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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200413T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200413T170000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
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SUMMARY:Kyrgyzstan’s Slide to Autocracy with Dr. Erica Marat & Colleen Wood
DESCRIPTION:Kyrgyzstan was on the path of holding local and parliamentary elections this year. But two processes are likely to derail president Jeenbekov’s efforts to ensure election of his loyalists into power. First\, anti-corruption activism has been on the rise in Bishkek and across the country exposing the influence of dark money on the country’s political establishment. Second\, the spread of COVID-19 uncovers both the parliament and president’s inability to design and communicate effective public health policies. Will new political forces challenging the incumbent regime emerge as a result? Or will Jeenbekov succeed in suppressing his opponents to continue consolidation power in his hands?\n\nOn April 26\, 2018\, Dr. Erica Marat gave a talk on her new book\, “The Politics of Police Reform: Society against the State in Post-Soviet Countries.” The talk took place in the Special Collections Library at the National Defense University in Washington\, DC.\nDr. Erica Marat \n\n\nDr. Erica Marat is an Associate Professor at the College of International Security Affairs of the National Defense University. Her research focuses on state violence\, social movements\, law enforcement\, policing\, and the security sector in former Soviet states. Her book The Politics of Police Reform: Society against the State in Post-Soviet Countries (Oxford University Press 2018) examines the conditions under which a meaningful transformation of the police is likely to succeed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColleen Wood\n\nColleen Wood is a PhD student at Columbia University’s Political Science department\, where she researches state-building and identity in Central Asia. She writes regularly for The Diplomat about Central Asian politics\, society\, and culture.\n\n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kyrgyzstans-slide-to-autocracy-with-dr-erica-marat-colleen-wood/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, Meeting ID: 657 029 221
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kyrgyzstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180927T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180927T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192320Z
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SUMMARY:Assessing the Terrorist Threat In and From Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:with\n Dr. Edward Lemon\n\nIn the past two years\, Central Asians have been involved in terrorist attacks in Istanbul\, New York\, St. Petersburg\, and Stockholm. While we have seen more attacks by Central Asians outside the region than within it\, in August four tourists were killed in an Islamic State-inspired attack in southern Tajikistan. This was the first attack credibly linked to IS in the region. Some have been quick to label Central Asia as a growing “hotbed” of Islamic extremism and exporter of terrorism. Returning fighters from Syria and Iraq\, spillovers from Afghanistan and “homegrown” terrorists are all framed as threats to the region. Yet assessing the threat remains difficult in no small part due to the way the governments of the region manipulate it to consolidate their power. Through an examination of the available evidence and ongoing fieldwork since 2014\, Edward Lemon discusses the threat posed by terrorism in the region and from beyond the region\, in Russia\, Turkey\, Europe and the US.\n\nDr Edward Lemon is the DMGS-Kennan Institute Fellow at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington D.C. He was previously a Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Harriman Institute\, Columbia University. He earned his PhD in international studies from the University of Exeter in 2016. In his research\, he examines terrorism\, authoritarian governance\, religion\, security\, and migration in Eurasia. He is currently writing a book on transnational repression and counter-extremism in Tajikistan. Since 2009\, he has spent almost three years working and conducting fieldwork in Tajikistan\, Kyrgyzstan\, Kazakhstan\, Russia\, and Poland. \n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/assessing-the-terrorist-threat-in-and-from-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180918T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180918T170000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162707Z
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SUMMARY:Post-Soviet Think Tanks: The Influence of Think Tanks on Policy Processes in Post-Soviet States
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Vera Axyonova \n\nThe influence of think tanks on policy processes and civil society in non-consolidated democracies and authoritarian regimes is the focus of this presentation\, which aims to map the local think tank landscapes and examine their resources and strategies used to advance certain foreign and security policy choices. The analysis draws on extensive data\, including an original set of expert interviews with think tankers\, as well as on think tanks’ constitutive documents and publications. The project contributes to the literature on think tanks’ participation in public policy-making by explicating policy influence mechanisms and challenges faced by think tanks in post-Soviet non-consolidated democracies and authoritarian regimes. \n\nDr. Vera Axyonova is a postdoctoral researcher and Assistant Professor at Justus Liebig University Giessen\, Germany. Her research focuses on international support to democratization and conflict management\, as well as policy processes in former Soviet states. She was previously Hurford Next Generation Fellow with the Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, and Researcher and Adjunct Lecturer at Fulda University of Applied Sciences. Axyonova is the author of The European Union’s Democratization Policy for Central Asia: Failed in Success or Succeeded in Failure? (Ibidem\, 2014) and editor of European Engagement under Review: Exporting Values\, Rules\, and Practices to the Post-Soviet Space (Ibidem\, 2016). \n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/post-soviet-think-tanks-the-influence-of-think-tanks-on-policy-processes-in-post-soviet-states/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180906T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180906T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162700Z
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SUMMARY:Access and Control of University Education in Central Asia Since 2000
DESCRIPTION:withDr. Alan DeYoung\nProfessor Emeritus at the University of Kentucky\nWhat does it mean to be a “student” and “to study” in contemporary Central Asia? During the Soviet era teachers and university faculty were highly regarded and rewarded\, however this has changed. As a comparative education scholar\, Dr. Alan DeYoung’s research questions focus on issues of teacher\, faculty\, and student life during times of transition in higher education systems in Central Asian. Dr. DeYoung began his teaching and research in Kazakhstan at Arabaev Pedagogical University in 1996 as a Fulbright Scholar; and most recently his regional teaching and research activities occurred as a Fulbright Scholar in 2016 at the International University for Humanities and Development in Turkmenistan. \nAlan DeYoung is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation\, and the Department of Sociology at the University of Kentucky. He directed a U.S. Department of State exchange program between three Kyrgyz state universities and the University of Kentucky. He also worked in seven other universities in Central Asia. His published work focuses on educational dynamics in post-Soviet Central Asia\, including Surviving the Transition?: Case Studies of Schools and School Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic since Independence (2006)\, and Lost in Transition: Redefining Students and Universities in the Contemporary Kyrgyz Republic (2011). DeYoung’s recent regional research focused on higher education issues and reforms in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropological and Sociological Studies in Education from Stanford University. \n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/access-and-control-of-university-education-in-central-asia-since-2000/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180830T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180830T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192348Z
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SUMMARY:Discursive Power: Comparative Analysis of the "Silk Road" Narrative in Japanese\, Chinese\, and Korean Foreign Policies towards Central Asia\, and implications for U.S. regional presence
DESCRIPTION:withDr. Timur Dadabaev\nAssociate Professor and Director of the Special Program\nfor Japanese and Eurasian Studies\, University of Tsukuba (Japan)\nThere is considerable debate over how and in what form Central Asian (CA) states should conduct relations among each other and with other post-Soviet states. The notion of the “Silk Road” has become one of the symbols of extended economic and political cooperation. Notably\, however\, Japan (Silk Road Diplomacy\,1996–1999)\, China (One Belt\, One Road [OBOR] or the Belt and Road initiative [BRI])\, and South Korea (Silk Road Strategy\, 2011) have used the rhetoric of reviving the Silk Road to imply closer engagement with the CA region\, but with different connotations. This presentation focuses on the formation of this discourse of engagement with the CA region through the notion of the Silk Road in China\, South Korea\, and Japan\, and offers some implications for the U.S. presence in the region. \nTimur Dadabaev is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Special Program for Japanese and Eurasian Studies at the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities\, University of Tsukuba\, Japan. He has published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies\, The Pacific Review\, Nationalities Papers\, Journal of Contemporary China\, Asian Survey\, Inner Asia\, Central Asian Survey\, Asian Affairs\, Strategic Analysis\, Journal of Eurasian Studies\, Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies\, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics\, Japanese Journal of Political Science and others. His latest monographic books are Identity and Memory in Post-Soviet Central Asia (Oxon: Routledge\, 2015) and Japan in Central Asia (NY: Palgrave Macmillan 2016). His edited volumes include Kazakhstan\, Kyrgyzstan\, and Uzbekistan: Life and Politics during the Soviet Era\, (Co-edited with Hisao Komatsu)\, NY: Palgrave Macmillan\, 2017; and Social Capital Construction and Governance in Central Asia (Coedited with Yutaka Tsujinaka)\, NY: Palgrave Macmillan\, 2017. \nThese works can be accessed at http://www.tsukuba.academia.edu/TimurDadabaev \n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/discursive-power-comparative-analysis-of-the-silk-road-narrative-in-japanese-chinese-and-korean-foreign-policies-towards-central-asia-and-implications-for-u-s-regional-presence/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180823T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180823T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192358Z
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SUMMARY:Foreign Investment Law and Sustainable Development in the Kyrgyz Republic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with Dr. Begaiym Esenkulova an Associate Professor of Law of the American University of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan) and who is currently a Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar at the Indiana University (Bloomington). Begaiym will discuss the investment legislation and international investment agreements of the Kyrgyz Republic and provide a critical analysis of how they should be reformed for the advancement of sustainable development of the country. She will also explore how to design and implement a new generation legal framework of foreign direct investment that will not only provide for the protection of investors’ rights\, but will also address investments’ wider social\, economic\, and environmental effects in the Kyrgyz Republic.\n\n\n\n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/foreign-investment-law-and-sustainable-development-in-the-kyrgyz-republic/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kyrgyzstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180611T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180612T000000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192413Z
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SUMMARY:BISHKEK: Joint Conference "Integration Processes and State Interests in Eurasia
DESCRIPTION: Joint Conference of the American University of Central Asia and The George Washington University\, Central Asian Program with support from United States Agency for International Development (USAID)\nIntegration Processes and State Interests in Eurasia \nVenue: \nAmerican University in Central Asia \nTokombaev St. 7/6\, Bishkek\, Kyrgyz Republic \nRoom 440 (CH-1) \nJune 11\, 2018 (Monday) \n  \nDownload program \n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/bishkek-joint-conference-integration-processes-and-state-interests-in-eurasia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kyrgyzstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180607T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180607T133000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192424Z
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SUMMARY:Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty; The Return of Tamerlane?
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Therese Sabonis-Helf\, Georgetown University\nDr. Dan Burghart\, National Intelligence University \nDr. Marlene Laruelle\, The George Washington University \nDr. Roger Kangas\, National Defense University \nDr. Laura Adams\, USAID \nStacie Giles\, Virginia Commonwealth University \nGawdat Bahgat\, National Defense University \nMr. Robert Timm\, Naval War College \nThis collection provides a broad analysis of social\, political\, economic\, and security issues in contemporary Central Asia. In particular\, the contributors highlight the differences and similarities among the region’s states in how they have consolidated statehood since the collapse of the Soviet Union.\n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/central-asia-in-the-era-of-sovereignty-the-return-of-tamerlane/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180525T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180525T160000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192438Z
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SUMMARY:The Identity Crisis of Uyghurs Today
DESCRIPTION:Symposium Agenda\n9:00-9:40 Refreshments and Registration \n9:40-10:00 Opening Remarks \n10:00 – 12:00: Session A: Challenges in Uyghur Education & China’s Harsh Policy towards Uyghurs \nChair: Rishat Abbas\, Pfizer\, USA\n1. Rebecca Clothey\, Drexel University\, USA\, “Education Policy Appropriation\, Ethnic\nSegregation and Cultural Transmission in Urumqi”\n2. Nury A. Turkel\, Lawyer\, USA\, “China’s Re-Education Detention Centers: Examination\nUyghur Rights under China’s Constitution and International Human Rights Law”\n3. Lauren Hansen Restrepo\, Bryn Mawr College\, USA\, “The Middle Can not Hold:\nUnpacking the Role of Development on the Rising Culture War within Urban Uyghur\nSociety”\n4. Memet Emin\, Colombia University\, USA\, “Mental Impact of Chinese Harsh Policy\ntowards Uyghurs” \n12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH \n1:45 – 3:45: Session B: China’s Cultural Assimilation Policy towards Uyghurs \nChair: Ilshat Hassan\, Uyghur American Association\, USA \n1. Louisa Greve\, Washington Fellow\, Christian Solidarity Worldwide\, USA\, “The\nCampaign to “Sinicize Religion” in the XUAR”\n2. Abdulhamit Karahan\, Uyghur Academy\, TURKEY\, “Uyghur Language Crisis in\nEducation both in Uyghur Homeland and Diaspora”\n3. Nicole Morgret\, Uyghur Human Rights Project\, USA\,“Uyghur Intangible Cultural\nHeritage” \n3:45 – 4:00 Closing Remarks \n4:00 – 5:00: Post-Symposium Social \nThis one-day symposium is organized by: \nThe Uyghur American Association\, \nThe Uyghur Academy\, \nThe Uyghur Human Rights Project \n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-identity-crisis-of-uyghurs-today/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uyghur Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180524T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180524T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192451Z
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SUMMARY:Uzbekistan’s Newfound Foreign Policy and its Implications for U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion on the outcome of the Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s visit to the United States and the future role of Uzbekistan in the administration’s Central Asia and South Asia strategy.\nwith \nScotty Reid\nOffice Director for Central Asia\,\nThe Bureau of South and Central Asia Affairs \nPaul Stronski\nCarnegie Endowment for International Peace \nNavbahor Imamova\nVoice of America-Uzbek service \nMarlene Laruelle\nGeorge Washington University \n\n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/uzbekistans-newfound-foreign-policy-and-its-implications-for-u-s-uzbekistan-relations/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180524T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180524T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192502Z
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SUMMARY:“Paradoxes of Legitimation”: Authoritarianism(s) in modern Azerbaijan\, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
DESCRIPTION:Sofya Omarova\,Ph.D. candidate in International Politics and Sociology\nDepartment of Social Sciences\nOxford Brookes University \nThis presentation seeks to explore the concepts of legitimacy and legitimation and how they relate to regime self-legitimation in Kazakhstan\, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Legitimation and legitimacy in authoritarian contexts needs to be understood as a three-part process. The first concerns ‘inputs’: the narratives\, discourses and claims of legitimation on behalf of the regime. The second aspect is the process of legitimation: the ways in which actors use and apply these claims in relation to a broader society. Finally\, there are ‘outputs’: the extent to which the application of claims about the right to rule is ‘believed’ by the population. It is impossible to make generalized claims about the extent to which citizens in authoritarian states believe in the legitimacy of rulers because it is very difficult to discern genuine beliefs in such closed political contexts. Thus\, the main focus is on conceptualizing authoritarian claims of self-legitimation. \nThe presentation is based on an upcoming book chapter from “Theorizing Central Asia” (Palgrave Macmillan)\, co-authored with Dr. Rico Isaacs (Reader in Politics\, Oxford Brookes University). \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/paradoxes-of-legitimation-authoritarianisms-in-modern-azerbaijan-kazakhstan-and-turkmenistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180511T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180511T160000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192515Z
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SUMMARY:CAP Roundtable on “Muslim Middle Class” vs the Islamic State: National Identity and Revolutionary Justice in Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:withNoah Tucker\nRFE/RL\, CAP Associate \nZhuldyz Tuleouva\nKazakhstan Producer of “Not in Our Name\,” RFE/RL project \nSerik Beissembayev\nStrategia Sociological Center\, former CAP fellow \nAurelie Biard\nNAC-NU Postdoctoral fellow\, GWU \nChair\nWendell Schwab\nPennsylvania State University \nThis roundtable panel will present and discuss preliminary results from new fieldwork\, focus groups and video interviews conducted in 2017 and 2018 at urban and rural sites on increasingly bitter and politicized religious divisions in Kazakh society\, competing visions of religious authority and how Kazakhstan’s stark economic inequalities can be interpreted from an Islamic perspective. \nDrawing on interviews and materials collected over multiple trips to Zhezkazgan\, Satpayev\, and Kengir\, we will also explore why some residents from specific communities embraced the radical vision of violent “social justice” and separation offered by Jihadi Salafism and ISIS\, why they left in surprisingly large numbers to fight in foreign civil wars in Syria and Iraq\, and how the divisions that remain in these communities may lead to new conflicts in the future. \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cap-roundtable-on-muslim-middle-class-vs-the-islamic-state-national-identity-and-revolutionary-justice-in-kazakhstan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180507T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180507T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192525Z
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SUMMARY:The 11th CAP Fellows Seminar "Youth\, Civic Engagement\, and Civil Service in Central Asia and Azerbaijan"
DESCRIPTION:4:00 – 5:00 PM\, Session 1: Improving Civic Networks and Civil Service in Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan\n\nRaushanna Sarkeyeva (Founder/Director\, Urban Initiatives Public Foundation\, Bishkek\, Kyrgyzstan)\nHow Do We Strengthen Bishkek’s Civic Networks?\n\nElchin Karimov (Independent Researcher\, Azerbaijan)\nMoving from a Patronage to Merit-Based Civil Service in Azerbaijan\n\nBreak: 5:00 – 5:15 PM\n\n5:15 – 6:15 PM\, Session 2: Youth and Public Dialogue in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan\n\nDinara Alimkhanova (Chief Manager\, National Vocational Education Agency\, Kazakhstan)\nUn-enrolled and Unemployed: a Pilot Study of Youth in Southern Kazakhstan\n\nDilmira Matyakubova (Associate Lecturer\, Westminster International University\, Tashkent\, Uzbekistan)\nWho is the Tashkent-City for? Nation-branding and Public Dialog in Uzbekistan\n \nReception: 6:15 – 7:00 PM\n\n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-11th-cap-fellows-%ef%bb%bfseminar-youth-civic-engagement-and-civil-service-in-central-asia-and-azerbaijan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180305T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180305T173000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192538Z
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SUMMARY:Central Asia Security Workshop
DESCRIPTION:10:30AM – 12:00 PM\, Session 1: Central Asia’s Regional Environment. Moves and Stabilities\n \nAlexander Cooley\, Columbia University\nCentral Asia as Part of Greater Eurasia? Prospects and Challenges\n\nJeffrey Mankoff\, CSIS\nWhither the Eurasian Economic Union?\n\nSebastien Peyrouse\, The George Washington University\nA Sustainable Attractiveness? China’s Projection and Construction of Soft Power in Central Asia\n \nLunch: 12:00 – 1:00 PM\n  \n1:00 -2:30 PM\, Session 2: Rethinking the Obvious. Changes in Perceptions\, Strategies and Policies\n  \nMarlene Laruelle\, The George Washington University\nKazakhstani Perceptions of External Powers. Unexpected Findings of Survey Analysis\n\nLuca Anceschi\, Glasgow University\nRethinking Central Asia’s Energy Security: The view from Astana and Ashgabat\n\nSean Roberts\, The George Washington University\nProspects and Limits to Reform in Uzbekistan\n  \nCoffee Break: 2:30-3:00 PM\n  \n3:00-4:30 PM\, Session 3: Securing and Securitizing Policies\n  \nRoger Kangas\, National Defense University\nUS Strategy for South Asia/Afghanistan and its Impact on Central Asia\n\nEric McGlinchey\, George Mason University\n“Central Asian Terrorism” and the Limits of Extreme Vetting\n\nErica Marat\, National Defense University\nThe Politics of Policy Reform in Central Asia\n  \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/central-asia-security-workshop-2/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192552Z
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SUMMARY:Culture and Islam in Late Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:9:00-11:00 AM\, Session 1: Sovietness in Central Asia. Politics\, Economy\, and Society\nIsaac McKean Scarborough (London School of Economics)\nThe Political Culture of Late Soviet Tajikistan \nRiccardo Cucciola (National Research University – Higher School of Economics\, Moscow\, Russia)\nRashidov’s diplomacy: Rethinking Uzbekistan as a model for the Third World (1959-1983) \nIrina Morozova (Regensburg University)\nSocialist Solidarity or Market Rationality: the Debates and Politics on Economy and Resources between Moscow and Central Asian Republics\, 1989-1991 \nMarkus Göransson (Stockholm School of Economics)\nBrezhnev’s generation. Tajik soldiers of the Afghan War and Political Socialisation \nCoffee Break: 11:00-11:30 AM \n11:30 AM-2:00 PM\, Session 2: Culture and Religion in Late Soviet Central Asia \nArtemy M. Kalinovsky (University of Amsterdam)\nAdab\, Kultura and the Limits of Friendship \nPeter Rollberg (George Washington University)\nThe Axiological Subversion of Soviet Officialdom by Kazakh Cinema in the Early 1980s \nSonja Luehrmann (Simon Fraser University)\nPreaching Islam\, Preaching Culture: Brezhnev-era Sermon Texts from the Tatar ASSR \nLunch: 2:00-2:45 PM \n2:45-4:15 PM\, Session 3: Literature\, Art\, and Nation in a Timeless Perspective \nNaomi Caffee (Arizona University)\nNotes from the Afterlife? Uzbekistan’s Russophone Poets Then and Now \nAnanda Breed (University of Lincoln)\nEpic Performances in Central Asia: Negotiating between Past and Present \nDiana T. Kudaibergenova (Lund University/Cambridge University)\nThe Limits of Late Socialist Realism: Art\, Power and National Museum in Central Asia \nCoffee Break: 4:15-4:30 PM \n4:30-6:00 PM\, Session 4: Performing and Remembering Culture and Islam \nSvetlana Peshkova (University of New Hampshire)\nNational Traditions and Natural Landscape \nAli Igmen (California State University\, Long Beach)\nSelective Remembrance of ‘the Good Old Days’: the Lives of Kyrgyz Actresses According to the post-Soviet Interviewees \nChristopher Baker (University of Indiana\, Bloomington and American University of Central Asia\, Bishkek\, Kyrgyzstan)\nEthnic Words and Soviet Things: Coming to Terms with Soviet Civilization in Esenberlin’s Kōşpendiler \nThis workshop is part of the CERIA Initiative\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation \n RSVP\n  \nPainting by Kazakhstan’s contemporary artist Saule Suleimenova \n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/culture-and-islam-in-late-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180129T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180129T170000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192601Z
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SUMMARY:‘Bourgeois’ Islam\, Prosperity Theology\, and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia
DESCRIPTION:9:30-11:30 AM\, Session 1: Towards an Islamic Capitalist Ethic in Central Asia\nGül Berna Özcan (Royal Holloway\, University of London) Islam\, Morality and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Central Asia \nAlima Bissenova (Nazarbayev University) Fitting into a Secular Society: The Discreet Charm of Kazakhstani Muslim\nEntrepreneurs \nAisalkyn Botoeva (Islamic Legal Studies Program\, Harvard Law School) How Do Capitalist Islamists Make Use of their Money and Envision the\nFuture? \nCoffee break: 11:30 AM-12:00 PM \n12:00 AM-1:15 PM\, Session 2: Alternative Islamic Middle Classness at home and abroad \nAurélie Biard (Central Asia Program\, The George Washington University) Ultra-Orthodox Hanafite and Salafist Predications via Halal Business in\nKazakhstan \nManja Stephan-Emmrich (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) ‘Bourgeois Islam’\, Gulf Migration\, and Post-national Sentiments \nLunch: 1:15 PM-2:00 PM \n2:00 PM-4:00 PM\, Session 3: Islamic Business inMigration: the Case of Russia \nRano Turaeva (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) Muslim Female Entrepreneurs in Moscow: From Mosque to Business Office \nIzzat Aman (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration) Halal Businesses in Russia: Religion vs Capitalism \nMorgan Liu (The Ohio State University) \nDiscussion and Concluding Remarks \n  \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/bourgeois-islam-prosperity-theology-and-ethics-in-muslim-eurasia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180124T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180124T190000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192616Z
UID:17578-1516813200-1516820400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude\, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms
DESCRIPTION:Since taking office in September 2016\, the new President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has initiated many reforms\, ranging from economic and social policies aimed at improving the investment climate and the education and health systems to domestic and foreign policy changes aimed at eliminating any cult of personality\, providing greater freedom of media and expression\, and improving relations with neighboring States.\nThe pace and scope of the initiatives have taken many academics and experts by surprise and raises several questions. Are these reforms sustainable\, and how do they impact the lives of Uzbekistani citizens? What are the consequences for relations between Uzbekistan and the international community? Do they provide an opportunity for Western countries to strengthen their relations with Uzbekistan and to improve their image\, in the country? \nFour panelists will discuss these issues with a focus on specific areas that President Mirziyoyev has targeted for reform\, including civil society (Sean Roberts\, GWU)\, economic development (Eric Rudenshoild\, USAID)\, media (Navbahor Imamova\, Voice of America) and education (Sebastien Peyrouse\, GWU).
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/towards-a-new-uzbekistan-the-magnitude-impact-and-limitations-of-shavkat-mirziyoyevs-reforms/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T144500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192636Z
UID:17561-1510929900-1510934400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Afghan Shi'i Movement: Revolutionary Politics and Global Islam
DESCRIPTION:With Prof. Robert Crews\n \nThe leftist coup in Afghanistan in 1978 and the Iranian revolution of 1979 unleashed a radical political movement among the Afghan Shia. Since 2001\, this movement has achieved new momentum\, and Afghan Shi’i activism has become central both to Afghan national politics and to global Shi’ism. This talk examines how Afghan Shi’i elites imagined a revolutionary project that would transform Islam and the Afghan nation – and explores how this project continues to shape the wider region today. \nProf. Robert D. Crews is an historian whose research and teaching interests focus on Afghanistan\, Central and South Asia\, Russia\, Islam\, and Global History. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, he received an MA from Columbia University and a PhD degree in History from Princeton University. His work has appeared in Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, and The New York Times. His course offerings include “The Global Drug Wars\,” “The Islamic Republics: Politics and Society in Iran\, Afghanistan\, and Pakistan\,” and “Modern Islamic Movements.” His latest research project explores Shia politics in Afghanistan. \nCo-sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies\, the Institute for Middle East Studies\, and the Central Asia Program \n  \n RSVP\n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-afghan-shii-movement-revolutionary-politics-and-global-islam/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T213000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192645Z
UID:17559-1510860600-1510867800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:CAP Cinema Club Presents: Shal (Kazakhstan\, 2012) by Ermek Tursunov
DESCRIPTION:Based on Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea\,” this Kazakhstani Oscar submission tells the story of Kasym\, an old shepherd who lives on the remote steppes of Kazakhstan. The old man loves international soccer\, horses\, his flock and family and tries to bond with his grandson Erali. In the spirit of Hemingway’s original text\, Kasym uses every trick up his sleeve to survive the elements and out with the wolves.\n  \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cap-cinema-club-presents-shal-kazakhstan-2012-by-ermek-tursunov/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T143000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192652Z
UID:17568-1510750800-1510756200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Global Powers and Competing ‘Fixes’ in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Balihar Sanghera\, Director of Graduate Studies (Taught)\,\nSenior Lecturer in Sociology\, University of Kent; George F. Kennan Fellow\, Woodrow Wilson Center \n\nThis presentation examines how the US\, Russia\, and China have proposed different development visions for Central Asia. While it is common to frame these visions in exclusionary or conflictual terms (such as market reforms versus state controls\, the dominant Western hegemony versus rising powers\, or the core versus the semi-periphery)\, Dr. Sanghera will argue that they reflect a shared imperative to tackle and fix structural contradictions inherent in advanced and newly capitalist economies. In this respect\, there is a family resemblance among the competing fixes\, rather than strong differences of economic and political ideologies. Central Asia has become an important space for global powers to shape and contest the future direction of capitalism. Drawing upon a qualitative study of international financial institutions in the region\, Dr. Sanghera will also examine how Central Asian states strategically respond to different social fixes to address their own economic and political needs\, often in ways that are unstable and contradictory.\n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/global-powers-and-competing-fixes-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T143000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192707Z
UID:17565-1510750800-1510756200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The 10th CAP Fellows Seminar "Peacebuilding and Civic Literacy in Central Asia and South Caucasus"
DESCRIPTION:Agenda \n4:00 – 5:30 PM\, Session 1: New Perspectives on Grassroots Peacebuilding \nDiana Mamatova (former Project Coordinator\, the United Nations in Kyrgyzstan) Grassroots Peacebuilding: Cross-Border Cooperation in the Ferghana Valley \nJafar Usmanov (former Lead Researcher at ACT Development Group\, Tajikistan) Youth as Agents of Peace at the Tajik-Kyrgyz Border \nJeyhun Valiev (Independent Researcher\, Azerbaijan) Assessing the Impact of NGO Peacebuilding Programs in the South Caucasus:\nthe Case of Nagorno-Karabakh \nBreak: 5:30 – 5:45 PM \n5:45 – 6:45 PM\, Session 2: Empowerment through Civic Literacy in Kazakhstan \nKarlygash Kabatova (Astana Paper-Lab ResearchGroup\, Kazakhstan) Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan \nAnna Gussarova (Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies)\nCountering Extremism versus Freedom of Online Expression: the Case of Kazakhstan \nReception: 6:45 – 8:00 PM \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-10th-cap-fellows-seminar-peacebuilding-and-civic-literacy-in-central-asia-and-south-caucasus/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T143000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192717Z
UID:17564-1510750800-1510756200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Deciphering the Notion of "Uzbek Terrorists"
DESCRIPTION:with Alisher Siddique\, Director of RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service\nIn 2017\, four terrorist attacks were carried out by Uzbek citizens or people of Uzbek origin in several Western cities. Contrary to the media discourse\, Uzbekistan is not a hotbed of terrorism\, nor does it “export terrorists.” However\, many Uzbek nationals leave Uzbekistan for work\, becoming labor migrants. How and why did some Uzbek migrants get radicalized in different contexts–the U.S.\, Europe\, and Russia? How does the evolving political climate in Uzbekistan change the state’s relationship to Islam? What are some possible answers to the challenge of migration integration? \nIn partnership with RFE/RL \nLight lunch will be served \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/deciphering-the-notion-of-uzbek-terrorists/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T150000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192725Z
UID:17557-1509975000-1509980400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Islam and the State in Central Asia - a Friedrich Ebert Foundation Report
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sanat Kushkumbayev (Deputy Director\, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan) will present the latest report of the Almaty club (a Central Asia Policy Group) on Islam and the State in Central Asia.\nComparing Kazakhstan\, Kyrgyzstan\, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan\, the report analyzes evolution in legislation\, the secularization of Islam\, Islamic education\, and the revival of public piety (the use of the veil). This presentation will be in Russian\, with translation in English. \nSupport for the report was provided by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. \n  \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/islam-and-the-state-in-central-asia-a-friedrich-ebert-foundation-report/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20171011T195000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192735Z
UID:11433-1508414400-1508421600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?
DESCRIPTION:with\nKadyr Toktogulov\, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States\nErica Marat\, National Defense University\nEric McGlinchey\, George Mason University\nPaul Stronski\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\n\nKyrgyzstan’s Presidential Elections on October 15\, 2017\, have been particularly competitive\, with tensions running high between the two main contenders\, Omurbek Babanov and Sooronbai Jeenbekov. Several post-election factors will shape the future direction of the country\, both domestically and internationally. How will the winner and the looser manage their post-election relationship? In what way will the political landscape be reshuffled? Answers to these questions will influence several critical issues such as ethnonationalism\, migration\, and Kyrgyzstan’s relationship with Russia\, the West\, and the Central Asian neighbors. Join our four experts to discuss the elections’ results\, the way the campaign was mediated\, its significance for the future of Kyrgyzstan\, and implications for the U.S. \n\n\nIn partnership with RFE/RL\n\n\nLight lunch will be served\n \n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/lies-ahead-%ef%bb%bffor-kyrgyzstan-presidential-elections/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kyrgyzstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T120000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192822Z
UID:17555-1508414400-1508414400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:What Lies ahead for Kyrgyzstan after the Presidential Elections?
DESCRIPTION:with\nKadyr Toktogulov\, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States\nErica Marat\, National Defense University\nEric McGlinchey\, George Mason University\nPaul Stronski\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\n\nKyrgyzstan’s Presidential Elections on October 15\, 2017\, have been particularly competitive\, with tensions running high between the two main contenders\, Omurbek Babanov and Sooronbai Jeenbekov. Several post-election factors will shape the future direction of the country\, both domestically and internationally. How will the winner and the looser manage their post-election relationship? In what way will the political landscape be reshuffled? Answers to these questions will influence several critical issues such as ethnonationalism\, migration\, and Kyrgyzstan’s relationship with Russia\, the West\, and the Central Asian neighbors. Join our four experts to discuss the elections’ results\, the way the campaign was mediated\, its significance for the future of Kyrgyzstan\, and implications for the U.S. \n\n\nIn partnership with RFE/RL\n\n\nLight lunch will be served\n \n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/what-lies-ahead-%ef%bb%bffor-kyrgyzstan-after-the-presidential-elections/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171002T154500
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192834Z
UID:17543-1506934800-1506959100@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Islamic Mediascape in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:9:00-11:00 AM\, Session 1: The Evolution of Religious and Irreligious MediaEren Tasar (University of North Carolina)\nCasting a Wide Net: Islamic Media in Central Asia under Atheism\n\nShahnoza Nozimova (George Mason University); Tim Epkenhans (University of Freiburg)\nThe Transformation of Tajikistan’s Religious Field: From Religious Moderation to Authoritarian Salafism\n\nMaria Louw (Aarhus University)\nAtheism 2.0: Finding Spaces for Atheism in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan\nCoffee break: 11:00-11:30 AM\n\n11:30 AM-1:00 PM\, Session 2: Muslim Heroes and Models\nBenjamin Gatling (George Mason University)\nHeritage or Zombies: Saints and anti-Saints on Tajik Television\n\nUlan Bigozhin (Nazarbaev University)\n“Where Is Our Honor?”: How Sport Is Used to Create Masculine Authority or Kazakh Muslims\nLunch: 1:00 PM-1:45 PM\n\n1:45 PM-3:45 PM\, Session 3: Islamic Debates in the Media\nNoah Tucker (Radio Ozodlik)\nShaykh Google\, Salafi Plov\, Midnight Soccer: Debating Islamic Authority in the Internet Age in Southern Kyrgyzstan \n\nWendell Schwab (Pennsylvania State University)\nShariah Law and Ancient Turkic Traditions: The Rhetoric of Islamic Debates in Kazakhstani Mass Media\n\nDiana Kudaibergenova (Lund University)\nDigital Islam and Contemporary Art in Central Asia: Visualizing and Performing Islam\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is part of the CERIA Initiative\, generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.\n\n\n\n\n\n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-islamic-mediascape-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170928T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170929T120000
DTSTAMP:20260925T133125
CREATED:20200930T162508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192855Z
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SUMMARY:NAC-NU CAP Conference on External and Internal Migration in Central Asia\, ASTANA
DESCRIPTION:  \nProgram\n\nDay 1\, 28 September 2017 \n9.00 – 9.30        Registration  \n9.30 – 9.45        Welcome speech  \nShigeo Katsu\, President\, Nazarbayev University (TBC) \nMarlene Laruelle\, Director CAP\, G. Washington University (by skype) \nSession 1: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia \nModerator: Dennis de Tray\, Advisor to the President of Nazarbayev University \n9.45 – 10.00        NAC presentation \n“Migration trends in the region” \n10.00 – 10.15      Galib Bashirov\, Lecturer\, Florida International University\, USA \n“Between Securitization and Accommodation: A Comparative Study of Russian and Turkish Approaches to Migration from Central Asia” \n10.15 – 10.30      Irfan Shahzad\, Lead Coordinator/Assistant Director\, Institute of Policy Studies\, Pakistan \n“Central Asian Migrants in UAE: Fostering the Foundations of Faith?” \n10.30 – 11.00        Q/A session \n11.00 – 11.15         Coffee-break \n11.15 – 11.30      Farrukh Irnazarov\, Country Director\, Central Asian Development Institute\, Uzbekistan \n“The Impact of Russian Re-entry Bans on Central Asian Labor Migrants’ Coping Strategies”  \n11.30 – 11.45      Malika Bahovadinova\, Consultant to the Labour Migration Department\, Human Rights Center\, Tajikistan (by skype) \n“Capitalism Fulfills the Final Five Year Plan: How Soviet Era Migration Institutions Came to Fruition in Post-Soviet Eurasia” \n11.45 – 12.00      Nodira Kholmatova\, Doctoral Researcher\, European University Institute (EUI)\, Italy \n“Changing the Face of Labor Migration? The Feminization of Labor Migration from Tajikistan to Russia”  \n12.00 – 12.30         Q/A session \n12.30 – 13.30         Lunch  \nSession 2: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia \nModerator: TBC \n13.30 – 13.45      Jakhongir Kakhkharov\,  Associate Lecturer\, Griffith Business School\, Australia \n“Remittances of Labor Migrants as a Source of Finance for Development: Evidence from Uzbekistan”  \n13.45 – 14.00      Gulnaz Atabaeva\, PhD candidate\, International Ataturk Alatoo University\, Kyrgyzstan \n“Remittances and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Kyrgyzstan” \n14.00 – 14.15      Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay\, Research Fellow\, Eurasian Research Institute\, Kazakhstan \n“Social Remittance Dynamics in Central Asia: Potential and Limitations”  \n14.15 – 14.45         Q/A Session \n14.45 – 15.00         Coffee-break \n15.00 – 15.15      Bolat Tatibekov\, Professor\, Suleyman Demirel University\, Kazakhstan \n“Spatial Dynamics of External Labor Migration in Contemporary Kazakhstan” \n15.15 – 15.30      Ajar Chekirova\, PhD candidate\, University of Illinois – Chicago\, USA \n“Citizens Undocumented: challenges of internal migration in Kyrgyzstan”  \n15.30 – 15.45      Nazira Sodatsayrova\, PhD candidate\, University of Tsukuba\, Japan \n“Understanding Motivation and Mobility of Tajikistan Students towards Asian Countries: The case of Tajikistan students in Japan” \n15.45 – 16.00      Rustamjon Urinboyev\, Research Fellow\, Lund University\, Sweden \n“Migration\, Transnationalism and Social Change in Central Asia: Everyday Transnational Lives of Uzbek Labour Migrants in Russia” \n16.00 – 16.30         Q/A session  \n16.30 – 17.00         Day 1: wrap-up \n\nDay 2\, 29 September 2017 \nSession 3: External and Internal Migration in Central Asia. Group work \n9.30 – 10.00        Rules setting \n10.00 – 11.30      Group work \nWG1: Political Mechanisms of Immigration Control. Discussion leader: Caress Schenk \nWG2: Social Dynamics Across Borders. Discussion leader: Aurelie Baird \nWG3: Migration’s Impact on Host States. Discussion leader: Galiya Sagyndykova \nWG4: Social Determinants of Migration. Discussion leader: Helene Thibault \n10.45 – 11.00         Coffee-break \n11.30 – 12.00         Wrap up and closing remarks
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/nac-nu-cap-conference-on-external-and-internal-migration-in-central-asia-astana/
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SUMMARY:One Year of the Mirziyoyev Presidency: What Has Changed in Uzbekistan?
DESCRIPTION:This is a joint Central Asia Program – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty event with\nAlisher Sidiq\, head of RFE/RL Uzbekistan service\nSean Roberts\, Professor\, GWU\nNavbahor Imamova\, International Broadcaster\, Uzbek Service\, Voice of America \nLight lunch will be served \n  \n Register
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/one-year-of-the-mirziyoyev-presidency-what-has-changed-in-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170910T200000
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SUMMARY:"Rooted in Felt" International Textile Exhibit Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Believed to be one of the world’s oldest textiles\, felt was first made over 2\,500 ago by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia. It’s a multifunctional non-woven fabric used for making rugs\, felt tents\, accessories\, painting\, and sculptures. Inspired by their traditional roots the artists create modern and relevant artwork connecting the past and the future.The artworks presented include contemporary and traditional rugs\, wall panels\, fashion design\, and other objects made with felt. This exhibit brings together artisans from Kazakhstan\, Kyrgyzstan\, Afghanistan\, and Russia.\n \nPlease join us for the opening reception on September 10. There will be music\, food and a fashion show. \nInternational Textile Exhibit will be held from September 9 – 22\, 2017 \n*The exhibit is organized by Voices. Voices is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization with a mission to use the power of art to connect people of varied communities\, thereby spreading cultural awareness and sparking both individual and group creativity. Our projects give people the opportunity to share artwork inspired by their own roots. Through art\, we help people achieve a better understanding of themselves and others. \nGo to top\n Register here 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/rooted-in-felt-international-textile-exhibit-opening-reception/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170824T000000
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SUMMARY:2017 Trans-Caspian Forum: East West Trade & Transit Corridor
DESCRIPTION:See tentative program. \nBackground: The Trans-Caspian East-West Trade and Transit Corridor brings together the Central Asia\, Caspian and Black Sea strategic regions to form a viable trade and transit corridor between Europe and East & South-East Asia. Connecting trade\, people and economies\, the modern trans-Caspian corridor has extensive and integrated network of infrastructure\, special economic zones\, harmonized customs\, cross-border procedures and more along this route. \nThe United States played an important role in the development of this corridor and its cooperation with our countries has evolved into resilient strategic partnerships. Joint initiatives and projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and Southern Gas Corridor have greatly contributed to the increased business between the region and the United States. Moreover\, currently underway regional infrastructure projects such as С5+1 Transport Corridor Development\, Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway and the multiple Port developments valued over $50 billion have been providing additional business opportunities including increased trade\, investments and development of strategic infrastructure for facilitating commercially viable transit that the United States and its companies can benefit from. \nToday\, ambitious regional infrastructure projects will ensure swift and efficient shipments of all types of goods. These projects will connect Asian and European transport networks\, significantly shorten delivery time and save transportation costs for delivering goods from Asian to European markets. Expanding regional transport grids along the Trans-Caspian corridor opens new opportunities for transcontinental shipments\, and innovative services. Afghanistan\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Kazakhstan\, Turkey and Turkmenistan form a market of around 150 million consumers. These countries are willing to offer customized and integrated solutions to companies with highly sophisticated supply chains. \nProject description: Forum is a practical manifestation of joint willingness of the Trans-Caspian countries to make this corridor a viable option for East-West trade and transit shipments. Regional governments will introduce infrastructure\, business\, investment\, trade and transit opportunities to business leaders\, policy-makers and expert community across a variety of multinational industries. The Forum presents a suitable platform for public and private senior executives from regional countries and businesses. \nThe diplomatic missions of Afghanistan\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Kazakhstan\, Turkey and Turkmenistan will hold the “2nd Trans-Caspian East-West Trade and Transit Corridor” forum in Washington D.C onJune 26-27\, 2017. The Forum will take place at the George Washington University followed up by a policy discussion at the US Congress and round-table at the World Bank. \nOn the first day\, June 26\, the Forum will be co-hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and the Caspian Policy Center and it will be open to the wider public including academic\, think tank\, policy\, business community\, government officials and policy-makers from six organizing countries along with the United States. \nOn June 27\, the morning session will be held at the United States Congress and will be open to the public\, specifically to Congressional staff along with academic\, think tank\, policy\, business community\, government officials and policy-makers. \nOn the second half of June 27\, an event will be organized at the World Bank for businesses\, think tanks and government officials to discuss practical issues of cooperation along the Trans-Caspian corridor. \nMore details are available on the event’s website and registration now available.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/2017-trans-caspian-forum-east-west-trade-transit-corridor-2/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive
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