with Catherine Cosman, Senior Policy Analyst- U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Central Asian governments use state-controlled Islam to build national identity, but also fear Islam’s influence and understand that Islam… Continue reading Central Asia’s Struggle with Religion
Tag: national identity
Negotiating Identity in Kyrgyzstan: Nationality, Islam, and the Meaning of Tradition
with Vincent Artman, University of Kansas Since independence, Kyrgyzstan, like the other Central Asian states, has been confronted with the challenge of articulating a viable national identity.Drawing upon five months of fieldwork,… Continue reading Negotiating Identity in Kyrgyzstan: Nationality, Islam, and the Meaning of Tradition
Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia. Traditionalist, Socialist, and Post-Socialist Identities
Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia. Traditionalist, Socialist, and Post-Socialist Identities PHILLIP P. MARZLUF Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia is the first full-length treatment of literacy in Mongolian.… Continue reading Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia. Traditionalist, Socialist, and Post-Socialist Identities
Islamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia
Event hosted at CAP April 10, 2017.
Islam and the Norms of Kyrgyz Society
By Asel Doolotkeldieva
Imagining the Nation: Identity, Nation Building and Foreign Policy in Kazakhstan
By Sabina Insebayeva
Private Initiative, Religious Education, and Family Values: A Case Study of a Brides’ School in Tashkent
By Rano Turaeva
