[Bilimsel Haber] LECTURE- Is Islam a Factor in the Foreign Policy of the Central Asian States?, Feb. 15, Bishkek

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From: Aida Alymbaeva <alymbaeva_ai@mail.auca.kg>


LECTURE- Islam in the Central Asian States' Foreign Policy, Feb. 15, Bishkek

AUCA (American University in Central Asia) Speaker Series:

A series of lectures by prominent people will discuss issues that are 
critical
to political, economic, and social development of Central Asian 
countries. This
series aims to encourage open debate on key challenges, and increase public
awareness of important processes taking place in the region.

The AUCA Public Speaker Series is open to the public and held on 
Wednesdays from
16:00 to 17:20

Forthcoming lecture:

'Is Islam a Factor in the Foreign Policy Orientation of the Central Asian
States?'

Dr. Shirin Akiner

Date and time:

Wed., Feb. 15, 2006, 16:00-17:20

Venue:

Room 232
Main Building, AUCA
205 Abdumomunova
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
E-mail: pss@mail.auca.kg

Dr. Shirin Akiner (PhD) is an internationally recognized specialist on 
Central
Asian politics, gender, Islam, ethnicity, nation building, and security. 
She is
a lecturer in Central Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London, UK. She is also an Associate Fellow of 
the Royal
Institute of International Affairs in London.  Dr. Akiner is an author of a
number of monographs, among them Islamic Peoples of the Soviet Union (1987),
Central Asia: New Arc of Conflict? (1993), The Formation of Kazakh Identity
(1995), and  Tajikistan: Reconciliation or Disintegration? (2001). Her 
work has
been translated into French, German, Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Russian.

How to register: Please RSVP to pss@mail.auca.kg giving your name and
institution.

This series is arranged by the AUCA Social Research Center and funded, 
in part,
through the Grant provided by the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.



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