Section Name Description
Reading Assignments File Brunnet-Jailly_State of Borderland Studies
File Readings for Jan. 30: Megoran
File Baud_Toward a Comparative History of Borderlands
File Readings for Feb. 6: Carter Center (pp. 1 - 26)

Please read:

  • Carter Center pp. 1 - 26
  • Shaw pp. 491 - 507
File Readings for Feb. 6: Shaw (pp. 491 - 507)
File Readings for Feb 13: Sumner (whole thing - skim)
File Readings for Feb 13: Western Sahara (assigned pages only)
File Readings for Apr 3: Abashin (assigned pages only)
File Readings for Apr 10 (1st hour): Abashin
File Readings for Apr 10 (1st hour): Abdullaev
URL Readings for Apr 10 (2nd hour): Chinese syndrome
URL Readings Apr 10 (2nd hour): Kyrgyzstan's border coordinates
File Optional Reading for Apr 10: Cultural Life in SSR
File Reading for Apr 17: Creeping Migration
File Reading for Apr 17 (skim briefly): Policy brief on enclaves
In-Class Materials File Day 1: PPT on KG's borders
URL Day 1: History of border in maps
File Day 2: PPT on concept of borders
File PPT: Review for midterm
File Midterm Study Guide
File PPT on Kyrgyz Republic Laws re: border
Syllabus File Syllabus - version 1

As presented on the first day of class.