A virtual event where Dr. Marlene Laruelle and Dr. Timur Dadabaev will discuss the coloniality of knowledge on Central Asia and regional IR

In the seminar Dr. Timur Dadabaev will reflect on his recent book Decolonizing Central Asian International Relations: Beyond Empires (Routledge, 2021). The author will address the importance of understanding the coloniality of knowledge in the Central Asian region, the features of regional international relations (IR), and the reconciliation of the Western, Russian and regional approaches to narrating regional IR. Dr. Dadabaev calls for a greater input of regional Central Asian knowledge produced by scholars both within the region and the diverse international community who are culturally fluent enough to acknowledge the local specificity in understanding regional events.