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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150611T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150613T000000
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SUMMARY:STOCKHOLM - Uzbekistan Beyond the ‘Curtain’. Approaches\, Fieldworks and Topics
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A Conference organized by The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program (CAP)\, and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs \nUzbekistan is at the core of Central Asia. It is the region’s demographic power with close to 30 million inhabitants\, its second-largest economic power behind Kazakhstan thanks to its cotton production and still developed industrial network\, and a key cultural and historical power. However\, since the early 2000s\, Uzbekistan increasingly became a kind of ‘black hole’ in terms of scholarly research. \nThe country’s growing isolationism\, the authoritarian hardening of the regime\, and its shutting out of researchers have all worked to hinder the ability to conduct fieldwork\, thus affecting our knowledge of the country’s domestic evolutions. Nonetheless a new form of knowledge about Uzbekistan has noticeably arisen\, and stems from the Uzbek diasporas scattered throughout the world\, including Russia\, Europe\, and the United States. These Uzbek communities abroad provide news from the ground that attests to a quickly evolving societal fabric\, as well as to new cultural and socio-economic dynamics at the grassroots level. \nIn this context it is time to generate a kind of introspective approach of what have we have learned over the last two decades. This two-day conference brings together some of the main scholars to have contributed to our knowledge of Uzbekistan. The aim is to open a genuine discussion about the approaches used to analyze the country’s society\, politics and identities. \nUzbekistan beyond the Curtain: Approaches\, Fieldworks and Topics \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/stockholm-uzbekistan-beyond-the-curtain-approaches-fieldworks-and-topics/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences Abroad,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150526T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150526T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150518T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150518T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150514T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162132Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150507T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150507T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
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:20150505T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150505T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150423T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150423T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
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SUMMARY:Desecularization Post-Soviet Style: Delimitations of New Religious Public Space in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nwith John Schoeberlein\, Nazarbayev University \nModernization theory has run into some snags regarding religion in Central Asia. The Post-Reformation modernity in Europe brought convictions and institutions aimed at ensuring religious life free of state intervention and withdrawal of religion from public space. Post-Soviet modernity in Central Asia has seen the opposite trend — convictions and institutions premised on the idea that religion should play an increasing public role while the state should intervene robustly to influence the direction of religious development. What has been called desecularization in other parts of the world — a reversal in the trend towards privatization of religion — in Central Asia today is called secularism. This talk takes an anthropological perspective on the nationalization of religion in Central Asia\, focusing on popular attitudes that largely endorse the state control of religion\, whether it be the Islam that is seen as the key to spiritual and moral well-being\, or the proselytizing Christianity that is seen as a threat to social stability. \nJohn Schoeberlein is a social anthropologist with nearly three decades of experience researching Central Asia\, the Caucasus\, and Muslim societies of Eurasia generally. Prior to moving to Nazarbayev University in 2012\, he established and directed the Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at Harvard University (Cambridge\, USA) for nearly two decades\, and he also served as Visiting Professor at the Eurasian National University (Astana)\, and at the American University of Central Asia (Bishkek)\, among many other roles. He received his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Harvard University in 1994. His research focuses on identity\, ethnicity\, nationality\, religion\, gender\, and community organization. He has conducted a total of over six years of anthropological field research in post-Soviet countries\, mainly in Uzbekistan\, Tajikistan\, Kyrgyzstan\, Kazakhstan\, Georgia and Russia. Themes of his current research include: the changing role of Islam in former-Soviet societies\, the development of new cultural orientations including revival of traditions and global cultural influences in Eurasia\, discourses and practices of morality in everyday life\, Soviet cultural and social legacies\, and the interaction between culture and politics in post-Soviet Eurasia. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/schoeberlein2″ el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/desecularization-post-soviet-style-delimitations-of-new-religious-public-space-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150421T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150421T110000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17277-1429606800-1429614000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Islam\, Secularism and Security in Central Asia and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nIn partnership with the British Council’s Bridging Voices Project 2014/15\nThe purpose of the dialogue is to undertake a debate about the relationship between Islam and secularism with respect to security in Muslim-majority regions. \n\nHow do the relations between political Islam and more privatized variants of Islam get negotiated by civil society organizations which may or may not situate themselves in the categories set forth by state authority or individual responsibility?In particular\, what are the challenges faced by secularised Islamic political parties in environments of contention between secular governments and Islamist groups?\nHow are these differences negotiated in everyday life?How far is political Islam identified as a threat in popular discourse and practice? And how do the security responses of the state to perceived threats impact secularised Muslims?\n\nWe will consider how these questions are being addressed in the foreign policies and security analysis of Western states\, including the United States. \n9:00am Arrival & Coffee \n9:15am Roundtable on The Myth of Post-Soviet Muslim Radicalization in the Central Asian Republics \nCHAIR: David Lewis\, University of Exeter \nPRESENTERS: \nDavid Montgomery\, CEDAR \nJohn Heathershaw\, University of Exeter \nRESPONDENTS: \nMarlene Laruelle\, GWU \nNoah Tucker\, Registan.net/GWU \nMichael Hall\, Open Society Foundation \n11:00am Coffee & Close[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/bcouncil”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/islam-secularism-and-security-in-central-asia-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150416T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150416T203000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
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SUMMARY:Cinema Club Film Screening: Beshkempir
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Directed by Aktan Arym Kubat (Kyrgyzstan\, 1998) \nAktan Abdykalykov made his directorial debut with this semi-autobiographical Kirghizian-French drama set in a rural Kirghizian village where young Adyr plays in the brick mudpits\, takes an interest in a girl\, and attends outdoor movie showings. However\, Adyr’s pals reject him when it’s learned that he’s adopted\, and more dark clouds hover over Adyr after a death in the family. (Rotten Tomatoes~ Bhob Stewart\, Rovi) \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-film-screening-beshkempir/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150414T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150414T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17280-1429027200-1429034400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Religion and Identity in Eurasia
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will explore how religion articulates itself both through localized identities\, based on community belonging\, ethnic or national references\, and with globalized identities (the Ummah\, some transnational brotherhoods\, proselytizing groups). At both the individual and collective levels\, the traditional ways of expressing religion are anchored in local processes and understood as code of social conduct. It will investigate how Islam can be used as a tool to express societal transformations and therefore open new political spaces for mediating them.\n4:00pm Presentations \nLiliya Karimova (George Washington University)\nMuslim Identity in Russia through an Ethnographic Lens: The Case of Muslim Tatar Women in Tatarstan \nRuslan Baramidze (Niko Berdzenishvili Institute of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University)\nThe Muslim Community and Political processes in Georgia \nTimothy Grose\, (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)\n(Re)Embracing Islam in Neidi: the ‘Xinjiang Class’ and the Dynamics of Uyghur Ethno-national Identity.” \n5:15pm Moderated Discussion
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/religion-and-identity-in-eurasia/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150407T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17273-1428422400-1428427800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Islam and the Dynamics of Ethno-confessional Regimes in Russia\, 1990-2012
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Bulat Akhmetkarimov\, SAIS\, Johns Hopkins University \nWhy would a secular state change its policies toward religion? Research on secularism and state policies toward religion suggests several models of interaction. However\, these models are often better at describing static relationships than they are at explaining change. This study advances a framework for the conditions that presage the transformation of state-religion relations by examining significant differences between Russian state attitudes toward Islam in the early 1990s and the 2000s. In particular\, it focuses on notable changes in the licensing of Imams\, the building permissions granted for mosques\, and registration requirements for religious organizations. The study largely explains the dynamics of Russian state attitudes toward the largest minority religion in the country during the first two decades after the collapse of the Soviet state and offers predictive insights on the dynamic nature of state-Islam relations in other secular states with considerable Muslim population \nBulat Akhmetkarimov is a Ph.D. candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His publications appeared in Religion\, State & Society\, SAISPHERE\, Rivista\, and Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations. His research interests include ethnic conflict\, federalism\, and secularism in Russia. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/akhmetkarimov” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/islam-and-the-dynamics-of-ethno-confessional-regimes-in-russia-1990-2012/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150406T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150406T160000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193211Z
UID:17270-1428310800-1428336000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The First Uzbekistan Initiative Workshop
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nAgenda\n9:00am. Introductory Remarks\, Marlene Laruelle\, CAP director\n \n9:15-11:00am Session I Uzbekistan in 2015: Domestic and Foreign Policies \nChair: Reuel Hanks (Oklahoma State University) \nKamoliddin Rabbimov (LIGLIS-Center\, Paris)\nThe Succession Question and the Stability of the Uzbek political system after Islam Karimov’s decision to stay for another term \nShermamat Abdullozoda (Independent Consultant)\nUzbekistan’s economic and financial policies: A challenge to stability? \nTimur Dadabaev (Tsukuba University\, Japan)\nSoft Power from Below? Coercion and Concessions in foreign policies of Japan\, China and Russia towards Uzbekistan from a comparative perspective \nFakhmiddin Fazilov (Research Scholar\, New York University)\nUzbekistan-China Energy Cooperation: Impetuses and Impacts \n 11:00-11:30am Coffee-break \n11:30-1:00pm Session II. Factoring Uzbekistan’s Economic Development  \nChair: Farrukh Irnazarov (Central Asia Fellow\, GWU) \nNodir Djanibekov (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies\, Halle\, Germany)\nLand-labor relations between farms and rural households in Uzbekistan \nBakhrom Radjabov (University of Kassel\, Germany)\nThe Impact of International Migration and Remittances on Labor Supply Decisions in Rural Households in Uzbekistan \nJakhongir Kakhkharov (Griffith University\, Australia)\nSocio-economic Consequences of External Labor Migration and Remittances in Uzbekistan \n1:00-1:45pm Lunch \n1:45-3:45pm Session III. Roundtable: Dialoguing with the Homeland \nChair: Navbahor Imamova (VoA) \nDilorom Abdulloeva (President of Tashabbus)\nBehzod Mamadiev (Chief Editor of Vatandosh)\nDilshod Zokirov (Vatandosh Uzbek-American Federation)\nOlimjon Sharipov (Uzbek American Association of Chicago)\nAkmaljon Jumaboev (Uzbek American Association of Chicago)[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/uzbek” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-first-uzbekistan-initiative-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150324T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150324T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150317T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150317T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17269-1426608000-1426613400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Negotiating Identity in Kyrgyzstan: Nationality\, Islam\, and the Meaning of Tradition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Vincent Artman\, University of Kansas \nSince independence\, Kyrgyzstan\, like the other Central Asian states\, has been confronted with the challenge of articulating a viable national identity.Drawing upon five months of fieldwork\, this presentation examines some of the ways in which Kyrgyz people make sense of the complex relationship between their religious heritage and their national identity. \nVincent M. Artman is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of Kansas. His research interests include role of religion in the modern public sphere\, and his current research focuses on the intersection of Islam\, national identity and collective memory in contemporary Kyrgyzstan. In addition to his work on Central Asia\, Artman has published on the territorial and biopolitical aspects of passportization in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the journal Geopolitics. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Artman” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/negotiating-identity-in-kyrgyzstan-nationality-islam-and-the-meaning-of-tradition/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150316T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150612T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17361-1426464000-1434067200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Soviet Bus Stops
DESCRIPTION:Soviet Bus Stops\nAn Exhibition by Photographer Christopher Herwig \nIERES\, George Washington University\, Suite 412 \nFrom March 16 to June 12\, 2015 \nFrom the shores of the Black Sea to the endless Kazakh steppe\, the diverse architecture of Soviet bus stops demonstrates the range of public art from the Soviet era and gives a rare glimpse into the creative minds of the time. \n\nPhotographer Christopher Herwig has been hunting bus stops in remote corners of the former Soviet Union since he stumbled upon them while biking from London to St. Petersburg in 2002. He has covered more than 30\,000 km by car\, bus and taxi in 13 countries discovering and documenting these strange works of art created behind the Iron Curtain. \nHerwig’s series attracted considerable media interest around the world\, and now\, with the project complete\, the full collection is presented in Soviet Bus Stops\, a limited edition\, hardcover photo book. The book represents the most comprehensive and diverse collection of Soviet bus stop designs ever assembled.  \nWith 20 years of experience in over 90 countries\, Christopher Herwig is a Canadian documentary photographer determined to find beauty and inspiration in all aspects of life. He has been based in Central Asia and West Africa while working for NGOs\, UN agencies and many of the world’s finest publications. You can find his work at www.herwigphoto.com
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/soviet-bus-stops/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Exhibitions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150312T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150312T193000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17218-1426181400-1426188600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Cinema Club Film Screening: Aksuat
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Written and directed by Serik Aprymov (Kazakhstan 1997)\nAksuat is the name of a village in Kazakhstan\, where Kanat takes his pregnant wife Zhanna to visit his brother\, Aman. Just after the baby is born\, Kanat is thrown into jail after a fight with a policeman\, so Aman has to take care of Zhanna and gets the gossip and disapprovals of the village. Aman loses his status\, but learns a thing or two about life.\n– Written by Jos Fonteijn <jos.fonteijn@planet.nl>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-film-screening-aksuat/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150310T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150310T163000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194244Z
UID:17195-1425987000-1426005000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Tracking Factors of Change in Tajikistan
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]12:30 Light Lunch\n12:45-1:30pm Keynote Speaker \nEric McGlinchey (George Mason University)\nUsing a Wide Lens to Assess the Narrow Risk of Radical Islam in Tajikistan \n1:30-3:30pm Panel I. Tajikistan Today: Security\, Economy and Media \nChair: Sebastien Peyrouse (CAP\, GWU) \nMuzaffar Olimov (Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan)\nAfghan factor and the Threat of Islamic Radicalization: fear of a Tajik ‘Islamic Spring’? \nBrent Hierman (Virginia Military Institute)\nNational Policy\, Local Politics: Patterns of Land Reform in Tajikistan \nAbdulfattoh Shafiev (Fulbright Scholar\, GWU)\nOn/off\, on/off. Blocking Social Media in Tajikistan \nKirgizbek Kanunov (Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society in Tajikistan)\nDiscussing the political system of Tajikistan \nDiscussion \n3:30-4:00pm Coffee break \n4:00-5:30pm Panel II. Islam and its transforming role in Tajik society \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (CAP\, GWU) \nUmed Babakhanov (Asia Plus)\nThe Evolution of Political Islam in Tajikistan: From the Trenches to the Parliament…and Back? \nSaodat Olimova (Sharq Analytical Center)\nSharia and Tajikistan’s Law in the Mirror of Public Opinion \nKhashayar Beigi (University of California\, Berkeley)\nTheological Geography and Tajik Migrant Mosques in Russia \nDiscussion[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/tajikistan” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/tracking-factors-of-change-in-tajikistan/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T160000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194156Z
UID:17194-1424943000-1424966400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union: The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In cooperation with the Harriman Institute and the US-Kazakhstan Business Association\nOpening Remarks: Marlene Laruelle (IERES\, George Washington University) \n9:30-11:00am Session I. Roundtable \nMartha Brill Olcott (Michigan State University)\nSarah Freese (US-Kazakhstan Business Association)\nAlexander Cooley (Barnard College\, Columbia University)\nAlexander Libman (German Institute for International and Security Affairs SWP) \n11:30-1:00pm Session II. Kazakhstan’s Perspective on the EEU \nAitolkyn Kourmanova (CSIS Visiting Fellow\, Washington DC)\nKazakhstan and Eurasian integration: Taking a Broader View \nNate Schenkkan (Freedom House)\nThe Eurasian Economic Union Treaty. Pre-2014 aspirations\, post-2014 realities? \nMolly O’Neal (SAIS\, Johns Hopkins University)\nKazakhstan in the Eurasian Economic Integration Project: Regionalism and the Multilateral \n2:00-4:00pm Session III. Voices from the Central Asian Neighbors \nRoman Mogilevsky (University of Central Asia\, Bishkek)\nThe EEU seen from Kyrgyzstan \nSaodat Olimova (Sharq Analytical Center\, Dushanbe)\nThe EEU seen from Tajikistan \nFarrukh Irnazarov (Central Asia Fellow at GW and Country Director and Researcher\, Central Asian Development Institute\, Tashkent)\nThe EEU seen from Uzbekistan \nNazik Muradova (Central Asia Fellow at GW)\nThe EEU seen from Turkmenistan[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/EEU” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/central-asia-and-the-eurasian-economic-union-the-global-picture-and-country-perspectives/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Economic Forum,Events Archive
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
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:20150223T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194156Z
UID:17189-1424703600-1424710800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Syria Calling: Migration\, Mobilization and the Transformation of the Central Asian Jihad
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Eileen O’Connor\, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs\nand Noah Tucker\, Registan.net \nKey points:\n• Perhaps surprisingly\, ISIS appears to be weak in its resources for online recruit-ing in Central Asian languages\, but benefits disproportionately and in some un-intended ways from this resentment because of the ubiquity of its brand. Theevidence available through social media research conducted by this projectwould support and argument that there are several hundred Uzbek militantsparticipating in ISIS\, but not larger numbers recently suggested by other report-\ning and Central Asian security services.\n\n• Central Asians who support or are interested in ISIL appear to mostly be youngmigrant laborers who have little or no background in Islam as a religion butembrace Islam as an identity that offers solidarity\, a sense of belonging and anexplanation for economic hardship and discrimination that they experience.\n\n• Much of the discourse inside especially ISIS sympathizer circles among migrantlaborers in Russia builds not on religion\, but resentment – and a resentmentstoked by the uniquely toxic media environment that has developed on Russia-based social networks filled with false information. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n\nThis discussion is off the record.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Project on Middle East Political Science  (POMEPS) at the George Washington University. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Syria” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/syria-calling-migration-mobilization-and-the-transformation-of-the-central-asian-jihad/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150219T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150219T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17188-1424361600-1424368800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Religion\, Sta​te and Secularism in Eurasia… and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nThis seminar will explore state-sponsored secularism in the Eurasian continent\, and how the authorities use the concept of the separation of state and religion to consolidate authoritarian policies. It looks at Russia\, Central Asia and China\, comparing them with the Middle-East. In the name of state secularism\, Islamic communities are prohibited from interfering in politics\, while the state strictly monitors religious activities\, and interactions with the rest of the Ummah are looked upon with suspicion. \n4:00pm Presentations \nAlexsey Malashenko (Carnegie Moscow) \nSean Roberts (GWU) \nNader Hashemi (University of Denver) \n5:15pm Discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/religion” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/religion-state-and-secularism-in-eurasia-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17185-1423765800-1423773000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Cinema Club Film Screening: Land of the Fathers
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Directed by Shaken Aimanov (Kazakhstan\, 1966)\nAn old man decides to look for his dead son and bring his corpse back to bury him in the land of his ancestors; his son\, a Kazak soldier\, was killed in action somewhere in Russia. Along with his grand-son\, they go across the country and discover the harsh reality of the war.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-film-screening-land-of-the-fathers/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150203T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150203T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17181-1422979200-1422984600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Shrine\, State and Sacred Lineage in Modern Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Ulan Bigozhin\, Indiana University \nMany scholars have argued that shrine veneration and respect for sacred lineages are essential parts of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia because of their long history in the region; in other words\, shrines and sacred lineages are important now because they were important in the past. In contrast Ulan’s research reveals contemporary influences. He argues that patron-client relationships and state ideologies shape contemporary shrine practices and sacred identity in important way. Ulan will discuss the relationships among the state\, society\, and religion\, and how sacred lineages have been preserved and changed in the Soviet and post-Soviet eras. \nUlan Bigozhin was born in 1980 in Astana\, Kazakhstan. He graduated from al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazGU) in 2002 with a BA in History and Ethnography. In 2008\, Ulan was awarded an MA by the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. His thesis examined nineteenth century Islam in the Kazakh steppe\, as recorded in Russian-Kazakh colonial newspapers. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies in Sociocultural Anthropology at Indiana University in 2012\, Ulan worked as a manager in the School of Social Science and Humanities at Nazarbayev University\, in Astana. Currently ABD\, Ulan completed his fieldwork in 2013\, and is actively writing his dissertation\, tentatively titled “State\, Shrine\, and Sacred Lineage in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan.” \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/bigozhin”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/shrine-state-and-sacred-lineage-in-modern-kazakhstan/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150130T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150130T130000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17184-1422608400-1422622800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The First Bolashak Seminar
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]9:00am Opening Remarks.Marlene Laruelle (Central Asia Program\, IERES\, GWU)\n9:15-10:00 Panel 1. Societal transformations in Kazakhstan \nSerik Beissembayev (Social Found “Centre for Social and Political Studies Strategy”)\nSymbolic Boundaries of Ethnic Identity as an Issue for Nationbuilding in Kazakhstan \nZhaslan Nurbaev (Kazakh University of the Humanities and Law\, Astana)\nRegional Opinions on the Threat of Religious Extremism in Kazakhstan \nRabiga Baimbetova (Kazakh University of Technology and Business\, Astana)\nKazakhstan’s Strategy for Development \nMukhtar Baktybekov (Kazakh University of Law\, Humanities and Innovation\, Semei)\nKazakhstan’s Development as a Welfare State: Theories and Practices \n10:00-10:45 Panel 2. Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy and Economic Development \nGulnar Mamasharipova (M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State University\, Chimkent)\nKazakhstan-US Relations Today \nSergey Dyomin (Kazakh University of the Humanities and Law\, Astana)\nForeign Investments through Joint-Ventures (based on USA and Eurasian Union countries) \nArman Jumabayev (JSC Kazakh Humanitarian Law University)\nCountering Economic Crisis in Kazakhstan: A Legal Perspective \nMakhabbat Shakhmanova (Kazakh University of the Humanities and Law\, Astana)\nDeveloping Consumer Rights in Kazakhstan \n10:45-11:00 Coffee-break \n11:00-12:00pm Panel 3. Kazakhstan’s Education System \nMansiya Kumisbayeva (University of International Business\, Almaty)\nThe Importance of Project Work in Teaching English \nElmira Sarsenbayeva (Kazakh University of Technology and Business\, Astana)\nEffectiveness of Training Abroad for Master Students in Kazakhstan \nSaltanat Khudaibergenova (University of International Business\, Almaty)\nMalaysian Language Policy as an example for Kazakhstan? \nRaushan Koilybayeva (Almaty Technological University)\nHow to Organize Student Research \nAigul Askerbek (School No. 66\, Astana)\nThe Challenges of Teaching Reading in High Schools  \nAizhuldyz Tolegen (School No. 66\, Astana)\nHow to learn English effectively at an early age? \n12:00pm Lunch and Letter of Completion Ceremony[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/bolashak” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-first-bolashak-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150126T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150126T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17180-1422270000-1422280800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Fourth Central Asia Fellowship Seminar
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6643″ border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][vc_column_text]11:00am Opening Remarks\nMarlene Laruelle (Central Asia Program\, IERES\, GWU) and Chantal De Jonge Oudraat (Women in International Security\, WIIS) \n11:15am Natalia Zakharchenko (Kyrgyzstan)  \nQuotes on Quotas: Political Representation of Women in Kyrgyzstan \nDiscussant: Christina Fink (George Washington University) \n11:45 Marina Kayumova (Uzbekistan) \nEmigration of “Crème de la crème” in Uzbekistan. Long-term consequences from a gender perspective \nDiscussant: Daina Eglitis (George Washington University) \n12:15pm Rashid Gabdulhakov (Uzbekistan) \nTerritorial enclaves of the Ferghana Valley: Do good fences make good neighbors? \nDiscussant: David Abramson (State Department) \n12:45 Discussion \n13:30 Lunch[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\nRashid Gabdulhakov (Uzbekistan) is a Political Science instructor at the International University of Central Asia in the Kyrgyz Republic. Rashid has received his BA in International Relations from Whitworth University in Spokane\, Washington state\, USA. After graduation\, he returned to Uzbekistan and worked with UN Volunteers in Tashkent.  In 2012\, Rashid went on to receive his Masters Degree in Politics and Security from the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. During his studies at the OSCE Academy he continued working with various UN agencies and conducted research on geographical enclaves in post-Soviet Central Asia. \nNatalia Zakharchenko (Kyrgyzstan)  is an alumni of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek\, Kyrgyzstan\, 2012.  She is currently working as an analyst for the Norwegian Helsinki Committee. Previously\, Natalia worked as a Junior Professional Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic and completed her research fellowship at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. She has several publications on migration in Kyrgyzstan and water management in Central Asia. At the moment\, Natalia is involved into the research on gender quotas and its impact on women’s political empowerment in Kyrgyzstan. During her stay in DC Natalia will work on “Globalizing the Gender Quota? Women in Power in Central Asia.” \nMarina Kayumova (Uzbekistan) has considerable international work experience\, during which she was exposed to a variety of projects within public and private sectors. Her previous assignments include work in GSM Association\, European Parliament and Patent Office. She has also worked as a strategy consultant for SMEs. Marina holds MPhil degree in Innovation\, Strategy and Organisation from the University of Cambridge and BA from the University of Westminster. She also received Masters in International Relations from the European Institute\, where she explored EU-Russia and Central Asia relations in the domain of energy cooperation. During her stay in DC Marina will work on “Brain Drain of ‘Creme de la Creme’ in Uzbekistan: Long-term consequences.” \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/seminar4″ el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-fourth-central-asia-fellowship-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150120T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150120T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17177-1421769600-1421775000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Regulation of Blogger’s Activity in Uzbekistan: Implications for Freedom of Religion and Belief
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Mirakmal Niyazmatov\, Lawyer and Co-Founder of Tashabbus \nIn September 2014\, Uzbek government introduced amendments to the Law “On Informatization.” The amendments imposed vague restrictions on blogging. Uzbek bloggers are now prohibited from disseminating information inciting national\, racial\, ethnic or religious hatred\, as well as denigrating the honor and dignity of citizens. Furthermore\, the amendments oblige bloggers to verify the truthfulness of the information posted on their blogs. The Amendments are an extension to the 2007 Media Law\, which defines websites as mass media and imposes onerous obligations on their owners. \nAlthough the number of internet users is growing rapidly in Uzbekistan\, it is unlikely that the citizens will engage in open discussion of such taboo topics like politics and religion. This is largely due to the Uzbek government’s deployment of new ways to strengthen state monitoring and censorship on the internet. The presentation will discuss the most problematic provisions of the recent Amendments and their impact on the right of Uzbeks to discuss sensitive issues related to religion and religious practice on the internet. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\nMirakmal Niyazmatov is a lawyer and co-founder of Tashabbus. He holds an LL.B. from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy and an LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from Notre Dame Law School.  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Niyazmatov” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/regulation-of-bloggers-activity-in-uzbekistan-implications-for-freedom-of-religion-and-belief/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150117T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T162050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
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SUMMARY:Eurasia's Future and the role of the United States
DESCRIPTION:Join us to honor the memory of author and scholar Alexandros Petersen (1984-2014)\, killed in Kabul on January 17.\nWith \n\nMargarita Assenova (Jamestown Foundation)\,\nStephen J.Blank (American Foreign Policy Council)\,\nSamuel Charap (International Institute for Strategic Studies)\,\nAriel Cohen (Heritage Foundation)\, and\nMatthew Rojansky (Kennan Institute)\n\nOn January 17\, 2014\, an attack on a restaurant was launched in Kabul\, murdering 21 people.Among them was Dr. Alexandros Petersen\, a specialist on the Caucasus and Central Asia.Dr. Petersen held a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and authored The WorldIsland: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West (Praeger: 2011).
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/eurasias-future-and-the-role-of-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150115T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150115T213000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
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SUMMARY:Cinema Club Film Screening: Hasan Arbakesh
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Directed by Boris Kimiagarov (Tajikistan\, 1965) \nHasan is young and handsome\, he is strong and knows what he needs in life and love\, in addition to that\, inspires him. But then changes come to his life and to the lives of his nation — new power starts to dictate their rules. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-film-screening-hasan-arbakesh/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150112T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150112T170000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
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SUMMARY:Assessing the Capabilities of Central Asian Armies
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n11:00-12:30pm Panel I. Roundtable. Assessing Security Threats to Central Asia \nChair: Sebastien Peyrouse (IERES\, GWU) \nClark Adams (Department of Defense)\nAlexander Cooley (Barnard College\, Columbia University)\nRoger Kangas (Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies\, National Defense University)\nMarlene Laruelle (IERES\, GWU)\nScott Smith (United States Institute of Peace) \n12:30-1:30pm Lunch \n1:30-3:00pm Panel II. Assessing Military Capabilities of the Central Asian States \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (IERES\, GWU) \nZhulduz Baizakova (Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar\, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies\, National Defense University)\nMilitary reform in Kazakhstan: its perspectives and current trends \nVitali Gelfgat (US Army)\nUzbekistan’s military capabilities \nErica Marat (Assistant Professor\, College of International Security Affairs\, National Defense University)\nPredatory policing in Central Asia \nSebastien Peyrouse (IERES\, GWU\, and East West Institute)\nKazakhstan’s industrial-military complex and foreign cooperation \n3:00-3:30pm Coffee break \n3:30-5:00pm Panel III. Assessing External Assistance to Central Asia \nAlexander Cooley (Barnard College\, Columbia University) \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (IERES\, GWU) and Stephen Blank (American Foreign Policy Council)\nRussia’s military cooperation with Central Asia \nRichard Weitz (Hudson Institute)\nThe Security Role of the SCO\, CSTO\, and China in Central Asia \nDmitry Gorenburg (CNA Corporation/Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies\, Harvard University)\nUS and European military assistance to Central Asia \nIn partnership with the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)\, United Kingdom.[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/CAAC” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/assessing-the-capabilities-of-central-asian-armies/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150108T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150208T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T172155
CREATED:20200930T161953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
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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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