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FELLOWSHIP- 2005-2006 Aga Khan Program Post-Doctoral Fellowship at MIT

From: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT <akpiarch(a)mit.edu>
Posted: 8 Dec 2004


The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
AKPIA(a)MIT

2005-2006 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Islamic Architecture

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA) at MIT is pleased to
announce its postdoctoral fellowship program for the academic year
2005-2006. The fellowship program is intended for scholars with Ph.D. in any
field related to architecture - including architectural and urban history,
design, technology, computation, urban planning, anthropology, and
archeology - who are engaged in research on an Islamic topic.  One to three
fellowships will be granted for the year.  The fellowship duration can range
from two months to a maximum of two semesters, or nine months, of residency,
that will have to fall within the academic year.  Fellows are expected to
pursue their own research, give at least one public lecture, and participate
in the program's scholarly and academic activities during their stay at MIT.
 The fellowship award consists of monthly stipend not to exceed the amount
of $2,500 (before taxes) per month and one roundtrip ticket for the fellow
from his/her place of residence.  Fellows will be responsible to find their
own housing and health insurance during their fellowship period.  AKPIA will
provide library cards, email accounts at MIT, and computer terminals in its
offices.

Deadline for application is March 1, 2005.  Results will be announced by
April 15, 2005.

Applicants should send a C.V., a research proposal specifying the desired
period of stay and other sources of funding if available, one substantial
writing sample or a portfolio, and two letters of recommendation.  No
electronic applications will be accepted.  Applicants are encouraged to seek
other sources of funding to supplement the fellowship award.  Scholars with
their own financial resources or who are on sabbatical and wish to apply to
AKPIA fellowships are also welcome.  AKPIA reserves the right to prorate its
fellowship when combined with another grant or fellowship.

Please send all application material to:

Prof. Nasser Rabbat
2005-2006 Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
MIT, Room 10-390
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Fax: 617-258-8172

For further information please send email to <akpiarch(a)mit.edu>, or call
617-253-1400, or visit the web at http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/
 

CONFERENCE/CFP- Panel Proposals for the 2005 CESS Conference, Deadline Extended

From: Laura Adams - CESS Conference Committee <CESSconf(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 Dec 2004


NOTE: The deadline for panel proposals for the 2005 CESS conference has been
extended to December 15. Panel proposals do not require extensive
preparation so we encourage interested people to put together a panel as
soon as possible. All that is required is a good idea and a firm commitment
to organize a panel in the spring and attend the conference in the fall.

The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites PANEL PROPOSALS for the
Sixth CESS Annual Conference, September 29-October 2, 2005, in Boston,
Massachusetts.  The event will be hosted by Boston University.

Based on past CESS conferences, we expect the 2005 conference to be lively
and well-attended by scholars from all over the world (previous conferences
have attracted up to 800 attendees). The program will include panels and
roundtables on a wide variety of topics related to Central Eurasia. Scholars
in all humanities and social science disciplines with an interest in Central
Eurasia are encouraged to participate.

The 2005 conference program will be organized differently than it has been
in the past, so please read this announcement carefully.  At this time we
are only inviting you to send your PANEL ideas.  Please do not submit
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS or ROUNDTABLES at this time.  The call for individual
papers and roundtables will come in January, 2005.  Individual paper
proposals will be due on April 1 and will be included in a panel by those
panel organizers whose panel proposals are successful, or will be reviewed
and assigned to panels organized by the conference committee.

At this time, if you have an idea for a panel you are interested in
organizing, please submit your information electronically on the webform
located at http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
 by December 15, 2004.  You do not need to have a list of participants for
your panel at this time.  What we do require from organizers is a firm
commitment to attend the 2005 conference and to take responsibility for the
panel that you organize.  CESS members should feel free to use the CESN
email list to recruit panelists.

Further details about submission guidelines, the selection process, and a
schedule of key dates is available on the webform at
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html.  Please send any questions
to CESSconf(a)fas.harvard.edu.

All panel proposals must be submitted electronically.  Proposals in emails
or regular attachments will not be accepted.  If you do not have access to
the webform, please contact CESSconf(a)fas.harvard.edu and request that an
electronic application form be emailed to you.

Again, at this point we just need a proposal for a panel you would like to
organize; you do not need a complete panel.  The following information is
required for submissions; we suggest that you prepare the text (especially
for parts 9-11) before accessing the website so you can simply paste the
information into the form:

1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation, 3) Title/position, 4) Email
address, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax, 8) Your brief (one page)
CV or biographical statement, 9) Title of Panel or Roundtable, 10) Brief (50
word or less) description of your panel or roundtable, including an
explanation of the idea behind the topic and how it is relevant to Central
Eurasian studies, 11) The names and affiliations of people you plan on
soliciting proposals from (if any) or the names and affiliations of people
who have agreed to serve as chair or discussant (if any), 12) If your panel
is being sponsored by another organization, the name of that organization.

Tom Barfield, Boston University
Laura Adams, Princeton University
CESS Conference Committee co-chairs

CESS Conference Committee
CESSconf(a)fas.harvard.edu
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html

The Central Eurasian Studies Society
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu
 

IAAS LECTURE- The Urban & the Nomadic in Central Asia's Bronze Age, Nov. 30, Harvard Univ.

From: Joseph Scheier-Dolberg <iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 22 Nov 2004


"The Urban and the Nomadic in the Bronze Age of Central Asia: A Case Study"

C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University

Tuesday, November 30, 1:00 PM

First floor common room, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies at Harvard
University

Contact: Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu
 

LECTURE- Patricia Berger, Sino-Tibetan Art in Qing China, Nov. 22, Harvard Univ.

From: Fairbank Center <smilack(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 16 Nov 2004


China Humanities Seminar

Balancing on the Hyphen: Sino-Tibetan Art in Qing China

Patricia Berger, University of California Berkeley

Monday, November 22, 4:00 PM

Common Room, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge

Sponsored by the Fairbank Center with additional support from the Asia
Center and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Contact: smilack(a)fas.harvard.edu
 

SEMINAR- Mark Kramer, The Military Dimension of the Russian-Chechen Conflict, Nov. 9

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Nov 2004


Occasional Seminar

Tuesday, November 9, 2004
12:30 - 2:00 pm

"Guerrilla Warfare, Counterinsurgency, and Terrorism in the North Caucasus:
The Military Dimension of the Russian-Chechen Conflict"

Mark Kramer (Director, Harvard Project on Cold War Studies, Davis Center)
625 Mass Ave, Seminar Room 2
Cambridge, MA

Please contact the Davis Center if you have any questions at:

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
625 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-495-4037
Fax: 617-495-8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
 

SEMINAR- Silk Road Politics after 9/11, Nov. 5, Asia Center/Davis Center

From: Asia Center <asiactr(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 27 Oct 2004


"Tajikistan, China, Russia and the U.S.: Silk Road Politics after 9/11"

The Honorable Franklin P. Huddle, Jr.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan

Friday, November 5, 12:30 PM

Asia Center, Seminar Room 1
625 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Floor
Central Square
Cambridge, MA

Lunch will be provided.

Modern Asia Series

Co-Sponsored by the Asia Center and Davis Center

Contact: (617) 496-6273
 

LECTURE- Ebba Koch, The Mughal Hunt, Nov. 2, 1 Bow Street, Harvard University

From: Ali Asani <aliasani(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 27 Oct 2004


Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies presents:

"The Mughal Hunt: Its Techniques, Its Social Significance and its
Representation in Painting"

Dr. Ebba Koch
University of Vienna

Tuesday, Nov 2nd, 5:30 pm
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
1 Bow Street, Room 317
Cambridge, MA

For a full list of upcoming talks, and for any changes or updates, please
visit our website www.fas.harvard.edu/~sanskrit
 

IAAS LECTURE- Christopher Atwood, Secret History of the Mongols, Oct. 27

From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 22 Oct 2004


The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies invites you to a luncheon
lecture at the First Floor Common Room, 2 Divinity Avenue on Wednesday,
October 27, 2004.

Dr. Christopher P. Atwood
Associate Professor of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University

will speak on:

"The Secret History of the Mongols: The View From the Veritable Records."

You may bring your own lunch to the Common Room; Snacks will be provided.

Room opens at 12:30, presentation at 1:00 p.m.

Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
9 Kirkland Place
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495-3777
Fax: (617) 495-4306
E-mail: iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu
 

Memorial Service for Sinasi Tekin on Nov. 1, 2004

From: Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations <nelc(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 22 Oct 2004


The Memorial Service for Professor Sinasi Tekin has been scheduled
for Monday, November 1st at 2:00 pm in the Memorial Church at Harvard
University.

Following the service, there will be a reception at Harvard's Department of
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at 6 Divinity Avenue in Cambridge, MA.

Please see the following link for more details:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mideast/stekin/

(older versions of netscape might cause problems in viewing)
 

LECTURE- The Development of Afghanistan, BCSIA/CARR Center, Oct. 21, JFK School

From: Cara Fitzpatrick <cara_fitzpatrick(a)ksg.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Oct 2004


BCSIA/CARR Center Brown Bag Lunch

"The Development of Afghanistan: Update on Economic & Private Sector Efforts"

with

Shair Baz Hakemy
State Minister and Economic Advisor to President Karzai, Private Sector Affairs

Date:
Thursday, October 21st

Time:
12:00-1:00 PM

Place:
Carr Center Conference Room, Rubenstein 219
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 J.F.K. Street
Cambridge, MA

Please join us is a Brown Bag Lunch with Shair Baz Hakemy, State Minister
and Economic Advisor to President Karzai, Private Sector Affairs. He will be
speaking on "The Development of Afghanistan: Update on Economic & Private
Sector Efforts."

In the past three years, Afghanistan has witnessed tremendous growth in the
spheres of social, political, and economic development. In particular, the
unique economy, its legacy and its future plans, is hoped to provide a
strong foundation for much of this growth. In the areas of private sector
development, trade, and relations, Afghanistan has made much progress and
continues to do so in the light of the ongoing elections. Mr. Hakemy will
highlight these efforts of the past three years and give an update on the
plans for economic and private sector development.

Bio:

His Excellency, Mr. Shair Baz Hakemy, is the current State Minister and
Economic Advisor to President Karzai, Private Sector Affairs. In addition to
his work with the government of Afghanistan, he is involved in a variety of
business ventures including commercial real estate, distribution and
marketing, banking, and work in the financial sector.

RSVP REQUIRED!

Please RSVP to Cara Fitzpatrick by email at cara_fitzpatrick(a)ksg.harvard.edu
Be sure to specify the event you will be attending.

As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be accepted on a first come -
first served basis.
 

LECTURE CANCELLATION- Challenges to Security Interests in the South Caucasus, Oct. 19, Tufts

From: Bernadette E. Kelley-Leccese <bernie.kelley-leccese(a)tufts.edu>
Posted: 18 Oct 2004


The lecture by Dr. Araz Azimov, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Azerbaijan previously scheduled for 5:00 pm on Oct. 19, 2004
at Tufts University has been CANCELLED.

Bernadette E. Kelley-Leccese
Special Programs and Lecturer Coordinator
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
Cabot 603
Medford, MA. 02155
617-627-2734 (telephone)
617-627-3388 (fax)
bernie.kelley-leccese(a)tufts.edu (email)
 

LECTURE- Challenges to Security Interests in the S. Caucasus, Oct. 19, Tufts University

From: Bernadette E. Kelley-Leccese <bernie.kelley-leccese(a)tufts.edu>
Posted: 14 Oct 2004


Tuesday, October 19, 2004
5:00 P.M.

7th Floor of Cabot
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
Medford, MA

The Charles Francis Adams Lecture Series is pleased to welcome Dr. Araz
Azimov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Dr. Azimov will lecture on "Challenges to Security Interests in the South
Caucasus."

To reserve a place at the dinner following talk, please sign up in Cabot 603
at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Thank you.

Bernadette E. Kelley-Leccese
Special Programs and Lecturer Coordinator
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
Cabot 603
Medford, MA. 02155
617-627-2734 (telephone)
617-627-3388 (fax)
bernie.kelley-leccese(a)tufts.edu (email)
 

PANEL DISCUSSION- Beslan's Impact on Human Rts., Conflict Resolution, Oct. 13

From: Stephan Sonnenberg <ssonnenb(a)law.harvard.edu>
Posted: 11 Oct 2004


Please join the HLS Advocates, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on
Negotiation in welcoming four experts to share their views on the impact
that terrorism has on the work of conflict resolution specialists and human
rights activists.

On September 1st, the world woke to the shocking news of a brutal attack on
a school in Beslan, in the Russian republic of North Ossetia.  Not only in
Russia, but across the world, individuals are asking themselves how one
might resolve a situation in which some players seem to have lost all
notions of humanity and civility, and whether peaceful solutions are even a
realistic option.  This question is especially relevant to Russian human
rights activists and conflict resolution specialists, who are often
popularly associated with the defense of the Chechen cause.  How can they
avoid inadvertently losing their legitimacy due to the actions of
terrorists?  More importantly still, how can they address this situation and
break the vicious cycle of violence.

Please join us during an informal and interactive conversation with Katya
Sokirianskaia (Professor of Political Science at Grosny State University,
Chechnya and Member of Memorial Human Rights Center), Almut Rochowanski
(Chechnya Advocacy Network), Andrew Hess (Professor of Diplomacy and
Caucasus expert at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy), and Adil Najam
(Professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy).

Wednesday, October 13, at 6:00 8:00 pm
Pound 102 on the Harvard Law School campus

Food will be served.

Questions, comments contact Stephan Sonnenberg (ssonnenb(a)law.harvard.edu),
and see you there!
 

SEEKING TUTOR- Kazakh Language Tutoring in Boston

From: Susan Sypko <sypko(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 6 Oct 2004


A first year graduate student at Harvard University's Russian, East
European, and Central Asian Studies Program is looking for a committed
Kazakh language tutor to meet 4-6 hours a week.  These classes would be
administered and paid for through the university if approved.  Classes
would include reading articles, discussion, and some intermediate/advanced
grammar.  Some experience is preferred but not necessary.  If you are
interested, please contact Susan Sypko at sypko(a)fas.harvard.edu as soon as
possible.
 

Central Asia & Caucasus Working Group Fall 2004 Organizational Meeting

From: John Schoeberlein <schoeber(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Oct 2004


The Organizational Meeting of the

Central Asia & Caucasus Working Group

will be held on:

Tuesday, October 12, 4:15-6:00 pm
in Room 2 at 625 Massachusetts Avenue (in Central Square), 2nd Floor

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 "Society, Politics and Culture in Central Asia and the
Caucasus" forum that meets every other week for discussion of projects on
Central Asia.  The Working Group is aimed at providing a context for focused
discussion on Central Asian and Caucasus-related topics among Harvard
graduate students, faculty, and other interested scholars in the Cambridge
and Boston area.  Central Asia, for these purposes, is understood to include
the states of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, 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 Working Group is chaired by John Schoeberlein, Director of the Harvard
Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus.  The Working Group is an activity of
the Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at the Davis Center for
Russian and Eurasian Studies.  The group has been meeting since 1994.  Guest
speakers are also sometimes invited.

In the organizational meeting, we will discuss the schedule for future
meetings, which will be on Tuesdays, alternating with the meetings of the
Central Asia and Caucasus 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 and directions to our temporary location at 625
Massachusetts Ave., please call my assistant at (617)496-2643, or write to
<centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>.

I look forward to your participation!

John Schoeberlein

___________________________________________________________________________
Dr. John Schoeberlein \ Director
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center \ Harvard University
625 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 262 \ Cambridge, MA 02139 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338  asst.: +1/617-496-2643  fax: +1/617-495-8319
schoeber(a)fas.harvard.edu
Central Asia Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
<Central Eurasian Studies World Wide>: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
<Central-Eurasia-L> Editorial Addr: <CE-L> Archive: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/CESWW_Central-Eurasia-L.html
___________________________________________________________________________
 

ISP SEMINAR- Ivan Eland, The Empire Has No Clothes, Oct. 13

From: Susan Lynch <susan_lynch(a)harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Oct 2004


BCSIA'S International Security Program

"The Empire Has No Clothes: A Discussion with Author Ivan Eland"

a seminar with

Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty, The
Independent Institute, Oakland, California

Date: Wednesday, October 13
Time: 2:30 - 4:30 P.M. (Light refreshments will be provided)
Place: Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Cambridge, MA

Author Ivan Eland will discuss his new book, The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S.
Foreign Policy Exposed, in which he examines: U.S. expansion and military
intervention around the world, including the current Bush administration's
expansion of U.S. strategic influence and occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan,
and Central Asia.

Please join us -- everyone is welcome!

For more information, call 617-495-4708, email
Gayle_Schneider(a)ksg.harvard.edu, or visit our website:
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?item_id!94

Link to map of the Kennedy School of Government:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/main/images/ksgmap.jpg
 

SEMINAR- Brenda Shaffer, The Role of Culture in Foreign Policy Outcomes, Oct. 7

From: Caspian Studies Program <CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Oct 2004


The International Security Program invites you to "Limits of Culture? The
Role of Culture in Foreign Policy Outcomes" -- a brown bag seminar with Dr.
Brenda Shaffer, ISP Research Fellow and Caspian Studies Project Research
Director, who will discuss the arguments presented in her forthcoming book,
Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy.

Date: October 7, 2004
Time: 12:15 - 2:00 pm
Place: BCSIA Library, Littauer 369, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University

Coffee and tea will be provided.

For more information, please visit our website:
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?item_id!88

The Caspian Studies Project
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy Str. Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: 617-496-1981
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu
Web: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/?program=CSP
 

LECTURE- Gray Tuttle, Tibetan Buddhists Turn East (17th-20th c.), Oct. 4

From: Beverley Foulks <foulks(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 1 Oct 2004


"Tibetan Buddhists Turn East (17th-20th centuries): Patronage and Prosperity
from the Mongols, Manchus, and Chinese"

Monday, October 4, 5:30 PM

Room 110, Barker Center

Gray Tuttle, Yale University

Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum

Contact: Beverley Foulks, foulks(a)fas.harvard.edu
 

CASPIAN STUDIES SEMINAR- Russia's Policy on the Caucasus, Oct. 6, 2004

From: Caspian Studies Program <CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu>
Posted: 29 Sep 2004


The International Security Program's Caspian Studies Project invites you to
"Russia's Policy in the Caucasus" -- a seminar with Professor Alexander
Rondeli and Temuri Yakobashvili of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and
International Studies. Dr. Brenda Shaffer, ISP Research Fellow, will chair.

Date: October 6, 2004
Time: 4:00 - 5:30
Place: BCSIA Library, Littauer 369 at the Kennedy School of Government

Light Refreshments will be provided

For more information, please visit our website:

http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?item_id"00

The Caspian Studies Project
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy Str. Cambridge, MA 02138
telephone: 617-496-1981
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu
Web: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/?program=CSP
 

WEATHERHEAD CENTER SEMINAR- The Soviet Experiment to Secularize Society, Sept. 29

From: Emily Neill <eneill(a)wcfia.harvard.edu>
Posted: 24 Sep 2004


The following event is sponsored or cosponsored by the Weatherhead Center
for International Affairs, Harvard University, and it is open to all.

Religion, Political Economy and Society Seminar

"Failing to Kill God: The Soviet Experiment to Secularize Society"
Paul Froese, Baylor University

For more information about Paul Froese, go to:

<http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/programs/prpes/>

Wednesday, September 29
12:30-2:00 pm

Harvard University
Science Center, Room 252

Please see the Center's online calendar for up to the minute additions,
changes, or cancellations at:

<http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/calDisplay.asp>

For more information about the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
our affiliates, seminars, programs, fellowships, and other opportunities,
please contact us or visit the <http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/>Center's home
page.
 

LECTURE SERIES- Aga Khan Program Lecture Series, MIT, Fall 2004

From: Jose Luis Arguello <jlar(a)mit.edu>
Posted: 23 Sep 2004


AKPIA(a)MIT announces the Fall 2004 an evening with lecture series

October 4

"Images of Sufi leaders in Ottoman and Safavid Manuscripts"
Prof. Ethel Sara Wolper
University of New Hampshire

October 25

"'The Afghan Girl' in Transnational Visual Culture"
Prof. Holly Edwards
Williams College

November 15

"Rural-imperial Relations in Medieval Jordan: An Architectural Perspective
from Tall Hisban"
Dr. Bethany Walker
Grand Valley State University

Special Event, December 6

"Deliberating Iraq"
film screening and discussion with one of the directors of "About Baghdad"
Sinan Antoon
Dartmouth College

Lectures are on Mondays from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in MIT, Room 3-133

Directions Map:

http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=3-133&mapsearch=go)

All events are free and open to the public.

For available bios and abstracts see:

http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/fall04bios&abstracts.htm

Aga Khan Program Web Site: http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/

For information:

Tel: 617 253 1400
E-mail: akpiarch(a)mit.edu
 

COURSES 2004/05- Central Asian Culture & Society / Radicalization of Islam

From: John Schoeberlein <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 20 Sep 2004


This year, the Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus will be
sponsoring two courses dealing with Central Asian/Eurasian subject matter,
to be taught by John Schoeberlein.  These are:

1) Central Asian Culture and Society (Fall 2004)
2) Radicalization of Islam in the Former Communist World (Spring 2005)

Course descriptions are given below:


Islamic Civilizations 124. Central Asian Culture and Society.

Fall Term, Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00, Sever Hall 107

The course explores the diversity and continuity in contemporary Central
Asian culture and society and their historical roots. After building a basis
of knowledge of the pre- and early-modern history of the region, and of its
contemporary political context and institutions, the course will approach
Central Asian culture, social structure and everyday life from a variety of
angles. These will include perspectives available in various types of
literature on the region, including the travel accounts of travelers to the
region from pre-modern to recent times, indigenous literary and folklore
traditions, nineteenth century Orientalist scholarship, and contemporary
scholarly approaches. The course will draw on ethnographic accounts to
develop a rich picture of the social meaning and cultural context of ways of
life (from the historical caravan trade and pastoral nomadism to
contemporary collective farm and urban life), community rituals, social
institutions, religious practices, moral sensibilities and aesthetic
traditions.


Government 2204. Radicalization of Islam in the Former Communist World.

Spring Term, Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00

Examines the rise of radical Islamism in the former Communist Bloc from
resistance to Tsarist rule to emergence of al-Qaeda. Drawing on comparative
theories of resistance and political mobilization in Islamic contexts, the
course explores a) the ideological underpinnings of Islamism, b) the
evidence for Islamic resistance to 19th and 20th century regimes, c) the
conditions which incubated radicalism following the USSR's demise, and d)
the forms that Islamist mobilization has taken with the Mujaheddin and
Taleban in Afghanistan, Tajikistan's civil war, Chechnya's separatist wars,
Uzbekistan's Islamic Movement (IMU) and Hizb ut-Tahrir, and the Uyghur
separatist movement in Western China. Includes assessment of theories of
radicalization developed in the Middle Eastern context, of the significance
of Islamism in the context of other ideological currents and problems in the
region, and of the policy-making process driving the responses of regional
and Western governments.


___________________________________________________________________________
Dr. John Schoeberlein \ Director
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center \ Harvard University
625 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 262 \ Cambridge, MA 02139 \ USA
tel.: +1/617-495-4338  asst.: +1/617-496-2643  fax: +1/617-495-8319
Central Asia Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu
<Central Eurasian Studies World Wide>: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu
<Central-Eurasia-L> Editorial Addr: <CE-L> Archive: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/CESWW_Central-Eurasia-L.html
___________________________________________________________________________
 

CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- President Akaev of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sept. 29

From: Timothy Colton - Director, Davis Center <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 16 Sep 2004


Dear Colleagues:

The Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at the Davis Center for Russian
and Eurasian Studies is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a
seminar by:

H.E. Askar Akaev
President of the Kyrgyz Republic

on:

Wednesday, September 29, 2004
12:30-2:00 pm

on the topic:

"The Prospects for Kyrgyzstan's Model for Reform and Engagement with the West"

NOTE CAREFULLY:  Attendance is limited and by RSVP only.  We are sending
personal invitations to members of the Harvard community.  Others will be
welcome, up to the capacity of the venue, who respond to this announcement
on a first-come-first-served basis.  Send your RSVP to
<centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu> by Friday, September 22.

The event will be held in the Thompson Room of the Barker Center (room 110).
Coffee, tea and dessert will be served from 12:30 pm.  Admission limited to
those who respond in time -- we will send confirmation of whether we
received your response in time to give you a place.  For security reasons,
attendees must arrive well before Akaev begins to speak at 1:00 pm and
late-comers may not be admitted.

In addition to President Akaev, also attending the seminar will be:

Mayram Akaeva, First Lady of the Kyrgyz Republic
Alikbek Djekshenkulov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration and
   Head of the Department of Foreign Policy
Askar Aitmatov, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Amangeldi Muraliev, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Industry
Askar Kakeev, Advisor to the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and Rector of
   the Kyrgyz National University
Baktybek Abdrisaev, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States
   and Canada
Nurbek Jeenbaev, Permanent Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the
   United Nations

Sincerely,

Timothy J. Colton
Director, Davis Center
Harvard University


Reply to: Monika Shepherd <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
With questions, please write to or call Monika Shepherd at 617-496-2643 or
Ann Sjostedt at 617-495-4037.
 

Sad News - Sinasi Tekin

From: John Schoeberlein <schoeber(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 16 Sep 2004


Dear Colleagues:

With sadness, I write to inform you that Sinasi Tekin, Senior Lecturer on
Turkish, died unexpectedly last night at his home in Istanbul.  Many of us
have known him from his scholarship and teaching on Turkish and related
languages, history and philology.  He was a member of Harvard's Department
of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations for over two decades.  We will
miss him dearly.

Sincerely,

John Schoeberlein

Director, Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Harvard University
 

UZBEK LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION - Fall Semester 2004

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 14 Sep 2004


Uzbek language instruction will being offered for Harvard students in Fall
Semester 2004 on the intermediate level and possibly also on the beginning
and advanced levels, as well.

Any Harvard student who is interested in Uzbek language instruction should
contact either: the Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at
centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu or at 617-496-2643, or Ms. Gulnora Aminova at
aminova(a)fas.harvard.edu, as soon as possible.  Whether we are able to offer
beginning and advanced Uzbek will depend on how many students are interested
(intermediate will definitely be offered).
 

CONCERT- A Heritage for Our Time: The Continuation of Ottoman Music, Sept. 25

From: Mehmet Ali Sanlikol <Mehmet(a)sanlikol.com>
Posted: 13 Sep 2004


Dear friends and colleagues;

We are starting our new season of the '300 Years of Turkish Music' Concert
Series on the 25th of September. Fall 2004 season is packed with interesting
and wonderful concerts.

300 Years of Turkish Music Concert Series are now part of a non-profit
organization which we have formed. This organization is called "Dunya" which
simply means the 'world' in Turkish, Arabic and a number of other languages.
We are very ambitious and passionate about each and everyone of the upcoming
concerts in the series. We hope to portray a contemporary view of
'tradition' by taking Turkish music as the basis of the series but putting
it along with other world traditions to show parallels and/or influences.

This season's first concert is entitled "Bugune Bir Miras: Osmanli
Musikisinin Devami / A Heritage for Our Time: The Continuation of Ottoman
Music."  This concert will feature original compositions for instruments and
voices by myself combining the idioms of Ottoman traditional music with
contemporary media and methods. Mehter (Janissary music), sema (Sufi
devotional music), and ince saz muzigi (instrumental music) are explored
producing striking new pieces which carry on and extend their traditional
models.

Below is the info for the first concert:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Killian Hall
Saturday, September 25, 8:00pm, $5

Limited space available, first come first served.

Please visit our new web site at www.dunyainc.org and get further
information on our organization, the past and the upcoming concerts in the
series and directions to the concert halls.

Sincerely,

Dr. Mehmet Ali SANLIKOL
Dunya, President
300 Years of Turkish Music, Director
E-mail: <Mehmet(a)sanlikol.com>
 

PROGRAM INFORMATION- Arabic, CPR & First Aid Workshops, Aug. 2004, Cambridge, Chelse

From:W. Salmun <wafaams(a)hotmail.com>
Posted: 5 Aug 2004


PROGRAM INFO.- Arabic, CPR & First Aid Workshops, Aug. 2004, Cambridge, Chelsea

Arabic, CPR & First Aid
Intensive Workshops
Golden August 2004

Intensive Arabic Workshops
Instructor: Wafaa' Al-Natheema

Level 1

This two-day workshop is designed for beginners who had no prior knowledge
of Arabic.  The workshop teaches the alphabet, letter connection (script),
pronunciation, vowels, definite and indefinite nouns and adjectives as well
as reading and writing exercises.  LEARNERS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE AND
DO HOMEWORK.

Tuesday, August 24 & Wednesday, August 25 10 AM - 5 PM

Registration Fee:
$175 (including Arabic package of two books & 3 CDs)
INEAS Members: $140
Registration deadline: August 20

Level 2

This two-day workshop is designed for those who completed Workshop I or
those who have limited knowledge of Arabic reading and writing.  It will
cover simple rules of hamza, feminine nouns and adjectives, prepositions and
prepositional phrases, pronouns and introduction to sentence structure.
LEARNERS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE AND DO HOMEWORK.

Thursday, August 26 & Friday, August 27, 10 AM - 4:30 PM
Registration Fee: $100
Registration deadline: August 20

Location: Cambridge, MA.  You will be provided with the address upon
registering.

CPR and First Aid Workshops
Instructor: Alejandro Urrutia

CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and First Aid are skills that many
people should learn whether for the interest to help others or simply for
knowledge.  These skills become especially useful for people who are living
in war conditions or are traveling to countries or regions undergoing war or
natural disasters.  The completion of the three workshops CPR 1, CPR 2 and
First Aid, will entitle you with a certificate as a CPR/First Aid specialist
from the red cross and will enable you to perform CPR and First Aid whenever
needed.

CPR for The Professional Rescuer 1
1. Basics in responding to an Emergency.
2. Primary survey.
3. Secondary Survey.
4. Respiratory Emergencies.
5. Using a BVM (Bag valve mask respirator and a Pocket Mask).
6. Injuries of the chest.

Saturday, August 14, Noon to 4 PM

CPR for The Professional Rescuers 2
1. Cardiac Emergencies
2. CPR for Adult, Infant and Child.
3. How to use an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)

Saturday, August 21 Noon to 4 PM

First Aid  Workshop
1. Injuries, severe bleeding and Shock.
2. Injuries to the head and spine
3. Injuries of Muscle bone and Joint.

Saturday, August 28 Noon to 4 PM

Registration Deadline: August 10
Registration Fee: $100 (for 12 hours incl. Material)
$85 for INEAS members

Location: ROCA 101 Park St., Chelsea, MA.
For directions, visit http://www.ROCA.org or call (617) 889-5210  ext. 255

Alejandro Urrutia, MD, is an instructor with the American Heart Association
and the American Red Cross.

Registration Form

Name
Address
Tel:
Email:

Arabic Workshop I
Arabic Workshop II
Both Arabic Workshops
CPR & First Aid
All Arabic & CPR-First Aid Workshops
No. of registrants:
Total $

I will not be able to attend any of the workshops, but will attend
Arabic,     CPR/First Aid if they were offered in     Month or Season

We accept Visa and Master Card

Credit Card #
Exp. Date

Please mail the form above with your check payable to INEAS to:

Inst. of N. E. & African Studies (INEAS)
P. O. Box 425125
Cambridge, MA. 02142

For questions, call INEAS at (617) 86-INEAS (864-6327)
Email: INEAS(a)mail.INEAS.org
Website: http://www.INEAS.org
 

FELLOWSHIP- Junior Fellowships, Harvard Society of Fellows

From: Society of Fellows <socfell(a)nucleus.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Aug 2004


Junior Fellowships, Harvard Society of Fellows

The purpose of the Society is to give men and women at an early stage of
their scholarly careers an opportunity to pursue their studies in any
department of the University, free from formal requirements. They must be
persons of exceptional ability, originality, and resourcefulness. These
Junior Fellows are selected by the Senior Fellows, who with the President of
the University and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, ex officio,
administer the Society. Those elected receive three year fellowships.

The Society was organized in 1933 under the terms of a gift from A.
Lawrence Lowell, then President Emeritus of Harvard. This gift was made in
memory of Mr. Lowell's wife and is known as the Anna Parker Lowell Fund.
Mr. Lowell was convinced of the value of informal discussions between
scholars in different academic fields. Hence, from the time of its
foundation, the Senior and Junior Fellows have met for dinner every Monday
night during term-time: they are frequently joined by visiting scholars.
Junior Fellows also lunch together twice a week.

To be eligible for a Junior Fellowship, a candidate must be at an early
stage of his or her career. Men and women interested in any field of study
are accepted. They are ordinarily college graduates. Although prospective
Junior Fellows need not be working towards advanced degrees, most have
recently received or are candidates for the Ph.D.

The number of Junior Fellows at any one time is limited normally to thirty,
and usually ten are chosen each year. The term of appointment is three
years, and no extensions are granted. Junior Fellows are required to be in
residence in Cambridge or neighboring communities during the academic year
and to attend the weekly lunches and dinners. Junior Fellows are not subject
to examination, are not required to make reports, receive no credit for
courses, and may not be candidates for any degree other than the Ph.D.
Those who are still pursuing the Ph.D. should have completed their routine
training for advanced work and should be well along in the writing of their
theses before becoming Fellows. They may complete the writing of their
theses and proceed to such final or special examinations as the universities
of their candidacies may require, and may be granted the degree of Ph.D. A
Junior Fellow who is a candidate for the Ph.D. at Harvard may count two full
academic years as Junior Fellow towards the minimum residence requirements,
provided the Chair of the Society of Fellows and the Chair of the division,
department, or committee concerned approve.

Junior Fellows are selected for their resourcefulness, initiative, and
intellectual curiosity, and because their work holds exceptional promise.
They are free to devote their entire time to productive scholarship. They
may undertake sustained projects of research or other original work, or they
may devote their time to the acquisition of accessory disciplines, so as to
prepare themselves for the investigation of problems lying between
conventional fields. Because of this complete freedom of choice and action,
it is important that candidates should have demonstrated their capacity for
independent work.

Nomination Procedure:

Candidates are nominated for Junior Fellowships, generally by those under
whom they have studied. Applications are not accepted from the candidates
themselves. A letter of nomination should include an assessment of the
candidates's work and promise, the address of the candidate, and the names
and addresses of three people who agree to write additional letters of
recommendation by the end of September at the latest.

Upon receipt of the nomination, the Society will request letters of
recommendation and ask the candidate to submit a sample of written work
(i.e., dissertation chapters, articles, papers) along with a one or two-page
proposal describing the studies he or she would like to pursue while a
Junior Fellow. The candidate is also requested to provide official
transcripts of both undergraduate and graduate records. On the basis of the
materials submitted, the Senior Fellows select a certain number of
candidates for interview. It is from this number that the final selection is
made. (The Society pays the traveling expenses of those candidates
interviewed.)

The deadline for receiving nominations for Junior Fellowships that begin
July 1, 2005 is September 10, 2004.

All letters should be sent to:

The Society of Fellows,
Harvard University,
78 Mount Auburn Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Nominations are not accepted by email nor on-line and no nomination will be
accepted with a postmark past the deadline.

Contact:

socfell(a)nucleus.harvard.edu
http://www.socfell.fas.harvard.edu/nominations.html
 

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION- Between Europe and Eurasia: Ukraine's Vacillating Foreign Policy, Aug. 2

From: Tymish Holowinsky <holowins(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 23 Jul 2004


Roundtable Discussion:

"Between Europe and Eurasia: Ukraine's Vacillating Foreign Policy"

Monday, August 2
7:30 to 9:30 pm

Kresge Room of the Barker Center
12 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA
 

JOB- Middle Eastern Div., Harvard College Library, (for Harvard Students)

From: Michael Hopper <mhopper(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 1 Jul 2004


The Middle Eastern Division (Harvard College Library) needs Harvard students
with knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, and Urdu to work in
July and August.

For more information please e-mail Michael Hopper at mhopper(a)fas.harvard.edu
 

CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Amb. Akio Kawato, A Diplomat in Tashkent, June 7

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Jun 2004


"A Diplomat in Tashkent"

Akio Kawato (Japanese Ambassador to Uzbekistan; Former Davis Center Associate)

Monday, June 7
2:30 - 4:00 pm

625 Mass Ave, Seminar Room 2
Cambridge, MA

Ambassador Kawato will offer his observations on the current situation in
Uzbekistan, the general dynamics of economic reform from a socialist to a
market economy, and the challenges facing the transformation of post-Soviet
republic in the perspectives of the elites in Uzbekistan and Russia.

Directions to our location at 625 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square can
be found at:
<http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/about_us/directions.html>

For further information, contact:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus, 617-496-2643,
centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, 617-495-4037,
daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
 

JOB- Temp. Library Aide for Islamic & Middle Eastern Materials, Harv. Law Sch.

From: Lesley Wilkins <lwilkins(a)law.harvard.edu>
Posted: 20 May 2004


Harvard Law School Library
Collection Services Division

Part-Time Position Available

Title: Temporary Library Aide for Islamic and Middle Eastern Materials

Function: Under supervision, assists with the ordering, processing, and
cataloging of materials dealing with Islamic law and positive law in the
vernacular languages of the Middle East

Reports to: Bibliographer for Law of the Islamic World

Hours: Up to 15/week during academic year; 30/week during summer

Salary: $11.00/hour; limited benefits

Qualifications:

1. University level education or equivalent required; knowledge of
   Islamic or positive law helpful.

2. Excellent reading knowledge of Arabic required; some knowledge of
   Persian and/or Turkish helpful.

3. Computer literacy and some previous library work experience preferred.

To apply, please contact:

Lesley Wilkins
Langdell 165
617-495-4063
lwilkins(a)law.harvard.edu
 

LECTURE- Taner Akcam, Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide, May 20

From: Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations <nelc(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 19 May 2004


The Zoryan Institute for Contemporary Armenian Research and Documentation
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research

The Harvard Armenian Society and
The Mashtots Chair of Armenian Studies at Harvard University

Present

"From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide"

A Lecture by

Dr. Taner Akcam
Visiting Associate Professor, Dept. of History, University of Minnesota

Thursday, May 20, 2004
7:30 p.m.

Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government, Staff Auditorium
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA

In his first lecture in the Boston area, Dr. Taner Akam will examine the
relationship between Turkeys transition from Ottoman Empire to Turkish
Republic in the opening decades of the 20th century, the Armenian Genocide
of 1915, and the process of democratization in Turkey today.

He will analyze the socio-political and historical factors behind that
complex and crucial history and provide a framework for understanding
Turkish nationalism and its ongoing relationship to the Armenian Genocide.
Placing in context the long-term development of Turkey and the reasons for
Turkish silence and denial regarding the Armenian Genocide, Akam will
discuss the role of the Genocide in the process of Turkeys efforts to become
a Western-style democracy. Through an exploration of the obstacles to
dialogue, he will offer some hope for reconciliation between the Turkish and
Armenian communities.

Dr. Akam is the author of the recently published From Empire to Republic:
Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide, as well as Dialogue Across An
International Divide: Essays Towards a Turkish-Armenian Dialogue, and
numerous other books and articles.  Through his research, writings, and
lectures, he has worked tirelessly to help the Turkish people come to terms
with their history and to bridge the gap between Turks and Armenians.

Admission to this event is free (Donations appreciated)

Dr. Akam's book From Empire to Republic will be on sale and available for
signing by the author.

For information contact the Zoryan Institute at 617-497-6713 or at
zoryanusa(a)aol.com; or NAASR at 617-489-1610 or hq(a)naasr.org
 

SEMINAR- Kairat Mazhibayev, How to Succeed in Business in Kazakhstan, May 27

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 May 2004


Comparative Economics Luncheon Seminar
at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

"How to Succeed in Business in Kazakhstan"
Kairat Mazhibayev (President, RESMI Group, Kazakhstan)

Thursday, May 27
12:30 - 2:00 pm

625 Massachusetts Ave.
Seminar Room 2
Cambridge, MA

For more information, contact:

Ann Marie Sjostedt
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
625 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone: 617-495-4037
Fax: 617-495-8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
 

SUMMER REMINDER- Please Notify Central-Asia-Harvard-List of Address Changes

From: John Schoeberlein <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 6 May 2004


With the academic year ending, we would like to ask you, PLEASE:  If you
anticipate a change in your e-mail address, please let us know before your
old e-mail account closes.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.  If we have to try to determine whether your e-mail
account has closed based on the errors we receive from your address, this
takes A LOT OF TIME.  This is because we have to distinguish permanently
expired addresses from temporary problems, which are common.  Because this
is sometimes difficult, we might mistakenly unsubscribe someone who is
experiencing temporary problems, so for the sake of everyone, please be
sure your address does not add to these problems.

To UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS, please just send a note telling us the old address
*and* the new one.  Note also that it is always possible to unsubscribe by
using the "mailto" unsubscribe address (which appears in the header of
every posting to Central-Asia-Harvard-List):
   mailto:central-asia-harvard-list-request(a)fas.harvard.edu?subject=unsubscribe

If you are subscribed to any of the following lists, you can let us know to
update them at the same time or go to the web pages to provide your
information:
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 - Central Eurasian Studies Society mailing list
   http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Mailing_List.html
 - Central Eurasian Scholars Network (CESN-List)
   http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_CESN.html


By doing this simple task, you will help reduce the burden of administering
Central-Asia-Harvard-List.

Thank you very much for your cooperation!

John Schoeberlein
Central-Asia-Harvard-List Editor
mailto:centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu

For more information, see:
http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/HPCAC_CAHL.html
 

EVENT- Whirling Derwishes of Rumi, Central Connecticut State University, May 4

From: The Harmony Foundation for Dialog <info(a)infiniteHarmony.org>
Posted: 29 Apr 2004


The Harmony Foundation for Dialog

Cordially Invites You to a Taste of Spiritual Night Journey of Sufi Whirling
Dervishes

Whirling Derwishes of Rumi

Live Performance

Sema Perform, Spiritual Dance & Sufi Music

Time:

Tuesday, May 4, 2004, 7:00 PM

Place:

CCSU - Welte Auditorium
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT 06050
Tel: (860) 832-3200

Tickets (Adult: $25, Student: $15)

Available; By Phone: (860) 346-3869
By e-mail: info(a)infiniteHarmony.org
CCSU Box Office, Also at the Door of the Event

Online at:
<http://www.ticketcountry.com/www.ticketCountry.com>
<http://www.ticketWeb.comwww.ticketWeb.com>
 

CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Central Asia's Economic Transition: The Winners and Losers, May 4

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 27 Apr 2004


Central Asia & Caucasus Seminar Series Spring 2004

Tuesday, May 4
2:00-4:00 pm

Seminar Room 3
625 Massachusetts Avenue
Central Square, Cambridge
Open to the public

Guest Chair:

Dr. Thomas Simons
Director, Program on Eurasia in Transition
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

"Central Asia's Economic Transition: The Winners and Losers"

Dr. Richard Pomfret
Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide
Visiting Professor of Economics, Nitze School of Advanced International
Studies at the Johns Hopkins University

For background on Dr. Pomfret's presentation, those interested can find one
of his survey papers, "Central Asia since 1991" at the following web sites,
where it can be downloaded in pdf format:

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/23/58/5961227.pdf
or www.oecd.org/dev/technics where it is listed as WP212.

Dr. Pomfret's presentation will also draw on a book he recently co-authored
with Kathryn Anderson: "Consequences of Creating a Market Economy: Evidence
from Household Surveys in Central Asia."

Sponsored by:

Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Comparative Economics Luncheon Seminar
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Directions to our location at 625 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square
can be found at:
<http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/about_us/directions.html>

For further information, contact:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus, 617-496-2643,
centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, 617-495-4037,
daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
 

CMES SEMINAR- Harutyun Marutyan, Armenian National Identity Changes, 1988-1990

From: Center for Middle Eastern Studies <mideast(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 26 Apr 2004


Study Group on Modern Turkey

Co-Chairs: Professors Cemal Kafadar & Lenore Martin

Historical Memory and the Main Manifestations of Armenian National Identity
Changes During the Karabagh Movement: Armenia, 1988-1990

Harutyun Marutyan
Senior Researcher
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Anthropology Program, MIT

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004
4:30-6:00 PM

Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Rm 406
1430 Mass Ave.
Cambridge, MA
 

LECTURE- Turcology as a Science and Turkey as a Country, May 4, Boylston Hall

From: The Center for Middle Eastern Studies <mideast(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 23 Apr 2004


As part of our Luminaries Series in celebration of the 50th anniversary of
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies:

Gilles Veinstein
Professeur au College de France

"Turcology as a science and Turkey as a country: Some historical and
personal remarks on this duality"

Tuesday, May 4, 2004
2pm

Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
 

LECTURE- Civil Society and Social Entrepreneurship on the Tibetan Plateau, April 23

From: Asia Center <asiactr(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 22 Apr 2004


"How to Change China: Civil Society and Social Entrepreneurship on the
Tibetan Plateau"

Dr. Anne Thurston
Associate Professor of China Studies
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Friday, April 23, 12:30 P.M.

Asia Center, Seminar Room 1
625 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square
Cambridge, MA

Note: Lunch will be provided

Modern Asia Series
Sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center
For more information, contact (617) 496-6273
 

CASPIAN STUDIES SEMINAR- Temuri Yakobashvili, Ajara and the South Caucasus, April 26

From: Caspian Studies Program <CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu>
Posted: 22 Apr 2004


Dear Colleague:

Harvard's Caspian Studies Program is pleased to sponsor a seminar with

Temuri Yakobashvili
Vice-President of the Foundation for Strategic and International Studies,
Tbilisi, Georgia

entitled

"The Challenge of Ajara and Its Implications for the South Caucasus."

Light refreshments will be served.

Date: April 26, 2004

Time: 3:15 - 5:00 PM

Place:
Bell Hall, Belfer Building, Fifth floor
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Str.
Cambridge, MA

Please RSVP to CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu

For more information, please visit our website:

http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?program=CSP&ln=upcoming&gma=4&gma=84

The Caspian Studies Program
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy Str.
Cambridge, MA 02138
telephone: 617-496-1981
fax: 617-495-8963
email: CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu
web: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/?program=CSP
 

CASPIAN STUDIES EVENT- Araz Azimov, South Caucasus Security Agenda, April 28

From: Caspian Studies Program <CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu>
Posted: 22 Apr 2004


Dear Colleague:

Harvard's Caspian Studies Program is pleased to sponsor a public address by
Dr. Araz Azimov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, entitled "South Caucasus Security Agenda." Dr. Brenda Shaffer,
CSP Research Director, will introduce Dr. Azimov.

Light refreshments will be served.

Date: April 28, 2004

Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Place:
Malkin Penthouse
Littauer Building
JFK School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Str.
Cambridge, MA

Please RSVP to CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu

For more information, please visit our website:

http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?program=CSP&ln=upcoming&gma=4&gma=84

The Caspian Studies Program
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy Str. Cambridge, MA 02138
telephone: 617-496-1981
fax: 617-495-8963
email: CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu
web: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/?program=CSP
 

CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Afghanistan's Anti-Taliban Horsemen, April 22, Location Change

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 20 Apr 2004


[Please note that the seminar will be held in Room 1 instead of in Room 3,
 as previously announced]

Central Asia & Caucasus Seminar Series Spring 2004

Thursday, April 22
2:00-4:00 pm

Seminar Room 1
625 Massachusetts Avenue
Central Square, Cambridge
Open to the public

Guest Chair:

Mike Reynolds, Research Follow
John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University

"Dostum. Afghanistan's Anti-Taliban Horsemen and the War on Terror."
Film Documentary

Directed by Dr. Brian Glyn Williams
Assistant Professor of Islamic History
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Dr. Williams shot much of the footage for the film himself in August 2003,
during his trip from Kabul to Mazar i Sharif and Sheberghan, in northern
Aghanistan, where he was able to spend 2 weeks with General Abdul Rashid
Dostum.  Dr. Williams has conducted extensive field research from Kazakhstan
to Kosovo and is the author of "The Crimean Tatars. The Diaspora Experience
and the Forging of a Nation," published by Brill in 2001.

To see more information about Dr. Williams or photos of his trip to
Afghanistan, go to:

<http://www.brianglynwilliams.com>

Sponsored by:

Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
/ Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Directions to our location at 625 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square
can be found at:
<http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/about_us/directions.html>

For further information, contact:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus, 617-496-2643,
centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, 617-495-4037,
daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
 

IAAS LECTURE- Agata Bareja-Starzynska, Buddhist Revival in Present-Day Mongolia, April 21

From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 15 Apr 2004


The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies invites you to a lunchtime
lecture at the First Floor Common Room, 2 Divinity Avenue on Wednesday,
April 21, 2004

Agata Bareja-Starzynska
Department of Inner Asia, Warsaw University

will speak on:

"Buddhist Revival in Present-Day Mongolia"

You may bring your own lunch to the Common Room; Snacks will be provided.
Room opens at 12:30, presentation at 1:00 p.m.

Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
9 Kirkland Place, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495-3777
Fax: (617) 495-4306
E-mail: iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu
 

CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Afghanistan's Anti-Taliban Horsemen, April 22

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 15 Apr 2004


Central Asia & Caucasus Seminar Series Spring 2004

Thursday, April 22
2:00-4:00 pm

Seminar Room 3
625 Massachusetts Avenue
Central Square, Cambridge
Open to the public

Guest Chair:

Mike Reynolds, Research Follow
John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University

"Dostum. Afghanistan's Anti-Taliban Horsemen and the War on Terror."
Film Documentary

Directed by Dr. Brian Glyn Williams
Assistant Professor of Islamic History
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Dr. Williams shot much of the footage for the film himself in August 2003,
during his trip from Kabul to Mazar i Sharif and Sheberghan, in northern
Aghanistan, where he was able to spend 2 weeks with General Abdul Rashid
Dostum.  Dr. Williams has conducted extensive field research from Kazakhstan
to Kosovo and is the author of "The Crimean Tatars. The Diaspora Experience
and the Forging of a Nation," published by Brill in 2001.

To see more information about Dr. Williams or photos of his trip to
Afghanistan, go to:

<http://www.brianglynwilliams.com>

Sponsored by:

Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
/ Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Directions to our location at 625 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square
can be found at:
<http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/about_us/directions.html>

For further information, contact:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus, 617-496-2643,
centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, 617-495-4037,
daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
 

LECTURE- Victor Panin, Strategic Perspectives of the Caucasus, April 21

From: John Schoeberlein <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 14 Apr 2004


Davis Center Occasional Seminar

Wednesday, April 21
12:30 - 2:00pm

625 Mass Ave, Seminar Room 2
Cambridge, MA

"Strategic Perspectives of the Caucasus"

Victor Panin (Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Professor of Political
Studies, Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University, Russia)

Sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard
University

For more information, please contact:

Ann Marie Sjostedt
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
625 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-495-4037
Fax: 617-495-8319
Web: http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
 

LECTURE- The Music of Xinjiang: The Twelve Muqam of Uygur Music Along the Silk Road, April 14

From: Liam Malloy <lmalloy(a)newenglandconservatory.edu>
Posted: 13 Apr 2004


"The Music of Xinjiang: The Twelve Muqam of Uygur Music Along the Silk Road
- the Treasure in a Musical Caravan"

Wednesday, April 14, 4:00 PM

Professor Mao Jizeng
Researcher at Central University of Ethnicities in Beijing
Leading expert on the music of minority groups in China.

St. Botolph Hall
241 St Botolph Street
Boston, MA

Via public transportation:

One Block From: Green E-Line Symphony stop; Orange Line Mass Ave stop; Mass
Ave Bus From Harvard)

New England Conservatory Intercultural Institute Monthly Series

Sponsored by the New England Conservatory Intercultural Institute

Contact:

Liam Malloy
(617) 585-1300
lmalloy(a)newenglandconservatory.edu
 

WORKSHOP- Rumi in the Eyes of Shams, Islamic Mysticism Workshop, April 16

From: John Schoeberlein <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Apr 2004


Annemarie Schimmel Memorial Lecture Series

Islamic Mysticism Workshop:

"Rumi in the Eyes of Shams"

William Chittick
Professor of Religious Studies at the State University of New York at Stony
Brook

4-6 p.m.
April 16, 2004

Andover A
Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge, MA
 

PANEL DISCUSSION- Constitutional Ordering in Iraq and Afghanistan, ILSP, April 16

From: Islamic Legal Studies Program <ilsp(a)law.harvard.edu>
Posted: 12 Apr 2004


"Establishing Islamic Law: Constitutional Ordering in Iraq and Afghanistan"

A Panel Discussion
presented by the Islamic Legal Studies Program and the International Law
Journal

with
moderator Frank Vogel, Director, Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law
School

and panelists
 - Thomas Barfield, Department of Anthropology, Boston University
 - Nathan Brown, Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program, George Washington
   University
 - Naz Modirzadeh, J.D. '02, Human Rights Watch
 - Roy Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Harvard University

4:00 - 6:00 pm
Friday, April 16

Pound Hall 107
Harvard Law School

Refreshments to be served.

Sponsored by Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton

Islamic Legal Studies Program
Harvard Law School
1563 Mass Ave.  Pound 501
Cambridge, MA  02138
(617) 496-3941
www.law.harvard.edu/programs/ilsp
 

IAAS LECTURE- Tungusic and Turkic: A New Look at the Altaic Theory, April 14

From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 7 Apr 2004


The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
invites you to a lunchtime lecture
at the First Floor Common Room, 2 Divinity Avenue
on Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Jerry Norman of the University of Washington
will speak on "Tungusic and Turkic: A New Look at the Altaic Theory."

You may bring your own lunch to the Common Room; Snacks will be provided.
Room opens at 12:30, presentation at 1:00 p.m.

Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
9 Kirkland Place
Cambridge, MA  02138

Telephone: (617) 495-3777
Fax: (617) 495-4306
E-mail: iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu
 

INFORMATION SESSION- Univ. of Venice Intensive Armenian Lang. Program, April 14, Cafe Algiers

From: Rachel Goshgarian <goshgar(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 6 Apr 2004


UNIVERSITY OF VENICE (Italy)
Padus-Araxes Summer Program for Intensive Instruction in Armenian Language
and Culture
August 2004

Due to the fact that so many of you have expressed interest in this program
and have sent me loads of wonderful emails with questions about learning
Armenian in Venice, we will be holding an informational session on the
program next Wednesday (April 14) at 7:00 p.m. at Cafe Algiers in Harvard
Square.

Cafe Algiers is located at 40 Brattle Street, just next to Crate and Barrel.

Hope to see you there!

Rachel Goshgarian
 

ASIA CENTER SEMINAR- Barnett Rubin, Sustainable Security in Afghanistan, April 9

From: Asia Center <asiactr(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 6 Apr 2004


"Sustainable Security in Afghanistan"

Dr. Barnett Rubin
Center on International Cooperation, New York University

Friday, April 9, 12:30 PM
Seminar Room 1,
625 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA

Modern Asia Series

Sponsored by the Asia Center
Tel.: (617) 496-6273
Web: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~asiactr/events.html
 

SEMINAR- Thomas Owen, Russ. & American Enterprise in the Northeastern Siberian Co., April 9

From: Davis Center <daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Apr 2004


Historians' Seminar

Friday, April 9
1:10 - 3:00pm

Harvard University
Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room
Cambridge, MA

Thomas Owen (Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Professor of History, Louisiana
State University)

"Chukchi Gold: Russian and American Enterprise in the Northeastern Siberian
Company, 1900 - 1920"
 

SEMINAR- Yakov Gordin, Russia and the Caucasus: The Great Utopia (in Russian), April 8

From: Davis Center <daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Apr 2004


Literature and Culture Seminar

Thursday, April 8
4:15 - 6:00pm

Yakov Gordin (Regional Fellow, Davis Center; Editor, Zvezda, St. Petersburg)

"Russia and the Caucasus: 'The Great Utopia'"
(Please note: this seminar will be given in Russian)

625 Mass Ave, Seminar Room 2
Cambridge, MA
 

FILM SERIES- Central Asian Cinema at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

From: Erin Trahan <etrahan(a)mfa.org>
Posted: 15 Mar 2004


Film Series: Along the Silk Road: Central Asian Cinema
Date: March 19-April 17
Where: Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The MFA Film Program is proud to present Along the Silk Road, a 10-film
retrospective of Central Asian Cinema March 19 through April 17.  These 10
films, made between 1945 and 2002, represent over 50 years of cinema from
the five former Soviet Asian republics-Turkmenistan, Tadjikistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Opening with Djamshed Usmonov's
strikingly original dark comedy Angel on the Right, Along the Silk Road
includes diverse genres such as musical romance (Takhir and Zukhra),
historical epic (The Fall of Otrar), and social drama (Without Fear), all
infused with visionary beauty.

This series is a presentation of Seagull Films and the Film Society of
Lincoln Center.  Funding is provided by the Open Society Institute.

Angel on the Right
Fri., March 19, 8 pm
Thurs., March 25, 6 pm
Sat., March 27, 11 am

Angel on the Right by Djamshed Usmonov (Farishtay Kifti Rost,
Tadjikistan/Italy/Switzerland/France, 2002, 89 min.). Angel on the Right is
the story of an unrepentant prodigal son straight out of a Russian jail who
returns to his hometown to help his mother die with dignity. But his debts
in his hometown are long overdue, the townspeople are tough as nails, and he
soon gets more than he expected from the quiet village. This strikingly
original dark comedy is a major work of art. Director Usmonov casts his own
mother and brother as the fractured yet formidable domestic couple.In Tajik
with English subtitles. Part of The Global Film Initiative.

My Brother Silk Road
Thurs., April 1, 8:15 pm

My Brother Silk Road by Marat Sarulu (Altyn Kyrghol, Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan,
2001, 80 min.). This beautifully shot parable tells the story of three young
children from a mountain village in Kyrgyzstan who make their way to the
rail line that crosses the old Silk Road. Boarding the slowly moving train,
they search for a sense of definition, a way into their future, as well as a
link to the past. A film with a very special tone, pitched between
bittersweet nostalgia and longing.

Preceded by The Fly-Up by Marat Sarulu (Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan, 2002, 10
min.). A man living in a dull black-and-white world soars to color and the
freedom of the skies in a homemade flying machine.
In Kirgiz with English subtitles.

Kairat
Fri., April 2, 6 pm

Kairat by Darezhan Omirbaev (Kazakhstan, 1991, 72 min.). The disconnected
events of Kairat are simple-a boy travels on a train from the steppe to the
city, goes to a movie and brushes arms with his date, and wanders through a
train yard-but every form, movement, and gesture seems to have found its
precise poetic place as Omirbaev's adolescent hero moves through life
awkwardly, in bewildered confusion, guarding a wealth of emotions. One of
the best films of the nineties.

Preceded by July by Darezhan Omirbaev (Schilde, Kazakhstan, 1988, 26 min.).
One hot summer afternoon, two boys try to earn the cash for a movie in this
beautiful evocation of the landscape of childhood.
In Kazakh with English subtitles.

The Daughter-in-Law
Fri., April 9, 8 pm
Thurs., April 15, 4 pm

The Daughter-in-Law by Khodjakuli Narliev (Nevestka, Turkmenistan, 1972, 81
min.). Khodjakuli Narliev's plaintive cinematic poem is as delicate as a
desert breeze. A woman whose husband was killed in WWII lives with her
father-in-law in the desert. "You've been irreproachable all these years,"
he tells her-at once a compliment and a sad realization. She cannot leave
and go back to her family, because that would mean the end of hope that her
husband, a heroic pilot, might return one day. The film is a series of
encounters and recollections that revolve around the memory of what was and
the bittersweet image of what might have been.
In Turkmen with English subtitles.

Takhir and Zukhra
Sat., April 10, 12:15 pm

Takhir and Zukhra by Nabi Ganiev (Takhir I Zukhra, Uzbekistan, 1945, 92
min.). During WWII, the base of Soviet moviemaking operations shifted to the
east and there were many films shot in Uzbekistan, including this glorious
period piece based on the Uzbek Romeo and Juliet. Takhir and Zukhra are
childhood sweethearts brought up together at the royal court, only to be
torn apart as teenagers when Takhir is banished from the kingdom. Shot in
shimmering black-and-white by the great cinematographer Daniil Demutsky
(Dovzhenko's Arsenal and Earth) with eye-filling sets and costumes, Takhir
and Zukhra is a feast for the eyes and ears that includes Bollywood-style
musical interludes. In Russian with English subtitles.

Tenderness
Sat., April 10, 2:15 pm

Tenderness by Elyer Ishmukhamedov (Nezhnost, Uzbekistan, 1967, 83 min.).
Elyer Ishmukhamedov's 1967 film was deeply influenced by the French New Wave
and the latest currents in Italian cinema-there are long stretches in this
incandescent film where you might think you're watching a lost Fellini
classic. It's summertime in Tashkent, and these three intertwined stories of
young love seem to float over the screen like gossamer on a warm breeze.
Tenderness is filled with unforgettable passages and images. You'll go home
dreaming of its central image of boys and girls happily lounging in their
inner tubes as they float down a river.
In Russian with English subtitles.

The Fierce One
Sun., April 11, 10:45 am

The Fierce One by Tolomush Okeev (Lutiy, Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan, 1973, 97
min.).
One of the greatest outdoor filmmakers, Tolomush Okeev filmed the Kirghiz
mountains and deserts with an intimate knowledge and keen sensitivity. The
action in his films is always keyed to the landscape in a way that appears
effortless, no matter how painstakingly wrought: he knows every crack, every
crevice, and all the cruelty and beauty of a life lived under the open sky.
Written by Andrei Konchalovsky, this film about a boy who raises a wolf cub,
and learns quickly about savagery of the animal and human variety, may well
be Okeev's masterpiece. Warning: the films contains explicit scenes of
violence to animals.In Russian with English subtitles.

The Fall of Otrar
Sun., April 11, 12:45 pm

The Fall of Otrar by Ardak Amirkulov (Gibel Otrara, Kazakhstan, 1990, 165
min.). Four arduous years in the making, this historical epic about the
turmoil preceding Genghis Khan's systematic destruction of the lost East
Asian civilization of Otrar is unlike anything you've ever seen. Spurring
the wave of great Kazakh films of the nineties, this piece is at once
hallucinatory, visually resplendent and ferociously energetic, packed with
eye-catching detail and B-movie fervor, traversing an endless variety of
epic landscapes and ornate palaces. But The Fall of Otrar is also one of the
most astute historical films ever made. A Martin Scorsese presentation.
In Kazakh, Mandarin, and Mongolian with English subtitles.

Without Fear
Sat., April 17, 10:30 am

Without Fear by Ali Khamraev (Bez Strakha, Uzbekistan, 1972, 96 min.). An
Uzbek Red Army officer in the 1920s is in charge of his local village. His
task is modernization, and one of the first steps is to allow women to drop
their veils. A brave teenage girl offers to step forward and set the
example, setting off a series of charged, tragic encounters. Shot in crisp
black and white and written by Andrei Konchalovsky, Without Fear is at once
philosophically lucid, melodramatically engaging and altogether
electrifying. Director Ali Khamraev is a master, whose political acumen and
cinematic intelligence are in perfect balance. Each sharply rendered detail
cuts like a knife in this timely film. In Russian with English subtitles.

Man Follows Birds
Sat., April 17, 12:30 pm

Man Follows Birds by Ali Khamraev (Chelovek Ukhodit Za Ptitsami, Uzbekistan,
1975, 87 min.). A young boy gets a brutal yet sentimental education under
the open skies of medieval Uzbekistan. Ali Khamraev's stylistic tour de
force is almost unclassifiable-a mystic vision; an eastern western; a
pageant of color and movement; a portrait of adolescence painted in broad,
expressionistic strokes. Man Follows Birds moves from one sumptuous moment
to the next in images that have an abstract power and beauty. A movie that
truly deserves the word "visionary." In Russian with English subtitles.

Tickets are $8 for MFA members, seniors, and students; $9 for general
admission.

Please call the Box Office at 617 369 3306 for reservations.

The MFA Film Program is sponsored by Fleet.  The media sponsor is The Boston
Phoenix.

Erin Trahan
Film and Concerts Promoter
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(617) 369-3019
www.mfa.org/film
www.mfa.org/concerts
 

HURI SEMINAR- Juliette Cadiot, Uniates and Tatar Muslims in the Census of 1897, Mar. 15

From: Tymish Holowinsky <holowins(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Mar 2004


The Harvard Ukrainian Institute is pleased to invite all those interested to
attend the following lecture presented as part of  the HURI Seminars in
Ukrainian Studies series:

Popular Resistance to the Imperial Russian Census of 1897:
Uniates and Tatar Muslims in Confrontation with the Modern State

Juliette Cadiot
HURI Research Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute


Monday, March 15, 2004

4:00 - 6:00 PM
Seminar Room
Ukrainian Research Institute
Harvard University
1583 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA


For changes in the seminar schedule, please visit our website:
http://www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.html

For further information on this lecture, please contact HURI at:
Phone: 617/ 495-4053
Fax: 617/ 495-8097
Email: huri(a)fas.harvard.edu


Tymish J. Holowinsky
Executive Director
Ukrainian Research Institute
Harvard University
1583 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02138
Telephone:  617/495-4081
Fax:  617/495-8097
 

JOB- Kyrgyz Translator Needed for PBS Frontline Documentary

From: Petr Lom <lompetr(a)ceu.hu>
Posted: 4 Mar 2004


PBS Frontline is seeking a Kyrgyz translator to help double check subtitles
for a short 15 minute documentary.

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/central-asia-harvard-list
 

IAAS LECTURE- Vesna Wallace, Re-Imagining Mongolian Buddhist Identity, March 10

From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Mar 2004


"Mongols' Resistance to Cultural Hybridity: Re-Imagining Mongolian Buddhist
Identity"

Vesna Wallace, University of California, Santa Barbara

Wednesday, March 10, 1:00 PM

First Floor Common Room, 2 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA

Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
(617) 495-3777
 

CONCERT- Persian Classical and Folk Music, Hafez Ensemble, March 5

From: Islam in America Conference <islam_in_america(a)hds.harvard.edu>
Posted: 1 Mar 2004


Harvard University
Islam in America Conference
An Evening of

Persian Classical and Folk Music

By
Hafez Ensemble

Directed by
Mohsen Abtahi

Friday, March 5, 2004
7-9:30 PM

Braun Room
Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138

Performance is free and open to the public

Donations will be accepted for the victims of the Bam earthquake

Sponsored by Shura and the Islamic Mysticism Workshop

For more information, please visit the Islam in America Conference website:
<http://www.hds.harvard.edu/osl/mc/index.html>
 

LECTURE- Michael Reynolds, An Historical Perspective on Islam and Conflict in the North Caucasus, March 4

From: John Schoeberlein <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 1 Mar 2004


Announcing a special meeting of the Central Asia & Caucasus Working Group:

Thursday, March 4, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Seminar Room 2
625 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cambridge (Central Square), MA

Myths and Mysticism: An Historical Perspective on Islam and Conflict in the
North Caucasus

Michael Reynolds, Research Fellow at Harvard's John M. Olin Institute for
Strategic Studies

The Central Asia & Caucasus Working Group is sponsored by the Harvard
Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus at the Davis Center for Russian and
Eurasian Studies.

If you have any questions or need directions to 625 Massachusetts Avenue,
please call us at 617-496-2643, e-mail us at <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>, or
follow the link to "directions" at the Davis Center website:
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/.
 

INDO-EUROPEAN WORKSHOP- Skjaervo, Bactrian and Other Middle Iranian Languages

From: Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations <nelc(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 27 Feb 2004


We are pleased to announce the next installment of the GSAS Workshop on Indo-
European Linguistics and Poetics: a talk by:

P. Oktor Skjaervo,
Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, Harvard University

"Filling in a linguistic continuum: Bactrian and the other Middle Iranian
languages"

Thurs., March 5, 2004, from  4-5 pm
Boylston Hall 103

All are welcome and refreshments will be served.

From: Yaroslav Gorbachov <gorbach(a)fas.harvard.edu>
 

IAAS LECTURE- Politics, Secrecy, and the Uses of Media in Tibet, 1995, March 3

From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 26 Feb 2004


The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies invites you to a lunchtime
lecture at the First Floor Common Room, 2 Divinity Avenue on Wednesday,
March 3, 2004

Robert Barnett, Lecturer in Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University
will speak on:

"The Golden Vase and the Panchen Lama's Reincarnation: Politics, Secrecy and
the Uses of Media in Tibet, 1995."

You may bring your own lunch to the Common Room; Snacks will be provided.
Room opens at 12:30, presentation at 1:00 p.m.

Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Harvard University
9 Kirkland Place, Cambridge, MA  02138
Telephone: (617) 495-3777
Fax: (617) 495-4306
E-mail: iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu
 

CMES SEMINAR- Turkey-Russian Relations, Discussion Led by Victor Panin

From: Center for Middle Eastern Studies <mideast(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 23 Feb 2004


STUDY GROUP ON MODERN TURKEY
Co-Chairs: Professors Cemal Kafadar & Lenore Martin


"Turkey-Russian Relations"

Discussion leader

Victor Panin
Professor of Political Science, Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University and
  Fulbright Fellow, Davis center for Russian Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, February 25th, 2004
CMES; Room 406
1430 Mass. Ave.
4:30-6:00 PM
 

CASPIAN STUDIES SEMINAR- U.S. Policy in Georgia, Ambassador Miles, March 3

From: Caspian Studies Program <CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu>
Posted: 21 Feb 2004


Dear Colleague:

Harvard's Caspian Studies Program is pleased to sponsor a seminar with
Richard Miles, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia entitled "U.S.
Policy in Georgia: Recent Events and the Road Ahead."

Light refreshments will be served.

Date: March 3, 2004
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Place: Taubman BC, fifth floor Taubman Building

Please RSVP to CSP(a)ksg.harvard.edu

For more information, please visit our website:

http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?program=CSP&ln=upcoming&gma=4&gma=84
 

FELLOWSHIP- Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT

From: Jose Luis Arguello <akpiarch(a)mit.edu>
Posted: 19 Feb 2004


Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
AKPIA(a)MIT

2004-2005 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Islamic Architecture

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA(a)MIT) is pleased to
announce its postdoctoral fellowship program for the academic year
2004-2005. The fellowship program is intended for scholars with Ph.D.  in
any field related to architecture and architectural and urban history who
are engaged in research on an Islamic topic.

One or two fellowships will be granted for the year.  The fellowship
duration can range from two months to a maximum of two semesters or nine
months.  Fellows are expected to give at least one public lecture during
their stay at MIT and to participate in the program's scholarly and academic
activities.  The fellowship award consists of monthly stipend not to exceed
the amount of $2,400 (before taxes) per month and one roundtrip ticket for
the fellow from his/her usual place of residence.  Fellows will be
responsible to find their own housing during their fellowship period.  AKPIA
will provide the fellows with library card and an email account at MIT.

Deadline for application is March 1, 2004.  Results will be announced no
later than April 30, 2004.  Applicants should send a C.V., a research
proposal specifying the desired period of stay and other sources of funding
if available, at least one writing sample, and two letters of
recommendation.  No electronic applications will be accepted.  Applicants
are encouraged to seek other sources of funding to supplement the fellowship
award.

Scholars with their own financial resources or on sabbatical who wish to
apply to AKPIA fellowships are also welcome.  AKPIA reserves the right to
prorate its fellowship when combined with another grant or fellowship.

Please send all application material in 2 copies to:

Prof. Nasser Rabbat
The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
MIT, Room 10-390
Cambridge, MA 02139
Fax: 617-258-8172

For further information please send email to <akpiarch(a)mit.edu, or call
617-253-1400, or visit the web at:
http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/AKPsite/index.html

Jose Luis Arguello
Senior Administrative Assistant
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
MIT, 10-390
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Phone: 617-253-1400
Fax: 617-258-8172

Aga Khan Program Web Site: http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/AKPsite/index.htm
 

LECTURE- Morgan Liu, A Central Asian Khan for a Post-Cold War World, Feb. 26

From: John Schoeberlein <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 18 Feb 2004


Announcing a special meeting of the Central Asia & Caucasus Working Group:

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Seminar Room 2
625 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cambridge (Central Square), MA

A Central Asian Khan for a Post-Cold War World

Morgan Liu, Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University

Morgan is an anthropologist who has been traveling to Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan to conduct research since 1993; his most recent trip there was
during summer 2003.

The Central Asia & Caucasus Working Group is sponsored by the Harvard
Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus at the Davis Center for Russian and
Eurasian Studies.

If you have any questions or need directions to 625 Massachusetts Avenue,
please call us at 617-496-2643, e-mail us at <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>, or
follow the link to "directions" at the Davis Center website:
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/.
 

LECTURE- Victor Panin, Turkey-Russian Relations, Feb. 25, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

From: Victor Panin <vpanin(a)fas.har