Chair: M. Biggs 09h30 – T. Shakya (UBC) Self Immolation: Transforming the Language of Protest
10h00 – E. Sperling (Indiana University) Conversations and Debates: Chinese and Tibetan Engagement with the Broader Discussion of Self-Immolation in Tibet
10h30 – Morning break
11h30 – D. Avon (Université du Maine-Le Mans) Immolation in a Global Muslim Society. Revolt Against Authority, Transgression of Strict Religious Laws
12h00 – O. Grojean (Université Aix-Marseille) Self-immolations by Kurdish Activists in Turkey and Europe (1982-2011)
12h30-14h00 – Lunch Chair: E. Sperling 14h00 – M. Lecomte-Tilouine (CNRS) Self-immolation by Fire and Other Forms of Suicide for Cursing, Harming or Protesting in Hindu Nepal and India
14h30 – R. Barnett (Columbia University) Political Self-Immolation by Tibetans as Exemplary Behaviour in China: The Lessons of Popular Culture
15h00 – L. Noyontsang (INALCO) Immolations in Tibetan Exile Poetry
15h30 – F. Robin (INALCO) Fire, Flames and Ashes. How Tibetan Poets Talk About Self-Immolations Without Talking About Them
16h00 – Discussion and closing
17h00-19h00 – Screening of “Red River Valley” (Hong Hegu) by Feng Xiaoning (China, 1997) Venue: Collège de France, Salle 5, Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris Métros: Cluny La Sorbonne, St-Michel, Odéon

Information: www.ephe.sorbonne.fr/actualites ]]>Sat, 12 May 2012 15:46:09 +0000http://seechac.org/actualits-diverses/tibet-is-burning-selfimmolations-in-tibet-ritual-or-political-protest/http://seechac.org/actualits-diverses/tibet-is-burning-selfimmolations-in-tibet-ritual-or-political-protest/ Contemporary Issues in Nation-Building of Post Soviet States Venue: Réseau Asie - Pacifique / Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme 190, avenue de France - 75013 Paris

9.00-9.30: Opening Speech Azadeh KIAN, University of Paris 7 Diderot, CEDREF, France and Anna JARRY-OMAROVA, CEDREF 9.30-10.00: Theorizing Gender and Nation Nira YUVAL-DAVIS, University of East London, United Kingdom

10.00-10.30: Studying Gender and Nation in Post-communist Context
Elena GAPOVA, Western Michigan University, United States of America

10.30-13.00: Constructions and Representations of Gender Identities in Nation-building projects in Post-communist Countries
Anna REKHVIASHVILI, Central European University, Hungary: “Nationalism and motherhood in contemporary Georgia”
Iman KARZABI, Institute of Political Science of Paris, France: “Women and President Lukashenko’s nationalist ideology in Belarus”
Diana KUDAIBERGENOVA, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom: “The representation of femininity and masculinity in the formation of national ideas and national symbols in Central Asia: between state and artist”
Elira TURDUBAYEVA, Turkey Manas University, Kyrgyzstan: “Discursive construction of gender in the media in Kyrgyzstan: Representation of women in the television”

14.00-15.30: Body, Sexuality and Nation
Catherine POUJOL, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France: “From batche to goluboï, the course of a “social taboo” in Central Asia”
Tohir KALANDAROV, Academy of Sciences, Russia: “Intimate Life of Female Migrants from Central Asia to Moscow”
Mohira SUYARKULOVA, University of Saint Andrews, United Kingdom: “Power, glamour and discourse of dress in Central Asia”

15.30-17.00: Collective Mobilizations of Women
Lucia DIRENBERGER, University of Paris 7 Diderot, France: “What de-sovietization implies for women’s associations in Tajikistan? Impacts of patriarchy as a state discourse on national identity”
Joana HOARE, School of Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom: “Doing gender activism in a donor-organized framework: constraints and opportunities in Kyrgyzstan”
Maria DEIANA, Queen’s University, United Kingdom: “Fighting Against Windmills? The Promises and Perils of Collective. Action in Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina”

17.30-18.30: Conflicts, Borders and Gender
Aksana ISMAILBEKOVA, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany: “Post Conflict Socio-Economic Situation: A Case of Conflict Affected Female-Headed Households in Osh, Kyrgyzstan”
Isabella DAMIANI, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ulm, France: “Gender and Borders: cross-border issues in the valley of Ferghana”

Committee organization :
Lucia DIRENBERGER, Université Paris 7 Diderot, CSPRP, CEDREF : lucia.direnberger@gmail.com
Anna JARRY-OMAROVA, Université Paris 7 Diderot, CEDREF : anna.jarry@free.fr
Iman KARZABI, Science Po, CERI, IEC : iman.karzabi@gmail.com]]>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:55:50 +0000http://seechac.org/actualits-diverses/gender-in-central-asia-contemporary-issues-in-nationbuilding-of-post-soviet-states/http://seechac.org/actualits-diverses/gender-in-central-asia-contemporary-issues-in-nationbuilding-of-post-soviet-states/ JEUDI 10 MAI : PATRIMOINES : ÉTATS, FRONTIÈRES, IDENTITÉS (INALCO – Amphithéâtre 4)

VENDREDI 11 MAI : PATRIMOINES CULTURELS : SOURCES, OBJETS, USAGES (INALCO – Amphithéâtre 7)

SAMEDI 12 MAI : CONFLITS D’USAGE SUR L’ESPACE ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT (INALCO – Amphithéâtre 7)

DIMANCHE 13 MAI : ESPACE ET PATRIMOINES : PERCEPTIONS ET ATTACHEMENTS COMMUNS (ENS – salle Dussane)

Plus d'information : http://www.reseau-asie.com/media3/10/espace-et-patrimoines-mongols/ ]]>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:10:00 +0000http://seechac.org/actualits-diverses/colloque-espace-et-patrimoines-mongols-/http://seechac.org/actualits-diverses/colloque-espace-et-patrimoines-mongols-/ “The theme chosen is related to an already abused, and perhaps not understood in its original sense, concept of “ Seidenstraße ” and, especially, in light of new possibilities of knowledge and cultural exchange, including international, only few years ago unthinkable. The reference points of the topic are related to the following conceptual aspects of the archaeological evidence:

the cultural centrality, not uniquely chronological, of “Paths, Images and Material Culture” that were previously categorized within the concept of “Silk Road”; the plurality of routes and sea paths of the “Silk Road” that can only be updated with that now, more precisely, of “Silk Routes”; the concept of “Silk Road” never based on any clear historical concept, combining features of commercial, diplomatic and religious differences; the “precedents” and “contemporary” paths to the “Silk Road” (e.g. Jade Road, Lapis lazuli Road, Incense Road etc.) as determinants aspects of a much more broad and diverse ground, embracing the whole ancient trade, between Rome, the Near and Middle East, Central Asia and China from the early historical times until the late Middle Ages; the centrality and importance of territory settlements, parking stations, military garrisons and forts along the routes of trade; the Unitarian relationships between settlements, trade routes and geo-environmental conditions. the “Silk Road” as a phenomenon of political structure based on work at various levels and in various specialities, that virtually “invented” the modern economy, dominated by the market and not by the state power. For this reason, businesses are able to integrate with agility and dexterity in far more rigid state economies, such as Chinese, Indian and Western. ]]>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:31:03 +0000http://seechac.org/activites/the-archaeology-of-the-silk-roads-paths-images-and-material-culture/http://seechac.org/activites/the-archaeology-of-the-silk-roads-paths-images-and-material-culture/Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:02:00 +0000http://seechac.org/activites/conferences-seechac-du-premier-semestre-2012/http://seechac.org/activites/conferences-seechac-du-premier-semestre-2012/