First Published in 1999. The majority of the contributions to this volume have their origin in a symposium which was held in Stockholm on 2729 September 1996 under the Swedish title of Nordisk Centralasienforskning: språk kultur samhälle, i.e. 'Nordic Central Asia Research: Language Culture Society'. The main purpose of this meeting was to obtain a general view of current research activities and study programmes in this field and to help establish contact between Central Asia researchers in the Nordic countries.
Preface ix Remarks on Transcription and Spelling x CENTRAL ASIA RESEARCH - A BACKGROUND Nordic Research on Central Asia: Past, Present and Future 3(20) Mirja Juntunen Birgit N. Schlyter Marginal Centrality: Central Asian Studies on the Eve of a New Millennium 23(24) John Schoeberlein ARCHAEOLOGY Chinese Excavations at Turfan 47(12) Susanne Juhl The Sino-Swedish Expedition to Yar-tonguz in 1994 59(16) Staffan Rosen RELIGION Superscribing the Hegemonic Image of Chinggis Khan in the Erdeni Tunumal Sudur 75(12) Johan Elverskog `They only weep...: Stories about Tibetan Travellers to the Other Worlds 87(12) Per-Arne Berglie LANGUAGE Regional Aspects of the Turkic Influence on Mongolian 99(10) Maria Magdolna Tatar Remarks on the Mongolian Vowel System 109(10) Vivan Franzen Jan-Olof Svantesson Towards a Sociolinguistic History of Sinkiang 119(16) Joakim Enwall POLITICAL ASPECTS Russia and Post-Soviet Central Asia: Reintegration Ahead? 135(14) Bo Petersson Democracy versus Stability in Kazakstan 149(18) Marianne Øhlers War and Change in Afghanistan: Reflections on Research Priorities 167(20) Kristian Berg Harpviken Biographical Notes on the Contributors 187
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