Central Asia and Caucasus Studies in the UK: Focusing on Communities, Societies and States
University of St Andrews
November 6-7, 2009
Parliament Hall, South Street
Friday, November 6
9-9.30 am: Registration and coffee
9.30-9.45 - Opening remarks (Dr Sally N. Cummings, Founding Director of the Institute of Middle East, Central Asian and Caucasus Studies at the University of St Andrews)
9.45-11am - Panel 1: LOCALITY AND AUTHORITY
Panel chair: Mohira Suyarkulova
Discussant: Dr Stephanie Bunn (U of St Andrews)
* Otambek Mastibekov (SOAS): The leadership and authority of Ismailis: a case study of the Badakhshani Ismaili community in Tajikistan
* Elmira Satybaldieva (U of Kent): Aksakals and their implications for State domination in Kyrgyzstan: a qualitative study of local politics
* Rebecca Reynolds (U of Glasgow): Homebuilding, homemaking and consumption of domestic space in rural Kyrgyzstan
* Yves-Marie Davenel (EHESS, Paris): Cultural renaissance and civic integration in post-Soviet Kazakhstan: a case study on the Tatar minority
11-11.30 am coffee and tea break
11.30-12.30 Panel 2: MORALITY, LAW AND SOCIAL ORDER
Panel chair: Teemu Naarajarvi
Discussant: Dr Johan Rasanayagam (U of Aberdeen)
* Liam O'Shea (U of St Andrews): Crime, deviance and social order in Kyrgyzstan
* Ieva Raubisko (U of Oxford): 'Our joy is gone': narratives of loss in the transient counter-terrorism zone of Chechnya
* Meri Avetisyan (Armenian State Pedagogical University): Attitudes towards money, moral and law consciousness of post-Soviet people in Armenia
12.30-1.30 pm - LUNCH
1.30- 2.45 pm - Panel 3: IDENTITY, VIOLENCE AND POPULAR MOBILISATION
Panel chair: Jeanne Féaux de la Croix
Discussant: Dr John Schoeberlein (Harvard University)
* Nurseit Niyazbekov (St Anthony's College, U of Oxford): Preventing democratisation in Kazakhstan: changes in popular mobilisation
* Ahmed Fawaz (U of St Andrews): Abkhazia: ethnic entrepreneurs and politicising identity
* Nino Kemoklidze (U of Birmingham): Identity construction and ethno-national violence in Georgia
* Richard Berge (UCL): Identity and state in the Caucasus: the way forward in IR
2.45-3.15 pm coffee and tea break
3.15-4.30 pm - Panel 4: PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES
Panel chair: Dr Wojtek Ostrowski
Discussant: Dr Sally Cummings (U of St Andrews)
* Kanykey Jailobaeva (U of Edinburgh): The professionalization of NGOs: A new stage of NGO development in Kyrgyzstan?
* Saltanat Janenova (U of Edinburgh): Public Service integration in Kazakhstan: Challenging the traditional bureaucracy
* Katarzyna Czerniecka (SOAS): Security implications of EU's discourse and practical engagement in Central Asia
4.30-6pm - Keynote address by Dr Johan Rasanayagam (University of Aberdeen)
Authenticity and tradition: secular and non-secular discourses in Uzbekistan
Saturday, November 7
10-11 am - Uses of a PhD outside of academia by John Schoeberlein
(Harvard University)
John Schoeberlein will discuss the career paths followed outside of
academia by those who have advanced training in Central Asian studies --
including those who choose to combine applied work outside of academia
with an academic career. His own experience includes work in
international organizations and in international NGOs. The talk will
address the variety of options (ranging from government and the
private sector to NGOs and multi-lateral institutions), some of the
considerations that should determine one's choice, and how to address
some of the challenges in seeking such a path.
11-11.30am - coffee and tea break
11.30-12.30 - Using your expert knowledge in journalism by Shahida Tulyaganova
12.30-1.30pm - LUNCH
1.30-3pm - Understanding Academic Publishing by Peter Sowden (freelance editor)
Peter Sowden works as a freelance commissioning editor, commissioning
for Routledge books in Asian Studies, including Central Asia, on the
former Soviet bloc, including the Caucasus, and the Middle East. He
also commissions some books in modern history for Boydell and Brewer,
and has done ad hoc projects for the Publishers Association, ALPSP
(the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) and
other publishers. He was Publisher and Publishing Director of
Routledge 1987-99 and before that commissioning editor at Croom Helm 1977-87.
During this session Mr Sowden will talk about academic publishing in
the fields of Central Asian and Caucasus studies in general as well as
have a practical discussion of draft book proposals prepared by
participants of the workshop in advance.
3-3.30 pm - coffee and tea break
3.30-5pm - PG community of students of CA&C: what are the ways
forward? Planning session (opening remarks by Mohira Suyarkulova,
moderated by Jeanne Féaux de la Croix)
5pm -Closing remarks (Jeanne Féaux de la Croix and Mohira Suyarkulova)
Location:
Parliament Hall page:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/visiting/Virtualtours/ParliamentHall/
Parliament Hall is under number 67 in the alphabetical index
(coordinates - J3) on the University map:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/wwwmap.pdf
University of St Andrews
November 6-7, 2009
Parliament Hall, South Street
Friday, November 6
9-9.30 am: Registration and coffee
9.30-9.45 - Opening remarks (Dr Sally N. Cummings, Founding Director of the Institute of Middle East, Central Asian and Caucasus Studies at the University of St Andrews)
9.45-11am - Panel 1: LOCALITY AND AUTHORITY
Panel chair: Mohira Suyarkulova
Discussant: Dr Stephanie Bunn (U of St Andrews)
* Otambek Mastibekov (SOAS): The leadership and authority of Ismailis: a case study of the Badakhshani Ismaili community in Tajikistan
* Elmira Satybaldieva (U of Kent): Aksakals and their implications for State domination in Kyrgyzstan: a qualitative study of local politics
* Rebecca Reynolds (U of Glasgow): Homebuilding, homemaking and consumption of domestic space in rural Kyrgyzstan
* Yves-Marie Davenel (EHESS, Paris): Cultural renaissance and civic integration in post-Soviet Kazakhstan: a case study on the Tatar minority
11-11.30 am coffee and tea break
11.30-12.30 Panel 2: MORALITY, LAW AND SOCIAL ORDER
Panel chair: Teemu Naarajarvi
Discussant: Dr Johan Rasanayagam (U of Aberdeen)
* Liam O'Shea (U of St Andrews): Crime, deviance and social order in Kyrgyzstan
* Ieva Raubisko (U of Oxford): 'Our joy is gone': narratives of loss in the transient counter-terrorism zone of Chechnya
* Meri Avetisyan (Armenian State Pedagogical University): Attitudes towards money, moral and law consciousness of post-Soviet people in Armenia
12.30-1.30 pm - LUNCH
1.30- 2.45 pm - Panel 3: IDENTITY, VIOLENCE AND POPULAR MOBILISATION
Panel chair: Jeanne Féaux de la Croix
Discussant: Dr John Schoeberlein (Harvard University)
* Nurseit Niyazbekov (St Anthony's College, U of Oxford): Preventing democratisation in Kazakhstan: changes in popular mobilisation
* Ahmed Fawaz (U of St Andrews): Abkhazia: ethnic entrepreneurs and politicising identity
* Nino Kemoklidze (U of Birmingham): Identity construction and ethno-national violence in Georgia
* Richard Berge (UCL): Identity and state in the Caucasus: the way forward in IR
2.45-3.15 pm coffee and tea break
3.15-4.30 pm - Panel 4: PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES
Panel chair: Dr Wojtek Ostrowski
Discussant: Dr Sally Cummings (U of St Andrews)
* Kanykey Jailobaeva (U of Edinburgh): The professionalization of NGOs: A new stage of NGO development in Kyrgyzstan?
* Saltanat Janenova (U of Edinburgh): Public Service integration in Kazakhstan: Challenging the traditional bureaucracy
* Katarzyna Czerniecka (SOAS): Security implications of EU's discourse and practical engagement in Central Asia
4.30-6pm - Keynote address by Dr Johan Rasanayagam (University of Aberdeen)
Authenticity and tradition: secular and non-secular discourses in Uzbekistan
Saturday, November 7
10-11 am - Uses of a PhD outside of academia by John Schoeberlein
(Harvard University)
John Schoeberlein will discuss the career paths followed outside of
academia by those who have advanced training in Central Asian studies --
including those who choose to combine applied work outside of academia
with an academic career. His own experience includes work in
international organizations and in international NGOs. The talk will
address the variety of options (ranging from government and the
private sector to NGOs and multi-lateral institutions), some of the
considerations that should determine one's choice, and how to address
some of the challenges in seeking such a path.
11-11.30am - coffee and tea break
11.30-12.30 - Using your expert knowledge in journalism by Shahida Tulyaganova
12.30-1.30pm - LUNCH
1.30-3pm - Understanding Academic Publishing by Peter Sowden (freelance editor)
Peter Sowden works as a freelance commissioning editor, commissioning
for Routledge books in Asian Studies, including Central Asia, on the
former Soviet bloc, including the Caucasus, and the Middle East. He
also commissions some books in modern history for Boydell and Brewer,
and has done ad hoc projects for the Publishers Association, ALPSP
(the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) and
other publishers. He was Publisher and Publishing Director of
Routledge 1987-99 and before that commissioning editor at Croom Helm 1977-87.
During this session Mr Sowden will talk about academic publishing in
the fields of Central Asian and Caucasus studies in general as well as
have a practical discussion of draft book proposals prepared by
participants of the workshop in advance.
3-3.30 pm - coffee and tea break
3.30-5pm - PG community of students of CA&C: what are the ways
forward? Planning session (opening remarks by Mohira Suyarkulova,
moderated by Jeanne Féaux de la Croix)
5pm -Closing remarks (Jeanne Féaux de la Croix and Mohira Suyarkulova)
Location:
Parliament Hall page:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/visiting/Virtualtours/ParliamentHall/
Parliament Hall is under number 67 in the alphabetical index
(coordinates - J3) on the University map:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/wwwmap.pdf
Lu dans Courrier International N° 960, cette anecdote me semble intéressante pour illustrer l'uniformité des médias turkmène....
"Tee-Shirt ou Chemise? Jean ou costard? Fini les états d'âme. Sur les plateaux de télévision turkmène, tout le monde doit être habillé de façon identique : les hommes en costume noir, chemise blanche et cravate noire ; les femmes en costume et coiffe traditionnels. Vous n'avez pas la tenue ad hoc? Les costumières vous habillent de pied en cap. Les réfractaires sont privés de télé, rapporte le journal indépendant turkmène Khronika Tourkmenistana.
Raoul Jehl