We are happy to announce our new CESS Board members. Please join us in welcoming Clarie Roosien and Hélène Thibault as members of the CESS Board and Alexander Cooley as President-Elect. For more bout the new board members, see our recent post on the CESS website: centraleurasia.org/news/new-ces...

We had the chance to speak with Saltanat Shoshanova (Ph.D. researcher at the University of Regensburg) at CESS 2025, where she presented her paper, "Ilkhom Against the State: Queer Transgression in Post-Soviet Uzbek Theatre."

We are happy to share a recording of the CESS 2025 Keynote Address with Togzhan Kassenova and Alexander Cooley. Please visit this link to access a full recording of the Conference Keynote: tinyurl.com/4e34275f

We are grateful to have spoken with @togzhankassenova.bsky.social before her Keynote Address at CESS 2025. Dr. Kassenova's keynote addressed nuclear policy and infrastructure, as well as their reception across Central Asia. For more on her presentation, see this link: tinyurl.com/4e34275f

Congratulations to Marianne Kamp and Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, winners of the 2025 Central Eurasian Studies Society Book Awards! To read more about Kamp's and Hamed-Troyansky's books, see our recent announcement on the CESS website: tinyurl.com/4m2ub434

Call for Volunteers: Spring 2025 Research Meetup Series ASEEES is seeking volunteers with recent in-region research experience to serve as moderators of these informal conversations. The moderator’s role is to facilitate the discussion among the participants. Volunteer: buff.ly/nhmaWCX

CESS would like to thank our CESS 2025 sponsors for their support of our recent In-Person Conference at George Washington University. Learn more about CESS membership and supporting our future programming here: tinyurl.com/2b89tnwy

We are pleased to share the official program for CESS’s 2025 In-Person Conference, to be held tomorrow, November 19th! centraleurasia.org/.../cess-202... A special thank you to our hosts at George Washington University, as well as our institutional members and sponsors.

Day 2 of CESS 2025 Online Conference is live! Today's panels cover media studies, infrastructural geopolitics, journalism, and contemporary migration. Keep an eye out for conference highlights soon. We look forward to welcoming our In-Person Conference attendees at GWU on November 19th!

Are you attending the CESS 2025 Annual Conference? We want to share your experiences! Tag CESS on social media and use the #CESS2025 hashtag when posting.

CESS 2025's Online Conference is up and running! Today's panels include topics in cultural heritage, historical discourse formation, political economy, and museum studies. We look forward to welcoming participants for our first day of conference proceedings. Stay tuned for more conference updates.

Today is the online #CESS conference @cessnews.bsky.social! We're spotlighting 'Heirs of the Bamboo: Identity and Ambivalence among the Eurasian Macanese' by Marisa C. Gaspar: bit.ly/4oBF0yh This is from our series with @americananthro.bsky.social & H-SAE, browse: bit.ly/3WgqAYn #Anthropology

Only one day left until the CESS 2025 Online Conference! Registered delegates may access proceedings by logging into the conference program on CESS 's website (tinyurl.com/y37rt8ze). All panels will be recorded unless the panel conveners and presenting authors decide otherwise.

There is still time to register for CESS 2025 Post-Conference Workshops! Two workshops will run from 9-11EST on November 20th. For more details, see the registration page on our website: tinyurl.com/y3sz9wdv

The CESS 2025 In-Person Conference is live! Please note that panels’ locations and content are subject to change. Refer to this link for last-minute changes to the schedule: tinyurl.com/2wpznj33 We look forward to seeing you next week in Washington, D.C.

Applications are now open for the @acls1919.bsky.social 2026 Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe! ACLS & the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia will convene scholars from Eastern Europe & North America for a residency in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria June 3-19: bit.ly/3Ip2Mhz

We are happy to announce this year’s CESS Conference Keynote Address: "Nuclear Futures in Central Asia: Between Opportunity and Risk" Our Keynote speaker, Dr. Togzhan Kassenova (SUNY-Albany), will be joined by discussant Alexander Cooley (Barnard College). For more info, see shorturl.at/1Ez8Q.

We are about to start! Join us for a RUTA conversation about our approaches to understanding family history, its personal and collective significance, and how we can translate these stories into our contemporary lives and practices in the context of multiple crises. See the registration link below

Announcing the CESS 2025 Travel Guide for our Nov 19th conference at George Washington University! For more information on international travel, accommodations, dining, and things to do near GWU, see our new "Conference Travel Guide" post on the CESS website. tinyurl.com/bdfchdd4

#CfP from @uduavcr.bsky.social for the conference panel REFORMS, REVIVALS, AND RETURNS REVISITED at the annual conference of the @forarthistory.org.uk, taking place on 8–10 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge. ❗ Deadline: 2 November 2025 Details ➡️ forarthistory.org.uk/reforms-revi...

Book launch: Iuliia Gataulina: Neoliberal authoritarianism: An ethnography of Russian universities, 25.11 At the event, Dr. Iuliia Gataulina will present the book, with Professor Nelli Piattoeva serving as the discussant. Register via this link by 18.11: forms.office.com/e/c...

Announcing the schedule for our upcoming CESS 2025 Online Conference. For more details on each panel, see the hyperlinks on our schedule: tinyurl.com/2p9t2w48. Stay tuned for more information about the panel links to access CESS 2025 Online proceedings.

Looking forward to the CESS Annual Conference this November 19th-20th? Hoping to stay up to speed with programming or catch some highlights? Follow CESS's social media. Facebook: Central Eurasian Studies Society BlueSky: @cessnews.bsky.social Instagram: @centraleurasia YouTube: @cessnews

From September 12 to 13, 2025, CESS hosted its inaugural Graduate and Early Career Interdisciplinary Workshop in partnership with OSU's Department of History. For more about the workshop, see this link (rb.gy/7hwxvz) for a recap of the event by CESS Board member Nicholas Seay.

🚨 Registration is NOW OPEN for the CESS 2025 Annual Conference 🚨 Take advantage of our Early Bird discount available until August 29! 👉 Register here - centraleurasia.org/.../cess-202... We look forward to seeing you there!

We’re thrilled to invite submissions for the CESS 2025 Annual Conference, hosted by George Washington University in Washington, DC! Submit your paper and find registration info here: centraleurasia.org/.../annual-c...

📌 REMINDER! This Saturday, May 31, 23:59 EST is the deadline to apply for the 2025 CESS Graduate and Early Career Scholar Interdisciplinary Workshop! Application details and other information can be found on our website centraleurasia.org/news/graduat.... #CESS #workshop #centralasia #caucasus

📢 Save the date for the CESS 2025 Annual Conference! Join us Nov 19 in-person at George Washington University, DC, or virtually Nov 14-15. Call for panels, papers, workshops on climate, geopolitics, academic freedom & more. Deadlines: panels June 22, papers July 20. Submit: bit.ly/4kdPUbM

📢CESS is hosting a Graduate Student Workshop📚at the History Department of Ohio State University! Food and accommodation will be covered for all participants, limited travel funding available. Deadline is May 31, 2025. More details can be found on our website bit.ly/4cGbjre.

The nominations for the 2025 CESS Book Award are open! Deadline is May 2, 2025. More details can be found on our website centraleurasia.org/.../2025-boo....

Congratulations to @olzhaszhorayev.bsky.social on being this year's winner of the CESS Graduate Student Award! The title of Olzhas's paper is “The Impact of Cross-Border Migration: Evidence from Russia and Kazakhstan.”

CESS is wishing a joyous Nowruz to all who celebrate it!

Course announcement from Rhodes College bit.ly/41kVlyG. Applications will be accepted until Mar. 15. For any questions, contact Dr. Kate Shields at [email protected]

We're entered into a partnership with the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, which has committed funding of $3000 to support the activities related to our fundraiser! Bourse & Bazaar will also match each dollar that you donate up to a $2000 total. You can support our new goal here tinyurl.com/4a7d2ns2

Today marks the final day of our fundraiser and we still need your help to reach our goal! So far, only about 6% of our members have contributed. If you haven’t yet donated and are able to do so, please consider making a contribution, no matter the amount. www.gofundme.com/f/support-25...

Donate $10 or more to our fundraiser in order to be entered to win 1 of 2 autographed books: Togzhan Kassenova’s Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb and Marianne Kamp’s Collectivization Generation: Oral Histories of a Social Revolution in Uzbekistan tinyurl.com/4a7d2ns2.

In just a week, we raised almost 50% of our fundraising goal! However, we still need your help! To encourage further donations, we will raffle off 2 autographed books by Togzhan Kassenova and Marianne Kamp for everyone who donates over $10 between now and December 26, 2024. tinyurl.com/4a7d2ns2.

We've reached 37% of our fundraising goal in just 3 days but we need to keep the momentum going! If you haven't yet donated and you're in a position to do so, we would be very grateful for donations of any size. You could also help by sharing our fundraiser with your network. tinyurl.com/4a7d2ns2.

Hi to all of our new followers! CESS is having our first-ever fundraiser and it would be amazing if you or your organization are able to donate. We welcome donations of any size. Here is a message from our President youtu.be/7WvQ9XWV2R0. You can donate here tinyurl.com/4a7d2ns2. #fundraiser #eurasia

Hello everyone 👋 The Central Eurasian Studies Society has completed our migration from X to Bluesky and we're looking forward to rebuilding our follower base!