Begin forwarded message: From: [log in to unmask] Date: June 3, 2006 8:05:37 AM EDT To: [log in to unmask] Subject: WORKSHOP- Eurasian Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change, Hebrew Univ., June 5-8 Distrib. by: Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central Eurasian Studies WORKSHOP- Eurasian Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change, Hebrew Univ., June 5-8 Posted by: Michal Biran <[log in to unmask]> You are cordially invited to attend A Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation Eurasian Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change Institute of Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram Campus, 5-8 June 2006 Program Monday, June 5th, 18:30 Greetings: Keynote Lecture: Thomas T. Allsen, Oregon, USA Population Movements in the Mongolian Era Tuesday, June 6th Session 1: Early Contacts: Archaeology, Identity and Empire 9:00-13:15 Chair: Anna Belfer-Cohen Gideon Shelach, Hebrew University Weapons, Ornaments and Food: The Creation of Pastoralist Identity on the Borders of China during the First Millennium BCE William Honeychurch, Gettysburg College Nomadic Cores, Sedentary Peripheries, and the Statecraft of Empire Steven Rosen, Ben Gurion University Nomadic Exploitation in the Negev in the Longue Duree: The Myth of Overgrazing Anatoly Khazanov, University of Wisconsin, Madison The Scythians and Their Neighbours 13:15-14:30 Lunch Session 2: From Antiquity to Medieval: Archaeology and Language 14:30-18:30 Chair: Shaul Shaked Kazim Abdullaev, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan Yueh-chih-Kushan in Central Asia and the Problem of their Settlement Qi Dongfang, Beijing University Chinese Contacts with Eurasian People during the Tang Dynasty and the "Figurines of Barbarian People" Isenbike Togan, Ankara University The Use of Nomadic Socio-political Terminology in Chinese Sources Wednesday, June 7th 9:00-12:00 Excursion to the Old City Session 3: Into the Mongol Period: Kingship, Technology, Identity 13:30-16:45 Chair: Ronni Ellenblum Peter Golden, Rutgers University and Institute for Advanced Study Irano-Turkic Interaction: Aspects of the Sacral Kingship in Khazaria Michal Biran, Hebrew University The Mongols and Nomadic Identity: The Case of the Khitans in China Reuven Amitai, Hebrew University Gunpowder and Trebuchets: Mongol Siege Technology Re-examined Session 4: The Role of Nomads in the Development of Material Culture 17:15- 19:15 Chair: Joseph Patrich François Louis, Bard Graduate Center Chinese-Khitan Acculturation and the Material Culture of the Liao Elite Morris Rossabi, Columbia University The Role of the Mongols in the Transmission of Porcelain and the Other Decorative Arts Thursday, June 8th Session 5: The Mongols and the Middle East 8:45-12:00 Chair: Moshe Sharon Beatrice Manz, Tufts University The Impact of Nomad Conquest on Nomad Culture and Society in the Mongol Middle East George Lane, School of Oriental and African Studies, London Persian Notables and the Families which Underpinned Mongol Rule in Iran-zamin David Morgan, University of Wisconsin, Madison Mongol Historiography since 1985: The Rise of Cultural History 12:00-13:15 Lunch Session 6: Towards the Modern World: Law, Political Culture, Religion 13:15-18:30 Chair: Moshe Gammer István Vásáry, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest The Tatar Factor in the Formation of Moscow's Political Culture Veronica Veit, Bonn University Shamanism and Buddhism in Mongolia: Religious and Political Aspects Uli Schamiloglu, University of Wisconsin, Madison The Black Death and Political and Cultural Transformations: Chinggisid and Islamic Legitimacy in Central Eurasia Ron Sela, Indiana University Yasa and Shari`a in Central Asia: The anti-Yasa Polemics in Late 18th century Bukhara Andre Wink, University of Wisconsin, Madison Post-nomadic Empires of Hind: from the Mongols to the Mughals 18:45-19:15: Concluding Session Concluding Remarks: David Morgan, University of Wisconsin, Madison _______________________________________________ Central-Eurasia-L mailing list [log in to unmask] http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/central-eurasia-l