The European Handbook of Central Asian Studies

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The European Handbook of Central Asian Studies is a comprehensive teaching resource for both educators and students engaged in Central Asian Studies (CAS). Featuring 22 chapters by over 19 expert scholars, the book is organised into five thematic sections that cover diverse disciplines within CAS and Eurasian Studies. It challenges traditional Soviet-centric perspectives and post-colonial frameworks, aiming to present the region in a nuanced, de-exoticised light by drawing parallels with European and historically European-occupied areas.

Each chapter offers a concise but detailed overview, highlighting mainstream interpretations, revealing common misconceptions, and introducing new insights. The handbook is designed to provide readers with a strong foundational understanding, suitable for classroom use or independent study, and is complemented by a curated list of YouTube lectures serving as teaching aids and visual resources for students.
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This handbook is ideal for teachers, students, and researchers specialising in Central Asian Studies or Eurasian Studies, as well as scholars from other disciplines seeking to broaden their understanding of Central Asia with a critical and pedagogically sound approach.

This handbook is the first collection of comprehensive teaching materials for teachers and students of Central Asian studies. It presents 22 chapters, clustered around five themes, with contributions from leading experts. The collection addresses postcolonial frameworks and also untangles topics from their Soviet reference frame.

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The European Handbook of Central Asian Studies 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-exoticise 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. It provides background knowledge about Central Asia to readers and intertwines this with an advanced level of insight, leaving the readers equipped with a strong foundation to approach more specialised sources either in classroom settings or by self-study. 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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783838215181

Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 October 2021

Country: Germany

Imprint: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon

Edition: New edition

Contributors:

Edited by Jeroen Van den Bosch
Contributions by Maria Raquel Freire
Contributions by Bernardo Telos Fazendeiro
Contributions by Vincent Fourniau
Contributions by Justyna Hadas
Contributions by Catherine Poujol
Edited by B. J. De Cordier
Edited by Adrien Fauve
Contributions by Julia Schwab

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 1512g

Pages: 1162

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About the Author

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. 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. Jeroen J. J. Van den Bosch has a background in Area Studies (Slavonic Studies) and Political Science (International Relations). He studied at the Catholic University in Leuven; in Irkutsk (IGLU, Russian Federation); Cracow (Jagiellonian University); Moscow (Pushkin Institute); and since 2010 in Poznań (Adam Mickiewicz University). He was editor-in-chief of the political science journal R/evolutions: Global Trends & Regional Issues. Currently, at AMU he acts as coordinator of the EISCAS project and is assistant-coordinator in the EISIPS sister-project, also an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership. His research fields encompass theories of dictatorships, autocratic cooperation, democratization, political regimes theories, African politics (sub-Saharan Africa), and Central Asia.