Events Calendar – Central Asia Program

Online event August 23 @ 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST Russia is facing unprecedented economic and political sanctions from the United States and its allies over its invasion of Ukraine. However, Moscow has…

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Bolashak Fellows Summer Conference 2023

18 July, 2023

July 27, 2023 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EDT) Hybrid Event Venue: Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St NW, Washington, 20052 or Join…

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Violence on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border: Causes and Consequences

14 October, 2022

Violence on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border: Causes and Consequences In the past 18 months, we have seen unprecedented levels of violence on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. What marks recent incidents from the…

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Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia

4 October, 2022

Dungan Folktales and Legends: The Folkloric Narrative Tradition of the Sino-Muslims in Central Asia First migrating from northwest China to Russian Central Asia after the suppression of the Dungan Revolt…

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Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak

9 September, 2022

Karakalpakstan Two Months on: Karakalpak and Independent Voices Speak More than two months have passed since mass protests erupted in Uzbekistan’s northwestern region of Karakalpakstan over proposed constitutional amendments that…

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Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests

25 July, 2022

Reform Crisis in Uzbekistan and the Karakalpak Protests President Shavkat Mirziyoev initiated several constitutional amendments in Uzbekistan at the end of June which have reminded the world about the autonomous…

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Giant Gap Discovered in Research on Central Asia: How Climate Change Has Been Overlookedby the Research Community

6 July, 2022

Giant Gap Discovered in Research on Central Asia: How Climate Change Has Been Overlookedby the Research Community On July 5 (2022), Indra Overland presented new research findings at the Central…

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Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux?

10 June, 2022

Referendum in Kazakhstan: Political Reset or Political Redux? Kazakhstan held a snap referendum on June 5th asking voters to approve a major overhaul of the country’s constitution in the wake…

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The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs

31 May, 2022

The Reasons Behind a New Wave of Violence in the Pamirs An online event co-sponsored with the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs and the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Tajikistan’s…

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The Mobilizing Potential of Communication Networks in Central Asia

4 May, 2022

The Mobilizing Potential of Communication Networks in Central Asia What is the mobilizing and meaning-making potential of information and communication technologies (ICT s) in non-democratic regimes? This question has been studied…

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Kazakhstan’s Political Reforms Amidst Geopolitical Shifts

28 April, 2022

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on April 28, 2022. For Kazakhstan, the year started with the unprecedented January riots, a stress test…

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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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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…

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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…

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Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang (Video)

3 February, 2021

Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang February 3, 2021 Virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies…

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Book Launch: Land of Strangers – The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia (Video)

27 January, 2021

Book Launch: Land of Strangers – The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia January 27, 2021 Virtual book launch hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European,…

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Kazakhstan’s Parliamentary Elections: What Next? (Video)

13 January, 2021

Kazakhstan’s Parliamentary Elections: What Next? January 12, 2021 Virtual event hosted by Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington University on…

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Late Soviet Central Asia: Colonialism vs Nationalism (Video)

23 December, 2020

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…