[Bilimsel Haber] CONF. PROGRAM- Nicholas Poppe Symposium Program, May 6, University of Washington, Seattle

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CONF. PROGRAM- Nicholas Poppe Symposium Program, May 6, Univ. of Washington

University of Washington in Seattle
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization

18th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies

Saturday, May 6, 2006
8:30 am-5:30 pm

Denny Hall 215-215A

Program

8:30-9:00 Coffee, Tea and Refreshments


9:00-9:10 Welcome Address:  Ilse D. Cirtautas


9:10-9:35
'A Tribute to Professor Denis Sinor, Indiana
University, on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday'
Dr. Charles Carlson, Prague/Tashkent; Visiting Professor, University of
Washington, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization

9:35- 9:45 Discussion


9:45-10:10
'Years of Hope: Glasnost in Kazakhstan'
Dr. Didar Kassimova, Fulbright Scholar, Suleiman Demirel University,
Almaty, Kazahstan

10:10-10:20
Discussion

10:20-10:45
'Economics and the Rise of the Puritanical Islamic Movement in the
Ferghana Valley During the 1970's and 1980's'
Dr. Odil Qoriev, Senior Researcher, Al-Beruni Institute of Oriental
Studies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

10:45-10:55
Discussion

11:00-11:30
'From Traditional Muslim Historiography to Uighur National History:
Nazarghoja Abdusemiatov (Uighur Balisi) and His Historical Works'
Dr. Ablet Kamolov, Academic Leader in History, Central Asian Resource
Center, Educational Center 'Bilim Central Asia,' Almaty, Kazakhstan

11:30-11:40
Discussion

11:40-11:50
Presentation of the Galen Mohr Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Association
Prize for the Best Student in 1st Year Uzbek 2005-06
Presenter: Dan Peterson, President, Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Association


11:50-1:20
Lunch
Denny 215/215A

1:20-1:50
'The Motif of the Persecuted Man: A Comparative Analysis of Heroic Women
in Uighur, Uzbek and Chinese Folktales'
Brenda Schuster, Graduate Student, REECAS Program, Ellison Center for
Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, UW

1:50-2:00
Discussion

2:00-2:30
'Comparing the American with the Kyrgyz System of Higher Education (What
should/can Kyrgyzstan adopt or adapt?)'
Dr. Kubatbek Asan uulu, University of Naryn, Kyrgyzstan

2:30-2:40
Discussion

2:40-3:10
'Kyrgyz Internet Users' Experience of the Tulip Revolution: A Survey of
Major Blogs and Forums'
Shoshana Bella Billik, Graduate Student, REECAS Program, Ellison Center
for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, UW

3:10-3:20
Discussion

3:20-3:30
Coffee/Tea Break

3:30-4:00
'The Epos 'Manas' and the Kyrgyz'
Stefan Kamola, Graduate Student, Department of Near Eastern Languages
and Civilization, UW

4:00- 4:10
Discussion

4:10-4:20
Break

4:20-5:30
Round Table Discussion: 'Approaching 15 Years of Independence of the
Central Asian Republics'
Participants: Odil Qoriev, Tashkent; Shakhrukh Abdurasilov, Tashkent;
Didar Kassimova, Kazakhstan; Ablet Kamolov, Kazakhstan; Kubatbek Asan
uluu, Kyrgyzstan; Odina Salikbaeva, Uzbekistan; Elmira Kochumkul qizi,
Kyrgyzstan, and others to be named.



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