The Department of International and Comparative Politics organized crisis games for high school students from Bishkek. The theme of the game was the conflict in Syria.

Tinatin Osmonova, an Economics Master’s student at the American University of Central Asia. After graduating from the AUCA’s Economics Department last year, she decided to stay at her Alma Mater and do her best to continue being a good economist. In April 2017, she participated at the Sixth Annual Smolny International Student Conference where she presented her undergraduate thesis work.

The AUCA Chess Club was created to get people to play chess at the University. The Club encourages people of all levels of experience to play and offers a friendly, constructive, and social platform for chess enthusiasts. The Club sends also teams to the Universiada.

Central Asian Studies Institute (CASI) is pleased to report that the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) prize committee have selected article by Dr. Mohira Suyarkulova as the winner of the Henry Huttenbach prize for the best article published in Nationalities Papers journal in 2016.

Today we want to introduce you to Kamilya Kadyrova, the NGA Academic Director , an Assistant Professor in General Education and FYS Program,  and AUCA Academic Orientation Co-Director. Professor Kamilya Kadyrova has a M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership, and below she will share a little about her work at AUCA

For our students, studying abroad is a consistently enriching experience, pushing you to move outside your comfort zones and learn about the world and yourself. 

SPEAKER: Nathan Light, PhD, Researcher at Uppsala University, Sweden
Abstract: This lecture considers the past 60 years of social and cultural anthropological research in Central Asia explores what has held the field back for so long, and why and how it has become so productive in the past decade. I seek to stimulate a conversation about the value and potential of anthropology of Central Asia, and the reasons it has been slow to develop as an academic field.

Shohrukh Tojidinov, a senior in Economics Department, balances his academic and work responsibilities as a student at AUCA and a tutor for the Writing and Academic Resources Center.

The AUCA educational programs are designed to provide students with hands-on learning that produce long-lasting memories. It is no surprise that field trips, which enrich the learning process with practical experience, play an important role in the AUCA EM&SD program.

This lecture considers the past 60 years of social and cultural anthropological research in Central Asia explores what has held the field back for so long, and why and how it has become so productive in the past decade.