- Email:
- dkabotya@iu.edu
EDUCATION:
Hamilton Lugar School, Indiana University, August 2021-Present
Doctor of Philosophy in History and Central Eurasian Studies
Central European University, September 2014-May 2015
Master of Arts in Central European History
Advanced Certificate in Religious Studies
Yale University, September 2007-May 2011
Bachelor of Arts in History
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Early Modern Central Asian History, Russo-Chinese Imperial Competition, Borderland Studies, Comparative Empires, Central Asian Political & Social History, Global Slavery, Material Culture
FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
Russian: Native, Uyghur: Advanced, Chinese: Advanced, French: Advanced, Persian: Beginner, Chagatai: Reading, Classical Chinese: Reading, Manchu: Beginner Reading
HONORS AND AWARDS
Beyond Borders Fellowship, 2023-24 (Award declined due to pre-existing sources of funding)
Project Title: Rethinking the Closing of the Steppe: Five Moments in the History of the Kazakhstan-Xinjiang border, 1750-2020
Daniel Armstrong Paper Prize, 2022-23
Paper Title: The Khanate that Never Was: The Mystery of State Formation in the Ferghana Valley
Denis Sinor Paper Prize, 2021-22
Paper Title: Imagining the Dungan Community: Ideology and Agency in Soviet Dungan Nationalism
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
ASEEES Annual Convention, November 2025
The Torghud Exodus and the Qazaq Zhuz: Imperial Subjecthood on the 18th Century Eurasian Steppe
Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, March 2025
The Lama and the Khoja: Tibetan Influence in the 17th Century Islamic Altishahr
ASEEES Virtual Convention, October 2024
Are Russian Museums Inherently Colonial? The Hermitage’s Oriental Arms and Armor Collection as a Case Study
Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, June 2024
Submission of the Qazaq Middle Zhuz to the Russian Empire: Seeking Protection or Striving for Power?
Eurasian Zones of Contact: The Russian and Qing Empires, May 2024
The Torghud Exodus and the Qazaq Zhuz: Imperial Subjecthood on the 18th Century Eurasian Steppe
Harvard Graduate Student Conference on Central Asia, April 2024
Non-Slavic Settlers, Non-Turkic Muslims: Dungan Identity in Russian and Soviet Semirech’e
Association of Central Eurasian Students Conference, February 2024
The Lama and the Khoja: Tibetan Influence in the 17th Century Tarim Basin
Mainstreaming Chaghatay Workshop at Harvard, November 2023
Chaghatay Material Culture and Technologies of Empire
Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, October 2023
Imagining the Dungan Community: Ideology & Agency in Soviet Dungan National Identity Formation
Association of Central Eurasian Students Conference, February 2023
Dual Submission of the Qazaq Middle Zhuz to the Russian and Qing Empires: Foreign Policy or Domestic Power Politics?
Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, October 2022
Between Settlers, Nomads, Chinese and Soviets: The 1916 Revolt in Dungan National Identity Formation
Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institute Student Conference, July 2022
From the House of Borjigin to the House of Quraysh: The Oirats and the Naqshbandi Khojas in Altishahr
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Yale China Association
Teaching Fellow, August 2018-June 2020
Brandywine Group Advisors
Investment Associate, July 2016-June 2018
Open Society Archives
Archivist Intern, October 2014-June 2015
Forester Capital, LLC
Research Analyst, August 2011-August 2014