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This talk will explore developments that led to mass displacement, including the Central Asian revolt of 1916, civil war in 1917–23, Soviet reforms in the 1920s, and the Kazakh famine of 1930–33, paying particular attention to settler colonial violence and the loss of Muslim sovereignties in Central Asia.

Assistant Professor of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Can this century's Central Asian leaders notch energy wins like their predecessors in a more challenging environment?

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U.S. Ambassador (ret.)

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Come hear more than 20 outstanding young scholars present on topics as diverse as energy, child care, migration, managed successions, and much, much more.

Assistant Professor of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

U.S. Ambassador (ret.)

Strategic Advisor, Women in Digital Transformation (WinDt LLC); Senior Advisor, CAPS Unlock

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

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The presentation addresses school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) as a violation of human rights and a form of gender discrimination with harmful effects on physical, psychological, and educational well-being. 

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ilia State University

Chairman, Advisory Board, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center; Professor of Modern Georgian History, Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia)

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The legislation making its way through Georgia's parliament is widely seen as a challenge to democracy in the country. What does the so-called foreign agents bill say? What are its implications? Is it a danger to Georgia’s EU candidacy?

Chairman, Advisory Board, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center; Professor of Modern Georgian History, Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia)

Professor, Ilia State University

Associate Professor, Ilia State University

Ph.D., George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution