Emil Nasritdinov

2022-2025. American University of Central Asia Bishkek Kyrgyzstan

Akram Umarov

2022-2025. University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Ablet Kamalov

CESS President Ablet Kamalov is a Professor of History at Turan University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. His research interests include the history, historiography, and culture of the Turkic peoples of Chinese Central Asia, primarily the Uyghurs, and Diaspora studies.

Olga Khan

I am Olga Khan. I am an independent researcher; this winter I completed my Ph.D. on February 15th and obtained a degree in film theory.I would like to apply for a Board member position if it is possible. My field of expertise is commercial Uzbek modern cinema (I finished a PhD in Imaging Science and […]

Ketevan Gurchiani 

I am very honored to have been nominated to serve as a board member of the Central Eurasian Studies Society, and I submit this letter with the full awareness that my experience with CESS is far less than that of many esteemed colleagues who have been involved in organizing activities over the years. Nevertheless, I […]

Omar Sadr

I am a senior research scholar at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Governance and Markets (CGM) with a keen interest in the CESS board membership. Since 2021, I have been working at the University of Pittsburgh on a research project on the failure of democratic order in Afghanistan. I would welcome the opportunity to […]

Dina Sharipova

Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) is a leading organization that unites many scholars who do research on Central Asia. The uniqueness of the CESS is that it creates great opportunities for researchers from all over the world to explore the region from different perspectives. It bridges western and Central Asian scholars in terms knowledge production, […]