Matt Hulstine

Email:

mhulstin@iu.edu

Education

• Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Student, Central Eurasian Studies Department (current)
    • Minor: History
  • Master of Arts, Department of Central Eurasian Studies – September, 2019
    • Master’s Thesis – “Where Persian Ends and Tajik Begins: Sadriddin Ayni and Language Reform in Early Soviet Tajikistan”
  • University of Denver – Denver, CO
    • Bachelor of Arts
      • Double Major: History and International Studies

Research Interests

National identity and language in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. History, literature, and politics in Central Asia. Russian Empire and Soviet history. Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. Intellectual history and ties between Central Asia, Russia/Soviet Union and the Ottoman Empire/Turkey during the 19^th and 20^th centuries. International relations and comparative history. Development of conceptions of identity, individual and collective over time.

Awards and Honors:

University of Denver

2015 Critical Language Scholarship Recipient - Persian

2016 Distinction in International Studies

2013 – 16 Honors Program

Indiana University

2017 SGIS Fellowship Recipient

2018 FLAS Persian Recipient

2019 and 2020 Summer Russian Title VIII Domestic Study Fellowship

2019 - 2021 FLAS Uzbek Recipient

2021 Summer FLAS Tajik Recipient

2022 Summer FLAS Kyrgyz Recipient

2023 Fulbright Scholar Grant Recipient

Conference Papers and Presentations:

Association of Central Eurasian Students Conference February 2022

Indiana University

Paper Title: “Pierced by the Arrow of Doom: Local Perceptions of the Russian Conquest of Turkistan, Chimkent and Tashkent”

Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference October 2021

The Ohio State University, virtual

Paper Title: “Who is in and Who is Out? Groupness and Inclusivity in 19^th Century Depictions of the Khanate of Kokand”

Association of Central Eurasian Students Conference February 2020

Indiana University

Paper Title: “Depictions of Identity in 19^th Century Central Asia: A Comparison of the Travel Accounts of Alexander Burnes and Aleksandr Semenov”

Graduate Symposium in Memory Studies March 2019

Indiana University

Paper Title: “Memory in Polemical Writings: Sadriddin Ayni’s Depiction of Education in the Emirate of Bukhara”

Association of Central Eurasian Students Conference February 2019

Indiana University

Paper Title: “Continuity During Times of Change: Sadri Ziyo’s Influence on Sadriddin Ayni”

Languages

Persian, Uzbek, Russian, French (Reading), Kyrgyz