Making of Soviet Central Asia

Adeeb Khalid: Making of Soviet Central Asia, 1917-32, Georgetown, 4/7

Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies

Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Georgetown University

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LECTURE- One Year After the Uprising: Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan, OSF-NY, 3/29

The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the following roundtable event:

“One Year After the Uprising: Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan”

Tuesday, March 29th 12:00-1:30pm

OSI-NY

400 W. 59th St. New York, NY

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Soviet Islam in Central Asia: Issues and Methods

Lecture by Prof. Stéphane Dudoignon

Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 5 p.m.

In this lecture, Prof. Stéphane Dudoignon will present the results of his recently completed study about the Islamic personnel of Soviet Central Asia. Using the example of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, the author will assess some fundamental issues of research on this period of history. As a specialist in the history of Islam in Central Asia, he will reflect on the development of hagiographic production and the constructions of religious categories, especially under the Soviet Union. Dudoignon will review documents from various fields and engage with oral inquiries as well as with various written documents. He will reflect on the ongoing hagiographic process in the field of Central Asian Islam. The presentation will engage with typologies of sacredness inherited from the Soviet period..

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Living Standard Differentials in the Kyrgyz Republic, AUCA was held on Feb. 11

LECTURE: Urban and Rural Living Standard Differentials in the Kyrgyz Republic:

Why Does Anyone Remain in the Countryside?

SPEAKER: Prof Charles M. Becker,

Associate Chair, Department of Economics, Duke University, USA

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LECTURE- Scholars, the Media, and Responsible Public Discourse in the Wake of the June Violence in Kyrgyzstan, AUCA, J. Schoeberlein, Sept. 27

LECTURE- Public Discourse in Wake of Violence in Kyrgyzstan, AUCA, Sept. 27

LECTURE – Scholars, the Media, and Responsible Public Discourse in the Wake of the June Violence in Kyrgyzstan, Dr. John Schoeberlein, Sept. 27

American University of Central Asia (www.auca.kg) presents:

LECTURE: Scholars, the Media, and Responsible Public Discourse in the Wake
of the June Violence in Kyrgyzstan

SPEAKER: Dr. John Schoeberlein, Director, Project on Islam in Eurasia and
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LECTURE- Islam and the State in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan, Alikhan Baimenov, Berlin, Oct. 12

The Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin/Germany is organizing a series of presentations in the academic year 2010/2011 on “Islam and Society in Central Asia” (Islam und Gesellschaft in Zentralasien). This series of talks concentrates on the social and cultural role of Islam in the region, its dynamics and many facets in post-soviet Central Asia. The series addresses the relationship between state and religion and the role of Islam for the development of political identities. With presentations by experts from Central Asia and Europe, we aim to stimulate a discussion about the plurality of Islamic cultures and societies. Our next speaker will be Dr. Alikhan Baimenov. (http://www.zmo.de)

Lecture: Islam und Staat im postsowjetischen Kasachstan

Speaker: Dr. Alikhan Baimenov, Kazakhstan
Time: 5 pm, 12 October 2010
Room: Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin/Germany
Language: Russian with German translation
http://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/2010/Invitation_Baimenov.pdf

LECTURE- David Gullette, The Application of Anthropology, AUCA, Sept. 8

The Anthropology Club of the Anthropology Department at the American
University of Central Asia (www.auca.kg) presents:

LECTURE: “The Application of Anthropology and the Anthropologist’s Role”

Speakers: Dr. David Gullette, UK, Kyrgyzstan

Time: 16.00, September 08, 2010

Venue: 310, AUCA (Main Building)

Language: English
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Two Talks on Central Asia in Tokyo

On July 1, 2010, at 5 to 6:30 PM, in Room 301, 3rd Floor, Building 10, at Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, a lecture will be given by John Schoeberlein (Harward University), called “The Politics of Islam and Nation-Building in Post-Soviet Central Asia”, in English. Continue reading

Lecture on Occupation & Conflict in Azerbaijan

On Thursday, June 24, 2010, at 7:00 PM, a lecture will be held, called “Occupation and Conflict in Azerbaijan” at San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S. 7th Street, San Jose.

Talk by Parvin Ahanchi about the violent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that took place from February 1988 to May 1994 in Daghliq Garabagh, Sovereign Azerbaijani territory. Continue reading