JUNE 12 MONDAY
3 P.M. - 8 P.M. REGISTRATION OF THE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
JUNE 13, TUESDAY
8:30 A.M. - 9:45 A.M.
REGISTRATION OF THE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
10 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Keynote addresses from representatives of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Institute for African Studies, Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, "Uchitel" Publishing House, and the Conference participants.
Claudio Cioffi-Revilla (George Mason University, Fairfax, USA).
A Canonical Theory of Origins and Development of Social Complexity
NOON- 2 P.M.
PANEL VI
INTERPRETING VIOLENCE:
THE CONFESSIONAL, THE NATIONAL, THE GENERATIONAL, AND THE PERSONAL
(CONVENOR: CHARLES RHEAUME)
Valentin Portnykh (Novosibirsk State University, Russia).
The Crusaders and the Idea of the “Sacred War” (From “The Deeds of the Francs” Chronicle)
Yakov Rabkin (University of Montreal, Canada). The Use of Force in Jewish Tradition and in Zionist Practice
Maria Yelenevskaya (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology). At Home with Violence: Israeli Rus-sian-Language Media’s Use of Cultural Codes in Interpreting Intifada
PANEL XIV
STRUCTURE OF POWER AND HIERARCHY IN CHINGGIS KHAN EMPIRE:
A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
(CONVENOR: NIKOLAY N. KRADIN)
Thomas D. Hall (DePauw University, Greencastle, USA).
The “Permanent,” Yet Variable Frontier: The Roles of Central Asian Pastoralists in Historical Processes
Peter Turchin (University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA).
A Model for the Formation of “Mirror Empires” on the Steppe Frontier
Nikolay N. Kradin (Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Vladivostok, Russia). Chinggis Khan's Stateless Empire in Afroeurasian World-System Evolution
PANEL XV
THE COSSACK COMMUNITIES, IDENTITY AND POWER ON THE
EURASIAN SPACE IN THE 16TH – 20TH CENTURIES
(CONVENOR: SERGEY M. MARKEDONOV)
Sergey M. Markedonov (Institute for Political and Military Analysis, Moscow, Russia). The Cossacks: Unity or Diversity (The Problems of Terminology and Typology of the Cossack Communities)
Vladimir V. Koloda (Kharkiv State Pedagogical University, Ukraine). Living Standard of Sloboda Cos-sack Regiment in Ukraine in the 17th – 18th Centuries (Based on the Materials of Saltov Settlement in Kharkiv District)
Ravshan R. Nazarov, Viloyat R. Aliyeva (Institute of History, Tashkent, Uzbekistan), Djanan M. Yun-usova (Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration, Uzbekistan). Cossack Subethnic Groups as Bear-ers of the Eurasian Idea
2 P.M. – 3 P.M.
DINNER TIME
3 P.M. - 7 P.M.
PANEL VI
INTERPRETING VIOLENCE:
THE CONFESSIONAL, THE NATIONAL, THE GENERATIONAL, AND THE PERSONAL
(CONVENOR: CHARLES RHEAUME)
Sophie Roche (Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany). Generation Groups in the Transformation Process in Tajikistan
Finn Aaserud (Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen, Denmark). Niels Bohr's Approach to Violence
Charles Rhéaume (National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada). Canada's Self-Image as a non-Violent Nation
Mikhail Suslov (European University Institute, Florence, Italy). Imagined Wars in the Russian Conserva-tive Utopias
François-Xavier Nérar (Collège Universitaire Français de Moscou, Russie). 5% of Truth: Denunciation in Stalinist Russia
Oxana Klimkova (Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; Petrozavodsk State University, Rus-sia). The Great Terror in the Gulag
Christopher Williams (University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK). Consent or Coercion: The Forma-tion of State and Political Institutions in Russia, 1917–2005
PANEL VIII
NETWORKED CULTURES:
NEGOTIATING CULTURAL DIFFERENCE IN CONTESTED SPACES
(CONVENOR: PETER MÖRTENBÖCK)
Peter Mörtenböck (University of London, UK). Crossing the Mediterranean: Fada’íat (Through Spaces)
Lee Rodney (University of Windsor, Canada). You Have Left the American Sector / Vous-Etes sortie du secteur American
Andreas Kofler (Vienna University of Technology, Austria). The Greenland Problem
Petra Gemeinböck (University of Sydney, Australia). Impossible Geographies
Cordula Gdaniec (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany). City within the City: Spatial Practices in and around the Peoples Friendship University of Russia
Helge Mooshammer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria). Plan and Conflict: Networked Istanbul
Roxanne Easley (Central Washington University, Ellensburg, USA). Colonial Extraction and Investment: People of Mixed Heritage in the Russian American Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1670–1870
David Dibosa (Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK). Transcoloniality: Cultural Difference and Con-temporary Encounters with Urban Space
PANEL X
POWER AND IDEOLOGY IN THE NORTHERN MAYA LOWLANDS
(CONVENOR: JUSTINE M. SHAW)
William J. Folan, María del Rosario Domínguez Carrasco, Armando Anaya Hernández (Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, México). Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico: Development and Decline in the Northern Peten: 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1600
Philippe René Henri Nondédéo, Marie-Charlotte Arnauld (Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie, Nanterre, France). Political Organization System and Social Complexity in the Maya Río Bec Archaeo-logical Zone: From a Micro Regional Settlement Pattern Perspective to Intensive Excavations in Río Bec Group B
Thomas H. Guderjan (Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA). The Nature of Power, Legitimacy, and Authority within a Maya City
Dominique Michelet, Pierre Becquelin (Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie, Nanterre, France). Forms and Foundations of Power in the Puuc Region
Julie Eve Patrois (Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie, Nanterre, France). Contribution of Stone Sculptures to the Understanding of Power in the Puuc Region
Fabio Esteban Amador (National University of El Salvador, San Salvador). A Revision of the Cultural History of the Northern Maya Lowlands
Jeffrey Glover (University of California, Riverside, USA). Ideology, World View, Practice, and Power: Investigations into the Built Environment in the Yalahau Region, Quintana Roo, México
PANEL XIV
STRUCTURE OF POWER AND HIERARCHY IN CHINGGIS KHAN EMPIRE:
A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
(CONVENOR: NIKOLAY N. KRADIN)
Yuliy I. Drobyshev (Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, Russia). The Climate and the Khans
Valentin Ts. Golovachyov (Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, Russia). The Influence of Ascribed Kinship on Social and Political Order of the Chinggisids’ Empire
Tatyana D. Skrynnikova (Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist, and Tibetan Studies, Ulan ude, Russia). Struggle for Power in the Mongol Ulus at the Turn of the 12th and 13th Centuries
Stanislav A. Ugdyzhekov (Khakasia State University, Abakan, Russia). On Common Symbols of Power in the Eternal El of the Turks and the Great Ulus of the Mongols
Thomas D. Hall (DePauw University, Greencastle, USA), Vladimir Kostyukov (South Ural State Univer-sity, Chelyabinsk, Russia). On the Administrative and Political Structure of the Juchi Ulus
Yuri V. Krivosheev (St. Petersburg State University, Russia). The Big Horde Khan Akhmat and the Mos-cow Duke Ivan III: Was there the Yarlyk and What is Basma?
PANEL XVI
THE RULER AND SOCIO-CULTURAL NORM IN THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL WORLD
(CONVENOR: ALEXANDER A. NEMIROVSKIY)
Mikhail Petrov (Rostov State University, Russia). Democracy and Despotism on the Threshold of Civili-zation
Ivo Hristov (Sophia University, Bulgaria). Traditional and Modern Law – Historical Disparity of Legal Regulations
Yuri M. Kobishchanov (Institute for African Studies, Moscow, Russia). New Research into the Gafol Complex in Ancient and More Recent Societies
Anastasia A. Banschikova (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). The Image of the King in Ancient Egyptian Literature: From Axial Background Functions to Fully-Engaged Object of Action
Anastasia Kalyuta (Russian Museum of Ethnology, St. Petersburg). The Lip, the Jaw of Our Lord, Smok-ing Mirrow: The Ruler in the Prehispanic Nahuatl (Aztec) Society
Claudio Cioffi-Revilla (George Mason University, Fairfax, USA). Politogenesis and Origins of Social Complexity in Mesoamerica: The Rubber People and the Cloud People
Marianna Shakhnovich (St. Petersburg State University, Russia). Power Discourse in Roman Epicurean-ism
Ravshan R. Nazarov, Viloyat R. Aliyeva (Institute of History, Tashkent, Uzbekistan), Djanan M. Yun-usova (Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration, Uzbekistan). Ethnic Policy in Central Asia in the Epoch of Аmir Timur
JUNE 14, WEDNESDAY
9 A.M. - 2 P.M.
TOUR ROUND MOSCOW
2 P.M. – 3 P.M.
DINNER TIME
3 P.M. - 7 P.M.
PANEL I
ANTHROPOLOGY OF EUROPE: THE LIMITS OF POLITICAL CENTRALIZATION
(CONVENORS: PETR SKALNÍK, ANDRÉS BARRERA-GONZÁLEZ)
Hana Novotná (University of Hradec Králové; University of Pardubice, Czech Republic). An Anthro-pologist´s View of Filming in a Local Community
Petr Skalník (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic). Vladivostok is in Europe – at Least One Czech Anthropologist Thinks So (A Contribution to the Discussion where Russia Belongs in the Open World of Today)
Andrés Barrera-González (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain). The Idea and the Image of Europe among Russian Political and Intellectual Elites
Davide Torsello (University of Lecce, Italy). The Lesser of Two Evils. Trust and Legality in Comparative Perspective: The Cases of Southern Italy and Slovakia
Terence Wright (University of Ulster, Belfast, UK). Dolní Roveň: Visual Ethnography and Interactive Narrative
PANEL IV
HIERARCHY AND POWER BEFORE AND AFTER REVOLUTIONS
(CONVENOR: BAHRAM NAVAZENI)
Julian Goodare (University of Edinburgh, UK). The Scottish Revolution
Mohammad Ali Basiri (Isfahan University, Iran). Globalization: New World Order and Feminism
Isabel Alexandra de Oliveira David (Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Lisboa, Portugal). From Theological Horizontalism to the Iron Law of Oligarchy: the American Revolution Revisited
Seyed Javad Emamjomehzadeh (Isfahan University, Iran), Houri Jahanshahrad (Monash University, Aus-tralia). Women and Constitutional Revolution in Iran
Houri Jahanshahrad (Monash University, Australia). The Role of Islamic Feminism in the Improvement of Women’s Status in Post-Revolutionary Iran
Ebru Thwaites (Lancaster University, UK). A Strategic Relational Approach to State Power in Turkey
Mohsen Khalili (Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran). Review of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran: Political Changes in the Post-Revolutionary Iran and Their Impacts on the Legal Structures of Po-litical Power
Konstantin S. Khroutski (Novgorod State University, Novgorod Velikij, Russia). Cosmist Revolution in Organizing the Civilizational Power
PANEL VII
MODERN MASS MEDIA AND PUBLIC SPHERE:
NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEMOCRACY
(CONVENOR: VERONICA V. USACHEVA)
Sergei V. Klyagin (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow). Mass Media and Society To-day: The Phenomena of Recovered Social Reality
Tarmo Malmberg (University of Vaasa, Finland). The Possibilities and Limits of Public Life: Habermas and the Mass Media
Gregory Young (University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK). Periphery: Critically Re-Positioning Meanings and Identities in Globalized Spaces
Annekaryn Tiele, Helmut Scherer (University of Music and Drama, Hannover, Germany). News Factors in the Global Press Coverage
Mert Bilgin (Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey). Markets and Global Public Sphere: New Challenges and Opportunities for Civilizations
Pattamaporn Busapathumrong (Asian University, Banglamung, Thailand). Modern Mass Media and In-formation Technology in Peace and Social Policy: A Case Study of Peace Organizations in Global Con-text
Yan Jin (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA). The Role of Mass Media in International Crisis Communication and Conflict Management
Chiara Valentini (University of Jyväskylä, Finland). Constructing Public Support: EU Communication Challenges for the Process of Integration
PANEL X
POWER AND IDEOLOGY IN THE NORTHERN MAYA LOWLANDS
(CONVENOR: JUSTINE M. SHAW)
Justine M. Shaw (College of the Redwoods, Eureka, USA). Power and Ideology Evidenced in Settlement Pattern Shifts in the Cochuah Region
Tatiana Zelenetskaya Young (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA). Hierarchical Structure of the Settlement Pattern in the Ejido of Sacalaca, Quintana Roo
Dave Johnstone (Humboldt State University, Arcata, USA). Kings Rule – NOT: Changes in Ancient Maya Religion in the Cochuah Region
Johan Normark (Göteborg University, Sweden). Virtual Ideology Among Actual Materialities at Ichmul
Alberto Flores (School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, Mexico). The Christ of Ichmul: Reli-gious Syncretism with a New Faith
Alexandr V. Pakin (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). "Mother Names" of the Yucatan Maya on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest
PANEL XVII
THE STRUCTURE AND LEGITIMATION OF POWER IN ANCIENT SOCIETIES
OF NORTH-EAST AFRICA, THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST
(CONVENORS: IVAN A. LADYNIN, DAN’EL KAHN)
Walburga Maria Wiesheu (National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, México). Hierar-chy and Power in Early Mesopotamia
Alexey A. Tishkin (Altay State University, Barnaul, Russia). "Double Best Specimens" in Ancient and Medieval Societies of Eurasia: Prospects for Study of the Phenomenon Basing on Archaeological Evi-dence
Petr K. Dashkovskii, Alexey A. Tishkin (Altay State University, Barnaul, Russia). "Best Specimens" of the Mountain Altay Nomads in the Scythian Epoch
Mehmet Tezcan (Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey). Trade and Commerce between the First Turkish Qaghanate and the Near Eastern Empires, and Its Importance as a Means for Legitimation of Power in the 6th Century
JUNE 15, THURSDAY
10 A.M. - 2 P.M.
PANEL III
EUROPE AS POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ENTITY:
DIALOGUE OF CIVILIZATIONS OR CIVILIZATION OF DIALOGUE?
(CONVENORS: EKATERINA DEMINTSEVA, TIMOUR ATNACHEV)
Diana Petkova (St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University, Bulgaria). Europe between Two Cultural Models: Westernization or Civilizational Synthesis?
Natalia Starostina (Emory University, Atlanta, USA). Modernity, Technology, and Empire: French Mod-ernity as the Dialogue of Civilizations
Helena Elts (St. Petersburg, Russia). The General Histories of the 18th-Century Europe in Search for Fun-damentals of European Entity
Peter Martyn (Institute of Art, Warszawa, Poland). Urban contra National Questions: The Fate of Warsaw since the Polish Partitions
Timour Atnachev (European University Institute, Florence, Italy). Can the Mutual Acceptance of Dia-logue Erase Civilizations’ Boundary? Philosophical Assessment of the EU – Turkey Case
PANEL IV
HIERARCHY AND POWER BEFORE AND AFTER REVOLUTIONS
(CONVENOR: BAHRAM NAVAZENI)
Majid Bozorgmehri (Imam Khomieini International University, Qazvin, Iran), Mahboubeh Mansouri (Te-hran University, Iran). The Islamic Revolution in Iran and Its Conceptions of Power
Sayyed Mortaza Mardiha (Allameh Tabatabae University, Tehran, Iran), Mahboubeh Paknia (al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran). Nature of Revolution: the Case of Iran
Alan Kimball (University of Oregon, Eugene, USA). The Problem of Russian Civil Society: Pre-Soviet Concepts and Their Legacy
Nicola Peter Todorov (Lycée Gustave Flaubert, Rouen, France). Local Hierarchies and Power Configura-tions before and after Revolutions in Central Germany from the Late 18th to the 20th Century
Pingchao Zhu (University of Idaho, Moscow, USA). Wartime Power Politics between the National Gov-ernment and the Guangxi Warlords, 1931–1945
Liza Rivera (University of South Britany, Saint Cast, France). Hierarchy and Power before and after Revolutions: the Case of Colombia
Bahram Navazeni (Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran). The Role of Foreign Agent in the Revolutions: Cases of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the US Independence Revolution
PANEL VII
MODERN MASS MEDIA AND PUBLIC SPHERE:
NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEMOCRACY
(CONVENOR: VERONICA V. USACHEVA)
Julia Hoffmann (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands). Re-thinking Democratic Legitimacy – Communication Rights and Deliberation in the European Public Sphere
David M. Barlow (University of Glamorgan, UK). Small Nation Blues: Wales and the Public Sphere
Frank Webster (City University of London, UK). Self Representation in the Anti-War Movement: Examples from the UK
Robert A. Hackett (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada), William C. Carroll (University of Vic-toria, Canada). Remaking Media: The Struggle to Democratize Public Communication in the US and UK
Janet Jones, Martin Royston (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK). Crypto-Hierarchies and Techno-crats: An Indymedia UK Case Study
Asimina Michailidou (Loughborough University, UK). Public Diplomacy and Democracy in the Cyber-space Era: The Case of the EU Public Sphere
Gabriella Szabó (Institute for Political Sciences, Budapest, Hungary). The Role of Internet in the Euro-pean Public Sphere
Anna D. Trakhtenberg (Institute of Philosophy and Law, Yekaterinburg, Russia). “Public Sphere” on the Internet: Habermasian Ideal and Reality of Runet
PANEL XI
SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL DYNAMICS:
PATTERNS, TRENDS, MECHANISMS, AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS
(CONVENORS: ANDREY KOROTAYEV, DARIA KHALTOURINA)
Svetlana R. Bekmuratova (Krasnoyarsk State University, Russia), Michael G. Sadovsky (Institute of Bio-physics, Krasnoyarsk, Russia). What Do They Really Watch? Content Analysis of Up-to-Date Regional Broadcasting in Comparison to the Federal Channels
Sergey N. Grinchenko (Institute of the Problems of Informatics, Moscow, Russia). History of Civilization as Meta-Evolution Process of the Hierarchical Search-Optimization System of Humankind (Cybernetic Model)
Leonid E. Grinin (Uchitel Publishers, Volgograd, Russia). The Periodization of World History and Mathematics
Daria Khaltourina (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Reconsidering We-ber: Literacy of the Spirit of Capitalism
Alexandr A. Kazankov (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Factors of Eth-nic Identity Formation
Svetlana Kobzeva (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Discourse-Analysis in Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Models
PANEL XVIII
TRANSITIONS, TRANSFORMATIONS AND INTERACTIONS OF HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES AND SOCIAL NETS IN THE LATE 20TH – EARLY 21ST CENTURIES
(CONVENORS: ALEXEI G. LOUTSKIY, OLEG I. KAVYKIN)
Dmitri M. Bondarenko (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Local Civiliza-tions at the Face of Globalization: Contemporary Theoretical Approaches and the Future of Non-Western Cultures
Maksim Tsvetovat (George Mason University, Fairfax, USA). Emergence of Local Polities: How Indi-vidual-Level Cognitive Dissonances Shape Global Network Patterns
Elena Kharitonova (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Social and Psycho-logical Aspects of Power: On the Role of Intellectual Resource
Ngeta Kabiri (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA). Dispersing Environmental Governance Authority in Africa: The Role of NGOs Reconsidered
Svetlana V. Gritsay (Institute of World Economy and International Studies, Kyiv, Ukraine). Traditional Society and State Institutes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Levels of Interaction
Aida N. Moseiko (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Africa: The Hidden Power. Paradoxes of Modernization
Oleg I. Kavykin (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Friendship and Toler-ant Attitude of African Tanzanians toward Tanzanian Immigrant Minorities
2 P.M. – 3 P.M.
DINNER TIME
3 P.M. - 7 P.M.
PANEL III
EUROPE AS POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ENTITY:
DIALOGUE OF CIVILIZATIONS OR CIVILIZATION OF DIALOGUE?
(CONVENORS: EKATERINA DEMINTSEVA, TIMOUR ATNACHEV)
Stephen Gallagher (Youngsville, USA). Against Tolerance
Sabina Mihelj, Thomas Koenig, John Downey (Loughborough University, UK). Talking in Tongues about Europe
Sergei Panov (Russian University of Culturology, Moscow). The Time of the Name and the Styles of Writing. Nietzsche/Valery/Derrida (Towards the Problem of Appropriation of the Name in the Decon-struction of Politics)
Ekaterina Demintseva (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). The New Euro-pean Culture Phenomena: "Cultural Diversity" or "Cultural Mixing"? On the Example of the Beur Culture in France
Marcos Farias-Ferreira (Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal; Lisbon Technical University, Portugal). Some Notes on Kundera and Brodsky: Uncovering the Role of the Literary Quar-rels about the Meaning of Europe
PANEL VII
MODERN MASS MEDIA AND PUBLIC SPHERE:
NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEMOCRACY
(CONVENOR: VERONICA V. USACHEVA)
Marta Nunes da Costa (New School University, Astoria, USA). Shaping the Public Sphere of Today – Democratic Aspirations of the Internet Culture
Alexander A. Kalmykov (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow). The Anthropo-Political Aspect of Internet Culture
Johannes D. Froneman (North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa). Expanding the Zones of Free Public Discourse in Post-Apartheid South Africa, 1990–2005
Fernando Lattman-Weltman (Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Public Spheres, Institutions and Political Transitions: The Role of Mass Media
John Ademola Yakubu (University of Ibadan, Nigeria). The Mass Media as a Catalyst for Democratic Survival
Iftikhar Ahmed (Journalists Resource Centre, Pakistan). Modern Mass Media and Future of Democracy
Olga Molchanova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia). Socialization Messages of the Mass Media
Leonid Isaev (State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia). Modern Mass Media and Public Sphere in Arabic World
Tatyana Evgenyeva (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Spiral of Silence in Modern Society
PANEL XI
SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL DYNAMICS:
PATTERNS, TRENDS, MECHANISMS, AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS
(CONVENORS: ANDREY KOROTAYEV, DARIA KHALTOURINA)
Andrey Korotayev (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Mathematical Models of Social Macroprocesses and Periodization of the World System History
Igor E. Moskalev (Russian Academy for Civil Service, Moscow). Dynamic Modeling of Innovative Proc-esses
Sergey A. Nefedov (Institute of History and Archeology, Ekaterinburg, Russia). The Theory of Demo-graphic Cycles and Russian Revolution
Evgeniy A. Shinakov (Briansk State University, Russia). Mechanisms of Hierarchy Formation and Power Legitimation in Ancient Rus
Vitaliy G. Sholokhov (Russian State Commercial and Economic University, Moscow). The Phenomenon of Force in the Authority Structures
Tatiana G. Tourkina (St. Petersburg State University, Russia). On the Problem of the Yoruba Traditional Ruling Models: History and Evolution
Sergey V. Tsirel (VNIMI, St. Petersburg, Russia). The Problem of Hyperbolic Growth of World Popula-tion
PANEL XIII
STATUS, SOCIUM AND ACCUSATION:
FORMS OF ACCUSATION AND INQUISITION FROM ANTIQUITY TO RENAISSANCE PERIOD
(CONVENOR: NADEJDA SELOUNSKAIA)
Alexander A. Nemirovskiy (Institute of World History, Moscow, Russia). Mesopotamian Ideas of Fault and Its Adequacy to Punichment
Boris E. Alexandrov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia). On the Fault, Accusation, and Pun-ishment in the Ethic-Legal Tinking of the Hettites
Alexander V. Safronov (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow). Investigation of the case of the "harem complot" in the time of Ramsesses III
Joseph J. Hughes (Missouri State University, Springfield, USA). Cicero: Man of Constant Self-Exculpation
Dmitry Afinogenov (Institute of World History, Moscow, Russia). The Condemnation of Anthony of Syl-laion in 814: The Procedure and the Political Context
Nadejda Selounskaia (Institute of World History, Moscow, Russia). What the Dead Man Said: Accusation de jure and de facto and the Last Will in Medieval Lucca
Olga Togoeva (Institute of World History, Moscow, Russia). Charge without Any Proof: Early Witch Trials in Medieval Europe
Julia Ighina (St Petersburg State University, Russia). Anti-Witchcraft Legislation in England: Guilt and Punishment of Witches
PANEL XVIII
TRANSITIONS, TRANSFORMATIONS AND INTERACTIONS OF HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES AND SOCIAL NETS IN THE LATE 20TH – EARLY 21ST CENTURIES
(CONVENORS: ALEXEI G. LOUTSKIY, OLEG I. KAVYKIN)
Mònica Martínez Mauri (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Ecole des Hautes Études en Sci-ences Sociales, Paris, France). Mediation and Cultural Identity in Kuna Yala (Panamá 1925–2003)
Deasy Simandjuntak (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands). “Who Shall Be Radja?” Competition and Networks of Local Elites within the State Decentralization Process in North Sumatra, Indonesia
Peter Simonič (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia). Celebrating the Transitional State – Political Rituals in Slovenia
Florian Muehlfried (University of Hamburg, Germany). Post-Soviet Feasting – A Case Example from Georgia
Alexei Loutskiy (Moscow Government, Russia). Social Nets as a Factor of Political Instability on the Post-Soviet Space
Karine E. Grigoryan (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Religious Minori-ties in the Middle East: The Problem of Ethnicity's Preservation (The Case of Armenian Diaspora)
Viktoriya Hryaban (University of Vienna, Austria). The Politics of Identity and Transformation of the National Identity’s Symbolic Representations in the Urban Landscape of Ukraine
Cerasela-Stefania Radu (Research Institute for Quality of Life, Bucharest, Romania; University of Bucha-rest, Romania). An Historical Explanation of the Roma Social Stratification and Differentiation in Roma-nia
JUNE 16, FRIDAY
10 A.M. - 2 P.M.
PANEL V
HUMAN RIGHTS IN HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS
(CONVENOR: PATTAMAPORN BUSAPATHUMRONG)
Vera P. Ponomaryova (Bryansk State University, Russia). Classification of Human Rights
Arsalan Ghorbani Sheikhneshin (Tehran Islamic Azad University, Iran). Human Rights and Dialogue Among Nations: Challenges and Solutions
Norma Hervey (Luther College, Decorah, USA). The Endless Struggle for Citizenship and Rights in the History of the United States, 1776–2006
M. S. Ahluwalia (Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India). Majoritarian-Minoritarian Syndrom and Secessionist Movements in Post-Colonial South Asia – A Case Study of the Sikh Separatist Movement and Human Rights
Aline Carla Afonso Pereira (University of Lisbon, Portugal). The Impact of Globalization on the Urban Labor Market for Women in Angola
Ravshan R. Nazarov, Viloyat R. Aliyeva (Institute of History, Tashkent, Uzbekistan), Djanan M. Yun-usova (Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration, Uzbekistan). Rights of Ethnic and Confessional Minorities in the Republic of Uzbekistan
Ichhimuddin Sarkar (North Bengal University, Darjeeling, India). Development and Struggle for Exis-tence of the Indigenous People of the Third World Countries: A Review of Indian Experiences During Post Independent Period
Golrokh Jahanshahrad (Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran). Human Rights and the Reproductive Health of Adolescents
PANEL VII
MODERN MASS MEDIA AND PUBLIC SPHERE:
NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEMOCRACY
(CONVENOR: VERONICA V. USACHEVA)
André Bourgeot (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France). Mass Media and Policy: The Cases of Post Soviet “Revolutions”
Enayatollah Yazdani (University of Isfahan, Iran). Democratic Reform in Central Asia: Why It Has Not Worked?
Lucie Hribal (University of Zurich, Switzerland). Mass Media, Soviet Habits, and Cultural Traditions: Competing for Supremacy over the Public Sphere
Michael G. Sadovsky (Russian State Trade Economy University, Krasnoyarsk), Alexander A. Gliskov (Institute of Biophysics, Krasnoyarsk, Russia). New Comprehension of Elections: Neutral Equilibrium Model
Preeti Das (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India). Representation of Ethnicity in the Mass Me-dia
Vadim Rakachev (Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia). Ethnic Discourse in Mass Media: Prob-lems of Formation and Development
Yaroslava Rakacheva (Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia). Mass Media in Interethnic Dialogue in Krasnodar Region
Mortéza Monadi (Azzahra University, Tehran, Iran). Immigration without Replacement
Grigory Lugovoy (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow). The Influence of Modern Mass Media on Turkish Diasporas in Europe
PANEL IX
POWER AND IDENTITY IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES
(CONVENOR: VASSILI R. FILIPPOV)
Igor V. Sledzevski (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Transformation of the Paradigm of Politics in the Contemporary Model of Multiculturalism
Tunde Adeleke (University of Montana, Missoula, USA). Afrocentricity: Black American Model of Em-powerment and Legitimacy
Vassily R. Filippov (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Eight Steps on the Road toward De-Ethnization of the Russian Statehood
Geoffrey I. Nwaka (Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria). Ethnic Relations and Conflict Management in Nigeria
Paul A Kruger (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa). The Power of Perceptions: The Ancient Near East as a Case in Point
Nasser Fakouhi (University of Tehran, Iran). Iranian Ethnic Structure and Economic Potentialities to De-velop New Cultural Consumption Markets
Reetta Toivanen (Humboldt Berlin University, Germany). Politics of Integration and the Unwanted Con-sequences for Minorities
Elena O. Khabenskaya (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). “Ethnicity” in the Ideology of Radical Nationalists and the Discourse of Human Rights Defenders
PANEL XIX
FREE COMMUNICATION PANEL
SUBPANEL 1
HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF PRE-MODERN CIVILIZATIONS
(CONVENOR: DMITRI D. BELIAEV)
Herbert Barry III (University of Pittsburgh, USA). Cultural Customs Associated with Violence in a World Sample of Communities
Lidiya P. Groth (Luleo, Sweden). Hierarchy of Authority and Matrilinear Tradition of Inheritance
Albert I. Davletshin (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow). Huge Effigies of Great Chiefs: Common Polynesian Imagery Makes the Easter Island Stone Statues Understandable
Alain Testart (College de France, Paris). A New Hypothesis on the Origins of the State
Dmitri D. Beliaev (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia; Russian State Uni-versity for the Humanities, Moscow), Albert I. Davletshin (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow). Political Organization of Teotihuacan: A Reconsideration
Alexander V. Safronov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia). System of Political Alliances among the Late Classic Maya Kingdoms of the Western Lowlands
PANEL XIX
FREE COMMUNICATION PANEL
SUBPANEL 2
HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY
OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATIONS
(CONVENOR: IGOR L. ALEXEEV)
Larissa A. Andreeva (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Modernization Reforms of the Russian Emperor Peter the Great in the Context of Traditional Religious and New Secular Values
Igor L. Alexeev, Galina A. Khizriyeva (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow). Socio-Communicative Networks as a Form of Political Culture in the Islamic World: Some Methodological Remarks
Naima A. Neflyasheva (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). The Adygkh Diaspora in the Middle East: The Modes of Social Nets' Creation
Magdalena Barros Nock (Center for Research and Postgraduate Studies in Social Anthropology, México D.F., México). Social Networks and Power Groups in the Local Development of Small Cities in Rural California: A Case Study
Tai-Chee Wong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore). Cities as a Cen-tre of Power and Social Change: Shanghai’s Role in Modern China
Elena Sadokha (Kharkiv Skovoroda National University, Ukraine). Unsteadiness of Social World and Unsteadiness of Its Representation
Mikhail P. Ostromensky (Novosibirsk, Russia). The Problem of System of Power’s Stability
Vladislav M. Karelin (Institute of Philosophy, Moscow, Russia). Structure of Legitimacy and the Problem of Distinction between Democracy and Totalitarianism
2 P.M. – 3 P.M.
DINNER TIME
3 P.M. - 6 P.M.
PANEL II
COSMOPOLITANISM, GLOBALISM, AND NATIONALISM:
(UN)STABLE IDENTITIES IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
(CONVENOR: ANA DEVIC)
Azra Hromadzic (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA). Reconciliation in “Exile:” The Case Study of Reconciliation and Culture Cooperative Network (RACCOON) in New York City
Igor Stiks (Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, France; Northwestern University, Evanston, USA). Citi-zenship of Literature? The Case of ex-Yugoslav Writers
Ana Devic (Aarhus University, Denmark). Silenced Cosmopolitanism: Interpreting Ex-Yugoslav “Nos-talgic” Networks against the Logic of Nationalism
Yana Savova Hashamova (Ohio State University, Columbus, USA). Screening Masculinity: National Pride and the Trauma of Globalization
Jane E. Knox-Voina (Bowdoin College, Brunswick, USA). Kazakh National Cinema Project
PANEL IX
POWER AND IDENTITY IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES
(CONVENOR: VASSILI R. FILIPPOV)
Rahimbek S. Bobohonov (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). The Role of Men Clubs in Socio-political Life of the Pamir Tajiks (1940s – 2000s)
Nelli A. Romanovich (Russian Institute of Public Opinion, Voronezh). Attitude of the Intelligentsia to the Authority
Darima D. Amogolonova (Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibet Studies, Ulan Ude, Russia). Dis-course of Ethnic Ideology in Contemporary Buryatia
Julia S. Misurkeeva (Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibet Studies, Ulan Ude, Russia). Reproduc-tion of Ethnicity in Educational System of the Buryat Republic
Irina Yelaeva (Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibet Studies, Ulan Ude, Russia). Clan-territorial Communities in Constructing of Buryat Identity
Marina Bell (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Processes of Structuring in Moscow Ethnosocial Sphere
Svetlana Paitchadze (Hokkaido State University, Sapporo, Japan). The Role of Education in the Process of Integration of Multicultural Societies (Bolivian Case)
PANEL XII
POWER, THEORY AND EVIDENCE IN AFRICAN, ANCIENT AND MODERN SLAVERY
(CONVENOR: MARK J. GOODMAN)
Martin A. Klein (University of Toronto, Canada). Slavery and the Early State in Africa
Enrico Dal Lago (National University of Ireland, Galway), Constantina Katsari (University of Leicester, UK). Hierarchy, Power and Rebellion in Slave Societies: Comparing the Roman World with the Antebel-lum American South
Mark J. Goodman (York University, Toronto, Canada). Hegemony and Violence in the Antebellum South
Niall McKeown (University of Birmingham, UK). Comparative Evidence and the Ancient Slave: Recon-structing the Past, or Constructing It?
Giovanni Salmeri (University of Pisa, Italy). From Satyricon to Marius the Epicurean: Slaves in Ancient and Modern Novels
PANEL XIX
FREE COMMUNICATION PANEL
SUBPANEL 1
HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF PRE-MODERN CIVILIZATIONS
(CONVENOR: DMITRI D. BELIAEV)
Alexander A. Vasiliev (Odessa National University, Ukraine). King’s Power and Stratification in the Goth Society in the Roman Age (Data of Archaeological and Written Sources)
Dalbir Singh Dhillon (Punjabi University, Patiala, India). Shunning War and Violence: A Reflection in Sikh Scripture
Igor V. Dimitriev (Odessa State University, Ukraine). Traditional Forms of Social Organization of the North Caucasus Mountaineers and the Role of Islam in Genesis of the State
Pavel V. Basharin (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow). The Qarmatian Track in the Case of al-Hallaj and the Problem of Two al-Hallajes
PANEL XIX
FREE COMMUNICATION PANEL
SUBPANEL 2
HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY
OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATIONS
(CONVENOR: IGOR L. ALEXEEV)
Nikolay N. Firsov (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Political Discourse and Legitimacy of Political Domination
Yekutiel Gershoni (Tel-Aviv University, Israel). Seeking Legitimacy versus Implementing Coercive Con-trol: The Case of Nigerian Military Regimes from 1966 to 1998
Patricia Zuckerhut (University of Vienna, Austria), Bärbel Grubner (University of Graz, Austria). “Gen-dered” Violence in Latin America: Outline of a Dialogue with the “New Sociology of Violence”
Anatoliy D. Savateev (Institute for African Studies, Moscow, Russia). Shariatization in Tropical African Countries: An Expression of Values Hierarchy in the Islamic Civilization
Reza Simbar (Guilan University, Rasht, Iran). Mosques as a Religious Institution in Iran
Vladimir A. Garev (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Moscow, Russia). Terrorist № 1: The Analysis of Components of Osama Bin Laden’s Virtual Image
Enayatollah Yazdani (University of Isfahan, Iran). The US Hegemony and the Islamic World
6:15 P.M. - 7:15 P.M.
FINAL PLENARY SESSION
7:30 P.M. – 10 P.M.
RECEPTION