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Are you hooked on the history of Central Eurasia? Do you want to know more about Muslims under Tsarist and Communist rule? Would you like to share with us the stories behind your research and reflect on your fieldwork or teaching experience? Then this is the place for you! In this blog we’ll uncover the galaxy of voices from Central Eurasian archives, raise awareness about the significance of Muslim communities in Russian, Soviet and Chinese history, and bring the study of Islam in the successor countries to the USSR and in the PRC into conversation with global history.

The Madrasa and its Economic Worlds: Towards a Broader History of Education

Empire Made Me: Pervukhin and His Exploits in the Kazakh Steppe

A Bukharan Dignitary of Russian Origin: The Curious Case of Khan Quli Bek, né Urakov

Riding the Tiger: Hasan Ponomarev and the Edge of the Empire

Archival Tensions: Reminiscences of a Research Trip to Karakalpakstan

Dancing Boys and Gay Escapades in Fin-de-siècle Tashkent: A Sketch from a Queer History of Central Asia

Tinkering with Ethnicity and the First Census in the Fergana Valley, 1889-1890

History of conversion to Islam in Russia: An account still to be written?


