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I. FORUM- Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan, Jan. 30, 6 PM, JFK School of 
Government

Harvard's Caspian Studies Program, in conjunction with the Institute of 
Politics, is proud to be sponsoring a public address by Recep Tayyip 
Erdogan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, in the John F. 
Kennedy Jr. Forum on January 30, 2004, at 6:00 PM.

"Democracy in the Middle East, Pluralism in Europe: The Turkish 
Perspective" is the title of the Prime Minister's speech.

This event is open to the public and does not require a ticket. For more 
information, please visit the CSP Event Page:

http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?program=CSP&ln=upcoming&gma=4&gma"

Prime Minister Erdogan is a popular, charismatic leader of a 
strategically important country that has aspirations of joining the 
European Union. We hope that you will be able to join us for what 
promises to be a most interesting Forum event.

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II. Deutscher und Oesterreichischer Orientalismus im Vergleich

Orientalism Series
3rd Millennial Lecture Series
Notre Dame University Louaize - Faculty of Humanities
& the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Time: Thursday, 29 January 2004 - 05:00 pm
Place: NDU Friends Hall, main campus Zouk Mosbeh
Refreshments will be served after the lecture
Tel: 09-218950 Ext: 2430

ORIENTALISMUS
German and Austrian Orientalism - A Comparison

Presented by Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous
Political Science Department NDU, FPSPAD

To commemorate the untimely death of Edward Said, Notre Dame University
Louaize has dedicated its third millennial lecture series to the topic of
Orientalism. The first lecture, taking place at the end of the 2003/2004
winter semester, will deal with the specific nature of Central European
Orientalism.

Edward Said's lengthy, self- reproaching explanation for excluding German
Orientalism from his 1978 study highlights the fact that his approach
assumes a "protracted, sustained national interest in the Orient." The
absence of a German equivalent "to the Anglo-French presence in India, the
Levant, North Africa," and the fact that German Orientalism was almost
exclusively scholarly - interested largely in the classical period - seems
to exonerate both the scholars and artists of the German speaking world
from direct involvement in the Orientalist project. But does this argument
hold true for Austria? Could the Turkish Siege of Vienna in the early 16th
century, the protracted existence of an Oriental frontier between the
Habsburg and Ottoman Empires during the following four centuries, and the
occupation of Bosnia-Herzegovina (1878) at approximately the same time
that the British were taking over Egypt (1882) from the Ottomans have led
to the "national interest in the Orient" considered necessary by Said in
order to portray Austria's scholars and artists as Orientalist
accomplices?

Dr. Eugene Richard SENSENIG-DABBOUS (1956, Harrisonburg, Virginia/USA): MA
in German Literature, Ph.D. in Political Science from the Paris-Lodron
Universitaet Salzburg (Dr.Phil.: Hauptfach PW, Nebenfach Germanistik,
1985).Denny Hall 112, 12:30-1:30 pm

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III. EVENT SERIES- Central Asian Studies Group, Winter 2004, Univ. of 
Washington

University of Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

Central Asian Studies Group
(Subgroups: Kazakh & Kirghiz Studies, Uzbek Circle)

Founded in 1987

Program for Winter Quarter 2004

President: Olga Donohue
E-mail: olgad@u.washington.edu

Faculty Advisor: Ilse D. Cirtautas
Tel: 543-9963 or 543-6033;
E-mail: icirt@u.washington.edu

January 15
Thursday
Get-Together:
Students and faculty interested in Central Asian Studies are cordially 
invited to a Pizza Lunch meeting
Denny Hall 215 A, 12:30-2:30 pm

January 16
Friday
Report on My Recent Studies and Work in Uzbekistan
Christina Szabo, Graduate Student, REECAS
DennyHall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

January 22
Thursday
Changes in Uighur Customs Since 1949
William Clark, Visiting Scholar, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

January 23
Friday
Uighur Film: Amannisahan, produced by Tienshan Film Studio, Xinjiang, 
1994(?)
(The film is based on the life and work of Amannisahan, an outstanding 
Uighur woman of the 16th century. Educated by her father, a 
distinguished musician of his time, and supported by her husband the 
king of Yarkend, she devoted her life to the collection and promotion of 
Uighur music)
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-2:00 pm

January 25
Sunday
"Tashkent-bound for Navruz 2004"
Planning for the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Seattle-Tashkent 
Sister City Relationship in Tashkent, March 21 (Navruz) 2004. Focus will 
be on reconnecting with the people of Uzbekistan in four areas: 
Education, Health, the Arts, Women's and Children's Concerns. All 
interested in  going, please plan to attend the first information 
session organized by the Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Association Board. 
Denny Hall 215 A, 2:00 pm

January 29
Thursday
Thoughts on the Culture of the Uighurs: Response to the Presentations of 
January 22 and 23
Hamit Zakir, Lecturer in Uighur Studies, UW
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

January 30
Friday
Chinese Political Control and Settlements in Xinjiang
Peter Lavelle, Prospective Graduate Student, UW
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

February 5
Thursday
Khoomei: The Tuvan Linguistic and Cultural Setting of Throat Singing
Stefan Kamola, Frequent Visitor of Tuva and Prospective Graduate 
Student, UW
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

February 6
Friday
The Nomadic Heritage of the Kyrgyz and Islam
Elmira Kochumkulova, Ph.D. C., Interdisciplinary
Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies,
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

February 12
Thursday
Calligraphy and Islamic Architectural Compositions
Mamoun Sakkal, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

February 13
Friday
Uzbek Documentary: Historical Sites of Bukhara, Khiva, and Samarkand
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

February 19
Thursday
Tentative: The Tashkent Al-Bukhari Institute of Islamic Studies
Karimulla Yusupov, Al-Bukhari Institute, Tashkent
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

February 20
Friday
Tentative: The Tashkent Islamic University: Its Mission and Impact
Saidakbar Agzamkhodjaev, Professor and Dean, Department of History and
Philosophy of Islam, Tashkent Islamic University
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

February 26
Thursday
Tentative: The Institute of History of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences: 
Its Organization, Scholarship and Publications
Elyor Karimov, Professor of History, Institute of History, Uzbek Academy
of Sciences; President, Uzbek National Society of Young Scholars
Denny Hall, 12:30-1:30 pm

February 27
Friday
Recent Publications on/in Uzbekistan
Christina Szabo, M.A. Student, REECAS and Environmental Studies
Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm

March 4
Thursday
Recent Publications on/in Xinjiang
Aaron Gray, Graduate Student, China Program