Dr Shirin Akiner

Society Awards

2006 - The Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal

In recognition of her contribution to the study of Central Asia. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, her frequent visits to the area have added insights and authority to her writings which have helped in increase a general understanding of regional developments, including the emergence of political systems and the role of Islam in the Central Asian States. Her publications have cast light on such subjects as the emerging political order in the Caspian states, the formation of Kazakh identity and minorities in a time of change. Her role as an editor or co-editor has added much to scholarship about the area and her lively and sometimes controversial engagement in discussion of regional issues has stimulated wider interest in Central Asia in keeping with the aims of the Award and with the traditions of the Society.

Lectures to The Society

Title	Type	Date
New Silk Roads and Great Games		Jun 2011
Challenges of Independence for the Central Asian States		Nov 1999
The Ethnic Situation in Central Asia Today		Jun 1988
The Turkic People of Central Asia		Dec 1982

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