📣 New Graduate Program 📣 📖 Transnational History MA 📍 Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic 👉️ Further program details and a link to the application interface can be found here: buff.ly/j2Qf5le 📅 Application deadline: August 31, 2026 #TransnationalHistory

📣 Sponsor Spotlight 📣 Central Eurasian Studies Society extends its gratitude to our 2026 Gold Sponsor, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies - Harvard University. 👉️ To become an Institutional Member, see our membership page: buff.ly/KRoYJBi #CESS2026 #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies

📣 Resource Spotlight 📣 Collaborative Data Network with Eastern Europe The Research Network Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Europe (KonKoop) presents a new database, Collaborative Data Network with Eastern Europe (KoDaNetOst). 👉️ Explore the KoDaNetOst datasets using this link: buff.ly/kxbUUfx

📣 Call for Papers 📣 Fishing Communities and Livelihoods in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia 📅 Mar 10-11, 2027 📍 Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient 👉️ For more details on the workshop's scope and abstract submission, see the link below: buff.ly/LD07bQ8 📅 Submission deadline: August 1, 2026

Join us at #ceecon26 - the largest academic congress in Germany focusing on East Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.  📅October 8-9, 2026 📍@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social 🔗Register here: https://ceecon.de/ @zois.bsky.social @osteuropainstitut.bsky.social

📢 Call for Papers: #BASEES2027 Annual Conference BASEES invites proposals for panels, roundtables, papers, book discussion roundtables, and thematic colloquia. 📍 Robinson College, University of Cambridge (9–11 April 2027) 🗓️ Proposal deadline: 5 Oct 2026 Details & submission: baseesconference.org

‘This is a deeply informed, jam-packed book.’ The Russian Review Discover How Russia Got Big: A Territorial History by Paul W. Werth 👉 https://bit.ly/4ei6XaT

Registration for the Aleksanteri Conference 2026 is now open! 🩵 To register as a presenting or non-presenting participant, please follow the instructions on the conference website: www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc... Early bird registration fee for presenting participants is available 10-30 June.

📣 Call for Papers 📣 Women’s Education, Careers, and Social Change in the Russian and Ottoman Empires and Beyond, 1860s–1920s 📅 December 3–4, 2026 📍 Yerevan, Armenia 👉️ Read the full Call for Abstracts here: buff.ly/rXc36SB #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #maxweberosteuropanetzwerk

📣 Call for Nominations - CESS Board 2026 📣 For more information on available positions, eligibility, and applying, see our recent post on the CESS website: buff.ly/PLHGzPZ 📅 Nominations deadline: August 20, 2026 @ 23:59 EST 📨 Voting will take place from August 25 to September 1, 2026. #CESS

📣 Conference Spotlight with Malika Kartanbayeva 📣 At last month's CESS Regional Conference 2026, we spoke with Malika Kartanbayeva, recent graduate of the MA in Central Asian Studies Program at the American University of Central Asia. 👉️ Watch here: buff.ly/sFrtSkJ #CESS2026 #centraleurasia

❗️ Conference Report ❗️ Last month, Central Eurasian Studies Society hosted our 2026 Regional Conference at Nazarbayev University. We are pleased to share a preliminary report on conference proceedings. 👀 Keep an eye out for updates on CESS 2027, to be hosted at the Harriman Institute in Fall 2027!

In CIRCULATING SUBJECTS, Philippa Hetherington investigates migration of women abroad for sex work from the 1880s through the 1930s, which #Russian #feminists, liberal jurists, and imperial bureaucrats worked together to define and criminalize as “white slavery.” Buy here: https://ow.ly/Gstg50Yr58n

Tajikistan is using satellites to map its forests for the first time since independence after decades of loss and uncertain data https://ow.ly/KHpM50ZomJc #Tajikistan #Forests #SatelliteMapping #Environment #ClimateResilience #NatureMapping

The project 'Collaborative Data Network with Eastern Europe' #KoDaNetOst serves as a platform for anyone conducting research in, with and on Eastern Europe. One milestone recently went online: the KoDaNetOst Catalog of Conflict and Cooperation Datasets! 🔗 Try it out: konkoop.de/kodanetost-c...

📣 Wissenschaftskolleg Fellowship 📣 📅 2027-2028 Academic Year 📍 Berlin, Germany 👉️ For more details, see the fellowship website: buff.ly/veiM2wB 📅 Application deadline: September 1, 2026 #humanities #socialscience #wissenschaftkollegfellowship #fellowshipopening #berlin

📣 Call for Submissions 📣 The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies invites articles between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length. 📩 JSAS submission platform: buff.ly/IjgSGz9 📅 Rolling deadline 👉️ More details: buff.ly/tjDGhGe #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #eurasia #armenianstudies

The Kennan Institute Digital Fellowship 📅 October 2026 - March 2027 📍 Remote 📅 Application deadline: August 14, 2026 @ 17:00 EST 👉️ To apply, see the fellowship listing on the Kennan Institute website: buff.ly/Dsm6wCw #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #eurasia #kennaninstitute #digitalfellowship

📣 Hybrid Conference This Week 📣 Eurasia as Global Risk: Nuclear, Security, and Borders 📅 July 16-17, 2026 📍 Slavic-Eurasian Research Center and Online via Zoom For more details and online registration, see the symposium webpage: buff.ly/oHjMpFo #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #eurasia

💥 Part-Time Visiting Lecturer/Professor in Armenian Studies 💥 📍 Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University 👉️ For more details and a link to the application form, see this link: buff.ly/MSeuXMN #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #armenianstudies

📣 Conference Spotlight with Dr. Hélène Thibault 📣 At CESS 2026, we caught up with CESS Board member Hélène Thibault, who spoke with us about her research and the growing importance of CESS and Eurasian Studies. 👉️ Watch the interview here: buff.ly/EYn7wIu #CESS2026 #centraleurasia

📣 Sponsor Spotlight 📣 Central Eurasian Studies Society extends its gratitude to our 2026 Platinum Sponsor, The Harriman Institute - Columbia University. 👉️ To become an Institutional Member, see our membership page: buff.ly/KRoYJBi #CESS2026

📣 Call for Abstracts 📣 5th International Conference of Esimde Unveiling the 1990s: Paths to Independence in the Post-Communist World 📅 October 2-4, 2026 📍 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan For more info, see Esimde's recent Facebook post: buff.ly/bpIl4PI Poster design: Nagima Abdrakhmanova

Conference Highlight - Living Cultural Heritage Exhibition See our recent post on the CESS Website #cess2026

💥 CESS Regional Conference 2026 is now live on YouTube! 💥 Check out the CESS 2026 playlist on our channel now to see conference highlights, We will continue to update the channel with videos over the coming weeks! 👉️ Follow us on YouTube @cessnews or via this link: buff.ly/eKrFHJE #CESS2026

Fellowship Opening UPenn's Wolf Humanities Center invites applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship. 👉️ See details here: buff.ly/KSjdYUL The 2027–2028 topic will be Empire. Scholars of Eurasia are encouraged to apply. 📅 Application deadline: November 1, 2026 (23:59 EST)

At CESS 2026, our team spoke with Dr. Jagmeet Bawa, Professor of South and Central Asian Studies at Central University of Punjab. He told us a bit about his panel and why CESS 2026 mattered to him. See the video here: youtu.be/9rMz1SL7QkQ #CESS2026 #eurasianstudies #centraleurasia

A special thanks to the sponsors of last week's CESS Regional Conference 2026 at Nazarbayev University! Your support made this year’s conference a reality, bringing together our scholarly community in Astana. #CESS2026 #eurasianstudies #centraleurasia #NazarbayevUniversity #astana

CESS 2026: Keynote Livestream, "Quiet Power, Strategic Silence, Decolonial Diplomacy, and Transformative Resilience in Central Asia," with Timur Dadabaev June 17th, 09:30 Astana (00:30 EST) Watch live (or later) using the link below. Thanks, @cereas-uw.bsky.social for your generous sponsorship!

📣 CESS 2026 is just around the corner! 🧑‍💻 The recent post on our website outlines information on: - Accessing Nazarbayev University - Scheduling - Cultural Programming - Traveling in Astana - Dining Information - And more 👉 See the post here: tinyurl.com/yz47bame #CESS2026

📣 Interview with Jeff Eden (Northwestern University) about his recent book. Eden shared about his research interests, the translation process, and much more. 👉 See the link below to read the full interview: centraleurasia.org/news/jeff-eden-on-the-turkmen-wars-abdysetdar-kazys-jangnama/

💬 Follow the CESS Regional Conference 2026 on social media! 🧑‍💻 Find CESS on our socials: ⦿ Facebook - Central Eurasian Studies Society ⦿ Instagram - @centraleurasia ⦿ BlueSky - @cessnews.bsky.social ⦿ YouTube - @cessnews 🏷️ Be sure to tag CESS and use the #CESS2026 when posting about the conference.

1,500 Artists, 13 Countries. Explore a collection of over 20,000 works that defied the strict, state-imposed conventions of Socialist Realism: dodge.zimmerli.rutgers.edu — Missed the academic conference? Watch presentations and discussions free today: go.rutgers.edu/dodge-confer...

What does cinema can tell us about Central Asia? Listen to the new episode of Turan Tales with the amazing Assiya Issemberdiyeva, a Kazakh film critic and PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London turantales.substack.com/p/episode-39...

🚨One day left!🚨 The deadline to apply for Pre-Conference Workshops at CESS 2026 is fast approaching. This year's program features 3 professional development workshops on June 16th: 👉 Find workshop descriptions and applications here: tinyurl.com/r4ty79fw #CESS2026 #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies

📣 Looking for more information on the upcoming CESS Regional Conference 2026? 👉 Visit the website for details on registration, panel schedules, and more: centraleurasia.org/conferences/cess-regional-conference-2026/ #CESS2026 #NazarbayevUniversity #Eurasia #eurasianstudies #centraleurasia #astana

📣 We are pleased to announce the program for the CESS Regional Conference 2026, hosted from June 16- 19, 2026, at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan! centraleurasia.org/conferences/cess-2026-regional/cess-2026-program/ #CESS2026 #NazarbayevUniversity #centraleurasia #Eurasia #astana

🚨 Approaching Deadline -- Pre-Conference Workshops CESS 2026 👉 Workshop descriptions and applications can be found here: centraleurasia.org/.../cess-202... 📅 Application deadline: June 5, 2026 For more details, see the post below. #CESS2026 #eurasianstudies #centraleurasia

The International Journal of Central Asian Studies is seeking articles for its second biannual issue. For more details on the journal, submission guidelines, and its digital journal archive, please visit the journal's website: www.ijcas.or.kr/ #centraleurasia #centralasianstudies #CallForPapers

'Vicky Davis brilliantly … sketch[es] a vivid picture of how the war affected the inhabitants of Central Asia: a region that formed a vast rear area for the German–Soviet struggle.' Studia Polityczne Explore the book https://bit.ly/4uyiZ78

Latest from our @pannierb.bsky.social Caspian shipping is becoming the Middle Corridor’s biggest test as regional states race to expand cargo capacity https://ow.ly/CCqE50Z4F7Y #MiddleCorridor #CaspianSea #Trade #Logistics #Eurasia #TradeRoutes #CargoTransport

ZOiS in the new Moldovan Analytical Digest: Read an analysis on the entanglements between Ukraine, Moldova and the intersection with #Transnistria by ZOiS geographer Sabine von Löwis and #UNET Fellow Yulia Abibok now.⤵️

" Les cantines bolchéviques : une histoire du stalinisme vécu " #CaféSIRICE autour de l'ouvrage de François-Xavier Nérard @ordzon.bsky.social ⏲️Le 8/06 à 17h 📆 Bât. recherche Nord @campuscondorcet.bsky.social #Vendredilecture ▶️ Infos sur sirice.eu/agenda/cafe-...

We are excited to welcome Baltic studies scholars, students, and diaspora members to our campus next week. For the full program, please see here - aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at...

Wie hängen Geschichtsschreibung und Gegenwart zusammen? Über den 'sehepunkt' historischer Forschung spricht unser ehem. Direktor Andreas Wirsching am 27. Mai auf der Droysen Lecture mit @humboldtuni.bsky.social im Leibniz-Saal @bbaw.bsky.social:

For decades, this would have been politically impossible in the Czech Republic. Now Brno is hosting a Sudeten German gathering - and parliament has already pushed back. Why this matters beyond one weekend gathering: robjcameron.substack.com/p/sudetenland

New in Advance Articles: Nothing Was Available and Everything Was Possible: The Moral Economy of Small-Scale Enterprise Between Late Socialism and Capitalism Available to Purchase by Veronika Pehe & Petr Kupka doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

Intern at the Zimmerli this fall!🎨 Internship opportunities include Works on Paper, Registrar, Communications/Visitor Services & Security, and Social Media. Applications for fall 2026 internships are open now through June 1. Learn more and apply today: go.rutgers.edu/zam-internsh...

🔊 PIMs Annual Conference II: Urban elites, rural margins? Comparative perspectives on urban-rural divisions from post-socialist Europe and Latin America Keynote: @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social 🗓️ 15-16 June 2026 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

It's the final (Week 6) #RESCMondaySeminar of the term! Ada Wordsworth (UCL SSEES) discusses (re)building nation & culture in #Ukraine. Convened by Panayiotis Xenophontos for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @uclssees.bsky.social In-person only - all welcome! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...