November 2018

Julie McBrien’s book From Belonging to Belief: Modern Secularisms and the Construction of Religion in Kyrgyzstan is a detailed ethnographic study of Islam and secularism in post-Soviet Central Asia. Julie…

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17 min

Infographic
Society

Eurasia on the Move. Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Dynamic Migration Region

November 13, 2018

Eurasia on the Move. Interdisciplinary approaches to a Dynamic Migration region, published by Nazarbayev University and GW’s Central Asia Program, discusses many aspects of migration flows in Eurasia. As Caress…

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11 min

Contemporary art

Saule Suleimenova: A Journey to Find True Kazakhness

November 1, 2018

Saule Suleimenova is a contemporary artist based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She works with a wide range of media: watercolors, wax engraving, painting on newspaper, archival photos painted over urban graffiti,…

Kyrgyzstan from Belonging to Belief: An Interview with Julie McBrien

Eurasia on the Move. Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Dynamic Migration Region

Saule Suleimenova: A Journey to Find True Kazakhness

A Brief History of Collecting Abr Clothing from Uzbekistan

Is Central Asia Moving Beyond Russia? An Interview with Johan Engvall

Why Is Job Insecurity So Widespread in Independent Uzbekistan?