February 9, 13:00-17:00
Dear Students,
Kazakhstan Student Society in the United Kingdom would like to take this opportunity to welcome and invite you to the International Career Fair 2011 (ICF) with a focus of building the personal networks with the biggest companies in Kazakhstan.
(www.cambridge-centralasia.org)
In collaboration with
Development Studies Committee
Presents a seminar on:
Fatal Embrace: Trading in Hospitality on the Frontiers of South and Central Asia
Posted by: Timothy Blauvelt <timblauvelt@mail.ru>
The Works-in-Progress Series Returns for the Spring 2011 Season!!!
American Councils for International Education and the Caucasus Research Resource Centers present the 1st installment of the Spring 2011 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress Series:
Dear Sir/Madam,
You are invited to cover and/or list the attached concert, for which tickets
are free of charge. If you require any further information, or a photo of
Nazrin Rashidova, please do not hesitate to contact Neil Watson.
Posted by: Renee Stillings <rstillings@sras.org>
Dear Students and Scholars of Central Asia:
The School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS) is offering an original, innovative, immersive program to which we are inviting a new generation of Central Asian scholars and future diplomats to participate.
The Asian Dynamics Initiative (ADI) of the University of Copenhagen invites applications for a summer school on History, Identity and Religion in Contemporary Central Eurasia to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 04.07.2011-15.07.2011
Women have traditionally played a vital part in Islam throughout Central Asia – the vast area from the Caspian Sea to Siberia. With this ground-breaking and original study, Razia Sultanova examines the experiences of Muslim women in the region and the ways in which religion has shaped their daily lives and continues to do so today. >From Shamanism to Sufism explores the fundamental interplay between religious belief and the cultural heritage of music and dance, and is the first book to focus particularly on the role of women.
Tajikistan, January 25, 2011 – Necia Quast, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy, visited Chashmasor Village in the Faizobod District to officially handover a newly rehabilitated community water system. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the work through its Tajikistan Safe Drinking Water Project. The ceremony featured songs by local children and statements of appreciation by community leaders. The new water system will provide a reliable supply of safe, clean drinking water to 590 local inhabitants in the Village of Chashmasor.
On January 25, U.S. Embassy Senior Law Enforcement Advisor Dennis T. Cosgrove, and U.S. Training Manager James Kelly participated in a handover ceremony at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Academy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, donating medical equipment and supplies to the Academy’s Medical Unit.
Holocaust Memorial Day
On January 24-26, 2011, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State – Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev will arrive in Washington, DC, to meet with the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other high-ranking US officials. He is also scheduled to meet with a host of US congressmen.