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
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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…
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…
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…
Author Interview: 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Turns and Twists in Economies, Politics, and Societies in the Post-Communist Countries, edited by Alexandr Akimov and Gennadi Kazakevitch
A new post is available at The CESS blog. Alfinura Sharafeyeva (University of Adelaide) interviews Alexandr Akimov (Griffith University), one of the editors of the volume 30 Years since the Fall of…
Author Interview: Warlord Survival: The Delusion of State Building in Afghanistan, by Romain Malejacq
A new post is available at The CESS blog. Niamatullah Ibrahimi (La Trobe University) interviews Romain Malejacq (Radboud University) about his book Warlord Survival: The Delusion of State Building in…
Author Interview: Negotiating Inseparability in China: The Xinjiang Class and the Dynamics of Uyghur Identity, by Tim Grose
A new post is available at The CESS blog. Mirshad Ghalip (Indiana University) interviews Tim Grose (Rose Hulman Institute of Technology) about his book Negotiating Inseparability in China: The Xinjiang Class…
Author Interview: Russia and Central Asia: Coexistence, Conquest, Convergence, by Shoshana Keller
A new post is available at The CESS blog. Nicholas Seay (The Ohio State University) interviews Shoshana Keller (Hamilton College) about her work for the New Books Network; you may…
Author Interview: Oceans of Milk, Oceans of Blood: A Mongolian Monk in the Ruins of the Qing Empire, by Matthew King
A new post is available at The CESS blog. Daigengna Duoer (University of California, Santa Barbara) interviews Matthew King (University of California, Riverside), on his book Ocean of Milk, Ocean of…
Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding by International Organizations and the Government in Kyrgyzstan
A new post is available at The CESS blog by Arzuu Sheranova of Corvinus University of Budapest, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding by International Organizations and the Government in Kyrgyzstan Since…
Vera Zaporozhskaya – Scholar of Siberia
A new post is available at The CESS blog by Elena Okladnikova of Herzen University (Translated by Richard Bland of University of Oregon), Vera Zaporozhskaya – Scholar of Siberia Editor’s…
Rural Women in Kazakhstan: Double Vulnerability
A new post is available at The CESS blog by Kamila Kovyazina, Rural Women in Kazakhstan: Double Vulnerability This blog presents some of the results of the study of rural women’s economic…
Framing the Impact of Remittances from Labour Migrants in Central Asia
A new post is available at The CESS blog by Jakhongir Kakhkharov of Flinders University, Australia, Framing the Impact of Remittances from Labour Migrants in Central Asia Labour migrants’ remittances…
Author Interview: The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century: Paving a New Silk Road, by Richard Pomfret
A new post is available at The CESS blog. Alfinura Sharafeyeva (University of Adelaide) interviews Professor Richard Pomfret (University of Adelaide) about the course of his work and career, including…
Presence is Dominance: The History of Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site and Russia’s Influence in Post-Soviet Space
A new post is available at The CESS blog by Sara O’Connor of University of California Irvine, Presence is Dominance: The History of Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site and Russia’s Influence…
Becoming an Activist Scholar: Towards More Politically Engaged and Socially Accountable Research Practices in Central Asian Studies
A new post is available at The CESS blog by Mohira Suyarkulova of American University of Central Asia, Becoming and Activist Scholar: Towards More Politically Engaged and Socially Accountable Research…
Connecting the Dots Around the XUAR Camps:Bringing Together a Year of Diverse Research
A new post is live at The CESS blog by Rune Steenberg of University of Copenhagen, Connecting the Dots Around the XUAR Camps: Bringing Together a Year of Diverse Research…
Author Interview: Leah Feldman on “On the Threshold of Eurasia: Revolutionary Poetics in the Caucasus”
In this fourth and final installment of our author interview series, the CESS blog is pleased to welcome Bruce Grant (New York University), in conversation with the winner of this…
Author Interview: Jeff Eden on “Slavery and Empire in Central Asia”
A new post is live at The CESS blog. In this third installation of our series featuring those books shortlisted by CESS for this year’s prize, Sergey Salushchev (University of California,…
More of the Same: Kazakhstan’s Leadership Change Between Ageing Leadership and Popular Discontent
A new post is now up at The CESS blog by Luca Anceschi of University of Glasgow, More of the Same: Kazakhstan’s Leadership Change Between Ageing Leadership and Popular Discontent…
The History of Soviet Anthropology in Kazakhstan
In this special post Rinat Shayakhmetov, grandson of the first Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan Zhumabay Shayakhmetov and himself a researcher of Soviet Kazakhstan, presents a narrative history…
Author Interview: Sarah Cameron on “The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan”
A new post is live at The CESS blog. In this second installation of our series featuring those books shortlisted by CESS for this year’s prize, we welcome Nurlan Kabdylkhak…
Author Interview: Artemy Kalinovsky on “Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan”
A new post is live at The CESS blog. This is the first in a series of author interviews highlighting the books shortlisted for this year’s prize. Here we welcome…
Aging in the Absence of the Young and in the Presence of the Ancestor Spirits
A new post is live at The CESS blog by Maria Louw of Aarhus University, "Aging in the Absence of the Young and in the Presence of the Ancestor Spirits"
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.
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.
The Analyzing Kyrgyz Narratives (AKYN) Research Project
A new post is up at The CESS Blog by James Plumtree of the American University of Central Asia.
Shifting Seas: The Lived Landscapes of Aral
A new post is up at The CESS Blog by Grace H. Zhou of Stanford University.
Author Interview with Scott Levi: The Rise and Fall of Khoqand, 1709-1876: Central Asia in the Global Age
A new post is up at The CESS Blog. Author and historian, Scott Levi, reflects upon the questions posed to him at a recent author-critic forum centered around his latest…