Looking for ways to stay up to date with CESS programming? Connect with CESS now through our social media, website, newsletter, and Facebook community group! Learn more on our website: centraleurasia.org/about/connect #cess2026 #eurasianstudies #eurasia #centralasia #caucasus #easterneurope

We are pleased to announce the inaugural application cycle for the joint MA program in Global Affairs and Eurasian Studies at SOAS and Nazarbayev University. For more details, see the link below: ssh.nu.edu.kz/nusoas #eurasianstudies #GlobalAffairs

Upcoming Deadline! Only five days left to submit titles for the 2026 CESS Book Award. Submit by this Friday, May 15. For more details, see our recent post below. #CESS2026 #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #bookaward

CESS needs your support for our upcoming Regional Conference 2026! This year's conference offers a range of sponsorship opportunities, including event sponsorships, media series, and networking events. For more details and instructions on becoming a sponsor: tinyurl.com/yn2xayz7

Open Registration CESS Regional Conference 2026 🗓️ June 16-19, 2026 📍 Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan 👤 In-Person 🚨 CESS2026 registration is open June 19th, 2026 👉 Register here: nomadit.co.uk/account/conference/register/cess2026 See you in Astana!

Announcing applications CESS 2026 pre-conference workshops. See our recent post on the CESS website for more details: centraleurasia.org/conferences/cess-2026-regional/cess-2026-conference-workshops/ The deadline to register for the pre-conference workshops is Friday, June 5th.

Thank you to @aga-pik.bsky.social for having me on her wonderful Turan Tales podcast to talk about my doctoral research on Russian living in exile in Central Asia youtu.be/S92jWqbn2LA?...

We are excited to share three initiatives: 1) ASIAC Days in Central Asia, 7-8Sep, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Apply by 23May. 2) ASIAC’s 20th anniversary conference, 14-16Dec, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy. By 21Jun. 3) ASIAC Best PhD Thesis Prize on Central Asia and Caucasus. By 31July.

Please join us for this #PROLang event with Adelina Stefan to hear more about the role of postcards in tourism in socialist #Romania. @ramonagonczol.bsky.social will draw on her personal memories about postcards as a teenager living under communism. 🗓️ 5 May at 5pm ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

New book of translations, “Dilshad And Anbar Otin, Women Who Want To Be Heard,” two great women’s voices, translated into English for the first time. Available on Amazon and elsewhere.

My report "Kazakhstan: An Aspiring Middle Power in the Heart of Eurasia", which is part of the Harvard Belfer Center Middle Powers Project, is out. Check it out! www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...

Join us in-person or virtually on April 30 and May 1 for an international academic conference celebrating the launch of the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union website. Learn more about our presenters and how to register: go.rutgers.edu/dodge-confer...

TOMORROW: All are welcome to join us for the Red Feminisms Symposium! Here, we will highlight work in the field of social reproduction as our presenters illuminate the intricacies of Soviet and Eastern European feminism. jordanrussiacenter.org/events/red-f...

Conference Opportunity! Central European History Convention July 15-17, 2026 Vienna, Austria See details below

New in Advance Articles: Language Activism in Kazakhstan: Decolonial Sentiments and (Post-) Soviet Reality by Kamila Smagulova & Joanna Bagadzinska doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

🚨 Two more days to apply for CESS 2026 Conference Grants! 👉 For more details on grants and eligibility, see our website post: tinyurl.com/5dmh5es5 👉 Please use the form below to apply for grants: forms.gle/nibdTtLzRCqo... Apply by April 30, 2026, @ 11:59 pm EST.

🚨 Only three days left to save on registration for the CESS Regional Conference 2026 with our Early-Bird rates! 🚨 👉 Register here and save now: nomadit.co.uk/account/conference/register/cess2026 We look forward to seeing you in Astana!

As a member of CESS, you are a part of a global Central Eurasian studies community that fosters communication and the cultivation of scholarship in the field. Join today to enjoy the full range of benefits CESS has to offer! For more details on CESS membership, see centraleurasia.org/membership/

Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (UCSB) was awarded the 2025 CESS Book Award for his recently published Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State. @vhtroyansky.bsky.social spoke with Albert Cavallaro, PhD History UMichigan, about the book. Read more here: tinyurl.com/2ca5nuky

We are pleased to share some logistical details regarding travel and accommodation for the CESS Regional Conference 2026. For more details on travel visas, transportation, lodging, and amenities on Nazarbayev University's campus, see our recent post on the CESS website: tinyurl.com/ycky92m3

New in Advance Articles: Colorless Revolution. Elite Rotations in Post-Nazarbayev’s Kazakhstan by Denis Ri & Kirill Petrov doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

TWO full time researcher positions in Oxford and Sheffield now open for applications, as part of our Leverhulme project “The 101st Kilometre: Soviet marginalization, migration, memory and mapping”. Please spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRE941/p... jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

Greetings from our team at CESS! We are happy to share some conference updates regarding CESS 2026. See the recent post on our website for more details 👉 tinyurl.com/3k5f3nb8

Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961-1979 with @exeter.ac.uk. Applications open soon. link.bl.uk/q95

We are happy to announce the open nomination period for CESS's 2026 Book Awards. Nominated books must be submitted by May 15, 2026. For more details on the award, eligibility, and the submission process, see our recent post on the CESS website: centraleurasia.org/awards/booka...

@ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is now accepting nominations for its Hans Rosenberg Book Prize for an outstanding monograph on Central European history published in 2025. Please spread the word! For eligibility and nomination process info visit: tinyurl.com/h3urjpr4. Deadline: June 1, 2026.

Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher - Member of the REVENANT (Revivals of Empire: Nostalgia, Amnesia, Tribulation) Research Group: www.euraxess.hr/jobs/416774

TOMORROW: What can the traces we leave tell us about our place in the world? Join us as Dr. Dima Arzyutov explores this concept through the mechanical tracks left by Soviet vehicles near the Arctic Circle. jordanrussiacenter.org/events/traci...

Are you presenting at the CESS 2026 Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan? Do you reside or work in a Central Eurasian country? CESS will offer a limited number of merit-based conference grants. Apply here: forms.gle/nibdTtLzRCqoQcNy8 For more details, see our recent website post: tinyurl.com/5dmh5es5

Registration for the CESS Regional Conference 2026 is now open! Register before May 1st for early-bird rates. Register here and save now: tinyurl.com/mpfzautf See more about the conference on our website: tinyurl.com/368tr484 We look forward to seeing you in Astana!

"From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures": At the 2026 IOS Conference, we will examine the profound political upheavals underway in Eastern Europe and introduce our new Department of Politics. Keynotes by Iryna Marchuk and Maria Mälksoo. 🔗 Program is now online: leibniz-ios.de/veranstaltun...

Job vacancy: Alexander Nash Fellowship in Albanian Studies The postholder will be appointed for two years to undertake an independent programme of research in Albanian Studies. 💼 Full time, fixed-term 🗓️ Closing date: 30 April 2026 💬 Interviews: 26 May 2026 ➡️ Apply now: buff.ly/hs3NHH8

ASEEES invites submissions of original essays on contemporary issues or matters of broad professional interest to the Association’s membership. We heartily encourage members — including graduate students — to submit article pitches for NewsNet. aseees.org/publications...

On April 10, the FXB Center will host the 14th Harvard Roma Conference, “Mapping Romani futures: Connected local histories and global realities.” Speakers include Drs. Margareta Matache, Chelsi West Ohueri, and Maria Bucur, among many others. Join us & register today! shorturl.at/wqzvR

Happy Nowruz from our team at Central Eurasian Studies! We wish you joy and prosperity in this coming year.

THREE DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO CESS 2026! Deadline - March 22, 2026 CESS Regional Conference 2026 - Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan June 16-19, 2026 For more details on submitting, see our call for papers: tinyurl.com/3h4wnjwz

From our winter issue: "Writing Without Letters: Inscriptive Practices in Trans-Indigenous Arctic Literacy History" (Dmitry Arzyutov and Laura Siragusa, The Ohio State University). Find the abstract on our website!

CALL FOR PAPERS Central Asian Affairs is seeking contributions to its upcoming special issue, "Academic Freedom, Integrity, and Governance in Central Asia: Theory, Practice, and Emerging Challenges." For more on the issue's scope and submission guidelines, see our post on the CESS webpage below.

Now available: SEEJ 69.4 (Winter 2025). Find the TOC on our website!

The in-person tickets are now sold out, but you can still join us online to hear from the bestselling author and EU Prize for Literature winner Tatiana Țîbuleac. 🗓️ 13 March at 5pm 📍 In-person & online ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

We now welcome applications for Visiting Fellowships for the academic year 2026-2027! Visiting Fellows Programme's Call for Proposals and link to the application form here: www.helsinki.fi/en/aleksante... Please submit your application by 28 March 2026.

EXTENDED PROPOSAL DEADLINE - March 22, 2026 CESS Regional Conference 2026 - Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan June 16-19, 2026 We are pleased to announce an extended 7-day deadline for CESS 2026 proposals. For more details on submitting, see our call for papers: tinyurl.com/3h4wnjwz

New episode of Yurt Jurt podcast with Buryat architect, activist and artist Seseg Jigjitova. We’ve been conversing for a while, from Berlin to Mediterranean. Then we sat down in a small bedroom and poured our hearts out. This is a special episode. Take a listen.

Stephen M. Bland will appear on the Spotlight on Central Asia podcast with @pannierb.bsky.social to discuss how the Iran war is affecting the region’s trade routes and diplomacy alongside Alex Vatanka https://ow.ly/eUOA50YpHwo #CentralAsia #IranWar #Podcast #Geopolitics #TradeRoutes #MiddleEast

My forthcoming co-edited volume. Already in pre-order with publication date in July 2026! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Call for Self-Nominations for the Board of Directors Deadline: April 15 ASEEES is currently accepting self-nominations for the 2027 ASEEES Board of Directors. All Board positions are for three-year terms, except the Graduate Student Representative, which is for a two-year term. buff.ly/cGQFEa7

12 March, 13:00 | Online Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has changed general & self-perceptions of ‘Russianness’ abroad. At an event by the #ERDAM network, reserchers discuss what findings from interviews with Russians living in #Latvia & #Finland imply for diaspora & identity studies.

'Gorshkov provides powerful evidence, especially from areas affected by famines and collectivization, of the ubiquity of child vagrancy and the increasingly coercive means used to address it.' Slavic Review Discover the book 📗 https://bit.ly/48lVqWr

Alen Lee is a cool artistic writer to watch rn: www.tate.org.uk/research/res...

Announcing our Keynote Speaker for the CESS Regional Conference 2026! For more details, see our recent post on the CESS website: tinyurl.com/4hebpdc8