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This podcast highlights the research of the Central European University students on historical, cultural, socio-political issues related to Central Asia. The project is based on two perspectives that stem from the backgrounds of two hosts: Elmira from Kazakhstan and Grace from the US. This ‘inside/out’ perspective will shed light on persistent assumptions about this region. Episodes will investigate different research approaches from the perspectives of local and external scholars, tradition ...
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Episode Four. On Kazakh Famine 1931-1933 and the politics of collective memory
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In the fourth last episode, we discuss the Kazakh Famine in 1931-1933 and the political aspects of the term ‘genocide.’ The historical tragedy of the Stalinist era remains a controversial debate in the public discourse in Kazakhstan due to internal and international politics. Who defines genocide? What are the legal categories for that definition? …
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Episode Three. Faruh Kuziev on the role of Cold War and micro-histories of hometown Sharora.
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In the third episode, Faruh Kuziev, a CEU Ph.D. candidate in comparative history, invites to Sharora, his hometown in Tajikistan. His research is focused on the micro-histories of its inhabitants including Faruh’s family members and the role of the Cold War within the Central Asian region. How global can be reflected in local? How people from Sovie…
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Episode Two. Zohra Saed on Langston Hughs’s visit to Soviet Turkestan in 1932-1933
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Langston Hughes, the American poet, and leader of the ‘black renaissance’ visited newly emerged Soviet Uzbekistan in the early thirties but not much of his written work has been left public for the international audience. Zohra Saed, an American researcher with a complex family history from Turkestan talks about her dissertation based on Langstone …
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Positionality, research scope, and motivation: why we are doing what we are doing.
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In this introductory episode, Elmira and Grace talk about their motivation and ideas why they decided to launch the series. They closely discuss the definition of "Central Asia" and their positionality towards this topic. Further, they talk about their own research interests: Grace’s focus on nationalism questions in Kazakhstan touches upon memory …
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