A Word from the Director
Director Jamsheed Choksy, Distinguished Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University, gives his thoughts on this semester's IAUNRC activities.
2025-2026 Lecture Series: Security across Central Eurasia in the 21st Century
This spring, the IAUNRC continued its “Security across Central Eurasia in the 21st Century” lecture series, drawing upon a rich, interdisciplinary collective of leading experts. The Security series focuses on demonstrating the necessity of interdisciplinary approaches in researching issues of security in Eurasian spaces, including geopolitical affairs, AI and legislative regulation, archaeological and anthropological research, and multi-regional economic cooperation. This semester, each of the invited lecturers mobilized an expansive breadth of practical, firsthand research experience, and theoretical grounding to highlight specific case studies that reveal larger underpinnings of security issues, both within Eurasia and on a global scale.
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András Kós: The War in Ukraine and its Political-Security Implications in Central and Eastern Europe
Taming the Beast? Creative Destruction, Free Speech and Social Media in Central Europe
Tibetan Losar 2026 Celebration: The Year of The Fire Horse
This year, the IU community joined in celebration of Losar for a particularly rare sign in the Chinese and Tibetan lunar calendar cycle.
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Lecture and Exhibit with Dr. Eden Naby - Vernacular Aramaic: Assyrian Schooling from Communal Homelands into Global Diaspora
The IAUNRC was pleased to welcome Dr. Eden Naby (PhD, Columbia University) back to the IU campus for a lecture marking the opening of her exhibit telling the stories of global Assyrian diaspora populations and the last 200 years of vernacular Aramaic language education history.
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