CHAIR

Yuliya  Biletska

(Karabuk U, Turkey) 

yuliyabiletska@karabuk.edu.tr

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PAPERS

Alua Samat

(Columbia U, US)

isas7833@columbia.edu

Aesthetic Labor among Women in Modern Kazakhstan:
Navigating Ambivalence, Discipline, Gender Scripts and Postcolonial Sentiments

 

Leyla Zuleikha Makhmudova

(Johns Hopkins U, US)

zmakhmu1@jh.edu

At the Borderlands of the Ferghana Valley:

The Role of Local Women Peacebuilders from NGOs

 

Jarkyn Shadymanova

(American U of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan)

shadymanova_j@auca.kg

Gendered Stigma and Nasvai Use in Kyrgyzstan:
Concealment and Informal Social Norms

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DISCUSSANT

Michelle Commercio

(U of Vermont, US)

michele.commercio@uvm.edu

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