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Workshop: Unorthodox approaches to Eurasian Studies

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP: Unorthodox approaches to Eurasian Studies

11-13 October, Istanbul

Venue: Marmara üniversitesi https://www.marmara.edu.tr/en 

Presentations 

15.00 Registration and welcome coffee 

15.30 - 17.00 International politics and economy

CHAIR:  Armagan GÖZKAMAN

The Sino-Russian strategic partnership and Central Asia: space for cooperation or space for competition? Sónia SENICA.

The impact of the new regional order of South Caucasus on the perspective of Iranian policy-makers. Qasem Osuli Odlu. 

Hardening antipathy towards the state, resilient attraction towards the nation? A mixed-methods comparative analysis of the soft  power of Russia amongst students of leading universities in Kazakhstan. John IRGENGIORO.

Turkey’s ‘strategic framing’ of the Organisation of Turkic States. Armağan GÖZKAMAN

17.15 - 18.00 (short) Scopus diaries session: thinking strategically about how, where, and what to publish to minimize rejection rates and enhance visibility 

Day 2 

9.00 - 10.00 Repression and control

CHAIR: Mehmet Volkan KAŞIKÇI

Theorizing the Spatiality of ICT-mediated Transnational Repression: Evidence from China’s Repression of Uyghurs in Turkiye. Idil OZTIG

Addressing the Abuser: Lessons Learned from Petitions of Deported Individuals. Said GAZIEV.

Autocratic modernization in Central Asia: performed, rejected, and weaponized. Anna JORDANOVA.

10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break

10.45 - 12.15 Novel methodological approaches and topics 

CHAIR: Mélanie Sadozaï

Digital Video Activism: An Autoethnographic Reflection on My Role as a Content Creator and Ethnographer Studying Gender in Uzbekistan. Yang ZHAO.

Asankojo Isaev. Informality and innovation: building post-pandemic resilient communities in Kyrgyzstan: Persistence of the ceremonial “toi” economy in Kyrgyzstan.

Tugsbuyan Bayarbat: Rethinking ‘Decent Work’ in Mobile Pastoralism: A Case of Herder Women in Mongolia

12.15 - 13.45 Lunch 

14.00 - 15.30 Interdisciplinary research on Asia: Methodological and theoretical challenges

Panel Chair: Dr. Meltem SANCAK

Rural entrepreneurs in Qazaqstan: Economic changes, institutional constraints, and social inequality. Peter FINKE.

Exploring Limitations and Challenges in Norm Diffusion Processes: A Study of Anti-Corruption Efforts by IOs in Central Asia. H. Deniz GENÇ 

The Laws and Their Implementation Gap in Uzbekistan: Experience of the Turkish Businessman in Tashkent. Erhan DOGAN.

Land Distribution among Zhetysu Farmers Three Decades After De-colectivization. Werner HERZOG.

15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break 

16.00 - 17.30 Ideology and the economy

CHAIR: Katharina Müller

Saving Soviet Past from Communism: The Question of Ideology in Central Asian Studies. Mehmet Volkan KAŞIKÇI. 

Deconstructing Neo-Eurasianism: A Decolonial Analysis of Imperial Narratives. Marina SOLNTSEVA. 

Decolonization according to Ana Tili Weekly Newspaper. Anar Somuncuoglu. 

Bottom-up knowledge production and top-down modernization mindsets: Insights from participatory stakeholder research in Central and South Asia. Henryk ALFF.

17.30 -17.50 Short Movie 

Session on Women’s economic empowerment / Tools in the PRELAB project”

Day 3 

9.00 - 11.15 Workshop

SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS WORKSHOP. Media Consumption of Early Adolescents in Rural Kazakhstan. Darkhan MEDEUOV, Aliya SARSEKEYEVA.

11.15 - 11.45 Coffee break

11.45 - 12.45 Other factors

Qazaq Dini: An approach to the study of Islam in Kazakhstan. Achille RAJOLA PESCARINI.

Recent Discourses on Language and Identity in Kazakhstan. The Case of Toponymic Politics: Katharina Mueller