Central Eurasia Studies Society

The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) "is a private, non-political, non-profit, North America-based organization of scholars who are interested in the study of Central Eurasia, and its history, languages, cultures, and modern states and societies. We define the Central Eurasian region broadly to include Turkic, Mongolian, Iranian, Caucasian, Tibetan and other peoples.  Geographically, Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea region, the Crimea, and the Caucasus in the west, through the Middle Volga region, Central Asia and Afghanistan, and on to Siberia, Mongolia and Tibet in the east."

The following institutions have committed to provide budgetary contributions or practical assistance to the Central Eurasian Studies Society:


 * Columbia University, Harriman Institute
 * Harvard University, Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
 * Indiana University (Bloomington), Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center
 * Miami University, Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies
 * University of California-Berkeley, Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES)
 * University of Chicago, Center for International Studies (CIS)
 * University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Center for Middle East and North African Studies (CMENAS)
 * University of Washington (Seattle), Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center
 * University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)

2006 Directors
Elected Board Members (Voting Officers):
 * President: Alexander Knysh (Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA; Term: 2005-2007)
 * President-Elect: Laura Adams (Socioloty Department, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., USA; Term: 2006-2008)
 * Past-President: Adeeb Khalid (Dept. of History, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., USA; Term: 2004-2006)
 * Gulnara Aitpaeva (Aigine Cultural Research Center, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Term: 2006-2008)
 * Shoshana Keller (Dept. of History, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., USA; Term: 2004-2006)
 * Scott Levi (Dept. of History, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., USA; Term: 2005-2007)
 * James A. Millward (Dept. of History, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA; Term: 2004-2006)
 * Douglas Northrop (Dept. of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA; Term: 2005-2007)
 * Anara Tabyshalieva (Institute for Regional Studies, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., USA; Term: 2006-2008)

Non-Voting Officers and Ex-officio Board Members:
 * Director of the CESS Secretariat: John Schoeberlein (Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA)
 * Secretary: Eric Sievers (Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., USA)
 * Treasurer: Maureen Nemecek (Anapolis, Md., USA)

Contact details
Central Eurasian Studies Society Havighurst Center, Harrison Hall Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 U.S.A. Phone: +1/513-529-0241 Fax: +1/513-529-0242 Email: cess AT muohio.edu Web: http://www.cess.muohio.edu

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