Conferences and seminars on Central Asia

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Information on conferences, seminars and other events on Central Asia.
The purpose of this threadn is to provide information about what is going on in the world of Central Asian studies. Besides, it is also an indication of where to look for information on selected topics.

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CONFERENCE- Musical Geographies of Central Asia, University of London, 16-18 May 2012

Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum, Institute of Musical
Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
in association with the School of Oriental and African Studies and the
Aga Khan Music Initiative, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Musical Geographies of Central Asia
International Conference and Concert

Keynote speaker: Professor Theodore Levin (Dartmouth College)

Convened by Saida Daukeyeva (IMR) and Rachel Harris (SOAS)

Wednesday, 16th to Friday, 18th May 2012
Chancellor's Hall, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

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CONFERENCE - MUSIC ANS GENOCIDE

Hereby we would like to extend an invitation to you to participate in international interdisciplinary conference „Music and Genocide” organised by Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilization at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. The conference will take place on the 16th & 17th of November this year.

Our aim is to gather representatives of different academic disciplines. We hope each of participants will provide unique expertise on the subject. For some it might be an opportunity to explore a new theme as either music or genocide might not have been in the centre of their activity. For others our conference will be an occasion to share results of their work with new audience. We invite you on the basis of carefully research but also intuition therefore you might find this e-mail surprising. Yet we trust that even if you do not decide to participate you will spread the word among your colleagues or share with us directly any suggestions you might have concerning possible speakers.

In the attachment you will find a detailed description of the conference along with some practical information. We would love to welcome you in Krakow in November so we hope you will look favourably at our invitation. If you have any question please do not hesitate to contact us.

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This is not about a conference, but wort mentioning.

Islamic Research Foundation of Astan Quds Razavi
"Pioneer in Islamic Research"

Astan Quds Razavi [the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.)] in order to attain the valuable objective of spreading the knowledge of the Holy Qur'an and preaching the teachings of the Holy Ahlul Bayt (A.S.), established a cultural institution named Islamic Research Foundation [Bunyad Puzuheshaye Islami] in 1984 in Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran

Objectives

Islamic Research Foundation of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) since its inception in the year 1984 has endeavored to attain the cited objectives and reach its goals. At present the institution is working in a newly constructed four-storey building located at the beginning of Tabarsi Avenue adjoined to the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.), whose construction commenced in 1997 and was accomplished in 2002.The four-storied new building occupies a total area of 24300 square meters and includes units for research departments, offices and conference halls. All its units are equipped with advanced centrally heating and cooling as well as audio-visual facilities.

The Grounds for Activities

Islamic Research Foundation besides its endeavors to achieve its basic objectives is also carrying out other programs and activities which are summed up as follows:

1. To establish research departments and colleges for research in Islamic sciences and humanities to achieve the cited objectives.

2. Recruiting proficient and capable scholars and researchers in the various scientific bodies.

3. Availing the research potentials available in the scientific centers and signing different agreements with researchers and translators for carrying out research, compilation, translation and edition in line with the cited objectives of the foundation.
4. Reciprocal cooperation with all the institutions of the Astan Quds Razavi in particular the cultural institutions to ascertain their research and educational needs.
5. Enhancing the scientific level of the researchers in the foundation by providing them study opportunities and scholarships in scientific organizations within the country and abroad.
6. Granting study opportunities to the researchers and scholars in the universities and Hawzah (Islamic Seminary) and granting scholarships in line with the research objectives of the foundation.
7. Printing scientific and specialized publications.
8. Organizing scientific congresses, sessions and conferences in particular commemorating and introducing the Holy Infallible Imams (A.S.) and other Islamic notables and luminaries as well as cooperating and participating in the seminars within the country and abroad.
9. Carrying out necessary actions which are deemed necessary to achieve the objectives of the foundation. If necessary, it can also establish representative offices within the country and abroad.

In addition, the foundation is Iran based body and a constituent of Astan Quds Razavi and is considered as a non-profit making institution.

The Islamic Research Foundation in the last twenty-seven years has published 1401 titles of books in 2854 volumes in 802986 pages till the end of July, 2012. The copies of books published till now have surpassed the figure of eleven million copies and its 73 published titles have attained meritorious distinction, appreciation certificates and awards from the research institutes, universities and Islamic seminaries. At present it has attained distinguished place among the research institutions and publishers in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Research Departments

The research departments of the foundation can be considered as the spinal column of this research center which are as follows:

1. The Holy Qur'an

2. Hadith

3. Jurisprudence and the Principles of Jurisprudence

4. Theology and Islamic Philosophy
5. Islamic History
6. Islamic Texts Edition
7. Geography of Islamic Countries and Astronomy
8. Arabic and Urdu Translation.
9. European Languages Translation (English, French, German)
10. The Children and Young AdultsLiterature
11. Biography and Genealogy
12. Khurasan Studies
13. The Encyclopedia of Astan Quds Razavi
14. Bibliography

15. Pilgrims Cultural Studies

16. Religions and Islamic Schools of Thought

17. Digital Islamic Encyclopedias

The leading Islamic quarterly titled "Mishkat" and the largest selling annual diary of the Islamic Republic of Iran famous as "Quds Diary" is being regularly published by the foundation since last twenty-seven years.

Comprehensive research has been conducted on the book Nahjul Balagha [Sermons, Letters and Sayings of Imam Ali (A.S.)] and Islamic Economics by the foundation.

It has to be mentioned that the researchers of the foundation have been selected from the Islamic seminary (Hawzah) and university qualification ranging from the post-graduate to the doctoral level.

Professor Emeritus Ayatullah Waez Zadeh Khurasani and Professor Emeritus Muhammad Mahdi Rukni Yazdi are the members of the Board of Directors and Ayatullah Professor Ali Akbar Elahi Khurasani, the leading Islamic jurisprudent is the Managing Director of the Islamic Research Foundation.

Some Major Achievements

"Al-Mojam fi Fiqh Lughat al-Qur'an wa Sirr Balagha" (The Greatest Encyclopedia of the Lexicon of the Holy Quran)

The Holy Qur'an Departmentis carrying out the compilation of a greatest encyclopedia of the lexicon of the Holy Quran under the supervision of Professor Emeritus Ayatullah Waez Zadeh Khurasani.

This book, entitled "Al-Mojam fi Fiqh Lughat al-Qur'an wa Sirr Balagha" is being compiled by the close cooperation of nearly twenty scholars since last twenty-five years and is still under process. It can be considered as the greatest encyclopedia of the lexicon of the Holy Quran. It is expected that the number of volumes of this most comprehensive lexicon of the Holy Quran will reach fifty volumes and is also can be considered as the most valuable encyclopedia of the Holy Qur'an. Twenty three volumes of this great encyclopedia have been published so far till the end of July 2012.

The Holy Qur'an Department has till now compiled 89 titles in 210 volumes in the field of the Holy Qur'an.

"Muntaha al-Matlab fi Tahqiq al-Mazhab"(One of the most valuable books in Shi'i jurisprudence)

The jurisprudence department was established in the beginning of the year 1986 and started its research activities. Ayatullah Professor Elahi Khurasani, the Managing Director of the Islamic Research Foundation is the director of this department and with the efforts in last twenty-three years by the researchers from the Islamic Hawzah (seminary) department was successful in accomplishing the below-mentioned grand research project:

Research and edition of the famous book on Shi'i jurisprudence "Muntaha al-Matlab fi Tahqiq al-Mazhab" by Allamah Hilli (648-726 A.H.).

This book is considered as one of the most valuable books in Shi'i jurisprudence which had mentioned the views of both the Shi'i and Ahl al-Sunnah jurisprudents in detail and also consists of contemporaneous jurisprudence issues. This great work has been published in fifteen volumes by Islamic Research Foundation.

The Encyclopedia of Astan Quds Razavi Department

The compilation of the Encyclopedia of Astan Quds Razavi has commenced by collecting the sources and formulating the entries for this work and its aim are to introduce all those elements which were responsible in the development of this holy shrine to the pilgrims and researchers.

Studies in the Islamic Economics

Islamic Research Foundation has successfully organized two international seminars in the field of Islamic Economics and the articles presented in these seminars have been published in Persian, Arabic and English.
In addition to this, the important work of the foundation in the field of Islamic Economics is the compilation of the book "Islamic Economics Texts in the Holy Qur'an, Sunnah and the Views of the Jurisprudents" in sixteen volumes.

The Children and Young Adults Literature Department

This department has published has published so far 146 titles of books in 390 volumes and ten books on children and young adults have attained meritorious distinction, appreciation certificates and awards from the research institutes, universities and Islamic seminaries.

Seminars and Congresses

The Islamic Research Foundation from the beginning of its functioning in order to develop the expertise views in the necessary fields have organized various sessions and all of them were able to obtain great achievements. These seminars and congresses organized are as below:

1. International Seminar on Geography of Islamic Countries: 5-9 May 1985.

2. Seminar on Rural Migration in the year 1365 Sh / 1986 CE.
3. The First International Islamic Economics Research Conference, 5-8 September, 1988.
4. The Second International Islamic Economics Research Conference, 5-7 September, 1990.
5. International Seminar on Silk Road with the cooperation of UNESCO, 23-15 August, 1990.
6. The Congress of Books and Libraries in Islamic Civilization, 11-13 September, 1995.
7. The Conference on Imam Ali (A.S.), Al-Ghadeer and Islamic Unity, 15 February 2001.
Meanwhile, an International Congress of Waqf (Endowment) will be held in near future.

Mishkat Journal

First issue of Mishkat quarterly Islamic journal was published in 1984 and till now 114 issues of has been published. From 1984 till 1998 Professor Emeritus Ayatullah Muhammad Waez Zadeh Khurasani was the Editor-in-Chief of the journal and since 1999 Professor Emeritus Muhammad Mahdi Rukni Yazdi has taken the charge as the Editor-in-Chief of this journal.

Contact Information:

Islamic Research Foundation

Near Tabarsi Underpass,

Adjoined to the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.)

P. O. Box: 91735-366
Mashhad - IRAN
E-mail: intrelation@islamic-rf.ir
Website: www.islamic-rf.ir
Telephone No: 0098-511-2232501-10
Fax No: 0098-511-2230005

English Publications of the Islamic Research Foundation

1- A Glossary of the Islamic Terms, Philosophy, Theology and Logic, English-Persian, Persian–English, By: Jawad Qasemi, pp. 335.

2- A Glossary of the Islamic Technical Terms, Persian–English, By. M.T. Akbari, pp. 760.

3- A Classified Bibliography on Islamic Economics, Parts 1-3, Dr. Sabry S. Shaban, pp.761.

4- A Selection of Papers Presented to the First Islamic Economy Research Conference, Edited by: Dr. Sabry S. Shaban, pp.212.

5- Child Custody in the Islamic Jurisprudence, Saeid Nazari Tavakkoli, Translated by: Ahmad Rezwani, pp. 211.

6- The Battle of Harrah, Muhammad Ali Chenarani, Translated by: Ahmad Rezwani, pp. 140.

7- The Fourteen Luminaries of Islam, Ahmad Ahmadi Birjandi, Translated by: Ahmad Rezwani, pp. 267.

8- Caliphate and Imamate, Ahmad Namaee, pp.196.

9- Imam Ali b. Musa Al-Rida (A.S.), Imam of Kindness and Knowledge, Ahmad Turabi, Translated by Mubina Virjee & Vahideh Shokofty, pp. 94.

10- Ali's (A.S.) Life Motto, Sayyid Reza Sadr, pp. 77.

11- A Summary of Fatima's (S.A.) Biography, Translated by Sayyid Saeed Arjmand, pp. 75

12- Imam Sajjad (A.S.), Translated by Sayyid Saeed Arjmand, pp. 68

13- Imam Ja'far Sadiq (A.S.), Translated by Sayyid Saeed Arjmand, pp. 70

14- Imam Reza (A.S.): A Summary of Biography, Translated by Sayyid Saeed Arjmand, pp. 78

15- Hesham ibn Hakam, Muhammad Reza Atai, pp.62.

16- Objective of Life, Professor Muhammad Taqi Ja'fari, pp. 40.

17- The Doctrine of Jihad in Islam, Dawood Elhami, pp.136.

18- Landmarks of Mashhad, Dr. Hyder Reza Zabeth, pp. 119.

19- Islamic Ideology and Geographical Phenomena, Dr. Abbas Saidi Rezwani, pp. 146.

20- Decorum for Visiting the Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.), Translated by: Dr. Muhammad Legenhausen, pp. 54.

21- The Underlying Concepts of the Daily Prayers, Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamene'i, pp. 72.

22- The Golden Chain Tradition (Hadith Silsalat al-Dhahab from the Sunni Point of View, Muhammad Muhsin Tabasi, translated by Ahmad Namaee, pp.120.

The First Ever Unique Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur'an Published in Mashhad, Iran

The first ever unique Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur'an in Arabic entitled "Al-Mojam fi Feqh Lughat al-Qur'an wa Sirr Balagha" (A Dictionary of Quranic Lexical Items and its Rhetorical Secret) compiled in fifty volumeshave been accomplished by the Holy Qur'an Department of the Islamic Research Foundation, the constituent research institution of Astan Quds Razavi [the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.)] located in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran. This comprehensive work is considered as the most valuable lexicon in the etymology of the words of the Holy Qur'an. This first ever unique Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur'an have been accomplished after twenty five years of incessant efforts of a group of twenty leading scholars in Quran'ic sciences under the supervision of Emeritus Professor Ayatullah Muhammad Vaez Zadeh Khurasani, who is the prominent professor of the Islamic seminary (Hawzah) and University in Iran. This great encyclopedia is also considered as the magnum opus of the reverend author.

The Islamic Research Foundation in the last twenty-seven years has published 1401 titles of books in 2854 volumes in 802986 pages till the end of July, 2012. The copies of books published till now have surpassed the figure of eleven million copies and its 73 published titles have attained meritorious distinction, appreciation certificates and awards from the research institutes, universities and Islamic seminaries. At present it has attained distinguished place among the research institutions and publishers in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

During the extensive research endeavours after collecting numerous primary sources of the Qur'anic sciences more than half a million index cards were prepared for this monumental work. The origin of every word mentioned in the Holy Qur'an comprises the subject entry of this great work which is arranged in alphabetical order. The origin of the every Qur'anic lexical item have been researched with different aspects of the Holy Qur'an and analyzed by discussing the views of all the prominent philologists and exegetists of Islam from the beginning of Islam till the present era. The commentary, eloquence and the circumstances of the revelation of every Quranic lexical item have also been discussed in detail. In the beginning of the every entry the derivations from the origin of every word are reviewed comprehensively.

"Al-Mojam fi Feqh Lughat al-Qur'an wa Sirr Balagha" (A Dictionary of Quranic Lexical Items and its Rhetorical Secret) has till now received the below-mentioned literary awards.

1- The Book of the Year Award, 1380 Sh /2001 CE.

2- The Selected Book Award of the Islamic Seminary of Qum, 1380 Sh /2001 CE.

3- The Selected Book Award in the seminar to pay homage to "the Servants of the Holy Qur'an" in the field of text culture conducted in the year 1379 Sh / 2000 CE.

4- The Book of the Year Award in the field of Holy Qur'an, Tehran, 1384 Sh /2005 CE.

5- The Selected Book Award in the Biannual Book of the Year in Khorasan Razavi province, Mashhad, 1384 Sh /2005 CE.

This monumental work on the Holy Qur'an have been accomplished in fifty volumes and so far twenty three volumes of this great work have been published comprising 19018 pages in Royal octavo size with hardback cover.

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CONFERENCE - Frontiers and Peripheries in the Islamic World

2013 MAMEIS Annual Conference

“Frontiers and Peripheries in the Islamic World”

Saturday April 6, 2013

Hulman Memorial Student Union

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana

The Midwest Association for Middle East and Islamic Studies (MAMEIS), in conjunction with the Department of History at Indiana State University, is pleased to issue a call for papers for the 2013 MAMEIS Annual Conference, to be held Saturday April 6, 2013 in Terre Haute, Ind. The conference will highlight outstanding current research by Middle East and Islamic Studies scholars throughout the Midwest, with a special emphasis on the theme of “Frontiers and Peripheries in the Islamic World.” Individual presentations will be allotted 50 minutes including question and answer periods.

MAMEIS - the Midwest Association for Middle East and Islamic Studies - is a nonprofit organization chartered through Indiana State University which promotes and fosters community among the many scholars of Middle East and Islamic Studies based at institutions throughout the Midwest. As a regional organization of scholars and professionals, MAMEIS is concerned with promoting the study of the Middle East and Islamic world, broadly conceived, and does not subscribe to any particular religious or political viewpoints or agenda. Our aim is to develop an open forum for discussion of scholarly issues, share news and information about regional events, and support collegial ties among our members.

Presenters should send a one-page abstract by email or post by December 1, 2012 to:

Dr. James M. Gustafson
President, MAMEIS
Department of History
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809

James.Gustafson@indstate.edu

mameis.org

facebook.com/midwestmideast

Twitter: @midwestmideast

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Central Asia Program at George Washington University


Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted to announce the creation of the Central Asia Program
(CAP), hosted by The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian
Studies (IERES) at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George
Washington University, Washington DC.

A non-partisan initiative, the CAP aims to develop policy-oriented
research on Central Asia by providing a space for discussion
connecting the policy, academic, diplomatic, and business communities.
Its research activities focus on four main axes: security,
development, state-building, and regional environment. It calls for a
multidisciplinary approach combining political science, sociology,
anthropology, economics, history, globalization studies, and security
studies.

By Central Asia, the CAP means the five post-Soviet Central Asian
states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and
Uzbekistan), Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Xinjiang, Mongolia, as well as,
in accordance with this broad interpretation, the Volga-Ural region,
Kashmir, and Balochistan.

The CAP aims to get US, European, Russian, Asian, and Central Asian
counterparts working together, by promoting various forms of
interaction and joint projects. It organizes monthly seminars,
half-day forums and a yearly workshop. It also publishes the Central
Asia Policy Papers and the Central Asia Research Papers.

The CAP manages a "Knowledge Hub Project", which contributes to
mapping the worldwide knowledge on Central Asia with a virtual
library, links to online journals and news agencies, and academic and
policy institutions.

You can find more information about the Program on our website:
www.centralasiaprogram.org

We hope we will have the pleasure of cooperating with you.

Marlene Laruelle
Director of the Central Asia Program, IERES, George Washington University
laruelle@gwu.edu or infocap@gwu.edu

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Afghanistan Digital Library project at New York University has reached 500 items.

Background information about the project can be found at:
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/about.html

Among newly digitized items - published between 1898 and 1950s - there are textbooks, treaties and legislation as well as several translations.

Of particular interest are :
Map of Afghanistan issued in 1898. Also known as Proclamation of Amir Abd al-Rahman Khan. It has been digitized from a rare original copy held at Bobst Library at New York University.
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0988/

Kulliyat-i Riyazi - historical study of Afghanistan and Iran during the 19th century by Muhammad Yusuf Riyazi Haravi. This book is made available in collaboration with Princeton University Library.
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1214/

Other titles :

Khadamāt-i safarīyah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0348/

Khulāṣah-ʼi tārīkh-i anbiyā : juzv-i prūgrām-i ṣinf-i panjum
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0360/

Tārīkh-i Islāmīyah : barā-yi ṣinf-i chaharum-i ibtidāʼī, bi-qarār-i prūgrām-i Afghānistān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0414/

Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi jazā-yi ʻumūmī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0537/

Kitābchah-i qānūn kārʹguzārī ḥukkām
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0609/

Jughrāfī̄yā-yi ʻumūmī-yi ibtidāʼi barā-yi shāgirdān-i makātib-i rashdiyah-ʼi ʻaskarīya-ʼi Afghānistān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0610/

Avval kitāb-i Afghānī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0611/

Prūgrām-i taʻlīmī-i makātib-i ibtidāʼi-yi muṣavibah-ʼi Anjuman-i Maʻārif
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0627/

Tamassuk al-quz̤āt al-Amānīyah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0317/

Risālah-ʼi nājiyah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0614/

Prūghrām-i Dār al-Muʻallimīn va Dār al-Muʻallimāt
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0626/

Muʻāhadah-ʼi mavaddat bayn-i Ḥukūmat-i Shāhī-i Afghānistān va Ḥukūmat-i Jumhūrīyah-ʼi Lībiriah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0628/

Vaẓāʼif-i mudīrān makātib markaz va vilāyāt va muʻāwinān va māmūrān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0629/

Lāyiḥah-ʼi taraqqiyāt-i ʻamadah-ʼi chahārʹsalah-i Afghānistān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0630/

Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi maḥṣūl-i māl mawāshī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0824/

Adabīyāt : ṣinf-i sivvum-i Rushdīyah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1164/

Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn Afghān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1170/

Bagrām
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1171/

Āryānā
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1173/

Armaghān-i Maymanah
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1176/

Ṣūratgarān va khūshnivīsān-i Harāt dar ʻaṣr-i Taymūriyān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1177/

Shabkhūn-i Afghān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1178/

Akbarʹnāmah : as̲ar-i manz̤ūm-i Ḥamīd Kashmīrī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1179/

Amīr ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Khān va Khaṭṭ-i Dīyūrand
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1180/

Khvush āmadīd bih Kābul
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1181/

Tārīkh-i Afghānistān
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1182/

Navā-yi maʻārik
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1183/

Pardahʹnashīnān-i sukhangūy
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1184/

Lashkargāh : muṭālaʻāt-i tārīkhī, ʼadabī, hunarī, bāstānʹshināsī
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl1187/

20000 farsakh siyāḥat dar zīr-i baḥr
http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0154/

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CONFERENCE - Popular Culture in Turkic Asia & Afghanistan


Popular Culture in Turkic Asia and Afghanistan: Performance and Belief

Third Symposium of the ICTM Study Group for Music of the Turkic
Speaking World, 1-2 December, 2012, Cambridge, UK

Programme

Friday, 30th November

6 pm - Reception at Jesus College, University of Cambridge
7 pm - Opening Ceremony and Concert at Chapel, Jesus College

Saturday, 1st December

8:30-9 am - Registration

9-10:30 am - Keynote address: Professor Nicholas Cook (Faculty of
music, University of Cambridge)
"Western music as world music"

10:30-11 am - Tea & Coffee

11-12:30 pm - Session A1: Music in Afghanistan: Tradition and Modernity

Bernard Dupaigne, SNRS, Paris, France
Popular Music and Religion in Northern Afghanistan, in the 1966- 1976 Period

Will Summits, University of Central Asia, Tajikistan
The Tawarikh-i Musiqiyun: the post-humus popularization of musicians
from Afghanistan in a 19th century Chaghatai treatise

Yahia Baiza, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
Music, Religion and Culture: a study of Traditional Turkic Music in Afghanistan

11-12:30 pm - Session A2: From Ritualistic practices to traditional
performances

János Sipos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
>From the Spiritual to the Profane and Back: the Relation of Folk
Religion and Folk Songs of Some Turkic People

Éva Csáki, Peter Pazmany Catholic University, Hungary
The Role of Music Performance of Bektashis Rituals in Thrace

Violetta Yunusova, Moscow State Conservatory, Russia
Popular Music Forms of Turkic Speaking Peoples in Russian Federation

12:30-1:30 pm - Lunch

1:30-3:30 pm - Session B1: From Ritualistic practices to traditional
performances

Fattakh Khalig-zade, National Academy of Music, Baku, Azerbaijan
Islam and Music in Modern Azerbaijan

Janyl Jusupjan Chytyrbaeva, Radio Ozodlik, Prague, Czech Republic
New Religious Music in Kyrgyzstan

Ersen Varli, Karadeniz State Conservatory, Turkey
The Process of Popularity of Religious Musical Examples with the
Aspect of Performance Theory Among Women and Men: Music of Sunni and
Alevi Sects in Turkey (1)

Özlem Dogus Varli, Karadeniz State Conservatory, Turkey
The Mediums of Mysticism during the Process of Popularity in Sunni
Sect, Turkey (2)

1:30-3:30 pm - Session B2: From Ritualistic practices to traditional
performance

Yusuf Azmun, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
Musical and Religious Aspects of Turkmen Carpets

Gennadiy Makarov, Kazan' State Conservatory, Tatarstan
Muslim spiritual poems as Tatar cultural phenomenon

Mahmud Aga Rahim Ogly Salah, Baku State conservatory, Azerbaijan
Daf-Qaval in Holy Books and Religious Ceremony

Zilya Imamutdinova, State Arts Study Institute, Moscow, Russia
The Transformation of Muslim Religious Musical Genres at the Beginning
of the 21st Century: Maulid in Culture of the Ural-Volga Tatars and Bashkirs

3:30-4 pm - Tea & Coffee

4-6 pm - Session C1: From Ritualistic practices to traditional performances

Saida Yelemanova, Kazakh National University of Arts
The Study of Kazakh music in its sacred and spiritual dimensions

Valentina Suzuki, Tuva Institute of Arts and Humanities
The Traditional and Popular music in Tuva

Alla Bairamova, The Azerbaijani State Museum of Musical Culture, Azerbaijan
Traditional Azerbaijani Music: Some Peculiarities of Modern Interpretation

Parmis Mozafari, University of Cambridge, UK
The Ritual Music of Turkmen of Iran

4-6 pm - Session C2: Diaspora and Minorities

Karina Firkaviciute, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuania
Popular music in Lithuanian Karaim society - a different case

Abdullah Akat, Karadeniz State Conservatory, Turkey
The Influences and Changes of the Crimean Tatars Music in the Process

Shakhym Gullyev, Kysyl Orda, Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan
Turkmen traditional music at home and abroad

Dorit M Klebe, Berlin, Germany
The Role of Music among the Cultures of Turkic-Speaking Communities
(Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Tatars) in the Berlin Diaspora), 2006-2012

6-7 pm - Dinner

7 pm - Concert: Popular Culture in Turkic Asia and Afghanistan

Sunday, 2nd December

9-10:30 am - Keynote Address: Dr Alexander Djumaev
(University of Central Asia)
"Popular culture and music: in search of spiritual roots in changeable
Central Asia"

10:30-11 am - Tea & Coffee

11-12:30 pm - Session D1: Traditional culture in contemporary soundscape

Tom Solomon, University of Bergen, Norway & Inna Naroditskyaya,
Northwestern University, USA
Azeri Rap Music and Oral Poetry between Tradition and Modernity

Megan Rancier, Bowling Green State University, USA
"The Sound of Modern Kazakh Nomads": Discourses of Ancientness and
Nationhood in the Music of Contemporary Kazakh Qyl-qobyz Performers

Angelika Jung, Galerie Mani, Weimar, Germany
Sufi ideas in the Music of Bukharan Shashmaqam

11-12:30 pm - Session D2: Traditional culture in contemporary soundscape

Kerstin Klenke, Stiftung Universität Hildesheim, Germany
The Hajj Does not Go Pop: Uzbek estrada and Islam

Giovanni De Zorzi, University 'Ca' Foscari' of Venice, Italy
Jâhri zikr used as therapy for teenagers

Feza Tansug, Yeditepe University, Turkey
American Popular Music in Central Asia

12:30-1:30 pm - Lunch

1:30-3:30 pm - Session E1: Traditional culture in contemporary soundscape

Ivanka Vlaeva, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Music Images of Istanbul: From Fatih Akin's Films to Stage and Street
Performances

Fikri Soysal, Dicle University State Conservatory Diyarbak?r, Turkey
Music Culture of Islam Civilization and Popular Culture in the 21st
Century in Turkey

Gulnar Abdirakhman, Kazakh National University of Arts
New images of Kazakh traditional songs

Valeriya Nedlina, Kazakh State Conservatory, Kazakhstan
Folklorismus in Popular Music of Kazakhstan: Returning to Spiritual Roots

1:30-3:30 pm - Session E2: Traditional culture in contemporary soundscape

Liesbet Nyssen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Khuday, Khay, and Khuray: Connections to Religion in Khakas Popular Music

Aziza Sadikova, Berlin, Germany
New music technique and Koran recitation: "Untitled", the piece for
amplified violoncello and tape

Vladimir Manyakin, Kazakh National University of Arts
Kazakh Folk Songs: From Preservation to Transformation and Development

Gulya Kuzbakova, Kazakh National University of Arts
Kazakh Popular Music in 1990-2010: Metamorphosis of Development

3:30-4 pm - Tea & Coffee

4-6 pm - Session F: Film Screening

John Baily, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Return of the Nightingales: The Afghanistan National Institute of Music

Razia Sultanova, University of Cambridge, UK
The Music of minorities in Northern Afghanistan

Keith Howard and Misha Maltsev, London, UK
Siberia at the Centre of the World: Music, Dance and Ritual in Sakha-Yakutia

Book Presentations

There will be recently published book presentations during the
conference's Tea breaks by the following scholars: John Baily, Keith
Howard, Fattah Khalyk-Zade, Janos Sipos/Eva Csaki, Tom Solomon, Inna
Naroditskaya, Razia Sultanova, Valentina Suzuki, Galina Sythenko,
Saida Yelemanova, Giovanni De Zorzi

Visual art Exhibition

"Musical instruments of the Turkic speaking world"
by Elena Tchibor (Oxford University)

Convener of the Symposium: Dr Razia Sultanova r588@cam.ac.uk
Symposium Assistant: Dr Parmis Mozafari: parmis_m@hotmail.com

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NEW RELEASE: IRANIAN STUDIES DIRECTORY

The Iranian Studies Directory is now online. It brings together several international, publicly accessible directories on scholars and organisations involved in Iranian and Persian studies in one place.

With almost 250 profiles already, the Iranian Studies Directory is a growing initiative to develop a comprehensive reference and research facility to connect scholars of Iranian and Persian studies with one another on the internet: academics, teachers, students, curators, professionals and lay enthusiasts from across the globe.
You can begin searching straight away at www.ISDirectory.org andcan register at www.ISDirectory.org/registration.


For more information, see: www.isdirectory.org/faqs

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Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World A two-day program at UCLA and UC Irvine, showcasing the cutting-edge of international research on Afghanistan's archaeology and history. UC Irvine Friday, November 9, 2012 1:30pm - 5:00pm Humanities Gateway 1030 (ANCIENT) 1:30-1:45pm - Organizer welcome, Touraj Daryaee, UCI 1:45-2:30pm - Keynote Lecture, Fredrik Hiebert, National Geographic Society, Washington D.C. "The Bronze Age World of Central Asia" 2:45-4:00pm - Panel I: Mapping the Archaeology and Boundaries of Aghanistan Chair: Nushin Arbabzadah, UCLA Phillipe Marquis, DAFA, Kabul "2002-2012 Ten Years of Archeological Activities in Afghanistan: A Travel through Cultures" Llewelyn Morgan, Brasenose College, Oxford "Hindu Kush: boundary & Point of Encounter" 4:15-5:30pm - Panel II: The Kushano-Bactrian World Chair: Haleh Emrani, UC Irvine Touraj Daryaee, UC Irvine "King Huvishka, Yima and the Bird: Observations on a Paradisiacal State" Jennifer Rose, Claremont Graduate University"Above the Bamiyan Buddhas: Mithra rides in judgment"

Alka Patel, UC Irvine
"Afghanistan's Palimpsest Landscape: Buddhism and Islam in Material Culture"
5:00-5:30pm - Discussant - Kevin van Bladel, USC

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SYMPOSIA IRANICA: 1st Biennial Iranian Studies Graduate Conference

Hosted by the University of St Andrews, 13-14 April 2013

Deadline for submissions: 30th November 2012


Call for Papers
Symposia Iranica invites proposals for papers that relate to any aspect of Iranian studies. These include (but are by no means limited to): literature, political science, philosophy, archaeology, religions and theology, geography, historiography, sociology, anthropology, music, history of art, architecture, international relations, education, history, linguistics, Diaspora studies, new media and communication studies, film, and the performing arts. Interdisciplinary papers are also very welcome.

Submissions are welcomed from the following:

• final year undergraduates
• postgraduates (enrolled / graduated 2012)
  
• doctoral candidates
• post-docs (subject to graduation between 2009-12)

All abstracts are subject to double-blind peer-review.

More Information
For details on the conference, prizes, & more, please visit: http://www.symposia-iranica.com
To get updates directly to your newsfeed, see: http://www.facebook.com/SymposiaIranica

Plenary Sessions
‘Iranian Nationalism and the European Enlightenment’, Chaired by Prof. Ali M. Ansari
‘The Art and Architecture of Islamic Iran’, Chaired by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand
‘The Hagiography and Historiography of Iran’, Chaired by Prof. Charles Melville

Early Career Scholars Q&A
There will also be a session featuring academics, publishers, funding bodies, and leading early career scholars who will share their experiences and answer your questions on how to develop a successful academic career in Iranian studies and academia in general. Questions may be submitted in advance to:questions@symposia-iranica.com.


We gratefully acknowledge the support of Iran Heritage Foundation, the Soudavar Memorial Foundation, I.B.Tauris, and the School of History at the University of St Andrews.

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