Cambridge Central Asia Forum, Centre for Development Studies, Faculty of
Asian Middle Eastern Studies & Cambridge Kazakhstan Centre are delighted
to announce a Seminar on
‘From Trader to Talib: Merchants, migrants and militancy on the
Afghanistan-Tajikistan Frontier’
By Dr. Magnus Marsden, Department of Social Anthropology, School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
2 March 2012, 4-6pm
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Early Iranian and Central Asian Numismatics, Hofstra Univ., Apr. 10
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Program at Hofstra University presents
Third Seminar on Early Iranian and Central Asian Numismatics In Memoriam Boris Kochnev (1940-2002)
Sunday, April 10, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Hofstra University, Breslin Hall 106
Department of Social Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London (mm101@soas.ac.uk)
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SEMINAR- Cherie Woodworth: 14th16th-Century Rus’ in the Economic
System of the Steppe’s “Great Churn”, Feb. 11
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The Inner Asian and Altaic Studies program is co-sponsoring a talk to be given this Friday, February 11, in the Early Slavists Seminar series.
How Many Horses?
14th16th-Century Rus’ in the Economic System of the Steppe’s “Great Churn”
Cherie Woodworth (Yale University)
February 11, 12:15 to 2 p.m.
CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Seminar Room S354
Summary of Paper
This paper considers the productive capacity of livestock producers (pastoralists) on the grasslands of the Eurasian steppe in the early modern era.
These grasslands provided a critical resource input in the early-modern era which made possible the rise of a large, powerful, centralized state in Russia.
An even larger annual influx of meat, horsepower, and military materiel (in the form of war horses) likewise flowed from the steppe into China, Anatolia, Persia, and India in a continent-wide symbiotic exchange of resources I have called “the Great Churn.”
The economic role of horses and other livestock from the steppe has not been considered for example, by Kenneth Pomerantz in his study The Great Divergence [2000] nor by Victor Lieberman in his new comparative study Strange Parallels [2009]. This argument follows on that of Peter Perdue in China Marches West [2005], Christopher Beckwith in Empires of the Silk Road [2009], and James Scott in The Art of Not Being Governed [2009].
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In collaboration with
Development Studies Committee
Presents a seminar on:
Fatal Embrace: Trading in Hospitality on the Frontiers of South and Central Asia
The Phenomenon of Nostalgia in Post-Soviet Central Asia:
Oral Accounts of Everyday Life in Soviet Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
Before and during Perestroika era, many Soviet Central Asians turned their back on everything branded as “Soviet”, condemning the conservatism and the “socialist” lifestyles of the generation previous to them, which effectively built the Soviet state. However, with the passage of time (19 years), the majority of these critics have done a volte-face in favour of speaking out on the positive aspects of those times – emphasizing the stability of everyday life, the quality of human relations and social and economic security of the Soviet era. Continue reading
Hammam Couture is the new venture in UK to re-introduce ancient oriental bathing rituals
to urban living. We will be supplying A-Z products and services related to Turkish Baths. Continue reading
Baktybek Beshimov, Former Member of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan;
Visiting Scholar, Davis Center
Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and
Russian Studies; Chair, Department of Government, Harvard University;
Faculty Associate, Davis Center Continue reading
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Health Information Centre at the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan have conducted an informational seminar for TV and radio journalists of the central and provincial newspapers and magazines, representatives of the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan. The theme of the seminar was the international experience of the media in emergencies.
The seminar participants listened to a brief overview of the international experience of media to prevent the pandemic of diseases made by the international expert, well-known consultant on communications Guy Scandlen (USA). He also talked about the most effective methods of informing the public through the preparation of special materials and reports.
A four-day seminar on land mines and border security challenges started at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe on July 13, 2010.
Twenty-three participants from the border and customs services and the Ministries of Defense and Interior from Afghanistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are taking part in the course, which was organized with the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. Continue reading