Dr. Cholpon Chotaeva is a Professor and Coordinator of the Peace and Conflict Studies concentration in the Liberal Arts and Sciences department at the American University of Central Asia. She holds a Doctor of History degree (2006) and a Candidate of Philosophy (1999) from the Institute of History at the National Academy of Sciences (Kyrgyzstan). She received her specialized degree with honors in History of the Middle East from the Oriental Studies and International Relations department at Bishkek Humanities University (1996, Kyrgyzstan).
Dr. Chotaeva joined AUCA in 2007 as a Professor in the Anthropology department. She was the Chair of the Sociology department (2014-2016) and the Anthropology department Chair (2014-2019). Since 2021, she has been a Professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences department at AUCA. She served as a member of the Expert Council on interethnic issues under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, a member of the Expert Council on interethnic topics of the National Institute of Strategic Studies, and an expert of Dissertation Councils on History and Ethnography.
Dr. Chotaeva was a fellow of the Faculty Development Fellowship of the Open Society Institute, a Visiting Scholar at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University (2006-2007, USA), and a Foreign Researcher of the post-doctoral Fellowship Program at the Graduate School of International Cultural Studies at Tohoku University (2002-2004, Japan).
- Ethnic Studies and Nationalism
- History of Islam in Central Asia
- History of Kyrgyzstan
- Language situation and language policy in Kyrgyzstan
Articles:
- “Multiculturalism of Bishkek City: Ethnicity and Language in Soviet and Post-Soviet times” (in English). Narody i religii Evrazii. 2018
- “Prepodavanie antropologii i podgotovka professional’nykh antropologov v Amerikanskom universitete Tsentral’noi Azii” (in Russian). Sibirskie istoricheskie issledovaniia. 2018
- Obzor Mezhdunarodnogo nauchnogo soveschaniia “Pereosmyslenie vosstaniia 1916 goda v Tsentral’noi Azii” (in Russian). Istoricheskaya ekspertiza. 2016.
- ”Vosstanie 1916 goda v Kyrgyzstane: rezul’taty sotsiologicheskogo oprosa 2015 godaгода” (in Russian).Akipress. Bishkek, 2016. Coauthored with Abdykanova A. K. and Mir Makhamad B.
- “Izuchenie mezh’etnicheskikh otnoshenii v Kyrgyzstane: teoretiko-metodologicheskie aspekty problemy” (in Russian). Strategiia. 1(3). 2015.
- Report,Mezh’etnicheskie otnosheniia v Kyrgyzskoi Republike: analiz situatsii i politiki gosudarstva(in Russian). National Institute of Strategic Studies. Bishkek, 2013.
- “Ethnic Tension in Kyrgyzstan in the post-Soviet Period: Ethnosociological Survey Results” (in English and Russian). Central Asia and the Caucasus. 2013. 14(1).
- “Etnicheskaya politika sovremennogo Kyrgyzstana” (in Russian). AUCA Vestnik. 2013.
- “Basmacheskoe dvizhenie v Kyrgyzstane i kyrgyzskaia gosudarstvennost’ (in Russian), Vestnik MUK. 2012. 1(18).
- “Etnokul’turnye razlichiia kak factor mezh’etnicheskikh konfliktov v Kyrgyzstane (in Russian). FourthCentral Asian Anthropological Conference “Exploring Various Cultures in the Post-Soviet Space: Challenges, Methods and Perspectives”. Bishkek, 2011.
- “Faktory formirovaniia etnicheskoi identichnosti v Kyrgyzstane” (in Russian), Third Central Asian Anthropological Conference “Reconsidering Central Asian Societies”. Bishkek, 2010.
- “Aktual’nye problemy yazykovoi politiki v Kyrgyzstane” (in Russian). Vestnik MUK. 2008. 1(16).
- “Ethnoreligious Situation in Kyrgyzstan” (in English and Russian). Central Asia and the Caucasus. 2005. 3(39).
- “Problemy aktualizatsii etnicheskoi identichnosti v sovremennom Kyrgyzstane (po materialam sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniya)” (in Russian). Sayasat. 2005. 8.
- “Problemy issledovaniya etnichnosti, Doklady Natsional’noi akademii Nauk Respubliki Kazakhstan (in Russian). 2005. 4.
- “Etnicheskii natsionalism i gosudarstvennoe stroitel’stvo v Kyrgyzstane”, Evraziyskoe soobshestvo: obshestvo, politika, kul’tura(in Russian). Institut razvitiya Kazakhstana. 2005. 3(51).
- “Language as a Factor of State Building in Kyrgyzstan” (in English and Russian). Central Asia and the Caucasus. 2004. 2(32).
- “Yazyk i etnichnost’: po materialam sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniia” (in Russian). Materialy mezhdunarodnogo seminara 18-20 avgusta 2003 goda “Etnokul’turnoe mnogoobrazie. Potentsial razvitiya obshestva v stranakh TsA (Praktika, kontseptsii, modeli, perspektivy). Bishkek, 2004.
- “Yazykovaya politika Kyrgyzstana: problemy i protivorechiia” (in Russian). Trudy Instituta Mirovoi Kultury. Vypusk 3. Bishkek- Leipzig, 2003.
- “Islam: religiya, traditsiia ili tsivilizatsiia”, Trudy Instituta Mirovoi Kultury(in Russian). Vypusk 3, Bishkek- Leipzig, 2003.
- “Ethnic and National Identities of the Kyrgyz”, Cultures and Historiography in Central Eurasia: Nations, Ethnicities and Societies (in English). The Center for Northeast Asian Studies. Tohoku University, 2003.
- “The Role and Place of Islam in Socio-Political life of Kyrgyzstan”, Central Asia and the Caucasus(in English and Russian). 2003. 6 (30).
Books:
- History of Kyrgyzstan (in English). Scholars’ Press, 2017
- Etnichnost’ i etnosy v Kyrgyzstane (in Russian). Bishkek, 2011.
- Istoriia mirovoi kul’tury (in Russian). Bishkek, 2008.
- Etnokul’turnye factory v istorii gosudarstvennogo stroitel’stva Kyrgyzstana (in Russian), Bishkek, 2005.
- Ethnicity, Language and Religion in Kyrgyzstan (in English). Tohoku University, 2004.
Brochures:
- Guide Manual on the Preparation for the State Exam on History of Kyrgyzstan (in English).Bishkek, 2012.Coauthored with Turdalieva Ch.
- Uchebno-metodicheskoe posobie po podgotovke i sdache gosudarstvennogo ekzamena po kursu “Istoriya Kyrgyzstana”(in Russian). Bishkek, 2012. Coauthored with Djanybekova Z.
- Sovremennaia mezhetnicheskaia situatsiia v Kyrgyzstane: po rezul’tatam sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniia 2011 goda (in Russian). Bishkek, 2011.
- Etnichnost’ i etnicheskii natsionalism (in Russian). Nauchno-teoreticheskie materialy k avtorskomu spetskursu “Etnichnost’ v sovremennom mire”. Bishkek, 2005.
- Yazyk, etnichnost’ i religiia v Kyrgyzstane: po materialam sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniia 2003 goda (in Russian). Bishkek, 2005.
- Tsivliizatsiia i kul’tura.Nauchno-teoreticheskie materialy k uchebnomu kursu ”Istoriia mirovoi kul’tury” (in Russian). Bishkek, 2004.
- Language, Ethnicity and Religion in Kyrgyzstan(the results of the 2003 survey) (in English). MECAS TU, 2004.
- Language Policy and Language Situation in Kyrgyzstan (in English). MECAS TU, 2003.
- External and Internal Migration of the Kyrgyz People in Modern Kyrgyzstan(in English). MECAS TU, 2001.
- Restoration of Islamic Values and Cultural Traditions in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan(in English). MECAS TU, 2000.
Chapters:
- Topics I and IV. Upravlenie etnicheskim mnogoobraziem i mezh’etnicheskimi otnosheniyami (in Russian). Bishkek, 2012.
- “Natsional’nyi factor v usloviyakh globalizatsii”. Aktual’nye problemy tsentral’no-aziatskogo regiona v uslobiyakh globalizatsii. Bishkek, 2005.
- “Modeli perekhoda k demokratii” (in Russian). Politicheskaya transformatsiya: opyt Kyrgyzstana v mirovom kontekste. Bishkek, 2002.
- History of Kyrgyzstan
- Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
- Research Methods
- Senior Thesis Seminar
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