Scholars of Central Asia Book Database

About the 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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The Great Changes in Central Asia and the British Policy...

In 1864, Central Asia entered an era of great changes. The first driving force that caused the outbreak of great...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History By: Du Zheyuan
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Эпистемология Ибн Сины: о Движении Мысли от Иллюзии у Истине...

The book examines Avincenna's philosophical, epistemological, and logical teachings. The book analyzes the contents of the seven-volume Essays and identifies...
Category: Central Asia, History, Tajikistan By: Sunatullo Djonboboev
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Toward Nationalizing Regimes: Conceptualizing Power and Identity in the Post-Soviet...

In this comparative study, Kudaibergenova takes the new states and nations of Eurasia that emerged in 1991, Latvia and Kazakhstan,...
Category: Central Asia, Kazakhstan By: Diana Kudaibergenova
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Uzbekistan’s International Relations

Madiyev unpacks the major themes of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy in the post-Soviet era. The book also makes an important contribution...
Category: Central Asia, International Relations, Politics, Security, Uzbekistan By: Oybek Madiyev
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Russian Practices of Governance in Eurasia: Frontier Power Dynamics, Sixteenth...

The book analyses the role of mobility in the spread of Russian rule in Eurasia during the 19th century and...
Category: Central Asia, History, International Relations, Kazakhstan, Russia By: Gulnar Kendirbai

Sustainable Energy in Central Asia: Transition Towards Renewable Energy Sources...

This book argues that sustainable energy development represents a new frontier for many transitional economies, including those countries which are...
Category: Central Asia, Economics, Energy, Uzbekistan By: Nigora Djalilova
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Кыргыз-өзбек этномаданий жалпылыктары (Common Ethno-Cultural Patterns of Kyrgyz and Uzbeks)

This monograph is the first study dealing with life-cycle events, such as birth, children’s upbringing, marriage and funeral rites of...
Category: Central Asia, Culture, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan By: Abdymitalip Murzakmetov
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Cities and Local Governments in Central Asia: Administrative, Fiscal, and...

This book presents the changing roles of urban governments and how local governments struggle to gain administrative, fiscal, and political...
Category: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Politics By: Madina Junussova
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A Primer on Policy Communication in Kazakhstan

A Primer on Policy Communication in Kazakhstan considers communication as the core initiative to ensure the successful implementation of the...
Category: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Media, Politics By: Basskaran Nair, Saltanat Janenova, Balzhan Serikbayeva
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Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes: Navigating the Legal Landscape in...

This book takes up the case of Russia—an archetypal hybrid political regime and the third largest recipients of migrants in...
Category: Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Law, Migration, Tajikistan By: Rustam Urinboyev
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Global Norm Compliance: A Study on the Implementation of the...

This book examines the implementation of, the spread of, and compliance with emerging global norms. Based on empirical country studies...
Category: Central Asia, Energy, International Relations, Law By: Aliya Tskhay
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Культурная сложность России: идеология и практики управления. 1917-1941 гг (Russia’s...

The book examines the Soviet experience in constructing socialist nations while preserving a unitary political and state regime. The communist...
Category: Central Asia, History, Identity, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By: Dina Amanzholova, Tamara Krasovitskaya
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The Challenge of Change for the Legal and Political Systems...

The authors seek to address three issues in this study: First, how legal systems that were established long ago are...
Category: Central Asia, International Relations, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Law, Politics, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By: Zhuldyz Sairambaeva, Cayol Amandine, Chabal Pierre
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An Insider’s Critique of the Kazakh Nation : Reflections on...

An Insider's Critique of the Kazakh Nation offers "a window on the Kazakh world" through the eyes of one of...
Category: Central Asia, Culture, History, Identity, Kazakhstan By: Garifolla Yesim
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Эпиграфика в Архитектурном Ландшафте Хивы: Мечети, Погребальные Комплексы, Медресе, Дворцы,...

The book deals for the first time with the entire corpus of the known preserved epigraphic material of Khiva, of...
Category: Central Asia By: Bakhtiyor Babjanov
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In Remembrance of the Saints: The Rise and Fall of...

In the first half of the eighteenth century, rival dynasties of Naqshbandi Sufi shaykhs vied for influence in the Tarim...
Category: Central Asia, History, Xinjiang By: Muhammad Sadiq Kashgari
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Initiatives,Motivations and Prospects of Kazakhstan’s Participation in Global Governance 哈萨克斯坦参与全球治理的举措、动力及前景

Since independence, Kazakhstan has not only successfully consolidated its national sovereignty, made world-renowned achievements in political, economic, and social development;...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Economics, International Relations, Journal, Kazakhstan, Politics By: Qiu Changqing
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Analysis of the Strategic Docking and Cooperation between China and...

China and Tajikistan have already established a comprehensive strategic partnership. Tajikistan is the first country to sign an agreement with...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, Tajikistan By: Yang Jin, Wang Yuyi
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Status Quo of International Central Asian Studies: Based on “Collected...

The geopolitics of Central Asia is of great significance and directly related to the implementation of the “Belt and Road”...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal, Politics, Transition By: He Keyong, Liu Li
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Grain Trade between China and Kazakhstan:An Analysis from the Perspectives...

Oversupply is a key feature of Kazakhstan's grain market. Kazakhstan is trying to open overseas grain markets. The current scale...
Category: Agriculture, Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Journal, Kazakhstan, Security By: Guo Hui
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The “Late” Modern States: Retrospective Analysis on the Demarcation of...

The evolution of land boundaries in Central Asia can be divided into stages for the ancient tribal borders, Tsarist colonial...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, International Relations, Journal, Politics By: Dan Yang, Pan Zhiping
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Discussion on the Urban Construction in Northern Tianshan Area-From the...

During the historical period, Tianshan North Road was mainly a nomadic area. In the Han Dynasty, in order to meet...
Category: Agriculture, Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History, Journal, Nomadism, Xinjiang By: Dong Hongling
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The genetic exchange between east Tianshan of Xingjiang and Eurasian...

By analyzing the whole human genome sequence for the Shirenzigou site, and with the reference from the ancient genetics information...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Identity, Journal, Xinjiang By: Wang Yinchen, Ma Pengcheng, Zhang Fan, Ning Chao, Gao Shizhu, Ma Jian, Cui Yinqiu
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Analysis of the Terrorism Risk against China’s Overseas Interests: Taking...

With the deepening of China's exchanges with the outside world and the implementation of the "Belt and Road" initiative in...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Economics, Journal By: Su Chang
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Analysis on the Central Asia Strategy of EU:Norms and Interests...

In more than 20 years since the independence of the Central Asian republics, significant changes have taken place in the...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Economics, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By: Ju Hao
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Sogdians in Yanqi 粟特人在焉耆

The oasis kingdoms around the Tarim Basin were important places for business and migration of the Sogdians who lived along...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Identity, Journal, Xinjiang By: Bi Bo
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Limited Solidarity: Effectiveness Evaluation of Eurasian Economic Union 有限团结：欧亚经济联盟效能评估

Since its establishment in 2015, the Eurasian Economic Union has achieved growing cooperative power, expanding cooperative scale, and increased cooperative...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Economics, Geopolitics, Journal By: Wang Chenxing
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Evaluation on the Research of Prehistoric Mobile Pastoralist Archaeology among...

Archaeological societies began to notice the mobile pastoralists can be traced back to the1970s. In the late 20th century, foreign...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Journal, Xinjiang By: Cong Dexin, Jia Weiming
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About “Can’t grasp the point” for Zhang Qian and the Opening of the Silk Road张骞的“不得要领”与丝绸之路的开通

About “Can’t grasp the point” for Zhang Qian and the...

The west missions of Zhang Qian were failed to achieve at all. The Da-Yue-Zhi and WuSun whom Western Han placed...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Journal By: Meng Xianshi
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A Study on the Proposal and Expansion of the Term “Silk Road” “丝绸之路”概念的提出与拓展

A Study on the Proposal and Expansion of the Term...

Some ancient Roman authors recorded that Macedonian merchants travelled to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Based on these references,...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History, Journal By: Xu Lang
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