08 Jun 2004

Academics of Central Asia - a Database
St. Antony's College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Supplied note: "The web project Academics of Central Asia (www.a-c-a.info) was launched in 2003. It aims at promoting scholars from Central Asia. Academics can be searched for by name or by browsing a country or an academic discipline. There is an extensive entry for each scholar. The entry lists the titles of publications or detailed research interests. Some have also made their CVs available for downloading. Browsing the list of scholars is a good way for academics from outside the region to find the right local partners. There are currently 115 scholars from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in the database. Scholars from Tajikistan will be added from September 2004 onwards. The web page and database were designed in Kyrgyzstan and national co-ordinators from each of the 4 countries run the webpage.
The webpage is available in English and Russian and provides a range of services to academics from Central Asia. It gives information on funding opportunities and advice on studying abroad. Four newsletters will be sent out to the scholars in the database in 2004-2005. We encourage all academics living in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to register with us ­ the webpage is there to promote you and your work. Go to www.a-c-a.info and the 'Registration' section.
ACA is sponsored by the Committee for Central and Inner Asia (CCIA). ACA staff include: Askat Dukenbaev (American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan), Djamshed Fayzov (Eurasia programme, National University of Tashkent, Uzbekistan), Galina Bitykova (Central Asian Resourse Centre, Kazakhstan), and Stina Torjesen (Oxford University). - st."
URL http://www.a-c-a.info/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Stina Torjesen (stina.torjesen[use"@"]st-antonys.oxford.ac.uk), forwarded by central-eurasia-l[use"@"]fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30