Class of 2015 – Exeter Central Asian Studies Network

Congratulations to the eight, yes EIGHT, Exeter Central Asian Studies associates and friends who completed their PhD and/or graduated in the year 2014/15.

Six doctoral dissertations were completed on the region,

Catherine Owen (public scrutiny in Russia and a teeny bit of Central Asia),
Kemel Toktomushev (regime security and political economy in Kyrgyzstan),
Zulfiya Bakhtibekova (early marriage in Tajikistan),
Zamira Dildorbekova (Ismailism in Tajikistan),
Elima Karalaeva (public sector finance in Kyrgyzstan), and
Lucy Morgan Edwards (Western support to warlords in Afghanistan).

Our friends Tatevik Mnatsakayan (on US/UK security discourse during the war on terror) and Serik Beimenbetov (on the legal responses of democratic governments to far-right movements) also graduated.

Thanks also Catherine Owen who has just completed a post-doctoral period working on the Rising Powers and Conflict Management project.

Pictures below (photo credits – various):

About ExCAS

The Exeter Central Asian Studies research group (ExCAS) was formed in 2010 and now includes as active members around ten doctoral students and alumni, including five members of the University of Central Asia’s Faculty Development Programme, as well as academic staff, honorary fellows and associates of the University of Exeter. The group includes scholars of Political Science, Sociology, Islamic studies, social mobilization, civil society, gender studies, conflict studies and International Relations.

Our focus is the five former Soviet Central Asian republics plus Afghanistan but our seminars and events frequently include persons with interests in neighbouring or comparable regions including Chinese Turkestan, Russia, the Caucasus, Iran, Turkey and other parts of the Middle East.

Please contact John Heathershaw for further information.