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CALL FOR
APPLICATIONS
Azerbaijan’s Political Identity
in Transition
April 27 – 29, 2006
Baku, Azerbaijan
Application Deadline: 5:00 PM,
Friday, April 21, 2006
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“PIGEON” Peace and Development
Support Social Association (PPD SuSA), in partnership with the Qafqaz
University, with invaluable financial support of Westminster Foundation for
Democracy, are kindly inviting applications for the Scholarly Seminar on
Azerbaijan’s Political
Identity in Transition
to be held at Qafqaz University, April 27 – 29, 2006.
Aims and Objectives
The Scholarly Seminar is organized
within the framework of the broader project “Youth Participation in Public Life”
and aimed at:
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initiating academic
discussions and deliberations on Azerbaijan’s contemporary political development
in the context of domestic and external challenges it is faced with today, as
well as the opportunities the domestic and international political setting
suggest;
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increasing young
people’s understanding and enhancing their awareness of the political system in
Azerbaijan;
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increasing young
people’s skills of negotiation, debating, presentation and critical thinking and
give them an opportunity to practice those skills.
Target Audience
Applicants should be BA & MA
students aged between 18 and 22 from higher education establishments of Baku and
the regions.
Priority will be given to the
students from Social Sciences and closely related fields.
Successful applicants are sought to be able to
model and present their own discourse in order to reach a highly diversified
academic audience.
A strong command of the English
language is a must.
Twenty (20) successful applicants
shall be selected to attend the Scholarly Seminar.
Structure / Methodology
A number of pertinent issues shall
be comprehensively discussed in
workshops and panels moderated by prominent Azerbaijani scholars and figures.
On the first day of
the Scholarly Seminar the participants will explore on the theoretical
frameworks and concepts on political systems existing in contemporary Political
Science.
The second day will
be dedicated to deliberations and discussions of the case of Azerbaijan in the
context of the post-Cold war political development of the former Soviet
Republics.
On the third day the
participants shall get exposure to the possible developments within certain
political systems through a highly interactive and highly skill-demanding and
skill-generating Simulation Exercise.
Language
Language of the trainings will be
Azerbaijani & English.
Financial Procedures
Refreshments & meals during the
Seminar are to be covered by the organizers.
Application Procedures
The selection will be based on
merits of the applicants as well as the assessment of the needs of applicants.
Interested candidates are asked to
direct their detailed CV (with required indication of his/her University
affiliation) and a short Motivation Letter
(with max 250 words) to the attention of Mr. Murad Ismayilov at imurad_az@yahoo.com
and Cc. it to Mr. Mahir Zeynalov at mahir@zeynalov.net with
identification APPL: Scholarly Seminar.
Selected applicants will be
contacted after April 22, 2006. The applicants in Baku and Sumgayit will be
invited for interview. The applicants from other regions of Azerbaijan will be
interviewed on the telephone.
Deadline: The deadline for applications is
April 21, 2006, 5:00 PM
For further information please
contact Mr. Murad Ismayilov at:
Tel: (+99412) 4484825
Mob: (+99450) 3273393
E-mail:
imurad_az@yahoo.com
or Mr. Mahir Zeynalov at:
Mob: (+99450) 6858868
E-mail:
mahir@zeynalov.net
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