Week 1: History and geography of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 2: Languages and writing systems of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 3: Religions and beliefs of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 4: Art and literature of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 5: Music and dance of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 6: Culinary culture of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 7: Family structure and social life of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 8: Agriculture and animal husbandry culture of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 9: Mid-term Exam

Week 10: Trade and economy of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 11: Women's role and status among Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 12: Education and science among Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 13: Current issues and intercultural interactions of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 14: Sports and games of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 15: Festivals and celebrations of Central Asian Turkic peoples

Week 16: Political systems and governance in Central Asia

Week 17: Oral history and storytelling in Central Asia

Week 18: Final Exam

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1. Presentation (20%)

2. Mid-term exam (30%)

3. A 2000 words essay related to the International Relations of Central Asia (45%).

4. Attendenance (5%)

1. Abazov, Rafis: Culture and Customs of the Central Asian Republics, Westport, Greenwood (2007)


2. Adle, Chahryar: History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Volume VI: Towards the contemporary period: from the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. UNESCO Publishing, Paris (2005)


3. Amsler, Sarah: The politics of knowledge in Central Asia: science between Marx and the market. Routledge, London (2007).


4. Eickelman, Dale F.: The Middle East and Central Asia: an anthropological approach. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J. (2002).


5. Elizabeth E. Bacon: Central Asians under Russian rule. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y (1980).


6. Esenova, S.: Soviet Nationality, Identity, and Ethnicity in Central Asia: Historic Narratives and Kazakh Ethnic Identity. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 22, 11–38 (2002).


7. Hiro, Dilip: Inside central Asia: a political and cultural history of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran. Overlook Duckworth, New York (2009).


8. Leeuwen, Carel van: Nomads in Central Asia: animal husbandry and culture in transition (19th-20th century). Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam (1994).


9. Sahadeo, Jeff, Zanca, Russell G.: Everyday life in Central Asia: past and present. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Ind (2007).


10. Sneath, David: The headless state: aristocratic orders, kinship society, & misrepresentations of nomadic inner Asia. Columbia University Press, New York (2007).