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📣 Upcoming Event 📣
Speaking Borders, Speaking Europe: Entangled Borders in the Baltic–Nordic Space with Sandra Hagelin (University of Tartu)
📅 September 29 (08:15-10:00 UCT)
📍 Online

🔗 Join via Zoom: buff.ly/64Kem2p

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #balticstudies #borderstudies #malmouniversity
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September 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Central Eurasia’s AI innovation leads: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI & LOOQ to Disrupt after standout wins. Govts, scale & global stage in focus. #AI #Startups #TechCrunchDisrupt #CentralEurasia https://thedailytechfeed.com/three-ai-startups-from-central-eurasia-win-at-road-to-battlefield-2026/
September 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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The International Journal of Central Asian Studies is seeking articles for its second biannual issue.

For more details on the journal, submission guidelines, and its digital journal archive, please visit the journal's website:
www.ijcas.or.kr/

#centraleurasia #centralasianstudies #CallForPapers
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May 29, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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📣 Upcoming Event 📣
Applying to Postdoctoral Fellowships in Europe: Perspectives on the Process
📅 October 2, 2026
📍 Online

👉️ For more details, see the event webpage: buff.ly/kGqlqgO

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #posdoc #fellowships #aseees
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September 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Central Eurasia's Road to Battlefield competition sees a 50% surge in applications, highlighting the region's growing startup ecosystem. #TechNews #Startups #AI #CentralEurasia https://thedailytechfeed.com/silkroad-innovation-hubs-road-to-battlefield-competition-expands-in-2026/
August 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Our @whodabest.bsky.social notes Central Eurasia is rising as a tech innovation hotspot, with groundbreaking events like the Central Asia Startup Cup and global partnerships shaping its future timesca.com/central-asia... #CentralEurasia #TechInnovation #CentralAsiaTech #InnovationHub #StartupCup
Central Asia Startup Cup: A Call for Regional Unity Through Innovation - The Times Of Central Asia
At the end of last month, Bishkek hosted the Central Asia Startup Cup, the largest tech conference to date in the Kyrgyz Republic focused on startups and
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May 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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💥 Part-Time Visiting Lecturer/Professor in Armenian Studies 💥
📍 Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University

👉️ For more details and a link to the application form, see this link: buff.ly/MSeuXMN

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #armenianstudies
July 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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📣 Call for Applications 📣
Next Asia Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship
📅 2027-2029 Academic Years
📍 Stanford University | Palo Alto, USA

📅 Submission deadline: December 1, 2026

👉️ For more details, see the fellowship listing on SNAPL's website: buff.ly/VnDu6dL

#centraleurasia #stanforduniversity
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September 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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📣 Publication Opportunity 📣
Journal of Central Asian History

📩 Submit an Article
Articles for publication in the Journal of Central Asian History can be submitted online through Editorial Manager: buff.ly/H4G7HMq

👉️ For more details, see the journal webpage: buff.ly/m1jkMOP

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September 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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📣 We are pleased to announce the program for the CESS Regional Conference 2026, hosted from June 16- 19, 2026, at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan!

centraleurasia.org/conferences/cess-2026-regional/cess-2026-program/

#CESS2026 #NazarbayevUniversity #centraleurasia #Eurasia #astana
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May 30, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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📣 Summer Institute Opportunity 📣
Global Asias Summer Institute 2027
📅 June 14-18, 2027
📍 Penn State University | State College, USA

📅 Application deadline: November 6, 2026
👉️ For more details, see the full call for applications: buff.ly/NRBLE4z

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #globalasias #psu
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September 26, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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⭐️ CESS Board Member Spotlight - Alexander Cooley ⭐️
💬 Mapping Eurasia: Russia's Geopolitics
🗣️ The Long View: A Kennan Institute Research Forum

👉️ Watch the full episode on the Kennan Institute's YouTube channel: buff.ly/evFfMnw

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #TheLongView #KennanInstitute
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September 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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📣 Fellowship Openings 📣
Core Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Arts
📍 University of Helsinki | Helsinki, Finland

📅 Submission deadline: September 14, 2026
👉️ For more information on these fellowships, eligibility, and applying, see the HCAS website: buff.ly/SssvTkQ

#centraleurasia
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August 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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📣 Open Position 📣
📍 Assistant Professor, Arts of the Medieval World
Department of Art History | University of California, Berkeley

📅 Application deadline: Oct 1, 2026
👉️ For more details, see the job listing: buff.ly/R1Bp4Vu

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #arthistory #silkroad #ucberkeley
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August 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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📣 Call for Submissions 📣

The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies invites articles between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length.

📩 JSAS submission platform: buff.ly/IjgSGz9

📅 Rolling deadline

👉️ More details: buff.ly/tjDGhGe

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #eurasia #armenianstudies
July 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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📣 Call for Papers 📣
East of the Elbe: Environment and Society in Central and Eastern Europe

East of the Elbe is a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the environmental history of Central and Eastern Europe.

👉️ For more details, see the journal's website: buff.ly/fi6FJES

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September 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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⭐️ CESS Book Award Nominee Spotlight ⭐️
📕 Azerbaijani Literature and the Gendered Narratives of Nationhood: Weaving Identities (Routledge, 2025) by Shafag Dadashova

👉️ Read the full spotlight on the CESS website: buff.ly/13zYM0N

#cessbookaward #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #caucasus #bookaward
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September 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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📣 Looking for more information on the upcoming CESS Regional Conference 2026?

👉 Visit the website for details on registration, panel schedules, and more:
centraleurasia.org/conferences/cess-regional-conference-2026/

#CESS2026 #NazarbayevUniversity #Eurasia #eurasianstudies #centraleurasia
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June 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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📣 Open Fellowship Position 📣
Comprehensive Research on the Slavic-Eurasian Region
📅 May 1, 2027 - March 31, 2028
📍 Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan

👉️ For more details: buff.ly/OTRY4Ov

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #fellowship #hokkaidouniversity #sapporo
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August 30, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Putin’s Running Out of Scare Tactics and Options

By #RobDannenberg

Former #Chief of #CIA's #CentralEurasia #Division

www.thecipherbrief.com/putins-runni...
Putin’s Running Out of Scare Tactics and Options
Russian President Vladimir Putin can no longer conceal the cost of his Ukraine war from the Russian public. There are fuel shortages throughout the Russian Federation. Videos show hundreds of automobi...
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July 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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💥 New Book Interview with Aksana Ismailbekova 💥

📚️ We spoke with Aksana Ismailbekova (UCSB) about her recent book, book, its place in her broader research, and much more.

👉 See the full interview on our website: buff.ly/hDPXBa6

#cess #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #migrationstudies #newbook
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August 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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📣 Publication Opportunity 📣
Special Issue on Persian Lithographic Printing
📰 Iran Namag: A Quarterly of Iranian Studies

👉️ See this post for details: buff.ly/2rZhwgn

📅 Submission deadline: September 30, 2026

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #persianatestudies #printingstudies #callforpapers
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September 11, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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📣 Job Opening 📣
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Eastern European and/or Central European Literature and Culture
📍 University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, US

👉️ For more details on the position, visit the job posting: buff.ly/LJHJPFq

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #jobopening #upenn
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August 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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📣 Call for Papers 📣
Beyond Borders: Global Histories of Transboundary Rivers
📅 November 19-20, 2026
📍 Online

📅 Proposal submission deadline: September 15, 2026
👉️ For more details, see the extended call for papers: buff.ly/iV5LeMH

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #transnationalstudies
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August 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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📣 Postdoctoral Fellowship 📣
Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE)
📍 University of Michigan
📅 Aug 2027 - Jul 2029

Application deadline: October 15, 2026 (23:59 EST)

👉️ For more details, see the fellowship posting on the WCEE website: buff.ly/vsx93VD

#centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #umich
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August 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM