This handbook is the first collection of comprehensive teaching materials for teachers and students of Central Asian Studies (CAS) with a strong pedagogic dimension. It presents 22 chapters, clustered around five themes, with contributions from more than 19 scholars, all leading experts in the field of CAS and Eurasian Studies. This collection is not only a reference work for scholars branching out to different disciplines of CAS but also for scholars from other disciplines broadening their scope to CAS. It addresses post-colonial frameworks and also untangles topics from their ‘Soviet’ reference frame. It aims to de-exoticize the region and draws parallels to European or to historically European-occupied territories. In each chapter, the handbook provides a concise but nuanced overview of the topics covered, in which way these have been approached by the mainstream literature, and points out pitfalls, myths, and new insights, providing background knowledge about Central Asia to readers and intertwine this with an advanced level of insight to leave the readers equipped with a strong foundation to approach more specialized sources either in classroom settings or by self-study. In addition, the book offers a comprehensive glossary, list of used abbreviations, overview of intended learning outcomes, and a smart index (distinguishing between names, locations, concepts, and events). A list of recorded lectures to be found on YouTube will accompany the handbook either as instruction materials for teachers or visual aids for students. Since the authors themselves recorded the lectures related to their own chapters, this provides the opportunity to engage in a more personalized way with the authors. This project is being developed in the framework of the EISCAS project (www.eiscas.eu), co-funded by the Erasmus + Program of the European Union.
Jeroen Van den Bosch
Dr Jeroen J.J. Van den Bosch studied Area Studies (Slavonic Studies) and Political Science (International Relations) at the Catholic University in Leuven (Belgium) and Poznań (Adam Mickiewicz University [AMU]). Since 2018, he works as an Erasmus+ project coordinator at AMU, raising funds and managing complex, consortium-based, educational projects. His previous projects include: EISCAS, EISIPS, M.O.R.D.O.R., CAGHAN-P. In parallel, he is active as an independent scholar and has written Personalist Rule in Africa and Other World Regions (Routledge, 2021) and co-edited The European handbook of Central Asian Studies: History, Politics, and Societies (ibidem-Verlag, 2021), Handbook of Indo-Pacific Studies (Routledge, 2023), and Research Handbook on Authoritarianism (Edward Elgar, 2024). His research fields encompass theories of dictatorships, their classification, autocratic cooperation democratization, political regimes theories, sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia. This Encyclopedia Tyrannica was created in the frame of the M.O.R.D.O.R. project, of which J. Van den Bosch is the project coordinator.
Adrien Fauve
Adrien Fauve is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at Paris-Sud University. Previously, he was a post-doctoral fellow at CNRS (2016-2017) and within Bruno Latour’s FORCCAST project on active learning (2013-2016). For seven years, he has coordinated the Central Asia seminar series at CERI-Sciences Po with Karlygash Abiyeva, Olga Spaiser, Bayram Balci, and Olivier Ferrando (2010-2017). His research focuses on political sociology and international relations, with fieldworks in Central Asia. Recent publications include articles in the Nationalities Papers, Central Asian Survey, and Revue d’Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest.
B. J. De Cordier
Bruno De Cordier is professor at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies under the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of Ghent University. Before, he was working for the international humanitarian aid sector, mostly for specialized bodies of the UN, and partly in different countries of the former USSR. His interests include social history, identity and social mobility, the social impact of globalization, the aid economy, and the social role and position of Islam, Christianity, and of religious actors in general.
Catherine Poujol
Vincent Fourniau
Justyna Hadas
Bernardo Telos Fazendeiro
Maria Raquel Freire
Julia Schwab
Bhavna Davé
Suzanne Harris-Brandts
Baktybek Kainazarov
Abel Polese
Gian Marco Moisé
Luca Anceschi
Natalie Koch
Jeremy Smith
Scott Newton
Sebastien Peyrouse
Rano Turaeva
Svetlana Gorshenina
Slavomir Horak
Oguljamal Yazliyeva
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| Edited by | Jeroen Van den Bosch , Adrien Fauve , B. J. De Cordier |
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| Contributions by | Catherine Poujol , Vincent Fourniau , Justyna Hadas , Bernardo Telos Fazendeiro , Maria Raquel Freire , Julia Schwab , Bhavna Davé , Suzanne Harris-Brandts , Baktybek Kainazarov , Abel Polese , Gian Marco Moisé , Luca Anceschi , Natalie Koch , Jeremy Smith , Scott Newton , Sebastien Peyrouse , Rano Turaeva , Svetlana Gorshenina , Slavomir Horak , Oguljamal Yazliyeva |
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| Number of Pages | 1062 |
| Publication date | 19.10.2021 |
| Language | English |
| E-book format | PDF |
| e-book DRM | Digital Rights Management - Watermark |
| Type | E-Book |
| ISBN | 978-3-8382-7518-5 |
| DOI | 10.24216/9783838215181
https://doi.org/10.24216/9783838215181 |
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Jeroen Van den Bosch, Adrien Fauve, B. J. De Cordier,
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"The Handbook features leading European and international scholars studying Central Asia who bring rich insights from the region and offer robust analysis on a wide range of topics. It provides a useful guide to social science departments across continents."—Erica Marat, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University
"A long-awaited pedagogical volume on an still unknown but key region in today's world. A must-read for students and teachers on Central Asia."—Marlène Laruelle, George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs
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