Events Transcripts – Page 2 – Central Asia Program

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on December 8, 2021. Four new handbooks on Central Asia appeared in rapid succession by late…

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Video – What Next In China’s Growing Security Footprint In Tajikistan?

6 December, 2021

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on December 3, 2021. China is expanding its security footprint in Central Asia through strategic military bases…

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Video – President Mirziyoyev’s Second Term In Office: What Next For Uzbekistan?

22 November, 2021

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on Novmber 19, 2021. As Shavkat Mirziyoev starts his second term as the President of Uzbekistan, all…

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Video – Book Launch: Rentier Capitalism and Its Discontents: Power, Morality, and Resistance in Central Asia

17 November, 2021

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on November 16, 2021. This book explains and evaluates today’s economic, political, social and ecological crises…

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Video – Политика памяти в Центральной Азии и проблема постколониализма

10 November, 2021

Bторник, 9 ноября, 2021 В течение последних нескольких лет было разработано несколько инициатив, исследующих белые страницы Центральной Азии 20-го века, от восстания 1916 года до истории национал-коммунистических деятелей и сталинских…

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Video – Soft Power in Central Asia: The Politics of Influence and Seduction

3 November, 2021

Video – Soft Power in Central Asia: The Politics of Influence and Seduction A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on November 3,…

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Video – Questioning Sovietness in Post-Soviet Nationbuilding

1 November, 2021

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…

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Video – Book Launch of Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia

11 October, 2021

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…

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Video – Looking Back on Central Asia’s Perestroika: Political Narratives and Political Mobilization | Оглядываясь на перестройку в Ц

5 October, 2021

A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on October 1, 2021. Life in the USSR was effectively turned upside down by the package…

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Video – Ground Truth: Local Views About The Taliban’s Return

31 August, 2021

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University on August 23, 2021. About this event In the span of just a few days, the…

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Video – Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Resurgence of the Taliban

27 July, 2021

July 27, 2021 As Talibans are progressing in retaking control of Afghanistan, Central Asian states and border communities found themselves in a situation of neighboring Taliban-government regions, with potential implications…

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Video – Marriage Quandaries in Central Asia

24 June, 2021

Marriage Quandaries in Central Asia June 21, 2021 The reality of marriage across Central Asia is complicated. Not only does the term “marriage” cover a wide range of practices and…

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Video – Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows Research Presentation

24 June, 2021

Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows’ Final Research Presentation June 17, 2021 The Central Asia Program is proud to announce our Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows’ Final Research Presentation. This brief seminar features…

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China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Central Asia: What Next?

11 June, 2021

China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Central Asia: What Next? A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington…

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Remembering Kazakhstan’s Great Famine of the 1930s

10 June, 2021

A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington University on June 8, 2021. May 31 marks…

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Representing Cultural Diversity in Russia. The Eurovision contest and Manizha’s “Russian Woman” Performance

10 May, 2021

A virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington University on May 5, 2021. The nomination of…

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The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th – Century Central Asia (Video)

21 April, 2021

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 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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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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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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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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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…