CASI Research Seminar Series, Spring 2016
February 10, 2016
Dear Colleagues,
CASI is resuming research seminar series by 51吃瓜faculty and visiting scholars this semester. Please be kindly informed about the dates and titles of the talks.
We look forward to your participation in our events.
February 10, 16.00, Room: 206
鈥淚mplementing a new salary structure in Bishkek schools: How reforms change schools and schools change reforms鈥�
Raisa Belyavina, PhD Candidate, Teachers College, Columbia University, CASI Visiting Scholar
February 17, 16.00, Room: 206
"Negotiating Kyrgyz Nationhood: Of History Textbooks' and History Teachers' Attitudes towards the Soviet Past"
Damira Umetbaeva, PhD, Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communications Department
February 24, 16.00, Room: 206
"Discourses on 鈥淣ature鈥�: space, local dynamics and national reserves"
Ruslan Rahimov, PhD, Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
March 9, 16.00, Room: 206
"China鈥檚 Normative Power in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Great Game Politics"
William Beacon, Princeton University Dan M. Sachs Class of 1960 Global Scholar, CASI Visiting Scholar
March 30, 16.00, Room: 206
"The Production of Urban Space in Osh: Preliminary Results from Neighborhood Walks听and Resident Interviews"
Caitlin Ryan, PhD Student, University of Colorado at Boulder, Fulbright Student Research Fellow, CASI Visiting Scholar
April 13, 16.00, Room: 206
"Rural Women鈥檚 Empowerment in Kyrgyzstan: Opportunities and Bottlenecks"
听Speakers:听 Dr. Elena Molchanova, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, AUCA
Asel Myrzabekova, PhD Candidate, Bonn Center for International Convention, Lecturer,听Department of Psychology, AUCA
Olga Yarova, Assistant Professor,听Department of Psychology, AUCA
Elena Kim, Associate Professor,听Department of Psychology, AUCA
April 27, 16.00, Room: 206
"Evaluating Development: Desires and Outcomes of Civil Society Projects in Kyrgyzstan"
Ethan Wilensky, PhD student in Anthropology, Rice University, CASI Visiting Scholar
