Spring 2003 Vol

ISSN 1536-4003 University of California, Berkeley Center forSlavic and East European Studies Newsletter Notes from the Director Spring 2003 Vol. 20, No. 1 In these unsettled times, it behooves us more than ever to understand the In this issue: causes and consequences of violence inflicted by extremist groups. The Notes from the Director .....................1 United States is not alone in facing profound challenges following the Bear Treks ........................................2 terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Like us, our West European allies are Berkeley-Stanford Conference ...........3 struggling to find a reasonable balance between respect for civil liberties Spring Courses .................................4 and freedom of expression on the one hand and the need to protect society Michael Carpenter from acts of terrorism carried out in the name of extremist ideologies. So, too, The Modern Slave Trade in is Russia wrestling with these issues, as highlighted most dramatically by Post-Communist Europe ...................5 the ongoing violence and human rights abuses being perpetrated by federal Michael Kunichika forces in Chechnya, as well as human rights violations and acts of terrorism A Window On the Lake: On and by the Chechen resistance, such as the recent hostage-taking incident in Around Stalin's Belomorkanal ...........9 Moscow. Nor should it be assumed that the only extremist challenge in Campus Visitors ............................. 16 Russia, or indeed elsewhere, comes from Islamist extremists. As Vladimir Christine Kulke Putin put it in his state of the nation address on April 18, 2002: “The growth Book Review: Historical Atlas of of extremism presents a serious threat to stability and public safety in our Central Europe ................................ 17 country. We are talking above all here about those who organize attacks Upcoming Events ............................18 under fascist and nationalist slogans and flags, beating and killing people.” Outreach Programs .........................20 Six weeks later, Russia’s State Duma passed a controversial government- Faculty and Student News .............. 22 sponsored anti-extremism bill. AAASS 2002 Convention ................23 Fellowship Opportunities ................. 24 In an effort to contribute to our understanding of this important topic, I am Associates of the Slavic Center ...... 25 pleased to report that we are embarking on a special initiative, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and administered by the Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies (BPS), for graduate training and Newsletter of the Center for Slavic research on “Extremism in the New Eurasia.” Over the next two years, BPS and East European Studies will preside over seminars, a working paper series, a web page, and other University of California, Berkeley activities aimed at stimulating our thinking and scholarly research on these Institute of Slavic, East European, and important topics. Our focus will be on varieties of extremist organizations Eurasian Studies and ideologies in Russia, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia, both 260 Stephens Hall # 2304 Berkeley, CA 94720-2304 contemporary and historical; the roots of extremist violence; state policies [email protected] that promote or deter extremist violence; the implications of efforts to http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~csees/ combat terrorism for civil liberties, democracy, and the rule of law; and the impact of extremism on international peace and security in Eurasia. Editors: Stella Bourgoin and Barbara Voytek. Also in response to the complex times in which we live, the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES) has planned several Submit mailing changes to the above major conferences during the spring semester 2003. The first of these, the address or call (510) 642-3230. XXVIIth Annual Berkeley-Stanford Conference, will be held on March 7, Please send suggestions, corrections, 2003. “The Power of Ideas and Ideas of Power in East Europe and Eurasia,” or inquiries to the Newsletter editors will highlight three major themes: (1) how specific ideas (and concepts and at the address above. We welcome discourses) have influenced the course of events and the development of your comments and suggestions. institutions, particularly institutions of power; (2) how ideas have been transformed and have traveled over time; and (3) how the media (e.g., film, posters, television, newspapers, books) have served to convey certain ideas, particularly (though not exclusively) about power. and Montenegrin Studies to be presented by Dr. Audrey The program is reproduced within this newsletter. Helfant Budding, Lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard University, on Tuesday, March 18. She will speak on The following week, March 14–15, 2003, the Caucasus and “Explaining Nationalism: The Serbian Case.” Central Asia Program (CCAsP) will hold a conference, “Rocks and Hard Places: Society and the Environment in ISEEES is also planning a “Series of Lectures on the Central Asia.” The conference, which will feature four Balkans” during the coming months. The speakers will panels (nomadic cultures, sedentary cultures, questions of include Professor Roumen Daskalov, from the University of governance, and security issues) that examine the relation- Sofia, Bulgaria, currently Visiting Professor in the UCB ship between the physical environment and society, both Department of History; and Inger Skjelsbaek, Researcher at historically and today. Questions to be addressed include: PRIO in Norway. A program will be mailed to our Associates How have nomadic and sedentary cultures adapted to the of the Slavic Center and will be available at ISEEES and on demands of the physical world? What role has the environ- our Web site. The lecture series is funded in part by our ment had in shaping governance in the region? What Title VI grant from the US Department of Education. impact has the environment had on attempts to modernize Central Asia? Are differences over resource use (particularly It also gives me great pleasure to share the news of the water) contributing to interstate tensions in the region, and appointment of Stephan Astourian as Assistant Adjunct do those tensions have the potential to lead to violence? Professor of History and Executive Director of the Armenian Studies Program. In addition to the extension and confirma- The XXVIIIth Annual Teacher Outreach Conference, tion of future courses in the department that deal with supported by our Title VI grant from the US Department of Armenia, Dr. Astourian’s appointment reinforces the Education, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 26– commitment of the University and ISEEES to the Armenian 27, 2003 on the topic “The Muslim World in East Europe Studies Program. and Eurasia.” The conference will explore the contemporary role of Islam in Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the I hope to see many of you at ISEEES events this spring! Balkans, with attention to historical background as well as particular regional and local contexts. The presentations by Victoria E. Bonnell specialists from UC Berkeley and other campuses in the Director, Institute of Slavic, East European, and United States and abroad will highlight the varieties of Eurasian Studies experience among Muslims, the political aspects of Islam, Professor, Department of Sociology and the role of religious movements/parties/groups among Muslims. As always, ISEEES will sponsor various bag lunches and lectures during the spring semester. Particularly noteworthy is the 2003 Annual Peter N. Kujachich Lecture in Serbian Take a Bear Trek to Russia The Pageantry of St. Petersburg Celebrate the 2003 tercentennial of St. Petersburg with Bear Treks, October 5–13, 2003. ISEEES Executive Director Barbara Voytek will accompany the tour. For information, call Bear Treks at (510) 642-3717 or (888) CAL-ALUM. CSEES Newsletter Spring 2003 / 2 XXVIIth Annual Berkeley-Stanford Conference The Power of Ideas and Ideas of Power In Eastern Europe and Eurasia Friday, March 7, 2003 Lipman Room, Barrows Hall UC Berkeley campus 9:45 A.M.WELCOMING R EMARKS 3:15 P.M.–5:15 P.M.PANEL III: AFTER COMMUNISM Victoria Bonnell, UC Berkeley Chair: Andrew Janos, UC Berkeley 10 A.M.–12 NOON PANEL I: BEFORE WORLD WAR I Julia Bader, UC Berkeley Chair: David Frick, UC Berkeley “The Idea of Suffering in Recent Hungarian Cinema” Nancy Kollman, Stanford University “The Idea of the Just Tsar” M. Steven Fish, UC Berkeley “Ideas of Power, Nation, and Democracy in Monika Greenleaf, Stanford University Eurasia” “The Changing Idea of Autobiography in Catherine the Great’s Memoirs” Gregory Freidin, Stanford University “The Idea of the ‘Other’” Reginald Zelnik, UC Berkeley “The Idea of the Worker on the Russian 5:15 P.M.CLOSING REMARKS Left” Nancy Kollman, Stanford University 12 NOON–1 P.M.LUNCH BREAK 1 P.M.–3 P.M.PANEL II: THE COMMUNIST This conference is sponsored by the ERA Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Chair: Yuri Slezkine, UC Berkeley California, Berkeley and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Francine Hirsch, Hoover Institution/ Studies at Stanford University. Stanford University “The Ideas of Nationality and Race For more information, please in the Soviet Union, 1918-1941” contact ISEEES at (510) 642-3230, Norman Naimark, Stanford [email protected], or University http://socrates.berkeley.edu/ “The Idea of People’s Democracy ~iseees/. After World War II” ISEEES and CREEES

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