Maxwell School Events Calendar
Central Asia & the Caucasus Initiative Events
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CACI Movie Night: ‘Siberia din Oase’ (Siberia in the Bones)
Maxwell Hall, 204
The movie screening is initiated by Cristina Virlan, 2023-2024 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship participant from Moldova at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
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CACI: Human Book
Eggers Hall, Commons
The CACI Human Book is a person who is personally, academically or professionally connected to Central Asia and the Caucasus region.
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Citizenship in Perspective: Central Asia-Diplomacy-International Negotiations
Eggers Hall, 306B
Professor Alisher Faizullaev will shed light on the evolving and widening concept of diplomacy, and the essence of negotiations in contemporary international affairs.
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Citizenship in Perspective: 'Free' Media in Central Asians' Lives
Eggers Hall, 341
This panel talk discusses the role of traditional media and new media in the lives of people living in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
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Citizenship in Perspective: Gender, Geopolitics and the Legacy of U.S. Intervention in Afghanistan
Eggers Hall, 341
Professor Jennifer Fluri will discuss the impacts of U.S. intervention in Afghanistan, exploring gender, geopolitics and the aftermath from 2001 to the Taliban's takeover in 2021.
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CACI Movie Night: 'The Eagle Huntress'
Maxwell Hall, 204
"The Eagle Huntress" follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter.
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Citizenship in Perspective: Documentary Film 'Oqlanmagan – Unexonerated'
Eggers Hall, 341
The "Oqlanmagan – The Unexonerated," a documentary film, is one of the first attempts to tell the story of more than 18,000 people designated as “extremists” by previous governments of Uzbekistan.
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Energy Security in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
Eggers Hall, 341
The Moynihan Institute's Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiative presents a hybrid CACI-SU Alumni Talk Series event with Mikhail Strokan, Ph.D. candidate from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Citizenship in Perspective: World Bank’s Anti-Corruption Works in Central Asia
Eggers Hall, 341
Zakirov will focus the talk on his anti-corruption work in Europe and Central Asia with examples from the field. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. (hybrid event)
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CACI Movie Night: “White Sun of the Desert” (1969)
Maxwell Hall, 204
The Moynihan Institute’s Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiative will be screening “White Sun of the Desert” (1969).
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Central Asia’s “new” states: Emergence of New Uzbekistan and New Kazakhstan
Eggers Hall, 341 NY, United States
SU student researchers from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will discuss the chronological background, political context and situated meanings of “New” Kazakhstan and “New” Uzbekistan.
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CACI: The Case of Kazakhstan’s Talgar Fan and Kyrgyzstan’s Juuku Valley
Maxwell Hall, 204
"What can Archaeologists do to Promote Cultural Heritage in Central Asia?" A talk with Claudia Chang and Perry Tourtellotte.
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Three-Dimensional Interests of the US in Central Asia: Politics, Business and the Public
Eggers Hall, 341
The Moynihan Institute and Central Asia & the Caucasus Initiative is proud to host former United States Ambassador George Krol.
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At the Cultural and Social Crossroads of Historic and Modern Uzbekistan
114 Bird Library
The Moynihan Institute along with the Central Asia and Caucasus Initiative is proud to present Mark E. Reese, president and CEO of Suhbat, LLC, as he formally opens the exhibition celebrating the culture of Uzbekistan at Bird Library.
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Uzbekistan Cultural Exhibition
Bird Library, Lobby
The Moynihan Institute along with the Central Asia and Caucasus Initiative is proud to present an exhibition celebrating the culture of Uzbekistan at Bird Library.
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Ivan Zhivkov: CACI-SU Alumni Talk Series
Maxwell Hall, 204
Mr. Ivan Zhivkov—the first guest speaker of the CACI-SU Alumni Talk Series—is a foreign service officer of the U.S. Department of State and has served as vice consul at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, since 2021.
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Homeless Diplomat: A Personal and Professional Journey of an Afghan Civil Servant
Eggers Hall, 341
The Moynihan Institute is proud to host a talk with Maxwell School Ph.D. candidate Abdul Bashir Pazhwak.
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CACI-SU Alumni Talk Series: Dastan Abdyldaev
Eggers Hall, 341
The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs and the Central Asia & Caucasus Initiative are proud to host the upcoming installment of the CACI-SU Alumni Talk Series with Dastan Abdyldaev. This talk is titled: "Global Climate Change Agenda in Central Asian Context: What is Happening and Not Happening in the Region’s Climate Negotiations."
We’re Turning 100!
To mark our centennial in the fall of 2024, the Maxwell School will hold special events and engagement opportunities to celebrate the many ways—across disciplines and borders—our community ever strives to, as the Oath says, “transmit this city not only not less, but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.”
Throughout the year leading up to the centennial, engagement opportunities will be held for our diverse, highly accomplished community that now boasts more than 38,500 alumni across the globe.