[Bilimsel Haber] CFA: "National Historiographies in post-Soviet Central Asia". Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET) project "National
Historiographies in post-Soviet Central Asia", Central Asian Resource
Center, Educational Center 'Bilim-Central Asia', Almaty, Kazakhstan

Central Asian Resource Center, Educational Center 'Bilim-Central Asia',
Almaty, Kazakhstan is delighted to announce the beginning of the project
"National Historiographies in post-Soviet Central Asia" supported by
HESP OSI program of Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET).
This is 3-year project aiming at improvement of teaching History
disciplines at higher educational institutions in Central Asia. The
project is designed for young faculty from Central Asian and other
former Soviet republics and aims at improvement of teaching History at
higher educational institutions.

Activities planned within the frame of the project will be devoted to a
wide range of problems and topics related to the formation of National
histories in Central Asia with a special focus on development of
national historiographies in the Post-Soviet period. The History writing
process in the region will be examined from various perspectives based
on theories and concepts existing in social sciences. Discussions
will address new trends in contemporary Historical studies, among which
will be existence of national histories in the era of globalization and
new approaches reflecting new visions on a global history of human
society. Targeting primarily young university teachers from Central Asia
the program will provide them with an opportunity to incorporate
research into teaching curricula and develop innovative courses in
National historiographies of Central Asia and improve their teaching
excellence in the discipline.

The first summer session "From Muslim Historiography to National
Histories: History writing process at the nation building stage" will be
held on 1- 22 July 2007 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This session will focus
on revealing the role of History in political, social and historical
life of Central Asia from historical and contemporary perspectives. It
will give an insight to the early forms of historiography in Central
Asia and the role of historians in the region during different
periods with the special focus on Muslim historiography and its
distinguishing features. It will examine how transition from Muslim
historiography to national historiography occurred in the course of
new enlightenment and nationalist movements of the turn of the XIX-XX
cc. and particularities of the History writing process in the Soviet and
post Soviet periods.

Organizers of the project and its first summer session are delighted to
invite young faculty to apply for participation in the project.
Applicants must be pursuing a career in teaching history of Central Asia
at the undergraduate university level/doing research on Central Asian
history. Working language is Russian, but knowledge of English will be a
plus. Target participants will be drawn from the Central Asian region,
though participants from other former Soviet countries are also welcome
to apply.

Applicants are required to submit CV, writing sample and statement of
purpose (not more than 500 words) to akamalov at bilim.kz not later than 20
May 2007.

For further information, please contact Ablet Kamalov
at akamalov at bilim.kz and abletk at yahoo.com

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