Join our Central Asia-Azerbaijan Fellowship Program (CAAFP) final seminar:

Rising Civic Engagement in Central Asia and Azerbaijan

Thursday, June 17, 2021
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)


Meeting ID: 932 2612 0014 
This event is on the record and open to the public.

The Central Asia Program is proud to announce our Spring 2021 CAAFP Fellows’ Final Research Presentation. Join us for a brief seminar featuring our scholars from Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan as they present their research on current cultural, educational, environmental, and gender-related issues in Central Asia.

PRESENTATIONS


Anastassiya Reshetnyak, Kazakhstan

Violent Extremism and Youth: How to Build a Productive Dialogue Between Young People and Government


Rustam Muhamedov, Turkmenistan

Educated-Abroad Youth and the Advancement of Gender Equality in Turkmenistan: a Cog in the Machine or a Game Changer?


Zhaslan Nurbayev, Kazakhstan

Inequality Between Students of Rural and Urban Schools of Kazakhstan: Reasons and Prospects for Overcoming it


Aida Naizabekova, Kazakhstan

Owning and Disowning the Female Body: Mediating Gender, Power and Emerging Markets


Ilaha Abasli, Azerbaijan

Transition to Sustainability in Azerbaijan: Policy Review and Analysis
Marlene Laruelle, Moderator

Marlene Laruelle, Ph.D., is Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; Director, Central Asia Program; Director, Illiberalism Studies Program; Co-Director, PONARS-Eurasia; and Research Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University. Marlene's research explores the transformations of nationalist and conservative ideologies in Russia, nationhood construction in Central Asia, as well as the development of Russia’s Arctic regions.
The Central Asia Program
Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES)
Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
1957 E Street, NW | Suite 412 | Washington, DC | 20052

The Central Asia Program (CAP) promotes academic and policy research on contemporary Central Asia, and serves as an interface for the policy, academic, diplomatic, and business communities.