04 novembre 2005
ASIE CENTRALE, me voilà !
Hier, c'était mon premier cours d'Asie Centrale. Yesterday, I attended my first lecture of "CENTRAL ASIA" (level C) . Cours de niveau C, qui s'intitule en fait : "CENTRAL ASIA : CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY"/
Je suis très satisfait de ce cours. C'est le premier ici, où
j'apprends vraiment quelque chose et qui a l'air intéressant. I 'm very happy with this course : it's the first course that sounds passionating and
interesting, where the teacher realkly teach me I don't know before.
The
teacher is Niklas Swanström. He knows a lot of things about his
subject. The first lecture is a global introduction " What is Central
Asia and why study it ? overview of the region's people" from 11 to 13.
ANd then, I have lunch with Christian, Alexandra, my schoolfellows from
Sciences PO , and Lucy, a girl nfrom New Zealand (Oakland) at Osgöta
Nation.(What the hell ? New-Zealand is just 4 Million people ??!!!)
ANd
then, back to the course, at 3 pm. Still Very interesting : tadjiks ,
ouzbeks, Mongolians, languages, religions, peoples, cultures,
traditions...todays ' challenges....to 5 pm.
Le professeur
s'appelle Niklas Swanström. Il connait plein de choses sur son
sujet. Le premier cours est une introduction générale "Qu'est-ce
que que l'Asie Centrale et pourquoi l'étudier ? Vue générale sur
les peuples de la régions", de 11h à 13h. ENsuite, je prends mon
déjeuner avec Christian et Alexandra, mes complices de Sciences PO, et
Lucy, une Néo-Zélandaise ( d'Oakland) at Osgöta. (Hein ? La
Nouvelle-Zélande, ce n'est que 4 millions d'habitants ?!!??? ) Et puis,
retour en cours, à 15h. Toujours très intéressant : les tadjiks, les
ouzbeks, les Ismaelis (les habitants des montagnes, que tout le monde
déteste), les Mongols, les langues, les peuples, les relgions, la
géographie, les traditions.... les défis d'aujourd'hui.. tout ça
jusqu'à 5h.Il fait nuit et il pleut.
Afterwords, we
go to Stockholm with Anna and Christian, by
bus. Christian has a meeting for the Stockholm United Nations
Simulation. He tells us that it will be a very interesting conference
with acivil cervant from the UN and a diplomatic dinner. In the bus, we
meet Kate, from Manchester, who studies ecology. The conference
is in the UNiversity of Stockholm, it supposed to be teached by a civil
cervant from the UNited Nations. But the guy could not come so it was a
student who dealt with the UN in her thesis. Not ineresting and nothing
new at all ... However, I met Yvanne ( and Guillaume) , from Sciences
PO.
Yvanne explains me how does it work : it's a huge project, in
the whole world, launched by some associations, which organizes a
simulation of the UN conference in each capital and then, there is a
Global Meeting with all the Conferences. You can earn a DIPLOMATIC
AWARD , if you're the best .
After the end of the Conference,
we're looking for a restaurant in Stockholm. It's raining. We're
hungry. Christian wants to go to the Mongolian he heard about , that is
cheap and great. But, actually, the Mongolian is very expensive.
Après
la fin de la conférence, nous cherchons un restaurant à Stockholm. Il
pleut. Nous avons faim. Christian veut aller dans le restau mongol
dont il a entendu parler et qui est génial et pas cher. Mais en fait,
ce restau est très cher.
Back to a cheaper Kebab restaurant.
Repli sur un restau Kebab moins cher.
Back to Uppsala, by bus.
Retour à Uppsala, en bus.
Sleeping Night. Sweat Dreams.
Nuit endormie. Doux rêves.