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 and the Dynamics of Uyghur Identity, published in 2019 by Hong Kong University Press. “This is the first book-length study of graduates from the Xinjiang […]
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 listen to their conversation: interview can be accessed by clicking this hyperlink, re-posted here with permission from the author. “Russia and Central Asia provides an overview of the […]
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 Blood: A Mongolian Monk in the Ruins of the Qing Empire, published by Columbia University Press. After the fall of the Qing empire, amid nationalist and […]
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 2010, international organizations (IOs) in Kyrgyzstan have been working together with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (KR) to achieve sustainable peace and development of […]
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 introduction: This special blog post was translated and shared with us by Dr. Richard Bland, currently a Research Analyst the University of Oregon Museum of […]
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 possibilities in Kazakhstan, conducted by the Applied Economics Research Centre in April 2019. The basic method of research was a mass survey of the target […]
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 are a rapidly growing phenomenon in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The size and growth of remittances in the countries of the recipients […]
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 his most recent book, The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century: Paving a New Silk Road . In his book, Pomfret considers the enhanced role of […]
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 in Post-Soviet Space A Brief History of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS) The Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site was built by Kazakh prisoners as commissioned […]
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 Practices in Central Asian Studies Editor’s note: Here we present the full text of one of the invited key note speeches at this year’s annual […]