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Anna Jordanova

@jordanovaan.bsky.social
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On #CentralAsia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. #PhD&memes, mostly. Call sign: Academic kelin. PlovINT, random rants.

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Andreas Umland @umland.eurosky.social · 05/10/2025
Analyst job at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) in the The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @uisweden.bsky.social @nordicukraine.bsky.social jobb.ui.se/jobs/6546945...
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Centrum för Östeuropastudier (SCEEUS) vid UI söker analytiker - Utrikespolitiska institutet
Utrikespolitiska institutet (UI) grundades 1938. Det är Sveriges ledande institut för forskning och information om utrikes- och säkerhetspolitik. UI fördjupar och berikar det utrikespolitiska samta...
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Dear #AcademicSky fellows, do I have here anyone who applied for/received Marie Skłodowska-Curie #postdoc fellowship?
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Dear colleagues in #academia (#PhD at various stages in particular), before the summer hits, let's remember what is important.
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Meanwhile in #CentralAsia
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Students and fellows, look! Something is coming up in #Prague with @ims.fsv.cuni.cz! (Feel free to reach out to me for more info) #fieldwork #decoloniality #methods #workshop
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Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Might you or someone you know be interested in joining our team of volunteers, helping us with organizing the 🔥 RUTA conference in the Carpathian Mountains (June 26-29), check out our call. Proficiency in Ukrainian is key. Travel and accommodation covered ruta-association.org/news/call-fo...
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
It seems I passed my state exam. It is “just” the dissertation now! #PhDlife @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I think @acleddata.bsky.social is doing a really good job. acleddata.com/2025/05/22/t...
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Testing the waters: Suspected Russian activity challenges Europe’s support for Ukraine
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Many thanks to @boursebazaar.bsky.social ( @yarbatman.bsky.social and Henna Moussavi) for publishing!
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
This is really good. thediplomat.com/2025/05/beyo...
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Beyond the Optics: Can the EU Deliver on Its Central Asia Promises?
Despite the positive developments at the EU-Central Asia summit, a range of challenges could hinder meaningful cooperation between the two sides.
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
GDP is a nice number, nevertheless - do we have any data on how many families (even in which regions) are critically dependent on a foreign income? #Tajikistan #Uzbekistan #Kyrgyzstan #remittances
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
In just over a year, at least 523 people from post-Soviet countries passed through the Yablochkova recruitment center alone. Most are from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan (...) 82% lived in Russia for more than a month storage.googleapis.com/istories/en/...
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Mercenaries From at Least 48 Countries Are Participating in the War on Russia’s Side
IStories identified 1,500 of them and found out how the recruitment of foreigners works in Moscow
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Politics Journal @politicsjournal.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
1/3. Excited to announce the publication of "The Joy of the Teaching Track: Learning and Teaching in Politics and International Studies" by Cathy Elliott, Ellen Watts, Kalina Zhekova, Keith Smith, Rose Gann & Madeleine Le Bourdon! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Being ostentatiously neutral (=non-threatening) country neighboring Afghanistan/Iran has been among the most functional components of the Turkmen elite forpol so far. Deep below the everyday debate, attention to human rights issues regionally decreasing. Let's see what econ/climate agenda can do..
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"Travelling to #CentralAsia" ≠ "Travelling to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan only" en.orda.kz/italy-aims-t...
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Italy Aims to Boost Role in Central Asia
Italy is seeking to strengthen its diplomatic footprint in Central Asia while working to reduce dependence on China, Orda.kz reports. Italian media are actively covering Prime Minister Giorgia
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Just imagine those #EU diplomats who just finished a full-scale multilevel diplomatic and economic charming campaign of #CentralAsia coming to their offices, opening news and watching the ongoing Trump's mess around the tariffs...
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Hi, academia! I need to know a bit about #Turkic peoples in the present-day Russia. History/politics/anthropology/culture - books/podcasts/movies, anything you can recommend?
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
In #CentralAsia, the #EU/states are way beyond the “value-based” policy. Now, here is a strategic partnership - in areas where Europe is already behind schedule. Also, good chance to observe the KZ/UZ vs KG/TJK/TRKM: what connects them, what divides; what is actually “regional”.
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Actually. Anyone here would like to join forces in writing a paper gathering and evaluating the available evidence of competition...? Especially #economy people?
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
So many written pieces about how #Russia / the West/ #China strategically "compete" or "clash" in #CentralAsia and yet so little evidence of the actual competition and clashes...
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Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Mediazona is sadly on the brink of survival and needs to reach 5,000 subscribers to have a chance of staying afloat The state of independent media worldwide is a calamity
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
What a great kickoff between @unikarlova.cuni.cz and #Termez university, #Uzbekistan. So far archaeology was the main discipline; hopefully more opportunities will emerge also for our contemporary @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz! Also, best plov in Prague.
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Happiness at @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz/IMS: Kateřina Fuksová and I received the 4EU+ #PhD grant titled "Decolonial Approaches and Fieldwork: Theory and Practice." Hopefully, we’ll be able to invite dear colleagues to #Prague for some good debates!
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Added!
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is amazing! " #CentralAsian Literature in English Translation Today": definitely adding to the reading list docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Central Asian Literature in English Translation Today | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies
Translation promises to help students see Central Asia as not a periphery of Russia but part of a broader interimperial intellectual field.
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Esfandyar Batmanghelidj @yarbatman.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Every February, the Uzbek president issues a decree setting out development priorities for the year. 2025 is the “Year of Environmental Protection and the Green Economy.” My colleague Shakhlo Kamaladinova examines whether a decree can make a difference. www.bourseandbazaar.org/articles/202...
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Uzbekistan’s President Hopes a Decree Will Spur Green Economic Growth — Bourse & Bazaar Foundation
Declaring 2025 as the Year of Environmental Protection and the Green Economy signals a shift toward making sustainability a central development priority in Uzbekistan.
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Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) @zois.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Last call: The deadline for applications for #UNET fellowships for Ukrainian researchers at ZOiS is tomorrow! 📍 Berlin or Ukraine 🎓 tracks for postdocs & M.A. graduates 💼 peer support, ZOiS mentor, publishing support for articles in peer-reviewed journals 🤝 stipend & research budget Read more ⤵️
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BMBF/ZOiS Fellowships for Ukrainian scholars
Call for Applications
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EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences @eui-sps.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🌍 Are you a PhD researcher from a Widening country? The @eui-eu.bsky.social is offering funded research visits for the autumn term 2025-26! ✨ A chance to collaborate with faculty, enhance your research, and experience life at the EUI. 🏛️ 📅 Deadline: 31 March 2025 🔗 www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
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Funded research visits for PhD students under EUI Widening Europe Programme
The EUI Widening Europe Programme supports research visits for PhD students enrolled at higher education institutions or public research centres in eligible t
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Going to #CentralAsia is great. Coming home is great too. #Kazakhstan #Tajikistan #Uzbekistan
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Morning: Bye bye, #Dushanbe Hills, I'm gonna miss you Afternoon: Hello, #Tashkent, my old friend, came to eat some plov again
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
JOB #Tajikistan: Acted/ #UN Tajikistan is seeking a Project Assistant. Submit your CV and Cover Letter to tajikistan.jobs@acted.org by April 2, 2025. tajikistan.un.org/en/290609-pr...
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Acted - Agir aujourd’hui I Investir pour demain
Acted est une association de solidarité internationale qui répond aux besoins humanitaires des populations dans les situations de crise.
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
From #Prague campus to #Almaty glacier with a coffee in hand and wearing ankle boots: these are the best moments of our #PhD/academia
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
What never ceases to amaze me in #Almaty is the frequency and detail of #Kazakh ethno-national decoration and symbols in public. If I ever decide to study again, this will be the thing
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Early breakfast at Basilic: mandatory Tashkent tea instead of coffee: yup Visible air: happens Upbeat taxi music: always Dimash murals: some Am I in #Almaty? Apparently!
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The Times of Central Asia @timesca.com · 08/03/2025
Great Women in the History of Tajikistan timesca.com/great-women-...
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
“Ethnographies of Energy” workshop in #Copenhagen. Deadline: 21st March 2025 #PhD #PostDoc
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Hello, #CentralAsia / #EasternEurope / #Caucasus / #Balkans! Fellows at Transitions are looking for those who lost funding following the #USAID + suspension. If you have a moment for them: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Impact of the Foreign Funding Freeze
Transitions will soon publish an article detailing the impact of the U.S. foreign funding freeze on media in the Central and Eastern Europe/Balkans/Eurasia region, and we would appreciate it if you co...
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David the Trifecta: Fatty, Beardo, Weirdo @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
It's depressing watching otherwise smart people justify the incrementalist approach that Trump et al are taking to dismantle democracy and world order. "Well, he won't do that!" *Does it anyway* "I guess that's ok. They won't do any more because it's not right" *Rinse and repeat*
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Dear #CentralAsia hive here, I have question of utmost importance. Based on your experience, how much Kokand halva can I bring from #Uzbekistan to the EU without arousing someone's suspicion or having to fill out customs declarations?
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Hey, #PhD + #PostDoc Leibniz/Regensburg #PoliticalScience #AcademicSky leibniz-ios.de/en/vacancies...
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Vacancies and Internships
Current vacancies and internships at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
#Prague @charlesuni.cuni.cz #Postdoc #AcademicSky “Foreign Policy Adaptation to the Threat of Foreign Interference in the #EuropeanUnion and #NATO.” ims.fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/post...
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Postdoctoral Research Position at the Institute of International Studies - INTERFER Project | IMS - Institut mezinárodních studií
The Institute of International Studies announces an open call for a postdoctoral research position within the project INTERFER, focused on foreign interference and national and international reactions...
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Those who know, know. #CentralAsia #February14
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Leila Seiitbek @leilaseiitbek.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
In former Soviet block we still have KGB curator at every school, university, even kindergartens, hospitals, state agencies (obviously).
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Koch History Centre: an Institute of Advanced Studies for History. The Centre will support 12 junior and senior fellows. Deadline is 26 February 2025. www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
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ASEEES Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies @aseees.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Are you creating a panel and looking for participants for the 2025 ASEEES Convention? Are you looking for possible sessions matching your work? Look at our Papers/Panels Wanted Board. #ASEEES25
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Papers/Panels Wanted Board | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies
Papers/Panels Wanted Board Do you have an idea for a panel that you would like to organize and are you looking for paper presenter(s), a chair or, or discussant(s)? Do you […]
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Michael Hall @mishahall.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The #UniversityOfTartu is offering a free, asynchronous, online course on the history, culture, and politics of #Ukraine. The deadline to register -- January 31 -- is approaching fast! Details 👇 www.is.ut.ee/pls/ois/tere...
A young woman with long black hair wearing a white t-shirt and white wireless headphones sits smiling in front of a laptop with the shield-and-trident state seal of Ukraine on it. An inkpot with two quills in it is to the right of the computer, and an open book and a pencil lie on the tabletop to the young woman's left. An illuminated lightbulb is over her right shoulder. The background is filled with yellow-and-blue-colored symbols of Ukrainian history and identity, including the flag and state seal and historic buildings. Also in the background are three women, one of whom is wearing a mortarboard cap.
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Still time to send your abstract! CfP: Special issue entitled “#Borders in Motion: Narratives of Cooperation and Conflict” #Scopus stuter.fsv.cuni.cz/stuter/annou...
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Never stops surprising me how casually are we now talking about mass deportations and displacements. Where did our (at least verbal) "never again" go?
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Last time I was in #Berlin, we lost an hour being stuck at Sudkreuz because “the train was too heavy to go”. Some passengers took that personally back then; hopefully, today we will do better.
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