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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
