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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160218T163000
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SUMMARY:Public and State Responses to ISIS Messaging in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:This workshop and policy discussion will mark the launch of a new series of policy papers from the CERIA initiative that examine state and public responses to ISIS and its recruiting efforts in each of the Central Asian states\, including Turkmenistan. Comparing and contrasting the perhaps surprisingly different strategies used by ISIS members recruited from each of the states to message their compatriots\, the series examines state countermessaging/security strategies\, public responses to ISIS and their own government\, and attempts by other external actors – Russia in particular – to influence this discourse for its own purposes.\n\nThe series finds that as in the past\, the threat of an external Islamist extremist group is largely being instrumentalized by multiple actors in order to tighten control over society and politics\, often creating ripple effects that have much more immediate consequences for the everyday lives of citizens than the threat represented by a foreign group largely embroiled in a far-off conflict. Although this is a familiar dynamic\, the strategies embraced by Central Asian governments are not identical (Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan each have unique responses) and are also evolving in response at times to public demand and in what appears to be a genuine attempt in some cases to adopt more successful approaches to countering the influence of extremist recruiters on their citizens.\n\nFinally\, the series attempts to identify policy responses to the real threat of extremist social media recruiting and examines the ways in which social media in the region has increasingly become a tool for organized actors to either mobilize violence or reinforce authoritarian social controls instead of producing the democratizing effects for which many had hoped.\n\nNoah Tucker is a CAP associate and Managing Editor at Registan.net. He has worked as a researcher and consultant for non-government\, academic\, and government clients on Central Asian society and culture for the past ten years. Noah received an MA from Harvard\, where he studied Central Asian religious issues\, and has lived and worked in Uzbekistan\, Russia and Kyrgyzstan and extensively traveled throughout Central Asia and the former Soviet Union.\n\nThis event is part of the Central Eurasia-Religion in International Affairs (CERIA)\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/public-and-state-responses-to-isis-messaging-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160126T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194652Z
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SUMMARY:Religion-Branding? Central Asia’s Integration into the International Scene through Religion
DESCRIPTION:10:00am-12:00pm. Session 1. Central Asian States and the Gulf Countries. In Search of New Models of Development\nLuca Anceschi (Glasgow University\, UK)\, Natalie Koch (Syracuse University)\, Bruno de Cordier (Gent University\, Belgium)\, Sebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University) \n12:45-2:15pm. Session 2. Internationalizing Trends in Central Asia’s Islam: Copying\, Borrowing\, Adapting \nAlima Bissenova (Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan)\, Ashirbek Muminov (L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University)\, Manja Stephan-Emmrich (Humboldt University\, Germany) \n2:45- 4:15pm. Session 3. Plural Societies and Multifaceted Social Practices of Religion \nAisalkyn Botoeva (Brown University)\, Azamat Junisbai (Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan)\, Noor O’Neill Borbieva (Indiana University) \nThis event is part of the Central Eurasia-Religion in International Affairs (CERIA)\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. \nPlease RSVP \n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/religion-branding-central-asias-integration-into-the-international-scene-through-religion/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160121T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160121T203000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194652Z
UID:17393-1453401000-1453408200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Cinema Club Film Screening: Kyrgyzland
DESCRIPTION:By Elunura Osmonalieva (2014)\n\nThis movie is about a small mountainous country with big problems and huge potential. Young heroes let viewers into their lives\, lifting a curtain into multi-layered and contradictory life in Kyrgyzstan. These seven stories of love\, decisiveness\, courage\, and virtue leave you feeling that you have made new friends and shared a warm handshake. \nElnura Osmonalieva is a promising independent filmmaker and producer. She came to AUCA in 1998 after a student exchange year in the USA as a FLEX program participant. Elnura won the International Almaty Film Festival “Shaken Zhulyzdary” with her documentary Almaz\, and was the Main Award Winner at the Second Auteur Film Festival for young filmmakers of Central Asia. \n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-film-screening-kyrgyzland/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160114T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160114T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194652Z
UID:17390-1452783600-1452794400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Kazakhstan Nationbuilding and Kazakh Nationalism: A Debate
DESCRIPTION:A new social activism has emerged in Kazakhstan\, organized by different small groups self-defining as Kazakh nationalists. Who are they? What is their audience? What political and national projects do they advance? How do they position themselves toward the current authorities\, the relationship to Russia\, to the Islamic world\, and to their Central Asian neighbors?\nJoin us for a discussion with activists representative of this new trend and a roundtable with DC-based experts: \nAidos Sarym\, Altynbek Sarsenbayuly Foundation \nValikhan Tuleshov\, Almaty Management University \nSerik Beissembayev\, Central Asia Program Visiting Fellow and Center of Social and Political Studies ‘Strategy’ in Almaty \nMarat Raimkhanov\, Hubert Humphrey Fellow at the University of Maryland \nThis event is part of the CAP series “Central Asia Policy Assessment”\, generously funded by GW’s CIFF funds. \nPlease RSVP. \n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakhstan-nationbuilding-and-kazakh-nationalism-a-debate/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160112T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160112T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193157Z
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SUMMARY:Studying Social Marginalization in Central Asia: Sixth Central Asia Fellows’ Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Opening Remarks\, Marlene Laruelle (Central Asia Program\, IERES\, GWU)\nAspects of Social Marginalization in Central Asia. Some Introductory Data \nSerik Bessembayev (Kazakhstan) \nViolent Extremism in Kazakhstan: The Fertile Soil of Gang Culture \nMalika Tukmadieva (Kazakhstan) \nThe Registration System (propiska) as a Tool for Discrimination \nXeniya Mironova (Tajikistan) \nThe Dysfunctionalities of the Housing Market in Dushanbe \nDilorom Bokikhodjaeva (Tajikistan) \nThe Marginalization of Rural Entrepreneur Women in Tajikistan \nPlease RSVP \n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/studying-social-marginalization-in-central-asia-sixth-central-asia-fellows-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151215T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151216T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194652Z
UID:17382-1450137600-1450224000@centralasiaprogram.org
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:20151211T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151211T160000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194652Z
UID:17385-1449824400-1449849600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Women and Water in Central Asia and South Asia: Building a Sustainable Future
DESCRIPTION: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 activists from Kyrgyzstan\, Tajikistan\, Afghanistan\, Pakistan and India\, to discuss their experiences and innovative solutions on community-level water management\, enhance their competencies and leadership skills\, and expose them to U.S institutions and the policy community working on water management and gender issues. This was accomplished through in-person and virtual exchanges in the Central and South Asian region and Washington\, DC\, video and web content production\, and curriculum development. \nMore details on this project are available at womenandwatergw.org \nView the preliminary program here. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/women-and-water-in-central-asia-and-south-asia-building-a-sustainable-future/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151210T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17392-1449772200-1449779400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Cinema Club: "The Liquidator" (Kazakhstan 2011)
DESCRIPTION:“Ex-Special Forces officer Arsen sets out to avenge his brother’s murder and uncovers a massive conspiracy involving the wealthy and powerful elite as he works his way up through the ranks\, eliminating everyone responsible. Subsequently recruited by a clandestine organization of vigilantes\, Arsen continues his bloody quest for revenge until his top targets hire a feared assassin (Vinnie Jones) to stop him once and for all.” – http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_liquidator \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-the-liquidator-kazakhstan-2011/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151209T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151209T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17386-1449676800-1449682200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Discussion with Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen\, Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen was born in 1971 in Jerusalem\, Israel. In 1993\, he became assistant to the rabbi of the Grand Choral synagogue in St. Petersburg\, Russia\, and since 1994 he has been the Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chief Emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Kazakhstan. Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen is a member of the National Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan\, chairman of the Eurasian Rabbinical Conference\, and member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy\, Washington\, D.C. He is fluent in Hebrew\, Yiddish\, Russian\, and English. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/discussion-with-rabbi-yeshaya-cohen-chief-rabbi-of-the-republic-of-kazakhstan/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151117T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151121T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17379-1447718400-1448064000@centralasiaprogram.org
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:20151116T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17377-1447695000-1447700400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Political and Economic Trends in Kazakhstan: Risks\, Threats\, and Prospects
DESCRIPTION:For several years\, the Kazakhstani state has been actively expanding its participation in different spheres of public life\, and concentrating resources in the financial\, political\, and media sectors. Several so-called umbrella structures work together in a corporatist logic inside the state structure. This highly centralized political system is strongly personified and has effectively created stability for the elite. Well established political institutions could play the role of collective successors and would guarantee a stable transition and modernize the country; however\, they are still lacking and could weaken the Kazakhstani system.\n\nIn his presentation\, famous Kazakhstani analyst Dossym Satpaev will share his assessment of the current political and economic evolution in Kazakhstan.\n\nThis event is part of the CAP series “Central Asia Policy Assessment”\, generously funded by GW’s CIFF funds.\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/political-and-economic-trends-in-kazakhstan-risks-threats-and-prospects/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151112T220000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17376-1447354800-1447365600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Cinema Club in Partnership with the Kyrgyz Embassy: "Kurmanjan Datka\, Queen of the Mountains" (Kyrgyzstan\, 2014)
DESCRIPTION:“Commemorating a rare female leader from a time and place where women were mostly regarded as chattel\, the sweeping patriotic epic “Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains” spans the long life (1811-1907) of a heroine who put the personal good of her people before her private hopes. With its breathtaking landscapes\, dazzling cinematography\, bloody battles and unique cultural traditions\, Sadyk Sher-Niyaz’s directing debut provides a fetching piece of exotica for festival audiences.” – Alissa Simon (http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-kurmanjan-datka-queen-of-the-mountains-1201388282/)\n\n6:00pm: Opening remarks by H.E. Kadyr Togtogulov\, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan\n6:15pm: Film screening\n8:30pm: Reception\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-in-partnership-with-the-kyrgyz-embassy-kurmanjan-datka-queen-of-the-mountains-kyrgyzstan-2014/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151112T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151112T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17381-1447344000-1447349400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Beyond Crimea: Russian Compatriot and Reimperialization Policies in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Based on the research of her forthcoming book Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire (Yale University Press\, February 2015)\, Dr. Grigas will discuss Moscow’s policies towards the Russian minorities and Russian speakers in the Central Asia and how they relate to Russia’s broader foreign policy aims to regain influence and possibly territories in the five countries of Kazakhstan\, Uzbekistan\, Turkmenistan\, Tajikistan\, and Kyrgyzstan.\nAgnia Grigas is an energy and political risk expert\, specializing in Russia\, Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space. She has written two books: “Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire”​ (Yale University Press\, forthcoming 2015) and “The Politics of Energy and Memory between the Baltic States and Russia” (Ashgate\, 2013). Currently she is working on her third book: The New Geopolitics of Gas (Harvard University Press\, scheduled for 2017). She is a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and at the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs at Occidental College\, and is an official contributor to The Hill and a frequent media contributor (CNN\, Forbes\, Bloomberg\, Reuters).
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/beyond-crimea-russian-compatriot-and-reimperialization-policies-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151027T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151027T183000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17375-1445963400-1445970600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Private Life in Public Spaces: Discourse\, Ummah\, and (Muslim) Piety in Tatarstan
DESCRIPTION:In this new project\, Dr. Karimova explores the relationship between public and private space\, discourse\, Muslim piety\, and the notion of Ummah in present-day Tatarstan. She illustrates how physical space produces a variety of discourses that both reflect and shape the local Ummah in multiple\, sometimes unexpected\, ways. In one such instance\, a newly built mosque stays empty and struggles to survive while a tiny Muslim clothing store becomes the locus of (Muslim) practice and spirituality. This project is based on recent (summer 2015) ethnographic observations and interviews with local Muslim officials and practicing Muslims in and around the city of Kazan\, Russia.\n\nLiliya Karimova recently received her Ph.D. in Communication from UMASS-Amherst. She is currently an independent researcher and a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Organizational Sciences and Communication at the George Washington University\, Washington\, DC. She has published in Nova Religio: the Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions; The Journal of Intercultural Communication Research; Central Asian Survey; Anthropology and Archaeology of Eurasia. Her research focuses on women\, identity\, piety\, Islam\, space\, and discourse in Tatarstan\, Russia.\n\nThis event is part of the CERIA Initiative\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/private-life-in-public-spaces-discourse-ummah-and-muslim-piety-in-tatarstan/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151015T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151019T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17355-1444867200-1445212800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:CESS Annual Meeting 2015
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]\nCAP is proud to host the Central Eurasian Studies Society 16th Annual Conference\, October 15-18\, 2015\nDownload the full program here. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]\nView the keynote addresses\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n“Locating Central Asian Geopolitics: the Rise and Future Decline of Multivectorism in Practice”\nby Alexander Cooley\,\nDirector\, Harriman Institute\, Columbia University \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n“Trace\, Trajectory\, Pressure Point: Re-imagining ‘Area Studies’ in an Age of Migration”\nby Madeleine Reeves\,\nUniversity of Manchester\, UK \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cess-annual-meeting-2015/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151010T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151011T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
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SUMMARY:‘Old Patterns\, New Order. Socialist Realism in Central Asia’ - GW Museum\, October 10\, 2015 – May 29\, 2016
DESCRIPTION:Old Patterns\, New Order: Socialist Realism in Central Asia\nOctober 10\, 2015–May 29\, 2016\n\nUnder Soviet political rule\, artists across Central Asia created images that both embraced modernity and idealized the past. This exhibition will examine the socialist realist art movement in Kyrgyzstan\, Uzbekistan\, and others areas of Central Asia\, pairing twentieth-century paintings with examples of the traditional textiles they depict. Organized in partnership with GW’s Central Asia Program. \nClick here to see WETA’s coverage of the exhibit on its Around the Town series.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/old-patterns-new-order-socialist-realism-in-central-asia-gw-museum-october-10-2015-may-29-2016/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151006T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151006T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17374-1444149000-1444154400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Turkmenistan Today:  Regional Security and Domestic Outlook
DESCRIPTION:Muhammad Tahir\, Director of Turkmen Service at Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty\n\n\nSince early 2015\, Taliban militants have significantly increased their activities in northern Afghanistan\, taking control of most of the villages along the borders with Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Already having conducted two cross border raids into Turkmenistan\, so far six Turkmen border guards have fallen victim to the Afghan-based militants. The recent influx of Central Asian militants in the Taliban controlled area of northern Afghanistan has raised alarm bells throughout the region\, including in Turkmenistan.\n\nSharing the longest border with Afghanistan among Central Asian countries\, Turkmenistan seems most vulnerable to any possible cross border aggression. As a result\, in recent months Ashgabat is taking unseen protection measures\, including fencing the entire border.\nTurkmen authorities have taken a series of new measures\, both to keep potential dissent in control\, and to calm the people in the face of new economic challenges.\n\nJoin us for a discussion with Muhammad Tahir\, Director of Turkmen Service at Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty\, on the regional security and domestic outlook for Turkmenistan.\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/turkmenistan-today-regional-security-and-domestic-outlook/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150925T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150927T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17371-1443139200-1443312000@centralasiaprogram.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150922T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150926T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150915T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150915T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193414Z
UID:17368-1442334600-1442340000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Kazakhstan’s Accession to the WTO\, Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union
DESCRIPTION:In July 2015\, Kazakhstan finalized its accession to the World Trade Organization after 19 years of negotiations\, and intends to ratify the accession package by the end of October. With this\, Kazakhstan will become the third—but the main—country of Central Asia to enter the WTO. How will this new membership impact the Kazakhstani economy? How will it contribute to reshaping the reorientation of Kazakhstani exports and imports?  Who will be next in Central Asia to join the WTO?\nJoin us to discuss Kazakhstani accession to the WTO with Cecilia Leahy Klein (World Trade Organization) and Danica Starks (Department of Commerce). \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakhstans-accession-to-the-wto-central-asia-and-the-eurasian-economic-union/
CATEGORIES:Economic Forum,Events Archive
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150903T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150903T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194653Z
UID:17366-1441299600-1441306800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Kyrgyzstan-US Relationship: After the Cooperation Treaty\, and before the Parliamentary Elections
DESCRIPTION:Kyrgyzstan’s decision to cancel a cooperation treaty with the United States after tensions over the US awarding a human rights prize to jailed dissident\, Azimjon Askarov\, contributed to deteriorating US-Kyrgyz bilateral relations. Although the strategic value of Kyrgyzstan for the US diminished with the closure of the Manas transit center and Bishkek’s joining the Eurasian Economic Union\, the country remains a showcase of US development aid to the region. Kyrgyzstan continues to be the most democratic country of Central Asia and is preparing for lively legislative elections in October.\nJoin us for a roundtable with US experts on Kyrgyzstan to discuss this double context and the future of US-Kyrgyz relations. Roundtable participants include Erica Marat (National Defense University)\, Eric McGlinchey (George Mason University)\, and Sean Roberts (George Washington University). \nPart of the CAP series “Central Asia Policy Assessment”\, generously funded by GW’s CIFF funds. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kyrgyzstan-us-relationship-after-the-cooperation-treaty-and-before-the-parliamentary-elections/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150820T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150822T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150804T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150804T220000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194243Z
UID:17357-1438714800-1438725600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Documentary Film Screening: “550 Years of the Kazakh Khanate”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Mr. Andrey Khazbulatov\, Director General of the Kazakh Science and Research Institute of Culture under the Ministry of Culture and Sports\nThe documentary\, based on a historical opus “Within the Stream of History\,” authored by President Nursultan Nazarbayev\, is a riveting visual journey through 550 years of history of the Kazakh people. \nThe epic takes the audiences to the distant times of the unification of Turkic tribes into a Kazakh Khanate in 1465 under the leadership of Khans Zhanibek and Geerey; follows the Great Silk Road\, connecting East Asia and the Mediterranean; chronicles the Mongolian conquests of the Kazakh tribes and geopolitical restructuring of the world; and recounts the battle over the inheritance of Genghis Khan. \nOne of the historical bases of the film is the ancient Book of Kypchaks (“Codex Cumanicus”) archived at the Library of St.Marc in Venice since 1362 – a unique record that affords a privileged glance into history and shatters ingrained stereotypes of barbaric culture of nomads. \nThe film narrates the history of a new type of centralized state\, and new civilization\, which gave a colossal impetus to the development of world trade\, economy\, and culture. Stunning images of authentic Kazakh dress and lifestyle\, as well as breathtaking scenery of the Kazakh steppes\, mountains\, and valleys throughout the four seasons of the year will leave a lasting impression on the imagination of the audience. \nFilm’s director\, Bakhyt Kairbekov\, is a renowned filmmaker\, author\, and poet\, with over 100 documentaries and 10 volumes of poems to his credit. \nFilm screening is preceded by the reception[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/kazakhfilm” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/documentary-film-screening-550-years-of-the-kazakh-khanate/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150611T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150614T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193211Z
UID:17370-1433980800-1434240000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Develop the West Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Develop the West Workshop Agenda
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/develop-the-west-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uyghur Studies
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150611T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150613T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17331-1433980800-1434153600@centralasiaprogram.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150526T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150526T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17339-1432656000-1432666800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Fifth Central Asia Fellowship Seminar
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]4:00pm Opening Remarks\nMarlene Laruelle (George Washington University) \n4:15pm Farrukh Irnazarov (Uzbekistan)\nLabor Migrant Households in Uzbekistan: Remittances as a Challenge or Blessing?\n \nDiscussant:  Seyed Reza Yousefi (Development Prospects Group (DECPG)\, World Bank) \n5:15 Nazik Muradova (Turkmenistan)\nRevisiting Turkmenistan’s Energy Exports. Path Toward a Greater Diversity of Foreign Partners\n \nDiscussant: Steve LeVine (Washington Correspondent\, Quartz)\n6:15 Reception[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\nMr. Farrukh Irnazarov is a Country Director at the Central Asian Development Institute\, Tashkent\, Uzbekistan. He is also completing his PhD in Institutional Economics at the University of Groningen\, Netherlands. In 2014\, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Johns Hopkins University\, Washington\, DC\, USA. He is in charge of several research projects on economic development\, labour migration\, regional trade and transport issues in Central Asia. Mr. Irnazarov holds a BA in International Economic Relations from the National University of Uzbekistan\, Tashkent (2002)\, a Master of Social Science in International and European Relations from Linköping University\, Sweden (2005)\, a Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University\, Sweden (2006). \nNazik Muradova holds Master’s degree from the University of St. Andrews Middle East\, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies program and Bachelor’s from American University of Central Asia International and Comparative Politics Department. Nazik’s academic interests lay in the sphere of regional security and humanitarian law. Her professional experience in the sphere of project design\, monitoring and evaluation with Mercy Corps and international NGO\, combined with passion to information analysis honed at West Sands Advisory LLP resulted in implementation of the think tank start up in Central Asia in 2014. At GWU CAP Nazik works on energy security prospects in Central Asia. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/fellows5″ el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-fifth-central-asia-fellowship-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150518T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150518T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17338-1431939600-1431970200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Turkmenistan: Domestic Evolution\, Economic Development\, and Regional Environment
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]9:00am Introductory Remarks\nMarlene Laruelle (CAP\, IERES\, GWU) \n9:15am Session I. Governance Changes in Turkmenistan \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (CAP\, IERES\, GWU) \nMyles Smith (IREX)\nForget political will – Would good governance even be possible in Turkmenistan? \nChris Miller (USAID)\nGovernance Challenges and Opportunities in Turkmenistan \nDiscussion \n​​10:45-11:15pm Coffee-break \n11:15-12:45pm Session II. Economic Development\, Progress and Challenges\n \nChair: Victoria Clement (Naval Postgraduate School\, Monterey\, CA) \nTheresa Sabonis-Helf (National Defense University)\nCasting a Wider Net: Turkmenistan and Regional Electricity \nJan Šír (Charles University\, Prague)\nGoing Private? Denationalization and Privatization in Turkmenistan under Berdymukhammedov \nKenyon Weaver (Dentons LLP)\nThe Transformation of Commercial Law under President Berdymuhamedov. \n12:45-1:30pm Lunch \n1:30-3:00pm Session III. Turkmenistan in its Regional Environment \nChair: Myles Smith (IREX) \nNazik Muradova (Central Asia Fellow\, GWU)\nRevisiting Turkmenistan’s energy exports. Path toward a greater diversity of foreign partners? \nSlavomir Horák (Charles University\, Prague)\nTurkmenistan-Uzbekistan. From personal approach to ordinary authoritarian regimes relations? \nSebastien Peyrouse (Central Asia Program\, GWU)\nTurkmenistan-Afghanistan: Political Pragmatism\, Security Tensions? \n​​3:00-3:15pm Coffee-break \n3:15-4:45pm Session IV. Historical and Social Transformations \nChair: Sebastien Peyrouse (Central Asia Program\, GWU) \nVictoria Clement (Naval Postgraduate School\, Monterey\, CA)\nIntrepid Reformers: Turkmen Jadids \nAynabat Yaylymova (Turkmenistan Health Initiative)\nReproductive Health: How do I say this in Turkmen? \nJahan Taganova (Syracuse University)\n​Image of Turkmen Girls Online​[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/turkmen” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/turkmenistan-domestic-evolution-economic-development-and-regional-environment/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150514T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193211Z
UID:17336-1431604800-1431612000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:"My Andijon Remains": Memory and Forgetting Ten Years after the Andijon Events
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lunch event featuring:\nLaura Adams\, USAID and Harvard University \nSarah Kendzior\, Al Jazeera and CAP Associate \nNoah Tucker\, Registan.net and CAP Associate \nSteve Swerdlow\, Human Rights Watch[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Uzbekistan’s Forgotten Massacre\, New York Times\, by Sarah Kendzior” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”wpb_regularsize” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/opinion/uzbekistans-forgotten-massacre.html?_r=0″][vc_column_text]\nThe 13 May 2005 Andijon violence has been documented\, interpreted and remembered by survivors\, by society and by the state in ways that have evolved over the ten years since it occurred. While responses to the violence and the drive by survivors to document their firsthand experiences helped expand the Uzbek-language internet in an important way made possible by new technologies\, rapid technological change and the shift to social media erased many of those discussions and firsthand narratives without deliberate censorship or action by the state. The state itself has at times promoted memory of the events — memory of specific versions — and other times\, particularly after the Arab Spring\, preferred to forget they occurred as it attempts to promote a narrative that Uzbekistan is synonymous with “peace and stability [tinchlik va osoyishtalik].” The panelists will discuss how all these processes have evolved in the decade since the violence and how technological change shapes the way tragic events are remembered — and forgotten — in the age of social media. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Andijon” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/my-andijon-remains-memory-and-forgetting-ten-years-after-the-andijon-events/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150507T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150507T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150505T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150505T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172334
CREATED:20200930T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17330-1430841600-1430847000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Islam as a Power Resource: Instrumentalization of Religion in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Mariya Y. Omelicheva\, University of Kansas \nHow can Islam play multiple and contradictory roles as a source of violence and peace\, and a marker of identity differences and national unity? This presentation will explore an argument that religion\, as a system of beliefs\, manifests itself through discourses\, which serve to convey religious meanings but also project interests and identities of governments\, Muslim communities\, and religious organizations. Religion\, in other words\, can be instrumentalized by stakeholders interested in accomplishing distinctive political aims. The study offers an empirical analysis of instrumentalisation of Islam by governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and uses this evidence for developing a framework linking various discursive representations of religion to their political uses. \nMariya Y. Omelicheva is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Center for Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas. She holds PhD (2007) in Political Science from Purdue University and JD in International Law (2000) from Moscow National Law Academy. Dr. Omelicheva’s research and teaching interests include international and Eurasian security\, counterterrorism and human rights\, democracy promotion in the post-Soviet territory\, Russia’s foreign and security policy\, and terrorism/crime nexus in Eurasia. She has published on these subjects in Terrorism and Political Violence\, Europe-Asia Studies\, International Journal of Human Rights\, Central Asia Survey\, Cambridge Review of International Relations\, and other journals. She is the author of Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia (Routledge 2011)\, which received an Outstanding Academic Title award by Choice\, and Democracy in Central Asia: Competing Perspectives and Alternate Strategies (University Press of Kentucky 2015)\, and editor of Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia: Dimensions\, Dynamics\, and Directions (Lexington 2014). \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Omelicheva” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/islam-as-a-power-resource-instrumentalization-of-religion-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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