[Bilimsel Haber] PROG. INFO.- Regional Workshop, "Revising History of Central Asia"

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PROG. INFO.- Regional Workshop, "Revising History of Central Asia"

Posted by: Ablet Kamalov <akamalov at bilim.kz>

The Central Asian Resource Center, Corporate Educational Foundation
Educational Center 'Bilim-Central Asia', Almaty, with the Support of
Higher Education Support Program and Special Extension Projects Office
of the Central European University announces call for participation in
the Regional Workshop

Revising History of Central Asia

The Workshop will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on October 20-22, 2006

The Workshop aims at examining main trends in History Studies in Central
Asia and teaching History disciplines at higher education institutions
in the region. It will introduce the multifaceted debate on the process
of revision of History in Central Asia in the post-Soviet periods with
an attempt to characterize it from various perspectives. Discussions
will raise problems relating to the formation of National History in
Central Asia including such as the interplay between History and
Nation/Nationalism, History and State, History and Identity. The
workshop will also discuss one of the main trends in the present History
writing process in the region which is a mythologization of the history.
The roots of this phenomenon will be examined on the analysis and
discussion of the old and new myths in Historiography of Central Asia.
It will discuss if this phenomenon should be considered as an inevitable
element of Historiography in the transition period that Central Asian
nations go through. Along with these issues the workshop will look at
the problem of integration of academic research in History in the
teaching process in the region with the special focus on new courses on
Central Asian History such as Intellectual History of the region.

The Workshop is designed for young university teachers and researchers
studying History of Central Asia throughout the region.

Those willing to participate in the Workshop are requested to send their
CV, paper abstracts related to the topic of the Workshop of no more than
500 words (in English or Russian) to akamalov at bilim.kz, no later than
October 20, 2006.

Some funding for local travel, accommodation and fees will be
available for selected Central Asian participants.

Time: October 20-22, 2006

Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan

Contact: Ablet Kamalov, akamalov at bilim.kz, tel: 7-3272-59-76-18



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