October 2021

October 28, 2021

On October 28, 2021, Kanat Makhanov, research fellow at the Eurasian Research Institute, conducted a seminar on The Kazakh Diaspora: Patterns of Post-Soviet Urbanization: Case of Kazakhstan

Kanat Makhanov notes that urban population in Kazakhstan has seen very deep transformations after the collapse of the USSR. Besides normal rural to urban migration, the Post-Soviet states have seen a very rapid urban to urban migration flows from small cities and towns towards large cities. As a result, the […]
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October 21, 2021

On October 21, 2021, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fırat Yaldız from Social Sciences Institute of the Kastamonu University conducted an online seminar titled “Is There ‘The’ Turkish Diaspora”.

Dr. Fırat Yaldız started his presentation by defining the term “diaspora”. He mentioned that although term “diaspora” used to have a negative connotation and were associated with reports of crimes, ghettoization, genocide, etc., at present it began to gain a neutral meaning, especially with the increase in global migration. He […]
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October 14, 2021

On October 14, 2021, Dr Albina Muratbekova conducted a seminar titled “Central Asia in South Korea’s foreign policy”

Dr. Albina Muratbekova looked at South Korea’s foreign policy with the countries of Central Asia through the lens of South Korea’s middle power diplomacy, which is widely used to describe the contemporary role of South Korea in world affairs. The approach aspires to transform Seoul’s traditional reliance on its alliance […]
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