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CURRICULUM VITAE
ALİ F. İĞMEN
Assistant Professor,
Director of Oral History Program,
Department of History,
California State University at Long Beach,
1250 Bellflower Blvd. FO2-116,
Long Beach, CA 90840-1601
Phone: 562-985-8765
Fax: 562-985-5431
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Oral History, History and Theory, Soviet Union, Russia, Central Asia, Middle East, Turkic Diaspora, imperial histories (Ottoman and Romanov), state culture, theater history, ethnicity and nationalism, and World History.
Editor-at-large: Central Eurasian Studies Review, 2005-
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2004) University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Department of History
Doctoral Dissertation: Building SovietCentral Asia, 1920-1939: Kyrgyz Housesof Cultureand Self-fashioning Kyrgyzness.
Doctoral Fields: Imperial Russia, Soviet Union, Middle East, and Ethnicity and Nationalism
Dissertation Director: Professor Glennys Young
Members of the Committee: Professor Bruce Grant of New YorkUniversity, Professor Sarah A. Stein and Professor Daniel C. Waugh of University of Washington
M.A. (1993) University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
M.A. (1983) University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
B.A. (1979) Bursa Iktisadi ve Ticari Ilimler Akademisi, (UludagUniversity) Bursa, Turkey
FIELDS OF TEACHING
(1) History of the Soviet Union
(2) History of Imperial Russia
(3) History of Central Asia and Caucasus
(4) History of the Middle East
(5) Ethnicity and Nationalism
GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
Schwartz Fellowship for the study of non-western History, 2004
Andy Studebaker Award for Conference participation, 2003-2004
Social Science Research Council, Eurasia Program Dissertation Development Workshop, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan April 2003
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship in Kyrgyzstan, 2001-02
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) for Dissertation Research, 2000-2001
Rondeau Laverne Evans Dissertation Fellowship for research in Turkeyin Winter 2000
Maclyn P. Burg Scholarshipfor research in Turkey in Summer 1999
Social Science Research Council Fellowship for Tajik language training in Summer 1997
United States Information Agency Grant for teaching and research inKyrgyzstan, 1995
Social Science Research Council fellowship for Kyrgyz language training in Summer 1993
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) for Russian in Summer 2000; 1996-97; and Summer 1996
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) for Kazakh in Summer 1994
PAPERS AND LECTURES
“Four Daughters of Tököldösh:From KyrgyzVillage to Soviet Stage.” Central Eurasian Studies Association Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 2006
“Re-fashioning the ‘Asiatic’as Soviet Heroes: Kyrgyz Images of the Self during the Soviet Celebrations of the 1930s.” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Conference, WashingtonD.C., November 2006
"Identity versus Community: Constructing Kyrgyzness in the Soviet Houses of Culture during the 1920s and 1930s.” Lecture at University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 2005
"Who Defined Kyrgyz Culture?Soviet administratorsor Kyrgyz artists” Lecture at University of Chicago, November 2005
"The Changing Face of Islam in Kyrgyzstan: Self-fashioning Kyrgyznessin Soviet Houses of Culture, and after 9/11" Lecture at University of Texas, Austin, November 2005
“How Does the March 2005 Revolution in Kyrgyzstan Transform the Discussion of Islam for the Historians of Central Asia? Paper delivered at Islam, Asia, and Modernity Conference on a panel with Partha Chatterjee, Sumit K. Mandal, Cabeiri Robinson and Laurie Sears, University of Washington May 2005
“Teaching Central Asian History.” Paper delivered at Nicholas Poppe Symposium. University of Washington. May 2004
“Finding History in Chingiz Aitmatov’s Prose: Kyrgyz Women in the WWII Period and after.” Paper delivered at Fourth Annual Central Eurasian Society Conference. HarvardUniversity. October 2003
“A Kyrgyz Soviet Enthusiast on Stage: Sabira Kümüshalieva.” Paper delivered at The Modern Girl around the World Symposium at the Institute for Transnational Studies. University of Washington. June 2003.
“Sabira Kümüshalieva, a Kyrgyz Theater Actress and a Soviet Enthusiast.” Paper delivered at Ninth Annual Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies Conference at the Jackson School of International Studies. University of Washington. April 2003
“Educating the Public with the Journals of Peoples’ Houses: Uludağ, the Journal of Bursa Peoples’ House.” Paper delivered at Tenth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference. IndianaUniversity. April 2003
“The Culture Houses of Soviet Kyrgyzstan.” Paper delivered at Thirty-sixth Annual Middle East Studies Association Conference. Washington, D.C. November 2002
“The Soviet Clubs in Kyrgyzstan.” Paper delivered at Nicholas Poppe Symposium. University of Washington April 2000
“Melting Pot or Salad Bowl? Ethnic Relations in Kyrgyzstan.” Paper delivered at Near Eastern Languages and Civilization Colloquium Series. University of Washington. February 1996
“The Transformation of Eastern Turkistani Identity in the 17th Century.” Paper delivered at National Cultures/Cultural Nations, Graduate Student Colloquium. University of Washington May 1994
“The Language Policies of the Soviets in Kazakhstan.” Paper delivered at Nicholas Poppe Symposium. University of Washington. April 1993
PUBLICATIONS
“Viewing Kyrgyz Politics through ‘Orientalist’ Eyes.” Central Eurasian Studies Review, Central Eurasian Studies Society, Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus, (Winter 2007)
Finding History in Chingiz Aitmatov’s Early Prose and in the Memories of Veterans: Kyrgyz Women of “The Great Patriotic War”in Changing Memories of War: a collection of Essays,Yotam Hotam and Sharon Gordon (ed.) Forthcoming: Magnes Press (2007)
“Central Eurasia Across the Curriculum and Beyond Institutional Walls: A Tale From Real Life.” Co-author: Daniel C. Waugh, Central Eurasian Studies Review, Central Eurasian Studies Society, Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus, 4/2 (Summer 2005)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
InstitutionCaliforniaStateUniversity, Long Beach, California
Department of History / Date
2006- / Title and Responsibilities
Assistant Professor (tenure-track position).
Director of Oral History Program
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Department of History / 2005-2006 / Kemal H. Karpat Visiting Assistant Professor of Central Asian History:
Islam, Reform and Revolution in Central Asia; Twentieth-Century Central Asia.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Department of History / 2000-2005 / Lecturer: Stalinism Confronts Islam; Survey of the Muslim Near East; Communism and Islam; Stalin and Stalinism, Modern Middle East, American Decedents in Soviet Union, History of Communism, Stalin’s Great Terror.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Department of History / 1997-2002 / Teaching Assistant: The Peoples of the United States; Asian American Culture and History; History of Modern Europe; History of Science, From Antiquity to 1600.
KyrgyzStateNationalUniversity
Department of InternationalRelations
Bishkek, KyrgyzRepublic / Spring, 2002 / Lecturer: The Peoples of the United States
OshStateUniversity, Department of History
KyrgyzRepublic / Autumn, 1995 / Lecturer: Central Asia through Western Eyes
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Department of Near Eastern
Languages and Civilization / 1993-1998 / Lecturer: Courses in the Turkish Language
COUNSELING AND ADVISING EXPERIENCE
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Department of History / 1998-2000
2002-2003 / Undergraduate Advisor: Advised history majors and assisted faculty on major requirements; prepared course descriptions; administered student awards; and organized the yearly convocation
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
LanguageLearningCenter / 1992-1993 / Staff Assistant: Developed an interactive computer program designed to assist Turkish language students with their reading and pronunciation skills, and assisted the faculty in order to develop Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Kazak, Uzbek and Kyrgyz language learning materials, i.e. audio and videotapes and reading materials
LANGUAGES
Turkish: Native language
Kyrgyz, Kazak, Uzbek and Russian: Professional reading, speaking, writing and research ability
Tajik and French: Basic reading ability
SERVICE
Commentator, “Easterns and Westerns in Post-Soviet Cinema” Central Eurasian Studies Association Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 2007
Long-Range Planning Committee. Department of History. 2002-2003
Graduate Liaison Committee. Department of History. 2000-2001
Review Committee of Department of Systematic Musicology. 1995
Graduate Senator. Graduate and Professional Student Senate. 1994-1995
The President of the Student Association of Inner Asian Studies. 1992-93
REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Professor Nancy Quam-Wickham, Chair of the History Department, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Long Beach,
Professor Glennys Young, Department of History, University of Washington, ,
Professor Bruce Grant, Department of Anthropology, New YorkUniversity,
Professor Sarah A. Stein,Department of History, University of Washington, ,
Professor Daniel C. Waugh, Department of History, University of Washington,