Language in Post-Soviet Central Asia and Azerbaijan: Policies and Processes

Language in Post-Soviet Central Asia and Azerbaijan: Policies and Processes

William Fierman (Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University)
Wednesday, January 6 / 4:00 PM
Lane Room, third floor, Ellison Hall

William Fierman is Professor of Central Eurasian Studies and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Indiana University.  Professor Fierman is the author of Language Planning and National Development: The Uzbek Experience and the editor of Soviet Central Asia: The Failed Transformation. His research focuses on the politics of Central Asia, especially policies affecting language, Islam, and state identities.

Sponsored by the IHC’s Identity Studies RFG, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the Department of Political Science.