Sixteenth Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium

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University of Washington

Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

Sixteenth Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium

on Inner/Central Asian Studies

May 22, 2004; Denny Hall 215 and 215A

Papers from students and faculty pertaining to Inner or Central Asia are being solicited. Topics on religions and beliefs in Central Asia are particularly welcomed. Please submit abstracts (250 words maximum) by April 30, 2004 to:

Ilse D. Cirtautas

Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

Denny Hall, Box 353120, University of Washington

Phone: (206) 543-9963

Fax: (206) 686-7936

e-mail: icirt@u.washington.edu

Organizer: UW Central Asian Studies Group

(subgroups: Uzbek Circle and Kazakh and Kirghiz Studies Group)

Sponsors:

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization;

The Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Program (REECAS);

The Middle East Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies