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"Dmitry Shostakovich and Azerbaijani Music"
Aida Huseynova , visiting scholar, Indiana University
4:00 PM, Thursday, March 6, 2008
206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Sponsors: CREECA
About the lecture: The lecture considers the impact of Dmitry Shostakovich on the music of Azerbaijan which signifies much more than a simple revelation of inter-Soviet cultural exchange. The first part discusses the facts and events that facilitated Shostakovich’s contacts with Azerbaijani musicians. Among them are Shostakovich’s life-time friendship with Azerbaijani composer Kara Karayev, and the story of composer’s idealized love for Elmira Nazirova, his female student from Baku. The lecture gives insights into rare archive materials reflecting Shostakovich’s relations with Elmira Nazirova that resulted in composer’s depicting her name in his Tenth symphony. The second part of the lecture focuses on the aesthetic and stylistic aspects of Shostakovich’s influence on the music of Azerbaijan.
About the speaker: Dr. Aida Huseynova, Associate Professor of Musicology at Baku Music Academy , received her PhD in musicology from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia . Dr. Huseynova’s main area of expertise is the East-West synthesis in the musical culture of Azerbaijan , with emphasis on composed music, oral heritage, and jazz. Since 2000, Dr.Huseynova has been hosted by Indiana University as a visiting scholar. She is the author of 90 publications, including four books, in Azerbaijan, the US, Germany, France, Netherlands and Russia, and she served as the member of the Advisors’ Committee at the Sixth Annual San Francisco World Music Festival in 2005. In 2006, Dr. Huseynova was a “musicologist-in-residence” at the International Festival and Symposium of Contemporary Music, “Icebreaker III: The Caucasus,” held in Seattle . She is also a member of the Composers Union of Azerbaijan and Central Eurasian Studies Society, U.S.A. , Secretary General of the National Music Committee of Azerbaijan.
Friday to Sunday, March 7-9, 2008
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 227 State Street
The second edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Madison , organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute and CREECA (Center for Russia , East Europe and Central Asia ) at UW-Madison, with the kind support of the UW Romanian student organization From Romania, offers a relevant selection of award-winning Romanian short and feature films. The programming, ranging from the first ever Romanian winner of the Palme d'Or, the 1956 "Short History" by Ion Popescu Gopo to widely acclaimed 2007 productions such as "California dreamin' (endless)" by Cristian Nemescu or "The rest is silence" by Nae Caranfil, aims to highlight the increasing interest and favorable feedback Romanian cinema has enjoyed over the last years. FREE ADMISSION. Learn more at http://uwromania.rso.wisc.edu/ROFILM/.
Global Hot Spots lecture: "The Russian Presidential Election"
1:30 PM, Friday, March 7, 2008
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street
Sponsors: Wisconsin Alumni Association, International Institute, CREECA
Scott Gehlbach, assistant professor in the Political Science department, will join us via phone link from the New Economic School in Moscow to offer his analysis on the Russian elections that will just have occurred.
7:30 PM, Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8, 2008
2:30 PM, Sunday, March 9, 2008
Overture Center for the Arts, Promenade Hall, 201 State Street
Sponsors: Kanopy Dance Company
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BRICS Conference: "Emerging Powers in the Global System"
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM, Saturday, March 8, 2008
Vandeberg Auditorium, 121 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St
Sponsors: CREECA
"The Treasures of Sarmatian Nobility "
Oleksandr Symonenko, visiting scholar, Princeton University
4:00 PM, Thursday, March 13th
206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Sponsors: CREECA
About the lecture: Sarmatians is the collective name of militant nomadic tribes of Central Asian origin that once occupied the northern Pontic region (presently the territory of Ukraine and Moldova) from the 2 nd c. BC up to the 4 th c. AD. The only type of Sarmatian archaeological sites remaining are the barrow graves. As usual, the tombs of nomadic aristocracy are the most accessible and full of different goods. The neighboring Graeco-Roman cities and the more distant territories of China and India left the traces of their links with the Sarmatians in the royal Sarmatian graves. There have been numerous import products found there – jewelry, glass, bronze and silver vessels, red-glazed ceramics and amphorae. Unique non-plundered tombs of Sarmatian "kings" and "queens-priestesses" were excavated during 1974 – 1992 in the barrows of southern Ukraine containing elegant Roman jewelry, far-fetched Sarmatian ceremonial gold and other original goods. One of them could be identified as the tomb of Sarmatian king Inismeos who minted his coins in the Greek city of Olbio on the northern coast of the Black Sea during the 1 st c. AD.
About the speaker: Professor Oleksandr Symonenko is a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology at the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences in Kiev. With research interests in the archaeology and history of the Sarmatians, and over 30 years of field experience in Russia, Ukraine, and Hungary, Professor Symonenko has published four monographs and approximately 100 articles. His theses include “Arms and Military Art of Sarmatians and Late Scythians of the North Pontic Region” and “Sarmatians of the North Pontic Region: Chronology, Periodization, Ethnical and Political History.” Professor Symonenko is currently a member of the Funerary Archaeology Studies Association and corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin.
"From Bedros Tourian to Paul Celan: L’Oeuvre au Noir"
James R. Russell, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University
Location: 4:00 PM , 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Sponsors: CREECA, Middle East Studies Program
About the lecture: James R. Russell will speak about Bedros Tourian, a Western Armenian Romantic poet who lived in Constantinople in the 19th century.
About the speaker: James R. Russell is the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies in the Near East Languages and Civilizations Department at Harvard University . Before coming to Harvard in 1993, he was Lady Davis Fellow and Visiting Associate Professor of Armenian and Ancient Iranian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Professor Russell has also been interviewed as an expert and scholar on some of the History Channel’s documentary programs, including “Angels: Good or Evil.” His books include Zoroastrianism in Armenia and Bosphorus Nights: The Complete Lyric Poems of Bedros Touria.
Concert: Roksonaki Kazakh Ensemble
7:00 PM, Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St
About the concert: The innovative Kazakh band Roksonaki will be in residence in Madison March 24-26, 2008. A smash hit at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Roksonaki pioneered the creation of a unique sound that integrates ancient Kazakh instrumentation with contemporary rock and jazz using motifs drawn from Eurasia’s indigenous religious traditions. The group’s Madison appearance, which will include workshops on traditional Kazakh culture for university classes and area schools, will culminate in a public concert March 26, 2008 at 7:00 pm in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public. Joining the artists to provide commentary and context will be folklorist Dina Amirova and anthropologist Helen Faller.
About the group: Roksonaki was formed in Almaty, Kazakhstan in 1990 under the direction of Ruslan Kara, who sought to create new music using motifs drawn from Eurasia’s indigenous religious traditions. Roksonaki pioneered the creation of arrangements that integrate ancient Kazakh instrumentation – the traditional kylkobyz, shankobyz, sazsyrnai and dombra – with contemporary rock music and jazz. The other members of the ensemble are Yerlan Sabitov and Galymzhan Sekeyev.
Roksonaki’s Madison visit, part of their six-city U.S. tour entitled Nauryz with Roksonaki, is a musical celebration of Nauryz, a Pre-Islamic non-religious New Year holiday celebrated for the month of March in Central Asia and the Middle East, coinciding with the Spring Equinox. “Nauryz” derives from the Persian “Novruz” meaning “New Day.” At its core, Nauryz celebrates the awakening of nature and symbolizes the triumph of good over the evil forces of darkness represented by winter. Traditional Nauryz activities include competitions in horse racing, singing, dancing, games, wrestling, and the aitys – an improvisational contest among two or more poet-musicians.
Nauryz with Roksonaki is a program of the Central Asian Cultural Exchange, with collaboration from the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America. Generously supported by Air Astana, Lancaster Group, the Kazakh-American Business Association, Keleshek Kazakhstan Public Foundation, and Turkish Airways. Funding for the group’s Madison appearance provided by the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) of the UW-Madison and the Kemper K. Knapp Bequest, with support from the Central Asian Studies Program, the Central Asia Student Association, and the Associated Students of Madison.
For more information on the band, please visit their blogspot at http://mosaiqarecordstour.blogspot.com/ or their MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/roksonaki.
"Foreign Fries and Local Lettuce: Paradoxes of Fast Food Supply Strategies in Russia "
Danielle Berman, Ph.D. student, Department of Sociology, UW-Madison
4:00 PM, Thursday, March 27, 2008
206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
2008 WCSS/IEC International Education Conference
Monday & Tuesday, March 31 – April 1, 2008
Madison Marriott West Hotel
The Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies (WCSS) and International Education Conference (IEC) have joined forces again to provide a program of over 100 stimulating conference sessions and two thought-provoking keynote speakers.
Greg Mortenson
Author of "Three Cups of Tea" – A NYTimes Best Seller (www.threecupsoftea.com)
Director of the Central Asia Institute (www.ikat.org)
Builder of over 58 Schools in Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan
Advocate for the Education of 24,000 Girls in N. Pakistan and Afghanistan
Organizer of “Pennies for Peace” Programs for Schools (www.penniesforpeace.org)
Harvey Kaye
Rosenberg Professor of Social Change and Development, UW-Green Bay (https://uwgb.edu/history/faculty/kaye.htm)
Director, Center for History and Social Change, UW-GB (https://uwgb.edu/centerhsc/)
Founder, Wisconsin Labor History Society (http://www.wisconsinlaborhistory.org/)
Author of 15 Books including "Thomas Paine and the Promise of America"
Some Program Highlights
Laxova – Personal Memories of Life Under Hitler and Stalin
Ratway – Developing Curriculum with a Focus on Global Connections & Comparisons
Lilleleht – Classroom Resources from the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium
Freund & Hayes – Bridging Cultures through Stories and Art
Waite & Linden – International Dimensions of Social Studies and Science
Information
PROGRAM – The entire two-day program including keynoters are on the Conference website. REGISTRATION – Registration is by mail using the website registration form or on-site. Registration includes 100+ sessions, keynoters, exhibits, continental breakfasts, plated lunches, and free parking.
COST – 1-Day Conference: $100, Student $35 and 2-day Conference: $150, Students $60.
INFORMATION: Melissa Collum (mcollum@ils.k12.wi.us) or Dean Bowles (bdbowles@wisc.edu)
http://education.wisc.edu/elpa/conferences/iec/
This event is sponsored and supported by the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) and its member programs, including CREECA.