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SUMMARY:The Central Asia Program and the Embassy of Uzbekistan invite you to a movie night!
DESCRIPTION:On September 11\, 2001\, Flight 101 was a routine flight from Tashkent to Birmingham to New York. The passengers\, a diverse mix of Jews\, African Americans\, Pakistanis\, Uzbeks\, Russians\, and Indians\, represented the varied tapestry of humanity. They were businesspeople and workers\, each with their own stories\, never anticipating that on that fateful day\, their lives would intertwine in an extraordinary way. As the tragic events of 9/11 unfolded and the U.S. airspace closed\, Flight 101\, along with nearly 700 other flights\, was forced to divert. With fuel running low and no viable options for landing\, the captain made a bold and life-saving decision. Defying the odds\, he safely landed the plane at a Canadian military base in Goose Bay\, preserving the lives of all on board. This film tells the gripping story of that day\, highlighting the unity and resilience of ordinary people in the face of unimaginable adversity. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nThe film will be screened in Uzbek with English subtitles. \n\n\n\nThe film was directed by Akrom Shakhnazarov\, who is also the author of films such as The Heart is Crying (2013) and Together (2016).
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-central-asia-program-and-the-embassy-of-uzbekistan-invite-you-to-a-movie-night/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231031T100000
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SUMMARY:Central Asian Outlook: The Intersection of Trade and Culture
DESCRIPTION:Book talk with author Juneyoung Lee \n\n\n\n\n\nHybrid Event \n\n\n\nIn this event Dr. Juneyoung Lee will explore the intricate dynamics between trade liberalization\, cultural diversity\, and protection in Central Asia. Drawing from her book\, Culture and International Trade Law: From Conflict to Coordination\, and integrating anthropological and ethical perspectives\, she will conceptualize culture and its relevance within the realm of international trade. \n\n\n\nSpeaker \n\n\n\n\nJuneyoung Lee is Legal Affairs Officer\, Trade and Environment Division\, World Trade Organization (WTO)\, and Adjunct Professor at the International Institute in Geneva. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nModerator \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSebastien Peyrouse is Director of the Central Asia Program and Research Professor\, IERES\, The George Washington University. His main areas of expertise are political systems in Central Asia\, economic and social issues\, Islam and religious minorities\, and Central Asia’s geopolitical positioning toward China\, India\, and South Asia. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttend in person  \n\n\n\nVoesar Conference Room\, Suite 412\, The Elliott School of International Affairs\, The George Washington University  \n\n\n\n1957 E St NW\, Washington\, 20052 United States
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/central-asian-outlook-the-intersection-of-trade-and-culture-2/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T100000
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SUMMARY:Dungans in Central Asia: History\, Culture\, Pedagogy
DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n\n\n\n\nAmong the large and small peoples inhabiting Central Asia\, the Hui or Dungan occupy a special place. Dungans are Sunni Muslims who moved to the Semirechye region\, spanning southeastern Kazakhstan and northeastern Kyrgyzstan\, in the 1870s after the defeat of the anti-Qing uprising in China. Today Dungans live mostly in Kyrgyzstan\, Kazakhstan\, Uzbekistan\, and Russia\, and have kept their unique culture alive over the generations. \n\n\n\nThese events will help familiarize the American public with how Dungan culture\, at the crossroads of Central Asian and Chinese cultures\, still preserves its own unique identity. Join us to discover Dungan crafts\, painting\, and history\, and participate in a workshop on the most famous Dungan food\, the lagman! \n\n\n\nFull Program \n\n\n\nThursday\, January 19\, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nConference: “Dungans in Central Asia\,” Room #602\, Elliott School of International Affairs \n\n\n\nFriday\, January 20\, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nExhibition: “Dungans in Central Asia\,” 2nd floor\, Elliott School of International Affairs \n\n\n\nJanuary 20\, 2:00–5:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nWorkshop: Dungan arts & crafts and food & drink\, 2nd floor\, Elliott School of International Affairs \n\n\n\nThe Conference Speakers: \n\n\n\nAbubakir Vointse – Chairman of the Kazakhstan Dungan Society\, member of the Order of Kurmet\, Member of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan; he has published several academic works on Dungans and organized exhibitions of Kazakh Dungan writers and artists. \n\n\n\nIsmaeva Rakhima – Doctoral candidate in philological sciences\, Director of the Hueizu Public Foundation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage\, Editor-in-Chief of the Dungan-language online newspaper Hueizu bo. \n\n\n\nSaule Abisheva – Professor of Philology\, Chair of the Department of Russian Language and Literature at the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogy University; she has widely published on 20th-century Russian and Kazakh poetry. \n\n\n\nRimma Massyrova – Professor of pedagogy\, named 2007 College Instructor of the Year by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan; she has published widely on ethnopedagogy. \n\n\n\nDina Sabirova  \n\n\n\nReceived her PhD in 2016 from the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University and was awarded the jubilee medal commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan. She was the 2017 winner of the state scientific scholarship for young scientists\, and named Best University Teacher in all Kazakhstan in 2021. \n\n\n\nKazyna Bekbenbetova  \n\n\n\nDirector of the Department of Educational\, Social Work\, and Youth Policy at Kazakh National Pedagogical University\, and has over 20 years of experience in education. She is the author of four curricular guidelines on social development and youth policies in use at Abai University. \n\n\n\nModerator\, Sebastien Peyrouse \n\n\n\nResearch Professor\, Central Asia Program\, IERES\, George Washington University  and a Senior Fellow with the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China relations. His main areas of expertise are political systems in Central Asia\, economic and social issues\, Islam and religious minorities\, and Central Asia’s geopolitical positioning toward China\, India and South Asia
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/dungans-in-central-asia-history-culture-pedagogy/
LOCATION:Elliott School of International Affairs\, 6th floor\, 1957 E Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20052\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170511T163000
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SUMMARY:Victoria Kim - Re-visiting the 1937 Deportation of Ethnic Koreans to Central Asia + Film Screening of "Koryo Saram The Unreliable People"
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nRe-visiting the 1937 Deportation of Ethnic Koreans to Central Asia:  80 Years of Survival and Prospering\n\nFollowed by a screening of Koryo Saram The Unreliable People\n  \n\n\n \nThe year 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the first deportation of an entire nationality in the Soviet Union. In 1937\, approximately 172\,000 ethnic Koreans – the entire population of Posyet Korean national district and neighboring territories in the Far Eastern Krai – were forcefully relocated to Central Asia on cargo trains by the Soviet government. Eighty years later\, their descendants still live in independent Russia\, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Some of them view the deportation as a tragedy whereas others see it quite differently. \nVictoria Kim will discuss the changing narrative of the 1937 deportation and focus on the process of re-definition of the Korean identity currently taking place across Central Asia. \nVictoria Kim holds an MA from the Johns Hopkins University’s SAIS in Korean Studies and MA from the University of Bolton in International Multimedia Journalism. Originally from Tashkent\, Uzbekistan\, she is currently based in Beijing\, China\, as a researcher and documentary storyteller. She is the author of Lost and Found in Uzbekistan: The Korean Story. Her multimedia long-reads\, podcast and seminars on the Korean diaspora in the former Soviet Union are featured in The Diplomat and by the Korea Economic Institute of America\, Royal Asiatic Society\, and etc. \n  \n\n\nKoryo Saram The Unreliable People\n\n\nKoryo Saram The Unreliable People tells the harrowing saga of survival in the open steppe country and the sweep of Soviet history through the eyes of Koryo Saram – the deported Koreans – who were labeled by Stalin as enemies of the state. Through rare archival footage and personal interviews\, the film follows the deportees’ unique history of integration into the Soviet system while working under punishing conditions in Kazakhstan\, a true melting pot of exiled people from all over the Soviet Union. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fgo.gwu.edu%2F42t\, \, target:%20_blank\, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/victoria-kim-re-visiting-the-1937-deportation-of-ethnic-koreans-to-central-asia-film-screening-of-koryo-saram-the-unreliable-people/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T180000
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SUMMARY:Social Cohesion in Kyrgyzstan
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Social cohesion has emerged over the last two decades as an important concept in both academic and political discourse\, especially in fragile and conflict-affected environments. At the same time\, the evidence on how to build social cohesion and peace at the individual level has been quite scarce. This event will review some exciting new evidence on building peace and social cohesion at the micro-level from Central Asia.\nDrawing on the results of the Life In Kyrgyzstan Study\, a long-term quantitative study of socio-economic developments of over 8.000 individuals\, Prof. Tilman Brück will present some insights on social cohesion and peace in Kyrgyzstan since 2010. \nDr. Kanat Tilekeyev will explore findings from the Kyrgyz Social Cohesion Through Community-Based Development Project\, discussing the motivation and design of the project; development of the social cohesion index; and findings from operations and implications for future community-driven development programming in conflict-affected and fragile environments. \nDr. Damir Esenaliev will present the findings from the impact evaluation of the LivingSidebySide® (LSBS) peacebuilding programme designed to foster ethnic tolerance and skills for resolving conflict among young adults in Southern Kyrgyzstan. \nProfessor Tilman Brück is Director of the ISDC – International Security and Development Center. His research interests focus on the economics of household behaviour and well-being in conflict-affected and fragile economies\, including the measurement of violence and conflict in household surveys and the impact evaluation of programs in conflict-affected areas. \n*** \nDr. Damir Esenaliev is a Senior Researcher with SIPRI’s Peace and Development Programme. His recent research focuses on impact evaluation of peacebuilding interventions in Kyrgyzstan and on quantitative microeconomic research related to labour markets\, welfare\, inequality\, intergenerational mobility and governance.  \nDr. Kanat Tilekeyev is a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Public Policy and Administration\, University of Central Asia. He has extensive experience in research on agricultural economics\, trade\, business development\, policy impact evaluation and microeconomic studies of the countries of Central Asia at projects of the World Bank\, USAID\, FAO and other donor and research organizations.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” color=”warning” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeRMcaCZingKBnbjaJa0PxUDf5CGQQyacfCFk2ULjG3fr-Whw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsend_form\, title:Google%20Form%20Registration\, \, “][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/social-cohesion-in-kyrgyzstan/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170321T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170321T103000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
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SUMMARY:Thomas Kent - Media and Trends in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a breakfast discussion with Thomas Kent\, president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on the latest trends in the media sector in Central Asia. Topics to be discussed include the current status of media\, increasing restrictions on press freedom\, the influence of Russia’s negative propaganda to the region\, and the challenges and opportunities for independent news organizations\, like RFE/RL.\n \n\nThomas Kent is a skilled media executive with extensive experience in management\, international reporting and journalism standards development. He worked at The Associated Press since 1972\, filling roles such as Moscow Bureau Chief\, International Editor\, Deputy Managing Editor and\, most recently\, Standards Editor. In these positions\, he played a leading role in the editorial and technical transformation of AP into a fully digital news organization. He has also been involved in corporate strategic planning and the development of new multimedia services. He was appointed the new President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in June 2016.\n\n  \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/thomas-kent-media-and-trends-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170207T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170207T190000
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Exhibition "Through the Eyes of Durdy Bayramov"
DESCRIPTION:The Central Asia Program is proud to announce the launch of the exhibition \nThrough the Eyes of Durdy Bayramov\nTurkmen Village Life\, 1960s-1980s\nAn exhibition at the Central Asia Program February 7 – May 26\, 2017 \nWith H.E. Meret B. Orazov\, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the United States\nThese photographs were selected from Durdy Bayramov’s personal archive. Although he took great pleasure in photography\, Bayramov used it primarily as a tool in his artistic process and never expected that others would find the photographs fascinating in their own right. The images provide a rare and intimate glimpse into the customs and material culture of Turkmen villagers during this period\, and at the same time reflect the profound human spirit shared by all communities.\n  \n\n\n\n\nMore details about the exhibition can also be found here. \n\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/opening-of-the-exhibition-through-the-eyes-of-durdy-bayramov/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161007T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161007T180000
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CREATED:20200930T162341Z
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SUMMARY:Farideh Heyat - Post-Soviet Women in Transition: Azerbaijan\, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in Comparison
DESCRIPTION:There are many common paradoxes and anomalies regarding the position of women in the formerly Soviet Muslim republics of Azerbaijan\, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. These arise from the Soviet legacy of gender equality on the one hand\, and patriarchal traditions on the other. The resurgence of Islam as an identity marker in the new independent era is another. However\, there are also significant differences. Whereas radical Islam has established a foothold in southern Kyrgyzstan\, the governments of both Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan have taken robust actions to stamp it out. There are also marked differences between Azerbaijan and the other two republics. \n  \nFarideh Heyat is an anthropologist based in London\, born in Iran. She is the author of numerous articles on women in Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan and the book\, Azeri Women in Transition. Her current book\, Land of Forty Tribes is based on her observations and experience of working and travelling in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan\, and her research on the history of Central Asia.\n  \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/farideh-heyat-post-soviet-women-in-transition-azerbaijan-kyrgyzstan-and-uzbekistan-in-comparison/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160909T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160909T124500
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194523Z
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SUMMARY:25th Anniversary of the Kyrgyz Republic's Independence Day
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic to the USA & Canada\, Friends of Kyrgyzstan\, and US Peace Corps \n\n\n9:00. Opening by H.E. Kadyr Toktogulov\, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States\n  \n9.15-10.15. Panel I. A Policy Perspective\nChair: Fiona Hill (Brookings)\nNisha Bishwal (Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs)\nJohn O’Keefe (Former Ambassador of the United States to the Kyrgyz Republic)\nAlexander Cooley (Columbia University)\n  \n10:30-11:30. Panel II. An Academic Perspective\nChair: Marlene Laruelle (GWU)\nEric Rudenshiold (USAID\, GWU)\nEric McGlinchey (George Mason University)\nSean Roberts (GWU)\n  \n11:45-12:45. Panel III. A Peace Corps Perspective\n\nReturned Peace Corps volunteers and Peace Corps director Carrie Hessler-Radelet discuss the partnership between Peace Corps volunteers and Kyrgyzstan since independence.\n  \n\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP.\n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/25th-anniversary-of-the-kyrgyz-republics-independence-day/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160517T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160517T180000
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SUMMARY:Mirzokhid Rakhimov - Contemporary History of Uzbekistan: Challenges of an Interdisciplinary Approach
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary history is a relatively new discipline for the social sciences and the humanities. Studying the recent history of Uzbekistan is still not an established trend\, even in Uzbekistan\, and doesn’t have its own methodology\, research know-how\, training or methodological support. Thematic field studies are still narrow\, with limited critical approaches and interdisciplinary studies. However\, being able to develop a comprehensive study of contemporary history is an important theoretical and practical issue that requires interdisciplinary approaches. Domestic politics need to be understood in broad perspective\, including taking into account historical legacies\, the interconnectivity of internal and external politics\, as well as local\, regional and global processes. This research is based on research on and academic visits in Uzbekistan\, other Central Asian republics\, the US\, China\, the EU\, Russia\, Republic of Korea\, India\, Japan and others.\n\nDr. Mirzokhid Rakhimov is a Visiting Fulbright scholar at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute\, SAIS\, Johns Hopkins University. He is the head of the department of Contemporary history and international relations at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan and Professor at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent. His scholarly interests cover contemporary history and regional and international relations in post-Soviet Central Asia. He holds a PhD and an Habilitation in History and International relations from the History Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbe­kistan.\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/mirzokhid-rakhimov-contemporary-history-of-uzbekistan-challenges-of-an-interdisciplinary-approach/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160512T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160512T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162319Z
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SUMMARY:Nick Megoran - What happens when new international boundaries appear? The example of Central Asia's Ferghana Valley
DESCRIPTION:Central Asia’s Ferghana Valley has historically been a mosaic of social groups and identities. The emergence of international boundaries with the break-up of the Soviet Union imposed a new political geographical logic on the social fabric of the Valley. This talk explores the tensions between these two logics of ordering territory\, and the effects on inter-ethnic relations. Focussing on ethnically-mixed rural villages along the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan boundary\, it traces the fate of communities whose existence challenged both the new ideologies of nationalism and the analytical narratives of inter-communal tension.\n\nNick Megoran is a political geography lecturer at Newcastle University. His research includes the political geographies and geopolitics of post-Cold War inter-state relations\, focusing on the building of nation-states in modern Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan\, with particular attention paid to border regions\, boundary disputes and geopolitics\, and the place of religion and the church in war and peace.\n  \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/nick-megoran-what-happens-when-new-international-boundaries-appear-the-example-of-central-asias-ferghana-valley/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160504T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160504T173000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194608Z
UID:17428-1462377600-1462383000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Cholpon Turdalieva - Landscapes of Imperial Violence: Kyrgyzstan and the Kyrgyz through the Lens of Western Travelogues
DESCRIPTION:Russian colonial dominance in Central Asia changed the economics\, politics and culture of the conquered lands and peoples. Various sources document these changes\, including travelogues written by nineteenth and early twentieth century travelers from the U.S. and Europe\, such as Frenchman Gabriel Bonvalout; Americans Allworth Huntington and Eugene Schuyler; Lady Catherine Macartney\, Henry Lansdell\, and Ella Sykes of Britain; and Sven Hedin of Sweden. Each visited Turkestan when it was already a Russian colonial province\, which impacted their analysis of the region. Not only did they observe the local settings–natural landscape and societies–but they also conveyed and observed physical and psychological violence. This presentation explores violence as a tool in the production of imperial knowledge and Eurocentric power in the space of Russian colonialism. \nCholpon Turdalieva is a Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor at the American University of Central Asia. She has participated in the Central Asian Research and Training Initiative (CARTI) project\, and was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Washington in Seattle and a visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cholpon-turdalieva-landscapes-of-imperial-violence-kyrgyzstan-and-the-kyrgyz-through-the-lens-of-western-travelogues/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160420T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160420T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194608Z
UID:17443-1461169800-1461175200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Theodore P. Gerber - Political and Social Attitudes of Russia's Muslims: Caliphate\, Kadyrovism\, or Kasha?
DESCRIPTION:Russia’s Muslim population\, estimated at 16.4 million in 2010\, is often considered as a potential source of instability\, given perennial concerns about threat of extremist movements\, particularly in the North Caucasus\, and the efforts of ISIS and other organizations to inspire radical Islam in Russia.  However\, the combination of fiercely expressed loyalty to Putin and support for his policies\, protection of local autonomy\, social conservatism\, and endorsement of violence espoused by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov may also hold broad appeal for Russia’s Muslims. Alternatively\, a long history of integration in Russian society and political culture may have produced a Muslim population that is indistinguishable from ethnic Russians in terms of its political and social orientations. The lecture provides an empirical portrait of public opinion among Russia’s Muslims based on data from a Russian survey the authors conducted in 2015 with oversamples from four heavily Muslim regions\, with particular attention to regional and other variations in their attitudes and to comparisons with the views of the native-born ethnic Russian population.\n  \nTheodore P. Gerber is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Russia\, East Europe\, and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He conducts research on social stratification\, public opinion\, social demography\, and other topics in Russia and other former Soviet countries. He is currently working on a study (with Jane Zavisca) of housing as a source of social stability or conflict in Azerbaijan\, Kyrgyzstan\, Russia\, and Ukraine.\n  \n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/theodore-p-gerber-political-and-social-attitudes-of-russias-muslims-caliphate-kadyrovism-or-kasha/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160405T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160405T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194608Z
UID:17412-1459873800-1459879200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Joanna J. Sienkiewicz - (Trans-)National Social Protection of Repatriates from Kazakhstan in Germany
DESCRIPTION:In the first half of the 1990s\, about one million ethnic Germans of all ages resettled in Germany. Many of those movers wanted to return to their ‘homeland’ and improve their life chances through spatial mobility. But how do the movers and stayers evaluate their migration and social protection now\, more than 25 years after their migration? Data from mixed-methods and multi-sited research on protective networks of migrants from Kazakhstan in Germany and their relatives in Kazakhstan provide multifaceted answers to this question. This presentation discusses findings concerning the role of transnationality for informal social protection. In addition\, it gives attention to aspects of symbolic social protection and formal protection in movers’ and stayers’ evaluations of life chances and social inequalities in the Kazakh-German social space.\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nJoanna J. Sienkiewicz is a researcher and PhD candidate at Bielefeld University\, Germany. A member of the Centre on Migration\, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD)\, she works on the project “Transnationality and the Unequal Distribution of Informal Social Protection” at the Collaborative Research Center “From Heterogeneities to Inequalities” at Bielefeld University. She studied Sociology at Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) from 2010 through 2011 and obtained a master’s degree from Bielefeld University in 2013. For her master’s thesis on the Russian NGO Memorial\, she was granted a scholarship by the Centre for German and European Studies (CGES) in Bielefeld\, Germany.\n  \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/joanna-j-sienkiewicz-trans-national-social-protection-of-repatriates-from-kazakhstan-in-germany/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160324T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160324T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194609Z
UID:17413-1458837000-1458842400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Jesse Driscoll - Beyond Hobbesian Legitimacy:  Thinking A Way Out Of Neopatrimonialism in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Despite Tajikistan’s impassable mountains\, hostile neighborhood\, and overall bleak structural inheritance\, its civil war was resolved with unusual speed.  The Tajik Civil War was settled through the selective co-optation of many different field commanders\, many of whom were allowed to retain functional control of men and weapons and disappear into the state security apparatus.  In the 1990s\, “the state” was a semi-permeable membrane\, as various violence entrepreneurs weighed their life opportunities as social bandits against their life opportunities as agents of an internationally recognized sovereign.  Many opted for the latter\, and elevated their head of state to a position that is completely insulated from regular checks and balances.  And so though Tajikistan is still a weak state compared to many of its neighbors\, there is an awesome amount of power is centralized in a single human being – Rakhmon.  His social legitimacy is built atop what would have been termed “the king’s peace” in a previous era: There is no war today\, and likely there will be no war tomorrow\, because of a process of coalition formation that he personally oversaw.  The talk will conclude with a speculative assessment of a set of normative and policy questions that are most urgent to young citizens in Central Asia: Whether and how how a more accountable and constrained state apparatus might emerge non-violently over the next generation.\n  \n\nJesse Driscoll is an Assistant Professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California\, San Diego.  His book\, Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States\, is available through Cambridge University Press in the Studies in Comparative Politics series.  His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation.\n\n  \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/jesse-driscoll-beyond-hobbesian-legitimacy-thinking-a-way-out-of-neopatrimonialism-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160317T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160317T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194609Z
UID:17410-1458232200-1458237600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Daniil Kislov - The State of Media in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Daniil Kislov is chief editor of Fergana.ru/Fergananews.com web edition. He was born in 1965 in the city of Ferghana\, Uzbekistan\, but was banned from visiting Uzbekistan in 2005.  Fergana.ru information agency is based in Moscow\, Russia\, where it was established in the fall of 1998. It is one of the most popular web resources dealing with post-Soviet Central Asian countries. With correspondents in every major city of the region\, Ferghana.ru news agency provides information about politics\, the economy\, and social life in Central Asia\, as well as the history and culture of Uzbekistan and the greater region.\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniil Kislov will discuss his journalism mission\, job\, and activities\, and share his view on the current events in Central Asia and the region’s future.\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/daniil-kislov-the-state-of-media-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150922T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150926T000000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17372-1442880000-1443225600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Magic of Uzbek Cinema
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nA Film Festival in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan\nFeaturing film directors  \nShukhrat Abbasov and Ayub Shahobiddinov\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8769″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8768″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nYou Are Not An Orphan\nBy Shukhrat Abbasov\, 1963\nSeptember 22\, 2015\n6:30-9:30pm\n800 21st St NW\, Marvin Center Amphitheater\nReception to follow\nShukhrat Abbasov in person \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nHeaven\, My Abode\nBy Ayub Shahobiddinov\, 2012\nSeptember 23\, 2015\n6:30-9:30pm\n800 21st St NW\, Marvin Center Amphitheater\nReception to follow\nAyub Shahobiddinov in person \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nThe Dance of Men\nBy Yusup Razykov\, 2002\nSeptember 24\, 2015\n6:30pm-8:30pm\n1957 E St\, NW\, Suite 412 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nFather\nBy Abduhalil Mignarov\, 2014\nSeptember 25\, 2015\n6:30pm-8:30pm\n1957 E St\, NW\, Suite 412 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nAll films with English subtitles — Light refreshments to be served \nPlease RSVP. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8770″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8771″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8772″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-magic-of-uzbek-cinema/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150820T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150822T000000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194243Z
UID:17369-1440028800-1440201600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Karakum Leadership Forum
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]KLF Agenda[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/karakum-leadership-forum/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150507T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150507T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17278-1431014400-1431021600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:History and Memory in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Opening Remarks: Marlene Laruelle (CAP\, GWU)\nPresentations \nGuljanat Kurmangaliyeva Ercilasun (Gazi University)\nMissing Page in Soviet History: Famines in Kyrgyzstan \nAli İğmen (California State University\, Long Beach)\nListening to Kyrgyz Actresses and their Families: Success or Survival?  \nKonuralp Ercilasun (Gazi University)\nThe Virgin Lands in Memories \nAnar Somuncuoglu (Hacettepe University)\nPolitics of History in Russian Foreign Policy towards Central Asia
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/history-and-memory-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150324T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150324T190000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T162026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17266-1427218200-1427223600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Second Turkmen Culture Club
DESCRIPTION:Turkmenistan’s rich culture is less well-known than those great empires who contributed to it\, but Turkmenistan has produced its own fascinating – though under-appreciated – art\, music\, literature\, and cinema. \nThe Turkmen Culture Club welcomes you to explore and experience the creole of deep\, desert-isolated nomadic heritage\, the ‘Lost Enlightenment’ of Islamic Central Asia\, and the influences of European and Asian civilizations and philosophies\, reflected through the creative vision of Turkmen authors and artists. \nThe second Turkmen culture club will explore the tradition and ceremony of the Turkmen wedding. Including gelin clothes\, a presentation on how the dowry has changed over time\, videos of the “gulyanka” (ride-around)\, music\, ‘pishme’ and more. \nYou are welcome to join us for an informal discussion over light refreshments\, in a relaxed atmosphere. We expect a casual\, warm\, and lively time – just like you would find in any mhymanchilik (‘guesting’) at a Turkmen home in the Karakum desert.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/second-turkmen-culture-club/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T173000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T161856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194156Z
UID:17191-1424793600-1424799000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Deciphering Eurasianism in Hungary: Narratives\, Networks\, and Lifestyles
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nwith Umut Korkut\, Glasgow Caledonia University \nSince the outbreak of the global financial crisis\, the Hungarian right engaged in a collective soul searching on what formulates Hungarian identity. Dr. Korkut’s paper elaborates on the discourses of the Hungarian conservative and radical right-wing political and intellectual coalitions that Hungarians in terms of their language\, culture\, and identity fit better with Eurasia imagined as a geographic and a geopolitical entity. \nDr. Umut Korkut is a Reader in Politics at Glasgow School for Business and Society at Glasgow Caledonian University. He was been admitted to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy with magna cum laude at the Central European University in Budapest in 2004. He was awarded the “Doçent” title by the Turkish High Education Authority in 2009. His current research focus is broadly social policy\, liberalization\, religion and gender rights\, migration\, democratization and Europeanization in Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey. He will be a visiting fellow at Slavic and Russian Studies Centre at University of Hokkaido from June to September 2015. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Korkut” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/deciphering-eurasianism-in-hungary-narratives-networks-and-lifestyles/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150108T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150208T000000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T161953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17239-1420675200-1423353600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:VISIONS OF UZBEKISTAN
DESCRIPTION:“Visions of Uzbekistan” is an exhibition sponsored in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan which will run from January 8\, 2015 – February 7\, 2015. \nUzbekistan is located at the heart of Central Asia\, neighboring world civilizations such as China\, Persia\, and India\, and connecting to the Turkic world and to Europe via Russia. The territory  of  modern  Uzbekistan  hosted  the  prestigious  ancient  civilizations of  Bactria\, Sogdiana\, Parthia and Khorezm and was traversed by caravans carrying precious silk\, gold\, porcelain and spices along the Great Silk Road. These ancient civilizations invented sophisticated irrigation techniques\, inspired the canons of Islamic culture in the 9th-10th centuries\, and were at the center of a vast empire created by Tamerlane in the 15th century. They made major contributions to world science and literature through geniuses such as Avicenna\, Alisher Navoi\, Ulugbek\, Al-Khorezmi\, al-Beruni\, Al-Farghoni\, Imam Al-Bukhary\, and others. Present-day Uzbekistan benefits from this past\, offering the most accomplished architectural heritage within Central Asia. Since the country’s independence in 1991\, Uzbek society aims to combine modernity with the rediscovery of its past\, and to integrate its historical legacy into a larger\, globalized framework. The photo exhibition “Visions of Uzbekistan” reflects both the ancient culture and the modern life of the Uzbek people and introduces cultural aspects to the narrative about Uzbekistan in the United States.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/visions-of-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141212T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141212T140000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T161835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17168-1418387400-1418392800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Curious Rise and Development of Central Asian Nationalisms
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Dr. Russell Zanca\, Northeastern Illinois University\nThis presentation examines scholarly notions about post-Soviet Central Asia’s future close to the the time of the Soviet dissolution. Given the rather different outcome for Central Asian states over the past quarter century\, the author claims that Central Asian states have articulated curious nationalisms that concurrently militate against regional cooperation while still maintaining a modicum of peace and stability among the regional countries among other factors. In discussing the case of nationalisms\, the argument centers on relative successes of the Soviet system that have created an enduring legacy in Central Asia till present. The author implies this is hard to apprehend without spending significant time outside of cities\, and without understanding how varied Soviet experiences have been across this area.[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Zanca” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-curious-rise-and-development-of-central-asian-nationalisms/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141121T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141121T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T161803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194158Z
UID:17141-1416587400-1416592800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Re-imagining “post-Soviet” Central Asia: The role of the GCC and articulating geopolitical identities through capital cities.
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With Natalie Koch\,Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs\, Syracuse University \nIn the newly independent states of Central Asia\, geopolitical practices and affinities cannot be understood in isolation from their Soviet heritage. However\, after nearly 25 years since the collapse of the USSR\, this near-automatic explanation of contemporary politics in terms of Soviet legacies is no longer sufficient for understanding Central Asia’s shifting geopolitics. In this paper\, I analyze how geopolitical identities are narrated through urban development schemes in Astana\, Baku\, and Ashgabat – and in particular how they are increasingly connected to new flows of actors\, ideas\, and finance from the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Adopting a critical geopolitics approach\, I compare and contrast elements of these capital city development schemes in Kazakhstan\, Azerbaijan\, and Turkmenistan with those in Qatar\, Bahrain\, Saudi Arabia\, and the United Arab Emirates. Through this comparative analysis\, I demonstrate how region-making and geopolitical orientations unfold not just at the level of rhetorical positioning\, but can also develop through the material practices of cross-regional networks around highly specific political tactics\, like capital city development. Also considering divergences\, I note that although the urban landscapes these tactics materialize are very similar\, there are important differences in the underlying political geographic and political economic factors that makes them possible\, as well as the political relations they sustain and produce. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/gcc” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/re-imagining-post-soviet-central-asia-the-role-of-the-gcc-and-articulating-geopolitical-identities-through-capital-cities/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141119T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141119T193000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T161827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194109Z
UID:17158-1416418200-1416425400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:First Turkmen Culture Club
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Turkmenistan’s rich culture is less well-known than those great empires who contributed to it\, but Turkmenistan has produced its own fascinating – though under-appreciated – art\, music\, literature\, and cinema.\nThe Turkmen Culture Club welcomes you to explore and experience the creole of deep\, desert-isolated nomadic heritage\, the ‘Lost Enlightenment’ of Islamic Central Asia\, and the influences of European and Asian civilizations and philosophies\, reflected through the creative vision of Turkmen authors and artists. \nWe will be viewing two Turkmen documentary films from Soviet Times directed by Murad Alieyv: \nThe Story of One Run (1986) \nAura (1987)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/first-turkmen-culture-club/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140520T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140520T170000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T161945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194110Z
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SUMMARY:Social Media and the Online Debate in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:with Navbahor Imamova\, Voice of America \nThe emergence of the Internet and the growing participation of people\, especially youth\, in social media constitute positive change for Central Asia. Uzbekistan as well as the other four countries in the region – Kazakhstan\, Kyrgyzstan\, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – has become more connected to the world than ever before. Despite wide-ranging political restrictions and bans\, the flow of information through social media is unstoppable. While some debate whether these governments could shut down access to social media altogether to curtail politically sensitive discussion\, this author contends that by doing so\, they would be making a serious and ultimately unsuccessful gamble. What drives the audience is the quality of the content and the way it is communicated. What keeps people engaged is the sense of forward motion\, the anticipation of what will come next and having a desire to shape it. The power and promise of social media for Central Asia is that it gives an unprecedented opportunity for critical thinking and the discussion of the region’s challenging realities to a wider audience than had hitherto been possible.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/social-media-and-the-online-debate-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140501T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140501T170000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
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SUMMARY:Revolution and Art in the Kyrgyz Republic
DESCRIPTION:with Sally Cummings\, St. Andrews University \nProfessor Sally Nikoline Cummings teaches in the School of InternationalRelations\, University of St Andrews. Her more recent publications includeUnderstanding Central Asia (2012)\, Sovereignty after Empire: Comparing theMiddle East and Central Asia (co-ed\, 2012) and Symbolism and Power in CentralAsia: Politics of the Spectacular (ed. 2010). In late 2009 she commissioned two prominent Kyrgyz artists to develop over a three-year period twelve visual art exhibits that captured the emotions surrounding the 2005 transfer of power. The resulting exhibition\, (…) Ketsin!\, premièred in London in May 2013. Professor Cummings narrates here the story of this exhibition and what it tells us about political intention and art\, the nature of the 2005 events and the artist in times of political upheaval.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/revolution-and-art-in-the-kyrgyz-republic/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T130000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T161955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194011Z
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SUMMARY:The Magic of Mugham
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URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-magic-of-mugham/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140312T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140313T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T161949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194012Z
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SUMMARY:The Unique Role of the American University of Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:The American University of Central Asia and the George Washington University’s Central Asia Program would like you to invite you to join us on March 12\, 2014. After the American and NATO pullout from Afghanistan\, AUCA will be one of the few remaining sustainable institutions in CentralAsia promoting free and critical thought. The purpose of the event is to raise the level of awareness about AUCA and the unique role it plays in the wider Central Asian region.   \n\nWith\nLynne Tracy\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia\nAndrew Wachtel\, President\,AUCA\nAndrew Wilder\, vice president of South & Central Asia programs\, US Institute of Peace\n\n4:30 – 6:00 What Leaving Afghanistan Means for Central Asia\n\n6:00 – 7:00 Reception
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-unique-role-of-the-american-university-of-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131007T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131007T170000
DTSTAMP:20260921T085315
CREATED:20200930T161951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193925Z
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SUMMARY:Studying Central Asia: Looking at the Merits of 'Eavesdropping'
DESCRIPTION:with Svetlana Jacquesson\, Director\, Central Asian Studies Institute \nOne of the most striking features of Central Asian Studies\, as Western scholars have practiced it since the fall of the Soviet Union\, is the absence of structured and meaningful debates. Publications proliferate on a given topics\, but they rarely engage in a dialogue. The debate on “clan politics” waged among political scientists\, anthropologists and historians between 2005 and 2010\, is the exception that proves the rule. In this talk\, Svetlana Jacquesson will use the “clan politics” debate in order to show that Central Asia\, as marginal as it might appear in mainstream social sciences debates\, is not that easy to crack and that we have to be patient eavesdroppers instead of agenda-driven scholars. She will then relate clan assemblies to the “clan politics” debate in order to highlight some paradoxes of knowledge production on Central Asia. 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/studying-central-asia-looking-at-the-merits-of-eavesdropping/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive
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