CESS News

2025 Book Award Nominations
April 2, 2025
The nominations for the 2025 CESS Book Award are open! Deadline is May 2, 2025.

ESCAS 2025 Regional Conference – Jan. 5 Extended Deadline
November 8, 2024
ESCAS has extended their Call for Proposals until January 5, 2025. Don’t miss your chance to apply!

Graduate Student Paper Award
August 26, 2024
This year’s winner of the Graduate Student Paper Award is Olzhas Zhorayev. Congratulations, Olzhas!
The mission of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) is to:
- facilitate communication and interaction among scholars of the Central Eurasia region, and in doing so promote high standards of scholarship and instruction about the Central Eurasia region;
- promote cooperation among people and organizations concerned with the scholarly study of Central Eurasia;
- promote general knowledge of and public interest in Central Eurasia.
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