Event

In these days, the new states of Eurasia can soon celebrate 25 years of independence. At the seminar 11 university teams from South Caucasus and Central Asia that have taken part in NUPI’s “Research Beyond the Ivory Tower” project will share their insights on the diverse political, social and economic developments that have taken place across the region.

Program

09.00 – 10.30 Gender, Civil Society, and Participation

SOS Tbilisi: "Green activism" for green policy
Lia Tsuladze, Tbilisi State University

Female leaders in civil service in Kazakhstan
Aliya Kuzhabekova, Nazarbayev University

Empowering rural women in Central Asia: Opportunities and challenges
Elena Kim, American University of Central Asia

10.30-10.45 Coffee break

10.45 – 12.15 National Identity, Migrants and Transnational Communities

Armenian Diaspora and identity politics: A comparison of Lebanese and Russian communities
Hamazasp Danielyan, Yerevan State University

Nationalism and patriotism in Kazakhstan
Dina Sharipova, KIMEP University

Occupational choices of return migrants in Central Asia
Nurmukhammad Yusupov, Westminister International University of Tashkent

12.15 – 13.00 Break

13.00 – 14.30 Inclusion and Exclusion of Minorities

Nationalism and ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan
Jeyhun Mahmudlu, Qafqaz University

Trapped in the past: silenced voices of Georgian IDPs and dilemmas of social integration
Malkhaz Toria, Ilia State University

Political exclusion of non-titular youth in Kyrgyzstan? The cases of Russians and Dungans
Jarkyn Shadymanova, Bishkek Humanities University

14.30 – 14.45 Coffee break

14.45 -15.45 Eurasian integration

EU versus EEU? The choice of Armeni
Mkhitar Gabrielyan, Yerevan State University

Crystallization of the ‘regional entity’ of Central Asia
Abdugani Mamadazimov, Tajik National University

Speakers

Dina Sharipova

Assistant Professor, KIMEP University

Hamazasp Danielyan

Associatge Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Yerevan State University

Elena Kim

Senior research Fellow, American University of Central Asia

Aliya Kuzhabekova

Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University

Lia Tsuladze

Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Tbilisi State University.

Nurmukhammad Yusupov

Senior Lecturer, Westminister International University of Tashkent

Jeyhun Mahmudlu

Academic adviser, Acting Head of Department, Associate Professor, Chief, Leading Scientist, Qafqaz University

Malkhaz Toria

Associate Professor, Ilia State University

Jarkyn Shadymanova

Senior Research Fellow, Bishkek Humanities University

Mkhitar Gabrielyan

Professor, Yerevan State University

Abdugani Mamadazimov

Chairman of National Association of Political Scientists of Tajikistan, Tajik National University

Chair

Helge Blakkisrud

Senior Research Fellow (part time)

Related projects

Research Project

2013 - 2016 (Completed)

Research Beyond the Ivory Tower: Policy and Communications Training for University Teams (BIT)

The project focuses on strengthening the competence of university lecturers in the South Caucasus and Central Asia....

• Russia and Eurasia
• Asia

• Russia and Eurasia
• Asia