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Changing notions of identity and place in Central Asia

A May 2013 graduate research panel organized by the Asia Institute's Program on Central Asia explored the changing dynamics of identity and place in the region. The interdisciplinary session saw presentations by a linguist, an anthropologist and a geographer, respectively.

 
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Islamic History & Identity in Central Asia: Key Issues & Debates

A lecture by Charles Weller, Washington State University

 
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Upcoming conference reflects on 20 years since fall of Soviet Union

To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union, the UCLA Center for European and Eurasia Studies is bringing together international experts to discuss the political, economic and socio-cultural changes that have taken place in Russia and its successor states over the past two decades.

 
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Graduate Student Profile: Hannah Reiss

A video interview with Hannah Reiss, PhD candidate in Anthropology

 
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From Early Judeo-Iranian Jargons to Central Asiatic Argots of Rom Groups: Evidence for an Influential Jewish Underworld in the Late Abbasid Period

A lecture by Martin Schwartz, University of California, Berkeley

 
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Future of Iraq, Israel-Palestine Conflict, and Central Asia Weighed at International Conference

Three-day meeting at UCLA hears reports on "The Middle East in 2005"