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#5518

From: "Robert Tatoyan" <rob@...>
Date: Fri Apr 1, 2011 7:55 am
Subject: Workshop on "the Social and Economic History of Diyarbakır and the Region" / Diyarbakır ve Çevresi toplumsal ve Ekonomik Tarihi" Toplantısı / Ժողով՝ Տիյարպէքիրի եւ Շրջակայքի Ընկերատնտեսական Պատմութեան Մասին

rob@...

Workshop on “the Social and Economic History of Diyarbakır and the Region”

International Hrant Dink Foundation, Diyarbakır Institute for Political and Social Research, Diyarbakır Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Directorate for Cultural Affairs announce a workshop on the topic of “the Social and Economic History of Diyarbakır and the Region”. The meeting will take place in Diyarbakır on 12-13 November 2011.

In the course of the 19^th century and the first quarter of 20^th century the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey have undergone a significant social and economic transformation. While academic interest to study these developments has been quite substantial regarding western provinces of these states, academic curiosity regarding eastern provinces has largely lagged behind. Although eastern provinces certainly experienced similar processes, scholarly works on their economic and social life as well as their transformation are few. Rather, a sharp neglect and amnesia can be observed regarding eastern Anatolia in the 19^th and early 20^th century. Likewise, records, archives and monographs on its economic and social life, as well as records on the social movements that took place in the region are very limited.

The aim of the workshop is to understand and analyze in detail the social and economic transformations in the Diyarbakır province between 1838 and 1938, and to promote and publicise academic research on the subject.

The meeting will be held in Diyarbakır Sümerpark Conference Center;
Working languages of the meeting will be English and Turkish;
In order to reserve time for Q&A sessions and discussions, each speaker will have 20 minutes for their presentation;
Transportation and accommodation expenses of participants from outside Diyarbakır will be covered if institutions they belong to cannot ensure coverage;
The meeting is organized from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is open to the participation of researchers working on the history, economic history, sociology, political science and demography of Diyarbakır and its region between 1838 and 1938;
Papers that would focus on the interaction between the various communities living in the area at the time are encouraged;
Researchers who would like to participate in this meeting should submit a 250-word summary of their papers, along with a CV to the address below:

            International Hrant Dink Foundation / Uluslararası Hrant Dink Vakfı

            Halaskargazi Cad. Sebat Apt. No: 74/1 34371 Osmanbey - Şişli Istanbul / Turkey

            or via e-mail to uhdvdiyarbakirprojesi@... or info@...

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Dr. Ayhan Aktar                                   İstanbul Bilgi University

Dr. Cengiz Aktar                                            Bahçeşehir University

Prof. Dr. Selim Deringil                                 Boğaziçi University

Prof. Dr. Edhem Eldem                                Boğaziçi University

Prof. Dr. Fazıl Hüsnü Erdem                         Dicle University

Prof. Dr. Raymond Kevorkian                      Paris VIII University

Prof. Dr. Akşin Somel                                   Sabancı University

“Diyarbakır ve Çevresi Toplumsal ve Ekonomik Tarihi” Toplantısı

Uluslararası Hrant Dink Vakfı, Diyarbakır Siyasal ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Enstitüsü, Diyarbakır Sanayi ve Ticaret Odası ile Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür Daire Başkanlığı, 12-13 Kasım 2011 tarihlerinde, “Diyarbakır ve Çevresi Toplumsal ve Ekonomik Tarihi” başlıklı bir bilimsel toplantı düzenleyecek.

Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ve sonrasında Türkiye’de, 19. yüzyıl başından itibaren başlayıp 20. yüzyılın ilk çeyreğinde devam eden toplumsal ve ekonomik değişimin algılanması, anlaşılması, akademik olarak temellendirilmesi sürecinde Anadolu’nun batısıyla ilgili çalışmalar ağırlıklı olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Halbuki, aynı coğrafi bütünün parçaları olarak, Anadolu’nun doğusunda da benzer değişimler yaşanmış, çeşitli nedenlerle bu bölgeler hakkında yapılan akademik çalışmalar daha sınırlı kalmıştır. Aynı doğrultuda bu yörede ortaya çıkan toplumsal hareketlerle ilgili kayıtlar, arşivler ve monografiler daha azdır.

Anadolu’nun doğusunda meydana gelen dönüşümler hakkında, bugün bariz bir ilgisizlik ve hafıza kaybı söz konusudur. Bu toplantı, 1838-1938 yılları arasında Diyarbakır ve çevresindeki illerde yaşanan ekonomik değişimleri ve toplumsal hareketliliği ele almak, ileride bu konularda odaklanacak akademik çalışmalara öncülük etmek amacıyla tasarlanmıştır.

§ Toplantı Diyarbakır’da, Sümerpark Toplantı Merkezi’nde yapılacaktır.

§ Toplantının dili Türkçe ve İngilizce olacaktır.

§ Soru-cevap ve tartışmalara zaman kalması amacıyla, sunumlar 20 dakikayla sınırlandırılmıştır.

§ Diyarbakır dışından gelen ve masrafları bağlı bulundukları kurum tarafından karşılanmayan katılımcıların yol ve konaklama masrafları, Vakıf tarafından karşılanacaktır.

§ Disiplinlerarası bir yaklaşımla düzenlenen toplantı, tarih, iktisat tarihi, sosyoloji, siyaset bilimi ve demografi gibi disiplinlerden, Diyarbakır ve geniş bölgesi hakkında çalışma yapan araştırmacıların katılımına açıktır.

§ Toplantıda sunulacak tebliğlerin, o dönemde bölgede yaşayan halklar arasındaki toplumsal ve ekonomik ilişkileri inceleyen ve anlamaya çalışan bir bakış açısıyla yazılmış olması teşvik edilmektedir.

§ Toplantıya katkı sunmak isteyen araştırmacıların bildirilerinin azami 250 kelimelik özetini ve özgeçmişlerini:

      Uluslararası Hrant Dink Vakfı

      Halaskargazi Cad. Sebat Apt. No: 74/1 34371 Osmanbey - Şişli / İstanbul

      veya uhdvdiyarbakirprojesi@... ve info@... e-posta adreslerine göndermeleri

       rica olunur.

Bilimsel Komite:

Prof. Dr. Akşin Somel                                   Sabancı Üniversitesi

Prof. Dr. Ayhan Aktar                                   İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi

Dr. Cengiz Aktar                                            Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi

Prof. Dr. Edhem Eldem                                Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

Prof. Dr. Fazıl Hüsnü Erdem                         Dicle Üniversitesi

Prof. Dr. Raymond Kevorkian                      Paris VIII Üniversitesi

Prof. Dr. Selim Deringil                                 Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

Ժողով՝ Տիյարպէքիրի և Շրջակայքի Ընկերատնտեսական Պատմութեան Մասին

Հրանդ Տինք Հիմնարկը, Տիյարպէքիրի քաղաքական և ընկերային hետազoտութիւններու ինստիտուտը, Տիյարպէքիրի քաղաքապետարանի Մշակոյթի բաժնի վարչութիւնը միասնաբար կը ձեռնարկեն «Տիյարպէքիրի և շրջակայքի ընկերատնտեսական պատմութիւնը» խորագրեալ գիտաժողով մը՝ 12-13 Նոյեմբեր 2011-ին:

Օսմանեան Կայսրութեան շրջանին և աւելի ուշ՝ Հանրապետական Թուրքիոյ մէջ ԺԹ դարի սկիզբէն մինչեւ Ի դարու առաջին քառորդը շարունակուող ժամանակահատուածի հասարակական և տնտեսական յեղաշրջումին ընկալման, ըմբռնման և ակադեմական գետնի վրայ հիմնաւորման ընթացքի մասին բաւական ծաւալուն են Անատոլուի արեւմտեան հատուածի մասին ուսումնասիրութիւնները: Մինչդեռ, որպէս նոյն աշխարհագրական հատուածի մասնիկը, նման յեղաշրջում կատարուած է նաեւ Անատոլուի արեւելեան հատուածի մէջ ալ, որու քննարկումը զանազան պատճառներու բերումով աւելի սահմանափակ մնացած է: Նմանապէս աւելի նուազ են այս շրջակայքի հասարակական շարժումներու վերաբերեալ արձանագրութիւնները, արխիւները և մենագրութիւնները:

Անատոլուի արեւելեան շրջաններու մէջ պատահած յեղաշրջումներու մասին կը նկատուի զգալի անտարբերութիւն մը: Ժողովը կը կազմակերպուի 1838-1938 տարիներու միջեւ Տիյարպէքիրի և շրջակայ քաղաքներու մէջ տեղի ունեցած տնտեսական յեղաշրջումները և հասարակական շարժումները քննարկելու և ապագային այս նիւթերու շուրջ կատարուելիք ուսումնասիրութիւններու նախափորձ մը գոյացնելու միտումով:

*ժողովը պիտի կայանայ Տիյարպէքիր, Սիւմէրպանքի Ժողովներու Կեդրոնին մէջ:

*Զեկոյցները պիտի կատարուին թրքերէն և անգլերէն լեզուներով:

*Հարցում-պատասխաններու և վիճաբանութիւններու առիթ տալու համար զեկոյցները սահմանուած են 20 վայրկեանով:

*Ուրի$շ քաղաքներէ եկող և ճանապարհածախսը իր ենթակայ հաստատութեան կողմէ չդիմաւորուող մասնակիցներու ճանապարհի և իջեւանելու ծախսերը կ'ապահովէ Հրանդ Տինք Հիմնարկը:

*Ժողովի նիւթը կը տարածուի գիտութեան տարբեր ճիւղերու: Այսպէս ժողովը բաց է պատմութեան, տնտեսական պատմութեան, ընկերագիտութեան, քաղաքագիտութեան և բնակչագիտութեան մարզերով զբաղողներու ու Տիյարպէքիրի և շրջակայքի մասին հետազօտութիւն կատարողներու մասնակցութեան:

*Կը խրախուսուի յիշեալ ժամանակահատուածին, այդ տարածքաշրջանի ժողովուրդներուն միջեւ ընկերատնտեսական յարաբերութիւնները ուսումնասիրելու և պարզաբանելու միտումով գրի առնուած զեկոյցները:

*Ժողովին մասնակցութիւն բերել ուզողները իրենց զեկոյցին 250 բառի սահմանով ամփոփումը և կենսագրութիւնը հաճին ուղղարկել՝

Hrant Dink Vakfı Halaskargazi cad. Sebat apt. 74/1   34371 Osmanbey-Şişli/İstanbul հասցէին կամ՝ uhdvdiyarbakirprojesi@... և info@հrantdink.org կայքէջերուն

Գիտական Կոմիտէ՝

Փրոֆ Աքշին Սօմէլ                                                 Սապանճը Համալսարան
Փրոֆ Այհան Աքթար                                                Իսթանպուլ Պիլկի Համալսարան
Տոքթ. Ճէնկիզ Աքթար                                              Պահչէշէհիր Համալսարան
Տոքթ. Էտհեմ Էլտեմ                                                 Պողազիչի Համալսարան
Փրոֆ Ֆազըլ Հիւսնիւ Էրտէմ                                    Տիճլէ Համալսարան
Փրոֆ Րայմընտ Գէորգեան                                       Փարիզի VIII Համալսարան
Փրոֆ Սէլիմ Տէրինկիլ                                              Պողազիչի Համալսարան

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#5519

From: Sona Manussian <manussian@...>
Date: Fri Apr 1, 2011 12:57 am
Subject: request to host in Boston

manussian

Dear Armacad friends,

I am currently a visiting scholar at U of Michigan, Ann Arbor. On 13 April I am participating in an event at UMass Boston. I am wondering if there is anyone in the list from Boston who can host me for just one day, actually for the overnight between 12 and 13. I would be extremely grateful.

You can reply directly to me at manussian@...

Many thanks in advance!

Best,

Sona

#5520

From: Svetlana Maleryan <smaleryan@...>
Date: Fri Apr 1, 2011 1:02 pm
Subject: LexBox Օրենսդրության և Քաղաքականության բազա

smaleryan

Հարգելի գործընկերներ,

Սիրով տեղեկացնում ենք Ձեզ, որ գործարկվել է LexBox Օրենսդրության և քաղաքականության բազան:

2010 թվականին Հայաստանի Հանրապետության կենտրոնական բանկը ստեղծեց LexBox օրենսդրության և քաղաքականության բազան: LexBox բազան տարբեր երկրների իրավական տեղեկատվական համակարգ է, որի նպատակն է մեկ տեղում հասանելի դարձնել Հայաստանի Հանրապետության ֆինանսական ծառայությունների ոլորտը կարգավորող իրավական ակտերն ու քաղաքականության փաստաթղթերը, ինչպես նաև Հայաստանի Հանրապետության խոշոր գործընկերներ հանդիսացող Ռուսաստանի Դաշնության և Եվրոպական Միության ֆինանսական ծառայությունների ոլորտի իրավական ակտերն ու քաղաքականության փաստաթղթերը: Բազայում հասանելի են նաև պաշտոնական հրապարակումներ, մասնավորապես Հայաստանի Հանրապետության կենտրոնական բանկի կողմից հրապարակված ուսուցողական և տեղեկատվական գրքեր, պարբերականներ, տարեկան հաշվետվություններ, ինչպես նաև հեղինակավոր միջազգային կազմակերպությունների կողմից հրապարակված հաշվետվություններ ու զեկույցներ: Բազան երկլեզու է` հայերեն և անգլերեն, որոշ փաստաթղթեր հասանելի են ռուսերեն լեզվով:

LexBox բազան օգտակար գործիք է իրավունքի, բիզնեսի, գիտության, պետական համակարգի և այլ մասնագետների համար, քանի որ այն հնարավորություն է տալիս ոչ միայն ծանոթանալու իրավական ակտերի համակարգին և իրականացվող քաղաքականությանը, այլև պարբերաբար տեղեկություններ ստանալ ինչպես բազայում ընդգրկված, այնպես էլ այլ երկրների քաղաքականության և իրավական համակարգերի զարգացումների մասին:

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#5521

From: Haykaz Baghyan <hayk.baghyan@...>
Date: Fri Apr 1, 2011 5:20 pm
Subject: CfP: Qualitative Research for Policy Making 2011

hayk.baghyan@...

http://www.merlien.org/upcoming-events/qrpm2011.html

Qualitative Research for Policy Making 2011: 2nd Annual�

Delivering effective qualitative research for policy making in times of austerity�
26-27 May 2011, Belfast�
Register Now

�

About the conference:

The 2nd European conference on Qualitative Research for Policy Making 2011 (QRPM2011) will be held on the 26-27 May 2011 in Belfast in UK. This highly interactive, cross-disciplinary conference will bring together policy researchers and practitioners to discuss best practices on delivering and interpreting qualitative research effectively for policy making. This event is co-organised by the Merlien Institute and the�ARK Team�from the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast.

--
Haykaz Baghyan
Director, Media Education Center,
www.safe.am/

Yerevan, Armenia

#5522

From: Haykaz Baghyan <hayk.baghyan@...>
Date: Fri Apr 1, 2011 5:21 pm
Subject: CfA: Post-Doc Fellowship in Discourse Analysis and International Relations

hayk.baghyan@...

Call for application:
Two-years post-doc fellowship "The EU as Global Discursive Actor" �at the Universite libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). This fellowship is part of a broader EU FP7 funded project entitled "Global Re-ordering: Evolution Through European Networks" (GR:EEN).
Deadline for application: May 1st 2011.

More information at
http://repi.ulb.ac.be/dossiers_fichiers/call-for-applications--.pdf

--
Haykaz Baghyan
Director, Media Education Center,
www.safe.am/

Yerevan, Armenia

#5523

From: "Angela Voskerchyan" <angelvosk1@...>
Date: Sat Apr 2, 2011 8:55 pm
Subject: Bucharest Summer University 2011!

angelvosk1

Students' Senate of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies ASE invites you
to:

BUCHAREST SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2011
-7th edition-
14th august - 28th august 2011

We are pleased to invite you to the 7th edition of Bucharest Summer University!
If you are willing to spend your summer in a challenging way, by mixing
academic, social, and intercultural activities, then this is where you should
participate!

The topic of this year's edition of Bucharest Summer University is:

"ENERGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH"

Lectures will be held by national and internationals speakers in this field and
will tackle subjects such as: the world energy market, types of energy,
sustainable development, developing a career in the energy field.

We guarantee you one of the best intercultural experiences, as you will have the
chance to meet students and teachers from all over the world.

You will also get a glimpse at the Romanian lifestyle, culture, traditions and
parties, as we have prepared for you a one week-end trip around Romania and many
more other fun activities.

Upon successful completion of the academic course, you will earn
5 ECTS.

There are 4 possibilities for you to apply for Bucharest Summer University 2011,
depending on the type of application you choose:

-          Send your standard application by 24th of June;
-          Apply for a  partial scholarship by 24th of June;
-          If you know for sure how you want to spend your summer, we have
specially created for you the Fast Sign Up procedure. Send the required
documents and you will get a response in 7 days maximum. The last day you can
apply for this option is 10th of June
-          If you wish to be considered for a or full scholarship, the deadline
for sending the documents is the 10th of June 2011.

Send your application to Miss Sinziana Gheorghe at application@....

For more information regarding the application process, please visit our
website:
www.bsu.ase.ro

If you have further questions, please feel free to ask them on our Facebook page
:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bucharest-Summer-University/183087385622

Get ready for an "energetic" summer!

#5524

From: tatevik mkrtchyan <tatevm@...>
Date: Sun Apr 3, 2011 9:25 am
Subject: Call for Applications: Regional Competence Building for Think Tanks in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. DEADLINE 2 May 2011

tatevm

NUPI call for applications_2011.doc

Call for Applications

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (www.nupi.no) is pleased to announce a project supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Regional Competence Building for Think Tanks in the South Caucasus and Central Asia.

The aim of the project is to further strengthen the capacity of regional think tanks to operate as arenas for rigorous and independent analysis and to participate in political debate (both domestically and internationally). The project will sponsor selected researchers’ participation in two training/networking events and will award research grants (25,000 NOK) to selected researchers.

The project includes an advanced training workshop in Almaty (24-27 June 2011) and a concluding 2-day seminar in November 2011 (in Oslo, exact dates to be confirmed). Participation in the workshops is mandatory. Please do not apply this year if foreseeable work or personal commitments may prevent you from attending the Almaty workshop.

The research grant is to be used to carry out conceptually and methodologically rigorous original research on a proposed topic related to policy challenges facing participants’ home countries (including but not limited to: governance, environmental issues, poverty, effects of globalization on countries in the region, energy issues, regional cooperation, foreign policy). Projects dealing with domestic issues are strongly encouraged although topics relating to international politics may also be considered. Applicants are expected to design research projects that will provide new empirical data and policy-relevant insights.

Selected applicants must submit the results of this research in a 15-20-page policy report (in English or Russian) to the project organizers by 17 October 2011 for peer-review. Revised reports must be publicized in individual countries by participating think tanks during October/November 2011.

The project will involve up to 28 project participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan andUzbekistan. We strongly encourage female researchers to apply. Selection will be based purely on the quality and merit of the proposed research and the credentials of the applicant. Applicants should have at least a master’s degree or equivalent.

To apply for the project, individual researchers should fill out the application form (below) in either English or Russian. Application materials should be sent as one integrated word or pdf document (including a one-page CV). The entire application must not exceed three pages.

All applications submitted by 2 May 2011 will be considered. Late applications and applications longer than three pages will not be considered.

Applications and any queries as well as all project related correspondence should be sent to NUPI at thinktanks@....

Application forms are also downloadable from: http://english.nupi.no/Virksomheten/Forskningsprosjekter/Regional-Competence-Building-for-Think-Tanks-in-the-South-Caucasus-and-Central-Asia

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#5525

From: Phil Gamaghelyan <gamaghel@...>
Date: Mon Apr 4, 2011 9:13 pm
Subject: 2011 Armenian-Azerbaijani workshops by Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation

gamaghel

The Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation is inviting applications for its 2011 Dialogue for Action Program

Purpose:
- To equip participants with skills and knowledge in conflict resolution and communication
- To introduce basics of social media tools and examine the role of social media in conflict resolution
- To discuss the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict and conflict resolution prospects
- To participate in a dialogue with peers from across the border

- To provide opportunity for getting actively involved in cross border regional projects using internet and social media

The 2011 Dialogue for Action Program will consist of three phases:

- Phase 1: Conflict Resolution and Social Media Skills Training that will take place in Baku and Yerevan on May 7 and 8, 2011. In addition to conflict resolution and communication skills, the participants will be offered a workshop on social media and its role in conflict resolution

- Phase 2: The most active participants of the training will be considered to participate in Armenian-Azerbaijani Dialogue and Retreat Program in a resort town in Georgia. This phase will take place on June 29- July 7, 2011. During the Retreat the participants will have a dialogue and will focus then on developing mechanisms of management of online dialogue projects to engage larger groups in two societies into cross-border dialogue. The application process for Phase 2 will be discussed during the Phase 1 training.

- Phase 3: In September 2011, the interested participants of the previous two phases will meet for a Follow Up Project Planning Workshop to apply their newly developed skills to design and implement joint cross-border activities using social media.

Persons meeting one or more of the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
- Interest in contributing to improvement of Azerbaijani-Armenian relations;
- Interest in getting actively involved in cross border regional projects using internet and social media

HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates can visit www.imaginedialogue.com for more details and to get a copy of the application. The deadline for application is April 20, 2011.

Application package should include: your resume and filled out application with answers to all the questions emailed to application@imaginedialogue. com

If you have additional questions, you can contact the Azerbaijani co-facilitator of the Program Arzu Geybullayeva at arzu.geybullayeva@... or the Armenian co-facilitator Phil Gamaghelyan at phil@...

Thank you

IMAGINE Team

#5526

From: Haykaz Baghyan <hayk.baghyan@...>
Date: Tue Apr 5, 2011 5:22 am
Subject: Latest PhD Studentships - 5 April 2011

hayk.baghyan@...

Latest PhD Studentships - 5 April 2011� FindAPhD.com.

De Montfort University
Geothermal Passive Building Cooling

University of York
Computationally guided design: Developing synergistic experimental and theoretical methodologies for catalyst discovery

University of York
Anisotropic nanoparticles in liquid crystals

University of York
Direct arylation of fluoroaromatics at palladium

University of York
Binuclear Complexes of Platinum(III) � Oxidation, OLEDs and Liquid Crystals

Cranfield University
MSc by Research � Carbon sequestration and agroforestry

Imperial College London
Ecological Genomics and Speciation in Annual Fish

University of Nottingham
The Role of Quorum Sensing in Clostridium Pathogens

University College London
SONOCRYSTALLIZATION IN CONTINUOUS FLOW MICROCHANNELCONTACTORS.

University of Bath
Data assimilation with sparse data

University College London
SONOCRYSTALLIZATION IN CONTINUOUS FLOW MICROCHANNEL CONTACTORS

Aberdeen University
Antioxidant Protection in Mitochondria in Chemotherapy Induced Pain

University of Manchester
Frontiers in the lipid biology of human skin: Enzymatic key controls of trigylceride synthesis as regulators of sebaceous gland morphology and function

University of Reading
Developing Formulations for Oral Delivery of Live Bacterial Vaccines

University of Birmingham
Physical Sciences of Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences: Probabilistic Modelling of Adaptive Spatial-Temporal Structures in the Human Brain

--
Haykaz Baghyan
Director, Media Education Center,
www.safe.am/

Yerevan, Armenia

#5527

From: Khachik Gevorgyan <khachik.gevorgyan@...>
Date: Tue Apr 5, 2011 5:46 am
Subject: International PhD Program "Democracy, Knowledge, and Gender in a Transnational World"

International PhD Program
"Democracy, Knowledge, and Gender in a Transnational World" (IPP Transnational)
Commencing on October 1, 2011, at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

The DAAD-funded International PhD Program Transnational in the Faculty of the Social Sciences is now accepting applications for the winter term 2011/12. The program offers a structured, three-year period of research at a high academic level to graduates of sociology, political science, and anthropology. PhD candidates will profit from an intellectually stimulating and supporting infrastructure that includes special counseling, intense academic supervision, and participation in the "Forum Transnational" with international visiting scholars as well as methods and theory workshops tailored to the needs of the participants. In addition, doctoral candidates will receive support in applying for scholarships and in career planning. Special funding is available for research periods abroad and networking with other PhD candidates in independent doctoral working groups (DocAGs).

The IPP Transnational does not provide PhD scholarships.

The IPP's profile combines three areas of research in a transnational perspective:
1. Challenges and innovations of democracy
2. Transformations of the gender order
3. Biosciences and society

Special German courses and supervision opportunities will be made available for international PhD candidates. The program's working languages are English and German.

The IPP Transnational cooperates with partner universities in Scandinavia, Great Britain, Switzerland, and the United States.

Graduates of sociology, political science, and anthropology both from Germany and abroad can apply who have an above-average university degree (MA, first state examination, Magister, diploma, or the like) and a sound knowledge of English. In addition to the usual application documents (copy of the diploma, CV), applicants must submit a five-page PhD proposal, in either German or English, in line with the IPP Transnational's research design. Furthermore, the application shall include a brief letter of motivation and two letters of reference. More detailed information on the profile of the IPP Transnational is available on the program's Web site at www.gesellschaftswissenschaften.uni-frankfurt.de/ipp_transnational. Further information about the application can be obtained from Dr. Sybille K�ster, IPC Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, tel.: +49-69-798-23433.

Applications are to be sent by May 15, 2011, to the head of the project
Prof. Dr. Helma Lutz, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Robert-Mayer-Stra�e 5, 60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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#5528

From: Haykaz Baghyan <hayk.baghyan@...>
Date: Tue Apr 5, 2011 5:30 am
Subject: Endeavour Awards for Study, Research and Professional Development

hayk.baghyan@...

http://www.deewr.gov.au/International/EndeavourAwards/Pages/Home.aspx

The Endeavour Awards is the Australian Government�s internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program providing opportunities for citizens of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia.�Awards are also available for Australians to undertake study, research and professional development abroad.

Deadline: 30 June 2011

The Endeavour Awards aim to:

Develop on-going educational, research and professional linkages between individuals, organisations and countries,
Provide opportunities for high achieving individuals from Australia and overseas to increase their skills and enhance their global awareness,
Contribute to Australia�s position as a high quality education and training provider, and a leader in research and innovation, and
Increase the productivity of Australians through an international study, research or professional development experience.

--
Haykaz Baghyan
Director, Media Education Center,
www.safe.am/

Yerevan, Armenia

#5529

From: Lilit Atoyan <lilitatoyan@...>
Date: Tue Apr 5, 2011 5:59 am
Subject: Warsaw Intl Economic Meeting, Warsaw, Poland [DL: 28.04]

lilitatoyan

All economists, academics and non-academics alike, are invited to submit their unpublished analytical work or new research in all areas of economics. The main objective of this meeting is to
stimulate cooperation of researchers from all over the world. Young economists, such as graduate students or post-docs are encouraged to apply.

Lecture in honour of Leonid Hurwicz
Prof. ANDREW CHESHER
University College London
Location: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Długa 44/50, 00-241 Warsaw, Poland.

Procedures: Conference language is English. Both individual authors and chairs of organized sessions should register and submit extended abstracts using abstract submission form at www.wiem-conference.pl.

Abstracts must describe
(1) the objectives,
(2) the methodology and
(3) the results of the research. Submissions of organized sessions will receive priorityin the allotment of time slots.

Finances: No conference fee is charged but participants are expected to cover other associated costs, such as travel and accommodation.
Prize: As in previous years, the Best Paper Prize for Young Economists is established. Up to three presentations will receive the Prize or additional rewards; the budget is at least 1000 Euro.

Important dates:
Submission deadline for extended abstracts: 28 April
Authors are notified: 19 May
Final papers due: 2 June
Conference is scheduled for: 1-3 July, 2011

For updates, please visit www.wiem-conference.pl.
http://coin.wne.uw.edu.pl/wiem/wiem2011-call-for-papers.pdf

#5530

From: Lilit Ter-Petrosyan <lilit_ter_petrosyan@...>
Date: Tue Apr 5, 2011 7:06 am
Subject: LECTURE - In Which Language Did Samson Speak?, 7 April 2011, Thursday

lilit_ter_pe...

Department of Arabic Studies, Yerevan State University

Cordially invites you to attend a lecture on

“In Which Language Did Samson Speak?”

by Dr. Cyril Aslanov

Date: 7 April 2011, Thursday (հինգշաբթի)

Time: 17:00

Country: Armenia

City: Yerevan

Venue: Department of Arabic Studies, Yerevan State University, room 320

The story of Samson counted in Judges 13-16 does not explicitely mention in which language the
Israelite Samson communicated with his Philistine acquaintances. And yet, at the end of the second
millenium BC, the Israelites and the Philistines, though neighboring with each other, belonged to
apparently very different linguistic horizons: the Israelites spoke the Canaanite dialect that eventually
became Hebrew, whereas the Philistines used a non-Semitic language that was probably akin to the
mysterious tongue represented by Minoan linear A.
We would like to investigate the reason why the linguistic communication does not seem to constitute
a problem in Samson's agressive or pacific intercourse with the Philistine Other. Can we consider this
lack of any linguistic obstacle a literary convention that is represented in other parts of the Bible, as
well as in the Greek epic? Or should we assume that in spite of their Cretan origin, the Philistines
were culturally and linguistically assimilated to the Northwest Semitic horizon? Or may be the
Hebrews of that time had a vehicular knowledge of Philistine, the language of the hegemonic nation
in Canaan by then? A close reading of Judges 13-16 as well as data provided by Biblical archeology
could help cast some light on this controversial question.

Cyril Aslanov is Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he teaches Historical
Linguistics and Sociolinguistics. He is interested in language contact and Comparative Linguistics. His
main publications are: Pour comprendre la Bible: la leçon d'André Chouraqui, Monaco, 1999; Le
provençal des Juifs et l'hébreu en Provence: le dictionnaire Sharshot ha-Kesef de Joseph Caspi,
Leuven-Paris, 2001; Evidence of Francophony in Mediaeval Levant: Decipherment and Interpretation
(BnF Coptes 43), Jerusalem, 2006; Le français au Levant, jadis et naguère: à la recherche d'une
langue perdue, Paris, 2006; Sociolingüística histórica de las lenguas judías, Buenos Aires, 2011.
Cyril Aslanov is presently the academic chair of the International Center for the University Teaching
of Jewish Civilization and the Chais Center for Jewish Studies in Russian, both located at the Hebrew
University. He is also member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

Dr. Lilit Ter-Petrosyan

Department of Oriental Studies
Yerevan State University
1 Alex Manoogian Street
Yerevan
Armenia 0025

Tel./Fax: +374 10 57 33 30
e-mail: lterpetrosyan@...

lilit_ter_petrosyan@...

#5531

From: Khachik Gevorgyan <khachik.gevorgyan@...>
Date: Tue Apr 5, 2011 3:43 pm
Subject: facebook and ARMACAD

http://www.facebook.com/ARMACAD

Please join our page on facebook and stay updated.

Խնդրում ենք միանալ մեր ֆեյսբուք էջին և լինել տեղեկացված։

Sincerely yours,
Khachik Gevorgyan

#5532

From: Gayane Grigoryan <gayane@...>
Date: Wed Apr 6, 2011 6:28 am
Subject: Lecture by Peter Bohan on his Alma Mater

gayane@...

Dear all,

Peter Bohan (English Language Fellow from the USA) is going to give a lecture on his Alma Mater - California State University,�to share with you his knowledge and skills. If you come to the lecture you'll get a chance to know more about US education and US�universities.

�

The lecture will take place on April 11th at 4 p.m. at the office of American Councils.

�

Best regards,

Gayane

--
Gayane Grigoryan
Senior Educational Adviser
RAP Overseas Advisers and Admissions Connection Liaison to Eurasia
American Councils for International Education (ACIE) Educational Advising Center (EAC)
Yerevan, Armenia

ACIE Educational Advising Center�
Baghramyan 1 Ave., Apt. 1
Yerevan 0019, Armenia
Tel/Fax.: (374 10) 54-40-12, 54-40-15
E-MAIL: gayane@...
http://www.americancouncils.am/?language=1&page=5

#5533

From: Lilit Ter-Petrosyan <lilit_ter_petrosyan@...>
Date: Wed Apr 6, 2011 8:08 am
Subject: Lecture by Dr. Cyril Aslanov on “What Language Did Samson Speak?”

lilit_ter_pe...

Department of Arabic Studies, Yerevan State University,

cordially invites you to attend a lecture on

“What Language Did Samson Speak?”

by Dr. Cyril Aslanov

Attention!!!

The time of the lecture has been changed to 16:00.

Date: 7 April 2011, Thursday (հինգշաբթի)

Time: 16:00

Country: Armenia

City: Yerevan

Venue: Department of Arabic Studies, Yerevan State University, room 320

The story of Samson counted in Judges 13-16 does not explicitly mention in what language the

Israelite Samson communicated with his Philistine acquaintances. Yet, at the end of the second

millennium BC, the Israelites and the Philistines, though neighboring each other, belonged to

apparently quite distinct linguistic horizons: the Israelites spoke the Canaanite dialect that eventually

developed to a language known as Hebrew, whereas the Philistines used a non-Semitic language that was probably akin to the mysterious tongue represented by Minoan linear A.

We would like to investigate the reason why the linguistic communication does not seem to constitute

a problem in Samson's aggressive or pacific intercourse with the Philistine Other. Can we consider this

lack of any linguistic obstacle as a literary convention that is represented in other parts of the Bible, as

well as in the Greek epic? Or should we assume that in spite of their Cretan origin, the Philistines

were culturally and linguistically assimilated to the Northwest Semitic horizon? Or, maybe the

Hebrews of that time had a vehicular knowledge of Philistine, the language of the hegemonic nation

in Canaan by then? A close reading of Judges 13-16, as well as data provided by Biblical archeology

could help cast some light on this controversial question.

Cyril Aslanov is Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he teaches Historical

Linguistics and Sociolinguistics. He is interested in language contact and Comparative Linguistics. His

main publications are: Pour comprendre la Bible: la leçon d'André Chouraqui, Monaco, 1999; Le

provençal des Juifs et l'hébreu en Provence: le dictionnaire Sharshot ha-Kesef de Joseph Caspi,

Leuven-Paris, 2001; Evidence of Francophony in Mediaeval Levant: Decipherment and Interpretation

(BnF Coptes 43), Jerusalem, 2006; Le français au Levant, jadis et naguère: à la recherche d'une

langue perdue, Paris, 2006; Sociolingüística histórica de las lenguas judías, Buenos Aires, 2011.

Cyril Aslanov is presently the academic chair of the International Center for the University Teaching

of Jewish Civilization and the Chais Center for Jewish Studies in Russian, both located at the Hebrew

University. He is also a member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

Dr. Lilit Ter-Petrosyan

Department of Oriental Studies
Yerevan State University
1 Alex Manoogian Street
Yerevan
Armenia 0025

Tel./Fax: +374 10 57 33 30
e-mail: lilit_ter_petrosyan@...

#5534

From: Arsen Sahakyan <arsen.sahak@...>
Date: Wed Apr 6, 2011 10:27 am
Subject: MIREES Master Degree Program at University of Bologna

arsen.sahak

Dear friends,

Kindly find the information below.

Best,

Arsen

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Dear colleague,

I would like to pass on information about the two-year Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES) which might be of interest for your students.

This programme is jointly offered by the University of Bologna, Italy together with the Vytautas Magnus University at Kaunas, Corvinus University of Budapest and St Petersburg State University. The University of Ljubljana is an associate partner that offers additional mobility for students.

The Programme is taught entirely in English (120 ECTS) and MIREES students will spend the first year in Forl� (one of the five campuses of the University of Bologna), while in the second year a minimum of 5 months will be spent at Partner Universities (including Ljubljana) and, in particular cases, at other MIREES Associated Universities in the Balkans. A mobility grant is offered to all enrolled students.

The call for application to the MA MIREES will be available as soon as possible. However, the admission requirements and the documents to be provided for application are already available on the MA MIREES' website (http://www.mirees.unibo.it/), as well as detailed information on the teaching plan and the Faculty, and the brochure of the programme.

Two evaluation sessions are scheduled: the first one, with deadline May, 16th 2011, is open to all candidates; the second one, with deadline September, 19th 2011 is only for EU students and non-EU students with equivalent status.

The programme is especially recommended for prospective PhD students. Our best alumni are currently attending doctorate programmes at the Universities of Oxford, Kent, the New School in New York and other prestigious international academic institutions. Moreover, the programme is designed to forge analysts, area experts, consultants and mediators, to meet the needs of research institutes, the European Commission, international agencies, voluntary organizations and NGO's, public administration, managers, corporations and banks located in East-Central Europe and the Balkans or promoting investments in these regions. Most of our alumni have found employment precisely in these fields.

The MIREES programme offers specialized, in-depth knowledge of the post-socialist countries in transition, the new EU member states, and the new East-European neighbour countries to students with a BA in Economics, Politics, International Relations, History, Languages (and Slavic languages in particular), agricultural studies and cultural studies generally.

The programme aims at developing language skills. MIREES offers courses in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Bulgarian, Russian, and Slovak (Hungarian and Lithuanian are also available in the 2nd year), as well as Italian for foreigners as an additional option. The curriculum stresses on interdisciplinary studies in the economics of transition; politics and international relations; history and cultural studies focused on Central, Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The international dimension of the programme is enhanced through student mobility, by an international faculty composed of prominent scholars of international repute, and a genuinely international student body. (In the previous cycles we enrolled students from 22 countries including the US, Mexico, Russia, Georgia, Estonia, Macedonia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, Germany, United Kingdom, Turkey, Albania, Poland, Armenia, Norway, Slovenia, Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Slovak Republic, Finland and, of course, Italy.)

Therefore, I would be extremely grateful if you could encourage your BA students to consider applying to this two year programme and, at the same time, if you could forward this message to your colleagues interested in this part of the world.

For further information, please feel free to contact

Ms Elisa Landi
Degree programme secretariat
e-mail: elisa.landi3@...
tel.: +39.0543.374149

Ms Elisa Grandi
Mirees tutor
e-mail: elisa.grandi5@...

Thank you very much for your kind attention and cooperation.

Best regards,

Prof. Stefano Bianchini
Director, Master of Arts MIREES

#5535

From: Nairne Safaryan <nairnesafaryan@...>
Date: Wed Apr 6, 2011 2:03 pm
Subject: Դասընթաց: Մեդիան իրավապաշտպանների համար. գործիքներ և հմտություններ

nairnesafaryan

Մամուլի աջակցության «Ինտերնյուս» հասարակական կազմակերպությունը անցկացնում է նոր մեդիայի ուսուցման դասընթացներ իրավապաշտպան ՀԿ-ների եւ քաղաքացիական ակտիվիստների համար։ Դասընթացների թեմաները հետևյալն են.

1. Քաղաքացիական լրագրություն եւ սոցիալական ցանցեր /ապրիլի 11-15-ը/,

2. Տեսանյութը որպես իրավունքի պաշտպանության գործիք /ապրիլի 25-29-ը/,

3. Նոր մեդիա գործիքներ տեղեկատվական արշավների համար /մայիսի 9-13-ը/:

Դասընթացները վարում են նոր մեդիայի եւ իրազեկման արշավների մասնագետներ, ներգրավված են լրագրողներ, իրավապաշտպաններ, փորձագետներ։
Մասնակիցները ծանոթանում են քաղաքացիական լրագրության առանձնահատկություններին, պատրաստում են մուլտիմեդիա նյութեր, նախագծում իրազեկման եւ իրավունքների պաշտպանության արշավներ՝ կիրառելով նոր եւ ավանդական մեդիա տեխնոլոգիաները։

Դասընթացները տևում են 5 օր, անցկացվում են Երևանում: Մասնակցելու համար անհրաժեշտ է լրացնել հայտ՝ նշելով նախընտրած դասընթացի անվանումը։ Խնդրում ենք՝ հայտում ներկայացնել կազմակերպության իրավապաշտպան գործունեության 1-2 կոնկրետ օրինակ եւ նշել, թե ինչ ծրագրերի եւ խնդիրների լուծման համար են հարկավոր նոր գիտելիքն ու հմտությունները:

Հայտից բացի՝ անհրաժեշտ է ներկայացնել երաշխավորագիր ՀԿ-ից, որտեղ նշված լինի, թե կազմակերպության որ աշխատանքներում է մասնակիցը ներգրավված:

Մասնակիցներն ընտրվում են մրցութային կարգով՝ ներկայացված հայտերի հիման վրա։ Հայտը կարելի է լրացնել առցանց www.media.am կայքում կամ ներբեռնել www.internews.am կայքից:

Հայտերն ուղարկել training@..., assistant@... էլ. հասցեներով՝ նամակի թեմա /subject/ տողում լրացնելով` NGO Training բառերը։

Լրացուցիչ տեղեկությունների համար կարող եք դիմել Ինտերնյուս, Նարինե Սաֆարյանին։ Հասցեն՝ Երեւան, Արշակունյաց 3, 3-րդ հարկ։ Հեռ. 010 58 36 20:

Դասընթացներն անցկացվում են «Հասանելի դառնալ մարդկանց» իրավապաշտպան ՀԿ-ների հաղորդակցության ռեսուրսների զարգացման ծրագրի շրջանակում։ Ծրագիրն իրականացնում է Մամուլի աջակցության «Ինտերնյուս» ՀԿ-ն՝ ԱՄՆ պետդեպարտամենտի Ժողովրդավարության, մարդու իրավունքների եւ աշխատանքի բյուրոյի (DRL) աջակցությամբ։ DRL-ը նպաստում է ժողովրդավարության զարգացմանը, մարդու հիմնարար իրավունքների եւ աշխատանքի իրավունքի պաշտպանությանն ամբողջ աշխարհում։

#5536

From: Haykaz Baghyan <hayk.baghyan@...>
Date: Wed Apr 6, 2011 2:23 pm
Subject: CfP: Regional European Congress of the AISV-IAVS - Semiotics of Space/Spaces of Semiotics

hayk.baghyan@...

http://aisv2011-en.yolasite.com/call-programme.php

The European Regional Congress of the AISV-IAVS � International Association of Visual Semiotics �will be held in Lisbon� at the

�Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and at the Faculdade de Ci�ncias Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisbon, 26, 27�& 28 September 2011

Official languages of the Congress: Portuguese, English, French and Spanish

http://www.gulbenkian.org.uk/

http://www.gulbenkian.pt/

Deadlines

Proposals for papers should be made before�17th April 2011, at the following e-mail address:�aisv2011@.... You will receive an acknowledgement by e-mail. The notification of acceptance will be sent for the�30th April 2011. Integral texts must be submitted for the�15th July 2011�(the format of this text will be specified later). An electronic book containing the integrality of the texts received will be published. It is planned to publish in print a selection of texts in reviews of reference. The organising committee will supply further details on this point in due course. For more information please consult the Congress web site:http://aisv2011-en.yolasite.com/call-programme.php

--
Haykaz Baghyan
Director, Media Education Center,
www.safe.am/

Yerevan, Armenia

#5537

From: Haykaz Baghyan <hayk.baghyan@...>
Date: Wed Apr 6, 2011 2:15 pm
Subject: PhD Scholarships at the Huston School of Film & Digital Media

hayk.baghyan@...

PhD Scholarships available at the Huston School of Film & Digital Media

www.filmschool.ie

The Huston School of Film & Digital Media is now accepting applications for PhD research topics, beginning September 2011. Scholarships are available to cover course fees and maintenance. We are particularly interested to receive applications for the following projects/areas:

� Gender and sexuality onscreen
� Representations of Ireland or Irish America in film and television
� Cinema and space/landscape
� Representations of sport in film
� Avant-garde cinema/Digital and low budget film

We are also happy to consider applicants' own proposals in other areas of film and media studies.
Further information available at�www.filmschool.ie

--
Haykaz Baghyan
Director, Media Education Center,
www.safe.am/

Yerevan, Armenia

#5538

From: Phil Gamaghelyan <gamaghel@...>
Date: Wed Apr 6, 2011 5:06 pm
Subject: "A new look at old principles..." by M. Dietzen and "Sadakhlo neutral zone for Armenian- Azerbaijani contacts..." by A. Poghosyan

gamaghel

Sadakhlo neutral zone for Armenian- Azerbaijani contacts: use of trade as a tool for conflict transformation

"A new look at old principles..." by M. Dietzen and "Sadakhlo neutral zone for Armenian- Azerbaijani contacts..." by A. Poghosyan

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How much is the grade?

Despite its wealth generated by rich natural resources, mild climate and even favourable conditions for tourism, Azerbaijan, is still on the list of countries with a transition economy. While there could be a myriad of other reasons for this, one of the main problems in transitioning from its current status towards more sustainable development is high level of corruption that exists on all levels of the society... Read more

Bribery in education

Life is full of problems. Everything about it has its own issues that need to be dealt with. Health, education, social assistance, democracy, freedom of expression- are only some of the very few elements of our lives that if not perfected could cause a myriad of problems for many generations. Perhaps, if we were to choose, education could constitute the backbone of above listed elements. Without well- established, modernized, educational system, countries are doomed for failure and Armenia is no different. Today, Armenia’s biggest problem with the education system is BRIBERY. It is a known fact, everybody is well aware of... Read more

Democratization experiences and obstacles in the South Caucasus: possibilities for change

Democratization refers to the process of making the state “democratic.” It is the process, not the state, of a democratic society. This process applies to states in the process of transition, and in particular to the states of the South Caucasus—Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia in this context. The process of democratization in these states can be described by the cyclic model of democratic transition, which is mostly typical of developing countries in which authorities display a positive attitude towards democracy... Read more

April 1, 2011 - Volume 4, Issue 1

ANALYSIS

A new look at old principles: making the Madrid document work

by Mark Dietzen

The Minsk Group has encouraged Presidents Heydar Aliev and Serzh Sargsyan to agree on the Madrid Principles for almost four years. To date, the leaders have only managed to agree on the preamble. This article assesses why the Madrid document remains unsigned, and challenges the conventional wisdom that the most divisive issues should be left for last. Instead, this analysis suggests a modified plan for peace that confronts the most divisive issue first: Nagorno-Karabakh’s status.

The Minsk Group’s Mirage of Progress

Since 1992, the Minsk Group of the OSCE has tried and largely failed to facilitate a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, yet official statements say that negotiations are moving forward. The co-chairs often express hope that a peaceful resolution is just beyond the horizon, but those familiar with the issue have grown weary of this mantra... Read more

By Anna Poghosyan

The collapse of the Soviet empire and the ensuing flare-up of many of its inherent ethnic and political conflicts radically changed the traditional economic ties and geopolitical map of the post-Soviet world. Today, some researchers have pointed out that the best way of solving regional conflicts is trying to link conflicting sides through economic relations and creating an economically integrated area that will benefit all sides in conflict (Champain, 2004, pp. 18–26). The proposed energy supply projects, which are gaining support among Caucasian experts, emphasize the economic priorities of regional cooperation, requiring a new, more pragmatic approach by conflicting political elites to the issues of stability and economic development in the region (Nelson, 2000).

The market in Sadakhlo, a village whose population is predominantly Azerbaijani and is situated on the Georgian-Armenian border, was long known as one of the constant economic hubs in the South Caucasus. Among infrequent ruminations on its character and functional role, it displayed an Armenian-Azeri composition of the trading community, which was a special attraction for many years. This market had existed since the early 1990s and had been actively operating since 1993. Right from the beginning it attracted the unemployed in Armenia and Georgia with its opportunities (Huseynova, 2009, p. 37)... Read more

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#5539

From: Khachik Gevorgyan <khachik.gevorgyan@...>
Date: Thu Apr 7, 2011 9:16 am
Subject: The 2nd Flying University of Transnational Humanities

The 2nd Flying University of Transnational Humanities, a global summer school for grad students and young scholars, is currently accepting applications.

Application deadline: April 14, 2011

Date: June 25 – 29, 2011
Venue: International Conference Room, Paiknam Library & Academic Information Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Hosted by: Research Institute of Comparative History and Culture, Hanyang University
Sponsored by: National Research Foundation of Korea
Theme: Border-Crossing Self

Eligibility: Graduate students as well as recent PhDs are welcome to participate.

To apply: Please fill out and send as attachment via email the application form on our website http://www.rich.ac/eng/fly/apply.php?pageNum=5&subNum=3 to hk.transnational@....

Registration fee: There is no registration fee.

Accommodation and travel: Accommodation will be provided for all participants. However, participants are expected to arrange their own funding for travel and daily living expenses. After a review by the organizing committee of the academic statement and the presentation proposal, partial travel grants may be awarded to a limited number of applicants who are not able to raise the necessary funds. Presentation: Qualified graduate students and recent PhDs may give a presentation on their ongoing research in a graduate session where lecturers will participate as commentators. Those interested in presenting their research in a graduate session should apply with their curriculum vitae, academic statement and an abstract of their proposed presentation. All applications are subject to review by the FUTH organizing committee.

Deadline: The deadline for applications is April 14, 2011.

Website: http://rich.ac/eng/fly/introduction.php?pageNum=5&subNum=1

Contact: hk.transnational@...

About FUTH:
Flying University of Transnational Humanities (FUTH) is an annual summer school and year-round online forum for researchers and graduate students interested in the transnational paradigm of humanistic inquiry.
FUTH takes its name and immediate inspiration from Poland’s Flying University, an underground institution which offered an alternative education outside the remit of state control and government censorship. FUTH is particularly concerned with developing critical understandings that are resistant to the ideological and ideational hegemony of the nation-state and the epistemological and hermeneutic conventions that support it. This does not mean that FUTH seeks to dispense with the ‘national’ and construct a reified ‘transnational’ to replace it or to foster ‘transnationalism’ as an ideological alternative to ‘nationalism’. FUTH aims to free our imaginations from the regime of the nation-state and to offer new ways of thinking about the political, social and cultural order of the world, both past and present.
The Flying University of Transnational Humanities is ‘in session’ once per year for one week, and will normally be held during summer vacation. The host site changes on an annual or bi-annual basis and rotates between partner institutions. FUTH online runs year-round: through its dedicated website, a permanent online space will be provided for interactive discussions. All institutions, departments, and scholars are welcome to participate both offline and online. Each year, FUTH will have a different cross-disciplinary theme around which the sessions will be organized. Renowned scholars from partner and other institutions will be invited to share their ideas in lectures and discussions. The FUTH steering and advisory committees, in conjunction with faculty members of partner institutions and other specialists, will prepare lecture syllabi and reading lists. Student participants are expected to study the readings in advance of each lecture and seminar discussion. A selected number of participants will also have an opportunity to present their ongoing research. All lectures, seminars and presentations will be held in English, in principle, while the possibility of translingual practices will be explored. For the initial three years (2010–2012), the overarching theme of FUTH is ‘borders’. There have been numerous studies on how borders are constructed, negotiated, and policed and how they are simultaneously transgressed, challenged, and renegotiated. Borders are no longer seen simply as physical divisions but also as discursive practices and cultural institutions. However, the multiplicity and hybridity of borders (e.g., national, ethnic, cultural, geographical, gender, political, economic, etc.), as well as their transnational scalability (e.g., local, national, supranational, global, etc.), has yet to be intensively investigated.
The 2nd FUTH will take place at the Research Institute of Comparative History and Culture, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, June 25-29, 2011. Under the subheading of ‘Border-crossing Self’, we hope to gather diverse research and knowledge on border-related (cross-border or bordering) issues such as migration, ethnicity, language, citizenship and gender and open up a forum for discussions on the (un)making of the trans/national self.

Jie-Hyun Lim

Research Institute of Comparative History and Culture, Hanyang University
Seoul, Korea
+82-2-2220-4624

Email: hk.transnational@...
Visit the website at http://www.rich.ac/eng/fly/apply.php?pageNum=5&subNum=3

#5540

From: Khachik Gevorgyan <khachik.gevorgyan@...>
Date: Thu Apr 7, 2011 9:18 am
Subject: Copenhagen Summer School - sport sciences

Copenhagen Summer School 2011
First Announcement

Sport and Movement Cultures – Developments and Practices in a Globalised World. Historical, Sociological, Psychological and Pedagogical Approaches.
International Summer School for Young Researchers – Course for PhD Students

Date: August 22-27, 2011

Place: Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Aims and topic
The Summer School 2011 will deal with Sport and Movement Cultures in a Changing World. Currently, the developments of late modernity reaching from technological progress to global economic and environmental crises have a decisive impact on various areas of sport, e.g. on physical education, sport ideologies and practices, sport business, major sport events, media sport or sport related migration. Health discourses, body and beauty ideals as well as performance and appearance enhancing practices are worldwide issues of debate. These and similar issues are embedded in the discourses in the various countries of the Summer School participants and they are topics of their PhD projects.
Several scientific disciplines with different theoretical approaches, questions and methods are dealing with topics of the Summer School. There has been a considerable amount of research which provides an excellent basis for the discussion of the approaches and studies of both, the experts and the students. The lectures will be based on current discourses, but there will be room for further questions and discussions which will open new perspectives. The course will provide an excellent opportunity for students and lecturers to exchange knowledge about sport developments in their respective countries. The Summer School will provide a forum which enables communication, networking and cooperation among the participants, students as well as lecturers. The course is addressed to PhD students and young researchers and intends to support them in their scientific work. It offers them the opportunity of acquiring knowledge about the state of the art in the area of theories and methods, of presenting their research, of discussing problems, of obtaining advice from experts and of building up a professional network. It is hoped to help young researchers to become integrated into the scientific community.

Organisation
In keynote lectures the experts will address important questions, new approaches and results, problems and strategies of research, current trends and major issues in the area of sport ideologies, practices and realities. The students will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the lectures with the experts. In addition, there will be workshops and panel discussions. All students will have the opportunity to present their own projects and get feedback from experts and other students. In addition, the experts are available for individual supervision.

Experts
Scholars of the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences

Guest lecturers (to be confirmed)
Andy Smith, University of Chester, UK
Gerald Gems, North Central College, USA
Joseph Maguire, Loughborough University, UK
Ian Ritchie, Brock University, Canada
Claudia Kugelmann, Technical University Munich, Germany
Susanna Soler, INEFC, Spain
and others

Selection of the students
The Summer School will take place in collaboration with the International Societies for Sport History (ISHPES) and Sport Sociology (ISSA), the European Association of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC) and the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW).
Participants should be young researchers (either planning a PhD, working on their PhD or post docs).

Participants will be selected according to the following criteria: relevance of the topic, quality of the project. The number of students will be between 25 and 30; it is aimed to include participants from as many countries as possible.

The participation in the Summer School is free. We have applied for funding and may be able to provide free lunches. Travel and accommodation have to be covered by the participants. There is the opportunity to sleep in a youth hostel in the centre of Copenhagen and costs can be limited by sharing rooms.

Call for applications
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#5541

From: "ARMACAD" <news@...>
Date: Thu Apr 7, 2011 12:46 pm
Subject: Կամավոր չվարձատրվող աշխատանք ԱՐՄԱԿԱԴում

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#5542

From: Marat Yavrumyan <myavrum@...>
Date: Thu Apr 7, 2011 12:53 pm
Subject: Needed Article from "Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies"

maratyavrumyan

Hi,

does anyone has this article:

Rubina Peroomian, "The Transformation of Armenianness in the Formation of Armenian-American Identity," in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 6 (1992, 1993), published in 1995, pp. 119-145.

Thanks.

--
Dr. Marat Yavrumyan
"Semitic and Arabic Linguistics" MA-Program
Department of Arabic Studies
Yerevan State University
1 Alex Manoogian Street
0025, Yerevan

Tel./Fax: +374 (0) 10 573330
e-mail: myavrum@...
http://yerevan.academia.edu/MaratYavrumyan

#5543

From: Hamlet Petrosyan <hpetrosy@...>
Date: Thu Apr 7, 2011 1:25 pm
Subject: «Մշակութային քաղաքականություն և մշակութային ժառանգություն». հատուկ դասընթաց Արցախի պետական համալսարանում

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«Մշակութային քաղաքականություն և մշակութային ժառանգություն». հատուկ դասընթաց Արցախի պետական համալսարնում

Ս. թ. ապրիլի 11-ից 16-ը Երևանի պետական համալսարանի Մշակութաբանության ամբիոնի վարիչ Համլետ Լ. Պետրոսյանը Արցախի պետական համալսարանի պատմա-քաղաքագիտական ֆակուլտետի Հարակից երկրների պատմության մագիստրատուրայի առաջին կուրսի ուսանողներին կներկայացնի «Մշակութային քաղաքականություն և մշակութային ժառանգություն» հատուկ դասընթացը:

Դասընթացը ներառելու է հետևյալ հիմնական թեմաները.

1. Մշակութային քաղաքականության սահմանումները:

Մշակութային քաղաքականության մոդելները.

հատուկ քննարկում. մշակութային քաղաքականության մոդելներն ըստ պետական մասնակցության. պետությունը որպես ոգևորող, պատրոն, ճարտարապետ, ինժեներ:

3. Մշակութային քաղաքականության հիմնաձևերը.

հատուկ քննարկում. պահպանությամբ տարվելը, «մշակույթի թանգարանայնացումը» և դրա վնասները:

4. Երկու դաս Ֆրանսիայի մշակութային քաղաքականությունից. Անդրե Մալրո և Ժակ Լանգ.

հատուկ քննարկում. մշակույթը բոլորի համար, մշակույթը յուրաքանչյուրի համար, ամեն ինչ մշակութային է:

5. Մշակութային քաղաքականությունը Հայաստանում. բնութագրման փորձ.

հատուկ քննարկում. ինքության պահպանություն և մշակութային դեմոկրատացում. հակամետ խնդիրներ:

6. Մշակութային ժառանգություն. բնորոշումները. ՅՈՒՆԵՍԿՕ, գոյաբանական, իմացաբանական, սոցիո-մշակութային:

7. Մշակութային ժառանգության պահպանությանն ուղղված միջազգային հռչակագրերը.

հատուկ քննարկում. մշակութային ժառանգության պահպանությունը ռազմական կոնֆլիկտների ժամանակ. Հաագայի 1954թ. հռչակագիրը և նրա արձանագրությունները:

8. Համաշխարհային մշակութային ժառանգության ցանկերը. կազմելու սկզբունքները, չափանիշային համակարգերը, հայ մշակութային ժառանգության ներկայացվածությունը.

հատուկ քննարկում. համաշխարհային ոչ նյութական մշակութային ժառանգության ցանկում հայկական և ադրբեջանական անվանումների ընդգրկման պատմությունից:

9. Մշակութային ժառանգության հետազոտությունը որպես գիտական համակարգ թե՞ մշակութային քաղաքականություն.

ամփոփիչ քննարկում. աղվանական մշակույթ, Տիգրանակերտ, մահմեդական հուշարձաններ: Ամփոփիչ քննարկմանը կարող են մասնակցել բոլոր ցանկացողները:

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#5544

From: Hrach Martirosyan <hrch.martirosyan@...>
Date: Thu Apr 7, 2011 4:30 pm
Subject: Re: Needed Article from "Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies"

hrch.martirosyan@...

Dear Dr. Yavrumyan,

�

I have the volume and can scan that article�for you. But the thing is that the size of the journal is not convenient for making two pages per scan side by side, so I�have to make per single page. So I need some time and can do the�scanning only�at the weekend. Would that be okay or do you need it urgently?�

�

If within coming two-three days someone sends an offprint to you, please inform me, so that I don't do unnecessary scanning.

�

Best regards,

Hrach Martirosyan (Leiden)

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Marat Yavrumyan <myavrum@...> wrote:

�

Hi,

does anyone has this article:

Rubina Peroomian, "The Transformation of Armenianness in the Formation of Armenian-American Identity," in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 6 (1992, 1993), published in 1995, pp. 119-145.

Thanks.

--
Dr. Marat Yavrumyan
"Semitic and Arabic Linguistics" MA-Program
Department of Arabic Studies
Yerevan State University
1 Alex Manoogian Street
0025, Yerevan

Tel./Fax: +374 (0) 10 573330
e-mail: myavrum@...
http://yerevan.academia.edu/MaratYavrumyan

#5545

From: "ARMACAD" <news@...>
Date: Thu Apr 7, 2011 7:43 pm
Subject: Great Library - Free Online Books

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#5546

From: "ARMACAD" <news@...>
Date: Fri Apr 8, 2011 7:26 am
Subject: Volunteers

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