2007 Annual Conference - Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)

Sunday, October 21, 9:15-11:00
(NOTE: The HUB will open at 9:00 am on Sunday)
HC-04: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Conversion in Caucasia and Central Eurasia
Chair: [TBD]
Discsusant: Joel Walker (University of Washington)
Scott McDonough (William Paterson University of New Jersey)
“‘I Consider Your Valiant Deeds Useless’: Christian Conversion in Sasanian Military
Ideology and Practice”
Stephen H. Rapp, Jr. (Georgia State University)
“The Christianization of Southern Caucasia: A Cross-Cultural Perspective”
Seta B. Dadoyan (St. Nersess Seminary)
“Amoralizing the Phenomenon of Muslim Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World:
Conversion as Alternative Politics and Culture”
Paul Crego (Library of Congress)
“Converting the Georgians: Issues of Religious and Ethnic Identity in the Works of
Metropolitan Anania Japaridze of the Georgian Orthodox Church”
HC-15: Mongol Empire
Chair: Paul Buell (Western Washington University)
Discussant: Florian Schwarz (University of Washington)
Timothy May (North Georgia College & State University)
“Mongol military tactics in the Secret History of the Mongols”
Taghi Azadarmaki (University of Teheran)
“The role of Ibn-Khadlun to stop the war between Mongol’s and Islamic states in 14th
century”
J. Daniel Rogers (Smithsonian Institution) and Claudio Cioffi-Revilla (George Mason University)
“The Mongol Empire and the Dynamics of Social Complexity”
William Fitzhugh (Smithsonian Institution) and Don Lessom (Exhibits Rex)
“Genghis Khan’s Mongolia: Educating the American Public in the 800 Year Anniversary Era”
PO-02: Nation-building in Central Asia
Chair: Pinar Akcali (Middle East Technical University)
Discussant: [TBD]
Anuar Galiev (Kazakh National University)
“Construction of Nations, Mythologization of History, and Present-day International
Relations in Central Asia”
Ansor Naberayev (Independent scholar)
“International Law and Nation-Building in Uzbekistan”
PO-15: Cases in Economic Reform in Central Asia
Chair: Brant Paulson (University of Washington)
Discussant: George Wright (University of Washington)
Kobil Ruziev (University of Wales Aberystwyth)
“The Uzbek Puzzle Revisited: An Analysis of Economic Performance in Uzbekistan Since 1991”
Erica Johnson (University of Washington)
“Determinants of State Social Welfare Policy: Comparative Analysis of Soviet Successor States”
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