B5 - A Part of the Russian World? Kazakh National History, M. Kirchner

B5 - A Part of the Russian World? Discourse constructions of a Kazakh national history as a strategy to bolster post-Soviet sovereignty

Key Questions

How are discursive political-cultural distinctions drawn from Russia in Kazakhstan? How is a subordinate membership in the ‘Russian World‘ received in Kazakhstan?

What role does Kazakhstan’s national history as a Turkic khanate play?

Objectives

Analysis of remembrance political discourses and media representations

Determining the position of Kazakh elites among national, Central Asian and post-Soviet identities in the context of the Eurasian Union

Project Heads

Director: Prof. Dr. Mark Kirchner

Doctoral Candidate: Güldane Akbaş, M.A