The Twelfth Annual Conference of the Central & Inner Asia Seminar

[Marlo]

Dear Colleagues,

The Twelfth Annual Conference of the Central & Inner Asia Seminar (CIAS 2007) will be held at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the Croft Chapter House on May 15-17, 2007.

The proceedings of the conference will be published in due course in "Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia". Volume 8, the papers from CIAS 2005, will be available before the upcoming conference.

The theme of this year's gathering is "The Exploitation of the Landscape of Central and Inner Asia, Past, Present and Future." Scholars from a wide range of disciplines are invited to submit proposals for papers.

The time allowance for any presentation is 20 minutes. Please include the title, a one-page summary and a short copy of your curriculum vitae and send them, by email, to me at gillian.long@utoronto.ca or to Professor Michael Gervers at gervers@chass.utoronto.ca

The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2006 and those selected will be notified by email as soon as possible thereafter.

We regret that we do not have the financial resources to help with any transportation or accommodation costs. However we will do our best to expedite visa applications and offer hospitality during the conference.

We look forward to receiving many interesting proposals and to hosting another stimulating and enjoyable conference in Toronto in May.

Please forward this message to anyone else who may be interested. For further information see www.utoronto.ca/cias The website will be updated regularly as more information becomes available.

Sincerely

Gillian Long

Administrative Co-ordinator for CIAS

416 978 4882

[Marlo]

Dear Friend of CIAS,

By now you should have received the Call for Papers for CIAS 2007 on May 15 -17, 2007 on the subject of The Exploitation of the Landscape of Central and Inner Asia: Past, Present and Future. We very much hope that this theme will prove to be as rewarding and stimulating as the Silk Road was for CIAS 2005. The proceedings of that conference will soon be published as Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia, vol. 8.

We were very heartened by the many messages of concern received from our friends last year, when plans for CIAS 2006 were suspended because of forces beyond our control. It is good to know that so many of you – participants in past meetings, researchers in the area and other friends and supporters of CIAS activities - share our deep interest in the region.

In order to enhance the quality of the 2007 conference, we are mounting a campaign to raise money to enable us to assist presenters from the region, and others, who would otherwise not be able to attend, to participate in the meeting. We also hope to improve both our web and print publications.

We hope that you, as a friend of CIAS, can help in that process. Can you suggest names of individuals, companies or other organizations that might be interested in joining the CIAS community and indeed might be willing to invest in it, by way of a financial donation to CIAS?

Such a donation would, of course, be tax-deductible in Canada and, via the Buffalo office of the University of Toronto, in the USA. We will provide recognition, on the website, in our program and in publications such as the conference Proceedings, for all donors.

Please take a moment now to send us names and contact information, for anyone or any organization you can recommend that we approach. Thank you for your time and trouble. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.

Michael Gervers Gillian Long

P.S. Of course, we would be delighted if you yourself could make a donation (payable to the U of T, memo: CIAS). It would be a solid investment in fostering knowledge and appreciation of the people, cultures and countries of Central and Inner Asia. Thanks again.

[Marlo]

CIAS 2007

The Exploitation of the Landscape of Central and Inner Asia, Past, Present and Future.

MAY 15-16, 2007

Tentative list of speakers

AHMEDJONOV Akmal (Tashkent U. of Informational Technologies, Uzbekistan)

Institutional Reforms of Social Security Systems in Central Asia: Impact on Poverty Reduction

BAYARSAIKHAN Dashdondog (University of Oxford, England)

The allocation of Armenian Land under the Mongol Noyons

BOHNET Adam (University of Toronto, Canada)

‘On either side the River’: the rise of Nurhaci and consolidation of Choson’s Tumen river frontier

BUNN Stephanie (University of St Andrews, Scotland)

Küt and Dzhüt: food and famine in Central Asia

DURDUSOVA Maria (Kalmykia, Russia)

Exploitation of Inner Asian Genetic Landscape: Case Study -- Mongolian-speaking Kalmyks

DYLEVSKAYA Svetlana (Journalist from Kazakhstan)

Polychlorinated biphenyls pollution: monitoring of the territory and PCBs sources inventory development - addressing the problem in Kazakhstan

ELI Ayxem & AILI Mohemaiti (Max Planck Institute, Germany & Hami Teacher’s College, Xinjiang, China

Structure and function of livestock marketing chains in agrarian economics amongst Uyghur peasants in Kashgar, especially donkey traders

HEWITT Kenneth (Wilfred Laurier University, Canada)

The recovery of colonised landscapes: the first Europeans at the Mustagh Pass, Karakoram

IBADILDIN Nygmet (University of Tampere, Finland)

Resource Curse avoidance policies in Kazakhstan: issues, debates and difficulties in implementation

INOGAMOVA Zemfira (Aigine Cultural Research Centre, Bishkek, Kyrgzstan)

Ethics of Mapping Sacred Sites in Kyrgyzstan

KARRAR Hasan (University of Toronto, Canada)

Reigning in the Periphery: The Modernization of Economic and Human Geographies in Post-Liberation Xinjiang

KMITA Cathy (York University, Canada)

Mongolian Shamanism: A Journey from Healing to Celebration and Exploitation

LEE Miji (Korea University, Seoul, Korea)

The Establishment and Effects of the Koryo-Liao Border Settlement in 994

MARUFI Shuhrat (Samarkand Regional Financial Office, Uzbekistan)

Trade Performance of the Central Asian Countries since the 1990s

MESERVE Ruth (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)

Trees: Disease and Healing

MOGHADDAMJAH Fatemeh (Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

Russian Historical Interests in Central Asia and the Exploitation of Its Societies

SHAMATOV Duishon (Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, Karachi, Pakistan) & ABDUVAHAP Nurbaev ("Oshcoopkurulush",Osh, Kyrgyzstan)

From Soviet Uniformity to Present Diversity: The House Construction Changes in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan and Their Effects on People’s Living and Ideas

SHIRAZI Habibollah (Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

Russian Exploitation of the Landscape of Central Asia: Past and Present

SJOBERG Fredrik (London School of Economics and Political Science, England)

Informal Networks and Politics – A Case Study of the Clan Logic in Candidate Selection and Campaigning in Kyrgyzstan

SUKHBAATAR Soyoljin (National University of Mongolia)

The Tradition and Specifics of Landscape Exploitation by the Mongols

TURAEVA Okila (Institute of History, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Uzbekistan)

Jewish Identity in Central Asia. (End of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century)

VOADEN Denys (Mongolia Society, Indiana University, USA)

Death and Burial Practices in 20th Century Mongolia

ZHAO George (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA)

Kongnyǒ: Korean Tribute Women and Mongol- Koryŏ Relation during the 13th and 14th Centuries

[Marlo]

THE EXPLOITATION OF THE LANDSCAPE OF CENTRAL AND INNER ASIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Twelfth Annual Seminar of Central and Inner Asia Studies

Tuesday & Wednesday, May 15 & 16, 2007

PROGRAMME

TUESDAY

8.30 Registration, Book Sales, Tea and Coffee

9.00 Opening Remarks. Judith WOLFSON, Vice-President, University Relations, University of Toronto

9.30 BUNN, Stephanie (University of St Andrews, Scotland) Küt and Dzhüt: food and famine in Central Asia

10.00 KMITA, Cathy (York University, Canada) Mongolian Shamanism: A Journey from Healing to Celebration and Exploitation

10.30 – 11.00 Break – Tea and Coffee

11.00 MESERVE, Ruth (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) Trees: Disease and Healing

11.30 VOADEN, Denys (Mongolia Society, Indiana University, USA) Death and Burial Practices in 20th Century Mongolia

12.00 - 1.30 Light lunch (provided)

1.30 HEWITT, Kenneth (Wilfred Laurier University, Canada) The recovery of colonised landscapes: the first Europeans at the Mustagh Pass, Karakoram

2.00 LANGE, Keely (Research Fellow – Office of Director of National Intelligence, USA) Energy vs. Water: are energy resource exports undermining Central Asian water management?

2.30 SUKHBAATAR, Soyoljin (National University of Mongolia) The Tradition and Specifics of Landscape Exploitation by the Mongols

3.00 – 3.15. Break – Tea and Coffee

3.15 DYLEVSKAYA, Svetlana (Journalist from Kazakhstan) Polychlorinated biphenyls pollution: monitoring the territory and PCB source inventory development - addressing the problem in Kazakhstan

3.45 SHAMATOV, Duishon (Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, Karachi, Pakistan) & ABDUVAHAP, Nurbaev ("Oshcoopkurulush",Osh, Kyrgyzstan) From Soviet Uniformity to Present Diversity: House Construction Changes in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan and their Effect on People’s Living and Ideas

WEDNESDAY

9 .00 Registration, Book Sales, Tea and Coffee

9.30 BAYARSAIKHAN, Dashdondog (University of Oxford, England) The allocation of Armenian Land under the Mongol Noyons

10.00 BOHNET, Adam (University of Toronto, Canada) ‘On either side the River’: the rise of Nurhaci and Choson’s Jurchen subjects

10.30 ZHAO, George (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA) Kongnyǒ: Korean Tribute Women and Mongol- Koryŏ Relations during the 13th and 14th Centuries

11.00 -11.30 Break – Tea and Coffee

11.30 LING, Elaine (photographer, Toronto) Photographs from the series Eternal Blue Sky: Mongolia

12.00 – 1.30 Light lunch (provided)

1.30 KARRAR, Hasan (University of Toronto, Canada) Reigning in the Periphery: The Modernization of Economic and Human Geographies in Post-Liberation Xinjiang

2.00 AHMEDJONOV, Akmal (Tashkent U. of Informational Technologies, Uzbekistan) Institutional Reforms of Social Security Systems in Central Asia: Impact on Poverty Reduction

2.30 IBADILDIN, Nygmet (University of Tampere, Finland) Resource Curse avoidance policies in Kazakhstan: issues, debates and difficulties in implementation

3.00 – 3.30 Break – Tea and Coffee

3.30 MARUFI Shuhrat (Samarkand Regional Financial Office, Uzbekistan) Trade Performance of the Central Asian Countries since the 1990s

4.00 SHIRAZI Habibollah (Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran) Russian Exploitation of the Landscape of Central Asia: Past and Present

4.30 Closing remarks. Michael GERVERS (University of Toronto)