Upcoming events
19
Mar
2026
CAIS Public Lecture Series | Tajik Regionalism and the Failure to Build a National Identity
Lecture/seminar
Culturally and economically decapitated by the Bolsheviks more than a century ago, Tajiks today have been left with the poorest of all the former Soviet republics. Richard Foltz, author of A History of the Tajiks: Iranians of the East, discusses how neither generations of nationalist intellectuals…
09
Apr
2026
A Master Class and Workshop with CAIS HDR Students and ECRs on Encouraging Interdisciplinarity: Reality or Lip-Service?
Workshop
For decades now "interdisciplinarity" has been a catchword in Western academia. University administrators have ostensibly encouraged scholars to interact with colleagues across disciplines. But has this really played out in practice, or has it remained mostly a matter of lip service? Historian…