Jewish Diaspora in Azerbaijan. Institutionalization of the Diasporic Organizational Structure in the
07/11/11
July 11th, 2011
Jewish Diaspora in Azerbaijan. Institutionalization of the Diasporic Organizational Structure in the Context of Actualization of the Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic and Local Identities
Time: 18:30
Location: CRRC-Azerbaijan, Khazar University, 122 Bashir Safaroglu Street, Baku
Overview: The research project has been focused on the specifics of the organizational network of the Jewish Community in Azerbaijan (Baku city) and, at the same time, on the daily life of the ethnic Jews in Baku. The main goal/question: in what way did the organizational structure or the network of Jewish organizations (both religious and secular) changed from Soviet to post-Soviet; what caused these changes and which role does the currently existing network of Jewish organizations play in preservation of the boundaries of the community and in the daily life of ethnic Jews.
The researcher comes to the conclusion that the history of the Jewish community in Baku is precisely the one of the "located histories", differed markedly from those stories which can be remembered, for example, of Jews of Polish, Ukrainian or Belarusian shtetls and towns. The Bakuvian Jewish community might be considered as a different case since its history does not always fit into the framework of "ideal type" of a Diaspora. So it is important to focus on the analysis of the local specificity of the Jewish community in Baku.
Lecturer Bio: Sevil Huseynova - graduated from the Baku State University (major in Law) in 1998. In 2006-2010 she was a doctoral student at the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Department of Sociology. In 2007- 2010 she represented Heinrich Boell Foundation (Germany) in Azerbaijan. From 2010 Sevil is a Doctoral Student at Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute for European Ethnology. Main research interests- Ethnic Identity and Boundaries, Diasporic Communities and Local Identities. Sevil is the author of the thirteen scientific publications.
Language: The lecture will be conducted in English.
Registration: To attend the presentation, please confirm your participation by writing to Seymur Javadov via seymur@crrccenters.org before July 11th, 2011. Please indicate in the subject line "Jewish Dispora".
Public presentation of a new book: “The Return of Private Property: Rural Life after Agrarian Reform
07/07/11
July 7th, 2011
Public presentation of a new book:
“The Return of Private Property: Rural Life after Agrarian Reform in the Republic of Azerbaijan”
Time: 18:30
Location: CRRC-Azerbaijan, Khazar University, 122 Bashir Safaroglu Street, Baku
Overview: What makes private property valuable, desirable, or workable? In this book, Lale Yalçın-Heckmann focuses on social and economic dimensions of private property after the agrarian reforms of 1996 in Azerbaijan. She looks at the kinds of land and cultivation strategies emerging in the decades after the fall of the Soviet Union and asks why rural households are often unwilling to cultivate the privatised land shares they have received for free, despite the threat and existence of rural poverty. Consideration is given to households that engage in cultivation and households that do not - including households of internally displaced persons who were formally excluded from privatisation but were nevertheless successful and eager cultivators. The author asks, how far does private property thrive on its own, without the support of lucrative markets or the implementation of state-sponsored economic policies? Through the lens of economic anthropology she chronicles the historical legacy of authoritarian state structures and the contemporary micro- and macro-economic struggles that mark a politics of property after socialism.
Lecturer Bio: Lale Yalçın-Heckmann was born in Istanbul, educated in Istanbul in sociology and then anthropology at the University of London (PhD 1986). Since 1988 she has been living in Germany and has worked at the universities in Bamberg, Erlangen, Free University in Berlin, teaching and carrying out research projects. From 2000 to 2009 she was a senior researcher and head of research group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale. Since October 2010 she is a Dozent in social anthropology at the University of Pardubice, the Czech Republic and adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Halle, Germany. Her research interests range from Kurds in Turkey, migration to Europe and in the former Soviet Union, the anthropology of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, Islam, tribal structures and political systems, postsocialism and informal economy.
Language: The lecture will be conducted in English. Questions and answers could also be exchanged in Azerbaijani.
Registration: To attend the presentation, please confirm your participation by writing to Seymur Javadov via seymur@crrccenters.org before July 6th, 2011. Please indicate in the subject line "Book Presentation: “The Return of Private Property".
Junior Faculty Development Program 2012
06/16/11
June 16th, 2011
Time: 16:30
Location: CRRC-Azerbaijan, Khazar University, 122 Bashir Safaroglu Street, Baku
Overview: All the university professors considering Junior Faculty Development Program 2011 are invited to participate in the informational session to be organized at CRRC. The primary and distinct goal of the JFDP is to provide university instructors with opportunities to engage in curriculum development and explore alternative teaching methodologies, expand their knowledge in their fields of study and gather new teaching materials and resources. Please view the website for more details http://www.jfdp.org.The presentation will focus on Interview Strategies, CV writing, and how to write an effective Statement of Purpose. Interested faculty members will also be given information about the academic aspects of the program.
Lecturer Bio: Naila Nabiyeva is the Program Coordinator of American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.
Language: The lecture will be conducted in English. Questions in Azeri and Russian are welcomed.
Registration: To attend the presentation, please confirm your participation by writing to Seymur Javadov at seymur@crrccenters.org before June 15th, 2011.Please indicate in the subject line “JFDP”.
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