# New Books in Central Asian Studies

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Episodes: 200

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## Episodes
- [Weaponizing Civilian Protection: Counterinsurgency and Collateral Damage in Afghanistan with Thomas Gregory (Oxford UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/weaponizing-civilian-protection-counterinsurgency-and-collateral-damage-in-afghanistan-with-thomas-gregory-oxford-up-2025) — 2026-09-26T20:00:00+00:00
- [Whistling Arrows and Heavenly Horses: The Han-Xiongnu War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/whistling-arrows-and-heavenly-horses-the-han-xiongnu-war) — 2026-09-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [Old Lhasa: A Biography of a Sacred City](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/old-lhasa-a-biography-of-a-sacred-city) — 2026-08-23T08:00:00+00:00
- [Ryan Schweitzer, "Homosexuality in Central Asia: Stories of Hardship and Hope" (B&N Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/ryan-schweitzer-homosexuality-in-central-asia-stories-of-hardship-and-hope-b-n-press-2026) — 2026-08-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [Luca Anceschi, "Pandemic Politics in Central Asia: Authoritarian Contagion" (Routledge, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/luca-anceschi-pandemic-politics-in-central-asia-authoritarian-contagion-routledge-2026) — 2026-08-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [Magdalena E. Stawkowski, "Atomic Collective: Radioactive Life in Kazakhstan" (U Toronto Press, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/magdalena-e-stawkowski-atomic-collective-radioactive-life-in-kazakhstan-u-toronto-press-2025) — 2026-08-01T08:00:00+00:00
- [Nabi Sahak, "Anglo-Afghan Power and Politics, 1893–1947: The Durand Line Unmasked" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/nabi-sahak-anglo-afghan-power-and-politics-1893-1947-the-durand-line-unmasked-palgrave-macmillan-2025) — 2026-07-31T08:00:00+00:00
- [Galina Bogatova, "Casting War As Love: Russian Colonialism in Familial Terms" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/galina-bogatova-casting-war-as-love-russian-colonialism-in-familial-terms-palgrave-macmillan-2026) — 2026-07-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [Diana T. Kudaibergen, "What Does It Mean to Be Kazakhstani?: Power, Identity and Nation-Building" (Oxford UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/diana-t-kudaibergen-what-does-it-mean-to-be-kazakhstani-power-identity-and-nation-building-oxford-up-2024) — 2026-07-11T08:00:00+00:00
- [Chinese EVs: From Nordic Streets to Central Asian Hubs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/chinese-evs-from-nordic-streets-to-central-asian-hubs) — 2026-07-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [Olivier Hein, "Mother of the World: The Remarkable History of Turkmenistan" (Hurst, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/olivier-hein-mother-of-the-world-the-remarkable-history-of-turkmenistan-hurst-2026) — 2026-07-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [Benjamin J. Nourse, "The Power of Publishing in Early Modern Tibetan Buddhism"(Lexington Books, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/benjamin-j-nourse-the-power-of-publishing-in-early-modern-tibetan-buddhism-lexington-books-2025) — 2026-06-26T08:00:00+00:00
- [David Leupold, "The Death and Life of Southern Soviet Cities: Urban Futures and Their Afterlives" (Routledge, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/david-leupold-the-death-and-life-of-southern-soviet-cities-urban-futures-and-their-afterlives-routledge-2026) — 2026-06-15T08:00:00+00:00
- [Dating Apps, Queer Stigma, and Digital Intimacy in Kazakhstan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/dating-apps-queer-stigma-and-digital-intimacy-in-kazakhstan) — 2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [Stephen F. Jones, "The First Social Democracy: The Democratic Republic of Georgia, 1918–1921" (Harvard UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/stephen-f-jones-the-first-social-democracy-the-democratic-republic-of-georgia-1918-1921-harvard-up-2026) — 2026-04-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [Warwick Ball, "Ancient Civilizations of Afghanistan: From the Earliest Times to the Mongol Conquest" (Reaktion, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/warwick-ball-ancient-civilizations-of-afghanistan-from-the-earliest-times-to-the-mongol-conquest-reaktion-2025) — 2026-02-26T09:00:00+00:00
- [Joanna Lillis, "Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan" (Bloomsbury, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/joanna-lillis-silk-mirage-through-the-looking-glass-in-uzbekistan-bloomsbury-2025) — 2026-02-19T09:00:00+00:00
- [Sugata Bose, "Asia after Europe: Imagining a Continent in the Long Twentieth Century" (Harvard UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/sugata-bose-asia-after-europe-imagining-a-continent-in-the-long-twentieth-century-harvard-up-2024) — 2026-02-15T09:00:00+00:00
- [Zubeda Jalalzai, "Literary License and the West’s Romance with Afghanistan" (Bloomsbury, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/zubeda-jalalzai-literary-license-and-the-west-s-romance-with-afghanistan-bloomsbury-2023) — 2025-12-22T09:00:00+00:00
- [Yasmin Cho, "Politics of Tranquility: The Material and Mundane Lives of Buddhist Nuns in Post-Mao Tibet" (Cornell UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/yasmin-cho-politics-of-tranquility-the-material-and-mundane-lives-of-buddhist-nuns-in-post-mao-tibet-cornell-up-2025) — 2025-12-15T09:00:00+00:00
- [Martyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin – The Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and Ukraine" (Biteback, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/martyn-whittock-vikings-in-the-east-from-vladimir-the-great-to-vladimir-putin-the-origins-of-a-contested-legacy-in-russia-and-ukraine-biteback-2025) — 2025-10-19T08:00:00+00:00
- [Nick Higham, "Mavericks: Empire, Oil, Revolution and the Forgotten Battle of World War One" (Bloomsbury, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/nick-higham-mavericks-empire-oil-revolution-and-the-forgotten-battle-of-world-war-one-bloomsbury-2025) — 2025-10-10T08:00:00+00:00
- [Rivals in a Tight Embrace Russia, China, and the Central Asian Chessboard](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/rivals-in-a-tight-embrace-russia-china-and-the-central-asian-chessboard) — 2025-09-28T08:00:00+00:00
- [Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, "Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East" (UP of Colorado, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/tiffany-earley-spadoni-landscapes-of-warfare-urartu-and-assyria-in-the-ancient-middle-east-up-of-colorado-2025) — 2025-09-04T08:00:00+00:00
- [Sam Dalrymple, "Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia" (William Collins, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-central-asian-studies-320391/sam-dalrymple-shattered-lands-five-partitions-and-the-making-of-modern-asia-william-collins-2025) — 2025-09-04T08:00:00+00:00

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