The Oxford Society for the Caucasus and Central Asia (TOSCCA)

The Oxford Society for the Caucasus and Central Asia (TOSCCA) – Seminar Series

Tuesdays 17:00, Lecture Room 4, New College, unless otherwise stated.
Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Tuesdays, 17:00

Talks:

Tuesday 29 April 2025

Mapping and analysing the Kazakh famine of 1930-33 in regional and chronological detail
Date: 29 April 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Stephen Wheatcroft (Melbourne)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 4
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 May 2025

The Experience of the Nations of the Caucasus 1917-1921, and Implications for Today
Date: 6 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Sarah Slye (Cambridge)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 4
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 May 2025

The Karakul trade in 19th-century Bukhara
Date: 13 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Jeanine Dagyeli (Vienna)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 4
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Striking with hunger: the politics of the belly in Kyrgyzstan, 1989-1991
Date: 20 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Madeleine Reeves (Oxford)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 4
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Rescuing the Basmachi from Ideology
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Adeeb Khalid (Carleton)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 4
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Oriental Despotism Reconsidered: The Georgian Monarchy in the 18th Century
Date: 3 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Alex Mikaberidze (Louisiana State)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 4
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 June 2025

Echoes of the Amu-Darya: Information Management in Peter the Great’s Central Asian Ventures
Date: 10 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Ulfat Abdurasulov (Vienna)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 4
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 June 2025

The Revolution of 1905 in Turkestan
Date: 17 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Alexander Morrison (Oxford)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 4
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark