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September 9, 2004—September 11, 2004. 2004 Middle East & Central Asia politics, economics, and society conference: Transitions and Inequality in the 21st Century

The second annual multidisciplinary conference on the Middle East and Central Asia will be held on the picturesque campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The objective of the conference is to bring together academics, analysts, and policy makers with interests in the Middle East and Central Asia who wish to network and share research endeavors. The topics to be covered by the conference encompass interdisciplinary social science approaches to analysis and problem solving in the regions of Middle East and Central Asia and may fall within the following themes: Problems of Economic and Democratic Transitions; State and Society Relations; Religion and Politics; Islam and Islamic Movements Challenges of Post-Communism; The Impacts of Globalization; Culture, Gender, and Ethnicity; Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainability; Media, Cinema, and Film; Diaspora; Human Rights and Minorities; Post-9-11 Regional and International Affairs; Afghanistan and Iraq Nation-building Projects; Politics of External Actors (U.S., Russia, EU, China, etc.); Israel and Palestine Studies; U.S.-Iranian Relations; Uighurs; Chechnya; Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations; Cypriot Reunification; Terrorism and State Violence; Conflict Prevention and Resolution; Regional Organizations and Cooperation; Civil Society.

Type:	Summit/Conferences
Organizers:	Academia, Foreign organizations
Participants:	Academia, Government(s), International Organizations, NGOs, Foreign Organizations
Theme:	Regional Partnership
Countries:	United States, Uzbekistan, Palestinian Territory, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Locations:	United States
Open press:	No

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