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Second photo announcement! My photo of Ismoil Somoni's statue in Khujand features on the cover of the Nationalities Papers.

Long overdue visit to my 1st Central Asian love - Khujand. Did you know that TJ just built some kind of Registan lookalike? Lenin's park was also revamped.

What's up with that pyjama party of Tajik migrants? Why are they dressed like that? Why were they arrested? This story is so bizarre. #Tajikistan #migration gazeta.ru/social/news/20…

Tajikistan banned hijabs! I was in TJ in May and people were mentioning raids against women in hijabs but I thought this was the usual state harrassment. I did not think they would dare to outlaw it. asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajiki…

Where did they find this "expert"? This is so completely off! "Taliban kicked ISIS-K out so they went to Tajikistan". "this whole area, Dagestan, if anyone remembers the Boston bombers, it's right near by". "This has been a hotbed for AlQaeda". youtube.com/watch?v=jTiSL_…

yenisafak.com/ru/news/20744 #tajikistan

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Opportunity for early-career researchers from Kazakhstan. datalabs.kz/tpost/gpee72v8…

Call for doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and other early career scholars from Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus: Writing Across Boundaries Program (2024-2025) sites.google.com/view/writingac…

I've met Ilhomjon in 2010 when he was the Head of the Islamic Revival Party for the Sughd region and he greatly helped me in my research. Now he is a political refugee in Lithuania. Here, he tells a/his story of political repression. Sad and disturbing. youtube.com/watch?v=_r5NFa…

Free screening in multiple cities in KZ of this indie movie about bride kidnapping. It's rough and depressing but necessary. I was happy to see many young men in the room. bridekidnapping.alternativa.film

A student came to consult me about Masters opportunities abroad. Question: "What kind of GPT should I keep to increase my chances to get a scholarship?" He meant 'GPA' of course.😬😅 #honestlapsus

#German court refused to recognize #DilmurodErgashev's status as an opposition activist, saying he was only doing it to stay in #Germany. #Tajik GKNB handcuffed and put a black bag over his head upon his arrival to #Dushanbe today. Shame on #Germany. hrw.org/news/2024/10/3…

NU is a great place to work: outstanding students, great colleagues, good benefits. And stana is becoming more interesting by the day. :) jobs.smartrecruiters.com/NazarbayevUniv…

Not only is this an excellent book, it also has my photo of the stalled construction of Light Rail Train (LRT) in Astana on the cover! Find it at: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

The tragedy of academic paywalls. This article has been viewed 6041 times (that's a lot in academia) but has been downloaded only 111 times! Let me know if you are interested in reading it! :)

Many thanks to Syinat Sultanalieva & Hugh Williamson from Human Rights Watch for being on the Majlis Podcast for this discussion.:(rferl.org/a/majlis-podca…)

I attended the 2nd edition of the Astana International Forum last week and wrote some reflections. The role of Middle Powers. What Canada could learn from Kazakhstan drhelenethibault.com/nouveau-blog/t…