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April 20, 2021 In the first half of the eighteenth century, Central Asia’s Bukharan Khanate descended into a crisis from which it would not recover. Bukharans suffered failed harvests and…

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Память из пламени Афганистана (видео)

16 April, 2021

16 апреля, 2021 Проект «Память из пламени Афганистана» был инициирован Марлен Ларуэль, Ph.D., (директор Института исследований Европы, России и Евразии (IERES), директор Программы по изучению Центральной Азии, со-руководитель программы PONARS-Eurasia, профессор –исследователь…

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The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan

16 April, 2021

Hélène Thibault has been Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, since 2016. She specializes in ethnography, gender, and the securitization of Islam in Central Asia. She is…

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The Central Asian Revolt of 1916: A Collapsing Empire in the Age of War and Revolution (Video)

12 April, 2021

April 9, 2021 The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the…

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Crude Accountability Communications Assistant

6 April, 2021

Communications Assistant Crude Accountability is an environmental and human rights nonprofit organization that works with communities in the Caspian and Black Sea regions battling threats to local natural resources and…

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Кыргызстан 2020: протесты рабочих и трудовые права

31 March, 2021

Бермет Борубаева Бермет Борубаева – независимая исследовательница, участница коллектива КыргСоц, автор ряда публикаций по теме трудовых прав, экологии, урбанистики и искусства. Выпускница факультета международных отношений Кыргызского-Российского Славянского университета (Бишкек) и…

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Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads (Video)

26 March, 2021

Double Book Launch: Chinese Foreign Policy toward Central Asia and the Silk Roads March 26, 2021 Virtual double book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for…

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CALL FOR PAPERS

16 March, 2021

To support our mission of increasing high-quality academic and policy knowledge on Central Asia and promoting local scholarship, the Central Asia Program (CAP) at George Washington University invites the submission…

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Book Launch – Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia’s Aral Sea Basin

16 March, 2021

Book Launch – Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia’s Aral Sea Basin March 16, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for…

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Социальные движения как отражение поляризации в кыргызстанском обществе

16 March, 2021

Photo Credit: Succo at Pixabay Александра Филатова Александра Филатова – исследовательница Аналитического Консорциума «Перспектива», магистр политических наук Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики» На примере октябрьских событий B первый…

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Book Launch – Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm (Video)

11 March, 2021

Book Launch – Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm March 11, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for…

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The Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925 – 1991: An Uneasy Legacy

11 March, 2021

The Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925 – 1991: An Uneasy Legacy This monograph by Peter Rollberg, Elliott School Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Research Initiatives and Professor of Slavic Languages,…

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Slow Anti-Americanism: The Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia (Video)

9 March, 2021

Slow Anti-Americanism: The Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia March 9, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and…

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Социальные группы поддержки политика С. Жапарова

8 March, 2021

Photo Credit: Kyrgyzstan Presidency Press Office Нургуль Эсенаманова Нургуль Эсенаманова в настоящее время является независимым экспертом, исследует феномены радикализации, насильственного экстремизма, терроризма – причины, проявления и ответные меры. Она…

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ONE EURASIA OR MANY? Regional Interconnections and Connectivity Projects on the Eurasian Continent

3 March, 2021

The aim of this book is to critically review the processes of integration and region-building in Greater Eurasia. Integration is a broad term that covers any rise in economic and…

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WOVEN GEMS ALONG THE SILK ROAD: Small Pile Weavings of the Turkic Nomads of Central Asia

1 March, 2021

WOVEN GEMS ALONG THE SILK ROAD: Small Pile Weavings of the Turkic Nomads of Central Asia with Dr. Richard Isaacson, Collector and Independent Scholar, Arlington, VA Log-in 9:55 a.m. /…

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PEER Network Scholarships for Central Asian Researchers

26 February, 2021

The PEER Network focuses on the political economy of education and is launching activities in Central Asia. This network is a great opportunity for early-career Central Asian scholars and activists…

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Власть и пространство в социальных мобилизациях: предварительные мысли о протестах, приведших к смене власти в Кыргызстане осенью 2020 г.

19 February, 2021

Асель Доолоткельдиева Асель Доолоткельдиева в настоящее время работает в Академии ОБСЕ (Бишкек), где преподает на магистерской программе. Она защитила PhD диссертацию в Университете Экзетер (Англия) на тему социальных мобилизаций в…

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Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships

18 February, 2021

Competition Now Open! Deadline to Apply: April 5, 2021 The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern…

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Gilman Scholarship Application Open (for U.S. undergraduate students)

18 February, 2021

Gilman Scholarship Application Open! Application Deadline: March 2, 2021, 11:59pm PT The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is pleased to announce that the application is…

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Central Asia Barometer (CAB) Has Made Its Survey Data Available to the Public

12 February, 2021

Central Asia Barometer Survey is one of the CAB’s large-scale research projects conducted regularly since 2017. around 60 000 interviews from 2017 to the date; all Central Asian countries covered; …

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30th Anniversary of US-Kazakh Diplomatic Relations (Video)

11 February, 2021

30th Anniversary of US-Kazakh Diplomatic Relations February 11, 2021 Virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program and the Embassy of Kazakhstan to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations…