Fellows Research

My research focused on center-regional relations in Russia regarding important economic assets that in the 1990s were under the control of republics.

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Assymetric Federalism and Property Rights in Russia (224KB pdf)

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This project engages with the broad themes of nation-building and geopolitics, taking the perspective that elite national identity projects serve as the foundation for the development of geopolitical culture and traditions in a given state.

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Nation-Building and Regionalism in Post-Independence Kazakhstan

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In this project, I explored the rise of Muslim religiosity among Tatar women in the central Russian Republic of Tatarstan. Focusing specifically on these women’s negotiation of ethnic and religious identities, I analyzed the relationship between ethnic and religious revival in Tatarstan and examined some reasons behind Tatar Muslim women’s choice of Islam as a way of life despite challenges it might present in a secular Russian state.

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Islamic Revival in the Post-Soviet Space: Tatar Muslim Women's Identities in the Central Russian Republic of Tatarstan (316KB)

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While highly valued for their skills, Vranje’s Roma musicians increasingly face new challenges in the wake of the Yugoslav civil wars of the 1990s.This research project examines the ways that Roma (“Gypsy”) musicians in Vranje, Serbia, negotiate their economic and cultural place in society through the performance of music.

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Performing Ethnicity: Identity Politics and Romani Musical Performance in Southeastern Siberia (782KB pdf)

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