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To the kind attention of the expert community in Central Asia, the Russian Federation, and worldwide
RE: CREATION OF AN EXPERT DATABASE ON MIGRATION
PERIOD: MARCH 1 TO MAY 30, 2016
The Tian Shan Policy Center, a think tank at the American University of the Central Asia (TSPC AUCA), is currently collecting information on experts from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan), Russia and internationally, working on the different aspects of migration in Central Asia with the aim of developing an expert database.
This is part of the project “Building an Enabling Environment in the Kyrgyz Republic to Develop Effective Migration Policies: Promoting Capacity of Migration State Bodies and Promotion of Migration Studies in KR,” in collaboration with the State Migration Service of the Kyrgyz Republic.
With the database we will identify, collect and systematize all information on experts on migration from Central Asia, the Russian Federation and globally. The database will be available to state bodies, international organizations, the non-governmental sector, academic institutions and all interested parties.
Please see the letter

February 12, 2016 students from Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management, accompanied by instructor Kanaiym Kydyralieva, visited one of the global brand production plants Coca-Cola Bishkek Bottlers (CCBB). CCBB is one of the leading investment companies in the Kyrgyz Republic.

AUCA invites companies and individuals to take part in a tender on sale of used Zyxel Wi-Fi access points and controller. All interested individuals and organizations are welcomed.

Stephen Lioy is a travel photographer, journalist, and the previous Editor-in-Chief of AUCA Magazine. In this interview, Stephen tells us about himself, his adventures, and his special love towards Kyrgyzstan’s nature and culture.

Stephen Lioy is a travel photographer, journalist, and the previous Editor-in-Chief of AUCA Magazine. In this interview, Stephen tells us about himself, his adventures, and his special love towards Kyrgyzstan’s nature and culture.

Stephen Lioy is a travel photographer, journalist, and the previous Editor-in-Chief of AUCA Magazine. In this interview Stephen tells us about himself, his adventures, and his special love towards Kyrgyzstan’s nature and culture.

 
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Abstract: In my dissertation I analysed representations of Soviet socialism in post-Soviet history textbooks and in the life stories of history teachers in Kyrgyzstan. I analysed, first, how the post-Soviet Kyrgyz state reconstructs its Soviet past on the level of official discourse, particularly in school history textbooks, and second, how history teachers – as professionals and private citizens – relate to the official discourse when making sense of the Soviet past.

A fundraiser for the “Give a Cow” social project took place at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). The project was launched by the Bishkek Rotary Club one year ago. At the moment, 22 families have already received cows. Organizers plan to reach 100 families within the year.

February 10, 2016, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs and the U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic met with a group of AUCA students.

"Negotiating Kyrgyz Nationhood: Of History Textbooks' and History Teachers' Attitudes towards the Soviet Past"
By Damira Umetbaeva, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communications Department, AUCA.