29 search results for “tajikistan” in the Public website
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disguise: The political economy of agrarian transformation in lowland Tajikistan
Irna Hofman defended her thesis on 10 January 2019.
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Worlds of Love in the Wakhan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan
LUCIS lecture & screening | Islam in Central Asia
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People
Overview of the Leiden Asia staff per area or country.
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disguise: The political economy of agrarian transformation in lowland Tajikistan
PhD Defence
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Asian Modernities and Traditions
The research profile ‘Asian Modernities and Traditions’ (AMT) aims to raise the strength and visibility of research, teaching and dissemination on Asian studies at Leiden University.
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disguise: The political economy of agrarian transformation in lowland Tajikistan
PhD Defence
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MENA Cultures and Global Aesthetics
Aesthetic formations and cultural repertoires give meaning to our reality in ways that are never neutral. Focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and its global interlocutors, this project brings together a team of scholars from Leiden University who bring in inter-disciplinary, inter-area…
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Publications
Overview of Leiden publications on Central Asia. For additional publications dedicated to a single country, please go to individual pages of the researchers, which you can access through the Researchers page.
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About
The purpose of the initiative is to establish Central Asian Studies at Leiden University. Central Asia is a region with fluid borders stretching into present-day Afghanistan, Russia, China, Mongolia, Iran and the Caucasus; a premodern highway of global interaction and today increasingly important as…
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MENA Cultures and Global Aesthetics
Aesthetic formations and cultural repertoires give meaning to our reality in ways that are never neutral. Focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and its global interlocutors, this project brings together a team of scholars from Leiden University who bring in inter-disciplinary, inter-area…
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Round April 2018: Central Asia Fieldwork Grants for Leiden MA/MA Research Students
In 2018 the Central Asia Initiative at Leiden University offers several fieldwork grants to a max of 7,500 EUR. Only MA or MA Research students enrolled at Leiden University are eligible. The fieldwork should be carried out in one of the Central Asia countries by the end of 2018. The money can be used…
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Persian poetry knows no frontiers
The Persian language and its poetry are intertwined with the history of Central Asia. Although some mediaeval poets were later claimed by an individual state, their influence knew no frontiers. This is what Gabrielle van den Berg, Professor of Cultural History of Iran and Central Asia, argues in her…
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Gabrielle van den Berg receives prestigious VICI grant
Dr. Gabrielle van den Berg received a prestigious VICI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for her project
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Islam and Society
Knowledge of Muslim societies is essential to function in a globalised world and to fully understand our own Dutch society. Leiden researchers explore the languages, cultures, religions, legal systems and history of Muslim societies and in this way contribute to a centuries-old tradition.
- Development and Modernization in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Periphery
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The Maqomat: The Classic Music of Central Asia in times of political and cultural changes
Lecture
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Frederik van Oudenhoven presents the documentary film Wisdom of the Mountains
Lecture
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Two courses on Central Asia in 2017-2018 at Leiden University
Two courses on Central Asia will be offered within the Leiden Central Asia Initiative, funded by the research profile area Asian Modernities and Traditions. 'History of Central Asia & Afghanistan' will be open to BA students of Middle Eastern Studies and 'Material Culture, Memory and Commemoration along…
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Ideologies vs. historiographies in Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia
Lecture
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‘Nationalism’, ‘internationalism’ and ‘collective memory’ in Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia
Lecture
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Encounters after the Soviet collapse: Chinese presence in the former Soviet Union border zone
Conference
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Screening the Stans: Film and Fiction in Central Asia
Arts and Culture
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Panel Discussion OSCE and Security Challenges in Central Asia
Debate
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Peculiarities in Persianate Painting
LUCIS What's New Lecture
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Slavery and forced labour in Asia, c. 1250-c.1900: continuities and transformations in comparative perspective
Conference
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The South Caucasus – Importance for the OSCE and the EU?
Debate
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TRC exhibition Dressing the "Stans": Textiles, dress and jewellery from Central Asia
Exhibition
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Democracy and Authoritarianism: Responses to and Implications of the Pandemic
Lecture