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NAC-NU CAP Conference on External and Internal Migration in Central Asia, ASTANA
28 September, 2017 @ 9:00 AM - 29 September, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Program
Day 1, 28 September 2017
9.00 – 9.30 Registration
9.30 – 9.45 Welcome speech
Shigeo Katsu, President, Nazarbayev University (TBC)
Marlene Laruelle, Director CAP, G. Washington University (by skype)
Session 1: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia
Moderator: Dennis de Tray, Advisor to the President of Nazarbayev University
9.45 – 10.00 NAC presentation
“Migration trends in the region”
10.00 – 10.15 Galib Bashirov, Lecturer, Florida International University, USA
“Between Securitization and Accommodation: A Comparative Study of Russian and Turkish Approaches to Migration from Central Asia”
10.15 – 10.30 Irfan Shahzad, Lead Coordinator/Assistant Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Pakistan
“Central Asian Migrants in UAE: Fostering the Foundations of Faith?”
10.30 – 11.00 Q/A session
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee-break
11.15 – 11.30 Farrukh Irnazarov, Country Director, Central Asian Development Institute, Uzbekistan
“The Impact of Russian Re-entry Bans on Central Asian Labor Migrants’ Coping Strategies”
11.30 – 11.45 Malika Bahovadinova, Consultant to the Labour Migration Department, Human Rights Center, Tajikistan (by skype)
“Capitalism Fulfills the Final Five Year Plan: How Soviet Era Migration Institutions Came to Fruition in Post-Soviet Eurasia”
11.45 – 12.00 Nodira Kholmatova, Doctoral Researcher, European University Institute (EUI), Italy
“Changing the Face of Labor Migration? The Feminization of Labor Migration from Tajikistan to Russia”
12.00 – 12.30 Q/A session
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
Session 2: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia
Moderator: TBC
13.30 – 13.45 Jakhongir Kakhkharov, Associate Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Australia
“Remittances of Labor Migrants as a Source of Finance for Development: Evidence from Uzbekistan”
13.45 – 14.00 Gulnaz Atabaeva, PhD candidate, International Ataturk Alatoo University, Kyrgyzstan
“Remittances and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Kyrgyzstan”
14.00 – 14.15 Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay, Research Fellow, Eurasian Research Institute, Kazakhstan
“Social Remittance Dynamics in Central Asia: Potential and Limitations”
14.15 – 14.45 Q/A Session
14.45 – 15.00 Coffee-break
15.00 – 15.15 Bolat Tatibekov, Professor, Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan
“Spatial Dynamics of External Labor Migration in Contemporary Kazakhstan”
15.15 – 15.30 Ajar Chekirova, PhD candidate, University of Illinois – Chicago, USA
“Citizens Undocumented: challenges of internal migration in Kyrgyzstan”
15.30 – 15.45 Nazira Sodatsayrova, PhD candidate, University of Tsukuba, Japan
“Understanding Motivation and Mobility of Tajikistan Students towards Asian Countries: The case of Tajikistan students in Japan”
15.45 – 16.00 Rustamjon Urinboyev, Research Fellow, Lund University, Sweden
“Migration, Transnationalism and Social Change in Central Asia: Everyday Transnational Lives of Uzbek Labour Migrants in Russia”
16.00 – 16.30 Q/A session
16.30 – 17.00 Day 1: wrap-up
Day 2, 29 September 2017
Session 3: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia. Group work
9.30 – 10.00 Rules setting
10.00 – 11.30 Group work
WG1: Political Mechanisms of Immigration Control. Discussion leader: Caress Schenk
WG2: Social Dynamics Across Borders. Discussion leader: Aurelie Baird
WG3: Migration’s Impact on Host States. Discussion leader: Galiya Sagyndykova
WG4: Social Determinants of Migration. Discussion leader: Helene Thibault
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee-break
11.30 – 12.00 Wrap up and closing remarks
