What’s Wrong in the Relationship Between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan?
with Volker Jacoby, Former Human Rights Officer, UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Volker Jacoby will shed light on the uneasy relationship between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and put it into the broader…
Digital Memory and a ‘Massacre’: Post-Soviet Uzbek Identity in the Age of Social Media
with Sarah Kendzior, Al Jazeera English and Noah Tucker, Courage Services and Registan.net The speakers will examine the transnational effort by ethnic Uzbeks to document the June 2010 violence and mobilize international support, first for intervention…
Foreign Policy Doctrine and the Actions of Uzbekistan
with Dr. Farkhod Tolipov, Director of the Non-Governmental Education and Research Institution“Bilim Karvoni” The Republic of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy has undergone dramatic fluctuations since gaining independence, from a pro-American extreme to a pro-Russian one and…
Cinema Club Film Screening: Days Gone By (O’tgan kunlar/Minuvshie dni)
Directed by Yuldash Azgamov (Uzbekistan, 1969) In partnership with the Uzbekistan Embassy in Washington, DC Central Asia Program and the Uzbekistan Embassy are happy to invite you to attend the…
VISIONS OF UZBEKISTAN
"Visions of Uzbekistan" is an exhibition sponsored in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan which will run from January 8, 2015 - February 7, 2015.Uzbekistan is located at the heart of Central Asia, neighboring world civilizations such as China, Persia, and India, and connecting to…
Regulation of Blogger’s Activity in Uzbekistan: Implications for Freedom of Religion and Belief
with Mirakmal Niyazmatov, Lawyer and Co-Founder of TashabbusIn September 2014, Uzbek government introduced amendments to the Law "On Informatization." The amendments imposed vague restrictions on blogging. Uzbek bloggers are now…
The First Uzbekistan Initiative Workshop
Agenda 9:00am. Introductory Remarks, Marlene Laruelle, CAP director 9:15-11:00am Session I Uzbekistan in 2015: Domestic and Foreign Policies Chair: Reuel Hanks (Oklahoma State University) Kamoliddin Rabbimov (LIGLIS-Center, Paris) The Succession…
“My Andijon Remains”: Memory and Forgetting Ten Years after the Andijon Events
Lunch event featuring: Laura Adams, USAID and Harvard University Sarah Kendzior, Al Jazeera and CAP Associate Noah Tucker, Registan.net and CAP Associate Steve Swerdlow, Human Rights Watch The 13 May 2005…
The Magic of Uzbek Cinema
A Film Festival in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan Featuring film directors Shukhrat Abbasov and Ayub Shahobiddinov You Are Not An Orphan By Shukhrat Abbasov, 1963 September 22, 2015…
Mirzokhid Rakhimov – Contemporary History of Uzbekistan: Challenges of an Interdisciplinary Approach
Contemporary history is a relatively new discipline for the social sciences and the humanities. Studying the recent history of Uzbekistan is still not an established trend, even in Uzbekistan, and doesn't have…
Regime Succession in Uzbekistan: Update and Discussion – Co-Organized with CSIS
With rumors circulating that Uzbek President Islam Karimov has died, the academic question of regime succession had become very immediate. What’s next for Uzbekistan, and what does that mean for…
What Changes in a Post-Karimov Uzbekistan?
2:15-3:45pmSession 1. Changes in the Uzbek domestic landscape Chair: Marlene Laruelle (GWU) Bruce Pannier (RFE/RL) Softer on the Outside but Still Hard at the Core Dillorom Abdulloeva (Tashabbus) What Changes…
Uzbekistan’s Heritage and New Transformations
in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan Sirojiddin Yakhshilikov (Charge d'affaires at the Embassy of Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan's Social Policy: Ensuring Stability and Development Through Modernization and Heritage Rahimjon Abdugafurov (Ph.D.…
One Year of the Mirziyoyev Presidency: What Has Changed in Uzbekistan?
This is a joint Central Asia Program - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty event with Alisher Sidiq, head of RFE/RL Uzbekistan service Sean Roberts, Professor, GWU Navbahor Imamova, International Broadcaster, Uzbek Service,…
Deciphering the Notion of “Uzbek Terrorists”
with Alisher Siddique, Director of RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service In 2017, four terrorist attacks were carried out by Uzbek citizens or people of Uzbek origin in several Western cities. Contrary to…
Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms
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…
Uzbekistan’s Newfound Foreign Policy and its Implications for U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations
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…
Crisis Management as a Test of Reforms in Uzbekistan
Webex Virtual EventIn 2020, Uzbekistan has faced the global challenge of Covid-19 as well as a humanitarian disaster following the collapse of the Sardoba Dam. How has the Mirziyoyev government confronted these…
President Mirziyoyev’s Second Term In Office: What Next For Uzbekistan?
As Shavkat Mirziyoev starts his second term as the President of Uzbekistan, all eyes are on what comes next and what his second term may mean for the country. He…
Film Screening: Islomkhodja
Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 213 1957 E St NW, WashingtonThe Central Asia Program and the American Uzbekistan Association are inviting you for a film screening of Islamkhodja At the beginning of the 20th century there lived an enlightened, innovative,…
Uzbekistan’s Independence Day Concert
Elliott School of International Affairs, room 113 1957 E St. NW, Washington, DC, District of ColumbiaSAFO Ensemble and Sabina Mustaeva In celebration of the Independence Day of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Central Asia Program and the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the United…
The Central Asia Program and the Embassy of Uzbekistan invite you to a movie night!
On September 11, 2001, Flight 101 was a routine flight from Tashkent to Birmingham to New York. The passengers, a diverse mix of Jews, African Americans, Pakistanis, Uzbeks, Russians, and…
Uzbekistan’s Independence Day Concert
In celebration of Independence Day of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Central Asia Program and the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the United States are delighted to invite…
Book presentation: “Mystical Forest: Collected Poems and Short Stories of Dungan Ethnographer Ali Dzhon”
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…
