About Cholpon Ramizova

Cholpon Ramizova is a London-based writer and researcher. She holds a Master's in Migration, Mobility and Development from SOAS, University of London. Her thematic interests are in migration, displacement, identity, gender, and nationalism - and more specifically on how and which ways these intersect within the Central Asia context.

Cholpon Ramizova is a writer and researcher based in London.

NBN Episodes hosted by Cholpon:

Zohra Saed, "Langston Hughes: Poems, Photos & Notebooks from Turkestan" (CUNY/Lost and Found, 2018)

May 31, 2025

Langston Hughes

Zohra Saed
Hosted by Cholpon Ramizova

In 1932, along with a group of African American activists and writers including novelist Dorothy West, Langston Hughes journeyed to the Soviet Union. …

Vicky Davis, "Central Asia in World War Two: The Impact and Legacy of Fighting for the Soviet Union" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

December 28, 2024

Central Asia in World War Two

Vicky Davis
Hosted by Cholpon Ramizova

Central Asia in World War Two: The Impact and Legacy of Fighting for the Soviet Union (Bloomsbury, 2024) is the first book to tackle the subject of mi…

Yerkebulan Sairambay, "New Media and Political Participation in Russia and Kazakhstan" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023)

August 26, 2024

New Media and Political Participation in Russia and Kazakhstan

Yerkebulan Sairambay
Hosted by Cholpon Ramizova

Dr. Yerkebulan Sairambay’s New Media and Political Participation in Russia and Kazakhstan (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023) confronts the sociological p…

Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva, "Rentier Capitalism and Its Discontents: Power, Morality and Resistance in Central Asia" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021)

July 2, 2024

Rentier Capitalism and Its Discontents

Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva
Hosted by Cholpon Ramizova

Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva’s Rentier Capitalism and Its Discontents: Power, Morality and Resistance in Central Asia (Palgrave MacMillan,…