2-week railway journey through Central Asia to develop conceptual and methodological approaches
Scholars, practitioners, and artists are invited to join The Zhelezka Project: On the Tracks through Central Asia, an experimental mobile summer school taking place from August 19 until September 3, 2023 The Experimental Mobile School aims to generate a unique space for young researchers’ networking and developing conceptual and methodological approaches. During a two-week railway […]
LAST CALL: CESS 2023 proposal submissions deadline extended
The CESS 2023 proposal submissions deadline has been extended to March 12. Central Eurasian Studies Society 23rd Annual Conference, October 19-22, 2023Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA About the Annual Conference CESS Conferences have been held at universities around North America and Central Eurasia since 2000, alongside our concurrently offering […]
Decolonization and Central Asia through the lens of Black feminist scholar Audre Lorde
Dialogues between Blackness and Central Asia are not new but have been deemed unimportant in academia – it exposes whose and what type of work is privileged
2022 Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society at Indiana University
The 2022 annual CESS conference was held in Bloomington, IN. from October 20th to 23rd at the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC) at Indiana University “The Central Eurasian Studies Society [CESS] conference at Bloomington, Indiana, allowed me to meet new people and discover future research opportunities,” said Maral Sagynalieva, a Ph.D. student […]
CESS 2023 Annual Conference Call for Papers
The CESS 2023 proposal submissions deadline. March 1, is coming up.Central Eurasian Studies Society 23rd Annual Conference, October 19-22, 2023Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA About the Annual Conference CESS Conferences have been held at universities around North America and Central Eurasia since 2000, alongside our concurrently offering up to 70 […]
Understanding the role of history and culture of Afghanistan — Omar Sadr, CESS 22 Book Award Winner
Omar Sadr, the recipient of the 2022 CESS Best Book Award in the Social Sciences for his 2021 book “Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan,” talked with CESS Communications Associate Kenneth Linden. Below you can find a condensed summary of their conversation. Sadr is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Governance and Markets (CGM) […]
Serve on the CESS Communications Committee
Join CESS’ Communications Committee now to help share the important work the Society is doing and support our vibrant community of scholars, practitioners, and organizations. The Communications Committee is responsible for designing and implementing CESS’s communications strategy, including outreach to Society members and the general public. The committee manages the CESS Blog, social media, and […]
Dr. Kenneth Linden – CESS 2022 – Participant Highlight
Dr. Kenneth Linden presented D. Namdag’s “Howl of the Old Wolf” and Wolves as Metaphor in Socialist Mongolia at CESS 2022. The novel was banned during the socialist era because the author used a wolf as a metaphor for his persecution. By: Bossan Abdyyeva Playing the video game Age of Empires as a kid in […]
Announcement: Note to our Members
Dear CESS Colleagues, The last year has been an extremely challenging one for Central Eurasia and our organization. Just as we started to navigate a somewhat normal life amid a pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had manifold unintended consequences. Some of the challenges to CESS have been longer term. Most immediately, we know that […]
What are appropriate and effective oral history methods to uncover untold stories of 1991 Central Asia? A pre-conference workshop
What are effective ways to access people’s memories about their own and their community’s experiences in 1991? What methods are appropriate for initiating an oral history collection: whose voices should we seek out first? Are these questions you are grappling with, or would you like to share your insights? Then join the pre-conference workshop on […]
