Cambridge Central Asia Forum Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2014

Cambridge Central Asia Forum Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2014

Cambridge Central Asia Forum in collaboration with the Centre of Development Studies is delighted to invite you to the following talks.

Venue: Room 138, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT

Time: 2-4pm

29 October

Gerald Mako, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge
'Medieval Empire, Modern Problems: The Khazars as a Showcase of Nationalist Agendas in Historical Scholarship'

5 November

Dr Rustamjon Urinboyev, Visiting Fellow, Cambridge Central Asia Forum, and Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology of Law, Lund University, Sweden

'Rethinking “informality” in post-Soviet societies: Ethnographic study of "po rukam" (handshake) experiences of Uzbek migrant workers in Moscow, Russia'

12 November

Dr Qasim Ayub, ‘Human Evolution Team, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton

'The Hazaras from Pakistan and the Genetic Legacy of the Mongols'

26 November

Dr Anise Waljee, Research Fellow, Cambridge Central Asia Forum

‘Learning and Living: Tajikistan's Evolving Prism of Education and Islam’

3 December

Ayshem Abdulla, Visiting Fellow, Cambridge Central Asia Forum & Centre of Development Studies

‘Chaghatai language and Central Asian Literature’