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Central Asia at the Harriman

The study of Central Asia at Columbia is closely linked to the teaching and research of Edward A. Allworth (1920-2016), distinguished pioneer in Central Asian Studies. Allworth, an alumnus of the Russian Institute and longtime faculty member at Columbia University, was founding director of both the Program on Soviet Nationality Problems (1970) and the Center for Central Asian Studies (1984). The Harriman Institute holds an annual lecture in Allworth’s honor and funds the Central Eurasian Studies Society’s Edward Allworth Lifetime Achievement Award. Today former director Alexander Cooley’s research has Central Asia as a major focus, for example, in his book Great Games, Local Rules: The New Power Contest for Central Asia (2012).

 

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Knar Abrahamyan

Knar Abrahamyan

Assistant Professor in Music Theory and Race

Justin Burke

Justin Burke

Lecturer of International and Public Affairs

Alexander A. Cooley

Alexander A. Cooley

Claire Tow Professor of Political Science & Vice Provost for Research, Libraries and Academic Centers, Barnard College

Lawrence Markowitz

Lawrence Markowitz

Visiting Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs

Amir Mukambetov

Amir Mukambetov

Human Rights Advocate Program Participant

Matthew Murray

Matthew Murray

Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs

Aziza Shanazarova

Aziza Shanazarova

Assistant Professor of Religion

Taylor Zajicek

Taylor Zajicek

Mellon Teaching Fellow in the Harriman Institute, Lecturer in History

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