Become a CESS member in 2021
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2020 Book Award Winners
The winners of this year’s awards were announced during the Online Week of Central Eurasian Studies on October 14, 2020. Many congratulations to Matthew King… Read More »2020 Book Award Winners
2020 CESS Board Election Results
Thank you very much to all members who voted in the recent elections to the CESS Board. We are very grateful to all the candidates… Read More »2020 CESS Board Election Results
CESS 2020 Book Awards – Shortlists Announced!
CESS is delighted to announce the shortlists for its two 2020 Book Awards.
Update on CESS conferences (May 2020)
The CESS Board has been closely monitoring health and travel considerations related to our planned conferences for 2020 as a result of the global Covid-19… Read More »Update on CESS conferences (May 2020)
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and CESS conferences
The CESS Board is committed to providing a healthy and safe space for CESS conference participants. The Board is carefully monitoring health and travel advice… Read More »Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and CESS conferences
The Cotton Republic: Colonial Practices in Soviet Uzbekistan?
A new post is live at The CESS Blog, by Riccardo Mario Cucciolla (NRU HSE), “The Cotton Republic: Colonial Practices in Soviet Uzbekistan?”
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.
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.