By Anastassiya Reshetnyak Anastassiya Reshetnyak was a Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellow. She graduated from al-Farabi Kaz NU (BA and MA in Regional Studies) and is currently involved in the PhD… Continue reading Violent Extremism and Youth: How to Build a Productive Dialogue Between Young People and Government
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Video – Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia
A virtual event hosted on September 22, 2021 by the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University About this event The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia offers the… Continue reading Video – Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia
YouTube Seminars at the French Institute for Central Asian Studies
YouTube Seminars at the French Institute for Central Asian Studies Our partner, The French Institute for Central Asian Studies | Institut français d’études sur l’Asie centrale (IFEAC), created in the 1990s in… Continue reading YouTube Seminars at the French Institute for Central Asian Studies
Understanding Sinophobia in Central Asia
Understanding Sinophobia in Central Asia Sinophobia in Central Asia is real. But does that translate into a threat to China’s lasting presence in the region? By Sebastien PeyrousePublished by The Diplomat,… Continue reading Understanding Sinophobia in Central Asia
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Post-Doctoral Fellowships The Graduate School of Development seeks to recruit two post-doctoral fellows: one fellowship is tenable at the Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI), Khorog, Tajikistan, the other at the… Continue reading Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Tommaso Aguzzi
Tommaso Aguzzi Tommaso Aguzzi is a freelance photographer born and raised in Castelleone di Suasa, a small village in the Italian hills between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea.… Continue reading Tommaso Aguzzi
Kasia Ploskonka
Kasia Ploskonka Kasia Ploskonka is currently a PhD candidate at SOAS, University of London with a focus on autonomy and agency within contemporary art of post-Soviet Central Asia. She has… Continue reading Kasia Ploskonka
Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020: Effective Infrastructure Development Through Legislation, Regulation, Policies, Governance, and Public Private Frameworks
Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020: Effective Infrastructure Development Through Legislation, Regulation, Policies, Governance, and Public Private Frameworks (December 6, 2019) The resource-rich and geographically strategic region of Central… Continue reading Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020: Effective Infrastructure Development Through Legislation, Regulation, Policies, Governance, and Public Private Frameworks
Unveiling Girls’ Madrasahs in Kyrgyzstan
By Aichurek Kurmanbekova CAP Paper 228 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2020 Aichurek Kurmanbekova graduated from the Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University with a BA in Political Science (2008) and the OSCE… Continue reading Unveiling Girls’ Madrasahs in Kyrgyzstan
Now Accepting Applications for CESSI 2020!
The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is now accepting applications! We offer courses in intensive elementary and intermediate Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek. Additional levels and languages (such as… Continue reading Now Accepting Applications for CESSI 2020!
CALL FOR PAPERS: Central Asian Migrants in Western Europe International Conference
Dates: January 10/11, 2020 Venue: Auditório da Biblioteca Municipal, Lagoa – Algarve (Portugal). Convenor: António Eduardo Mendonça – antonioeduardo@campus.ul.pt (IGOT – UL) Dear colleagues, We have the pleasure to announce the International… Continue reading CALL FOR PAPERS: Central Asian Migrants in Western Europe International Conference
Conference call for papers–New Perspectives in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies
Call for Papers New Perspectives in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University (Ohio) welcomes applications from advanced graduate students… Continue reading Conference call for papers–New Perspectives in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies
CESS 2019 Call for Proposals Now Open!
We are delighted to announce that the call for proposals for CESS 2019 is now open. Proposal submissions may be made until March 21, 2019. Central Eurasian Studies Society 20th Annual… Continue reading CESS 2019 Call for Proposals Now Open!
Central Asia Security Workshop: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions, Strategies and Policies
Central Asia Security Workshop, March 5, 2018 Transcripts of the presentations Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University Kazakhstani Perceptions of External Powers. Unexpected Findings of Survey Analysis What I wanted… Continue reading Central Asia Security Workshop: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions, Strategies and Policies
The Destruction of Ethnic Identity: The Uyghur People Fight for Freedom in the Shadow of Chinese Oppression
Source: The Liberty Web Enver Can, Founder and President of The Ilham Tohti Initiative (ITI), shares with us his moving, and often heart-breaking, account of the Chinese attempt at… Continue reading The Destruction of Ethnic Identity: The Uyghur People Fight for Freedom in the Shadow of Chinese Oppression
Global Powers and Competing ‘Fixes’ in Central Asia
By CAP Transcript of the presentation by Dr. Balihar Sanghera, Director of Graduate Studies (Taught), Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent; George F. Kennan Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center December 1,… Continue reading Global Powers and Competing ‘Fixes’ in Central Asia
The Impact of Ethnic Minorities on China’s Foreign Policy: The Case of Xinjiang and the Uyghur
Author: Michael Clarke, National Security College, Australian National University Source: Sage Journals, China Report (Link: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0009445516677361 ) Abstract: This article argues, through a case study of the evolving impact of… Continue reading The Impact of Ethnic Minorities on China’s Foreign Policy: The Case of Xinjiang and the Uyghur
The Diplomat: In Xinjiang, Ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz Face Increased Pressure
News from the Region Author: Catherine Putz, Managing Editor of the The Diplomat Source: The Diplomat (Link: https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/in-xinjiang-ethnic-kazakhs-and-kyrgyz-face-increased-pressure/ ) In recent months, ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz in China’s Westernmost province… Continue reading The Diplomat: In Xinjiang, Ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz Face Increased Pressure
Интервью с воинами-интернационалистами Афганской войны 1979-1989 годов
Интервью с воинами-интернационалистами Афганской войны 1979-1989 годов This book offers unique insight into the memory of the Central Asian afgantsy,who fought in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion of 1979-1989. This work… Continue reading Интервью с воинами-интернационалистами Афганской войны 1979-1989 годов
