Online Event Monday, May 6, 2024 10:00-11:30am EDT “Kazakhstan’s History on Television: Reconstruction, Interpretation, Controversy” is dedicated to the narrative representation of Kazakhstani history on television. Recent fictionalized biographies about… Continue reading “Awaken, Kazakh!” Kazakhstan’s History on Television: Reconstruction, Interpretation, Controversy
Category: Upcoming Events
COP29, Azerbaijan, and Environmental and Human Rights
Online Event Tuesday, April 30, 2024 from 10:00-11:00 am EDT In November 2024, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, marking the third year in… Continue reading COP29, Azerbaijan, and Environmental and Human Rights
Between Allies and Adversaries: Assessing Iran’s Stand on Armenia and Azerbaijan
Online Event Monday, April 22, 2024 from 11:00am – 12:15pm EDT In the South Caucasus, Iran grapples with its relationships with Armenia and Azerbaijan amid regional power dynamics. Concerns about… Continue reading Between Allies and Adversaries: Assessing Iran’s Stand on Armenia and Azerbaijan
A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and Islam
Online Event Tuesday, April 9, 2024 from 10:00-11:00am EDT Vassily Klimentov will be discussing his book, A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and Islam, published by Northern Illinois University Press… Continue reading A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and Islam
Annual Security Workshop: Navigating Global Turbulence: Building Resilience in Central Asia
In-Person Event Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 8:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EDT) Central Asia is at a pivotal point, facing significant geopolitical, economic, and environmental challenges that could have… Continue reading Annual Security Workshop: Navigating Global Turbulence: Building Resilience in Central Asia
Navigating Turmoil: The Dynamics of Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations in 2024
Online Event Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 11:00am – 12:15pm Nearly six months since the end of the Third Karabakh War, tensions persist along the Armenia-Azerbaijan borders as both nations… Continue reading Navigating Turmoil: The Dynamics of Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations in 2024
Navigating the New Energy Geopolitics: Assessing Russia’s Power Play in Central Asia’s Post-2022 Gas Crisis
Hybrid Event Friday, March 8, 2024 from 10:00 – 11:30am The disruption of Russian gas supplies in 2022 sparked a profound reappraisal of supply and infrastructure dependencies beyond the EU-Russia… Continue reading Navigating the New Energy Geopolitics: Assessing Russia’s Power Play in Central Asia’s Post-2022 Gas Crisis
Exploring the Dynamics of Open Government in Kazakhstan: A Critical Assessment of Tokayev’s “Listening State” Reform
Image from Kazakhstan’s Presidential Press Service Online Event In March 2019, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev assumed the presidency through a meticulously orchestrated succession, pledging to advance political liberalization and foster greater responsiveness… Continue reading Exploring the Dynamics of Open Government in Kazakhstan: A Critical Assessment of Tokayev’s “Listening State” Reform
Central Asia: Multi-Vector Policy for the 21st Century – Strategy and Development
Hybrid Event Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 from 10:00am-2:00pm Central Asia’s multi-vector approach to diplomacy has long been a cornerstone of its foreign policy, playing a prominent role in regional discussions.… Continue reading Central Asia: Multi-Vector Policy for the 21st Century – Strategy and Development
Central Asian Regionalism: Insights from Inside and Out
Hybrid Event Since the dawn of independence, the five post-Soviet Central Asian republics have identified themselves as a single political region. However, their separate efforts to shape national identities, institutions,… Continue reading Central Asian Regionalism: Insights from Inside and Out
The 80th Anniversary of the Chechen and Ingush Deportation: What is its legacy today?
Virtual EventTuesday, February 27, 2024 from 10:00-11:00am Join us for a discussion organized by the Central Asia Program at The George Washington University to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the… Continue reading The 80th Anniversary of the Chechen and Ingush Deportation: What is its legacy today?
Central Asia’s Aral Sea: Lessons for Today’s Climate Crisis
Hybrid Event, Image by NASA Earth Observatory December 11, 9:00 am – 10:30 am (EST) Once one of the world’s largest inland bodies of water, the Aral Sea began to shrink… Continue reading Central Asia’s Aral Sea: Lessons for Today’s Climate Crisis
Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Protest Motivations, Public Perceptions and Human Rights
Online discussion co-organized by the PaperLab Research Center (Astana, Kazakhstan). Image provided by PaperLab.kz. Thursday, December 7, 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST In the first days of 2022,… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Protest Motivations, Public Perceptions and Human Rights
Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations after the Third Karabakh War
Virtual Seminar, image by Arzu Geybulla December 4, 2023 @ 12:00–1:15 p.m. (EST) The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict reached a dramatic end on September 19, 2023, when the Azerbaijani military ended the self-proclaimed… Continue reading Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations after the Third Karabakh War
Researching Central Asia. Navigating Positionality in the Field
Virtual Roundtable December 12, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am EST Researching Central Asia can be interesting, entertaining, life-changing, traumatizing and, at the very least, thought provoking. The way… Continue reading Researching Central Asia. Navigating Positionality in the Field
Social and Political Processes in Central Asia amid Internal and External Shocks
December 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am EST Social and political developments in Central Asia received greater attention following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in particular the immediate… Continue reading Social and Political Processes in Central Asia amid Internal and External Shocks
Cross-Border Relations between Central Asia and Afghanistan in the Taliban Era
Online event co-sponsored by The Kennan Institute October 26, 2023 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. (EDT) The border areas between the Central Asian states and Afghanistan have often been portrayed… Continue reading Cross-Border Relations between Central Asia and Afghanistan in the Taliban Era
Central Asian Outlook: The Intersection of Trade and Culture
Book talk with author Juneyoung Lee October 31, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (EDT) Hybrid Event In this hybrid event Dr. Juneyoung Lee will explore the intricate dynamics between trade… Continue reading Central Asian Outlook: The Intersection of Trade and Culture
Uzbekistan’s Independence Day Concert
SAFO Ensemble and Sabina Mustaeva (in-person event) Thursday, September 7, 2023 6:00 PM (EDT) Auditorium 113, Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 In celebration of the Independence… Continue reading Uzbekistan’s Independence Day Concert
Nuclear and Biological Nonproliferation: Lessons from Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Online event September 5, 2023, 9:00 am – 10:30 am EDT Stronger than Death memorial, Semei, Kazakhstan. Image Source: astanatimes.com In a world increasingly defined by bellicose rhetoric, nuclear nonproliferation… Continue reading Nuclear and Biological Nonproliferation: Lessons from Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Central Asia: A Loophole for Russia’s Sanctions?
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… Continue reading Central Asia: A Loophole for Russia’s Sanctions?
Bolashak Fellows Summer Conference 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… Continue reading Bolashak Fellows Summer Conference 2023
Intermarriage and Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia
Book talk with author Adrienne Edgar, discussant Dmitry Gorenburg, and moderator Mélanie Sadozaï (virtual event) May 24 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Join us for a presentation of Adrienne Edgar’s book Intermarriage and the Friendship of… Continue reading Intermarriage and Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia
