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SUMMARY:The Phenomenon of Nostalgia in Post-Soviet Central Asia:  Oral Acc
 ounts of Everyday Life in Soviet Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan - Prof. Timur D
 adabaev  Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of
  Tsukuba\, and Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology\, University of
  Tokyo
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CONTACT:Siddharth Saxena (Montu)
DESCRIPTION:Before and during Perestroika era\, many Soviet Central Asians
  turned their backs on everything branded as “Soviet”\, condemning the
  conservatism and the “socialist” lifestyles of the generation previou
 s to them\, which effectively built the Soviet state. However\, with the p
 assage of time (19 years)\, the majority of these critics have done a volt
 e-face in favour of speaking out on the positive aspects of those times - 
 emphasizing the stability of everyday life\, the quality of human relation
 s and social and economic security of the Soviet era. In a very real sense
 \, a phenomenon of reversal is occurring in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan with
  regard to the assessment of conditions in the Soviet era. This talk will 
 use oral history to answer questions like\, what are the reasons for such 
 a turnabout\, who are these senior citizens of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan\,
  who up until a decade or so ago expressed critical denial of their own hi
 story and who now view with such nostalgia? This project is a part of the 
 Islamic Area Studies project from the University of Tokyo and the Universi
 ty of Tsukuba\, Japan. Prof. Dadabaev sheds light on the nature of Soviet 
 dissolution. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room E\, 17 Mill Lane\,Cambridge
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