Thank you to Dr. Aijan Sharshenova for mentoring these amazing young scholars! Dr. Diana T. Kudaibergen 🇺🇦 Asel Doolotkeldieva this paper may be of interest and we hope they publish it in scholarly venues.

New paper alert! 🚨

Oxus Fellows Assem Kalkamanova & Akylai Otkulbek kyzy examine the role of aitys(h) (improvised oral poetry) in activism in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 & Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬. The paper draws on interviews with aqyns (performers) & participant observation
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The biergarten is closed so we are at The Admiral which is opposite!

📣 Announcing the launch of the Terrorism and Political Violence: Next Generation Network serving PhD and Early Career Researchers across St Andrews University

🗓 Inaugural workshop: May 1, 12-3pm
📍Hebdomadar's Room St Andrews
👉 Chloe Squires to register

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Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, which previously scored on the less repressive end of the authoritarian range, now fit the broader Central Asian trend of authoritarian consolidation. Freedom House freedomhouse.org/report/nations…

Happening tonight!

Was delighted to join this conference hosted by partnering Sodertorn University

📣We’re  #hiring ! Are you or someone you know passionate about research and eager to make a meaningful impact? Our research and programs team is looking for a talented and motivated research #intern to join us this summer. Repost to spread the word. bit.ly/3BpMYFw

Spring is here and the Central Asian Happy Hour will move to the 1921 Biergarten at the Heurich House near DuPont on Tuesday 16th at 5:30 pm

📣 NEW: #NationsInTransit 2024 is now LIVE!

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Democratic governance in the region spanning from Central Europe to Central Asia marked 20 consecutive years of decline. The region's deepening democratic divide revealed a shifting geopolitical order.

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If you missed the screening of Oqlanmagan – The Unexonerated at St Andrews yesterday, you can watch it on YouTube. It’s a powerful account of former political prisoners in Uzbekistan that is well worth seeing The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs youtu.be/0bSqnHRRj0Y?si…

🇰🇿 Айт мубарак болсын!
🇰🇬 Айт майрамыназдар менен!
🇹🇯 Иди Рамазон муборак бод!
🇹🇲 Remezan baýramyňyz gutly bolsun!
🇺🇿 Ramazon Hayiti muborak bo'lsin!

Happening tomorrow: 12 pm to 4 pm CET 'The Social and Political Transformation of the Post-Soviet Central Asian States' sh.se/english/sodert…

Delighted to collaborate with International Centre for Counter-Terrorism on this roundtable on the Moscow attack. Email [email protected] to register School of International Relations The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs

Our first paper by the latest cohort of Oxus Fellows: 'From doctoral student to scientist: Problems of training scientific personnel in the social sciences and humanities' by Zaira Satpaeva of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

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Paging Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 experts!

Tajikistan’s foreign ministry on Saturday rejected a claim by a top Russian security official that Ukraine’s embassy in the Tajik capital was recruiting mercenaries to fight against Russia. english.alarabiya.net/News/world/202…

Calling all eligible applicants! CESSI's opening a supplemental application for Title VIII Fellowships this summer. The deadline is April 24!
It covers full tuition at CESSI and a $2,870 stipend. If you've applied to CESSI and wish to be considered, email [email protected].

I got my hands on a thousand files about training programs that China offers to foreign government officials. For Fikra Forum | منتدى فكرة Washington Institute I argue there are clear evidence revealing Beijing intention to export Chinese governance preferences & practices. washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi…

In case you missed this wide-ranging discussion on the aftermath of the Crocus City Hall attack with Davis Center Edward Lemon Nargis Kassenova Yan Matusevich, here is a recording:
youtube.com/live/Q820sjNOT…