Conference Central Asia Palimpsest: Re-emerging Identities and New Global Imprints When April 21, 2001 Where University of California, Berkeley 105 North Gate Hall Contact Sanjyot Mehendale Tel: (510) 643-5845 or Dana Sherry Tel: (510) 643-5844 Caucasus and Central Asia Program Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies 266 Stephens Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 USA Tel: (510) 643-5845 Fax: (510) 643-5045 Schdedule 9.15: Opening Remarks Sanjyot Mehendale Caucasus and Central Asia Program University of California, Berkeley 9.30 - 12.30 Panel I: Post-Soviet Central Asia - Challenges of Autonomy 9.30-10.15 Post-totalitarian Society in Contemporary Central Asia Anatoly Khazanov University of Wisconsin 10.15-11.00 Dividing Lines: Physical Infrastructures and Policy Coordination Among the States of Central Asia Gregory Gleason University of New Mexico 11.00 - 11.15: Coffee/Tea Break 11.15-12.00 The Taliban and the Issues of Security and Integration in Central Asia Natalya Khan Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan 12.00-12.30: Discussion 12.30-14.00: Lunch Break 14.00- 17.00 Panel II: Global Repositioning - Central Asia and the World 14.00-14.45 Foreign Policy Vectors in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Building Security, Attracting Investment Shirin Akiner School of Oriental and African Studies, London 14.45-15.30 Cyber-separatism: Pioneering Global Islam on the Borders of Imperialism in Central Asia Dru Gladney University of Hawaii, Manoa 15.30-15.45: Coffee/Tea Break 15.45-16.30 (Topic TBA) William Fierman Indiana University Andre Gunder Frank Visiting Distinguished Professor, Florida International University 16.30-17.00: Discussion Sunday, April 22: 105 North Gate Hall 9.00-12.45 Panel III: The Architecture of Identity Discussant: Siamak Adhami, Saddleback College 9.00-9.45 The History of Turkic and Tajik Identities in Central Asia Beatrice F. Manz Tufts University 9.45-10.30 The Concept of Nation and the (Re) Conceptualization of Identities in Central Asia (19th-21st Centuries) Uli Schamiloglu University of Wisconsin 10.30 - 10.45: Coffee/Tea Break 10.45-11.30 Kazakh Identity: Renaissance as Invention of Tradition Alma Kunanbaeva University of California 11.30-12.15 The Reemergence of Clan Identities in Post-Soviet Central Asia" Kathleen Collins Dartmouth College 12.15-12.45: Discussion 12.45 - 14.00: Lunch Break 14.00-16.00 Panel IV: Ancient Histories, New Uses 14.00-14.45 Independence and Cultural Heritage in Uzbekistan Rustam Suleymanov Institute of Archaeology, Samarkand 14.45-15.30 Uncovering the Past in Present-day Central Asia Frantz Grenet Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Paris 15.30-16.00: Discussion Listed with AZER.com: 04/09/2001 AI Home | Magazine Choice | Topics | Store | Contact us From Azerbaijan International © Azerbaijan International 2000. All rights reserved.