Asian Studies Center

Synonyms: 
ASC
Asian Studies

Peace and Security

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 14:15

CHAIR: Emilbek Dzhuraev | DISCUSSANT: Azamat Sakiev
ROOM: Posvar 5702 | Fri, Oct 26th, 14:15

•Politics of the Concrete: Sidewalks and Circulation in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Joseph Cleveland (Indiana University)

•Kazakh Traders across The China-Kazakhstan Border: Interactions and Transformations
Heila Sha (University of Sussex)

•Transition from School-to-Work and Neet-Youth: The Case of Tajikistan
Loikdzhon Mirov (Technological University of Tajikistan)

Location: 
Posvar 5702
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Religion and Identity in Afghanistan

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 09:00

CHAIR: Andreas Durr | DISCUSSANT: Jennifer Murtazashvili
ROOM: Posvar 5702 | Fri, Oct 26th, 09:00

•Education and Identity: Who are Afghan Students?
Sayed Mohammad Mohaqqeq (American University of Afghanistan)

•Politicization of Mosques in Afghanistan: Mullahs, Spiritual Leaders or Antagonistic Preachers?
Weeda Mehran (Georgia State University)

Location: 
Posvar 5702
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Dimensions of Uyghur Displacement and Challenges to Scholarship

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 11:00

CHAIR: James A. Millward | DISCUSSANT: Kelly Hammond
ROOM: Posvar 5702 | Fri, Oct 26th, 11:00

•Settlement and Ethnic Conflict
Mukeddes Omer (American University)

•A “Flavorless” Song for Xi Jinping: Changing Uyghur Soundscapes in the People’s War on Terror
Elise Anderson (Indiana University Bloomington)

•Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: How Uyghurs from China Became Foreign Fighters in Syria
Sean Roberts (George Washington University)

Location: 
Posvar 5702
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Are There Central Eurasian Forms of Power? Theorizing Configurations and Materialities

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/25/2018 - 14:15

CHAIR: Christopher Atwood | DISCUSSANT: Henry Hale
ROOM: Posvar 3911 | Thu, Oct 25th, 14:15

•Geo-Power Beyond Spheres of Influence: Connecting Central Asia and the Arabian Peninsula
Natalie Koch (Syracuse University)

•Power and Community Organization in Central Eurasian Prehistory
Tekla Schmaus (Indiana University)

•Powerful Dispossessions: Power, Borders, and Environment in the Georgian Mining Industry
Jesse Swann-Quinn (Syracuse University)

Location: 
Posvar 3911
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Foreign Policy Challenges in Central Eurasia

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/26/2018 - 14:15

CHAIR: Rainer Ruge | DISCUSSANT: Jesse Driscoll
ROOM: Posvar 3911 | Fri, Oct 26th, 14:15

•Armenian Foreign Policy between Eurasian and European Integration Models
Hayk Paronyan (Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes)

•How Oil Autocracies Learn to Stop Worrying: Central Eurasia in 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Anar Ahmadov (Leiden University)

•One Belt, One Road: A New Source of Rent for Ruling Elites in Central Asia?
Kemel Toktomushev (American University of Central Asia)

Location: 
Posvar 3911
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

State Regulation and Policy

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 10/28/2018 - 09:00

CHAIR: Medet Tiulegenov
DISCUSSANT: Emilbek Dzhuraev
ROOM: Posvar 5604 | Sun, Oct 28th, 09:00

•Legitimation through Latinisation: Power, Legacies and De-Russification in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Sofya du Boulay (Omarova) (Oxford Brookes University)

•Cross-National Variations in the State Regulation of Organizational Life in Post-Soviet Countries
Serik Beimenbetov (Kazakh-German University); Markus Kaiser (Kazakh-German University)

Location: 
Posvar 5604
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Revolution and State Building

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 10/27/2018 - 14:15

CHAIR: Anar Ahmadov
DISCUSSANT: Sofya De Boulay (Omarova)
ROOM: Posvar 3911 | Sat, Oct 27th, 14:15

•The (Limited) Effect of Information Warfare
Jesse Driscoll (University of California, San Diego)

•No Country for Lame Ducks: Lessons of 2017 Kyrgyzstan for State and Democracy Building
Emilbek Dzhuraev (OSCE Academy in Bishkek)

•Modernizing Public Safety in Eurasian Cities: Urbanistika meets Urban Planners
Erica Marat (National Defense University)

Location: 
Posvar 3911
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Soft Power, Information, and Framing

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 10/27/2018 - 09:00

CHAIR: Rainer Ruge | DISCUSSANT: Yuval Weber
ROOM: Alcoa Room | Sat, Oct 27th, 09:00

•OSINT through Text Mining: A Case Study of Russian and Chinese Influence within Tajik Media
Victoria Breshears (University of Texas, El Paso)

•Authoritarian Regimes and the Co-Optation of Religion: Kazakhstan and Russia
Rebecca Fradkin (University of Oxford)

•Soft Power Vehicles and the Root Factors in China’s Soft Power Deficiency in Central Asia
John Irgengioro

Location: 
Alcoa Room, 228 Barco Law
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Migration and Identity

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sun, 10/28/2018 - 11:00

CHAIR: Brent Hierman
DISCUSSANT: Anar Ahmadov
ROOM: Posvar 3800 | Sun, Oct 28th, 11:00

•Gender and Remittances: Evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic
Ailuna Shamurzaeva (Ala-Too International University); Zhibek Kenzhebaeva (Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University)

•“Lost in Translation:” Exploring Uyghur Identity in Canada
Maihemuti Dilimulati

•Migrant Workers and Modern Brides: Gendered Dimensions of Identity in Contemporary Tajikistan
Mariana Irby (University of Pennsylvania)

Location: 
Posvar 3800
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

Media and Politics in Central Asia

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 10/27/2018 - 11:00

CHAIR: Yuval Weber | DISCUSSANT: Galiya Ibrayeva
ROOM: Alcoa Room | Sat, Oct 27th, 11:00

•Turkmenistan: Political Culture and Media Landscape
Oguljamal Yazliyeva (Charles University, Prague)

•Electronic Bazaar: Social Media as a Marketplace in Contemporary Kazakhstan
Aigerim Kagarmanova (Nazarbayev University)

Location: 
Alcoa Room, 228 Barco Law
Event Web Site: 
https://www.cess.pitt.edu/
Contact Person: 
Susan Dawkins
Contact Phone: 
412-648-7403
Contact Email: 
sad96@pitt.edu

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