[Daviscalendar-list] CENTRAL ASIA WORKING GROUP- Spring 2006 First Meeting, Feb. 14

CENTRAL ASIA WORKING GROUP- Spring 2006 First Meeting, Feb. 14 The Organizational Meeting of the Central Asia & Caucasus Working Group will be held on: Tuesday, February 14, 4:15-6:00 pm in Room S-354 at 1730 Cambridge St., 3rd Floor, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies This will be a time for introductions of new people -- all interested people are encouraged to join. We will also have the semester's first presentation: Sonia Chinn, will present her project on "Sözanas, Ikats, and Rugs: The Construction of Gender Roles in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan via Production of Traditional Crafts." We will distribute the paper for discussion in the week prior to the meeting to those on the Working Group list. About the Working Group The Working Group on "Society, Politics and Culture in Central Asia and the Caucasus" meets every other week for discussion of projects on Central Asia/Eurasia. The Working Group is aimed at providing a context for focused discussion on Central Asia/Eurasia-related topics among Harvard graduate students, faculty, and other interested scholars in the Cambridge and Boston area. The region covered includes the former Soviet Central Asian republics (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan), as well as the Caucasus, the Volga Basin, Southwestern Siberia, Western China, Mongolia, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. Each meeting is usually devoted to a presentation of some work-in-progress (a thesis prospectus, chapter, or paper) by one of the Working Group participants, accompanied by helpful discussion by the group as a whole. Guest speakers are also sometimes invited. The Working Group is chaired by John Schoeberlein, Director of the Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus. The Working Group is an activity of the Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and has been meeting since 1994. At the beginning of the semester's first meeting, we will discuss the schedule for future meetings, which will be on Tuesdays, alternating with the meetings of the Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar (public seminar series). If you would like to receive the regular notices about presentations in this forum (even if you don't expect to attend regularly), please let me know and I will add your address to the address list for this purpose. Note that since the Working Group activities are generally aimed at the Group's membership, regular information about the up-coming meetings will ONLY be distributed to those who ask to be included on this list. (Note: This is *not* the same as the Central-Asia-Harvard-List, so you'll have to indicate specifically if you want to be included; if you are not already included in C-A-H-L and would like to be, let me know as well). If you know of anyone who might be interested in joining the Working Group, please pass on the word about it. Please also consider the possibility of presenting a project at some point in the course of the semester, and come to the first meeting with ideas. Note that the project can be something rather "raw", though ideally you should have a (draft) paper that can be distributed in advance of your presentation. Please contact me with any questions or suggestions you might have. For general information/questions and directions to our new office at 1730 Cambridge St., please call my assistant at (617)496-2643, or write to &lt;centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu&gt;du>. I look forward to your participation! John Schoeberlein Dr. John Schoeberlein \ Director Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus Davis Center \ Harvard University 1730 Cambridge St., Room S-327 \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA tel.: +1/617-495-4338 asst.: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319 schoeber(a)fas.harvard.edu Central Asia Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu <Central Eurasian Studies World Wide>: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu <Central-Eurasia-L> Editorial Addr: Central-Eurasia-L(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu <CE-L> Archive: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/CESWW_Central-Eurasia-L.html -- -------------------------------------------------- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301B Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.495.4037 Fax: 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu