[Bilimsel Haber] REVISED CALL FOR APPLICATIONS- Seeking Scholar on Gender Issues in Central Asia

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: Timur Kocaoglu <tkocaoglu at ku.edu.tr>


REVISED CALL FOR APPLICATIONS- Seeking Scholar on Gender Issues in 
Central Asia

[This is a corrected and updated version of the previously posted 
announcement]

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
  - 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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