Scholars of Central Asia Book Database

The Scholars of Central Asia Book Database is intended to showcase the work of scholars from Central Asia.

The entries have been compiled through keyword searches on publishers’ websites, research bibliographies and searches within library collections. The inclusion criteria for the database are the following:

  • Single or multiple author monographs;
  • Works of non-fiction within the social sciences and humanities;
  • Authored or co-authored by at least one person who was born in Central Asia;
  • Published since 1991;
  • Published in any language.

The database includes entries in English, Russian and local languages from Central Asia. Entries appear in reverse chronological order by year of publication.

We update the database on a continuing basis as new work is published and we discover missing entries. This database is far from comprehensive, but it is our hope that the project will grow over time into an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners working on the region.

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Showing 271-300 of 376 Books
This article attempts to summarize the reasons for the failure of the war in Afghanistan and to analyze the prospects...
Category: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By: Zhao Huasheng
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a regional organization formed on the basis of Sino-Russian strategic cooperation. It is a cooperation...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal, Russia By: Zhao Huasheng
In terms of the strategic adjustment since Obama took office, the United States is adapting to new geopolitical realities. The...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By: Pan Guang, Wang Zhen
Since the 9/11 attacks, terrorist activities have begun to show new trends in the fields of tech, ideology, demographics, and...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Journal, Security By: Pan Guang, Wang Zhen
As the Obama administration adjusts U.S. foreign policy in Afghanistan, there are signs that the U.S. may also adjust its...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By: Zhao Huasheng
Since April 2010, the political turmoil in Kyrgyzstan has received widespread attention from the international community. This paper offers an...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Journal, Kyrgyzstan, Security By: Pan Guang
Central Asia and China have had close relations since ancient times. Thanks to the introduction of diverse Western civilizations, China...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History By: Liu Xuezhao
This book maps developmental trends of Kazakh national choreography in the post-independence period. The book includes reviews of ballet festivals,...
Category: Central Asia, Culture, Kazakhstan By: Gulnar Zhumaseitova
Tlostanova examines Central Asia and the Caucasus to trace the genealogy of feminism in those regions following the dissolution of...
Category: Central Asia, Culture, Gender, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Politics, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By: Madina Tlostanova
The book provides a comparative analysis of folklore, mythology, and literature in Kazakhstan.
Category: Central Asia, Culture, Kazakhstan By: Seit Kaskabasov
A study of ways in which modernization theory could be applied to political and economic transformation in Kyrgyzstan and in...
Category: Central Asia, Economics, Kyrgyzstan, Politics By: Nurbek Atakanov
This book focuses on the urban development of Central Kazakhstan, especially Karaganda, during the period after World War II, when...
Category: Central Asia, Culture, History, Kazakhstan By: Z. G. Saktaganova
The book explores the history of komuz melodies, which have preserved Kyrgyz history and culture for many centuries.
Category: Central Asia, Culture, Kyrgyzstan By: Asan Kaybilda uulu
Holmurod Sharifov (1927-2017) was a Tajik-Soviet party and government official. This volume collects Holmurod Sharifov's travel writings, including his accounts...
Category: Central Asia, History, International Relations, Tajikistan By: Holmorod Sharifov
More than 600 Turkmen ethnographic terms have been deciphered by the author which allows us to understand the inner world...
Category: Central Asia, Culture, History, Language, Turkmenistan By: Shokhrat Kadyrov
The focus of the research is on the history and geography of the Western Regions, with special emphasis on the...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geography, Xinjiang By: Zhu Fengyu, Wang Juan
From the perspective of geopolitics, any Eurasian country that occupies Central Asia can achieve the following strategic goals depending on...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Xinjiang By: Wang Zhilai
"People's League Library: General History of Central Asia (four volumes) (set of 4 volumes)" includes: "General History of Central Asia...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Russia By: Wang Zhilai, Ding Duben
Since the mid-1970s, from southern Europe to Latin America, then to East Asia, and finally to Eastern Europe, there has...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Kyrgyzstan, Politics, Transition By: Jiao Yiqiang
Starting from the Kazakh nation's philosophical outlook and outlook on nature, this book systematically expounds on the "six elements" theory...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, Xinjiang By: Simahule Nubaheti
Abdali's monograph is an excellent work with both important theoretical and academic value and strong practical significance. Abdali made an...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History, Identity, Transition, Xinjiang By: Xialipuhan Abudali
This book aims to analyze the role of regional relational assets in economic development of Kyrgyzstan as expressed in the...
Category: Central Asia, Economics, Kyrgyzstan By: Emil Nasritdinov
The "Third World Uyghur Conference" held in May 2009 and the "7/5 Incident" in Urumqi that same summer showed that...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Security, Uyghur, Xinjiang By: Pan Guang, Zhao Guojun
The changes brought about by the Russian-Georgian conflict in international relations make the Shanghai Cooperation Organization face an extremely complex...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal, Russia By: Zhao Huasheng
Obama announced a new strategy for Afghanistan within two months of taking office as U.S. president, which was also the...
Category: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, International Relations, Journal, Politics By: Zhao Huasheng
The military has often played a key role in the political developments, foreign policies, and everyday lives of citizens in...
Category: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Security, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By: Erica Marat
Irregular Migration provides a detailed account of post-Soviet illegal migration to the United States, focusing in particular on Central Asian...
Category: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Security, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By: Saltanat Liebert
This study analyzes the legal nature and background of regional integration in the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States,...
Category: Central Asia, International Relations By: Zhenis Kembayev
The book analyzes the underlying reasons for and the composition of emigration flows from Central Asia and also attempts to...
Category: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Migration, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By: Kamoliddin Abdullaev
The book focuses on the foreign policy of the Republic of Tajikistan during the period of independence. The foreign policy...
Category: Central Asia, International Relations, Politics, Tajikistan By: Zafar Saidzoda