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Art and Archaeology of Central Asia: Works in Progress is a Colloquiumbrings together leading specialists on early cultures of the heart ofEurasia. The nine talks will discuss most recent and yet unpublished work onearly nomads and sedentary people along the Silk Road.The event is organized and sponsored by the Department of Fine Arts/ArtHistory, Department of Anthropology, Middle Eastern and Central AsianProgram, and Hofstra Cultural Center.The Colloquium will take place on Saturday, January 26, 2013 from 11:00 a.m.to 6:00 p.m. in Breslin Hall Room 105. Directions athttp://events.hofstra.edu/index.php?eID=1887Session I (11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.):Michael D. Frachetti, Washington University in St. LouisAgriculture and Mining among Highland Mobile Pastoralists of Semirech’e(3000 - 1500 BCE)Claudia Chang, Sweet Briar College, VirginiaProgress on the Archaeological Researches on Iron Age settlements on theTalgar FanPerry Tourtellott, Sweet Briar College, VirginiaMortuary and Settlement Landscapes of the Iron Age: Talgar Fan and BeyondSession II (1:30 p.m. -  4:15 p.m.): Pavel Lurje, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, RussiaPersonal Names throughout the History of ChorasmiaFiona Kid, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkSome New Thoughts on the Procession Scene in the Paintings of Akchakhan-kalaAnna Feuerbach, Hofstra UniversityRecent Research on Industrial Remains at Ancient MervSession III (4:00 p.m. -  6:00 p.m.): Aleksandr Naymark, Hofstra UniversitySogdian Palimpsest TownsSoeren Stark, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New YorkUniversityExcavations of a Fort in the Kampirak Wall Surrounding the Bukharan OasisZhanara Nauruzbayeva, Columbia UniversityNomadism in Kazakhstan's Contemporary ArtFor more information contact: Aleksandr Naymark at (516) 463-6305 oraleksandr.naymark@hofstra.edu&#60;mailto:aleksandr.naymark@hofstra.edu&#62;Daniel Martin VariscoProfessor of AnthropologyDirector of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies Department ofAnthropology Hofstra University Hempstead, NY  11549www.tabsir.net&#60;http://www.tabsir.net&#62;