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International Workshop

Studies on Mazar Cultures of Silk Road
(MAZAR2008)
August 26-29, 2008
Academic Exchange Center(Honghu Hotel),Xinjiang University
Supported by
The Toyota Foundation (Japan )Center for Anthropology and Folklore, Xinjiang University
Organizers
Arslan ABDULLA(Xinjiang University)
Rahile DAWUT(Xinjiang University)
SUGAWARA Jun(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

PROGRAMMEFirst Day (August 26 )Registration: Lobby, Honghu Hotel (19:00-20:00)
Reception: 2nd Floor Reception Room, Honghu Hotel (20:00-22:00)

Second Day (August 27 )At Conference Room, 5th floor, Honghu HotelOPENING CEREMONY
11:00-12:00(Beijing Time)
Welcome address:
President of Xinjiang University
Arslan Abdulla (Organizer, Directer of The School of Huimanity Studies, Xinjiang University)
Keynote:SUGAWARA Jun (Organizer, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan)

SESSION 1

THE VOICE OF TAZKIRASSAWADA Minoru(University of Toyama, Japan)"Genealogy of Makhdūm-i A‘zam and Cultural Tradition of Mazārs"
SUGAHARA Mutsumi(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan)"Tazkira-yi Awliya in the Uyghur script"

12:00-14:30 (Beijing Time)

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Omerjan NURI(Khotän Ma’arip Instituti, China)"Imam Musa Kazim we Qolyazmadiki tezkiresi"(in Uyghur)
Abliz ORXUN (Xinjiang Täzkirä Komiteti, China)"Muhemmed Sidiq Zeliliy we uning <Tezkire Chehlten> namliq esiri"(in Uyghur)=====D i s c u s s i o n=====

Lunch Break 14:30-16:00(Beijing Time)SESSION 2

MAZARS IN PRESENT DAY CENTRAL EURASIA
16:00-20:30(Beijing Time)

Hakan GÜNES (Istanbul University, Turkey)"Central Asian Islam versus Radical Islam: Role of Ziyara and Mazar Rituals in rebuilding the Local Islamic
Identities in Post-Soviet Central Asia"
Aitzhan Sh.NURMANOVA(Institute of Oriental Studies, Kazakhstan)"Ziyarah to the holy places (mazars) in present day Kazakhstan: Revival and innovation processes"
Patrick HÄLLZON(Stockholm University, Sweden)"Shrine Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of Swedish Explorers"====== Tea Break (20 min.)======WANG Ping (Minority Research Institute of National and Religion Committee, XUAR, China)“Ziyara and Hui Sufi "Gongbei" on the Silkroad”(in Chinese)
WANG Jianxin(Sun Yat-sen University, China)"The Saint Mausoleums of Lingmingtang"
Ablimit YASIN (Xinjiang University, China)“Mazars of Imamlirim in Hotan and relationship with the Shi’i”(in Chinese)=====D i s c u s s i o n=====

Third Day (August 28 )SESSION 3

MAZAR DOCUMENTS STUDIESZHANG Shicai (Xinjiang University, China)“Mazar Economy and Uyghur Society in Qing Dynasty”(in Chinese)

10:00-12:30(Beijing Time)

Nodirjon U. ABDULAHATOV (Fargona viloyat madaniy meros boshqarmasi, Uzbekistan)"Fargona vodiysi mozorlari hujjatlarini organinilishi" (in Uzbek)
Alisher Q. TOSHQULOV (Farg'ona viloyat «Ma'naviyat» gazetasi, Uzbekistan)"Hakim Termiziy avlodlari mozori hujjatlari" (in Uzbek)
SUGAWARA Jun (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, JAPAN)"Opal, a Sacred Site on Karakolam Highway - A Historical Approach by the Description of Mazar Documents-"=====D i s c u s s i o n=========== Tea Break (20 min.)======

SPECIAL SESSION

312:50--13:30(Beijing Time)
Invited Lecture by Mr. MA Pinyan(Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences)on his reminiscences of mazar studies in Xinjiang (in Chinese, with English handout )Lunch Break 13:30-15:00(Beijing Time)SESSION 4

MAZARS IN HISTORY
15:00-17:30(Beijing Time)

Devin A. DEWEESE(Indiana University, USA)"The Tale of Jānbāz Khwāja: Pilgrimage and Holy War in a 19th-CenturyTazkira from Xinjiang"
Alexandre PAPAS(CNRS, France)"A Sufi Travelogue as a Source for the History of Mazars in the Tarim Basin"
SHINMEN Yasushi (Chuo University, Japan)"Mazars in Xinjiang from Strangers’ View"

Ashirbek K. MUMINOV(Institute of Oriental studies, Kazakhstan)"Significance of Holy Place and Holy Family in the History of the KhoqandKhanate in the XIX Century"
Uktambek A. SULTANOV (Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan)“19asr Tashkent ziyaratgakhlari tarikhiga dair mukhim manba.” (in Uzbek)=====D i s c u s s i o n=========== Tea Break (20 min.)======SESSION 5

FUNCTIONS AND ELEMENTS OF MAZAR CULTURES
17:30-20:00(Beijing Time)

Rahile DAWUT (Xinjiang University, China)“Artistic Expression of Muslim Devotional life of Uyghurs—Case study on Mazars in Xinjiang”
Gulbahar GHOJESH(Beijing Normal University, China)“A Research on Kyrgyz Bahshi and Mazar”(in Chinese)
ZHOU Xijuan(Willamette University, USA)
"Transition and Transformation: Healing rituals and Mazar worship"
Terrance Anthony HAYES(Griffith University, Australia)"Tugh and Tulum: a preliminary ethnohistory of Uyghur Muslim ex-votos"=====D i s c u s s i o n=====

CLOSING CEREMONY
20:00-20:30(Beijing Time)
Closing address

Rahile DAWUT(Organizer)

Fourth Day (August 29)
One Day Excursion to Toyoq Khojam Mazar in Pichan County, Turpan District