Contemporary Spaces Of (Greater) Central Asia Tuesday 21st – Wednesday 22nd March Newcastle University School of Geography, Politics and Sociology / School of Modern Languages, Research Beehive, 2nd Floor, Old Library Building Thursday 22 March 10.15–10.30: Welcome remarks by Joanne Smith Finley 10.30–12.10, Panel 1: Economies of the Central Asian Nations Chair: TBC Speakers: Lorena […]
John Heathershaw and David Lewis are accepting applications for PhD study in all areas of Central Asian and Post-Soviet politics, particularly related to conflict management, authoritarian governance, and offshore and extra-territorial aspects of politics. There is funding available at the University of Exeter for both UK/EU and international students both of which are highly competitive: […]
Call for Papers Annual Navro’z / Nawruz Postgraduate Workshop on Central Asia Asian Studies Research Group, Newcastle University Contemporary Spaces of (Greater) Central Asia Tuesday 21 – Wednesday 22 March 2017 Workshop Aims The purpose of this workshop is to bring together established scholars and early career researchers from the UK and mainland Europe to […]
The Department of Politics at the University of Exeter will host the Annual Nawruz Postgraduate Workshop on March 18 – 19, 2016. Twenty five years after the five Central Asian republics emerged from the Soviet Union, there is growing scholarly interest in the region and an increased academic understanding of the region’s local dynamics and […]
Congratulations to the eight, yes EIGHT, Exeter Central Asian Studies associates and friends who completed their PhD and/or graduated in the year 2014/15. Six doctoral dissertations were completed on the region, Catherine Owen (public scrutiny in Russia and a teeny bit of Central Asia), Kemel Toktomushev (regime security and political economy in Kyrgyzstan), Zulfiya Bakhtibekova (early […]
Congratulations to Timor Sharan who passed his viva with no corrections on Monday. Timor’s thesis addressed the network politics of state-building under international intervention in Afghanistan. The external examiner was Jonathan Goodhand (SOAS) and the internal examiner was Tony King. Timor also managed to publish three peer-reviewed journal articles during his time at Exeter and will shortly take up a […]
ExCAS member Ed Lemon has won the best graduate student paper prize of the new journal Central Asian Affairs. His paper was selected from around 50 entrants and will be published in the journal later this year.
ESRC South West Doctoral Training Centre Studentship: The Political Economy of Extractive Industries in Central Asia This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding. Studentships will be awarded on the basis of merit and strategic fit with the aims of the DTC. For eligible UK/EU students the full time studentship […]
All seminars, Wednesday, 1.00-2.30pm, Amory 115 (unless stated). 1.00-2.30pm, Friday, Oct. 4th. Amory 239C Dr Stuart Horsman, Foreign and Commonwealth Office ‘The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and Kyrgyzstan’s crisis of 2010’ Oct. 23 Catherine Owen, ‘Public Consultative Bodies and the state in Russia: The Emergence of ‘authoritarian’ neoliberal governance?’ Asel […]
Weds March 20th, 15.00-16.30 Kolade Teaching Room, Business School, Dr Yang Cheng, Associate Professor of International Relations, East China Normal University; Visiting International Fellow, University of Exeter (Spring 2013), ‘Rising China in International Politics: Possibilities and Restrictions’ Thurs 21- Fri 22 March, Third Annual Nooruz/Navruz Workshop in Central Asian Studies at Newcastle University. With a […]
Thursday 21st – Friday 22nd March Newcastle University School of Geography, Politics and Sociology / School of Modern Languages, Seminar Room 2.22, Research Beehive, 2nd Floor, Old Library Building Thursday 22 March 12.00–1.00pm: Buffet lunch (halal) 1.00–1.15pm: Welcoming remarks from the organizers 1.15–3.00pm, Panel 1: Religion and Politics in Central Asia Speakers: Amrisho Lashkariev, Tübingen […]
University of Exeter, 20–21 March 2012 XFI Conference Room 2, University of Exeter Streatham Campus Tuesday 20 March 12.00–13.00: Arrival and lunch in La Touche café (Building: One) 1.00–1.10, Welcome and Introductions: Dr John Heathershaw, University of Exeter 1.10–2.40, Panel 1: Late-Soviet History and Legacies Chair: Dr Alisher Khamidov, University of Newcastle Speakers: Timothy Alexander […]