The CESS Executive Board occasionally nominates and votes to admit an Honorary Member, chosen for her or his contribution to the field of Central Eurasian studies. Typically, Honorary Members are retired from their professional service at the time they are nominated for this status. They receive the same benefits as individual members, but at no charge.
Honorary members
Shagdaryn Bira (International Association for Mongol Studies, Mongolia), elected in 2001
Hélène Carrère d’Encausse (Académie Française, France), elected in 2001
Peter B. Golden (Rutgers University, USA), elected in 2007
Lars Johanson (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany), elected in 2005
György Kara (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary), elected in 2001
Anatoly M. Khazanov [Анатолий Михайлович Хазанов] (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), elected in 2001
Morris Rossabi (Columbia University, USA), elected in 2007
Natal’ia L’vovna Zhukovskaia [Жуковская Наталья Львовна] (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation), elected in 2004
We remember our Honorary Members who have passed
Ludwig W. Adamec (1924-2019) University of Arizona, USA, elected in 2006 // wikipedia page
Edward Alfred Allworth (1920-2016) Columbia University, USA), elected in 2001 // wikipedia page
Thomas T. Allsen (1940-2019) The College of New Jersey, USA, elected in 2006 // wikipedia page
Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928-2015) University of Manchester, UK, elected in 2007 // wikipedia page
Yuri Bregel [Юрий Энохович Брегель] (1925-2016) Indiana University, USA, elected in 2001 // wikipedia page
Ilse Cirtautas (1926-2019) University of Washington, USA, elected in 2001 // obituary
Yelena Abramovna Davidovich [Давидович Елена Абрамовна] (1922-2013) Institute of Oriental Studies – Moscow, Russian Federation, elected in 2006 // obituary
Richard Nelson Frye (1920-2014) Harvard University, USA, elected in 2001 // wikipedia page
János Harmatta (1917-2004) Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Budapest, Hungary, elected in 2004 // wikipedia page
Halil İnalcık (1916-2016) Bilkent University – Ankara, Turkey, elected in 2005 // wikipedia page
Sergei Grigor’evich Kliashtornyi [Кляшторный Сергей Григорьевич] (1928-2014) Institute of Oriental Studies – St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, elected in 2004 // wikipedia page
Boris Anatol’eyich Litvinskii [Литвинский Борис Анатольевич] (1923-2010) Institute of Oriental Studies – Moscow, Russian Federation, elected in 2007 // wikipedia page
Vladimir Aronovich Livshits [Владимир Аронович Лившиц] (1923-2017) Institute of International Studies – St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, elected in 2007 // wikipedia page
Boris Il’ich Marshak [Маршак Борис Ильич] (1933-2006) Hermitage Museum – St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, elected in 2004 // wikipedia page
Rozia Galievna Mukminova [Мукминова Розия Галиевна] (1922-2007) Institute of History, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan, elected in 2001 // wikipedia page
Omeljan Pritsak [Омелян Пріцак] (1919-2006) Harvard University, USA, elected in 2001 // wikipedia page
Galina Anatol’evna Pugachenkova [Галина Анатольевна Пугаченкова] (1915-2007) Institute of Art History – Tashkent, Uzbekistan, elected in 2005 // wikipedia page
Denis Sinor [Zsinor Dénes] (1928-2015) Indiana University – Bloomington, USA, elected in 2001 // wikipedia page
Tadeusz Świętochowski (1934-2017) Monmouth University, USA, elected in 2005 // wikipedia page
Irina Vital’evna Zakharova [Захарова Ирина Витальевна] (1928-2015) Omsk State University, Russian Federation, elected in 2001 // webpage