Horsemen tussling over goat carcasses, arrows flying across the steppe, titans hoisting logs aloft in feats of endurance. Such are the scenes as Astana – usually a staid city inhabited by ...

In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another stagnating Soviet backwater. News of the day praised economic achievements that weren't real — just as local communist leaders ...

Asian Crossroads at Yale — a student organization that facilitates dialogue around Central Asian culture — collaborated with the Global Music Partnership and the Consulate General of Kazakhstan to ...

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are taking the lead in the region's efforts to make inroads on the global stage. Untitled (2024–25), by Brazilian artist Marina Perez Simão, in collaboration with Bakhtiyar ...

Central Asia is investing heavily in cultural infrastructure, from privately funded museums in Kazakhstan to state-led institutions in Uzbekistan. These contrasting approaches reveal how culture is ...

“From now on, Central Asia stands as 6” – with that single line on X on November 16, Azerbaijani presidential adviser Hikmet Hajiyev turned what might have looked like another quiet regional summit ...

The Office of Residential Life & Learning notified students on Feb. 25 that the Russian, Slavic and Central Asian Culture House will pause for the next academic year. “Interest in the house is very ...