«CESWW»
Key Links to Central Eurasian Studies on the Internet

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Provided here is a selection of the most useful information on Central Eurasian studies on the Internet.  Primarily only institution-based sources are included and no effort is made to provide information on non-institutional sources.  If you have information on other sources which would seem to belong here, please send it to: <CESWW(a)fas.harvard.edu>.


A Selection of Thematic Sites with Extensive Links to Central Eurasian Studies Resources

WWW Virtual Libraries:
º Asian Studies Virtual Library

º Azerbaijan WWW Virtual Library

º East Asian Studies Virtual Library

º Georgia WWW Virtual Library

º Middle East Studies Virtual Library

º Russia Online, Inc.

º Russian & East European Studies Virtual Library (REESWeb, University of Pittsburgh)

º Tibetan Studies Virtual Library

º WWW Virtual Lirary: International Affairs Resources

º Armenia Virtual Library

º Eastern Turkistan Virtual Library

º Caucasus Virtual Library

º China Virtual Library (Internet Guide for China Studies)

º Central Asia Virtual Library Interactive Central Asia Resource Project (ICARP)

º Mongolia Virtual Library

º Nepal Virtual Library

º Siberia Virtual Library

Link Libraries

º Braintrack University

º Caucasia & Central Asia (Sanli Bahadir Koc)

º Central Eurasian Resource Page (Open Society Institute)

º Interactive Central Asia Resource Project (ICARP)

º Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian Collections

º SOTA Turkic World Pages (Mehmet Tutuncu)
Bibliographic

º H-Net Reviews - Web posting of book reviews published by the H-Net network of list servers

º Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information

º Integrum World Wide

º GESIS

Other Pages

º Asian Rare Books: Amazing Asian Links

º Crimea Page

º Crimea Tatars

º International Committee for Crimea

º Turkmenistan

º The Turkish World

º Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan

º Interactive Central Asia Research Project


Reference Resources

 Calendar Conversion:

º Conversion between the Islamic and Christian Calendars

º Terek's Converter

º Mapquest

º Oanda (currency converter)


Universities, University Departments and Centers

This list includes:

º University Programs in Central Eurasia

º University Programs in North America

º Universities Elsewhere 

University Programs in Central Eurasia:

Directories:

º Universities in Armenia

º Universities in Tatarstan

º Universities in Xinjiang/Eastern Turkistan

Universities in Central Eurasia:
 

º American University of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia)

º Bishkek Humanities University (Bishkek, Kirghizstan)

º Chuvash State University (Cheboksary, Chuvashia, Russian Federation)

º International Scientific Center (Bishkek, Kirghizstan)

º International University of Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek, Kirghizstan)

º Jalal-Abad State University (Jalal-Abad, Kirghizstan)

º Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics & Strategic Research [KIMEP] (Almatï, Kazakstan)

º Kazan' State University (Kazan', Tatarstan, Russian Federation)

º Kyrgyz-American School of Business, Law & Humanities (Bishkek, Kirghizstan)

º Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University (Bishkek, Kirghizstan)

º Lanzhou University ( Lanzhou, China)

º National University of Mongolia (Ulaan-Bataar, Mongolia)

º Omsk University (Omsk, Russian Federation)

º Osh State University (Osh, Kirghizstan)

º School of Future Elite (Bishkek, Kirghizstan)

º Tashkent State Economics University

º Xinjiang University (Urumchi, China)

º Yerevan State University (Yerevan, Armenia) 
 


University Programs in North America:

º Bucknell University - Russian Program

º California State University, Fresno - Sarkais & Meliné Kalfayan Center for Armenian Studies

º Columbia University - Center for East Asian Studies

º Columbia University - East European, Russian & Eurasian National Resource Center

º Columbia University - Harriman Institute

º Columbia University - Middle East Institute

º Cornell University - East Asian Program

º Cornell University - Institute for European Studies-Slavic & East European Studies Program

º Cornell University - South Asia Program

º Defense Language Institute

º Duke University - Center for Slavic, Eurasian, & East European Studies

º Duke University - Triangle East Asian Studies Center

º Emory University - Center for Soviet, Post-Soviet, & East European Studies (SEES)

º Georgetown University - Center for Eurasian, Russian & East European Studies(CERES)

º Georgetown University - The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

º George Washington University - Russian & East European Studies Program

º Harvard University - Center for Middle Eastern Studies

º Harvard University - Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

º Harvard University - Dept. of Inner Asian & Altaic Studies

º Harvard University - Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus

º Harvard University - Islamic Legal Studies Program

º Harvard University - Kennedy School Caucasus Initiatives

º Harvard University - NRC for Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies

º Harvard University - Strengthening Democratic Institutions

º Indiana University - Dept. of Central Eurasian Studies

º Indiana University - East Asian Studies Center

º Indiana University - Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center

º Indiana University - Russian & East European Institute

º McGill University - Dept. of Islamic Studies

º Middlebury College - Dept. of Russian & East European Studies

º New York University - Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

º Ohio State University - Center for Slavic & East European Studies

º Ohio State University - Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

º Portland State University - Middle East Studies Center

º Princeton University - Program in Near Eastern Studies

º Stanford University - Center for East Asian Studies

º Stanford University - Center for Russian & East European Studies

º Stanford University - Hoover Institution

º Syracuse University - South Asia Center

º University of Arizona - Center for Middle Eastern Studies

º University of Calgary, Central and East European Studies

º University of California, Berkeley - Center for Middle Easter Studies

º University of California, Berkeley - Center for Slavic & East European Studies

º University of California, Berkeley - Center for South Asia Studies

º University of California, Berkeley - Program in Soviet & Post Soviet Studies

º University of California, Berkeley - Program on the Contemporary Caucasus

º University of California, Los Angeles - G. E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies

º University of California, Los Angeles - Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures

º University of California, Los Angeles - Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

º University of California, Riverside - Center for the Study of Russia & the Soviet Union

º University of Chicago - Caucasus Cultures Conferences

º University of Chicago - Center for East Asian Studies

º University of Chicago - Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies

º University of Chicago - Center for Middle Eastern Studies

º University of Chicago - Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures

º University of Chicago - South Asia Language & Area Center

º University of Georgia - Center for Asian Studies

º University of Hawaii - East-West Center

º University of Illinois - Russian & East European Center

º University of Iowa - Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies

º University of Kansas - Center for East Asian Studies

º University of Kansas - Center for Russian & East European Studies

º University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies

º University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Center for Russian & East European Studies

º University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Center for South & Southeast Asian Studies

º University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - East Asian Studies Center

º University of Michigan, Dearborn - Armenian Research Center

º University of Minnesota - Program in Slavic & Central Asian Languages & Literatures

º University of Nebraska, Omaha - Center for Afghanistan Studies

º University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Center for Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies

º University of North Carolina, Greensboro - Russian Area Studies

º University of Oregon - Russian & East European Studies Center

º University of Pennsylvania - Center for East Asian Studies

º University of Pennsylvania -Middle East Center

º University of Pennsylvania - South Asia Regional Studies

º University of Pittsburgh - Asian Studies Program

º University of Pittsburgh - Center for Russian & East European Studies

º University of Texas, Austin - Center for Asian Studies

º University of Texas, Austin - Center for Middle Eastern Studies

º University of Texas, Austin - Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies

º University of Toronto - Central & Inner Asia Seminar

º University of Utah - Middle East Language & Area Studies Center

º University of Virginia - Center for Russian & East European Studies (CREES)

º University of Virginia - Center for South Asian Studies

º University of Washington - Near Eastern Languages & Civilization Department

º University of Washington - Center for Russian, East European, & Central Asian Studies (REECAS)

º University of Washington - Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies NRC

º University of Washington - Kazakh-Kirghiz Studies Group

º University of Washington - South Asia Center

º University of Waterloo, Germanic and Slavic Studies

º University of Wisconsin - Center for South Asia

º University of Wisconsin - East Asian Studies Program

º University of Wisconsin - Center for Russia, East Europe, & Central Asia (CREECA)

º Washington University - Joint Center for East Asian Studies

º Yale University - Center for International & Area Studies

º York University, Russian and Ukrainian Programme  


University Programs Elsewhere (outside of Central Eurasia and North America):

º Australian National University - Centre for Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies (Canberra, Australia)

º Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey)

º Bogaziçi University (Istanbul, Turkey)

º Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)

º Copenhagen Business School - Center for East European Studies

º Hokkaido University - Slavic Research Center

º London School of Economics and Political Science

º University of Leeds - Centre for Russian, Eurasian & Central European Studies (Leeds, UK)

º Marmara University (Istanbul, Turkey)

º Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey)

º Moscow University (Moscow, Russian Federation)

º Moscow University - Faculty of History (Moscow, Russian Federation)

º National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan)

º Saint Petersburg State University - Dept. of Sociology

º School of Oriental and African Studies

º Tamkang University (Taiwan)

º Tel Aviv University-Department of Middle Eastern and African History

º University Bamberg - Lehrstuhl für Türkische Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur [University of Bamberg, Dept. of Turkish Language, History & Culture] (Bamberg, Germany)

º University of Birmingham - Centre for Russian & East European Studies (Birmingham, UK)

º University of Durham - Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

º University of Edinburgh - Dept. of Russian (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)

º University of Glasgow - Institute of Russian & East European Studies (Glasgow, UK)

º Universiteit Leiden

º University of London - School of Slavonic & East European Studies (London, UK)

º University of London - School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) (London, UK)

º University of Manchester - Research Group for Central Asia and the Caucasus (Manchester, UK)

º University of Melbourne - Research Unit for Russian & Euro-Asian Studies (Melbourne, Australia)

º University of Oxford - Centre for Russian & East European Studies at St Anthony's College (Oxford, UK)

º University of Reading - Centre for Euro-Asian Studies (Reading, UK)

º University of Tel-Aviv - Cummings Center for Russian & East European Studies (Tel-Aviv, Israel)


Research Institutions & Related Organizations

Directories:

º Strategic Studies Institute Strategic Links

Institutions:
 

º Academia Sinica - Institute of Ethnology (Taipei, Taiwan)

º Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia)

º Amnesty International

º Armenian Research Center (Dearborn, Michigan, USA)

º Asia-Plus Tajikistan Information Agency (Dushanbe, Tajikistan)

º Brookings Institution (Washington, DC, USA)

º Bundesinstitut für ostwissenschaftliche und internationale Studien [Federal Institute for Russian, East European & International Studies] (Cologne, Germany)

º Center for Economic Research (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

º Center for International Private Enterprise (Washington, DC, USA)

º Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA) (Portland, Oregon, USA)

º Center for Political & Strategic Studies (CPSS) (Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA)

º Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads (Berkeley, California, USA)
 

º Central Asia and the Caucusus

º Centrum voor Politieke Wetenschappen [Center for Political Science] (Brussels, Belgium)

º Eastern Turkistan Information Center (ETIC) (Munich, Germany)

º EurAsian Orientalist Server (EAOS) (Moscow, Russia)

º Eurasia Research Center

º Eurasian Center for Research in Education (Almatï, Kazakstan)

º Explorers Club: The Paleolithic Archeology of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

º Foundation for Iranian Studies (Bethesda, Maryland, USA)

º Giller Institute (Almatï, Kazakstan)

º Human Rights Watch

º Ilgynly-Depe Monument Excavation (RAS-IHMC, St. Petersburg)

º Institute for Political & Strategic Studies (IPIS) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, Iran)

º Interactive Museum of Turkey

º International Center on Conflict & Negotiation (Tbilisi, Georgia)

º International Dunhuang Project (London, UK)

º International Institute of Asian Studies (Leiden, Netherlands)

º Kennan Institute (Washington, DC, USA)

º Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Project

º Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (Paris, France)

º Middle East Institute (Washington, DC, USA)

º Mongolian Academy of Sciences (Ulaan-Bataar, Mongolia)

º National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia)

º Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS) (Copenhagen, Denmark)

º Pan-Armenian Academic & Scientific Society

º RAND Corporation [Paper abstracts incl. Central Eurasia]

º Research Group on Central Asia and the Caucusus

º SOTA - Azerbaijan & Turkistan Research Center (Haalem, Netherlands)

º State Hermitage Museum

º Royal Institute of International Affairs (London, UK)

º Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia)

º Russian Academy of Sciences - Dept. of History (Moscow, Russia)

º Russian Academy of Sciences - Dept. of Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology & Law (Moscow, Russia)

º Russian Academy of Sciences - Institute of Ethnology & Anthropology (Moscow, Russia)

º Russian Academy of Sciences - Institute of Oriental Studies (Moscow, Russia)

º Schweizerisches Afghanistan-Institut

º Silkroad Foundation

º Ufa Museum (Ufa, Bashkirtistan)

º United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

º Union of Councils of Soviet Jews (UCSJ) - FSU Monitor

º World Bank


Libraries

Directories:

º Libraries in Turkey

Libraries:

º Emerald Library

º Harvard University Library - HOLLIS

º British Library (London, UK)

º Library of Congress (Washington, DC, USA)

º National Library of Kazakstan (Alamtï, Kazakstan)

º National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek, Kirghizstan)

º Russian Archive

º UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources

 

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Scholarly Associations

º American Anthropological Association (AAA) (Washington, DC, USA)

º American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)

º American Historical Association (AHA)

º American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIS)

º American Political Science Association (APSA)

º American Sociological Association (ASA)

º Association for Asian Studies (ASA)

º Association of Sociologists & Political Scientists of Almaty (ASPS)

º Australasian Association for the Study of Communist and Post-Communist Societies

º British Assosciation for Slavonic and East European Studies

º British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)

º Danish Association for Research on the Caucasus

º Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient (DAVO) (Mainz, Germany)

º European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) (Utrecht, Netherlands)

º Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association

º Middle East Studies Association (MESA)

º Modern Language Association of America

º Society for Armenian Studies

º Society for Iranian Studies

º Soyuz: The Research Network for Post-Communist Cultural Studies 


Conferences

Disciplinary Conferences:

º American Anthropological Association (AAA)

º American Historical Association (AHA)

º American Political Science Association (APSA)

º American Sociological Association (ASA)

º Modern Language Association of America


 Area Studies Conferences:

º American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)

º Association for Asian Studies (ASA)

º Australasian Association for the Study of Communist and Post-Communist Societies

º British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)

º European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS)

º Middle East Studies Association (MESA)

º University of Chicago - Caucasus Cultures Conferences

º Workshop for Central Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Thematic Conferences:
º Council for Sustainable Development of Central Asia
 

This list will be considerably expanded with time.


Grant Institutions

Directories:

º Foundation and Nonprofit Resources (Carnegie)

º Foundation Center

Grant Institutions:

º Foundation and Nonprofit Resources (Carnegie)

º Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany)

º ACTR/ACCELS

º The British Council

º Carnegie Corporation of New York

º Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

º Center for Civil Society International

º Central Asian Free Exchange (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

º Center for Civil Society International: Civic Action in Eurasia

º Chronicle of Philanthropy

º Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)

º Eurasia Foundation

º European Science Foundation

º Ford Foundation

º Fulbright Scholar Program (USIA) (CIES)

º Fulbright Scholar Program (USIA) (IIE)

º Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

º International Education Financial Aid

º International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)

º International Studies Association

º International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (I NTAS)

º Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

º National Endowment for the Humanities

º National Security Education Program (NSEP) Graduate Fellowships

º National Security Education Program (NSEP) Undergraduate Fellowships

º Project on Economic Reforms & Development in Central Asia (PERDCA) (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

º Russian Foundation for Basic Research

º Smithsonian Institution Research Grants (Washington, DC, USA)

º Social Science Research Council: Fellowships

º Soros Foundations

º Soros Foundation Kazakstan

º Soros Foundation Open Society Institute - Moscow

º U.S. Institute of Peace


Governments

Contacting Embassies:

º Azerbaijan Embassy

º Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic (Washington, DC, USA)

º Ilham Aliyev

º Islamic State of Afghanistan

º Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan

º Russian Consular Fees & Addresses

º Government of Uzbekistan

º Turkish Embassy

º U.S. Embassies Located Overseas

º Uzbekistan Embassy

 

Official Government Sites:
º Azerbaijan Presidential Website

Official Data Sources:
º Azerbaijan Presidential Website

º U.S. Department of State International Information Programs [including Fulbright Scholarship programs]

º BISNIS - Commercial Information on Russia and the NIS (US Dept. of Commerce)

º Development Experience Clearinghouse

º United Nations Development Program

º United Nations


Travel

º Expedia.com

º Travelocity.com


Language

º Azeri.org

º Foreign Languages on the World Wide Web

º Less Commonly Taught Languages Project

º Orientaal vzw

º Slavophilia

º Tarounian: Best Armenian Fonts

º The Tower of Babel

º Windows 95 Multilanguage Support
 


Non-Governmental Organizations

º Women's Council of the Republic of Armenia

º Directory of Relief and Development Organizations, Azerweb.com


Culture

º RBCmp3.com

º Kalmuck Road

 

 


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