it), but I would ask in advance for everyone to come ready to mention
their ideas about presentations this semester (and you can send me a note
about these as well).
For those less familiar with the Working Group, I include the following
description. Please pass it on to anyone you think might be interested:
The Working Group on "Central Asian Society, Politics and Culture" is a
weekly forum for discussion of projects on Central Asia. The Working Group
is aimed at providing a context for focused discussion on Central Asian
topics among Harvard graduate students, faculty, and other
Harvard-affiliated scholars and members of the Harvard community. Central
Asia, for these purposes, is understood to include the states of Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, as well as closely
related areas: the Caucasus, the Volga Basin, Southwestern Siberia,
Mongolia, Northern Iran, Afghanistan, etc. 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 discussion
by the group as a whole. Refreshments are a regular feature of the
meetings. Guest speakers are also sometimes invited.
Note that while the Working Group is open, it is meant to have a steady
membership (to foster a good atmosphere for discussion). If you are just
joining or becoming a more active participant, please send me a note so I
can include you in the appropriate e-mail mailing list (for regular notices
and paper distribution).
I look forward to seeing you next week!
John Schoeberlein
(Faculty sponsor of the Working Group)
If you have questions, please contact:
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
617-496-2643
centasiafas.harvard.edu
INNER ASIA LECTURE- T. Barfield, Changing Afghanistan, Feb. 7
From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 30 Jan 2001
Title: "Changing Afghanistan: From 'Highway of Conquest' to 'Graveyard of
Empires'"
Lecturer: Thomas Barfield, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Boston
University
Date: Wednesday, February 7
Time: Lunch at 12:30, lecture (with slides) at 1:00
Place: Seminar Room 3, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge Street
Nature of event: Luncheon and lecture
University sponsor: The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Web Link: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iaas/
Open to the public
Telephone: 617-495-3777
Other details: You may bring your own lunch or purchase it in the Coolidge
Hall cafeteria
OLIN SEMINAR SERIES- Reconceptualizing Central Asia: States and Societies...
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 30 Jan 2001
Olin Seminar Series 2000-2001
Reconceptualizing Central Asia: States and Societies in Formation
"Decentralization in Kazakhstan"
Pauline JONES LUONG
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Thursday, February 8
4:15-6:00 pm
Coolidge Hall 4
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies/Davis Center for Russian Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Series Co-chairs:
Pauline Jones Luong and John Schoeberlein
For further information, contact:
Melissa Griggs, 617-495-4037, <mgriggsfas.harvard.edu>
The seminar presented by Pauline Jones Luong will launch this year's Olin
Seminar Series, which is devoted to a collaborative effort by series
presenters to take seriously the challenges presented to scholarship of the
region by transformations on-going in the study of the region and in the
region itself following the collapse of the Soviet system. The young
scholars in the series represent the new possibilities for on-the-ground
empirical research, an interdisciplinary approach, and an effort to bring
the study of Central Asia into a wider scholarly framework beyond treatment
as a Soviet periphery and into broader discussions and debates in the
respective disciplines. The papers examine the ways that Central Asians
themselves are reconceptualizing their states and societies, given new forms
of government, economy, ideology and linkages with the wider world.
Co-chairing the seminar are Pauline Jones Luong of Yale's Political Science
Department and Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and
Area Studies, and John Schoeberlein, Director of the Harvard Forum for
Central Asian Studies. The co-chairs will take the opportunity of this
first seminar in the series to give a short summary of the goals and
motivation of the series before the paper presentation.
In her upcoming presentation, Pauline Jones Luong will explore both the
causes and potential consequences of the process of political and economic
decentralization that has occurred, both de facto and de jure, in Kazakhstan
since independence. In doing so, she will provide insight into the changing
relationship between the central and regional governments since
independence, the struggle of central and regional leaders alike to sustain,
augment, and/or redefine their respective roles during the transition from
Soviet rule, and the impact of key domestic and international pressures on
both the development of their relationship and the nature of this struggle.
The full line-up of speakers and dates in the series is as follows:
February 8:
Pauline Jones Luong, "Decentralization in Kazakhstan"
February 22:
Alisher Ilkhamov, "Center-Periphery Relations in Uzbekistan"
March 8:
Marianne Kamp, "Social Services and Expectations of the State's Role in
Uzbekistan"
March 22:
Kelly McMann, "NGOs and Civil Society in Kyrgyzstan"
April 12:
John Schoeberlein, "Cultural Nationalism, Islam and State Ideology"
April 19:
Laura Adams, "Cultural Elites in Uzbekistan"
May 10:
Cynthia Werner, "State-Society Relations and Marriage in Kazakhstan"
May 17:
Erika Weinthal, "NGOs and the Environment"
(In some cases, the topics listed do not represent the final paper title.)
COURSE OFFERING- The Meanings of Islam in Central Asia
From: John Schoeberlein <schoeberfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 29 Jan 2001
The following course is being offered Spring Term -- it may be found in the
Harvard Courses of Instruction under Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations in the Islamic Civilizations section.
Islamic Civilizations 160
The Meanings of Islam in Central Asia
Spring term, Wednesdays, 2:00 - 4:00 plus an additional meeting time to be
arranged.
Coolidge Hall, Room 215.
John S. Schoeberlein
Office: Coolidge Hall, room 224B
tel.: 495-4338
e-mail: schoeberfas.harvard.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays, 2:00 - 4:00 and by appointment.
Course Description
The course will examine the changing role of Islam in Central Asia through
history from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Central Asia is on the
margins of the Islamic world, though integral to it, and the course will
consider the ways that the regions' position on transcontinental trade
routes and desert-oasis borderlands have led to particular expressions of
the processes which are common to the Islamic world more widely. It will
also look at the process of modernization and the role of Islam in the
Russian and Soviet imperial contexts. Particular attention will be given to
the current political, cultural and social processes in which Islam plays a
part in the post-Soviet era. Students will explore a wide range of topics
in the course readings and their papers.
Primarily for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Some
background in Central Asia and/or Islamic civilization preferable.
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