ESCAS-CESS Conference

March 1, 2017

Joint ESCAS-CESS Conference at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA)

29 June - 2 July 2017
European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) and the
Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)

The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) and the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) is organizing the Joint ESCAS-CESS Conference in Bishkek at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). This is the 15th Biennial Conference of ESCAS, and the Sixth Regional Conference of CESS. The conference will be hosted by AUCA’s Central Asian Studies Institute (CASI). The conference program will feature two keynote speakers, 107 panels including 400 presenters, and there will also be a supplementary program including a catered reception and a cultural program. We are very pleased to announce the two keynote speakers:

Gulnara Aitpaeva (Director, Aigine Cultural Research Center, Bishkek)

Paolo Sartori (Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna)