MSRI Public Lecture, Bishkek: The Kyrgyz Minority in Uzbekistan after 2010
Date: 14 February 2019
Other languages:
Русский язык |
February 14th 2019, 10:00 am
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Dr. Nick Megoran
New Castle University, England
Abstract
Approximately 370,000 ethnic Kyrgyz people live in Uzbekistan, the majority in Ferghana Valley regions adjacent to Kyrgyzstani territory. The lecture explores the status and fortunes of this minority group, especially what happened to them in June 2010 and afterwards. It presents research based on fieldwork in Kyrgyz communities in Uzbekistan, interviews in Tashkent, and analysis of Uzbekistani media. It also discusses the longer-term existence and thriving of national minorities in Uzbekistan and similarly in Kyrgyzstan.
Biography
Dr Nick Megoran is a Reader in Political Geography at Newcastle University, England. He has been researching processes of nation-state building in the Ferghana Valley since 1995. His research examines what has happened to borderland communities in the Valley as international borders have slowly materialised. He has written numerous articles on this subject, and is the author or co-editor of three books: Central Asian in International Relations (Hurst, 2013), Nationalism in Central Asa: A Biography of the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Boundary (Pittsburgh, 2017) and Interrogating Illiberal Peace in Eurasia (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018).
Location
University of Central Asia
138 Toktogul Street
2nd Floor Seminar Room
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Language
The presentation will be conducted in English. Russian translation will be provided upon prior request.
Registration
Please RSVP to elnura.omurbekova@ucentralasia.org with your name and affiliation. Translation will be provided upon prior request.
* Ideas presented in this lecture reflect the personal opinion of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Central Asia and/or its employees.