Voices From Central Asia No. 15, November 2013
On November 6, 2013, the Central Asia Pro-gram at IERES launched its Kazakhstan Initiative with a one-day event on “Kazakh Culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. Legacies and Innovations. The conference, opened by the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States, H. E. Kairat Umarov, featured the most prominent representative of Soviet and contemporary Kazakh culture, Olzhas Suleymenov, currently permanent representative of Kazakhstan to UNESCO. Ambassador Suleymenov discussed the role of culture in the 21st century and the dialogue of cultures as a tool for peace.
