CALL FOR PAPERS3rd Annual Navrus/Noorus Postgraduate Workshop on Central Asia

CALL FOR PAPERS3rd Annual Navrus/Noorus Postgraduate Workshop on Central Asia

Thursday 21st - Friday 22nd March, 2013

School of Geography, Politics and Sociology / School of Modern LanguagesFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesNewcastle University

Convened by: Alisher Khamidov, Nick Megoran and Joanne Smith Finley

Building on the success of the Navrus conference over the past two years at Exeter, we are pleased to invite submissions of abstracts for the 2013 event. The contemporary history of Central Asia, including the disintegration of the U.S.S.R and emergence of independent nation-states in 1991, highlights the need for an ongoing and evolving exploration of what it means to be placed at this Eurasian crossroads of languages, cultures and societies.

This Workshop invites postgraduate researchers to share their cutting edge knowledge of this fascinating region, focusing on continuities, changes and newly emergent trends in the post-1991 period. Our focus includes both the former Soviet Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, as well as Afghanistan, and the neighbouring region of Chinese Central Asia, currently incorporated into the People's Republic of China as the 'Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region'.  Presentations will be grouped, according to research theme, into 4 sessions over the 2 days.

Participants are invited to address any theme in contemporary social science and humanities scholarship, including (although not limited to):  . What is the nature of protest in Central Asia and how is it related to the mass political upheavals which have been witnessed since independence?. Which kinds of states are produced by societal ties, hierarchies and global inter-connections? What roles have external statebuilding and development projects had in shaping state formation? . To what extent are social, cultural and/or religious practices specific to independent countries, common among the former Soviet states, or 'pan-Central Asian' (i.e. connecting the former Russian Central Asia with contemporary Chinese Central Asia)?. How have diverse global flows influenced the outlook of the Central Asian youth?. In the context of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation headed up by Beijing, what is the nature of bilateral relations between the former Central Asian states and the PRC, and how are these viewed by the lay person?. How are patterns of language use and language domain developing and changing?. How can we characterise the intersection of new political configurations and alliances with long-standing clan allegiances and social hierarchies? . To what extent does Soviet / PRC ideology maintain a (residual) influence in the everyday lives of Central Asian peoples?. What is the nature of borders in the Central Asia region?. To what extent do distinctions between nomadic-pastoral and sedentary-agricultural societies persist in contemporary times?. How far can we speak of a 'rural-urban divide' in Central Asia?. In what ways is migration affecting the economic and political landscape of Central Asia?. How applicable is post-colonial or de-colonial theory to the Central Asian context?. How can we analyse the question of 'political Islam' in Central Asia retrospectively?Topics relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are invited.

Proposals may be submitted for: individual papers (25 minutes + 20 minutes for questions and discussion), or for organised panels of 2-4 papers linked around a theme. They should include: . Name, contact details and institutional affiliation of proposer and contributors. Paper (and, where applicable, panel) titles. An abstract of 300 words maximum for each presenter Proposals should be submitted to Alisher Khamidov (alisher.khamidov@ncl.ac.uk)by Friday 14th December 2012. We are delighted to announce that Professor Deniz Kandiyoti (London University, School of Oriental and African Studies; editor of Central Asian Survey) will deliver a Keynote address on: 'The Current State and Future of Central Asian Studies'.  Professor Kandiyoti will also lead a training session for postgraduate participants titled: 'Publishing your Results'. This session will deliver valuable advice on how to transform dissertation chapters and conference papers into academic publications, and how to go about publishing findings in international refereed journals. 

The Workshop has been kindly funded by the Centre for Russian, Central and East
European Studies (CRCEES), University of Glasgow; by the Department of Politics at Exeter University; and by Central Asian Survey. As a result, we are pleased to provide free accommodation as well as a small travel bursary of up to £50 for a limited number of postgraduate participants.To: akhamido@hotmail.com

Popular Culture in Turkic Asia and Afghanistan

Popular Culture in Turkic Asia and Afghanistan: Performance and Belief

Third Symposium of the ICTM Study Group for Music of the Turkic
Speaking World, 1-2 December, 2012, Cambridge, UK

Programme

Friday, 30th November

6 pm - Reception at Jesus College, University of Cambridge
7 pm - Opening Ceremony and Concert at Chapel, Jesus College

Saturday, 1st December

8:30-9 am - Registration

9-10:30 am - Keynote address: Professor Nicholas Cook (Faculty of
   music, University of Cambridge)
"Western music as world music"

10:30-11 am - Tea & Coffee

11-12:30 pm - Session A1: Music in Afghanistan: Tradition and Modernity

Bernard Dupaigne, SNRS, Paris, France
Popular Music and Religion in Northern Afghanistan, in the 1966- 1976 Period

Will Summits, University of Central Asia, Tajikistan
The Tawarikh-i Musiqiyun: the post-humus popularization of musicians
   from Afghanistan in a 19th century Chaghatai treatise

Yahia Baiza, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
Music, Religion and Culture: a study of Traditional Turkic Music in Afghanistan

11-12:30 pm - Session A2: From Ritualistic practices to traditional
   performances

János Sipos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
>From the Spiritual to the Profane and Back: the Relation of Folk
   Religion and Folk Songs of Some Turkic People

Éva Csáki, Peter Pazmany Catholic University, Hungary
The Role of Music Performance of Bektashis Rituals in Thrace

Violetta Yunusova, Moscow State Conservatory, Russia
Popular Music Forms of Turkic Speaking Peoples in Russian Federation

12:30-1:30 pm - Lunch

1:30-3:30 pm - Session B1: From Ritualistic practices to traditional
   performances

Fattakh Khalig-zade, National Academy of Music, Baku, Azerbaijan
Islam and Music in Modern Azerbaijan

Janyl Jusupjan Chytyrbaeva, Radio Ozodlik, Prague, Czech Republic
New Religious Music in Kyrgyzstan

Ersen Varli, Karadeniz State Conservatory, Turkey
The Process of Popularity of Religious Musical Examples with the
   Aspect of Performance Theory Among Women and Men: Music of Sunni and
   Alevi Sects in Turkey (1)

Özlem Dogus Varli, Karadeniz State Conservatory, Turkey
The Mediums of Mysticism during the Process of Popularity in Sunni
   Sect, Turkey (2)

1:30-3:30 pm - Session B2: From Ritualistic practices to traditional
   performance

Yusuf Azmun, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
Musical and Religious Aspects of Turkmen Carpets

Gennadiy Makarov, Kazan' State Conservatory, Tatarstan
Muslim spiritual poems as Tatar cultural phenomenon

Mahmud Aga Rahim Ogly Salah, Baku State conservatory, Azerbaijan
Daf-Qaval in Holy Books and Religious Ceremony

Zilya Imamutdinova, State Arts Study Institute, Moscow, Russia
The Transformation of Muslim Religious Musical Genres at the Beginning
   of the 21st Century: Maulid in Culture of the Ural-Volga Tatars and Bashkirs

3:30-4 pm - Tea & Coffee

4-6 pm - Session C1: From Ritualistic practices to traditional performances

Saida Yelemanova, Kazakh National University of Arts
The Study of Kazakh music in its sacred and spiritual dimensions

Valentina Suzuki, Tuva Institute of Arts and Humanities
The Traditional and Popular music in Tuva

Alla Bairamova, The Azerbaijani State Museum of Musical Culture, Azerbaijan
Traditional Azerbaijani Music: Some Peculiarities of Modern Interpretation

Parmis Mozafari, University of Cambridge, UK
The Ritual Music of Turkmen of Iran

4-6 pm - Session C2: Diaspora and Minorities

Karina Firkaviciute, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuania
Popular music in Lithuanian Karaim society - a different case

Abdullah Akat, Karadeniz State Conservatory, Turkey
The Influences and Changes of the Crimean Tatars Music in the Process

Shakhym Gullyev, Kysyl Orda, Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan
Turkmen traditional music at home and abroad

Dorit M Klebe, Berlin, Germany
The Role of Music among the Cultures of Turkic-Speaking Communities
   (Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Tatars) in the Berlin Diaspora), 2006-2012

6-7 pm - Dinner

7 pm - Concert: Popular Culture in Turkic Asia and Afghanistan

Sunday, 2nd December

9-10:30 am - Keynote Address: Dr Alexander Djumaev
   (University of Central Asia)
"Popular culture and music: in search of spiritual roots in changeable
   Central Asia"

10:30-11 am - Tea & Coffee

11-12:30 pm - Session D1: Traditional culture in contemporary soundscape

Tom Solomon, University of Bergen, Norway & Inna Naroditskyaya,
   Northwestern University, USA
Azeri Rap Music and Oral Poetry between Tradition and Modernity

Megan Rancier, Bowling Green State University, USA
"The Sound of Modern Kazakh Nomads": Discourses of Ancientness and
   Nationhood in the Music of Contemporary Kazakh Qyl-qobyz Performers

Angelika Jung, Galerie Mani, Weimar, Germany
Sufi ideas in the Music of Bukharan Shashmaqam

11-12:30 pm - Session D2: Traditional culture in contemporary soundscape

Kerstin Klenke, Stiftung Universität Hildesheim, Germany
The Hajj Does not Go Pop: Uzbek estrada and Islam

Giovanni De Zorzi, University 'Ca' Foscari' of Venice, Italy
Jâhri zikr used as therapy for teenagers

Feza Tansug, Yeditepe University, Turkey
American Popular Music in Central Asia

12:30-1:30 pm - Lunch

1:30-3:30 pm - Session E1: Traditional culture in contemporary soundscape

Ivanka Vlaeva, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Music Images of Istanbul: From Fatih Akin's Films to Stage and Street
   Performances

Fikri Soysal, Dicle University State Conservatory Diyarbak?r, Turkey
Music Culture of Islam Civilization and Popular Culture in the 21st
   Century in Turkey

Gulnar Abdirakhman, Kazakh National University of Arts
New images of Kazakh traditional songs

Valeriya Nedlina, Kazakh State Conservatory, Kazakhstan
Folklorismus in Popular Music of Kazakhstan: Returning to Spiritual Roots

1:30-3:30 pm - Session E2: Traditional culture in contemporary soundscape

Liesbet Nyssen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Khuday, Khay, and Khuray: Connections to Religion in Khakas Popular Music

Aziza Sadikova, Berlin, Germany
New music technique and Koran recitation: "Untitled", the piece for
   amplified violoncello and tape

Vladimir Manyakin, Kazakh National University of Arts
Kazakh Folk Songs: From Preservation to Transformation and Development

Gulya Kuzbakova, Kazakh National University of Arts
Kazakh Popular Music in 1990-2010: Metamorphosis of Development

3:30-4 pm - Tea & Coffee

4-6 pm - Session F: Film Screening

John Baily, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Return of the Nightingales: The Afghanistan National Institute of Music

Razia Sultanova, University of Cambridge, UK
The Music of minorities in Northern Afghanistan

Keith Howard and Misha Maltsev, London, UK
Siberia at the Centre of the World: Music, Dance and Ritual in Sakha-Yakutia

Book Presentations

There will be recently published book presentations during the
conference's Tea breaks by the following scholars: John Baily, Keith
Howard, Fattah Khalyk-Zade, Janos Sipos/Eva Csaki, Tom Solomon, Inna
Naroditskaya, Razia Sultanova, Valentina Suzuki, Galina Sythenko,
Saida Yelemanova, Giovanni De Zorzi

Visual art Exhibition

"Musical instruments of the Turkic speaking world"
by Elena Tchibor (Oxford University)

Convener of the Symposium: Dr Razia Sultanova r588@cam.ac.uk
Symposium Assistant: Dr Parmis Mozafari: parmis_m@hotmail.com

London Eurasia Workshop Nov 2012

Call for Abstracts

The Eurasia Studies Society (TESS GB & Europe)

with Royal Holloway, University of London

Multi-Disciplinary Doctoral Workshop

Building Theories and Methodologies in the Third Decade

24 November 2012 (from 14.00-18.00)

11 Bedford Square,

London WC1B 3RF

(Behind the British Museum)

Nearest Underground Station: Tottenham Court Road, or Goodge Street

Convenor: Dr Gul Berna Ozcan, Royal Holloway, University of London

This workshop will provide a forum for young researchers to present their work, get a feedback from an expert academic, and exchange ideas with other scholars in an open and friendly fashion. The event is open to all doctoral and post-doctoral researchers studying Central Asia and its neighbouring regions with only 30 participants. The theme of the workshop is ‘Building Theories and Methodologies in the Third Decade’.

Abstracts should clearly state the research title, authors’ details, and theoretical and methodological scope of the study in no longer than 500 words.

Submissions should be sent to:  


Dr Sevket Hylton Akyildiz


(School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

eurasiasocietyuk@gmail.com

Deadline for submission: 26 October 2012

Cambridge Central Asia Forum Seminar Series for Easter Term 2012

Cambridge Central Asia Forum Seminar Series for Easter Term 2012

Cambridge Central Asia Forum in collaboration with the Faculty of
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Centre for Development
Studies, University of Cambridge, 

Cambridge Kazakhstan Centre
And, Cambridge University Kazakhstan Society and Cambridge University
Uzbekistan Society

Are delighted to announce the Seminar Series for Easter Term 2012

Venue: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies,
University of Cambridge
Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA

Time: 4:30-6:30pm

9 May 2012 Jamila Haider, MPhil Candidate, Geography Department,
University of Cambridge, “A Study of Forest Management in a Post-Soviet
Context: The Case of Tajikistan”
Room L1 (Basement)

16 May 2012 Timur Alexanderov, PhD student, HSPS (Department of
Sociology), University of Cambridge, “Sociological Perspectives on Civil
Society: the Central Asian Post-Socialist Model”
Room L1 (Basement)

23 May 2012 Beibit Shangirbayeva, PhD candidate of Sant’Anna School of
Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy), “National provisions for International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights implementation”
Common Room

6 June 2012 Dr. Gül Berna Özcan, Reader in International Business and
Strategy, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London,
“Building States and Markets: Enterprise Development in Central Asia”
Common Room

Please contact Diana Kudaibergenova, dk406@cam.ac.uk for more
information.

www.cambridge-centralasia.org

Photographs TESS London Conference 18 Feb'12

TESS Conference at SOAS, London, 18 February 2012.
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LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies organizes acompetition for doctoral dissertations completed on contemporary Turkey during the calendar years 2010 and 2011. Dissertations must have been written in English and the candidate must have obtained the PhD degree from a social sciences or humanities department/programme of a university in the UK or any other European country during the calendar years 2010 and 2011. Dissertations submitted to a university in Turkey are not eligible.

The dissertation can deal with any aspect (politics, economy, society, international relations, culture, etc.) of contemporary Turkey defined as Turkey since the end of World War II.  Part of the dissertation can deal with the earlier period.

Comparative doctoral dissertations which include contemporary Turkey as part of a two or three- country study are also eligible.

A jury of three academic experts including Professor Sevket Pamuk will evaluate the dissertations.

To apply, please send by e-mail a PDF copyyour doctoral dissertation and a scanned copy of the official university document indicating the receipt of the PhD degree between the dates 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2011 to Umit Sonmez at the e-mail address below. Submissions without this degree document cannot be considered.

The deadline for applications is 31 March, 2012.

Results will be announced at the LSE Turkish Chair website and e-mailed to all the applicants on or before 10 May, 2012.

The award winning dissertation(s) will be invited to LSE for a presentation and the ceremony in June 2012.

Please feel free to circulate this announcement and the attached advert to anyone who might be interested.

With many thanks,

Umit SonmezResearch Officer: Turkey and European Union
Contemporary Turkish Studies
European Institute
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street WC2A 2AE
London, United Kingdom

E-mail: u.sonmez@lse.ac.uk