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Generationality and Community in Turkmenistan: A Celebration of Durdy Bayramov’s Photography
Luke Bannerman from the University of Cambridge looks back on Turkmen photographer Durdy Bayramov’s work.
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Tourism in Uzbekistan: Weaving Silk Roads from the Louvre to your Instagram Reels
Travel to Uzbekistan continues to gain popularity, and it’s not just thanks to social media.
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Tapestry of the Alash Nation
Alara Nar Clayton from the University of Cambridge pens a prose poem for the Student Central Asia Forum.
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Monumental Art in Almaty
Ana Ross from the University of St Andrews explores the legacy of Soviet-era mosaics in modern street art in Kazakhstan.
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Repurposing Identities: the World of Fashion Designer Jenia Kim
Colin Hood from Charles University in Prague analyses how Jenia Kim’s designs articulate the complexities of post-Soviet identities in Central Asia.
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‘My Heart is a Tapestry Woven in Time to a Techno Beat’
Claudia-Macey Dare from Charles University, Prague takes you on a journey through the Eastern European and Central Asian techno scenes.
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Secularism under siege? The State, Media and Religion in Kyrgyzstan
Ana Ross, a student at the University of St. Andrews, explores how in spite of Kyrgyzstan’s constitutional secularism, religion has, on occasion, impacted policy-making in an environment of increasing hostility towards the freedom of religion.
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The Fall of Otrar and Kazakh Identity
Lewis Ebert, master’s student at Oxford University, analyses how Ardak Amirkulov’s ‘Fall of Otrar’ uses medieval history to explore Kazakh identity at the fall of the USSR
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My Brutalist Bishkek
James Mair from the University of Cambridge discusses all there is to love about the often-overlooked Soviet architecture of Bishkek.
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Jewish Communities in Kyrgyzstan During The Second World War
Claudia Macey-Dare from Charles University, Prague explores the history of Jewish communities in Kyrgyzstan.
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How Investment into Kazakhstan‘s Education System has Impacted the National Economy
Zara Draper from the University of Cambridge explores how foreign university campuses and scholarship programs are accelerating Kazakhstan’s economic growth
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Evaluating Central Asia’s ‘Golden Age of Arbitration’: Prospects for a New Legal Age of Commercial Dispute Resolution
James Hone, University of Cambridge, explores the development of international arbitration institutions across Central Asia.
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The Kazakh Intelligentsia’s Role in Shaping National Identity
Ana Ross from the University of St Andrew’s delves into the history of the Alash Orda in Kazakhstan in the early nineteenth century.
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Central Asia’s Geopolitical Crossroads: The Dynamics of ‘Coopetition’ between Russia and China
Islam Supyaldiyarov, Senior Lecturer at Suleyman Demirel University, explores the changing dynamics and relationship between Russia and China in Central Asia.
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Turksib: Awakening Central Asia
Annabel Hou, a BA student from U.C. Berkeley, analyses the imperial messaging of Viktor Turin’s 1929 film ‘Turksib’.
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