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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:Uzbekistan's Independence Day Concert
DESCRIPTION: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 you to a special concert featuring renowned Uzbek performers: \n\n\n\n\nZhenisbek Piyazov: People’s Artist of Uzbekistan\, Karakalpakstan\, Bashkortostan\, and Tatarstan\, and an accomplished opera singer\n\n\n\nElmurod Akhmedov: People’s Artist of Uzbekistan\, singer\n\n\n\nFurqatbek Ashiraliyev: People’s Artist of Uzbekistan\, singer\n\n\n\nDonyorjon Yunusov: Musician\, flute\n\n\n\n\nThe concert will conclude with a discussion between the musicians and the audience. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/uzbekistans-independence-day-concert-2/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T170000
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SUMMARY:The Central Asia Program and the Embassy of Uzbekistan invite you to a movie night!
DESCRIPTION: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 Indians\, represented the varied tapestry of humanity. They were businesspeople and workers\, each with their own stories\, never anticipating that on that fateful day\, their lives would intertwine in an extraordinary way. As the tragic events of 9/11 unfolded and the U.S. airspace closed\, Flight 101\, along with nearly 700 other flights\, was forced to divert. With fuel running low and no viable options for landing\, the captain made a bold and life-saving decision. Defying the odds\, he safely landed the plane at a Canadian military base in Goose Bay\, preserving the lives of all on board. This film tells the gripping story of that day\, highlighting the unity and resilience of ordinary people in the face of unimaginable adversity. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nThe film will be screened in Uzbek with English subtitles. \n\n\n\nThe film was directed by Akrom Shakhnazarov\, who is also the author of films such as The Heart is Crying (2013) and Together (2016).
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-central-asia-program-and-the-embassy-of-uzbekistan-invite-you-to-a-movie-night/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T180000
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SUMMARY:Uzbekistan's Independence Day Concert
DESCRIPTION:SAFO Ensemble and Sabina Mustaeva \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 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 States are thrilled to invite you to a concert by Uzbek performers: a prize-winning singer and songwriter Sabina Mustaeva and a national ensemble SAFO.  \n\n\n\nSabina has been singing since early childhood as her grandfather\, Bulat Mustaev\, a professional jazz saxophonist\, was among the first to bring this musical genre to Uzbekistan. Sabina is certainly a worthy heir to his legacy. \n\n\n\nThe inception of the SAFO ensemble dates back to the year 2008 marking the genesis of a remarkable artistic journey. Its founder is an accomplished artist Toir Asqar – an esteemed figure within Uzbekistan’s artistic realm who holds the title Honored Artist of Uzbekistan. \n\n\n\nThe concert will end with a discussion between the musicians and the audience.  
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/uzbekistans-independence-day-concert/
LOCATION:Elliott School of International Affairs\, room 113\, 1957 E St. NW\, Washington\, DC\, District of Columbia\, 20052\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T190000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Islomkhodja
DESCRIPTION:The Central Asia Program and the American Uzbekistan Association are inviting you for a film screening of Islamkhodja \n\n\n\nAt the beginning of the 20th century there lived an enlightened\, innovative\, humanist figure—the Grand Vizier (Prime Minister) of Khiva khanate\, Islamkhodja. At the age of 17\, Islamkhodja ruled the city of Hazorasp\, which was considered a strategically important commercial center of the khanate\, and at 26 he was appointed Prime Minister of the khanate. He visited the capital of the Russian Empire\, Saint Petersburg\, several times and held audiences with Russian Emperor Nicholas II. The great reformer Islamkhodja was mysteriously killed in 1913 and his assassination was never properly investigated. For over a century\, this case has remained unsolved. Today\, a young historian bases his investigation on the available facts and documents to make an impartial conclusion and identify the real culprits of Islomkhodja’s assassination. \n\n\n\nThe film will be followed by a Q&A session with the director. \n\n\n\nJahongir Ahmedov is a film director and screenwriter. He has directed 16 films and contributed to more than 30 films as a screenwriter. His work has been honored by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan. \n\n\n\nJahongir Ibragimov is a film operator. He began his first work with director Jahongir Akhmedov. From 2016 to 2020 he made the films Majnun\, Islomkhodja\, and Ilhak. In 2020\, he was a videographer of the Iternational Islamic Art Exhibition. \n\n\n\nZafar Yuldashev is a film producer\, and the founder and head of Ezgu Film and Kinomaniya Production Studios.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/film-screening-islomkhodja/
LOCATION:Elliott School of International Affairs\, Room 213\, 1957 E St NW\, Washington\, 20052
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211119T100000
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SUMMARY:President Mirziyoyev's Second Term In Office: What Next For Uzbekistan?
DESCRIPTION: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 was declared winner in a vote that featured no genuine opposition and that Western observers called “not truly competitive.” Similarly\, election eve was marred by registration denials for genuine opposition candidates and the harassment and intimidation of activists and independent journalists. Meanwhile\, his first term in office has been marked with ups and downs\, clear progress in some areas\, but continuity in other sectors. What does his first term tell us about what may be in store for Uzbekistan under his second term in office? What are some signposts to keep our eyes on to determine where he might take the country? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlisher Siddique is the Director of RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service. Under his leadership\, the service has become a pioneer in using the latest digital platforms to break the information blockade in one of the world’s most closed societies. Sidikov reported on the Andijon massacre in Uzbekistan in 2005\, and earlier worked for the BBC’s Uzbek service in Tashkent and London. He was named “Journalist of the Year” by Reporters Without Borders-Stockholm in 2005. He holds an M.A. and B.A. in Middle East Politics and Arabic Studies from the University of Oriental Studies in Tashkent. \n\n\n\nDilfuza Kurolova is a Human Rights Lawyer from Uzbekistan and professional mediator on family and labour issues. She is a legal and social development consultant at different organizations\, such as the World Bank\, the ADB\, PeaceNexus Foundation and the International Commission of Jurists\, and was an adjunct professor at Webster University in Tashkent. Dilfuza provides free legal consultations to people since 2019\, is a founder of the Global Shapers Tashkent Hub (2020)\, the youth initiative of the World Economic Forum\, and was admitted as top-10 women in Uzbekistan changing the country in 2021. She holds LLB and LLM degrees from Tashkent state university of law (criminal law\, international public law) and MA degree from the OSCE Academy (politics and security in Central Asia). \n\n\n\nSebastien Peyrouse\, Ph.D.\, 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. \n\n\n\nModerator\, Marlene Laruelle\, Ph.D.\, is Director\, Institute for European\, Russian\, and Eurasian Studies; Director\, Central Asia Program; Co-Director\, PONARS-Eurasia; and Research Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University. She works on political\, social and cultural changes in the post-Soviet space. 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. She has been the Principal Investigator of several grants on Russian nationalism\, on Russia’s strategies in the Arctic\, and on Central Asia’s domestic and foreign policies from the US State Department\, the Defense Department\, the National Science Foundation\, Open Society Foundations\, Carnegie Corporation of New York\, the Henry Luce Foundation\, etc.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/president-mirziyoyevs-second-term-in-office-what-next-for-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T130000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200603T145220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T182233Z
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SUMMARY:Crisis Management as a Test of Reforms in Uzbekistan
DESCRIPTION:In 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 challenges? What are the social\, political\, and economic implications? How has society responded? What do these responses tell us about the trajectory of reforms in Uzbekistan? \n  \nSPEAKERS\nJennifer Brick Murtazashvili is Associate Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of the award-winning book\, Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan  and her second book\,  Land\, the State\, and War: Property Right and Political Order   is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. She has been working on Uzbekistan for more than twenty years\, first serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Samarkand and later serving as a Democracy and Governance officer for the United States Agency for International Development in Tashkent for three years. \n\nNikita Makarenko is a journalist from Tashkent\, Uzbekistan. He is covering controversial social issues\, politics\, environmental and urban topics. He worked as a columnist at Gazeta.uz (2017-2020)\, one of the most popular online media in Uzbekistan. Currently\, Nikita works at Uzreport TV channel and writes for his blogs. Nikita was a visiting lecturer at Oberlin College in 2019 and taught his class on propaganda. \n  \n  \n\nNoah Tucker is research associate at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs Central Asia Program and a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council. Noah has worked on collaborative projects to identify the way social and religious groups affect political and security outcomes and headed a team that tracks social media use by Uzbek violent extremist organizations and their effect on the Uzbek language internet and the way culture shapes the conflict in Afghanistan. Recent publications include “Terrorism without a God: Reconsidering Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization Models in Central Asia” (GWU Central Asia Program September 2019). Noah has worked on Central Asian issues since 2002—specializing in religion\, national identity\, ethnic conflict and social media—and received an MA from Harvard in Russian\, East European and Central Asian Studies in 2008. He has spent around six years living and working in in the region\, primarily in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and speaks Russian and Uzbek. \n\nBekhzod Khoshimov is Doctoral Candidate at the University of Wisconsin\, Madison. He is a columnist for gazeta.uz and a host of the podcast “Hoshimov Iqtisodiyoti” (Hoshimov’s Economics). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n RSVP
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/crisis-management-as-a-test-of-reforms-in-uzbekistan/
LOCATION:Webex Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180524T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180524T173000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
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:20180124T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180124T190000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192616Z
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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:20171115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T143000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192717Z
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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:20170921T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T140000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192906Z
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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:20170809T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170809T180000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T192935Z
UID:17544-1502296200-1502301600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Uzbekistan's Heritage and New Transformations
DESCRIPTION:in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan \n\n\nSirojiddin Yakhshilikov (Charge d’affaires at the Embassy of Uzbekistan)\n\nUzbekistan’s Social Policy: Ensuring Stability and Development Through Modernization and Heritage \nRahimjon Abdugafurov (Ph.D. Candidate (2018)\, Islamic Civilizations Studies\, Emory University )\nCultural and Religious Value in Uzbekistan’s Heritage
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/uzbekistans-heritage-and-new-transformations/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T173000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193211Z
UID:17479-1477577700-1477589400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:What Changes in a Post-Karimov Uzbekistan?
DESCRIPTION:2:15-3:45pmSession 1. Changes in the Uzbek domestic landscape\nChair: Marlene Laruelle (GWU)\nBruce Pannier (RFE/RL)\nSofter on the Outside but Still Hard at the Core\nDillorom Abdulloeva (Tashabbus)\nWhat Changes are Needed and Expected in the Field of Human Rights and the Legal Sphere?\nRoger Kangas (NESA Center\, NDU)\nUzbek Foreign Policy After Karimov: Change or Continuity? \n3:45-4:00pm\nC0ffee break \n4:00-5:30pm\nSession 2. An evolving economic policy?\nChair: David Abramson (US Department of State)\nLawrence Markowitz (Rowan University)\nStructural Impediments to Economic Reform in Post-Karimov Uzbekistan\nAziz Khasanov (Eurasia Analytics)\nThe Uzbek Succession: Is Economic Transformation Possible?\nMurad Akhmedoff (Independent Scholar)\nUzbekistan’s Long-Awaited Economic Liberalization \nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/what-changes-in-a-post-karimov-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate,Uzbekistan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160907T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160907T143000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193211Z
UID:17467-1473253200-1473258600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Regime Succession in Uzbekistan: Update and Discussion - Co-Organized with CSIS
DESCRIPTION: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 the region and for the world? Will we simply see another strongman take power? Should we worry about unrest?  With events continuing to unfold\, the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program and the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University are pleased to host a panel discussion with several top specialists on the region\, kicked off with a video-teleconference with RFE/RL specialists in Prague who are closely following events on the ground in Tashkent.\n \nFEATURING\n \nEric McGlinchey\nAssociate Professor\, George Mason University\nBruce Pannier (via video teleconference)\nSenior Correspondent\, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty\nSebastien Peyrouse\nResearch Professor\, Central Asia Program\, IERES (GWU)\nAlisher Sidikov (via video teleconference)\nService Director\, Radio Ozodlik (Uzbek Service)\, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty\n \nCSIS EXPERTS\n \nOlga Oliker\nSenior Adviser and Director\, Russia and Eurasia Program\n\n\n\nPlease register.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/regime-succession-in-uzbekistan-update-and-discussion-co-organized-with-csis/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160517T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160517T180000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194523Z
UID:17446-1463502600-1463508000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Mirzokhid Rakhimov - Contemporary History of Uzbekistan: Challenges of an Interdisciplinary Approach
DESCRIPTION: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 its own methodology\, research know-how\, training or methodological support. Thematic field studies are still narrow\, with limited critical approaches and interdisciplinary studies. However\, being able to develop a comprehensive study of contemporary history is an important theoretical and practical issue that requires interdisciplinary approaches. Domestic politics need to be understood in broad perspective\, including taking into account historical legacies\, the interconnectivity of internal and external politics\, as well as local\, regional and global processes. This research is based on research on and academic visits in Uzbekistan\, other Central Asian republics\, the US\, China\, the EU\, Russia\, Republic of Korea\, India\, Japan and others.\n\nDr. Mirzokhid Rakhimov is a Visiting Fulbright scholar at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute\, SAIS\, Johns Hopkins University. He is the head of the department of Contemporary history and international relations at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan and Professor at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent. His scholarly interests cover contemporary history and regional and international relations in post-Soviet Central Asia. He holds a PhD and an Habilitation in History and International relations from the History Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbe­kistan.\n\nPlease RSVP.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/mirzokhid-rakhimov-contemporary-history-of-uzbekistan-challenges-of-an-interdisciplinary-approach/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150922T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150926T000000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17372-1442880000-1443225600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The Magic of Uzbek Cinema
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nA Film Festival in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan\nFeaturing film directors  \nShukhrat Abbasov and Ayub Shahobiddinov\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8769″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8768″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nYou Are Not An Orphan\nBy Shukhrat Abbasov\, 1963\nSeptember 22\, 2015\n6:30-9:30pm\n800 21st St NW\, Marvin Center Amphitheater\nReception to follow\nShukhrat Abbasov in person \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nHeaven\, My Abode\nBy Ayub Shahobiddinov\, 2012\nSeptember 23\, 2015\n6:30-9:30pm\n800 21st St NW\, Marvin Center Amphitheater\nReception to follow\nAyub Shahobiddinov in person \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nThe Dance of Men\nBy Yusup Razykov\, 2002\nSeptember 24\, 2015\n6:30pm-8:30pm\n1957 E St\, NW\, Suite 412 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nFather\nBy Abduhalil Mignarov\, 2014\nSeptember 25\, 2015\n6:30pm-8:30pm\n1957 E St\, NW\, Suite 412 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nAll films with English subtitles — Light refreshments to be served \nPlease RSVP. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8770″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8771″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8772″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-magic-of-uzbek-cinema/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150514T140000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193211Z
UID:17336-1431604800-1431612000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:"My Andijon Remains": Memory and Forgetting Ten Years after the Andijon Events
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lunch event featuring:\nLaura Adams\, USAID and Harvard University \nSarah Kendzior\, Al Jazeera and CAP Associate \nNoah Tucker\, Registan.net and CAP Associate \nSteve Swerdlow\, Human Rights Watch[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Uzbekistan’s Forgotten Massacre\, New York Times\, by Sarah Kendzior” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”wpb_regularsize” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/opinion/uzbekistans-forgotten-massacre.html?_r=0″][vc_column_text] \nThe 13 May 2005 Andijon violence has been documented\, interpreted and remembered by survivors\, by society and by the state in ways that have evolved over the ten years since it occurred. While responses to the violence and the drive by survivors to document their firsthand experiences helped expand the Uzbek-language internet in an important way made possible by new technologies\, rapid technological change and the shift to social media erased many of those discussions and firsthand narratives without deliberate censorship or action by the state. The state itself has at times promoted memory of the events — memory of specific versions — and other times\, particularly after the Arab Spring\, preferred to forget they occurred as it attempts to promote a narrative that Uzbekistan is synonymous with “peace and stability [tinchlik va osoyishtalik].” The panelists will discuss how all these processes have evolved in the decade since the violence and how technological change shapes the way tragic events are remembered — and forgotten — in the age of social media. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Andijon” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/my-andijon-remains-memory-and-forgetting-ten-years-after-the-andijon-events/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150406T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150406T160000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T162029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193211Z
UID:17270-1428310800-1428336000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:The First Uzbekistan Initiative Workshop
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nAgenda\n9:00am. Introductory Remarks\, Marlene Laruelle\, CAP director\n \n9:15-11:00am Session I Uzbekistan in 2015: Domestic and Foreign Policies \nChair: Reuel Hanks (Oklahoma State University) \nKamoliddin Rabbimov (LIGLIS-Center\, Paris)\nThe Succession Question and the Stability of the Uzbek political system after Islam Karimov’s decision to stay for another term \nShermamat Abdullozoda (Independent Consultant)\nUzbekistan’s economic and financial policies: A challenge to stability? \nTimur Dadabaev (Tsukuba University\, Japan)\nSoft Power from Below? Coercion and Concessions in foreign policies of Japan\, China and Russia towards Uzbekistan from a comparative perspective \nFakhmiddin Fazilov (Research Scholar\, New York University)\nUzbekistan-China Energy Cooperation: Impetuses and Impacts \n 11:00-11:30am Coffee-break \n11:30-1:00pm Session II. Factoring Uzbekistan’s Economic Development  \nChair: Farrukh Irnazarov (Central Asia Fellow\, GWU) \nNodir Djanibekov (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies\, Halle\, Germany)\nLand-labor relations between farms and rural households in Uzbekistan \nBakhrom Radjabov (University of Kassel\, Germany)\nThe Impact of International Migration and Remittances on Labor Supply Decisions in Rural Households in Uzbekistan \nJakhongir Kakhkharov (Griffith University\, Australia)\nSocio-economic Consequences of External Labor Migration and Remittances in Uzbekistan \n1:00-1:45pm Lunch \n1:45-3:45pm Session III. Roundtable: Dialoguing with the Homeland \nChair: Navbahor Imamova (VoA) \nDilorom Abdulloeva (President of Tashabbus)\nBehzod Mamadiev (Chief Editor of Vatandosh)\nDilshod Zokirov (Vatandosh Uzbek-American Federation)\nOlimjon Sharipov (Uzbek American Association of Chicago)\nAkmaljon Jumaboev (Uzbek American Association of Chicago)[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_self” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/uzbek” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/the-first-uzbekistan-initiative-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150120T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150120T173000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T161844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17177-1421769600-1421775000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Regulation of Blogger’s Activity in Uzbekistan: Implications for Freedom of Religion and Belief
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]with Mirakmal Niyazmatov\, Lawyer and Co-Founder of Tashabbus \nIn September 2014\, Uzbek government introduced amendments to the Law “On Informatization.” The amendments imposed vague restrictions on blogging. Uzbek bloggers are now prohibited from disseminating information inciting national\, racial\, ethnic or religious hatred\, as well as denigrating the honor and dignity of citizens. Furthermore\, the amendments oblige bloggers to verify the truthfulness of the information posted on their blogs. The Amendments are an extension to the 2007 Media Law\, which defines websites as mass media and imposes onerous obligations on their owners. \nAlthough the number of internet users is growing rapidly in Uzbekistan\, it is unlikely that the citizens will engage in open discussion of such taboo topics like politics and religion. This is largely due to the Uzbek government’s deployment of new ways to strengthen state monitoring and censorship on the internet. The presentation will discuss the most problematic provisions of the recent Amendments and their impact on the right of Uzbeks to discuss sensitive issues related to religion and religious practice on the internet. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \nMirakmal Niyazmatov is a lawyer and co-founder of Tashabbus. He holds an LL.B. from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy and an LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from Notre Dame Law School.  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Please RSVP” target=”_blank” color=”btn-warning” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://go.gwu.edu/Niyazmatov” el_class=”align-center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/regulation-of-bloggers-activity-in-uzbekistan-implications-for-freedom-of-religion-and-belief/
CATEGORIES:CERIA,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150108T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150208T000000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T161953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17239-1420675200-1423353600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:VISIONS OF UZBEKISTAN
DESCRIPTION:“Visions of Uzbekistan” is an exhibition sponsored in partnership with the Embassy of Uzbekistan which will run from January 8\, 2015 – February 7\, 2015. \nUzbekistan is located at the heart of Central Asia\, neighboring world civilizations such as China\, Persia\, and India\, and connecting to the Turkic world and to Europe via Russia. The territory  of  modern  Uzbekistan  hosted  the  prestigious  ancient  civilizations of  Bactria\, Sogdiana\, Parthia and Khorezm and was traversed by caravans carrying precious silk\, gold\, porcelain and spices along the Great Silk Road. These ancient civilizations invented sophisticated irrigation techniques\, inspired the canons of Islamic culture in the 9th-10th centuries\, and were at the center of a vast empire created by Tamerlane in the 15th century. They made major contributions to world science and literature through geniuses such as Avicenna\, Alisher Navoi\, Ulugbek\, Al-Khorezmi\, al-Beruni\, Al-Farghoni\, Imam Al-Bukhary\, and others. Present-day Uzbekistan benefits from this past\, offering the most accomplished architectural heritage within Central Asia. Since the country’s independence in 1991\, Uzbek society aims to combine modernity with the rediscovery of its past\, and to integrate its historical legacy into a larger\, globalized framework. The photo exhibition “Visions of Uzbekistan” reflects both the ancient culture and the modern life of the Uzbek people and introduces cultural aspects to the narrative about Uzbekistan in the United States.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/visions-of-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141211T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141211T190000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T161838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T194157Z
UID:17171-1418319000-1418324400@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Cinema Club Film Screening: Days Gone By (O'tgan kunlar/Minuvshie dni)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Directed by Yuldash Azgamov (Uzbekistan\, 1969)\nIn partnership with the Uzbekistan Embassy in Washington\, DC \nCentral Asia Program and the Uzbekistan Embassy are happy to invite you to attend the screening of Days gone by (O’tgan kunlar / Minuvshie dni) by Yuldash Azgamov. Azgamov is widely regarded as one of the founders of the Uzbek film making industry. The film describes the atmosphere of Uzbek intelligentsia in the 19th century. \n5:30pm Opening \n5:45pm Presentation on Uzbek cinema \n6:30pm Screening of the film \nLight snacks will be provided by the Uzbekistan Embassy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/cinema-club-film-screening-days-gone-by-otgan-kunlar-minuvshie-dni/
CATEGORIES:Cinema Club,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131115T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131115T140000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T161936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193211Z
UID:17220-1384518600-1384524000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Foreign Policy Doctrine and the Actions of Uzbekistan
DESCRIPTION:with Dr. Farkhod Tolipov\, Director of the Non-Governmental Education and Research Institution“Bilim Karvoni”\n\nThe Republic of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy has undergone dramatic fluctuations since gaining independence\, from a pro-American extreme to a pro-Russian one and back again. Such a “pendulum” swing of the newly independent Central Asian state reflects its two ambivalent and interrelated stances: Tashkent’s perception of the international system as an old stage of power politics – somewhat a Soviet syndrome – and an uncertain geopolitical situation that emerged in Central Asia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The operation in Afghanistan further confused the doctrinal foundation of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy\,revealing the lack of Tashkent’s strategic perspective. As a result\, Uzbekistan took rather isolationist tactics in the region instead of a long-awaited pro-active strategy.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/foreign-policy-doctrine-and-the-actions-of-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,The Policy Debate,Uzbekistan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130605T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130605T170000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T161939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
UID:17223-1370444400-1370451600@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:Digital Memory and a 'Massacre': Post-Soviet Uzbek Identity in the Age of Social Media
DESCRIPTION:with Sarah Kendzior\, Al Jazeera English and Noah Tucker\, Courage Services and Registan.net\n\nThe speakers will examine the transnational effort by ethnic Uzbeks to document the June 2010 violence and mobilize international support\, first for intervention to stop the conflict and then in an effort to defend minority rights and preserve evidence of alleged injustices suffered by the community in Kyrgyzstan. These efforts were made possible primarily by new forms of digitalcommunication and social media. Instant\, global communication made the plight of Uzbeks in Southern Kyrgyzstan an issue of broad resonance for the wider ethnic community in a way that similar outbreaks of civil or state violence had never been in the past and facilitated the re-imagining of other late- and post-Soviet historical conflicts to fit new ethnic narratives. Combining analysis of digital media\, art\, and documentation with recent ethnographic fieldwork in Southern Kyrgyzstan\,they will address questions about how permanent “digital memory” of violence shapes the process of conflict resolution and re-adapting to post-conflict everyday life\, and how narratives produced by the global community-most of whom did not experience the conflict itself-shape\, and sometimes conflict with\, collective memory and understanding of the conflict for those who actually experienced it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 / 1
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/digital-memory-and-a-massacre-post-soviet-uzbek-identity-in-the-age-of-social-media/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130507T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130507T170000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T161941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193211Z
UID:17224-1367940600-1367946000@centralasiaprogram.org
SUMMARY:What's Wrong in the Relationship Between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan?
DESCRIPTION:with Volker Jacoby\, Former Human Rights Officer\, UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia \n \nVolker Jacoby will shed light on the uneasy relationship between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and put it into the broader regional context of Central Asia. He will talk about the water/energy nexus in the region and the struggle over the Rogun Hydropower station project in Tajikistan\, the conflict over the Farhad water reservoir\, TALCO\, border delimitation\, railroad connections and other strains between the two neighbors. He will also elaborate on necessity and prospects of cooperation in the region\, with a view also towards the withdrawal of international combat forces from Afghanistan.
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/whats-wrong-in-the-relationship-between-tajikistan-and-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121004T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121004T163000
DTSTAMP:20260924T100450
CREATED:20200930T161943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T193516Z
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SUMMARY:Is there a place for Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz Republic? Lessons from Under Solomon's Throne: Uzbek Visions of Societal Renewal in Osh
DESCRIPTION:Co-Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\nwith Morgan Y. Liu\, Associate Professor of Anthropology\, The Ohio State University\nEthnic Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) attempted to create a place for themselves in the Kyrgyz-dominated nation-state since its independence in 1991.  For a while\, there were reasons to be optimistic about this minority community.  Even though they felt ethnic discrimination\, local Uzbek leaders labored through the 1990’s and 2000’s to build institutions that serve the Uzbek communities within the framework of their Kyrgyzstani citizenship.  That model of ethnic community-building now lies in tatters after the massive conflict between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in June 2010.  What now for Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz Republic?  This talk evaluates their prospects in light of sixteen years of detailed ethnographic work among Osh Uzbeks.\n  \nHis 2012 book\, Under Solomon’s Throne: Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh (University of Pittsburgh Press)\, concerns how ethnic Uzbeks in the ancient Silk Road city of Osh\, Kyrgyzstan think about political authority and post-Soviet transformations\, based on research using vernacular language interviews and ethnographic fieldwork of urban social life from 1993 to 2011.\n \nMorgan Y. Liu is a cultural anthropologist studying Islamic revival\, post-socialist states\, and social justice movements.  An Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures\, The Ohio State University\, he teaches about the Middle East\, Central Asia\, Islamic revival and social justice\, and cultural theory.  He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Society of Fellows\, Harvard University.  His Ph.D. is from the University of Michigan in Anthropology  
URL:https://centralasiaprogram.org/event/is-there-a-place-for-uzbeks-in-the-kyrgyz-republic-lessons-from-under-solomons-throne-uzbek-visions-of-societal-renewal-in-osh/
CATEGORIES:Cultures and Societies,Events Archive,Uzbekistan
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