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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161023T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T000000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
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SUMMARY:MOSCOW - Third International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History\, Culture\, Society
DESCRIPTION:View the full program. 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/moscow-third-international-conference-on-uyghur-studies-history-culture-society/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive,Uyghur Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160613T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160615T000000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
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SUMMARY:STOCKHOLM - Tajikistan. Approaches\, fieldworks and topics
DESCRIPTION:A Conference organized by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP)\nStockholm\, June 13-14\, 2016 \nJune 13\, 2016 \n9.45-10.00 Welcoming Remarks and Coffee \n10.00- 11.00 Panel 1. Tajikistan at the Interplay of Foreign and Domestic Policies \nDavid Abramson (US State Department)\nInterwoven Affairs: Foreign and Domestic Politics in Rahmon’s Governing Style \nKirill Nourzhanov (Australian National University)\nTajikistan’s Foreign Policy in 2015 and after: the Pros and Cons of President Rahmon’s multi-vector Diplomacy \n11.00-13.00 Panel 2. Tajikistan’s Contested Political Legitimacy \nJessie Driscoll (Stanford University)\nBeyond Hobbesian Legitimacy: Thinking A Way Out Of Neopatrimonialism in Tajikistan \nJohn Heathershaw & Alexander Sodiqov (Exeter University and Toronto University)\nRebels without a Cause? Authoritarian Conflict Management as State Formation in Tajikistan \nSuzanne Levi Sanchez (Rutgers\, The State University of New Jersey)\nPolitics at the Periphery of Tajikistan \nBrent Hierman (Virginia Military Institute)\nDushanbe is quite far away: Deconcentrated Agrarian Reform in Rural Tajikistan \n13.00-14.00 Lunch  \n14.00-15.30 Panel 3. Memory and Identities \nTim Epkenhans (Freiburg University)\nRemembering the Civil War in Tajikistan \nSophie Roche (Heidelberg University)\nCulture as Fact \nMarlene Laruelle (George Washington University)\nTajikistan’s Quest for a National Storytelling. Ambivalences\, Blank Spaces\, and Discontinuities \n  \nJune 14\, 2016 \n10.00-12.30 Panel 4. Plural Islams  \nSultonbek Aksakolov (Independent Researcher)\nBetween State and Religion: Officials and Religious Figures in Soviet Tajikistan  \nEdward Lemon (Exeter University)\nGoverning (in)Security: Security Governance and Muslim Migrants in Russia and Tajikistan \nMichelle Commercio (University of Vermont)\n“A Woman without a Man is a Kazan without a Lid”. Polygyny in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan \nShahnoza Nozimova (George Mason University)\nHijab Ban in Tajikistan: Unveiling the Fault Lines \nSaodat Olimova (Sharq Analytical Center)\nIslam and Migration: the Role of Religion and Religious Institutions in the Life of Tajik Migrants \n12.30-13.30 Lunch \n13.30-14.o0 Discussion on publication
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/stockholm-tajikistan-approaches-fieldworks-and-topics/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151215T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151216T000000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
CREATED:20200930T162218Z
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SUMMARY:GLASGOW - Inside the Pyramid: Is Central Asia authoritarianism stable?
DESCRIPTION:A Workshop Series organized byCRCEES [University of Glasgow] & CAP [George Washington University] \nView the full program here. \nPatrimonial\, patronal\, clientelistic: Central Asia’s authoritarian power is often classified in these terms. The proliferation of analytical rubrics and conceptual lenses to delve into regional developments confirms that\, if anything\, Central Asian politics is profoundly complex. The regional conformation of power does however remain relatively stable. Regime durability\, in most cases\, is supported by the intricate connexion of domestic patronal networks with international alliances; sophisticated propaganda machines have also sustained local élites in their drive to conceal disastrous socio-economic policies. To all intents and purposes\, a calculated combination of softer authoritarian strategies and more repressive governance methods has allowed the Central Asian leaders to reduce internal political processes and mechanisms to regimes’ monopolies.\n\nIncumbency continues to dominate politics in the region\, as confirmed by the long tenures of first-generation leaders in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan\, and of Emomali Rahmon in post-conflict Tajikistan. The outcome of the Turkmen transition in 2006-2007\, on the other hand\, suggested that the persistence of authoritarian governance is likely to survive eventual leadership changes. Ultimately\, it is a picture of apparent stability that informs how international observers have understood\, digested\, and framed the interconnection between power and politics in post-Soviet Central Asia.\n\nThese two workshops aim to challenge directly this characterisation\, by discussing a specific set of factors\, processes\, and actors that are eroding – silently yet not insignificantly – the stability that is proverbially enshrined within Central Asia’s authoritarian governance. While the weak nature of Central Asia’s statehood has been appropriately questioned in the current scholarly debate\, this workshop series intends to challenge the myth of Central Asia’s regime infrangibility.  An accurately designed work of regime diagnostic does therefore sit at the analytical core of these workshops; succession prognosis is not\, except indirectly.\n\nFour specific issues have been selected by the organisers to identify and discuss the key elements underpinning the stability of the regimes that rule Central Asia 25 years after the achievement of independence. Specifically:\n• The International Environment\n• Economics\n• Nation-building\n• Élite fragmentation\n\nThe first two facets will be discussed at the Glasgow workshop (December 2015)\, while the Washington DC seminar (April 2016) will in turn focus on the latter set of factors.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/glasgow-inside-the-pyramid-is-central-asia-authoritarianism-stable/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151117T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151121T000000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
CREATED:20200930T162212Z
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SUMMARY:BRUSSELS and PARIS - Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe 2015 Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies will take place in Brussels and Paris from November 17-20\, 2015. At the conference there will be several cultural events and exhibits organized for the participants. This event promises to provide stimulating conversation on many pressing topics in the region. \nView the program here.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/brussels-and-paris-second-international-conference-on-uyghur-studies/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive,Uyghur Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150925T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150927T000000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
CREATED:20200930T162206Z
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SUMMARY:LEIDEN - Development and Modernization in the Soviet Periphery
DESCRIPTION:Since their incorporation into the Russian Empire in the 19th century\, Central Asia and the Caucasus have been the target of various schemes for economic and social improvement. Whether dealing with water management\, transportation\, education\, or medicine and hygiene\, the region became a frontier where Russian reformers could try out schemes they were often unable to carry out close to home. In the Soviet period\, ideas of modernization became tied up with revolution\, and the region gained new importance as an example Moscow could hold up to the colonial and post-colonial world. Local elites were often the driving force of various schemes and projects. The Soviet legacy is ambiguous\, however. Clear gains in areas like literacy\, health\, and infrastructure stand in contrast to environmental pollution\, new kinds of inequality\, and dislocation caused in part by Soviet social policies. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union\, these regions have once again become a destination for development\, this time from international institutions like the World Bank and various NGOs with more narrowly defined agendas. Originally welcomed by post-Soviet elites looking for help to transition to a post-socialist economy\, their activities have been seriously circumscribed over the past decade\, as their agendas have been found to be incompatible with the practices of ruling regimes.\nPrecisely because this region has been part of two very different “schemes to improve the human condition\,” it serves as a particularly useful area of focus and offers opportunities to do some comparative thinking. We hope the workshop will lead to discussions that help us compare institutions\, discourses\, and practices of the Soviet Union\, the independent post-Soviet states\, and international organizations. \nThis workshop is being organized with the support of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)\, the Dutch Royal Academy of Science (KNAW)\, the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University\, and the Central Asia program at Leiden University.   \nDevelopment and Modernization in the Soviet Periphery
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/leiden-development-and-modernization-in-the-soviet-periphery/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150611T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150613T000000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
CREATED:20200930T162128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
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SUMMARY:STOCKHOLM - Uzbekistan Beyond the ‘Curtain’. Approaches\, Fieldworks and Topics
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A Conference organized by The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP)\, and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs \nUzbekistan is at the core of Central Asia. It is the region’s demographic power with close to 30 million inhabitants\, its second-largest economic power behind Kazakhstan thanks to its cotton production and still developed industrial network\, and a key cultural and historical power. However\, since the early 2000s\, Uzbekistan increasingly became a kind of ‘black hole’ in terms of scholarly research. \nThe country’s growing isolationism\, the authoritarian hardening of the regime\, and its shutting out of researchers have all worked to hinder the ability to conduct fieldwork\, thus affecting our knowledge of the country’s domestic evolutions. Nonetheless a new form of knowledge about Uzbekistan has noticeably arisen\, and stems from the Uzbek diasporas scattered throughout the world\, including Russia\, Europe\, and the United States. These Uzbek communities abroad provide news from the ground that attests to a quickly evolving societal fabric\, as well as to new cultural and socio-economic dynamics at the grassroots level. \nIn this context it is time to generate a kind of introspective approach of what have we have learned over the last two decades. This two-day conference brings together some of the main scholars to have contributed to our knowledge of Uzbekistan. The aim is to open a genuine discussion about the approaches used to analyze the country’s society\, politics and identities. \nUzbekistan beyond the Curtain: Approaches\, Fieldworks and Topics \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/stockholm-uzbekistan-beyond-the-curtain-approaches-fieldworks-and-topics/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140613T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
CREATED:20200930T162201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194109Z
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SUMMARY:Kazakhstan Beyond Economic Success - Exploring Social and Cultural Changes in Eurasia
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP) and the Uppsala Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (UCRS)\nFunded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) Uppsala University\, Sweden \nJune 13-14\, 2014 \nKazakhstan Beyond Economic Success – Exploring Social and Cultural Changes in Eurasia
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakhstan-beyond-economic-success-exploring-social-and-cultural-changes-in-eurasia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130219T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130219T140000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
CREATED:20200930T162124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
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SUMMARY:European and U.S. policies in Central Asia: Will transatlantic cooperation work in Central Asia towards and beyond 2014?
DESCRIPTION:The seminar aims to bring together experts and policy-makers from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the connecting points and divergences of policies of the European Union and the U.S. in Central Asia. Both have similar – though not identical – interests and objectives inCentral Asia but their policy-approaches differ substantially. What can be done in terms of cooperation and coordination in the light of the NATO draw-down from Afghanistan and how can both partners cooperate in Central Asia post-2014?\n\nDuring the seminar EUCAM will also present its latest Working Paper: The Afghanistan-Central Asia relationship: what role for the EU? \n\nEuropean and U.S. policies in Central Asia: Will transatlantic cooperation work in Central Asia towards and beyond 2014?
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/european-and-u-s-policies-in-central-asia-will-transatlantic-cooperation-work-in-central-asia-towards-and-beyond-2014/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121217T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121218T180000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
CREATED:20200930T162200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193834Z
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SUMMARY:Kyrgyzstan Beyond 'Democracy Island' and 'Failing State': Factoring Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society
DESCRIPTION:An international conference organized by the Central Asia Program and the Uppsala Center for Russian Studies.\nKyrgyzstan Beyond ‘Democracy Island’ and ‘Failing State’: Factoring Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kyrgyzstan-beyond-democracy-island-and-failing-state-factoring-social-and-political-changes-in-a-post-soviet-society/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120517T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260924T082111
CREATED:20200930T162125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193738Z
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SUMMARY:Afghanistan's Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:A conference organized by the Central Asia Program (George Washington University)\, and EUCAM (Europe-Central Asia Monitoring)\,with the support of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program.\n\nAfghanistan’s Stability and Regional Security Implications for Central Asia 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/afghanistans-stability-and-regional-security-implications-for-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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