Kazakhstan Beyond Economic Success – Exploring Social and Cultural Changes in Eurasia
Organized by The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP) and the Uppsala Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (UCRS) Funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) Uppsala University, Sweden June 13-14, 2014 Kazakhstan Beyond Economic Success - Exploring Social and Cultural Changes in Eurasia
First International Conference on Uyghur Studies – History, Culture, and Society
The Uyghurs are one of the ten most populous stateless nations in the world. While they have a long history of cultural accomplishments and political influences, they have remained marginal in international scholarship given their ambiguous position both in regional studies and in geopolitics. Nonetheless, given their contribution to global and regional historical and cultural… Continue reading First International Conference on Uyghur Studies – History, Culture, and Society
Prospects for Regional Integration in Central Asia
12:00-12:30pm Lunch 12:30pm Opening remarks. DCM Yerkin Akhinzhanov, Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States Fatema Z. Sumar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs at the U.S. Department of State 1:00-2:30pm. Session I. Regional Integration Projects, Divergences and Challenges Moderator: Margarita Assenova (Jamestown Foundation) Sumona Guha (Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department… Continue reading Prospects for Regional Integration in Central Asia
Islam in Eurasia
Eurasia is often a forgotten space on the radar of the public opinion and the policy community looking at the Islamic world. However, Eurasia offers diversity of Islamic traditions, including both Sunni and Shiite. Islam in Eurasia has been at the crossroads of many influences, interacting with Christianity, European secularism and Soviet atheism, as well… Continue reading Islam in Eurasia
Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union: The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
In cooperation with the Harriman Institute and the US-Kazakhstan Business Association Opening Remarks: Marlene Laruelle (IERES, George Washington University) 9:30-11:00am Session I. Roundtable Martha Brill Olcott (Michigan State University) Sarah Freese (US-Kazakhstan Business Association) Alexander Cooley (Barnard College, Columbia University) Alexander Libman (German Institute for International and Security Affairs SWP) 11:30-1:00pm Session II. Kazakhstan's Perspective on the EEU… Continue reading Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union: The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
STOCKHOLM – Uzbekistan Beyond the ‘Curtain’. Approaches, Fieldworks and Topics
A Conference organized by The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP), and the Swedish Institute of International AffairsUzbekistan 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… Continue reading STOCKHOLM – Uzbekistan Beyond the ‘Curtain’. Approaches, Fieldworks and Topics
LEIDEN – Development and Modernization in the Soviet Periphery
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… Continue reading LEIDEN – Development and Modernization in the Soviet Periphery
CESS Annual Meeting 2015
CAP is proud to host the Central Eurasian Studies Society 16th Annual Conference, October 15-18, 2015Download the full program here.View the keynote addresses “Locating Central Asian Geopolitics: the Rise and Future Decline of Multivectorism in Practice” by Alexander Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University “Trace, Trajectory, Pressure Point: Re-imagining ‘Area Studies’ in an Age of… Continue reading CESS Annual Meeting 2015
BRUSSELS and PARIS – Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies
The 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. View the program here.
Women and Water in Central Asia and South Asia: Building a Sustainable Future
Funded by the US State Department for 2013-2015, this project connected women in Central and South Asia to water and its management, and proposed a program of international exchange of knowledge and leadership to support innovative conflict resolution with a sustainable and multiplying effect. To this end, it brought together young female social entrepreneurs and… Continue reading Women and Water in Central Asia and South Asia: Building a Sustainable Future
GLASGOW – Inside the Pyramid: Is Central Asia authoritarianism stable?
A Workshop Series organized byCRCEES & CAP View the full program here. Patrimonial, 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… Continue reading GLASGOW – Inside the Pyramid: Is Central Asia authoritarianism stable?
The Central Asia Security Workshop
9:00am. Registration and Breakfast 9:30-11:00am. Session 1. The Chinese ‘One Belt One Road’ Strategy Chair: Robert Sutter (George Washington University) Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute, Columbia University) One Road, One Belt, Many Headaches: the Economic, Political and Social Challenges of OBOR in Central Asia Rafaello Pantucci and Sarah Lain (RUSI, London) China and Russia in Central… Continue reading The Central Asia Security Workshop
STOCKHOLM – Tajikistan. Approaches, fieldworks and topics
A Conference organized by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP) Stockholm, June 13-14, 2016 June 13, 2016 9.45-10.00 Welcoming Remarks and Coffee 10.00- 11.00 Panel 1. Tajikistan at the Interplay of Foreign and Domestic Policies David Abramson (US State Department) Interwoven Affairs: Foreign and Domestic Politics in… Continue reading STOCKHOLM – Tajikistan. Approaches, fieldworks and topics
MOSCOW – Third International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History, Culture, Society
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Central Asia Security Workshop
The Central Asia Security WorkshopMarch 6, 2017, 10:00am-4:00pm Central Asia Program, IERES George Washington University 1957 E Street, NW, Lindner Commons, Suite 602 10.00am. PANEL 1. CENTRAL ASIA’S DOMESTIC LANDSCAPES. CHANGING MORE THAN WE THOUGHT? Chair: Lawrence Markowitz (Rowan University) Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute, Columbia University) Central Asia’s Global Authoritarian Spaces: Politics and Contestation Outside… Continue reading Central Asia Security Workshop
Islamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia
Islamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia April 10, 2017, 9:30am-3:00pm Central Asia Program, IERES George Washington University 1957 E Street, NW, Lindner Commons, Suite 602 9:30am. Session 1. State Institutions, Muftiates and the Teaching of Islam Sebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University) At The Crossroads of the Religious and Regime Security: The Teaching Of… Continue reading Islamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia
The United States’ and Russia’s Relationship in Central Asia and its Neighborhood
Tuesday, May 2 10:30 Opening remarks Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute, Columbia University) and Marlene Laruelle(George Washington University) 10:45-12:15 Panel 1. Central Asia and the ‘global order’ Chair: Rajan Menon (City College of New York) Paul Stronski (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Prospects for Central Asia Policy in the Trump Administration Christian Bleuer (ANU) American Allies'… Continue reading The United States’ and Russia’s Relationship in Central Asia and its Neighborhood
2017 Trans-Caspian Forum: East West Trade & Transit Corridor
See tentative program. Background: The Trans-Caspian East-West Trade and Transit Corridor brings together the Central Asia, Caspian and Black Sea strategic regions to form a viable trade and transit corridor between Europe and East & South-East Asia. Connecting trade, people and economies, the modern trans-Caspian corridor has extensive and integrated network of infrastructure, special economic… Continue reading 2017 Trans-Caspian Forum: East West Trade & Transit Corridor
NAC-NU CAP Conference on External and Internal Migration in Central Asia, ASTANA
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 … Continue reading NAC-NU CAP Conference on External and Internal Migration in Central Asia, ASTANA
BISHKEK: Joint Conference “Integration Processes and State Interests in Eurasia
Joint Conference of the American University of Central Asia and The George Washington University, Central Asian Program with support from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Integration Processes and State Interests in Eurasia Venue: American University in Central Asia Tokombaev St. 7/6, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic Room 440 (CH-1) June 11, 2018 (Monday) Download program… Continue reading BISHKEK: Joint Conference “Integration Processes and State Interests in Eurasia
Escaping the Taliban, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope
Elliott School of International Affairs, 6th floor 1957 E Street NW, Washington, DCAfghan Voices of Hope is a project that seeks to strengthen Afghan diasporic civil society by building solidarity and connecting people through shared experience. As refugees of the 2021 exodus navigate life outside of Afghanistan, Afghan Voices of Hope helps to build shared identity in the hopes that, perhaps, many or all of them will… Continue reading Escaping the Taliban, One Year Later: Afghan Voices of Hope
Bolashak Fellows Conference
Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW, WashingtonThe Central Asia Program (CAP) has hosted 16 Bolashak Visiting Fellows pursuing a tailor-made training program in Leadership in Higher Education Management. As their time at GW is coming to a close, please join us to meet them, to learn from their experience in the US, to hear about their key findings, and get to… Continue reading Bolashak Fellows Conference
Bolashak Visiting Fellows Conference — Spring 2023
Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW, WashingtonFrom May 2022 to May 2023, the Central Asia Program hosted 23 Bolashak Visiting Fellows from Kazakhstan on a tailor-made training program focusing on 1) Leadership in Higher Education Management and 2) Economics and Crisis Management. With their time at the George Washington University (GWU) coming to an end, please join us for a two-day… Continue reading Bolashak Visiting Fellows Conference — Spring 2023
Bolashak Fellows Summer Conference July 2023
Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW, WashingtonHybrid Event From March to August 2023, the Central Asia Program hosted 18 Bolashak Visiting Fellows from Kazakhstan on a tailor-made training program focusing on teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to school children. Over the period of their program the fellows gained new skills through and visited outstanding STEM schools in the DMV… Continue reading Bolashak Fellows Summer Conference July 2023
