The keynote address by Prof. Amanda Wooden delivered on the occasion of opening of the Fifth Annual Conference of Central Asian Studies Institute.

On September 13-15,  2016 visiting speaker from the American University in Cairo (AUC) Doris Jones will be offering workshops for faculty at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). Jones’s visit is made possible through a grant from the AMICAL consortium and the kind contribution of AUCA.

On September 2, 2016, the Graduate School of Social Sciences welcomed its newly admitted students for the 2016-2017 academic year. The students will be studying in the Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Central Asian Studies (MACAS) departments.

We are happy to announce the publication of a collective volume on History Making in Central and Northern Eurasia (Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag.)

Anastasiya Iun, a student in AUCA’s Master Program in Applied Psychology (MAPAP), was invited to study at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) during the Fall 2016 semester.

On September 2, 2016, new faculty at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) met for orientation.

Tian–Shan Policy Center under the American University of Central Asia (TSPC AUCA) in cooperation and with the support of International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Kyrgyz Republic conducted one-day training seminars in Balykchi and Osh cities.

Between August 1 and August 12, 2016 six students from the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) and one student from the Institute of Mining and Mining Technologies named after the Academician Asanaliev volunteered to attend the Ecological Leadership Program in the beautiful Ala Archa National Park to improve their leadership skills and to learn more about Kyrgyzstan’s environment.

I was given an incredible opportunity to get a high-quality education at one the best universities of Kyrgyzstan, AUCA. Those four years have made a huge contribution to my intellectual, professional, and personal growth. My interest in mathematics led me to economics as my future profession; however, I fell in love with it.

Albina Sharshenova is one of the outstanding graduates of the Sociology department at AUCA. Albina shared her thoughts with us about her life as a student at AUCA and decided to give some advice to current undergraduates.