Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller has been elected to the Executive Board of the Central Eurasian Studies Society. She has been the North American book review editor for the society's journal, Central Eurasian Studies Review (CESR), for almost three years, and has contributed essays on teaching, research conditions, and academic conferences.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) is a North America-based organization of scholars who are interested in the study of Central Eurasia and its history, languages, cultures, and modern states and societies. It defines the Central Eurasian region broadly to include Turkic, Mongolian, Iranian, Caucasian, Tibetan and other peoples. Geographically, Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea region, the Crimea, and the Caucasus in the west, through the Middle Volga region, Central Asia and Afghanistan, and on to Siberia, Mongolia and Tibet in the east.
The purpose of CESS is to promote high standards of research and teaching, and to foster communication among scholars through meetings and publications. The society works to facilitate interaction among scholars in North America and throughout the world.
