Aigine Cultural Research Center is pleased to announce its upcoming
international seminar on Living Epics and Contemporary Epic Reciters
to be held on June 27 July 1 2012 in Kyrgyzstan. The seminar will be
held with the financial support of The Christensen Fund and in the
framework of the scientific symposium The Spiritual Heritage of the
Turkic World of Central Eurasia, jointly organized by the Institute of
Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science.
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January 25th, 2012
January 20th, 2012
The next Moscow International MICE Forum traditionally organized by aiGroup will be held on March 19, 2012 in Moscow, at TC Tishinka.
MICE remain a relatively new business area for Russia. About five years ago this segment was entered by companies whose executives saw a good outlook for growth. It’s clear now that they were in the right. The market of MICE (this acronym stands for Meetings + Incentives + Congresses – Exhibitions & Events) is rapidly developing. It should be noted that these services are particularly in demand in times of crisis. Difficulties faced by many companies forced them to slash the number of corporate events abroad, but on the other hand, demand for business tours has burgeoned as participation in exhibitions, conventions and conferences became a vital necessity. Looking for new markets, new orders, partners, investment opportunities and drawing investments would be impossible without a careful research of the potential inherent in national markets, and MICE are indispensable in this respect.
Rich experience has been accumulated during several years when aiGroup has been holding MICE forums. The circle of participants has already been determined: most of them come to Moscow year after year, but new companies are also emerging and the organizers have introduced a waiting list that all who want it could get involved in the forum. It should be noted that working at stands is not the only option offered to participants and visitors. A special program of conferences and seminars enables the attendees to obtain maximum information, ask any questions, and get competent answers.
According to experts, the MICE event is “the quietest” of all as nothing is sold or bought here. People study the market opportunities, make contacts and business appointments. As can be judged from various responses, International Moscow MICE Forum is one of the most effective events – this is why the number of visitors keeps growing year-on-year. You may hear that it is futile to plan anything for a year ahead. Well, many things surely cannot be foreseen. However, any business calls for long-term planning and so it’s worth making a note in your day planner: March 19, 2012 – participation in the MICE Forum.
January 19th, 2012
PhD scholarship programmes for the 2012-2013 academic year
The University of Central Asia (UCA) is pleased to announce its Central Asian Faculty Development Programme’s (CAFDP) PhD scholarship programmes at its partner institutions – University of Montana (UM), United States and University of Alberta (U of A), Canada in the following fields:
1. Geosciences including environmental hazards, earthquakes, and disasters; Environment, Natural Resource Management, and Rural Development; and Cultural Heritage. These fields are supported through the UCA- UM partnership.
For further information about UCA and/or UM, please visit: http://www.ucentralasia.org/cafdp.asp orhttps://www.applyweb.com/apply/uomont/
2. Mountain Tourism and Ethnomusicology supported through the UCA- U of A partnership.
For further information about UCA or U of A, please visit http://www.ucentralasia.org/cafdp.asp orhttp://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/intl/
The deadline for applications is February 13, 2012. Read more »
January 16th, 2012
World Bandy Championship 2012 will be held in the city of Almaty from January 29 to February 5. About 15 national teams from all over the world will take part in this Championship. 6 teams of group A will compete at high-latitude rink “Medeu”. Teams of group B, C will compete at reserve rink of Central Stadium. Read more »
January 13th, 2012
When: 3 February 2012, 19:00 
London, SE1 8XX. Admission Free.
Where: The Front Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road
As part of the World Routes on the Road evening of ‘World Music’, organised by BBC Radio 3, TEAS is pleased to support this concert by Gochag Askarov and his Ensemble. Having performed to wide acclaim at the WOMAD Festivals in the UK, New Zealand and Australia, vocalist Gochag has cut several CDs and appeared in the awardwinning filmThe Mystical Music of Mugham Comes to Montana, produced by TEAS. He is renowned as one of the foremost living exponents of classical mugham, with a voice of unmatched purity and passion.
Please note that the evening of free events begins at 17.30hrs.
If you wish to hear Ay Qiz/Mugham Shahaz by Gochag Askarov and his Ensemble, recorded by World Routes on location in Azerbaijan, please visit: http://soundcloud.com/nascentemusic/gochaq-askarov-ay-qiz-mugham
When: 1-2 December, 2012 
Where: Cambridge, UK
“Popular Culture in Turkic Asia and Afghanistan:
Performance and Belief”
The popular culture of this area is unique and contains many specific genres. Even though in the past many traditional forms of music culture had been adapted to religious purposes, during latter centuries they have taken on a different appearance. Today when the development of TV and radio is global, influencing daily life and transforming the original practice of local performances, music has become an enclave where features of the past and present are intertwined. Popular music conveys a number of references to previous music and its religions connections, and our task is to focus on such cases. Read more »
January 11th, 2012
Jan. 15
17:00 at Cotton Club, charity concert (for a girl with blood cancer) by Crazzy Fruits, Slam Dunk, NOTE and Distorted Reality rock groups from Tashkent
Jan. 21
17:30 at the Small hall of the Uzbek State Conservatory, “Blues, my love” concert by Russian and Uzbek musicians
18:00 at the Concert hall of the Uzbek State Conservatory, National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan with a British-German guest director David Coleman
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January 10th, 2012
PD. Dr.Nikolaus Boroffka,
German Archaeological Institute, Germany
Among specialists the Bronze Age of Turkmenistan is well-known. However, this is not (yet) true for non-archeologists, who have only a reduced access to the knowledge of the artistic, economic and spiritual achievements of the ancient inhabitants of Turkmenistan such a long time ago.
On the territory of modern Turkmenistan and in neighboring regions of Central Asia around 4500 years ago highly developed civilizations formed, now known to specialists as the Bactro-Margiana-Archaeological Complex (BMAC), the Anau-Civilization or the Oxus Civilization. A local variant in southern Uzbekistan is also known as the Sapalli Culture, comprising mainly the sites of Sapalli and Dzharkutan.
Major sites in Turkmenistan are those of Anau, Namazga depe, Altyn depe, Togolok, Ulug depe and Gonur depe. Read more »
January 5th, 2012
TAPI – According to official reports, Afghanistan has reportedly blocked further progress on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline project, due to differences on pricing of gas. The governments of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India have been consulted by the Bank on the extent of assistance needed to facilitate the necessary agreements to trade in the exportation and importation of natural gas in the four countries. “We are pleased to report significant progress made by the parties in bringing TAPI project closer to reality. India, Pakistan and Turkmenistan initiated majority of the Gas Sales and Read more »
