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New Mongolian Studies fund to support Indiana University students and faculty

Monday, July 15, 2024

Through a generous endowed gift from Pamela Slutz, the Indiana University (IU) Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies has established the Dr. John Gombojab Hangin Mongolian Studies Support Fund. The fund will be dedicated to advancing Mongolian Studies by supporting research and teaching initiatives by faculty and students, both graduate and undergraduate, in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University.

Annual Navruz celebration

Sunday, March 31, 2024

On Friday, March 31, 2024, the annual Navruz celebration, organized by the Navruz Student Association (NSA), was held in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies (HLS).

Mongolian Lunar New Year

Friday, March 01, 2024

The Department of Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS), along with the Mongolia Society and the Mongolian community and students in Bloomington, has celebrated Tsagaan sar (White Moon), the Mongolian Lunar New Year, as per tradition this past week.

CEUS is accepting applications for a Visiting Lecturer of Persian Language

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

CEUS is accepting applications for a Visiting Lecturer of Persian Language

CEUS Assoc Professor Laszlo Borhi's recent book A túlélés stratégiái – Élet és halál a náci kommunista diktatúrákban 1944–1953

Thursday, February 01, 2024

A complex array of individual responses to the abuse of power by the state is represented in this book in three horrific episodes in the history of East-Central Europe. The three events followed each other within a span of about ten years: the deportation and murder of Hungarian Jews in Nazi death and labor camps; the Arrow Cross terrorist rule in Budapest; and finally the Stalinist terror in Hungary and East-Central Europe.

Öner Özçelik's new book titled "Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages"

Monday, January 01, 2024

A new book titled "Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages", by Öner Özçelik (Associate Professor & Chair of Central Eurasian Studies) and Amber K. Kent (Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region) was recently published by Georgetown University Press in August 2023.

Christopher Beckwith’s new book titled “The Scythian Empire by Christopher Beckwith”

Monday, December 12, 2022

A new book titled "The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China" by Christopher Beckwith, Distinguished Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at IU, will be available from Princeton University Press in January, 2023.

Minoru Tomijima and Althea Uhlman Tomijima to establish the Professor Alo Raun Fund

Friday, June 17, 2022

Our first ever short-term study abroad trip to Uzbekistan

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Our first ever short-term study abroad trip to Uzbekistan, led by Marianne Kamp and Malik Hodjaev.

Jamsheed Choksy elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Monday, May 09, 2022

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the United States, has elected three Indiana University faculty members -- Jamsheed K. Choksy, Lynda F. Delph and Elisabeth A. Lloyd -- to its ranks in its latest class of honorees.

CEUS Chair’s message about Professor Kara

Thursday, April 21, 2022

It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that I inform you of the death of our beloved colleague and esteemed Professor György Kara, who passed away on April 16th after his health suddenly deteriorated.

HLS In Memory of Professor György Kara

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

The Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies is saddened by the loss of Indiana University Professor György Kara, a linguist and Professor in the School’s Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS) department. Professor Kara was an internationally respected scholar in his field and an unrivaled leader in the study of the languages, cultures, and religious beliefs of Mongolia and Inner Asia. Kara has published more than 400 works in 10 languages, and his many books and articles are considered to have laid the groundwork for Mongolian studies.

Congratulations to CEUS Ph.D student Yiming Hu!

Wednesday, March 02, 2022

Congratulations to CEUS Ph.D student Yiming Hu for being awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Research Fellowship for 2022-2023!

Laszlo Borhi’s recent article on the current situation in Ukraine and Central/Eastern Europe as a whole

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

The space between Germany and Russia was the cradle of two world wars and the Cold War. Today it is the focal point of international conflict again. Europe is living a moment reminiscent to the period before 1914, which eventually led to a complete overhaul of European order.

Kathryn Graber wins honorable mention for the Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies

Monday, October 18, 2021

Kathryn Graber wins honorable mention for the Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies for an outstanding monograph on Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geograph. See the full list of awardees here.

CEUS welcomes Ambassador Dr. Feisal Amin Rasoul Istrabadi to its faculty

Monday, June 14, 2021

The Department of Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS) welcomes Ambassador Dr. Feisal Amin Rasoul Istrabadi to its faculty with tenure as Professor of Central Eurasian Studies and as the Michael A. and Laurie Burns McRobbie Professor in Global Strategic Studies.

$1.5M grant will endow professorship in Silk Road studies at Hamilton Lugar School

Thursday, April 22, 2021

The Indiana University Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies will receive $1.5 million from the Tang Research Foundation to endow a professorship in Silk Road studies. Established in the school's Department of Central Eurasian Studies, the professorship honors the foundation's former president, the late Roger E. Covey.