Tricky Summitry as Rising Powers Meet at Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand Rising Powers Initiative – Sigur Center for Asian StudiesPolicy Alert #250- September 21, 2022 The 2022 Shanghai Cooperation…

SUMMARY Eurasia Foundation (EF), a US-based international development organization promoting good governance and vibrant civil society, is accepting applications for a Program Officer, Civic Engagement (PO). The PO is a…

Central Eurasian Studies Society is Hiring a Society Administrator VACANCY: SOCIETY ADMINISTRATOR The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) seeks a part-time, remote-working Administrator commencing June 13, 2022, or as soon…

Could a New President in Turkmenistan Provide an Opportunity for the US to Promote Reform? It may turn out that Serdar is just like his father, and nothing will change…

Washington Must Step Up Its Engagement in Central Asia Recent unrest in Kazakhstan underscores the risks of ignoring the root causes of political instability in the region. Originally published on…

Russia’s Islam: Balancing Securitization and Integration Marlene Laruelle, December 2021 Russia’s Islam has been much more than the two Chechen wars, and regular terrorist actions that have shaken the Russian…

Friends,   We are launching the Afghanistan Project (AP), an ambitious new initiative of the Center for Governance and Markets (CGM), a global policy research center at the University of Pittsburgh. The Project…

Call for Contributions: Identity and visibility of LGBTQ+ people in the post-Soviet world Central Asian Survey is organizing a special issue entitled “Identity and visibility of LGBTQ+ people in the…

The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) is now accepting applications for their Summer 2022 program! CESSI 2022 will be held from June 20 to August 12, 2022. The priority…

Central Eurasian Studies Society 2021 Winter Afghan Digital Scholarship Award | Aga Khan University Deadline for application submissions: Tuesday 03 November 2021, 17:00 UK Time.  The Governance Programme at the…

Новая Туркменская Сказка: «Чореджик» на пути в мир «Чореджик» теплый и домашний хлебушек появивщийся на свет темной ночью перед сном для рассказа моему тогда 5 летнему сыну. «Чореджик»  словно принёс…

Global Language Network Teaching Fellowship Opportunity Sharing your language and culture is a great way to broaden understanding of Central Asia and connect people from around the world through language. GLN…

Русский We are excited to launch the new Central Asia Program Global Language Network Initiative. This partnership connects the CAP community and the Global Language Network (GLN), a not-for-profit organization…

A UNIQUE CHILDREN’S BOOK ABOUT CENTRAL ASIA A wide range of books can be found in the West about Central Asia, but most of them target adult readers, particularly scholars…

Communications Assistant Crude Accountability is an environmental and human rights nonprofit organization that works with communities in the Caspian and Black Sea regions battling threats to local natural resources and…

WOVEN GEMS ALONG THE SILK ROAD: Small Pile Weavings of the Turkic Nomads of Central Asia with Dr. Richard Isaacson, Collector and Independent Scholar, Arlington, VA Log-in 9:55 a.m. /…

The PEER Network focuses on the political economy of education and is launching activities in Central Asia. This network is a great opportunity for early-career Central Asian scholars and activists…

INTERNATIONAL EURASIAN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM  (IESS) I МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ СИМПОЗИУМ ЕВРАЗИЙСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ 5-6 ноября 2021 г. (Онлайн Университет, Бишкек, Кыргызстан) The Online University, which carries out its scientific and educational activities in…

Competition Now Open! Deadline to Apply: April 5, 2021 The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern…

Gilman Scholarship Application Open! Application Deadline: March 2, 2021, 11:59pm PT The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is pleased to announce that the application is…

Central Asia Barometer Survey is one of the CAB’s large-scale research projects conducted regularly since 2017.  around 60 000 interviews from 2017 to the date;  all Central Asian countries covered; …

Artists of Modern Kazakhstan This publication is an illustrated catalog of great contemporary art works of Kazakhstan throughout more than a quarter of a century of independence. The primary mission…

Central Eurasian Summer Studies Institute Applications Now Open! CESSI is an intensive, eight-week language program held each summer in Madison, Wisconsin.  Students receive the equivalent of one year of language…

The Scholars of Central Asia Book Database is intended to showcase the research of scholars from each of the Central Asian republics and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The database currently contains…

Nomination Deadline: September 30, 11:59PM ET  The Western Union Foundation, the Western Union Company’s philanthropic arm, has announced a commitment of USD $250,000 to provide aid for international students struggling…

THE COVID-19 SOLIDARITY PROGRAM FOR KEY POPULATIONS IN EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES IS LAUNCHED! AFEW International has launched the regional COVID-19 Solidarity Program in the Eastern Partnership countries with the financial support…

Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives Special Issue: IFSH Peace Researcher as Guest Editor Dr. Anna Kreikemeyer In view of a crisis of…

Fellowships for Threatened Scholars: Call for Applications, August – September 2020 Fellowships for Threatened ScholarsApplications due September 28, 2020: Apply Now  There are more threatened and displaced scholars today than ever…

Hagia Sophia Revisited: A Photo Essay by Daniel C. Waugh July 29, 2020 (Originally published on The Silk Road) The Hagia Sophia is one of the oldest sites of continuous…

EURASIAN INSIGHTS Conference in Ghent: Past, current and upcoming dynamics in the Central Asian region, and their (possible) impacts for Europe Click here to view the detailed call for papers on our website.…

The Alarming State of the Healthcare System in Tajikistan By Sebastien PeyrouseCentral Asia Program, IERES, George Washington UniversityMember of International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) Published by International Partnership for…

YouTube Seminars at the French Institute for Central Asian Studies Our partner, The French Institute for Central Asian Studies | Institut français d’études sur l’Asie centrale (IFEAC), created in the 1990s in…

Updates on the Impact of COVID-19 on Central Asian Societies and Migrant Communities Our European colleagues from REFPOM, a research project on funeral practices during migration in Eurasia, led by…

The Central Asian Revolt of 1916: A Collapsing Empire in the Age of War and Revolution Alexander Morrison2019Published by: Manchester University Press For additional information about this book https://muse.jhu.edu/book/68114 The 1916…

American Councils Title VIII Research Programs – Applications due October 1 American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce the opening of a new competition cycle for its Title VIII…

Kazakhs are Wary of Neighbours Bearing Gifts We asked ordinary people in Kazakhstan which great power they liked most. Despite its assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, China didn’t do so…

Understanding Sinophobia in Central Asia Sinophobia in Central Asia is real. But does that translate into a threat to China’s lasting presence in the region? By Sebastien PeyrousePublished by The Diplomat,…

 Post-Doctoral Fellowships  The Graduate School of Development seeks to recruit two post-doctoral fellows: one fellowship is tenable at the Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI), Khorog, Tajikistan, the other at the…

Acta Via Serica is an international, multi-disciplinary, open-access journal published in English semi-annually in June and December. The journal is devoted to publishing new research within the arts, humanities, and…

Annual Conference 2020: Panel and paper proposals, travel grant applications, and pre-conference workshop applications now being accepted (deadline: March 30). CESS is pleased to announce that panel and paper proposals,…

Nazarbayev University seeks instructors to teach intensive Kazakh and Russian courses to international students during their summer intensive program. Under the supervision of the program director, instructors will be expected…

By Kazakhstan Council on International Relations, 2020 Below is the text of the final chapter of the report, as well as a link to the full report. Interim results Despite…

The new Study in Canada Scholarships program will offer full academic scholarships for up to two years of study at the post-secondary level that leads to a diploma, post-secondary or…

The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is accepting applications! They offer eight-week courses in intensive elementary and intermediate Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek. Graduate…

The submission system for the CESS Regional Conference in Tashkent this June is now open. The deadline is 23.59 Eastern Standard Time, 29 February 2020. Where can I submit my…

Central Eurasian Studies Society 7th Regional Conference June 25-28, 2020 University of World Economy and Diplomacy Tashkent, Uzbekistan About the Regional Conference See also: https://www.centraleurasia.org/conferences/regional/ Since 2008, CESS has held…

The Institute for Advanced Study at Indiana University is now accepting applications for its 2020 Summer Repository Research Fellowship (SRRF). This program funds a two-week residential fellowship for a community…

Research Workshop — Call for Applications Media and Information Culture in Balkan and Eurasian Muslim Communities Workshop Organizers: Laura Olson Osterman (University of Colorado, Boulder) lolson@colorado.edu Wendell Schwab (Penn State…

Master Class 2020 WHEN: This Central Asia Master Class (CAMC) will take place from 17 to 26 of April 2020. The CAMC will last 10 days. (This includes 1 arrival…