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Subject: CONF.- Transnationalism & Diaspora in C. Asia & Caucasus, Mar.
16-17


A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for Central Asian
Studies


CONF.- Transnationalism & Diaspora in C. Asia & Caucasus, Mar. 16-17,
Berkeley

Caucasus and Central Asia Program
University of California at Berkeley

Currents, Cross-Currents and Conflict: Transnationalism and Diaspora in
Central Asia and the Caucasus

2002 Conference Program

Saturday, March 16 - Geballe Room,  220 Stephens Hall

9.00-9.30   Coffee/Tea

9.30-9.40   Welcoming Remarks
             Barbara Voytek, Director, Institute of Slavic, East European
and
             Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley

9.40-10.00  Program Notes
             Sanjyot Mehendale, Executive Director, Caucasus and Central
Asia
             Program, UC Berkeley

Panel I
             Chair: David Hooson, Geography Department, UC Berkeley

10.00-10.30 Diasporas in Central Asia: Patterns of Formation, Patterns of
             Assimilation
             Shirin Akiner, School of Oriental and African Studies,
             University of London

10.30-11.00 Diaspora and Conflict: Locality, Long-distance Nationalism, and
             the Delocalisation of Conflict Dynamics
             Jolle Demmers, Center for Conflict Studies, Utrecht University

11.00-11.20 Coffee/Tea

11.20-11.50 Virtual Diasporas: Reconstituting Central Eurasia in Cyber-spac=
e
             John Schoeberlein,  Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies,
             Harvard University

11.50-12.20 Panel Discussion
             Discussant: John Roosa, Institute for Policy Research and
             Advocacy, Indonesia
             Visiting Scholar, Institute of International Studies, UC
Berkeley

12.20-2.00  Lunch (Faculty Club)

Panel II
             Chair: Leslie Peirce, Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC
             Berkeley

2.00-2.30   Transnational Popular Social Institutions and Turkic Communal
             Identity in Inner Asia
             H=E9l=E8ne Perrin Wagner, Ph.D, Institut National des Langues =
et
             Civilisations Orientales; Inner Asian and Altaic Studies,
             Harvard University

2.30-3.00   China in Central Asia: Invasion or Evasion
             Dru C. Gladney, Asian Studies and Anthropology, University of
             Hawai'i at Manoa

3.00-3.20   Coffee/Tea

3.20-3.50   The Uighur Community in Central Asia: Changes During the Last
             Decade
             Ablet Kamalov, Kazakh Academy of Science, Institute of Orienta=
l
             Studies; Visiting scholar, Oxford University, UK

3.50-4.30   Panel Discussion
             Discussant: Shirin Akiner, SOAS, University of London

7.00        Dinner

Sunday, March 17 - Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

9.45-10.00  Coffee/Tea

Panel III
             Chair: John Schoeberlein, Forum for Central Asian Studies,
             Harvard University

10.00-10.30 Russians in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Issues and Concerns
             Kulbhushan Warikoo, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

10.30-11.00 The Afghan Diaspora: Reflections on the Imagined Country
             Eden Naby, Harvard University

11.00-11.20 Coffee/Tea

11.20-11.50 Afghan Communities in Uzbekistan: Present and Prospects
             Natalya Khan, Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies,
             Uzbekistan; Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley

11.50-12.20 Panel Discussion
             Discussant: Turaj Atabaki, International Institute of Social
             History, Amsterdam, Netherlands

12.20-1.30  Lunch (220 Stephens)

Panel  IV
             Chair: to be announced

1.30-2.00   State, Homeland, and Diaspora: The Armenian and Azerbaijani
Cases
             Stephan Astourian, Department of History, UC Berkeley

2.00-2.30   Diasporic Encounters:  The Role of Diasporic Organizations in
             Armenia's Post-Soviet Transition
             Armine Ishkanian, Research Fellow, UC Berkeley

2.30-3.00   Panel Discussion
             Discussant: Edward Walker, Executive Director, Berkeley Progra=
m
             in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

3.00-3.10   Closing Remarks

3.10-3.30   Coffee/Tea

3.30-5.00   Round Table (270 Stephens)
             How has the Diaspora necessitated new approaches to notions of
             "regions" and how might academic area studies be reconfigured
by
             these internal and external pressures?


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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: CONF.- Transnationalism &amp; Diaspora in C. Asi=
a &amp; Caucasus, Mar.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>16-17</FONT>
</P>
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for =
Central Asian Studies</FONT>
</P>
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>CONF.- Transnationalism &amp; Diaspora in C. Asia &amp; C=
aucasus, Mar. 16-17, Berkeley</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Caucasus and Central Asia Program</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>University of California at Berkeley</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Currents, Cross-Currents and Conflict: Transnationalism a=
nd Diaspora in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Central Asia and the Caucasus</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>2002 Conference Program</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Saturday, March 16 - Geballe Room,&nbsp; 220 Stephens Hal=
l</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>9.00-9.30&nbsp;&nbsp; Coffee/Tea</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>9.30-9.40&nbsp;&nbsp; Welcoming Remarks</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Barbara Voytek, Director, Institute of Slavic, East Europe=
an and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>9.40-10.00&nbsp; Program Notes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sanjyot Mehendale, Executive Director, Caucasus and Centra=
l Asia</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Program, UC Berkeley</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Panel I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chair: David Hooson, Geography Department, UC Berkeley</FO=
NT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>10.00-10.30 Diasporas in Central Asia: Patterns of Format=
ion, Patterns of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Assimilation</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shirin Akiner, School of Oriental and African Studies,</FO=
NT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University of London</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>10.30-11.00 Diaspora and Conflict: Locality, Long-distanc=
e Nationalism, and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the Delocalisation of Conflict Dynamics</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jolle Demmers, Center for Conflict Studies, Utrecht Univer=
sity</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>11.00-11.20 Coffee/Tea</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>11.20-11.50 Virtual Diasporas: Reconstituting Central Eur=
asia in Cyber-space</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Schoeberlein,&nbsp; Harvard Forum for Central Asian S=
tudies,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Harvard University</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>11.50-12.20 Panel Discussion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Discussant: John Roosa, Institute for Policy Research and<=
/FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Advocacy, Indonesia</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Visiting Scholar, Institute of International Studies, UC B=
erkeley</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>12.20-2.00&nbsp; Lunch (Faculty Club)</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Panel II</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chair: Leslie Peirce, Department of Near Eastern Studies, =
UC</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Berkeley</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>2.00-2.30&nbsp;&nbsp; Transnational Popular Social Instit=
utions and Turkic Communal</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identity in Inner Asia</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; H=E9l=E8ne Perrin Wagner, Ph.D, Institut National des Lang=
ues et</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Civilisations Orientales; Inner Asian and Altaic Studies,<=
/FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Harvard University</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>2.30-3.00&nbsp;&nbsp; China in Central Asia: Invasion or =
Evasion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dru C. Gladney, Asian Studies and Anthropology, University=
 of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hawai'i at Manoa</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>3.00-3.20&nbsp;&nbsp; Coffee/Tea</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>3.20-3.50&nbsp;&nbsp; The Uighur Community in Central Asi=
a: Changes During the Last</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Decade</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ablet Kamalov, Kazakh Academy of Science, Institute of Ori=
ental</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Studies; Visiting scholar, Oxford University, UK</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>3.50-4.30&nbsp;&nbsp; Panel Discussion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Discussant: Shirin Akiner, SOAS, University of London</FON=
T>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>7.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dinner</FO=
NT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sunday, March 17 - Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>9.45-10.00&nbsp; Coffee/Tea</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Panel III</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chair: John Schoeberlein, Forum for Central Asian Studies,=
</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Harvard University</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>10.00-10.30 Russians in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Issues =
and Concerns</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kulbhushan Warikoo, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi=
</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>10.30-11.00 The Afghan Diaspora: Reflections on the Imagi=
ned Country</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eden Naby, Harvard University</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>11.00-11.20 Coffee/Tea</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>11.20-11.50 Afghan Communities in Uzbekistan: Present and=
 Prospects</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Natalya Khan, Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies=
,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Uzbekistan; Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>11.50-12.20 Panel Discussion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Discussant: Turaj Atabaki, International Institute of Soci=
al</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; History, Amsterdam, Netherlands</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>12.20-1.30&nbsp; Lunch (220 Stephens)</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Panel&nbsp; IV</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chair: to be announced</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>1.30-2.00&nbsp;&nbsp; State, Homeland, and Diaspora: The =
Armenian and Azerbaijani Cases</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stephan Astourian, Department of History, UC Berkeley</FON=
T>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>2.00-2.30&nbsp;&nbsp; Diasporic Encounters:&nbsp; The Rol=
e of Diasporic Organizations in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Armenia's Post-Soviet Transition</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Armine Ishkanian, Research Fellow, UC Berkeley</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>2.30-3.00&nbsp;&nbsp; Panel Discussion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Discussant: Edward Walker, Executive Director, Berkeley Pr=
ogram</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>3.00-3.10&nbsp;&nbsp; Closing Remarks</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>3.10-3.30&nbsp;&nbsp; Coffee/Tea</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>3.30-5.00&nbsp;&nbsp; Round Table (270 Stephens)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How has the Diaspora necessitated new approaches to notion=
s of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;regions&quot; and how might academic area studies be=
 reconfigured by</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; these internal and external pressures?</FONT>
</P>


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