Central Asia Research Forum
About the Book Series
Central Asia Research Forum is a series designed to present cutting-edge research on the Central Asia region spanning the whole of the social sciences.
Founding editor: Shirin Akiner, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.
Buryat Intellectuals in Empire and Revolution
1st Edition
Edited
By Melissa Chakars, Nikolay Tsyrempilov
November 25, 2025
This book takes a deeper look at the history of the Russian Empire and USSR from the perspective of ethno-national minorities. It focuses on Buryat intellectuals who travelled and worked across Eurasia, sometimes crossing international borders into Europe, China, Mongolia, and Tibet. Chapters cover...
Kars Province under Russian Rule: Imperial Rivalry and Nation-Building in the Periphery, 1878-1918
1st Edition
By Candan Badem
June 06, 2025
This book analyses the borderland province (oblast) of Kars under Russian imperial rule from 1878 to 1918. It is a study of imperial expansion, inter-imperial rivalry, colonization, legal and administrative pluralism, nation building and state building. Based on archival work in the state archives ...
Political Islam and Democracy in Central Asia: The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan
1st Edition
By Ajam Kalonov
November 28, 2024
Political Islam and Democracy in Central Asia is a study of moderation of political Islam in Central Asia. It analyses the only Islamic political party that was ever allowed to participate in elections in Central Asia and contributes to the debate on the radicalization or moderation of Islamic ...
Sustainable Energy in Central Asia: Transition Towards Renewable Energy Sources in Uzbekistan
1st Edition
By Nigora Djalilova
September 26, 2022
This book argues that sustainable energy development represents a new frontier for many transitional economies, including those countries that are well endowed with traditional energy resources, as exemplified by the case of Uzbekistan in Central Asia. The book highlights the challenges and issues...
Migration and Identity in Central Asia: The Uzbek Experience
1st Edition
By Rano Turaeva
April 16, 2018
This book is an ethnographic and sociolinguistic study of Uzbek migrants in the capital city of Uzbekistan. The ethnographic details of the book represent post-Soviet urban realities on the ground where various forms of belonging clash and kinship ties are reinforced within social safety networks. ...
Identity and Memory in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Uzbekistan's Soviet Past
1st Edition
By Timur Dadabaev
January 22, 2018
Central Asian states have experienced a number of historical changes that have challenged their traditional societies and lifestyles. The most significant changes occurred as a result of the revolution in 1917, the incorporation of the region into the Soviet Union, and gaining independence after ...
Leadership and Authority in Central Asia: The Ismaili Community in Tajikistan
1st Edition
By Otambek Mastibekov
October 26, 2017
This book explores the unfolding of world history in a remote corner of Central Asia: the region of Badakhshan. The history of this region has commonly been explored through the lens of the major superpowers who competed over its territory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including ...
Social and Cultural Change in Central Asia: The Soviet Legacy
1st Edition
Edited
By Sevket Akyildiz, Richard Carlson
October 12, 2017
Focusing on Soviet culture and its social ramifications both during the Soviet period and in the post-Soviet era, this book addresses important themes associated with Sovietisation and socialisation in the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. ...
Conflict and Peace in Eurasia
1st Edition
Edited
By Debidatta Mahapatra
May 31, 2017
Focusing on a range of Eurasian conflicts, including Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, this book offers contemporary perspectives on the ongoing conflicts in the Eurasia, with an emphasis on the attempts towards peace. The book brings into focus how various factors such as ethnicity, ...
National Identities in Soviet Historiography: The Rise of Nations under Stalin
1st Edition
By Harun Yilmaz
May 25, 2017
Under Stalin’s totalitarian leadership of the USSR, Soviet national identities with historical narratives were constructed. These constructions envisaged how nationalities should see their imaginary common past, and millions of people defined themselves according to them. This book explains how and...
Prospects for Pastoralism in Kazakstan and Turkmenistan: From State Farms to Private Flocks
1st Edition
Edited
By Dr Carol Kerven, Carol Kerven
February 15, 2017
This collection traces how pastoralists have coped with the challenges of change in a part of the world with a long-tradition of livestock keeping. Their precarious position - balanced between a market system where only the fittest may survive, and their attempt to remain a human resource for the ...
Tajikistan: The Trials of Independence
1st Edition
By Shirin Akiner, Mohammad-Reza Djalili, Frederic Grare
July 08, 2016
Since its independence in 1991 Tajikistan has suffered a painful series of political crises followed by a civil war, still continuing, whose repercussions extend far beyond its borders. This work examines the causes of the turmoil, and analyses, through the case of Tajikistan, social and political ...