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Category: Eurasia

The Renat Maps

August 24, 2015 Michael Hancock-Parmer Leave a comment

The following link redirects to my first entry in a new column hosted by the Central Eurasian Studies Society. The…

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Posted in: 18th Century, Cartography, Eurasia, History, Jungar, Michael's Blog Filed under: history, Kazakhstan, maps, redirect, Uzbekistan

J. G. Renat – Swedish Superhero

April 27, 2015 Michael Hancock-Parmer Leave a comment

Johan Gustaf Renat (1682-1744) was an amazing historical figure, a Swedish man with an uncanny skill for survival in strange…

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Posted in: 18th Century, Cartography, Eurasia, History, Jungar, Michael's Blog, Sweden Filed under: history, Kazakhstan

Famines and Zhuts

September 30, 2014 Michael Hancock-Parmer Leave a comment

On a handful of occasions, I have encountered an interesting phenomenon in conversation with some citizens of the Republic of…

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Posted in: 18th Century, 20th Century, Comparative History, Eurasia, Famine, Kalmyk, Kazakh SSR, Kazakhstan, Michael's Blog, Mongols, Oirat, Sedentarization, Soviet History, Zunghar

Orientalism

February 26, 2013 Michael Hancock-Parmer Leave a comment

“And… so what?” The question that many fear to encounter after delivering an agonizingly-constructed, seemingly-whole argument is a powerful tool.…

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Posted in: Eurasia, Foucault, Kazakhstan, Michael's Blog, Modernity, Orientalism, Soviet History, Theory
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