Established in 2014, the goal of the Central Asian Studies Institute (CASI) Literature and History workshop is to help build literature as a legitimate field in Central Asian scholarship and to create a network of scholars committed to illuminating the region’s literary art. Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students at Pitt who study the literature and history of the region, or of Eurasia more broadly, are welcome to attend.

Those interested in joining will need to commit to reading submitted papers (participants circulate texts in advance to solicit feedback and exchange ideas) so they can meaningfully participate in the discussions. Students wishing to attend should thus reach out to the event’s organizers, Christopher Baker (baker_ch@auca.kg) and James Pickett (pickettj@gmail.com) ahead of time.