Last Wednesday, students of the Anthropology and International Development Program at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) had the opportunity to attend a special guest lecture by Dr. Jacqueline T. Eng and Dr. Michelle Hrivnyak, bioarchaeologists from Western Michigan University. The lecture was held as part of the course Race, Human Diversity and Biology.

On September 29, the AUCA Forum hosted “Keepers of Chiy Traditions,” the closing art exhibition of the PREF 2025–26 project “Chiy weaving at the сrossroads of art, ecology and cultural survival.” The project was initiated and carried out by Cholpon Kuskakbaeva, a graduate student in AUCA's Anthropology program, with the support of the AUCA Presidential Research and Education Fund (PREF).

Today we held a meeting with Professor Kenichi Ohashi from the Department of Culture and Tourism Studies at Rikkyo University, one of Japan’s top private universities. Currently, he is studying tourism mobilities in Eurasia, focusing on Russian-speaking tourism in Vietnam.

    The Anthropology and International Development program is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s prestigious Mary Schweitzer Scholarship for Excellence in Anthropology. This scholarship recognizes students who demonstrate outstanding academic performance and a strong commitment to the field of anthropology.