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About Nicholas Seay
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Central Asian Studies
March 2, 2021
The Russian Conquest of Central Asia
A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814–1914
Alexander Morrison
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
Alexander Morrison’s study of the conquest of Central Asia offers new perspectives on a topic long obscured by misleading grand narratives. Based on years of research in several countries, The Russian …
Central Asian Studies
January 21, 2021
Polymaths of Islam
Power and Networks of Knowledge in Central Asia
James Pickett
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
James Pickett's new book, Polymaths of Islam: Power and Networks of Knowledge in Central Asia (Cornell University Press, 2020) analyzes the social and intellectual power of religious leaders who created a …
Central Asian Studies
November 5, 2020
The Politics of Police Reform
Society against the State in Post-Soviet Countries
Erica Marat
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
In her book, The Politics of Police Reform: Society against the State in Post-Soviet Countries (Oxford University Press, 2018), Erica Marat provides an answer to a very important question: “What …
Central Asian Studies
September 14, 2020
Afghanistan
A History from 1260 to the Present
Jonathan Lee
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
Jonathan Lee’s comprehensive study of Afghanistan’s political history in Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present (Reaktion Books) tells the story of the emergence and sometimes surprising longevity of …
Central Asian Studies
July 30, 2020
The History of the Civil War in Tajikistan
Iraj Bashiri
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
In The History of the Civil War in Tajikistan (Academic Studies Press, 2020) Iraj Bashiri provides an overview of the Civil War in Tajikistan that emerged amidst the collapse of …
Central Asian Studies
July 15, 2020
The Bukharan Crisis
A Connected History of 18th-Century Central Asia
Scott Levi
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
In his new book, The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th-Century Central Asia (University of Pittsburgh, 2020), Scott Levi brings new perspectives into the historiography of early Modern Central …
Central Asian Studies
June 23, 2020
Imperial Desert Dreams
Cotton Growing and Irrigation in Central Asia, 1860-1991
Julia Obertreis
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
In Imperial Desert Dreams: Cotton Growing and Irrigation in Central Asia, 1860-1991 (V & R Unipress, 2017), Julia Obertreis explores the infrastructural, technical, and environmental aspects of the history of …
Central Asian Studies
April 27, 2020
Tatar Empire
Kazan's Muslims and the Making of Imperial Russia
Danielle Ross
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
In her new book Tatar Empire: Kazan's Muslims and the Making of Imperial Russia (Indiana University Press, 2020), Danielle Ross looks at how the Tatars of Kazan participated in the …
Central Asian Studies
March 25, 2020
Russia and Central Asia
Coexistence, Conquest, Convergence
Shoshana Keller
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
Shoshana Keller’s new book, Russia and Central Asia: Coexistence, Conquest, Convergence (University of Toronto Press, 2019) provides an excellent introduction and overview of the history of Central Asia, from roughly …
Central Asian Studies
February 27, 2020
The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century
Paving a New Silk Road
Richard Pomfret
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
Richard Pomfret’s The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2019) looks at the economies of the five former Soviet Republics of Kazkahstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and …
Literary Studies
February 6, 2020
Bygone Days
Abdullah Qodiriy (trans. Mark Reese)
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
Mark Reese’s recent translation of Abdullah Qodiriy’s 1920s novel O’tkan Kunlar (Bygone Days) brings an exemplary piece of modern Uzbek literature to English-speaking audiences. The story, which simultaneously follows the …
Central Asian Studies
January 9, 2020
The Nazarbayev Generation
Youth in Kazakhstan
Marlene Laruelle
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
The Nazarbayev Generation: Youth in Kazakhstan (Lexington Books, 2019), edited by Marlene Laruelle, looks at the younger generations of Kazakhstan that have come of age during the post-Soviet presidency of …