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CONF. PROGRAM- Islam at the Turn of Two Centuries, Columbia Univ., April 24 

Conference 

Islam at the Turn of Two Centuries in Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia: 
The Struggle to Endure 

April 24, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 

School of International & Public Affairs 
Columbia University 
Room 1501 International Affairs Building 
420 West 118th St. 
New York, NY 

Sponsored by: 

The Harriman Institute 
The Caspian Project 
The East European, Russian, and Eurasian National Resource Center 

9:00 am Welcoming Remarks Peter Sinnott, conference convenor. 

9:10-11:30 
Tadeusz Swietochowski. Professor of History, Monmouth University 
"Islam in the Politics of Azerbaijan" 

Robert Bruce Ware. Professor, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois 
University - Edwardsville. 
"Political Stability and Political Islam in Dagestan and Chechnya" 

Ahmet Kanlidere. Associate Professor, University of Marmara, 
Istanbul, Turkey. 
"The Crisis of Russian Islam at the turn of the Twentieth Century" 

Uli Schamiloglu. Professor of Turkic & Central Eurasian Studies, 
University of Wisconsin - Madison. 

Gulnar Kendirbai. Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute 
"Islam and Identity in the Discourse of the Kazak Intelligentsia: 
The Nomadic Perspective 

11:30 am-12:00 pm Discussion 

12-1 pm Lunch 

1 pm-5 pm 
Shawn Lyons. Assistant Dean, University of Virginia -Charlottesville. 
"Islamic Politics in the Jadid Reformist Dramas of Abdurauf Fitrat" 

Peter Sinnott. Caspian Project, Harriman & Middle East Institutes, School of 
International and Public Affairs, Columbia University" 
"Paradise Lost: The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Namangan and Beyond" 

Anara Tabyshalieva. Chair, Institute for Regional Studies, 
Kyrgyzstan; Visiting Scholar, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, 
SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. 
"Central Asia: Traditional Islam and Transnational Religious Groups" 

Craig Macrae. Associate Professor, Berklee School of Music, Boston. 
"Uzbek Popular Song and the Affirmation of Central Asian Muslim Values" 

Pulat Shozimov. Project Officer, Curriculum Development, Aga Khan 
Trust for Culture, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 
"An Existentialist and Pluralistic Understanding of Islam in Central Asia"