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From: Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek <gabriele.rasuly@univie.ac.at>

PUBL.- Second Volume of the 7th ESCAS Conference Proceedings

Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek, Julia Katschnig (eds.)
Central Asia on Display.
Proceedings of the VII. Conference of the European Society for Central Asian
Studies
(Reihe: Wiener Zentralasien Studien - Vienna Central Asian Studies)
Vol. 2
Vienna 2005 (LIT-Verlag), 235 pages; 49.90 EUR, br., ISBN 3-8258-8586-0

Despite its current geostrategic importance and its easier accessibility since
the dissolvement of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has nevertheless remained a
white spot on the map of western scholarship and public awareness.

Bringing together papers presented at the VIIth Conference of the European
Society for Central Asian Studies, which took place in September 2000 in Vienna,
this volume aims to shed light on the historical, political, cultural and
socio-economic development of the region.

Scholars from within and outside Central Asia discuss a wide range of topics. By
employing an interdisciplinary exchange of recent research results the two
volumes offer an excellent insight into the current state of the art of Central
Asian studies. At the same this publication allows a better understanding of the
reconfigurations and ruptures associated with the current transformation
processes in Central Asia, which, however, are embedded in a long-standing
history of cultural and economic exchanges.

Among the topics highlighted in two volumes are contributions focusing on such
issues as state formation and national building, literary traditions, music,
arts, sports and games questions of identity formation, religious beliefs and
practices, forms of social and economic organization, human rights,
democratization, local and global politics.

About the editors:

Mag. Julia Katschnig studied Social Anthropology, Journalism, Spanish and
French at the University of Vienna.

Asst. Prof.Mag.Dr. Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek received an MA in Sociology and
Political Sciences and a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, Turkology and Islamic
Studies from the University of Vienna. Currently she acts as the chair person of
ESCAS.

Publisher's address in Vienna:
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Central Asia on Display
Proceedings of the VII ESCAS Conference
Editors: Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek and Julia Katschnig

Volume II
Table of Contents:

Chapter I: Tracing History

How does a confederacy of tribes evolve?
Catherine Uray-Kohalmi

Clans and juz.
Nurbulat Masanov

The Eastern Turkestan Chaghataids and Shibanids Mawarannahr Alliance Against the
Qazakhs in the Middle of the 16th Century.
Oleg F. Akimushkin

The Burial Ritual "Sadir" Of the Tadzhik Populations of Pendjikent
(Tadzikhistan) and Samarkand (Uzbekistan).
Shodman Vakhidov

Sufism and the Transformation of the Cultural Sufistic Architecture.
Nina Nemtseva

Chapter II: Current Challenges

Kazakhstan and Central Asia: Cultural Continuity and Mutual Influences.
Meruert Abuseitova

Economic Liberalization in Uzbekistan.
Prof. Abdukhalil Razzakov

Some of the Main Cultural Trends in Central Asia During the Years of
Independence.
Dinora Azimova

The Reform of the National Educational System in the Republic of Uzbekistan
(aspects of middlespecial professional education).
Saidahror M. Kasimov

Nation- and State-Building in Kazakhstan between Ethnic and Social Conflict.
Marie-Carin v. Gumppenberg

Foreign political priorities of Kazakhstan: tendencies and prospects.
Sanat Kushkumbayev

Security Gap in the Heart of Eurasia.
Thrassy  Marketos

Central-Asian Region: Variants of Geopolitical Orientation in the Context of the
Anti-Terrorism Operations of the Western Alliance.
Rustem Zhangozha and Emir Rustamov

The Shadow of lslamic Radicalism over Central Asia.
Vyacheslav Ya. Belokrenitsky

Chapter III: Modernity and Power Struggles: Perceptions and Practices:

"Jadeed" Press in Turkistan: historical-social importance in the example of
"Taraqqiy " (Progress) paper.
Boybuta Dustkaraev

Linguistic Culture in Beghbudi's Education Programme: Lessons for Us.
Dilbar Rashidova

The Turkestan Jadids' Conception of Muslim Culture.
Dilorom Alimova

The Activity of Turkestani Jadids as Reflected in the Records of the Tsarist
Secret Police (1905-1917).
Sherali Turdiev

The Kazakh Intelligentsia and the Formation of the Kazakh Socialist Soviet
Republic (1919-1938).
Xavier Hallez

The Modernization Process in Azerbijan: The Soviet Stage and Comintern
Schemes, 1920-30.
Solmaz Rustamova-Tohidi

Enlightening the People: The Practice of Modernity in Central Asia and its
Trans-Caspian Dependencies.
Turaj Atabaki

Turkic Identity and Azerbaijani Consciousness at the Beginning of the 20th
Century: Connection or Contradiction?
Shahin M. Mustafayev

Islam and Social-political Processes in Uzbekistan in the First Half of the
Twentieth Century.
Saidakbar Agzamkhodjaev

Chapter IV: Research Reports and Personal Narratives

Sasanian Seal Stones: an Electronic Cataloguing Project.
Guitty Azarpay

Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus in the Complex Approach to the
Islamic Studies in the Former Russian Empire.
Alexei A. Khismatulin

Al-Farghani and other Central Asian Scholars in l4th and l5th Century Czech
Science.
Jiri Becka

The Tajik National State University of Tadzhikistan.
Manfred Lorenz

Some Information about Tajik's Migration History.
Mansur Bobohonov

Tourism in Central Asia - a Chance and a Challenge, not only for the Heirs
of the Great Silk Road.
Klaus Pander

Short c.v. of contributors


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