CESS’ Newest Communications Committee Members

We’re extremely excited to announce that CESS’ communications committee has welcomed seven new members in addition to its current members Barbara Junisbai, Katia Svensson, and Inge Snip. New Members Bossan Abdyyewa Bossan is from Turkmenistan. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Montana State University Billings. She is a Master’s student at Indiana […]
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 […]
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 […]
CESS Town Halls: Register to Participate in Open Discussion on CESS

The Membership Committee of the Central Eurasian Studies Society would like to invite all past, current and prospective members of CESS to a virtual Town Hall meeting to discuss your visions, hopes and suggestions for CESS. We have 2 time options to make sure we hear from voices in multiple time zones. Tuesday, February 9th […]