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,…
Narrating Decolonial Framing of Central Asian International Relations
A virtual event where Dr. Marlene Laruelle and Dr. Timur Dadabaev will discuss the coloniality of knowledge on Central Asia and regional IR. In the seminar Dr. Timur Dadabaev will…
Addressing Food Security in Central Asia: The cases of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
Food security is a concern in some parts of Central Asia. In Turkmenistan, food rationing and shortages have been reported regularly since at least 2017. In Tajikistan, 1/3 of the total…
Evaluating Turkmenistan One Year after Dynastic Succession: What Has Happened under President Serdar Berdimuhamedov?
In March 2022, Serdar Berdimuhamedov’s succession to the presidency of Turkmenistan following his father Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s retirement raised questions about whether this could open the door to even limited political,…
Annual Security Workshop: Central Asia in a Transformed Geopolitical Environment
Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW, WashingtonThis full-day hybrid event will address a range of issues, including the perceptions and impact of the war in Ukraine on Central Asia, the impact of the return of the…
Concert by a Kazakhstani ethno-folk ensemble TURAN
Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 213 1957 E St NW, WashingtonIn 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…
Nowruz Bazaar 2023
Elliott School of International Affairs, 2nd floor 1957 E St. NW, Washington D.C., District of Columbiain-person event You are invited to the Nowruz Bazaar 2023 to celebrate the New Year, which for many communities symbolically begins with the spring equinox. We envision this to be…
Policies on Ethnic Minorities in Kazakhstan
Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW, WashingtonWhere Are We Now? Kazakhstan 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…
Strengthening Relations Between Central Asian and U.S. Scholars on Education and Research
The United States and the countries of Central Asia have developed partnerships to enhance educational exchange and cooperation programs, fundraising and research, as well as to bring American expertise in science…
Bolashak Visiting Fellows Conference — Spring 2023
Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW, WashingtonFrom May 2022 to May 2023, the Central Asia Program hosted 23 Bolashak Visiting Fellows from Kazakhstan on a tailor-made training program focusing on 1) Leadership in Higher Education Management…
Jaslyk Forever: Film Screening & Discussion with Producer
Elliott School of International Affairs, room 113 1957 E St. NW, Washington, DC, District of ColumbiaThe Central Asia Program and Freedom Now are inviting you to a film screening and discussion with the film producer (in person event) Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 113…
Intermarriage and Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia
Book talk with author Adrienne Edgar, discussant Dmitry Gorenburg, and moderator Mélanie Sadozaï (virtual event) Join us for a presentation of Adrienne Edgar’s book Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples: Ethnic Mixing in…
Bolashak Fellows Summer Conference July 2023
Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW, WashingtonHybrid Event From March to August 2023, the Central Asia Program hosted 18 Bolashak Visiting Fellows from Kazakhstan on a tailor-made training program focusing on teaching science, technology, engineering and…
Central Asia: A Loophole for Russia’s Sanctions?
Online event Russia is facing unprecedented economic and political sanctions from the United States and its allies over its invasion of Ukraine. However, Moscow has found ways to circumvent these…
Nuclear and Biological Nonproliferation: Lessons from Kazakhstan and Central Asiakaza
Stronger than Death memorial, Semei, Kazakhstan. Image Source: astanatimes.com In a world increasingly defined by bellicose rhetoric, nuclear nonproliferation is no longer taken for granted. In a post-Covid world, pandemics…
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…
Central Asian Migrants in Russia and Turkey: Migrant Legal Adaptation in Non-Democratic Contexts
Book talk with authors Rustam Urinboyev and Sherzod Eraliev Hybrid Event Rustam Urinboyev and Sherzod Eraliev comparatively analyze the migration regimes of Russia and Turkey through the everyday experiences of…
Cross-Border Relations between Central Asia and Afghanistan in the Taliban Era
Online event co-sponsored by The Kennan Institute The border areas between the Central Asian states and Afghanistan have often been portrayed as regions prone to lawlessness, violence, and instability since…
Central Asian Outlook: The Intersection of Trade and Culture
Book talk with author Juneyoung Lee Hybrid Event In this event Dr. Juneyoung Lee will explore the intricate dynamics between trade liberalization, cultural diversity, and protection in Central Asia. Drawing from…
Works in Progress on Central Asia:
Elliott School of International Affairs, room 505 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, District of ColumbiaSocial and Political Processes in Central Asia amid Internal and External Shocks (hybrid event) Social and political developments in Central Asia received greater attention following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,…
Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations after the Third Karabakh War
Virtual Seminar, image by Arzu Geybulla The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict reached a dramatic end on September 19, 2023, when the Azerbaijani military ended the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and almost its entire…
Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Protest Motivations, Public Perceptions and Human Rights
Online discussion co-organized by the PaperLab Research Center (Astana, Kazakhstan) In the first days of 2022, Kazakhstan witnessed a series of protests that sent shockwaves through the country. The response…
Central Asia’s Aral Sea: Lessons for Today’s Climate Crisis
Lindner Family Commons, 6th floor GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW, WashingtonHybrid Event, Image by NASA Earth Observatory Once one of the world’s largest inland bodies of water, the Aral Sea began to shrink dramatically in the 1960s, when Soviet officials directed an…
Researching Central Asia. Navigating Positionality in the Field
Researching Central Asia can be interesting, entertaining, life-changing, traumatizing and, at the very least, thought provoking. The way we, Central Asians and Central Asianists, experience the region differs, but it…
