Wednesday, 03 April 2013

CACI FORUM: Central Asia’s Quest for a Useable Past: The Search for the Ancient Sogdians

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

CACI FORUM

"Central Asia-Caucasus Institute"

Central Asia’s Quest for a Useable Past: The Search for the Ancient Sogdians!?

All new countries must face the problem of their past. In an effort to affirm a useable past, some countries have simply to recall what they have never forgotten; others seek to rediscover what they have lost; while still others fabricate new pasts for themselves that better suit their current needs. In this Forum distinguished archaeologist and historian Aleksandr Naymark will show how globalizing Central Asians have followed the second course, rediscovering the amazing ancient Sogdians.

Featuring

Aleksandr Naymark, Associate Professor of Fine Arts/Art History, Hosftra University

And

S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, SAIS, Johns Hopkins U.

Rome Auditorium, 1st Fl., the Rome Building

SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

16 19 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036

The Forum is preceded by a reception and light refreshments from 5 to 5:30 p.m. The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. and conclude at 7 p.m.

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is a primary institution in the United States for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region. The Institute, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, forms part of a Joint Center with the Silk Road Studies Program, affiliated with the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. Additional information about the Joint Center, as well as its several publications series, is available at www.silkroadstudies.org.

 

 

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