#CfA - Postdoc at the Faculty of Theology Teologia.fi University of Helsinki - Applications from Eurasia or relevant to the region particularly welcome helsinki.fi/en/open-positi… Deadline: 9th December 2018

Following the Matt Hedges news, we meet today with 25 fellows from Central Asia to discuss, among other things, whether international cooperation is possible with autocracies - if so how! Exeter Central Asia Luca Anceschi @CatOwenExeter excas.net/2018/11/jst201…

At ESCAS 2019 in June we will discuss this further in the context of Central Asian Studies. these are urgent, even existential, questions for Area Studies. Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) escas2019.excas.net/updates/plenar…

A great piece in Forbes about Ulughbek, a Central Asian ruler and astronomer who “instead of taking his place next to the giants of pioneering astronomy, such as Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo – all of whom he preceded” is virtually unknown forbes.com/sites/jamiecar…

The second draft of the programme for the ESCAS conference University of Exeter Exeter Central Asia is published. Hope to see you there, 27-29 June. With GCRF-COMPASS Central Asian Survey Wikistan SEnECA and many others. escas2019.excas.net/updates/second…

1/3 The European Society for Central Asian Studies has released a statement on the situation our colleagues face in Xinjiang. Заявление также здесь на русском языке. escas.org

The final version of our official programme for ESCAS 27-29June, 2019 University of Exeter Exeter Central Asia will be out on Monday. Checkout the prelim online and, if you're a participant, let [email protected] know of any errors. escas2019.excas.net

Looking forward to welcoming you all

Statement by the European Society for Central Asian Studies ESCAS on #Xinjiang camps: We are dismayed at the disappearance of at least 435 Uyghur intellectuals and scholars, among whom 125 are students and 77 are university instructors. escas2019.excas.net/updates/xinjia… #思想转化 #新疆