A Wealth of Resources at Harvard
Central Asia on the Internet
Those who are interested and involved in Central Asia or the broader
geographic area of Central Eurasia may be pleased to learn of the existence
of four important Internet resources focused on this region, at Harvard
University, a brief outline of which is provided below.
By JOHN SCHOEBERLEIN
Within the framework of the International Crisis Group's Central Asia Project, a series of reports on a variety of topics that bear relation to the high-risk potential for conflict in Central Asia is currently being compiled. Special emphasis has been reserved for the specific actions to be taken to reduce this risk. The reports are available on the Central Asia Project's website, which is to be found at: http://www.crisisweb.org. In the past month growing Islamism, local economic crises and social unrest alike have received treatment, with many other areas of interest to follow. One can obtain these reports free of charge or alternatively receive a notification when new reports appear. All those interested are invited to write an e-mail to ICG-CAP@crisisweb.org or visit the website: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/ICG-CAP.html.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) is a new and rapidly growing scholarly association aimed at fostering communication and high standards of scholarship in the social sciences and humanities focused on Central Eurasia. Among its other activities, CESS holds an Annual Conference. Abstracts for the next CESS conference, to be held between 11 and 14 October 2001 in Madison (Wisconsin, USA) can yet be submitted to Uli Schamiloglu. Requests for more information should equally be sent by e-mail: uschamil@facstaff.wisc.edu.
On a different note, CESS has just issued a Call for Contributions for its new publication, the Central Eurasian Studies Review. Virginia Martin can be approached about this via: martinvi@email.uah.edu. For information on membership of our scholarly association, the Annual Meeting or the Central Eurasian Studies Review, one may want to turn to our website: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cess.
Regarding announcements, CentralAsia-L provides a convenient list for Central Asia Studies, distributing concise information about conferences, publications, jobs, grant opportunities, programmes and other resources and opportunities in Central Asian studies. Members receive all such information via e-mail, free of charge. With approximately 3,000 subscribers worldwide, CentralAsia-L is one of the most widely subscribed to lists of its kind. An average of about 2 or 3 postings per day is deemed to offer just the key information to keep you up-to-date in this field. For information, to subscribe, or to post information, write to: CentralAsia-@fas.harvard.edu, or visit the website, also containing a Central Asia archive at: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/CASWW_CentralAsia-L.html.
Lastly, drawing attention to the 'Central Asian Studies World Wide' website; this web resource contains a wide range of information relevant to the study of Central Asia, ranging from recent dissertations, experts, scholars, and institutions in Central Asian to studies worldwide, publications, Internet resources, and much more. Here you can find out about a broad range of other resources, including the Ferghana-Valley discussion list,
the AnthEurasia discussion list for anthropology of the former Soviet Bloc, and the Central-Asia-Inst-List, which provides a forum for the discussion of institution-building in Central Asian studies. The 'Central Asian Studies World Wide' website can be located at: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww. *
For more information:
Dr John S. Schoeberlein
1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Tel.: +1-617-495-4338 asst.:
+1-617-496-2643
Fax: +1-617-495-8319
E-mail:schoeber@fas.harvard.edu
Http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~centasia/
Director, Central Asia Project
International Crisis Group
ul. Michurina, 7 / 714018 Osh / Kyrgyz Republic
Tel.: +996-3222-2-03-70,
2-04-70, 5-50-55
Fax: +996-3222-2-12-18
E-mail: ICG-CAP@crisisweb.org
ICG Central Asia Reports: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/
ICG-CAP.html
President, Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)
1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
E-mail: CESS@fas.harvard.edu
CESS website: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cess EGIONAL NEWS
Dr John S. Schoeberlein is the Director of the Forum for Central Asian Studies, at Harvard University