On February 13, 2016 students from the Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (EMSD) program went on a field trip to the mountains near the "Polytech" ski base. Students practiced on-site measurements of water quality in the river.

 
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Abstract: In my dissertation I analysed representations of Soviet socialism in post-Soviet history textbooks and in the life stories of history teachers in Kyrgyzstan. I analysed, first, how the post-Soviet Kyrgyz state reconstructs its Soviet past on the level of official discourse, particularly in school history textbooks, and second, how history teachers – as professionals and private citizens – relate to the official discourse when making sense of the Soviet past.

"Negotiating Kyrgyz Nationhood: Of History Textbooks' and History Teachers' Attitudes towards the Soviet Past"
By Damira Umetbaeva, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communications Department, AUCA.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Duane Lacey currently teaches in the FYS Division. In the near future, he will also be teaching in the new L.L.M. Graduate Program. Professor Lacey shares his academic experience, research projects, thoughts on AUCA, and even some advice for students in this brief interview.

CASI is resuming research seminar series by AUCA faculty and visiting scholars this semester. Please be kindly informed about the dates and titles of the talks.

Marcos Cisneros, the current editor-in-chief of AUCA Magazine, spent a week in Osh Kyrgyzstan teaching a series of seminars at the Osh Pedagogical Institute for the Humanities (OGPI).

On January 26th, 2016, Diversity Week began at the American University of Central Asia. Sixteen delegations are represented in this year. Representatives from a few delegations shared their thoughts and

Görkem Atsungur has been an assistant professor in the European Studies Department since 2012. Atsungur shares with us his journey to AUCA and some of the work he has done since.

Ecological Leadership Program (ELP) project participants held a meeting with Patrick Barrow. Barrow is expected to be an assistant instructor for the ELP project this summer. Patrick handed out the project information packet to all the participants and answered any questions that they had.

Medet Tiulegenov is an assistant professor of International and Comparative Politics (ICP), as well as serving as the chair of ICP and, as of recently, the Division head of the Politics and International/Area Studies Division. In an interview with Medet Tiulegenov, we find out a little bit about his life and work at AUCA.