The Association of Central Eurasian Students (ACES) at Indiana University is pleased to announce the preliminary program for the 17th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference, to be held on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University, Saturday, March 6, 2010.
Students, academics, independent scholars and members of the public are welcome to attend the conference, which will take place in the Indiana Memorial Union. There will be no fee for attendance.
The program will run from 9 am until 6pm, with 16 panels and more than 50 speakers addressing issues pertaining to the Central Eurasian region, which for the purposes of this conference refers to the study of the historical and contemporary Afghan, Balto-Finnic, Hungarian, Mongolic, Persian, Tibetan, Tungusic, and Turkic peoples, languages, cultures, and states.
The keynote lecture this year will be given by Stephen F. Dale, Professor of History at Ohio State University, who will speak on 'Babur and Late Timurid Culture.'
Registration for panel speakers, panel chairs and invited guests will commence at 7.30 am in the University Club of the Indiana Memorial Union and the first panel sessions will begin at 9 am.
| time | event | Walnut Room | Hoosier Room | State Room West | State Room East | |
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| 7.30-8.45 am | Registration & Breakfast (Faculty Room, University Club - IMU 250) | |||||
| 8.45-9.00 am | Welcoming remarks (Faculty Room, University Club - IMU 250) | |||||
| 9.00-10.30 am | 1st morning panels |
Turkish Studies Chair: Kemal Silay |
Nodes of Identity Chair: Gardner Bovingdon |
Tibetan Studies Chair: Elliot Sperling |
Aspects of Imperial and Soviet Rule in Central Asia Chair: Edward Lazzerini |
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| 10.40 am-12.10 pm | 2nd morning panels |
Communications and Media Chair: Paul Losensky |
Linguistics Chair: Christopher Beckwith |
Mongolian Studies Chair: Christopher Atwood |
Cultural Aspects of Central Eurasia Chair: Lynn Hooker |
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| 12.10-1.30 pm | Lunch (Faculty Room, University Club - IMU 250) | |||||
| 1.30-3.00 pm | 1st afternoon panels |
Economics Chair: Martin Spechler |
Turkic Folklore and Literature Chair: Devin Deweese |
Sinor Exchange Panel - Central Eurasian Studies at Peking University Chair: Christopher Atwood |
Explorations in Central Asian Historiography Chair: Ron Sela |
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| 3.10-4.40 pm | 2nd afternoon panels |
Contemporary Religious Issues Chair: Richard Nance |
Spheres of Competition in Post-Soviet Central Asia Chair: Nazif Shahrani |
Xinjiang/Uyghurs Chair: Gardner Bovingdon |
Representation and Nationalism in Kazakhstan: Past, Present and Future Chair: William Fierman |
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| 5.00-6.00 pm | Keynote lecture |
"Babur and Late Timurid Culture" Professor Stephen F. Dale (OSU) |
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| 6.00-7.00 pm | Reception (Frangipani Room, IMU) | |||||
ACES wishes to thank the following academic departments and organizations at Indiana University for their support: Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University Student Association, Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Chair, Russian and Eastern European Institute, Department of History, Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Navruz Students Association.