Archives – Central Asia Forum

The UK’s student platform on Central Asia

One region — a thousand stories. Central Asia is an area on the move.

Manas, Memory, and the Making of the Kyrgyz National Myth

How one epic poem has defined Kyrgyz identity.

21 Nov 2017
Hair-Clips and Hierarchy

What ‘Mambetka’ means for Kazakhstan in the Age of Inequality.

8 Nov 2017
Torn between Two Worlds — how Social Media is Impacting Kazakhstan’s Development

The unique, and not so unique, ways in which social media are helping, and hindering, young people in Kazakhstan.

30 Oct 2017