Visitors

Visiting Scholars

2009-2010

Gul’mira Djunushalieva, Kyrgyz-Slavonic University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (co-hosted by Carleton University, Ottawa)

2008-2009

Kamol Abdullaev, a native of Dushanbe , Tajikistan , will be visiting the Central Asia Program in spring 2009.

Nasimi Aghayev , LL.M.Eur., is Editor-in-Chief of Caucasian Review of International Affairs (www.cria-online.org) - an online academic journal. He served as a diplomat in the embassies of Azerbaijan in Vienna,  Berlin and in the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry in Baku. He earned his Master in European Law (LL.M.Eur.) from the Institute of Europe of the University of Saar in Germany and Master of Arts in International Relations from the Baku State University in Azerbaijan. His book  “Humanitäre Intervention und Völkerrecht” (Humanitarian Intervention and International Law) was published in 2007 in Berlin. Aghayev’s current research interests are South Caucasian regional security, integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, Azerbaijan’s foreign policy, Azerbaijan-US relations. He is fluent in English, German, French, Spanish, Russian and Turkish.

2007-2008

Nelli Krasnobaeva, a native of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, will be visiting the Central Asia Program in spring 2008. Sponsored by the Open Society Institute’s Central Asia Research and Training Initiative, Nelli will be conducting research on religion and tolerance in Kazakhstani society. Nelli currently teaches at East-Kazakhstan State University in Ust-Kamenogorsk. 

Joomart Sulaimanov, a native of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, will be visiting the Central Asia Program in spring 2008. Sponsored by the Open Society Institute’s Central Asia Research and Training Initiative, Joomart will be conducting research on the revival of “tribalism” in Kyrgyzstani politics. Joomart currently is the chair of the department of Philosophy at Osh State University.

Venerakhan Torobekova, a native of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, will be visiting the Central Asia Program in spring 2008. Sponsored by the Open Society Institute Faculty Development Fellowship Program, Venerakhan was previously placed at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. While at U of T, Venerakhan will be developing her interest in “tribalism” and its influence on politics in Kyrgyzstan.

SSHRC Fellow

2007-2009

Nikolai P. Kovalev (LL.B, West-Kazakhstan State University; LL.M, Indiana University at Bloomington; PhD in law, Queen's University of  Belfast) is a SSHRC post-doctoral fellow at CERES of the University of Toronto. He is a specialist in comparative criminal substantive and procedural law, evidence and judicial reform. He also works as an external expert for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe/ Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. On behalf of OSCE Nikolai Kovalev prepared analysis of twelve draft laws on criminal procedure and judicial reform for the Parliaments and Governments of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz Republic. He presented to the working groups comprised of members of governments, MPs, senators, and Supreme Court judges in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz Republic. Recent articles in English appeared in Columbia Journal of East European Law (2004) and Columbia Journal of European Law (2006). His current research focuses on issues of jury bias in trials involving defendants and victims from ethnic minorities.