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Zoroastrianism and Islam: How They Interacted, Clashed, and Accommodated One Another. An Interview with Andrew Magnusson

  • March 20, 2023
In Persia and the greater Central Asian region, two religions once fought for dominance. In the end, Zoroastrianism—which still enjoys adherents to this day—was forced to give way to the…
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Saints, Scholars, Poets, Jurists, and Politicians of the Sufi Hidden Caliphate: An Interview with Waleed Ziad

  • March 8, 2023
In his recent book, Hidden Caliphate: Sufi Saints beyond the Oxus and Indus, Waleed Ziad examines the development of Muslim Sufi networks across Asia from the eighteenth to the twentieth…
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  • 15 min
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A Woman, an Actress, a Jadid? Reflecting on a Recent Exhibition in London

  • December 16, 2022
Last month, an exciting photographic exhibition on Central Asia, entitled “Bound for Life and Education”: Sara Eshonturaeva and the Jadid Movement in Soviet Uzbekistan, was shown at Asia House in…
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The Mongols and the Modern International Order: An Interview with Ayşe Zarakol

  • December 5, 2022
Ayşe Zarakol’s book Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders challenges our understanding of the history of international relations and makes sense of the apparently chaotic…
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  • 17 min
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Between the Aral and Caspian Seas: The Magnificent History and Archeology of Turkmenistan

  • November 8, 2022
Two seas—the Aral Sea, now almost non-existent, and the Caspian Sea—encircle the great Turan plain, where constant migrations and ethnogenetic contacts between nomadic and sedentary peoples have taken place over…
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  • Central Asia in Modern Times: Architecture, Women, and Freedom. An Interview with Edda Schlager
    • 04.11.22
    • 13 min
  • Between the Aral and Caspian Seas: The Magnificent History and Archeology of Turkmenistan
    • 08.11.22
    • 17 min
  • Music and Women in Afghanistan and Central Asia: An Interview with Razia Sultanova
    • 14.11.22
    • 19 min
  • The Mongols and the Modern International Order: An Interview with Ayşe Zarakol
    • 05.12.22
    • 15 min
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Early Soviet Modernization in the Lives of Kazakh Women

  • October 19, 2022
In her book entitled Modernization of the Early Soviet Era in the Fate of Women of Kazakhstan, 1920–1930: Monograph (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 2017), Janat Kundakbayeva, Doctor of Historical Sciences…
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What Can Golden Horde Fabrics Tell Us About Histories of Kazakhstan and Ukraine?

  • September 23, 2022
Tatiana Krupa, a Ukrainian archaeologist, historian, and restorer, has extensive experience studying fragments of fabrics that date back to the Golden Horde era. She has done work on fabrics that…
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  • 6 min
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The Lives and Work of Soviet Kazakh Women in Photos. From the Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents, and Sound Recording of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan

  • August 9, 2022
The lives of women in Central Asia before Russian colonization are often portrayed in a miserable light. European travelers did not leave much visual evidence about local women. Women in…
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  • 9 min
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Archival Treasures of Kazakhstan Offer New Images and Voices of Its History

  • August 8, 2022
The Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents, and Sound Recording of the Republic of Kazakhstan– http://kfdz.kz/was set up almost 80 years ago but has recently expanded to include new collections…
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  • 12 min
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Studying the Steppe on Imperial Orders: Fyodor Shcherbina and His Expedition

  • June 27, 2022
A revolutionary spirit, an opponent of imperial and Soviet power, and a supporter of the idea of an independent Ukraine, Fyodor Shcherbina was one of the first scientists sent by…
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  • Central Asia in Modern Times: Architecture, Women, and Freedom. An Interview with Edda Schlager
    • 04.11.22
    • 13 min
  • Between the Aral and Caspian Seas: The Magnificent History and Archeology of Turkmenistan
    • 08.11.22
    • 17 min
  • Music and Women in Afghanistan and Central Asia: An Interview with Razia Sultanova
    • 14.11.22
    • 19 min
  • The Mongols and the Modern International Order: An Interview with Ayşe Zarakol
    • 05.12.22
    • 15 min
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  • 11 min
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The Turkic Roots of Monomakh’s Cap: An Interview with Guzel Valeeva-Suleymanova

  • March 7, 2022
Monomakh’s Cap used to crown the Russian tsars. Created in the early fourteenth century, the cap is topped by a simple gold cross, inlaid with precious stones, and trimmed with…
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  • 14 min
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The Treasures of Pazyryk Kurgans in the Hermitage Museum

  • February 11, 2022
Pavel Azbelev, archaeologist and guides’ educator at the State Hermitage Museum, Russia, discusses the frozen treasures of Pazyryk culture, a Scythian nomadic Iron Age archaeological culture whose artifacts and mummies…
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  • 15 min
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Political Vagabonds of the Steppe and Their Influence on Modern Eurasia. A Conversation About Qazaqlïq With Joo-Yup Lee

  • January 12, 2022
What are the origins of the Kazakh nation? What do the Kazakhs, Uzbeks, and Cossacks have in common? In this interview, Joo-Yup Lee tells us about the political vagabonds or ambitious…
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