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Editors: A. Morrison and S. Saxena

Central Asia: A Maturing Field

The European Society for Central Asian Studies biennial conference was held at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK in September 2011. The choice of subject for the conference – Central Asia: A Maturing Field – reflects the appreciation of the qualitative changes in the academic vision of various aspects of the post-Soviet development of the Central Asia region. It was hosted by Cambridge Central Asia Forum, Jesus College and Centre for Development Studies, University of Cambridge and Cambridge Kazakhstan Centre. The keynote speech was given by the noted scholar of Central Asia, Professor Edmund Bosworth. The presentations included the following subjects: Economy; Geopolitics and international relations; History; Literature and language; Ethnic and religious identity; Cultural anthropology; Art, architecture, culture; Education reforms.

2017    Hbk    ISBN 978-1908106-42-1    400pp