Presentations

The following presentations related to the Project have been held or are planned (in reverse chronological order).  If you wish to be notified of future events, please give us your contact information for the Project's Announcement Mailing List:

• “Islam and Muslim Identities in Russia, Eurasia and Southeastern Europe” - Juniors Scholars Training Workshop moderated by John Schoeberlein, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, June 10-12, 2009
• “Considering Secularism in Post-Communist Caucasian Societies” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, Tbilisi State University, Georgia, ~May 20, 2009
• “The Ghosts of Sovietology: Identity and Religion in the Study of Post-Soviet Eurasia” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, Caucasus Research Resource Center in Tbilisi, ~May 19, 2009
• “The Study of Islam in Higher Education in the Central Asia-Caucasus Region” - Roundtable (panelists Leyla Almazova, Mukhach Musaev and John Schoeberlein) at the Institute of Theology and International Studies, Makhakhkala, Daghestan, May 13, 2009
• “The Teaching of Islam in Higher Eductation Institutions in the Central Asia-Caucasus Region” - Roundtable (panelists Leyla Almazova, Ruben Mirakyan, Mukhach Musaev and John Schoeberlein) at the Institute of Theology and International Studies, Makhakhkala, Daghestan, May 12, 2009
• “Conceptual Challenges for the Study of Post-Soviet Islam” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, May 7, 2009
• “Ethnography of Religion: How Did Theory Affect the Representation and Analysis of Islam in Post-War Soviet Ethnography of Central Asia?” - paper presented by John Schoeberlein at Workshop on “Socialist Era Anthropology in the Caucasus and Central Asia”“Socialist Era Anthropology in the Caucasus and Central Asia”, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, April 23, 2009
• “The Place of Religion in Higher Education” - Roundtable (panelists: Abdullo Khakim, Timur Kozukulov, Mukaram Toktogulova and John Schoeberlein) at the American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Apr. 21, 2009
• “Bridging between Religious Education and the Study of Religion” - Roundtable (panelists: Abdullo Khakim, Timur Kozukulov, Mukaram Toktogulova and John Schoeberlein) at the American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Apr. 20, 2009
• “The Post-Soviet Generation of Central Asians: Interpretive Challenges for the New Generation of Scholars” - keynote speech by John Schoeberlein at Conference of Anthropology, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Apr. 19, 2009
• “The Akromiya Phenomenon: Testing Our Knowledge of Central Asian Islam” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virg., Apr. 6, 2009
• “Islam(s) in Post-Soviet Eurasia: One or Many?” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C., Mar. 31, 2009
• “Nationalizing Religion: Islam De-fanged in Central Asia?” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, Modern Asia Series, Asia Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 26, 2009
• “Islam and the Legacy of Soviet Secularism” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Jan. 29, 2009
• “What is Post-Soviet about Islam in Central Asia?” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Jan. 28, 2009
• “Islamist Movements in Central Asia: What They Are and Are Not” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Jan. 28, 2009
• “Secular, Traditional, and Fundamentalist: The Intertwined Orientations of Post-Soviet Central Asian Muslims” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, University of Toronto, Jan. 27, 2009
• “Approaches to the Study of Islam in Central Asia ” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, Bishkek Humanities University, Dec. 3, 2008
• “Islamization and Syncretism in Central Asia from the Arab Conquests to the Present” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, American University of Central Asia (Bishkek), Nov. 18, 2008
• “Should We Expect ‘Radical’ or ‘Moderate’ Islam in Central Asia?” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, University of Colorado at Boulder, Oct. 2, 2008
• “Visions of Islamic Culture and the Transformation of Post-Soviet Central Asian Societies” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, Georgetown University, Sept. 22, 2008
• “How the Soviet System Changed Islam in Central Asia” - paper presentation by John Schoeberlein, Central Eurasian Studies Society's Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2008
• “Islam and the Invention of Nations in Post-Soviet Central Asian Nation-Building” - lecture by John Schoeberlein, George Washington University, Sept. 18, 2008

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