In the 1940s, Tashkent became an unlikely centre of Yiddish culture as Eastern European Jews were evacuated to Soviet Central Asia during World War II. Yet the story has remained largely forgotten. Listen to (or read) our new story: turantales.substack.com/p/iyas-lifel...
This week on Turan Tales, we look at Persian influences in Central Asia, why Persian culture became so fashionable, and how this influence faded. Joining us is Ruben Nikoghosyan, a lecturer in Middle, Classical, and Modern Persian language and literature
turantales.substack.com/p/episode-38...
In the new episode of Turan Tales, we look at the fall of Kyrgyzstan’s ruling duo: President Sadyr Japarov and security chief Kamchybek Tashiev. Joining us is Aksana Ismailbekova, anthropologist and research fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient turantales.substack.com/p/who-is-cry...
As Russia’s anti-LGBTQ propaganda law spreads across the region, queer spaces in Kazakhstan’s second city are disappearing – and with them, the city’s creative pulse. Check out the new audio doc/long read by Turan Tales with the amazing photos by Danil Usmanov
turantales.substack.com/p/rainbow-al...
This week on the Turan Tales podcast, we focus on Tengrism, the ancient belief system which is still widely misunderstood. Joining us is @abbyscripka.bsky.social, a doctoral candidate at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History
turantales.substack.com/p/episode-34...
What does cinema can tell us about Central Asia? Listen to the new episode of Turan Tales with the amazing Assiya Issemberdiyeva, a Kazakh film critic and PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London turantales.substack.com/p/episode-39...
Thank you to @aga-pik.bsky.social for having me on her wonderful Turan Tales podcast to talk about my doctoral research on Russian living in exile in Central Asia
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This week on the Turan Tales podcast, we look at Kazakhstan’s new draft constitution and what it could mean for the country’s future. Joining us is Dmitriy Mazorenko, journalist and co-founder of the Superstructure research centre turantales.substack.com/p/episode-31...
This was the most interesting Turan Tales podcast that I have heard so far. Thank you @aga-pik.bsky.social
Don't miss the latest Turan Tales with @aga-pik.bsky.social . Definitely interesting. 👇
TURAN TALK with Assiya Issemberdiyeva, a Kazakh film critic and PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London
In the 1940s, Tashkent became an unlikely centre of Yiddish culture as Eastern European Jews were evacuated to Soviet Central Asia during World War II. Yet the story has remained largely forgotten.
turantales.substack.com
TURAN TALK with Aksana Ismailbekova, a Kyrgyz anthropologist and research fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
As Russia’s anti-LGBTQ propaganda law spreads across the region, queer spaces in Kazakhstan’s second-largest city are disappearing – and with them, the city’s creative pulse.
This week on Turan Tales, we look at Persian influences in Central Asia, why Persian culture became so fashionable, and how this influence faded. Joining us is Ruben Nikoghosyan, a lecturer in Middle, Classical, and Modern Persian language and literature
turantales.substack.com/p/episode-38...
What does cinema can tell us about Central Asia? Listen to the new episode of Turan Tales with the amazing Assiya Issemberdiyeva, a Kazakh film critic and PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London turantales.substack.com/p/episode-39...
TURAN TALK with Ruben Nikoghosyan, a lecturer in Middle, Classical, and Modern Persian language and literature
