Dr. Mokhira Suyarkulova is an Associate Professor in the Psychology department at the 缅北强奸. She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Saint Andrews (2011, UK), a Master of Letters (MLitt) in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Security Studies with distinction from the School of International Relations at the University of Saint Andrews (2006, UK), and a BA in International and Comparative Politics (summa cum laude) from the 缅北强奸 (2005, Kyrgyzstan). She attended an undergraduate exchange program at the University of Vermont (2002-2003, USA) and studied at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (2000-2002, Uzbekistan).听
Dr. Suyarkulova joined 缅北强奸 in 2015 as a Research Coordinator at the Central Asian Studies Institute and became an Associate Professor in the International and Comparative Politics department in 2015-2017 and in the Sociology department (2017-2020). She is a Co-founder of Queer Academics at 缅北强奸 and served as a Board Member of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) and an editorial Board Member of the Central Asian Survey journal.
Dr. Suyarkulova was an awardee of the Distinguished Teaching Award 2022. She received the 2017 ASN Henry Huttenbach Prize for the best article published in Nationalities Papers in 2016 for 鈥淔ashioning the Nation: Gender and Politics of Dress in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan鈥� (Vol. 44, No. 2, 2016) and was awarded the Matthew Nimetz Award for academic publications several times.听
- Matthew Nimetz Award for publications in journals indexed in the Scopus database (awarded four times).听
- ASN Henry Huttenbach Prize for the best article published in Nationalities Papers in 2016 for 鈥淔ashioning the Nation: Gender and Politics of Dress in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan鈥� (Vol. 44, No. 2, 2016), 2017
- Regional co-coordinator and postdoctoral fellow of the research project 鈥淭he 鈥楽ocial Life鈥� of a River: Environmental Histories, Social Worlds and Conflict Resolution along the Naryn/Syr Darya鈥� funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, 2015-2018
- Hansard/OSI/Chevening Research Scholars Programme to pursue a course at the London School of Economics, an individual research project, and a policy internship with the Oversees Development Institute, 2006
- OSI/ FCO Chevening Scholarship to pursue M Litt in Middle East and Central Asian Security Studies at the University of Saint Andrews, 2005-2006
- Full scholarship to pursue studies at the 缅北强奸, 2003-2005
- OSI Summer Civil Society Internship Grant to intern with Social Science Research Council, New York, 2003
- OSI Undergraduate Exchange Programme Grant to attend the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT, USA, 2002-2003
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Nationalism and Statehood
- Politics of Modernization in Central Asia
- Political Ecology and Environmental History
Book:
- Co-authored with Nina Bagdasarova and Georgy Mamedov, 袣薪懈谐邪 芯 褋褔邪褋褌褜械. 袛谢褟 屑芯谢芯写褘褏 (懈 薪械 芯褔械薪褜) 袥袚袘孝 (懈 薪械 褌芯谢褜泻芯) 谢褞写械泄, 胁 褋芯邪胁褌芯褉褋褌胁械 褋 袧懈薪芯泄 袘邪谐写邪褋邪褉芯胁芯泄 懈 袚械芯褉谐懈械屑 袦邪屑械写芯胁褘屑, NGO Bookstall (袣薪懈谐懈 写谢褟 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈褟), 袘懈褕泻械泻, 2020.
Book chapters:听
- Book chapter, 鈥淯tterly Other: Queering Central Asia, Decolonizing Sexuality鈥�, in Reeves, Madeleine and Jeanne Feaux de la Croix, eds. Central Asian World, Routledge, 2023.
- The City of Lenin and the Socialist Life of a River: Gendered Enviro-Technical History of Leninabad/Khujand and the Syrdarya, in Joffre-Eichhorn, Hjalmar Jorge, ed. Lenin150(Samizdat), KickAss books, 2020
- 鈥淗ow can we translate 鈥榪ueer鈥� into (Kyrgyzstani) Russian?鈥�, in Caroline Cottet and Manuela Picq, eds., Sexuality and Translation in World Politics, open access book on E-International Relations internet portal, 2019.听
- 鈥淪tatehood as Dialogue: Conflict Historical Narratives of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan鈥�, in Heathershaw, John and Edmund Herzig, eds. The Transformation of Tajikistan: Sources of Statehood, Routledge, 2012.
- 鈥淩eluctant Sovereigns? Meanings of Paths to Sovereignty in Central Asia鈥� in Cummings, Sally N. and Raymond Hinnebusch, eds. Sovereignty after Empire: Comparing Legacies in the Middle East and Central Asia, Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
- 芦袩械褉械写芯胁邪褟 锌械褉懈褎械褉懈褟: 褎褉褍薪蟹械薪褋泻芯械 袨袣袘 袠袣袠 泻邪泻 芦蟹邪泻芯薪芯屑械褉薪邪褟 褋谢褍褔邪泄薪芯褋褌褜禄 锌芯蟹写薪械褋芯胁械褌褋泻芯谐芯 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈褟禄, 袗谢褜屑邪薪邪褏 鈩�2. 袩芯薪褟褌懈褟 芯 褋芯胁械褌褋泻芯屑 胁 笑械薪褌褉邪谢褜薪芯泄 袗蟹懈懈, 褋芯褋褌. 懈 褉械写. 袚. 袦邪屑械写芯胁, 袨. 楔邪褌邪谢芯胁邪. 袘懈褕泻械泻: 楔孝袗袘, 2016, cc. 434-465.
- 袚谢邪胁邪 胁 褋斜芯褉薪懈泻械. 鈥溞澬把冄囆叫�-褌械褏薪懈褔械褋泻懈泄 褍褌芯锌懈蟹屑 胁 谐芯褉芯写褋泻芯屑 锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褋褌胁械 袘懈褕泻械泻邪鈥�, 袘懈褕泻械泻 校褌芯锌懈褔械褋泻懈泄. 小斜芯褉薪懈泻 褌械泻褋褌芯胁/ 褋芯褋褌. 懈 褉械写. 袚. 袦邪屑械写芯胁, 袨. 楔邪褌邪谢芯胁邪. 袘懈褕泻械泻: 楔泻芯谢邪 褌械芯褉懈懈 懈 邪泻褌懈胁懈蟹屑邪, 2015.
Book review:听
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袪械褑. 薪邪: 孝谢芯褋褌邪薪芯胁邪 袦. 袛械泻芯谢芯薪懈邪谢褜薪芯褋褌褜 斜褘褌懈褟, 蟹薪邪薪懈褟 懈 芯褖褍褖械薪懈褟. 小斜芯褉薪懈泻 褋褌邪褌械泄. 袗谢屑邪褌褘: 笑械薪褌褉 褋芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯泄 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉褘 芦笑械谢懈薪薪褘泄禄, 2020, 袗薪褌褉芯锌芯谢芯谐懈懈/Anthropologies, 鈩� 1, 2022: 151-154. 听
- Book review: Soviet and Post-Soviet Sexualities by Richard Mole, ed. Feminist Review 21 (1), March 2021: 158-159.
- John Heathershaw, Post-Conflict Tajikistan: The Politics of Peacebuilding and the Emergence of Legitimate Order. Central Asian Series, London and New York: Routledge, 2009, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 62, No. 2, March 2010, pp. 367-368.
Articles:
- Article. 芦袣褘褉谐褘蟹褋褌邪薪: 小芯胁械褌褋泻懈泄 肖褉褍薪蟹械 鈥� 褑械薪褌褉 泻芯褋屑懈褔械褋泻懈褏 懈褋褋谢械写芯胁邪薪懈泄禄, Eurasianet.org, 31 May 2017. 听
- Article. 鈥淪oviet Frunze 鈥� A Center for Space Research?鈥�, Central Eurasian Scholars and Media Initiative (CESMI), 1 February 2017. 听
- 鈥淓arly Soviet Policies of Women鈥檚 Emancipation in the Kazakh Steppes鈥�, CESMI, September 2015. 听
- 鈥溞ㄑ炑�芯谢邪褉薪懈薪谐 覛芯蟹芯覜 邪褢谢谢邪褉懈谐邪 褌械薪谐 页褍覜褍覜 斜械褉懈褕 褋懈褢褋邪褌懈鈥�, BBC Uzbek Service, 11 September 2015. 听
Research article:
- Article, 鈥溾�楴obody is going to want her like this鈥�: Disability, Sexuality, and Un/Happiness in Kyrgyzstan鈥�, Kohl: A Journal for Body and Gender Research,听 Vol. 6 No. 2 (23 November 2020): pp. 187-200. Available at: . doi: 听
- 鈥淔ashioning the nation: gender and politics of dress in contemporary Kyrgyzstan鈥�, Nationalities Papers Vol. 44, Iss. 2, 2016, pp. 247-265.
- Co-authored with Jeanne F茅aux de la Croix, 鈥淭he Rogun Complex: Public Roles and Historic Experiences of Dam-Building in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan鈥�, Cahiers d鈥橝sie Centrale No. 25, 2015, pp. 103-132.
- 鈥淏etween the national idea and international conflict: The Roghun HPP as an anti-colonial endeavor, body of the nation, and national wealth鈥�, Water History Iss. 6, No. 4, 2014, pp. 367-383.
Review article:听
- 鈥淣ationalisms in Central Asia鈥� (Natsionalizmi v Srednei Azii: v poiskah identichnosti [Nationalisms in Middle Asia: in search of identity] by Sergei Abashin, Sankt-Peterburg, Aleteia, 2007 and Rethinking Kazakh and Central Asian nationhood: a challenge to prevailing Western views by R. Charles Weller, Los Angeles, Asia Research Associates, 2006), Central Asian Survey, Vol. 27, Issue 3 & 4, September 2008, pp. 395-399.
Opinion piece:
- Your traditions, our blood!鈥�: the struggle against patriarchal violence in Kyrgyzstan鈥�, Open Democracy, April 2, 2020.
- Fateful Feminnale: An insider鈥檚 view of a 鈥榗ontroversial鈥� feminist art exhibition in Kyrgyzstan鈥�, Open Democracy, January 9, 2020. 听
- 鈥淎 view from the margins: alienation and accountability in Central Asian studies鈥�, Open Democracy, October 10, 2019.听 听
- 鈥橰enegade research鈥�: hierarchies of knowledge production in Central Asia鈥�, Open Democracy, December 10, 2018.
- Art in Psychology
- Ethics and Diversity in Psychology
- Feminism and Psychology
- Graduate Writing, Thinking, and Learning
- Happiness: Private/Public Feeling
- Psychology of Human Sexuality
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