Join the Central Asia Program at George Washington University's Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) for a series of discussions on Muslim identities across Russia. 

In this open discussion, panelists examine the diversity of Muslim belief and practice in Russia beyond the capital, Moscow, and look at Siberia, the Ural and Volga regions, the North Caucasus and Crimea. Of primary interest is the relationship between Islam and various aspects of culture: when and why some aspects of culture (national, ethnic, regional, local) become influential, whose interests are being served, and which kind of power struggles can be determined through these interactions? Further, panelists ask whether global and local interpretations of Islam clash or co-exist. The discussion encompasses the uneasy convergence of one Islamic revelation and a multitude of Muslim traditions.  

RSVP is required and information can be found at this link.

Speakers:

Marlene Laruelle, director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies; director, Central Asia Program and Research Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University

Liliya Sagitova, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Sh. Marjani Institute of History

Bulat Akhmetkarimov, Kazan Federal University

Elmira Muratova, Crimean Federal University

Alfrid Bustanov, University of Amsterdam

Guzel Guzelbaeva, Kazan Federal University

Matteo Benussi, University of California, Berkeley

Leila Almazova, Kazan Federal University

Liliya Karimova, Northern Virginia Community College-Annandale

Vladimir Bobrovnikov, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg

Ekaterina Kapustina, Kunstkamera

Jesko Schmoller, Perm State University

Shamil Shikhaliev, Institute of History, Makhachkala/University of Amsterdam