Welcome to the Central Eurasian Studies Society
The mission of the Central Eurasian Studies Society is to: facilitate communication and interaction among scholars of the Central Eurasia region, and in doing so to promote high standards of scholarship and instruction about the Central Eurasia region; to promote cooperation among persons and organizations concerned with the scholarly study of Central Eurasia; and to promote general knowledge of and public interest in Central Eurasia.
Latest news
CESS 2019 deadline extended to March 31, 2019
The deadline to apply to CESS 2019 has been extended to March 31, 2019.
Travel grants for CESS 2019
Applications for travel grants for presenters at our 2019 Annual Conference are now open.
2019 Book Awards – Nominations Now Being Accepted
Nominations for the 2019 CESS Book Awards are now being accepted
Author Interview: Film and Identity in Kazakhstan
A recent interview with Rico Isaacs, author of Film and Identity in Kazakhstan: Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture in Central Asia (Bloomsbury 2018), has been published at The CESS Blog.
Job vacancy at CESS: Administrative and Communications Assistant
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites applications for an Administrative and Communications Assistant.
Statement of concern over the indictment of Professor Andrei V. Kubatin, Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent
CESS issues a statement of concern regarding the indictment of our colleague, Andrei V. Kubatin (Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent), in Uzbekistan.
Kemal H. Karpat – Obituary
Kemal H. Karpat was a scholar of Ottoman history and a strong promoter of Ottoman, Turkish, and Central Asian studies.
CESS 2019 Photo Contest
CESS invites scholars and journalist to submit her/his photos of Central Eurasia which reflect on the relationship between researcher and subject.
Safer and Fairer: The Value of Cooperative Approaches to Fieldwork
A new post is live at The CESS Blog by Philipp Lottholz of the University of Marburg.
Thomas T. Allsen – Obituary
Thomas T. Allsen was one of the most outstanding scholars of the history and culture of Medieval Eurasia and of the Mongol Empire, in particular.