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CENTRE FOR CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
NATIONAL SEMINAR ON
“CENTRAL EURASIA: GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES”
15-16 December 2009
Any study of Central Eurasia connecting the two happening continents in a fast changing world order is a challenging task. Central Eurasia is broadly a generic term; its location, situation, ethnic character, rich resources and past experiences have made it a theatre of grand designs and games. The region often associated with terms such as great game, new great game, grand chess board, suddenly surfaced in international political arena aftermath of the 9/11, and then the urgency to bring the knowledge of the region gained ground. The region as a bridge between east and west has further reinforced its centrality in the post-cold war, post-Soviet world scenario.
Central Eurasia has recently become an arena of hot politics, pursued by various players, global, regional as well as local. The region’s emergence into the global framework is of nascent origin. The region’s geo-strategic location and its noteworthy features as space of intermixture of diverse empires and cultures have made the region special, more so after the end of cold war, and subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union. It was, however, after the global surge against terrorism that the region received the global attention. While in the early 1990s, the region was talked about as a strategic theatre bordering a bygone super power, the recent emphasis on its huge energy resources, communication routes and its possible emergence as a breeding ground of terrorism have increased international attention towards the region.
In the evolving scenario India which has emerged as an Asian power is poised to play an important role in global affairs. India’s role is determined by four factors: its traditional and Silk connections, its peaceful non-antagonizing policies, terrorism and religious fundamentalism and energy security.
The national seminar covering major dimensions of Central Eurasia appears timely and necessary. It aims at generating interest on the subject for further research. Unlike in the West the research on this important region is scant in countries like India. There is a paucity of relevant literature, especially from an Indian. This seminar, hence, makes an attempt to fill this critical gap in the Central Eurasian discourse. It will also attempt to make a deeper probe as to what extent India can now be seen as a Central Eurasian player in the coming years.
Focus of the conference
The Conference is an academic exercise in unraveling the emerging dynamics of Central Eurasia. It solicits contributions on any of the following aspects of Central Eurasia.
• Emergence of Central Eurasia
• Nation Building Travails
• Great Game and New Great Game
• Regional Cooperation
• Energy Security
• Central Eurasia in Cultural Context
• Terrorism, Religious Fundamentalism and Drug Trafficking
• India-Central Eurasia Relations – Historical & Modern
Objectives of the Conference
The Centre for Central Eurasian Studies intends to provide a platform for deliberations on the above themes. The chosen themes have gained importance as Central Eurasia has been undergoing a tremendous churning process in international relations in post-cold war scenario. The two day exercise should be academic in content and professional in attitude, should be academically rewarding and personally gainful to the participants. The ultimate objective is to generate an in-depth understanding of Central Eurasian from an Indian perspective, which would likely help formulating a framework for a better understanding of Central Eurasian polity, economy and emerging dynamics.
Resource Persons
The conference intends to invite and involve Resource Persons with varied expertise from six tangible sources
1) Academia
2) Diplomacy
3) Journalism/Media
4) Business/Corporate Sector
5) Military /Defence
6) Literature and Culture
Call for Papers
As an acclaimed scholar and keen observer of Central Eurasia, you have evinced sustained and abiding interest in the region. Therefore, it is our privilege to invite you to kindly present a paper on any of themes on which you have been working. We will appreciate the papers which will look at the region from a novel and nuanced perspective. We request you to send abstract of your paper via e-mail by 22 October 2009 and the full paper latest by 22 November 2009. We will reimburse your travel expenses and provide you local hospitality for the days of the seminar as per the university rules. Due to shortage of funds, only Professors/ Diplomats and equivalent will be given apex airfare and others will be given reimbursement for 2-tier/3-tier AC train fare. Air travel will be applicable only to apex fare as per university norms. Since we are going to publish the proceedings of the conference, we request you to kindly send via e-mail the final version of your paper in Microsoft Word version before/on the stipulated date.
For further correspondence please contact: conferencecces2009@gmail.com
COORDINATORS
Sanjay Deshpande
D. Aurobinda Mahapatra
Centre for Central Eurasian Studies,
University of Mumbai
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