For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using an unique email address (one email address per registrant) by Apr. 21 at 4:00 pm for campus access.
Names will be submitted for QR codes 1-2 days prior to the event. Registrants will receive an email from CU Guest Access with the QR code before or on the day of the event.
Speakers:
Parviz Mullojonov, International Alert, Tajikistan and Visiting Scholar, WEAI
Nargiza Muratalieva, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan and Visiting Scholar, University of Kansas
Almira Sagimbayeva, Professional Fellow, WEAI
Erkinbek Kamalov, Research Center for Security and Geopolitics Studies, Kyrgyzstan and Visiting Scholar, University of Kansas
Zarina Kakenova, Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan and Visiting Scholar, WEAI
Assel Bitabar, M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University and Visiting Scholar, Ohio State University
Moderators:
Elizabeth Wishnick, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Morris Rossabi, Adjunct Professor of East Asian Language and Cultures, Columbia University
Maria Adele Carrai, Adjunct Associate Research Scholar, WEAI, Columbia University; Assistant Professor of Global China Studies, NYU Shanghai; Marie Curie Fellow, KU Leuven School of Law
Calla Shuhan Li, Department of Political Science, GSAS, Columbia University
Six Central Asian visiting scholars, including three hosted by WEAI, will present their China-related research. Five of the scholars are spending a semester in the U.S. engaging in China-related research under a grant from the U.S. Department of State to the American Councils on Higher Education to create a U.S.-Central Asia research network that will foster long-term collaboration. By the end of spring semester 2025 each of them will have come close to completing a research project related to China-Central Asia relations, guided by a U.S. faculty sponsor. This roundtable will feature their research, focusing on Central Asian geopolitics and the different mechanisms China uses to expand its soft power in the region.
Registration:
- To attend this event in-person, please register HERE.
- To attend this event online, please register HERE.
