[Bilimsel Haber] Seminar on Oral History in Central Asia, Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, CARC, Almaty

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CFA- Seminar on Oral History in Central Asia, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, CARC, Almaty

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





CALL FOR PARTICIPATION- Central Asian Regional Seminar

Corporate Educational Foundation "Bilim-Central Asia"

Central Asian Resource Center




With the Support of Higher Education Support Program and Special and 
Extension Projects Office of the Central European University

invites scholars teaching History and Anthropology at universities as 
well as all interested persons and researchers to take part in

Central Asian Regional Seminar Oral History in Central Asia

Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan

Time: November 29-December 1, 2008

Participants: 30 university level teaching scholars from Central Asian 
states



This workshop will discuss theories on oral history looking at it as a
valuable source of information for understanding the past. Oral history 
is understood as an interdisciplinary field of social sciences based on 
materials recorded or obtained through oral interaction that are or can 
be subsequently used to construct or 'reconstruct' history. Oral history 
enables to make a turn from representation of a history as a past of 
elite groups to the life of ordinary people and thus represent a 
multifaceted nature of historical process. Theory of Post-Colonialism 
and Subaltern Studies will be discussed in connection with Oral History 
as well as development of research of everyday life in contemporary 
Central Asian historiographies.

Special attention will be given to the use of materials based on oral 
history in various fields of social sciences with a special focus on
History and Anthropology. The workshop will discuss the nature of Oral
History, rationale and structures of various oral history genres, 
including 'folk' narratives, life histories and testimonies to political 
events, histories of the 'voiceless'. Other problems to be discussed 
include memory, commemoration and monuments, documentary and film 
rendering of 'oral history'.

This seminar is organized to provide the opportunity for the exchange 
and discussion theoretical and methodological approaches to the 'new'
fields of Historical Studies on the example of Oral history.

Special attention will be paid to teaching Oral history at university 
level as well as the students' work and projects on Oral history.

University teachers, researchers and scholars interested in Oral History 
are welcome to attend the workshop. Especially those doing Oral History 
research are encouraged to apply.



Travel costs, board and lodging are covered for Central Asian participants.



To apply, please send a CV and a letter of interest to the e-mail or
postal address below. All applications should arrive no later than
November 1, 2008.




For inquiries, or application forms, please contact:

Ablet Kamalov
Academic Leader in History
Central Asian Resource Centre
Tulebaeva 31,  050004
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Tel/fax: +7-727 259 76 18
E-mail: akamalov at bilim.kz