Author: Adilet Beisenov Adilet Beisenov is an MA candidate in the Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies program at Georgetown University. He earned his undergraduate degree at Nazarbayev University in… Continue reading Turkestan since 2018: A Case of “Eternalstan” or an Economic Endeavor?
Category: Nation building
Nation-building, history writing strategies and programs in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
How Perceptions of the English Language Have Changed in Kazakhstan: A Narrative Analysis
By Valerie Sartor This study provides an overview of how perceptions of the English language in Kazakhstan have altered over time due to political, economic, social and technological changes. The… Continue reading How Perceptions of the English Language Have Changed in Kazakhstan: A Narrative Analysis
Video – Questioning Sovietness in Post-Soviet Nationbuilding
A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on October 29th, 2021. In this roundtable, we aim to provide a conceptual intervention in the… Continue reading Video – Questioning Sovietness in Post-Soviet Nationbuilding
Video – Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia
A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on October 8, 2021. Central Peripheries explores post-Soviet Central Asia through the prism of nation-building. It looks… Continue reading Video – Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia
Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan
Nazerke Mukhlissova is currently a student at Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, double majoring in Political Science and History. Her paper on Valikhanov and Kazakhstani public memory has been accepted by… Continue reading Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan
Book Launch – Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm (Video)
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… Continue reading Book Launch – Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet Realm (Video)
Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism (Video)
Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism December 23, 2020 Virtual event hosted by Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington… Continue reading Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism (Video)
Alphabet Transition in Uzbekistan: Political Implications and Influences on Uzbek Identity
Alphabet Transition in Uzbekistan: Political Implications and Influences on Uzbek Identity By Ryan Michael SchweitzerMay 14, 2020 Following its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan sought to… Continue reading Alphabet Transition in Uzbekistan: Political Implications and Influences on Uzbek Identity
Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature. Elites and Narratives
Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature. Elites and Narratives DIANA T. KUDAIBERGENOVA Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature is a book about cultural transformations and trajectories of national… Continue reading Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature. Elites and Narratives
Kazakhstan in the Making. Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes
Kazakhstan in the Making. Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY ULAN BIGOZHIN; ALIMA BISSENOVA; DOUGLAS BLUM; ALEXANDER C. DIENER; NATALIE KOCH; DIANA T. KUDAIBERGENOVA; MARLENE LARUELLE; MATEUSZ… Continue reading Kazakhstan in the Making. Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes
Imagining the Nation: Identity, Nation Building and Foreign Policy in Kazakhstan
By Sabina Insebayeva
The Roots Of Uzbekistan: Nation Making In The Early Soviet Union
By Adeeb Khalid
Navro’z and the Renewal of Uzbek National Culture
Uzbekistan Initiative Papers No. 4, February 2014 By Laura L. Adams Navro’z is an important holiday in contemporary Uzbekistan not just because of its profound popularity, but also as an exemplary case of a broader… Continue reading Navro’z and the Renewal of Uzbek National Culture
