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August 31, 2009
University Administration Support Program (UASP)

She studied how international program offices are managed at US universities, including strategic planning and financial management, as well as development of academic exchange programs on...

August 30, 2009
Short Term Travel Grants

My research focused on the specific case of Kazakhstan’s relations with Russia, namely the decision to surrender nuclear weapons, join the CIS, lease the Baikonur Cosmodrome and create a...

December 30, 2008

October 3, 2008

My research contributes to understanding ethnic identity and practice among minorities of former Soviet states through an analysis of the execution and impact of state-sponsored projects...

August 31, 2008
University Administration Support Program (UASP)

Akmaral Kairbayeva’s interests are in the areas of quality assurance, the integration of teaching and research, and strategic planning.

August 30, 2008
Short-Term Travel Grants

The topic of this research was an examination of the newest wave in Kazakh and Kyrgyz films that have as their goal the creation of visual spectacles recreating or re-imagining Kazakh national...

July 22, 2008
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO)

In the decades after the October Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks reclaimed the territories of the extinct Russian empire and waged an all-out assault on religion. While they failed to...

June 1, 2008
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO)

My project examines the construction of Kazakh national histories in the late Soviet era, a process that, even today, continues to shape contemporary debates on Kazakh identity and the images of...

May 30, 2008
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO)

This research, which was supported through an IREX IARO grant, examines the way in which oil as a natural resource is impacting the development of civil society in Kazakhstan. A key component of...

May 30, 2008
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO)

As a vulnerable and charismatic bird unique to the steppes of Eurasia, the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) is of major interest as an indicator or flagship species for the formulation of sustainable...