Central Eurasia

02/12/2023

It is necessary to note the excellent event recently held by the Academy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan with the support of the OSCE - the international scientific and theoretical conference "Main trends in ensuring regional security in the context of globalization." Thanks for the invitation and the opportunity to provide a report on “The Geopolitical Situation in the World and Regional Security of Central Asia", in general, share assessments of what is happening in this world that has gone crazy... I will once again emphasize the thesis that I highlighted in my report, namely, I pointed out the problem of lack of integration that has existed for more than 3 decades between the countries of Central Asia. The President of Uzbekistan essentially says the same thing, pointing to a group of global factors that hinder the efforts of the states of the region “to deepen economic integration.” The problem is not being solved despite all the efforts made, especially in recent years, by specific leaders of countries of Central Asia, including (and perhaps primarily) Uzbekistan. In my opinion, without solving this problem and without institutionalizing the cooperation/integration itself between the five countries of the region, we can talk about the predominance of certain positive development scenarios for the countries of Central Asia in this difficult historical period is still extremely premature....

11/01/2023

CEU Summer University will host 14 courses in Budapest and one in Vienna. More datils at these link:
https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/
Scholarships are available. The general application deadline is February 14th, 2023.

Intensive interactive summer courses at CEU Budapest in the social sciences and humanities. Gain applied skills, build interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral networks! Find a course and apply today!

21/12/2022

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Sussex is a research-led department with an international reputation. We are advertising for one 1-year post doctoral fellow position to support Professor Magnus Marsden’s work with Dr Moradian, Director General of the Afghanistan Institute of Strategic Studies. AISS is a leading think tank and research institution that was based in Afghanistan until August 2021. As a result of the current political climate in Afghanistan, AISS is temporarily relocating to the UK. The University of Sussex has received funding from Research England to facilitate AISS’ transition to the UK.

The fixed term position is open to a scholar of Afghanistan working in the fields of the social sciences and/or humanities. Expertise and interest in research on one or more of the following are particularly desirable: Afghanistan’s political economy, the role of religion in society and politics in Afghanistan, Afghanistan’s place in its wider region, and the study of the country’s diasporas. The post doctoral scholar will split their time between research, writing, supporting scholars from Afghanistan now based in the UK and beyond, developing new research activities, and helping in helping in the coordination of the collective activities of AISS and the School of Global Studies.

Applicants will have experience of conducting research on Afghanistan and will hold a PhD in a relevant social science or humanities discipline (for example, anthropology, geography, IR, history, law, economics and development , and political science)

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Sussex is a research-led department with an international reputation. We are advertising for one 1-year post doctoral fellow position to support Professor Magnus Marsden’s work with Dr Moradian, Director General of the Afghanistan Institute of St...

08/09/2022

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is one of the most rapidly developing centres of the multipolar world, covering an enormous landmass including China, India, Russia and its southern Eurasian neighbours. With both its eight member states and a growing group of observer states, the SCO’s ...

03/09/2022

The second issue of ASIA MATTERS, the discussion paper series of Asia in Global Affairs offers a compilation of the write-ups that emerged from the presentations made at the International Conference on " China in India's Neighbourhood". The conference was organised by AGA with support from ICWA (New Delhi) and in collaboration with IFPS, the Dept of History (Calcutta University) and Loreto College (Kolkata) during May 5-6 at Loreto College.
For details, please visit the following link at the AGA website:
https://www.asiainglobalaffairs.in/asia.../asia-matters-2/

05/04/2022

Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour expressed the views at a one-day international conference on “Perspectives on the...

10/03/2022

https://www.redefiningborders.com/

The conference on Redefining borders and peripheries in Central Asia & the Far East aims to critically interrogate these conventional narratives and rethink the role of borders through a historical and anthropological perspective.

06/01/2022

Central European University’s Summer University program (SUN) invites applications for the 2022 summer courses. The first application deadline is February 28, 2022.
CEU SUN is a program for advanced undergrads, graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, and researchers, as well as professionals who wish to upgrade their knowledge in a variety of areas in the social sciences and humanities, gain applied skills and build interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral networks. The courses, offered for one or two weeks in June and July on CEU’s Budapest campus, are taught by international teams of scholars and practitioners and use CEU’s state-of-the-art academic resources and facilities.

https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/

Summer course offerings at CEU Budapest