Russia and Eurasia (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Koji Mizoguchi.

This resource is an application for the Conference Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. The World Archaeological Congress (WAC) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization whose members seek to promote interest in the past in all countries, to encourage the development of regionally-based histories and to foster international academic interaction. Its aims are based on the need to recognize the historical and social roles as well as the political context of archaeology, and the need...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ashley McDermott.

This resource is an application for a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. In Bishkek, the capital of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz is believed to be under threat from the Russian language. However, no comprehensive studies of everyday language use support these claims, and according to common measures of language vitality, Kyrgyz is not in danger. How is language use changing in Bishkek, and how can we explain the discrepancy between public belief that Kyrgyz is...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dilmurod Yusupov.

This resource is an application for the Wadsworth International Fellowship from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. This Wadsworth International Fellowship is to aid training in Anthropology at the University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.