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SUMMARY:Book presentation: "Mystical Forest: Collected Poems and Short Stories of Dungan Ethnographer Ali Dzhon"
DESCRIPTION:Born in Shor-Tyube\, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic\, USSR\, in 1951\, Dungan ethnographer and creative writer Ali Dzhon is widely regarded as the pre-eminent writer on the material and spiritual culture and history of the Dungan people\, the Sinophone Muslims of Central Asia. Mystical Forest makes available for the first time in English a significant collection of Dzhon’s poems and short stories\, which he penned in Russian over a span of more than half a century\, from 1969 to 2021\, bridging the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. In these rich literary works\, Dzhon expresses his thoughts about the world around him\, ponders the fate of his people and the meaning of life\, and provides finely nuanced descriptions of his feelings about love\, nature\, and those around him. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Kenneth J. Yin teaches modern languages\, literatures\, and linguistics at the City University of New York. His scholarly work focuses on the Dungan literature and culture of Central Asia. Another area of interest for him is Siberian Tungus literatures and cultures\, primarily those of the Udege and Nanai peoples. \n\n\n\nDiscussant: Prof. Mark Bender specializes in traditional performance and performance-connected literature of China\, including local Han and ethnic minority cultures. \n\n\n\nModerator: Aitolkyn Kourmanova is a multimedia and creative editor of multilingual platforms. She has produced and directed analytical content on Eurasia and Central Asia in Russian\, English\, and Uzbek languages. She has a solid background in academic publishing\, digital media creation\, cultural and educational exchange programs\, having worked with various international entities and the NGO sector. Her areas of expertise include strategic recommendations for political economy as well as business and country risk assessments on Central Asia.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/book-presentation-mystical-forest-collected-poems-and-short-stories-of-dungan-ethnographer-ali-dzhon/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan,Uyghur Studies,Uzbekistan
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SUMMARY:Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Protest Motivations\, Public Perceptions and Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:Online discussion co-organized by the PaperLab Research Center (Astana\, Kazakhstan) \n\n\n\n\n\nIn the first days of 2022\, Kazakhstan witnessed a series of protests that sent shockwaves through the country. The response from authorities was marked by ambiguity\, resulting in numerous casualties and injuries. To this day\, a clear understanding of the events remains elusive. During this online discussion\, the PaperLab Research Center will share its insights into public sentiment regarding the January 2022 protests. They will delve into people’s perspectives on the actions of the authorities and assess the level of trust in the official investigations. Additionally\, researchers will share their findings from interviews with protesters shedding light on the internal dynamics of the protest mobilization. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFurthermore\, Yevgeniy Zhovtis\, the director of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights\, will disclose data collected in collaboration with the Human Rights Alliance for Fundamental Rights before\, during\, and after the events. He will report on labor and social rights violations in the Mangystau region\, where the protests began. Mr. Zhovtis will also report on issues related to the right to life\, freedom from torture\, and the right to a fair trial during the investigations surrounding the “Bloody January.” \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSerik Beissembayev is a sociologist and researcher focusing on public policy issues such as violent extremism\, interethnic relations\, and civil society in Kazakhstan. He is currently a co-founder and director of the PaperLab Research Center\, an independent think tank based in Astana. At PaperLab\, Mr. Beissembayev and his team conduct sociological and public policy research. Since 2020\, PaperLab has completed over 40 research projects in partnership with governmental and international organizations. In 2022\, the PaperLab team organized the first Central Asian Think Tank Forum\, a collaboration and dialogue platform for independent research and analytical centers in the Central Asian region. Mr. Beissembayev is also known for his scientific and analytical publications in both Kazakhstani and international media outlets on issues pertaining to policy issues and public opinion. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nKamila Kovyazina is a sociology and public policy researcher in Kazakhstan. Kamila has 12 years of experience working in several think tanks to conduct sociology field studies and preparing analytical papers. Since April 2022\, she is a part of PaperLab Research Center. Kamila holds an MA in Area studies from the Eurasian National University and is a doctoral student at the Nazarbayev University. Her research interests include gender issues\, inequality\, and secondary education. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nAldiyar Auyezbek is a Research Fellow at PaperLab specializing in researching economy and social perceptions in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. In six years of experience in Kazakhstani policy think tanks\, he has contributed to economic policy and human capital development projects. At PaperLab\, he has published articles on Kazakhstani societal perceptions and participated in studies on education\, public safety\, and healthcare. His research interests include the Central Asian region and sustainable development. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nYevgeniy Zhovtis serves as the director of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights\, the oldest and largest civil society organization in Kazakhstan\, which marked its thirtieth anniversary this past summer. Since becoming involved in activism in the late 1980s\, Mr. Zhovtis has devoted his career to defending human rights and opposing government repression. As a human rights expert\, Mr. Zhovtis is a member of the Council of International Bar Association Human Rights Institute and OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Assembly and Association. He co-authored the Report on the Bolotnaya Square Events in Moscow\, published in 2012 by the International Expert Commission. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nKarlygash Kabatova is a Program Associate at the Central Asia Program\, IERES\, The George Washington University. Her areas of research and advocacy are youth sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)\, gender education\, gender-based violence\, and civil activism. Karlygash is the founder of an SRHR project in Kazakhstan UyatEmes.kz.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakhstans-bloody-january-protest-motivations-public-perceptions-and-human-rights/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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SUMMARY:Nuclear and Biological Nonproliferation: Lessons from Kazakhstan and Central Asiakaza
DESCRIPTION:Stronger than Death memorial\, Semei\, Kazakhstan. Image Source: astanatimes.com \n\n\n\nIn a world increasingly defined by bellicose rhetoric\, nuclear nonproliferation is no longer taken for granted. In a post-Covid world\, pandemics threaten public health the world over. Kazakhstan dismantled the world’s fourth-largest nuclear arsenal and is a leader in global nonproliferation. Kazakhstan now seeks to create a global biological nonproliferation regime. How can these past successes enable the new initiatives and what can they teach us about the next stages of nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\nAlimzhan Akhmetov\, Director\, Center for International Security and Policy\n\n\n\nAriel Cohen\, PhD\, Managing Director\, Energy\, Growth\, and Security Program\, International Tax and Investment Center\n\n\n\nEric Gomez\, Senior Fellow\, Cato Institute\n\n\n\nLyazzat Yeraliyeva\, Vice-President\, National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan\n\n\n\nRichard Weitz\, PhD\, Senior Fellow and Director\, Center for Political-Military Analysis\, Hudson Institute\, security expert at Wikistrat\, and author of The New China-Russia Alignment: Critical Challenges to U.S. Security\n\n\n\n\nModerator \n\n\n\nSebastien Peyrouse\, Director of the Central Asia Program and research Professor\, IERES\, George Washington University. His main areas of expertise are political systems in Central Asia\, economic and social issues\, Islam and religious minorities\, and Central Asia’s geopolitical positioning toward China\, India\, and South Asia. \n\n\n\nThe event is organized in partnership with The International Tax and Investment Center.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/nuclear-and-biological-nonproliferation-lessons-from-kazakhstan-and-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T090000
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SUMMARY:Policies on Ethnic Minorities in Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:Where Are We Now? \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nKazakhstan is home to more than 100 ethnic minorities comprising about 30% of the population\, reflecting an imperial and Soviet past that sent colonists\, dissidents\, and minority groups to the region. Both presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev have portrayed Kazakhstan as a stronghold of interethnic peace and conducted national identity-building policies based on the concept of creating a common civic identity for different ethnic groups. While these policies have been mostly successful\, the country has faced some sporadic ethnic unrest in recent years as well as a new influx of Russians following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine that may challenge the current status quo. This workshop will discuss the successes\, issues\, and challenges that Kazakhstan and minority groups face\, and how the government is addressing them. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAGENDA \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n9:00 – 9:10 a.m.   Introductory remarks  \n\n\n\nMarat Azilkhanov (Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan) \n\n\n\nAmbassador Yerzhan Ashikbayev (the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States) \n\n\n\nSebastien Peyrouse (George Washington University) \n\n\n\n9:10 – 10:10 a.m.   Panel I  \n\n\n\nModerator: Sebastien Peyrouse \n\n\n\nAigul Sadvokassova\, Syracuse University\, The Management of Ethnic Diversity: Experience and New Challenges of Kazakhstan \n\n\n\nYevgenii Bolgert\, Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan\, Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan in the Context of Political Reforms \n\n\n\nEric Schluessel\, George Washington University\, A Brief History of the Uyghur Community in Kazakhstan \n\n\n\n10:10 – 10:30 a.m.   Coffee break \n\n\n\n10:30 – 11:45 a.m.   Panel II  \n\n\n\nModerator: Aigul Kosherbayeva \n\n\n\nGerman Kim\, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University\, Ethnic Diversity of Kazakhstan in Historical Retrospective and Modern Trends \n\n\n\nBeate Eschment\, Center for East European and International Studies\, Unity in Diversity—Slogan and Reality? \n\n\n\nCaress Schenk\, Nazarbayev University\, Deconstructing Dual Citizenship: Exploring Citizenship Attitudes and Practices in Kazakhstan \n\n\n\nSean Roberts\, George Washington University\, The Xinjiang Crisis and Its Impact on Inclusive Development in Kazakhstan
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/policies-on-ethnic-minorities-in-kazakhstan/
LOCATION:Lindner Family Commons\, 6th floor  GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs\, 1957 E St NW\, Washington\, 20052
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T200000
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SUMMARY:Concert by a Kazakhstani ethno-folk ensemble TURAN
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Nowruz\, the Central Asia Program\, the Abai Center\, and the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the United States are thrilled to invite you to a concert program of the Kazakhstani ethno-folk ensemble TURAN.  \n\n\n\nFounded in 2008 by then-students of the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory\, the Turan ensemble recreates the sounds of ancient musical instruments such as sybyzgy\, shankobyz\, sazsyrnay\, sherter\, zhetigen\, shinkildek\, dombyra\, kyl-kobyz\, and the art of traditional throat singing in modern performance. \n\n\n\nThe concert will start with greetings from the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States\, His Excellency Mr. Yerzhan Ashikbayev\, and end with a discussion between the musicians and the audience.  
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/concert-by-a-kazakhstani-ethno-folk-ensemble-turan/
LOCATION:Elliott School of International Affairs\, Room 213\, 1957 E St NW\, Washington\, 20052
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T100000
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SUMMARY:Modernity\, Development and Decolonization of Knowledge in Central Asia: Kazakhstan as a Foreign Aid Donor
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online book launch with the author Nafissa Insebayeva\, discussants Syinat Sultanalieva and Sofya du Boulay.  \n\n\n\nThis book joins the discussion on foreign aid triggered by the rise of multiplicity of emerging donors in international development and explores the transformation of Kazakhstan from a recipient country to a development aid provider. Drawing on fieldwork in Nur-Sultan and Almaty (Kazakhstan) between 2016 and 2019\, this research evaluates the philosophy and core features of Kazakhstan’s chosen development aid model and explains the factors that account for the construction of aid patterns of Kazakh donorship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNafissa Insebayeva\, Author \n\n\n\nNafissa Insebayeva specializes in Kazakhstan’s foreign policy\, international development politics\, foreign aid\, and South-South cooperation. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba (Japan) as a MEXT scholar\, and currently serves as a Researcher at the Nippon Foundation Central Asia-Japan Human Resource Development Project (NipCA). Nafissa has previously held the position of a Central Asia-Azerbaijan Fellow at the Central Asia Program (CAP). Her studies have been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals\, such as the Journal of Eurasian Studies and Europe-Asia Studies. \n\n\n\nSyinat Sultanalieva\, Discussant \n\n\n\nDr. Syinat Sultanalieva is a researcher at Human Rights Watch\, focusing on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. She received her PhD from the Special Program in Japanese and Eurasian Studies at the University of Tsukuba\, Japan. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of gender studies and critical postcolonial theories. Previously Syinat has worked extensively on LGBTI and women’s rights in Central Asia\, helping in the establishment of several initiatives in the region. \n\n\n\nSofya du Boulay\, Discussant \n\n\n\nSofya du Boulay is a Marie Curie Fellow and PhD candidate in Political Science at Oxford Brookes University. Her main research interests are related to the study of authoritarian regimes\, including their political stability and legitimation in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Her research has been published in Problems of Post-Communism and Theorizing Central Asian Politics: The State\, Ideology and Power (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2019). \n\n\n\nSebastien Peyrouse\, Moderator \n\n\n\nSebastien Peyrouse\, PhD\, is a Research Professor at the Central Asia Program in the Institute for European\, Russian and Eurasian Studies (George Washington University) and a Senior Fellow with the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China relations. His main areas of expertise are political systems in Central Asia\, economic and social issues\, Islam and religious minorities\, and Central Asia’s geopolitical positioning toward China\, India and South Asia.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/modernity-development-and-decolonization-of-knowledge-in-central-asia-kazakhstan-as-a-foreign-aid-donor/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211122T110000
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SUMMARY:Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb
DESCRIPTION:The Central Asia Program invites you to a Nuclear Policy Talk presented by the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAtomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb \n\n\n\nFeaturing author: Dr. Togzhan Kassenova\, Project on International Security\, Commerce\, and Economic Statecraft (PISCES) at the Center for Policy Research\, SUNY-Albany \n\n\n\nModerated by: Professor Sharon Squassoni\, Institute for International Science and Technology Policy at the Elliott School of International Affairs\, George Washington University  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis will be an in-person event. \n\n\n\nLindner Commons (Room 602) | 1957 E ST NW | Washington\, DC 20052 \n\n\n\n*Please see the end of this message for information on COVID-19 protocols.* \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAtomic Steppe tells the untold true story of how the obscure country of Kazakhstan said no to the most powerful weapons in human history. With the fall of the Soviet Union\, the marginalized Central Asian republic suddenly found itself with the world’s fourth-largest nuclear arsenal on its territory. Would it give up these fire-ready weapons—or try to become a Central Asian North Korea? \n\n\n\nThis book takes us inside Kazakhstan’s extraordinary and little-known nuclear history from the Soviet period to the present. For Soviet officials\, Kazakhstan’s steppe was not an ecological marvel or beloved homeland\, but an empty patch of dirt ideal for nuclear testing. Two-headed lambs were just the beginning of the resulting public health disaster for Kazakhstan—compounded\, when the Soviet Union collapsed\, by the daunting burden of becoming an overnight nuclear power. \n\n\n\nEquipped with intimate personal perspective and untapped archival resources\, Togzhan Kassenova introduces us to the engineers turned diplomats\, villagers turned activists\, and scientists turned pacifists who worked toward disarmament. With thousands of nuclear weapons still present around the world\, the story of how Kazakhs gave up their nuclear inheritance holds urgent lessons for global security. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Togzhan Kassenova is a senior fellow with the Project on International Security\, Commerce\, and Economic Statecraft (PISCES) at the Center for Policy Research\, SUNY-Albany. She is an expert on nuclear politics\, WMD nonproliferation\, strategic trade controls\, sanctions implementation\, and financial crime prevention. She currently works on issues related to proliferation financing controls\, exploring ways to minimize access of proliferators to the global financial system. Kassenova holds a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Leeds and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). She recently completed an executive MA degree in Financial Integrity from the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University. Kassenova is a nonresident fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From 2011 to 2015 Kassenova served on the UN secretary general’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*GW requires that all visitors attest that they are vaccinated\, or if they are unvaccinated\, attest that they have received a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of their visit to campus. Please follow these instructions to comply with GW visitor protocols.*
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/atomic-steppe-how-kazakhstan-gave-up-the-bomb/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - The Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925-1991: An Uneasy Legacy
DESCRIPTION:The Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925-1991: An Uneasy Legacy \n\n\n\nFeaturing Peter Rollberg\, Professor of Slavic Languages\, Film Studies and International Affairs \n\n\n\nJoin us on a journey through the history of Kazakh filmmaking\, from Soviet production to national cinema and arthouse phenomenon. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLudmila Pruner\, one of the first American scholars to deal with the cinema of Kazakhstan\, once wrote: “One of the most tragic consequences of the socialist regime had been the catastrophic loss of the republics’ individual cultural heritage\, traditions\, diversity\, imagination and creativity.” The Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925–1991: An Uneasy Legacy explores how Kazakh filmmakers struggled to develop their distinctive voices under Soviet mentorship\, and how their achievements deserve to be rediscovered. \n\n\n\nThe GW Elliott School of International Affairs Book Launch Series is proud to present a virtual discussion of the book\, co-sponsored by the Central Asia Program. This fully virtual event will feature remarks by Dr. Alyssa Ayres\, Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs\, presentations by the author and by Dr. Beumers- a leading specialist on Kazakh Cinema – and a moderated Q&A. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author \n\n\n\nPeter Rollberg is a Professor of Slavic Languages\, Film Studies and International Affairs at the George Washington University\, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research Initiatives at the Elliott School of International Affairs. He has also served as Director of the GWU Honors Program\, of the Film Studies Program\, and of the Institute for European\, Russian\, and Eurasian Studies. His other publications include The A to Z of Russian and Soviet Cinema\, and The Modern Encyclopedia of East Slavic\, Baltic\, and Central Asian Literatures. He holds a Ph.D. in Russian Literature from the University of Leipzig. \n\n\n\nAbout the Dean \n\n\n\nAlyssa Ayres is the Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Her work focuses primarily on India’s role in the world and on U.S. relations with South Asia in the larger Indo-Pacific. Before joining the Elliott School\, she was a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations\, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia under the Obama administration. She holds a Ph.D. in South Asian Languages and Literatures from the University of Chicago. \n\n\n\nAbout the Host \n\n\n\nGraham Cornwell is the Assistant Dean for Research at the Elliott School\, where he leads the school research portfolio and grants administration. He has served as a research consultant at the U.S. Institute of Peace Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States\, and is also a proud alumnus of the Elliott School. He earned his Ph.D. in Middle East History from Georgetown University\, where his work was supported by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad. \n\n\n\nAbout the Moderator \n\n\n\nMarlene Laruelle is a Research Professor of International Affairs at the Elliott School and Director of the Institute for European\, Russian\, and Eurasian Studies. Her work focuses on the rise of populist and illiberal movements in post-Soviet Eurasia\, Europe and Central Asia\, and she has held multiple grants from the U.S. State Department\, the Defense Department\, and the National Science Foundation. She holds a Ph.D. in History from INALCO Paris. \n\n\n\nAbout the Panelist \n\n\n\nBirgit Beumers is Professor Emeritus in Film Studies at the University of Aberystwyth (UK). She specializes in Russian culture\, cinema and theatre\, and the cinemas of the former Soviet territories. Her publications include A History of Russian Cinema\, A Companion to Russian Cinema (editor)\, and Cinema in Central Asia: Rewriting Cultural Histories (editor). She is also an editor of the book series KINO (Bloomsbury)\, and of KinoSputniks (intellect)\, as well as of the journals KinoKultura and Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/book-launch-the-cinema-of-soviet-kazakhstan-1925-1991-an-uneasy-legacy/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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SUMMARY:Remembering Kazakhstan's Great Famine of the 1930s
DESCRIPTION:May 31 marks the Remembrance Day of the Victims of Political Repression and Famine in Kazakhstan. The great famine of 1931–1933\, also known as Asharshylyk\, resulted from forced collectivization and sedentarization undertaken by the Soviet regime. According to some sources\, more than 1.5 million people\, approximately one-third of the Kazakh population\, perished. Several hundred thousand survivors fled Kazakhstan to escape the famine. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev\, in his article “Independence: A Most Precious Thing\,” pointed out that the mass famine in Kazakhstan has not been comprehensively studied. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers  \n\n\n\nYerzhan Ashikbayev\, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States \n\n\n\nPrior to his appointment as the Ambassador to the United States\, Mr. Yerzhan Ashikbayev has served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (2013-2021). Before becoming Deputy Minister\, he held the position of Deputy Head of the Prime Minister’s Office – Official Representative of the Government of Kazakhstan since 2012. In 2012-2013\, Mr. Yerzhan Ashikbayev previously served as Chief of the Foreign Policy Centre of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan. He speaks Russian\, English\, Turkish and French. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSarah Cameron\, Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland\, College Park \n\n\n\nSarah Cameron’s research interests include genocide and crimes against humanity\, environmental history\, and the societies and cultures of Central Asia. She is the author of The Hungry Steppe: Famine\, Violence\, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan (Cornell University Press\, 2018)\, which examines the causes and consequences of one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime\, the Kazakh famine of 1930-33. In the United States\, the book won four book awards and two honorable mentions. It also provoked intense discussion in Kazakhstan\, where the famine remains a sensitive topic in part due to the country’s close relationship with Russia. Russian and Kazakh translations have been released\, and the book was the top selling history title in Kazakhstan for 2020. At present\, Prof. Cameron is at work on a new book-length project examining the transformation of the Aral Sea in Central Asia over the course of the twentieth century. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPeter Rollberg\, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research Initiatives\, Elliott School of International Affairs\, GWU \n\n\n\nDr. Rollberg earned his Ph.D. in 1988 at the University of Leipzig\, Germany. His main field of expertise is Russian literature and film. His publications include articles in Russian\, English\, and German on Bogdanov\, Bulgakov\, Nabokov\, Grossman\, Makanin\, Kim\, and Russian cinema\, as well as translations of Russian literature. He recently released The Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925–1991: An Uneasy Legacy (Lexington\, 2021). Together with Dagmar Kassek\, he edited five volumes of essays on literary theory and Slavic studies. Professor Rollberg won the Trachtenberg Teaching Award in 2001 and a Bender Teaching Prize in 1999. From 1999 to 2001\, he was Chair of the German and Slavic Department\, from 2001 to 2003\, he served as Director of the University Honors Program\, and from 1997 to 2010\, he directed GW’s Film Studies Program. He was Chair of the Department of Romance\, German\, and Slavic Languages and Literatures from 2006 to 2009. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDosym Satpayev\, Director of Kazakhstan Risk Assessment Group and a member of the presidium of the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations \n\n\n\nDosym Satpayev\, Ph.D. Since 2002\, the founding Director of the non-governmental consulting organization “Kazakhstan-Risks Assessment Group” and a member of the Presidium of “Kazakhstan Council on International Relations”. Founder of the private cultural and educational fund and literary project “Sóz”. Co-founder of the literary contest “Altyn Kalam”. Last year Dosym Satpayev’s Foundation has published Sarah Cameron’s book on the famine and repressions of the 1930s\, The Hungry Steppe: Famine\, Violence\, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan in Kazakh. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMarlene Laruelle\, Moderator \n\n\n\nMarlene Laruelle\, Ph.D.\, is Director\, Institute for European\, Russian\, and Eurasian Studies; Director\, Central Asia Program; Director\, Illiberalism Studies Program; Co-Director\, PONARS-Eurasia; and Research Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University. Marlene’s research explores the transformations of nationalist and conservative ideologies in Russia\, nationhood construction in Central Asia\, as well as the development of Russia’s Arctic regions. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPhoto: The monument to famine victims in Almaty. Photo from Azattyq.org
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/remembering-kazakhstans-great-famine-of-the-1930s/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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SUMMARY:Kazakhstan's Policy on Multilingualism with Jill Neuendorf
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, Jill Neuendorf examines the advantages and disadvantages of Kazakhstan’s Trinity Language Program. She presents the findings of qualitative research conducted in Almaty\, Kazakhstan in July 2019 with ten Kazakhstani pedagogues who shared their opinion of the Program’s ultimate success or failure. Participants stated that factors such as having a sufficient number of qualified specialists to teach English and the Kazakhstani government’s readiness to fund the Trinity Language Program will impact upon its success. Moreover\, participants emphasized that the government should make a concerted effort to help students retain a high level of proficiency in Kazakh\, and teachers should be taught the English language vocabulary that is specific to their subject. If the government of Kazakhstan takes steps such as these\, respondents thought that the Trinity Language Program has the potential to be successful. \n  \nAbout the Speaker \nJill Neuendorf earned a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in German and Humanistic Studies\, a MA both from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Teaching Russian as a Second Language and Georgetown University in Teaching English as a Second Language\, and a PhD from Bryn Mawr College in Second Language Acquisition and Russian. Prior to her appointment as Assistant Teaching Professor in the Slavic Languages Department in the fall of 2010\, she taught first- through third-year Russian at the University of Maryland\, Bryn Mawr College and Swarthmore College. She lived abroad for seven years in Moscow\, Vladimir\, Tver’ and Izhevsk\, Russia\, Kharkov\, Ukraine\, and Kishinov\, Moldova where she studied Russian\, taught English as a Foreign Language\, and worked with American students on study abroad programs. Her research interests include: identity and second language acquisition\, Russian heritage speakers\, and study abroad and language gain.\nModerator  \nSebastien Peyrouse\, PhD\, is a research professor at the Central Asia Program in the Institute for European\, Russian and Eurasian Studies (George Washington University). His main areas of expertise are political systems in Central Asia\, economic and social issues\, Islam and religious minorities\, and Central Asia’s geopolitical positioning toward China\, India and South Asia. \n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakhstans-policy-on-multilingualism-with-jill-neuendorf/
LOCATION:Webex Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180511T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180511T160000
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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:20170322T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170322T180000
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SUMMARY:Douglas Blum - Cosmopolitan Kazakhs: A Case Study in How Globalization Works
DESCRIPTION:On the basis of extensive fieldwork in Kazakhstan\, Douglas Blum considers the experiences of young people who spent time in the US\, asking what cultural “baggage” they brought home with them\, and whether they were able to incorporate new values and practices into their lives. In answering these questions Blum combines insights from sociological and anthropological theory. On this basis he offers an explanation for how cultural globalization occurs\, including the structural conditions\, personal meanings\, and social interactions linked to various outcomes. \nDouglas Blum is Professor of Political Science at Providence College. He has published on a variety of issues\, ranging from the connections between ideology and foreign policy to problems of energy\, geopolitics\, and environmentalism in the Caspian Sea region. In recent years\, his research has centered on the connections between globalization and identity in the former USSR. His works include The Social Progress of Globalization: Return Migration and Cultural Change in Kazakhstan (Cambridge University Press\, 2016)\, as well as National Identity and Globalization: Youth\, State and Society in Post-Soviet Eurasia (Cambridge University Press\, 2007)\, and a volume from the project he directed\, Russia and Globalization: Identity\, Security and Society in an Era of Change (Johns Hopkins University Press and Woodrow Wilson Center\, 2008). He received his PhD in Political Science from Columbia University in 1990. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/douglas-blum-cosmopolitan-kazakhs-a-case-study-in-how-globalization-works/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160428T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160428T180000
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SUMMARY:David Kemme & Kassymkhan Kapparov - The Evolution of the National Oil Fund of Kazakhstan: Inception\, Utilization and Expectations
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe National Oil Fund of Kazakhstan (NOF) was created by Presidential Decree in 2002. Funded by direct taxes and royalties from natural resource producers\, it was intended to be a stabilization fund and a savings fund invested outside the Kazakh economy. Withdrawals from the fund are “guaranteed” transfers to the government budget and “targeted” transfers for stabilization. In 2015 the NOF assets reached 30% of GDP. Parallel to the NOF is Samruk Kazyna\, which manages assets that account for over 50% of GDP and is responsible for the management of state owned enterprises and implementation of the government’s economic development plans. Recent discussion of expanding the use of the NOF to support economic development and privatization efforts goes beyond its original intent and may threaten the long term viability of the fund. This presentation provides background on Sovereign Wealth Funds in general\, the NOF in particular and its evolving relationship with Samruk Kazyna\, and its possible involvement in the privatization of large SOEs via the mass-targeted stocks placement (the so-called “People’s Initial Public Offering program”). \nDavid Kemme is Professor and Morris Chair in the Department of Economics at the University of Memphis. He received his BA in mathematics from Miami University and Ph.D. in economics from The Ohio State University\, was a Fulbright Scholar in Poland and has received numerous grants: IREX\, Pew Charitable Trusts\, USIA and the Department of State\, inter alia\, for research on economies of Eastern Europe and the CIS. His research interests are in monetary policy\, developmental finance and financial crises\, macroeconometric modeling\, and forecasting in transition economies. Recent publications may be found in the Review of Development Economics\, International Review of Economics and Finance\, Review of International Economics\, Journal of International Finance and Money\, inter alia. \nKassymkhan Kapparov is a CAP visiting fellow. He is also a Director at Bureau for Economic Research of Kazakhstan (Almaty\, Kazakhstan). He received his MBA from Yokohama National University (Japan) under the IMF Scholarship Program and MA and BA in Economics from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan). His current research includes the National (Oil) Fund of Kazakhstan and its influence on the economic development in Kazakhstan and the issue of external debt of the state-owned enterprises in Kazakhstan. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/david-kemme-kassymkhan-kapparov-the-evolution-of-the-national-oil-fund-of-kazakhstan-inception-utilization-and-expectations/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160330T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160330T170000
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SUMMARY:Yerken Turganbayev - Regional Disparities in Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:Economic development in Kazakhstan was accompanied by increasing disparities across the country’s various regions\, which has contributed to a number of social and economic problems. The urgency to find a solution to these problems has made research into the dynamics of regional inequality a hot issue for both policymakers and economists\, even more so today because of the current economic difficulties caused by the fall of oil and other raw commodities prices. This presentation will discuss regional economic development in Kazakhstan\, Astana’s regional policy\, and current economic perspectives for the various regions of the country.\n  \n\n\n\nYerken Turganbayev received a PhD in Economics at the Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen\, UK) and a PhD in Mathematics at the Novosibirsk State University (Novosibirsk\, Russia). His research interests lie in the application of a mathematical modeling approach to various problems in economics and environment protection. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.\n  \n\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/yerken-turganbayev-regional-disparities-in-kazakhstan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160114T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160114T180000
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SUMMARY:Kazakhstan Nationbuilding and Kazakh Nationalism: A Debate
DESCRIPTION:A new social activism has emerged in Kazakhstan\, organized by different small groups self-defining as Kazakh nationalists. Who are they? What is their audience? What political and national projects do they advance? How do they position themselves toward the current authorities\, the relationship to Russia\, to the Islamic world\, and to their Central Asian neighbors?\nJoin us for a discussion with activists representative of this new trend and a roundtable with DC-based experts: \nAidos Sarym\, Altynbek Sarsenbayuly Foundation \nValikhan Tuleshov\, Almaty Management University \nSerik Beissembayev\, Central Asia Program Visiting Fellow and Center of Social and Political Studies ‘Strategy’ in Almaty \nMarat Raimkhanov\, Hubert Humphrey Fellow at the University of Maryland \nThis event is part of the CAP series “Central Asia Policy Assessment”\, generously funded by GW’s CIFF funds. \nPlease RSVP. \n 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakhstan-nationbuilding-and-kazakh-nationalism-a-debate/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151210T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151210T203000
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SUMMARY:Cinema Club: "The Liquidator" (Kazakhstan 2011)
DESCRIPTION:“Ex-Special Forces officer Arsen sets out to avenge his brother’s murder and uncovers a massive conspiracy involving the wealthy and powerful elite as he works his way up through the ranks\, eliminating everyone responsible. Subsequently recruited by a clandestine organization of vigilantes\, Arsen continues his bloody quest for revenge until his top targets hire a feared assassin (Vinnie Jones) to stop him once and for all.” – http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_liquidator \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-the-liquidator-kazakhstan-2011/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151209T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151209T173000
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SUMMARY:Discussion with Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen\, Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen was born in 1971 in Jerusalem\, Israel. In 1993\, he became assistant to the rabbi of the Grand Choral synagogue in St. Petersburg\, Russia\, and since 1994 he has been the Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chief Emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Kazakhstan. Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen is a member of the National Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan\, chairman of the Eurasian Rabbinical Conference\, and member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy\, Washington\, D.C. He is fluent in Hebrew\, Yiddish\, Russian\, and English. \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/discussion-with-rabbi-yeshaya-cohen-chief-rabbi-of-the-republic-of-kazakhstan/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151116T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151116T190000
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SUMMARY:Political and Economic Trends in Kazakhstan: Risks\, Threats\, and Prospects
DESCRIPTION:For several years\, the Kazakhstani state has been actively expanding its participation in different spheres of public life\, and concentrating resources in the financial\, political\, and media sectors. Several so-called umbrella structures work together in a corporatist logic inside the state structure. This highly centralized political system is strongly personified and has effectively created stability for the elite. Well established political institutions could play the role of collective successors and would guarantee a stable transition and modernize the country; however\, they are still lacking and could weaken the Kazakhstani system.\n\nIn his presentation\, famous Kazakhstani analyst Dossym Satpaev will share his assessment of the current political and economic evolution in Kazakhstan.\n\nThis event is part of the CAP series “Central Asia Policy Assessment”\, generously funded by GW’s CIFF funds.\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/political-and-economic-trends-in-kazakhstan-risks-threats-and-prospects/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150804T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150804T220000
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SUMMARY:Documentary Film Screening: “550 Years of the Kazakh Khanate”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Mr. Andrey Khazbulatov\, Director General of the Kazakh Science and Research Institute of Culture under the Ministry of Culture and Sports\nThe documentary\, based on a historical opus “Within the Stream of History\,” authored by President Nursultan Nazarbayev\, is a riveting visual journey through 550 years of history of the Kazakh people. \nThe epic takes the audiences to the distant times of the unification of Turkic tribes into a Kazakh Khanate in 1465 under the leadership of Khans Zhanibek and Geerey; follows the Great Silk Road\, connecting East Asia and the Mediterranean; chronicles the Mongolian conquests of the Kazakh tribes and geopolitical restructuring of the world; and recounts the battle over the inheritance of Genghis Khan. \nOne of the historical bases of the film is the ancient Book of Kypchaks (“Codex Cumanicus”) archived at the Library of St.Marc in Venice since 1362 – a unique record that affords a privileged glance into history and shatters ingrained stereotypes of barbaric culture of nomads. \nThe film narrates the history of a new type of centralized state\, and new civilization\, which gave a colossal impetus to the development of world trade\, economy\, and culture. Stunning images of authentic Kazakh dress and lifestyle\, as well as breathtaking scenery of the Kazakh steppes\, mountains\, and valleys throughout the four seasons of the year will leave a lasting impression on the imagination of the audience. \nFilm’s director\, Bakhyt Kairbekov\, is a renowned filmmaker\, author\, and poet\, with over 100 documentaries and 10 volumes of poems to his credit. \nFilm screening is preceded by the reception[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/kazakhfilm” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/documentary-film-screening-550-years-of-the-kazakh-khanate/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150130T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150130T130000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141204T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141204T173000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17166-1417708800-1417714200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Kazakh security policy and its position as a vanguard for East-West cooperation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Dr. Marcel de Haas\, Professor\, Nazarbayev University\nThis presentation first describes the foundations of Kazakh security policy\, i.e. the key security-related documents\, especially the Law on National Security\, the Military Doctrine and the Foreign Policy Concept\, and the policy aspects derived from them. Next\, the different actors in the regional and global security arena – with whom Astana cooperates – are discussed. Subsequently\, this lecture explains the security issue of post-2014 Afghanistan. The paper concludes with the options that Kazakhstan has to enhance cooperation between East and West. \nDr. Marcel de Haas is a Professor of Public Policy at Nazarbayev University\, Astana\, Kazakhstan. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ in The Hague. Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Netherlands Army (ret.) De Haas has fulfilled a career as a military officer from 1988-2012\, with foreign deployment for the UN (UNIFIL\, Lebanon)\, NATO and OSCE (arms control officer). He is a regular commentator for Dutch and international media outlets. His PhD thesis in Russian Studies was on Russia’s security policy and air power (University of Amsterdam\, 2004) and his MA thesis on Soviet policy towards Southern Africa (University of Leiden\, 1987). His research areas are defence\, security and foreign policy of Russia\, Central Asia\, the South Caucasus (CIS\, CSTO\, SCO\, Eurasian Union)\, NATO and EU.[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Haas” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakh-security-policy-and-its-position-as-a-vanguard-for-east-west-cooperation/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141028T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141028T150000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194109Z
UID:17161-1414494000-1414508400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Prospects for Regional Integration in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]12:00-12:30pm Lunch\n12:30pm Opening remarks.\nDCM Yerkin Akhinzhanov\, Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States \nFatema Z. Sumar\, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs at the U.S. Department of State \n1:00-2:30pm. Session I. Regional Integration Projects\, Divergences and Challenges \nModerator: Margarita Assenova (Jamestown Foundation) \nSumona Guha (Policy Planning Staff\, U.S. Department of State)\nU.S. perspectives on Central Asia’s regional integration \nAndrew Kuchins (Senior Fellow and Director of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program)\nCompeting and Collaborative Visions of Eurasian Integration \nFarrukh Irnazarov (Country Directory and Researcher\, Central Asian Development Institute (CADI)\, Tashkent\, Uzbekistan\, and Visiting Fellow at the Central Asia and Caucasus Institute\, SAIS)\nRegional Cooperation in Central Asia: Evidence from the Field \nGalymzhan Kirbassov (Columbia University)\nAn Integrated Approach to Combating International Terrorism in Central Asia \n2:30-2:45pm Coffee-break \n2:45-4:00pm. Session 2. Regional Integration\, a View from Kazakhstan \nModerator: Sergey Gretsky (Catholic University) \nMartha Brill Olcott (Visiting Professor\, Michigan State University)\n2014: The Impact on Kazakh Foreign Policy and Regional Cooperation \nAnuar Ayazbekov (Rumsfeld Fellow)\nConstructors of the Silk Road Narrative: Kazakhstan’s Voice \nMarlene Laruelle (Central Asia Program\, George Washington University)\nKazakhstan’s Dilemmas: Eurasian integration\, Central Asian integration\, or a ‘Kazakh Eli’ path? \n  \nThe Kazakhstan Initiative at GW\nGratefully funded by the Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington D.C.[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Akhinzhanov” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/prospects-for-regional-integration-in-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140421T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140421T173000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194011Z
UID:17198-1398067200-1398101400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Youth in Kazakhstan: Societal Changes\, Challenges and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:9:00am Registration and Breakfast\n\n9:15am Opening\n\nPeter Rollberg\, Director\, IERES\, The George Washington University\nAmbassador Kairat Umarov\, Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States\n\n9:30­‐10:00am Keynote speaker\n\nAmbassador Richard Hoagland\, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary\, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs\, US Department of State\n\n10:00­‐11:45am Session 1: Youth Identities. National Trends and the Globalization Process\n\nChair: Marlene Laruelle\, The George Washington University\n\nDouglas Blum\, Providence University\nThe Social Process of Globalization: A Case Study from Kazakhstan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStefan B. Kirmse\, Humboldt University\, Berlin\nSimilarities and Differences Between Young People’s lives in Central Asia\n\nAzamat Junisbai\, Pitzer College\nAre the Young truly Different? Youth Opinion about Selected Social and Political Issues in Kazakhstan\n\nSerik Beysembayev\, Sociological Center Strategy\, Almaty\nPolitical and Ideological Trends among Kazakhstani Youth\n\n11:45­‐12:00am Coffee Break \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:00­‐1:30pm Session 2: Youth Subcultures. Questioning Social Norms \n\nChair: Douglas Blum\, Providence University\n\nMegan Rancier\, Bowling Green State University\nThe ‘Spirit of Tengri’: Spirituality\, Nationalism\, and Emerging Trends in Kazakh Ethno­‐Pop\n\nErik Aasland\, Biola University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBetwixt and Between: Kazakhstani Youth Language Ideologies in a Globalized World\n\nOlena Nikolayenko\, Fordham University\nMedia Consumption and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity among Youth in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan\n\n1:30­‐2:15pm Lunch\n\n2:15‐3:45pm Session 3: Youth Empowerment Strategies\n\nChair: Sean Roberts\, The George Washington University\n\nSayasat Nurbek\, Director of the Nur Otan Institute of Public Policy\nThe Bolashak Scholarship Program: Ripple Effect and Non­-Monetary Advantages\n\nPavel Koktyshev\, Kazakhstan’s Young Entrepreneurs Club\nInitiatives and Limits of Youth Entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan\n\nErlan Karin\, Visiting Professor\, American University\nA Sociological Portrait of Youth Radical Religious Groups \n\n3:45‐4:00pm Coffee Break \n\n4:00­‐5:30pm Session 4: Media as the Sounding Board of Youth\n\nChair: Peter Rollberg\, The George Washington University\n\nAibek Aldabergenov\, Alash Media Group Holding\, Tengri News\nThe Development of Internet Media in Kazakhstan\n\nRauan Kenzhekhanuly\, Chairman\, WikiBilim Foundation\nKazakh­-speaking Internet and the National Identity Issue\n\nOleg Katsiev\, Internews\, Almaty Internews TV and Social Media Projects\n\n5:30-6:30pm Reception\n\nThe Kazakhstan Initiative at GW is gratefully funded by the Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington D.C. 
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/youth-in-kazakhstan-societal-changes-challenges-and-opportunities/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140226T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140226T140000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194012Z
UID:17204-1393417800-1393423200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Towards a World Without Nuclear Weapons Testing
DESCRIPTION:with Karipbek Kuyukov\, ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador and Artist\, and Roman Vassilenko\, Ambassador-at-Large\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan \nThe ATOM Project (Abolish Testing Our Mission) is an international campaign designed to do more than create awareness surrounding the human and environmental devastation caused by nuclear weapons testing. The ATOM Project hopes to affect real and lasting change by engaging millions of global citizens to permanently stop nuclear weapons testing by joining together to show the world’s leaders that the world’s citizens deserve and demand a world without nuclear weapons testing. Karipbek Kuyukov is the Honorary Ambassador of the ATOM Project and a 2nd generation victim of Soviet nuclear tests\, acclaimed armless artist. Ambassador-at-Large Roman Vassilenko is a career diplomat\, who joined the foreign service in 1996. Prior to this\, he served as Deputy Director of the Nazarbayev Center\, a multifunctional state institution in 2012-2013\, and Chairman of the Committee for International Information\, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2009-2012. His overseas assignments include the U.K. and the U.S. \nThe George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs is one of the world’s leading schools of international affairs and the largest school of international affairs in the United States. Located in the heart of Washington\, D.C.\, its mission is to educate the next generation of international leaders\, conduct research that advances understanding of important global issues\, and engage the policy community in the United States and around the world. In the January/February 2012 issue of Foreign Policy\, the Elliott School of International Affairs’ undergraduate and master’s programs were ranked among the top ten international affairs programs in the United States by the Teaching\, Research\, and International Policy (TRIP) survey.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/towards-a-world-without-nuclear-weapons-testing/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140204T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140204T163000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194012Z
UID:17199-1391502600-1391531400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Addressing Soft Security Challenges in Kazakhstan and Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:Kazakhstan has already taken the regional leadership on soft security issues in the whole Central Asian region. This conference will discuss the region’s main soft security issues: water management\, regulating migrations and refugees flows\, developing disaster preparedness and reaction to climate change. It will bring together scholars and experts to offer a full panorama of the soft security situation and the way Kazakhstan can address these challenges. \n9:00 AM Opening\, Yerkin Akhinzhanov\, Deputy Chief of Mission\, Embassy of Kazakhstan \n9:15-10:15 AM Keynote speaker: Johannes Linn (Brookings Institution)\nQ&A \n10:15 – 11:15 AM The Water/Energy Nexus and its Regional Dimension\nChair: Kamiljon Akramov (International Food Policy Research Institute) \nKathleen Kuehnast (US Institute of Peace)\nWhose rules rule? Water and Energy in Central Asia \nKai Wegerich (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)\nWater security in the Syr Darya \n11:15 – 11:30 PM Coffee-break\n\n11:30 – 12:30 PM Natural Disaster and Climate Change Preparedness \nChair: Kai Wegerich (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) \nWilliam Brown (Brookings Institution)\nImplications of Climate Change for Kazakhstan \nReinhard Bodemeyer (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zusammenarbeit GIZ)\nLocal coping strategies – the neglected option in tackling climate change in Central Asia \n12:30 – 1:15 PM Lunch  \n1:15 – 2:15 PM Strategies and Challenges of ensuring Food Security in Central Asia \nChair: Marlene Laruelle (GWU) \nKamiljon Akramov (International Food Policy Research Institute)\nAgricultural transformation and food security challenges in Central Asia \nSebastien Peyrouse (IERES\, George Washington University)\nFood policy in Kazakhstan: domestic stakes\, regional consequences \n2:15 – 2:30 PM Coffee-break \n2:30 – 3:30 PM Kazakhstan as a Eurasian Crossroads. Managing MigrationChair: Sebastien Peyrouse (GWU) \nDejan Kedserovic (International Organization for Migration)\nMigration and Development Nexus Case in Kazakhstan \nMarlene Laruelle (IERES\, George Washington University)\nKazakhstan as a Migration Pole: Regional Opportunities\, Domestic Challenges \n3:30 – 4:30 PM Reception \nThe Kazakhstan Initiative at GW gratefully funded by the Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington D.C.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/addressing-soft-security-challenges-in-kazakhstan-and-central-asia/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kazakhstan,The Policy Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131118T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131118T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193924Z
UID:17205-1384792200-1384797600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Debating Social Issues and Civil Society in Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:Marlene Laruelle\, George Washington University \nMargarita Assenova\, Jamestown Foundation \nAnara Ibraeva\, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law \nThe Central Asia Program will be debating Kazakhstan’s rapidly changing social landscape by discussing the relationship between social problems and civil society issues. The speakers will investigate the regional diversity\, labor disputes and social problems\, and human rights issues\, and actions taken to address these issues by the central authorities.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/debating-social-issues-and-civil-society-in-kazakhstan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131106T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131106T180000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193925Z
UID:17202-1383728400-1383760800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Kazakh Culture: Legacies and Innovations
DESCRIPTION:9:00 AM OpeningPeter Rollberg\, Director\, IERES\, George Washington University\nAmbassador Kairat Umarov\, Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States \n9:15-10.30 AM Keynote speaker\nAmbassador Olzhas Suleymenov\, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to UNESCO \nQ&A \n10:30-11:00 AM Coffee-break \n11:00 – 12:30 PM Legacies and Innovations in Kazakh Literature\nChair: Marlene Laruelle (IERES\, George Washington University) \nAn inconvenient Sage. The Legacy of Abai\nPeter Rollberg (IERES\, George Washington University) \nKazakh Literature in the 19th Century: The Case of the Zar Zaman Poets\nGabriel McGuire (Nazarbaev University) \n  \n‘Imagining Community’ in Soviet Kazakhstan. An Historical Analysis of Narrative on Nationalism in Soviet Kazakh Literature\nDiana Kudaibergenova (Cambridge University) \n12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch \n1:30 – 2:30 PM Politics and Society On the Screen\nChair: Peter Rollberg (IERES\, George Washington University) \nKazakh Cinema through the Looking Glass\nMichael Rouland (Georgetown University) \nThe Kazakh Cinema Industry. A View from the Inside\nGaukhar Noortas (Mount Helix Films Inc.) \n2:30 – 3:30 PM Performing Music and Identity\nChair: Sean Roberts (George Washington University) \nDiscussing Kazakh Musical Identity\nAlma Kunanbaeva (Stanford University) \nFriction and Flows: Transnationalism and Aesthetics of Musical Performance\nMargarethe Adams (Stony Brook University) \n3:30 – 3:45 PM Coffee-break \n3:45 – 4.45 PM The Art Scene: Plurality and Market\nChair: Sebastien Peyrouse (IERES\, George Washington University) \nThe Contemporary Art Scene in Kazakhstan\nKendal Henry (Public Art Consultant\, CEC Artslink) \nArt of the Daily Life: The Artpologist Collective and the Influences of Kazakhstan\nDaniel Gallegos (Artist and co-founder of The Artpologist Collective) \n4:45 – 6:00 PM Reception\nDombra performance by Olzhas Bayalbayev \nThe Kazakhstan Initiative at GW is gratefully funded by the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Washington\, DC.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/kazakh-culture-legacies-and-innovations/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130912T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130912T130000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17207-1378985400-1378990800@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The ATOM project exhibit and art show
DESCRIPTION:To Mark the International Day Against Nuclear Tests Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan H.E. Kairat Umarov and GW’s Central Asia Program have the honor to invite you to attend The ATOM project exhibit and art show.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-atom-project-exhibit-and-art-show/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130529T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130529T123000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193925Z
UID:17209-1369825200-1369830600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Traps of Political Succession in Kazakhstan
DESCRIPTION:with \nDosym Satpayev\, Director\, Non-governmental Consulting Organization “Risks Assessment Group” \nTolganay Umbetaliyeva\, Director General\, Public Fund “Central Asian Foundation for Democracy” \nAndrey Chebotarev\, Director\, “Alternative” Center for Topical Studies \nRasul Zhumaly\, Lecturer\, S. Demirel University \nAidos Sarym\, Vice president\, Public Fund “Abay-a)parat” \nZamir Karazhan\, Kazakh political observer \nOn the occasion of the publication of the new book The Twilight Zone: Traps of the Transition Era\, the Central Asia Program is happy to invite you for a video-discussion with the Almaty-based authors.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/traps-of-political-succession-in-kazakhstan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130430T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130430T193000
DTSTAMP:20260921T234348
CREATED:20200930T161922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193925Z
UID:17210-1367341200-1367350200@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Politics and Cinema: Divergence in Post-Soviet Central Asian Film
DESCRIPTION:Discussion on Kazakh Cinema \nIntroduction: Peter Rollberg\, Director\, IERES\, GWU \nKazakh Cinema in an Historical Perspective: from Perestroika to Post-Borat Time\nJean Radvanyi\, Professor\, National Institute for Oriental Languages and Cultures\, Paris\, France \nPolitics and Cinema: Divergence in Post-Soviet Central Asian Film\nMichael Rouland\, co-editor of Cinema in Central Asia: Rewriting Cultural Histories (I.B.Tauris\, 2013) \nFilm Screening (7:00-8:30 pm)- Killer (1998)\, by Darezhan Omirbaev\nWinner of the ‘Un Certain Regard Award’ at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival \nSince the fall of the Soviet Union\, Kazakhstan’s film industry has experienced major changes along with the rest of a Kazakh society. Through movies\, Kazakh film-makers have been able to explore the new dimensions of their society and begin to create a new cultural history. This event will be a discussion on Kazakh cinema and its role in Kazakh society as it reexamines past events and their narratives. We will then be showing Killer\, Darzehan Omirbaev’s award winning film.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/politics-and-cinema-divergence-in-post-soviet-central-asian-film/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Kazakhstan
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