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A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for Central Asian St=
udies

CONF. PROGRAM- Borders, Social Spaces and Identities, Cologne, Nov. 2002

Preliminary Conference Program
Third Annual Borders, Social Spaces and Identities Conference
November 15th - 17th 2002
University of Cologne

The conference is sponsored by the Department of Geography at the Univers=
ity
of Cologne (www.uni-koeln.de) and CIMERA (www.cimera.org).

Friday, November 15th

18h00 Arrival and Registration
19h00 Dinner

Saturday, November 16th
9h30-10h30 Panel I (first part) Civil Society and International Intervent=
ion
 * Cargi Erdem, PhD Candidate, U Syracuse, New York
   "Governing Transboundary Environmental Crisis: ENGO's and the Aral Sea
   Basin"
 * Sabine Freizer, PhD Candidate, LSE, London
   "Community based organizations in Tajikistan"

10h30 - 11h00: Coffee Break

11h00 - 12h00 Panel I (second part) - Civil Society and International
Interventions:
 * Ruslam Jalilov, MA American University in Kyrgyzstan/ U Bonn
   "The Role of Non-Governmental Organisation Sector in Building "Civil
Society" in Kyrgyzstan"
 * Dr. Marie-Carin von Gumppenberg, Munich
   "The civil society - a driving political force in Kyrgyzstan"

12h00 - 13h00 Lunch

13h00 - 14h45 Panel II (first part) - Civil Society and National / Region=
al
Identities:
 * Dr. Kubat Moldobaev, UNESCO, Bishkek/ Kyrgyzstan
   "Kyrgyz-Russian intercultural dialogue"
 * Sevara Sharapova, Tashkent
   "Democracy, Civil Society and Islam - The case of Uzbekistan"
 * Erdin Beshimov, American University in Kyrgyzstan
   "Reassessing the Pillars of Civil Society A case study of Aksy politic=
al
   opposition movement in southern Kyrgyzstan."

14h45 - 15h15 Coffee Break

15h15 - 16h30 Panel II (second part) - Civil Society and National / Regio=
nal
Identities:
 * Birgit Brauer, PhD Candidate, Birmingham U
   "National Identity in Kazakhstan"
 * Aigul Aubanova, independent researcher, Kazakhstan
   "The spiritual space in post-Soviet Kazakhstan"

16h30 - 16h45 Break

16h45 - 18h30: Panel III: Field Research in Central Asia:
 * Hakan Gunes, Istanbul, PhD candidate, U Istanbul, Turkey
   "Forms of sociopolitical identities in Central Asia"
 * Elisabeth Richter, Junior Research Fellow, Berlin
   "Evaluative Report on Field Studies in the Kazakh Republic in Septembe=
r
   and October 200"
 * Dr. Matthias Schmidt, U Erlangen or Mirjam Leuze, Cologne
   "Field Research in Kyrgyzstan"

18h30: Free Time / Dinner (self organized)

Sunday, 17th November

9h30 - 10h30: Panel IV - Borders and Regional Security:
 * Oybek Makhmudov
   "Perspectives for Regional Security in Central Asia"
 * Saparbek Tuyabayev, MA, Toronto U
   "The Security Structure in Central Asia and the Foreign Security Polit=
ics
   of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan"

10h30 - 11h00: Coffee Break

11h00 - 12h30: Borders and Social Spaces:
 * Dr. Claudia Stein,  U Cologne
   "Creating New Spaces - Dividing the Ferghana-Valley"
 * David W. Montgomery, Earhart Fellow, U Boston
   "Language dividing spaces"
 * Claudia L=FCdtke, PhD Candidate, U T=FCbingen
   "Social Spaces in Kyrgyzstan - The Case of Osh"

12h30 - 13h30 Lunch

13h30 - 15h00 Workshop: The Future of CARN (Central Asia Research Network=
)

If you are interested in participating, confirm your participation until
October 10th 2002 by email to Claudia.stein@uni-koeln.de or by regular ma=
il to:

Claudia Stein
Department of Geography, University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 K=F6ln

Conference fees are 35 Euros or 25 Euros respectively for participants wh=
ose
permanent place of residence is Central Asia. Your conference participati=
on
is considered as confirmed only after we have received your participation
fee. Exceptions can be made for participants who live in one of the Centr=
al
Asian countries. Please note, that we do not cover costs for travelling o=
r
accommodation. We will send you a list of accommodation possibilities
(hotel, hostel, private) with your confirmation as well as further
information on the conference, if you wish.

For further information, please contact Claudia Stein at the above mentio=
ned
email address.

CIMERA
Britta Korth
P.O. Box 474
1211 Geneva 12
+41-22-347 52 06
fax: +41-22-830 18 41
www.cimera.org

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