Scholars of Central Asian politics and society gathered at Sciences Po, Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (CERI), for a colloquium jointly organised with the French Institute for the Study of Central Asia (IFEAC) in Paris last week. The colloquium ‘Social Movements and Geopolitical Issues in Asia’ addressed patterns of international and transnational flows from, to and through Central Asia. Below are a selection of photographs from the event.
Dr John Heathershaw, University of Exeter, presents on the ESRC-funded project, ‘Rising Powers and Conflict Management in Central Asia
John Heathershaw, University of Exeter, and Shairbek Juraev, OSCE Academy Bishkek
Madeleine Reeves, University of Manchester, presents on Central Asian Migrants in Moscow
Oleg Korneev from the University of Sheffield discusses the role of international organisations in the governance of migration in Central Asia
Anne Le-Huerou, from Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense, speaks on migration in the Russian region of Omsk.
Médéric Martin-Mazé, from Kings College London, discusses whether contemporary Central Asia is the subject of a new Great Game.