[Bilimsel Haber] Call for a scholar on gender issue in Central Asia (Timur Kocaoglu)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: TIMUR KOCAOGLU <tkocaoglu at ku.edu.tr>

Koc University & Michigan State University jointly call for a Scholar
to present a paper on the Gender and Democracy in Central Asian
Republics during a three-day workshop on June 28-30 at Koc University,
Istanbul, Turkey.

All candidates should send their CV's and publication lists on the
Gender issue in Central Asia and one-page (500 words) abstract of their
proposed paper for this workshop (only one candidate will be selected)
to: Timur Kocaoglu, Koc University, e-mail: tkocaoglu at ku.edu.tr

Deadline March 30, 2006

The round-trip air ticket, plus longings and meals in Istanbul will be
provided.

The papers of the following workshop will be published in a volume by
the Michigan State University Publications' "Eurasian Studies" Series in
the fall 2006.


Preliminary and Tentative Schedule for
Workshop on Gender and Politics in Post-communist Eurasia

June 28

9:00-9:30 	Welcome and Introductions

9:30-10:45
Barbara Einhorn, "Contestations of the Private and Public:
Family, Nation and Reproductive Politics in Central and Eastern
Europe"

Eniko Magyari-Vincze, "The Gender Politics of Ethnicity: The Case of
Roma Women"

10:45-11:15 	Coffee Break

11:15-12:30
Nadezhda Shvedova, "Gender Politics in Russia"

Timur Kocaoglu "Myths and Facts: Gender Politics in Central Asia"

Afternoon	Lunch, bus trip to Istanbul, Bosphorus cruise dinner


June 29

9:30-10:45
Amanda Sloat, "The Impact of EU Accession on Gender Politics"

Andaluna Borcila, "Media Representations of Women in Eastern
Europe"

11:00-12-15
Mary Buckley, "Human Trafficking in the Twenty-first
Century: Its Implications for Russia, Europe and the World"

Valentine Moghadam, "Gender, Democratic Transitions and Feminist
Organizing: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives"


Afternoon	Lunch, bus trip to Istanbul


June 30

9:30-11:30
A Speaker (?) on the Gender issue in Central Asia (Name & paper title is
being requested)??? The candidates should apply for this slot!

Linda Racioppi and Katherine O'Sullivan See, "Gender and Ethnic Conflict"

Wrap up and General Discussion

12:00 - 1:30	End-of -Conference Luncheon

Afternoon	Optional sightseeing to the city of Bursa



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