‘Old Patterns, New Order. Socialist Realism in Central Asia’ – GW Museum, October 10, 2015 – May 29, 2016
Old Patterns, New Order: Socialist Realism in Central AsiaOctober 10, 2015–May 29, 2016 Under Soviet political rule, artists across Central Asia created images that both embraced modernity and idealized the…
CESS Annual Meeting 2015
CAP is proud to host the Central Eurasian Studies Society 16th Annual Conference, October 15-18, 2015Download the full program here.View the keynote addresses “Locating Central Asian Geopolitics: the Rise and…
Private Life in Public Spaces: Discourse, Ummah, and (Muslim) Piety in Tatarstan
In this new project, Dr. Karimova explores the relationship between public and private space, discourse, Muslim piety, and the notion of Ummah in present-day Tatarstan. She illustrates how physical space…
Beyond Crimea: Russian Compatriot and Reimperialization Policies in Central Asia
Based on the research of her forthcoming book Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire (Yale University Press, February 2015), Dr. Grigas will discuss Moscow’s policies towards the Russian minorities and Russian speakers…
Cinema Club in Partnership with the Kyrgyz Embassy: “Kurmanjan Datka, Queen of the Mountains” (Kyrgyzstan, 2014)
"Commemorating a rare female leader from a time and place where women were mostly regarded as chattel, the sweeping patriotic epic “Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains” spans the long life (1811-1907)…
Political and Economic Trends in Kazakhstan: Risks, Threats, and Prospects
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…
BRUSSELS and PARIS – Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies
The 2015 Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies will take place in Brussels and Paris from November 17-20, 2015. At the conference there will be several cultural events and exhibits organized for the…
Discussion with Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen, Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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…
Cinema Club: “The Liquidator” (Kazakhstan 2011)
"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…
Women and Water in Central Asia and South Asia: Building a Sustainable Future
Funded by the US State Department for 2013-2015, this project connected women in Central and South Asia to water and its management, and proposed a program of international exchange of…
GLASGOW – Inside the Pyramid: Is Central Asia authoritarianism stable?
A Workshop Series organized byCRCEES & CAP View the full program here. Patrimonial, patronal, clientelistic: Central Asia’s authoritarian power is often classified in these terms. The proliferation of analytical rubrics…
Studying Social Marginalization in Central Asia: Sixth Central Asia Fellows’ Seminar
Opening Remarks, Marlene Laruelle (Central Asia Program, IERES, GWU) Aspects of Social Marginalization in Central Asia. Some Introductory Data Serik Bessembayev (Kazakhstan) Violent Extremism in Kazakhstan: The Fertile Soil of…
Kazakhstan Nationbuilding and Kazakh Nationalism: A Debate
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…
Cinema Club Film Screening: Kyrgyzland
By Elunura Osmonalieva (2014) This movie is about a small mountainous country with big problems and huge potential. Young heroes let viewers into their lives, lifting a curtain into multi-layered…
Religion-Branding? Central Asia’s Integration into the International Scene through Religion
10:00am-12:00pm. Session 1. Central Asian States and the Gulf Countries. In Search of New Models of Development Luca Anceschi (Glasgow University, UK), Natalie Koch (Syracuse University), Bruno de Cordier (Gent…
Public and State Responses to ISIS Messaging in Central Asia
This workshop and policy discussion will mark the launch of a new series of policy papers from the CERIA initiative that examine state and public responses to ISIS and its…
Cinema Club Film Screening: Tahir and Zuhra
A 15th-century Uzbek 'Romeo and Juliet', this film, by Nabi Ganiev, quickly became one of the canons of Soviet cinema. "Takhir and Zukhra are childhood sweethearts brought up together at…
The Fight for Followers: Muslimness and Authenticity in Tajikistan
Recently, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon has sought new ways to reassert his Muslim identity. These public acts of piety serve not only to sway the population toward the state…
The Central Asia Security Workshop
9:00am. Registration and Breakfast 9:30-11:00am. Session 1. The Chinese ‘One Belt One Road’ Strategy Chair: Robert Sutter (George Washington University) Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute, Columbia University) One Road, One Belt,…
Adeeb Khalid – The Making of Uzbekistan: Nation Making in an Age of Revolution
Uzbekistan appeared on the map in 1924. Adeeb Khalid traces its emergence in the interstices between Soviet nationalities policies and the strivings of the Central Asian Muslim intelligentsia. Understanding the origins…
Daniil Kislov – The State of Media in Central Asia
Daniil Kislov is chief editor of Fergana.ru/Fergananews.com web edition. He was born in 1965 in the city of Ferghana, Uzbekistan, but was banned from visiting Uzbekistan in 2005. Fergana.ru information…
Selbi Jumayeva – Feminist Organizing in Kyrgyzstan
During this discussion, Selbi Jumayeva will share her experiences in the women’s rights activism, feminist organizing and anti-violence campaigning in Kyrgyzstan and discuss gender and sexuality issues in Central Asia,…
Jesse Driscoll – Beyond Hobbesian Legitimacy: Thinking A Way Out Of Neopatrimonialism in Central Asia
Despite Tajikistan's impassable mountains, hostile neighborhood, and overall bleak structural inheritance, its civil war was resolved with unusual speed. The Tajik Civil War was settled through the selective co-optation of many…
Cinema Club Screening: “The Builders (Stroiteli)” (2013)
Three siblings - two teenage brothers and their little sister - are evicted from their apartment. The youngsters' last hope rests on a plot of land outside of the city,…
