Cambridge Central Asia Forum Seminar Series
Lent Term 2025
Fridays 11am, S1, Alison Richard Building & Jesus College
Zoom Registration https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/Vu0-L-UHQ5eiILMpKuPEtA
31 January Isenbike Togan, Boğaziçi University
‘Nomadic Perception of History and Inner/Central Asian Historiography’
7 February Ismael Biyashev, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The City and the Silent Hill: Nomadic Archaeology and the problem of historicity at Otrar
14 February Boram Shin, Jeonbuk University, South Korea
Critical Story of critical minerals in Central Asia
21 February Andrew Linn, University of Westminster
Developing a language policy for an English-medium university in Uzbekistan, and broader questions for English-medium higher education in Central Asia
28 February TBC
7 March Gulnara Abikeyeva, Visiting Fellow in Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Film Screening of Tul (Director: Sharipa Urazbaeyva) and Discussion
14 March Rachel Kay, University of Cambridge
'Working lives and ecological change in the Central Asian walnut trade'