
2025 Forum: Teaching Central Asia
The 2025 Central Asia Research Forum was held February 19–20, 2025.
Sub-themes included:
- Curriculum and Pedagogical Practice
- International Cooperation & Exchanges
- Transnational Projects
- Sources on Central Asia
- Institutes, Societies, and Academic Programs
- Professionalization – Past and Present
- Decolonizing Discourses
2024 Forum: Civil Society
The 2024 Central Asia Research Forum was held February 28–29, 2024.
Sub-themes of this iteration of the Research Forum included:
- NGOs
- Social Movement Organizations
- Mass Media
- Education
- Memory Institutions
- Community Organizations
- Academia
- Foundations
- Associations

2022 Forum: Language and National Identity
The 2022 Central Asia Research Forum was held November 3rd and 4th, 2022.
Sub-themes of this iteration of the Research Forum included:
- Language Politics
- Literatures
- Nationalism
- Citizenship
- Education
2021 Forum: Publishing and Book Culture
The inaugural Central Asia Research Forum was held November 4th and 5th, 2021.
Sub-themes of this iteration of the Research Forum included:
- Publishing Cultures
- Language, Literacy, and Literature
- Minority and Indigenous Memory Institutions
- Cooperative Scholarly Initiatives
You can view the complete program here: