Dr. Cholpon Chotaeva is a Professor and Coordinator of theĚý Peace and Conflict Studies concentration in the Liberal Arts and Sciences department at the American University of Central Asia. She holds a Doctor of History degree (2006) and a Candidate of Philosophy (1999) from the Institute of History at the National Academy of Sciences (Kyrgyzstan). She received her specialized degree with honors in History of the Middle East from theĚý Oriental Studies and International Relations department at Bishkek Humanities University (1996, Kyrgyzstan).Ěý
Dr. Chotaeva joined AUCA in 2007 as a Professor in the Anthropology department. She was the Chair of the Sociology department (2014-2016) and the Anthropology department Chair (2014-2019). Since 2021, she has been a Professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences department at AUCA. She served as a member of the Expert Council on interethnic issues under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, a member of the Expert Council on interethnic topics of the National Institute of Strategic Studies, and an expert of Dissertation Councils on History and Ethnography.Ěý
Dr. Chotaeva was a fellow of the Faculty Development Fellowship of the Open Society Institute, a Visiting Scholar at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University (2006-2007, USA), and a Foreign Researcher of the post-doctoral Fellowship Program at the Graduate School of International Cultural Studies at Tohoku University (2002-2004, Japan).Ěý
- Ethnic Studies and Nationalism
- History of Islam in Central Asia
- History of Kyrgyzstan
- Language situation and language policy in Kyrgyzstan
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- âMulticulturalism of Bishkek City: Ethnicity and Language in Soviet and Post-Soviet timesâ (in English). Narody i religii Evrazii. 2018
- âPrepodavanie antropologii i podgotovka professionalânykh antropologov v Amerikanskom universitete Tsentralânoi Aziiâ (in Russian). Sibirskie istoricheskie issledovaniia. 2018
- Obzor Mezhdunarodnogo nauchnogo soveschaniia âPereosmyslenie vosstaniia 1916 goda v Tsentralânoi Aziiâ (in Russian). Istoricheskaya ekspertiza. 2016.
- âVosstanie 1916 goda v Kyrgyzstane: rezulâtaty sotsiologicheskogo oprosa 2015 godaгОдаâ (in Russian).Akipress. Bishkek, 2016. Coauthored with Abdykanova A. K. and Mir Makhamad B.
- âIzuchenie mezhâetnicheskikh otnoshenii v Kyrgyzstane: teoretiko-metodologicheskie aspekty problemyâ (in Russian). Strategiia. 1(3). 2015.
- Report,Mezhâetnicheskie otnosheniia v Kyrgyzskoi Republike: analiz situatsii i politiki gosudarstva(in Russian). National Institute of Strategic Studies. Bishkek, 2013.
- âEthnic Tension in Kyrgyzstan in the post-Soviet Period: Ethnosociological Survey Resultsâ (in English and Russian). Central Asia and the Caucasus. 2013. 14(1).
- âEtnicheskaya politika sovremennogo Kyrgyzstanaâ (in Russian). AUCA Vestnik. 2013.
- âBasmacheskoe dvizhenie v Kyrgyzstane i kyrgyzskaia gosudarstvennostâ (in Russian), Vestnik MUK. 2012. 1(18).
- âEtnokulâturnye razlichiia kak factor mezhâetnicheskikh konfliktov v Kyrgyzstane (in Russian). FourthCentral Asian Anthropological Conference âExploring Various Cultures in the Post-Soviet Space: Challenges, Methods and Perspectivesâ. Bishkek, 2011.
- âFaktory formirovaniia etnicheskoi identichnosti v Kyrgyzstaneâ (in Russian), Third Central Asian Anthropological Conference âReconsidering Central Asian Societiesâ. Bishkek, 2010.
- ĚýâAktualânye problemy yazykovoi politiki v Kyrgyzstaneâ (in Russian). Vestnik MUK. 2008. 1(16).
- âEthnoreligious Situation in Kyrgyzstanâ (in English and Russian). Central Asia and the Caucasus. 2005. 3(39).
- âProblemy aktualizatsii etnicheskoi identichnosti v sovremennom Kyrgyzstane (po materialam sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniya)â (in Russian). Sayasat. 2005. 8.
- âProblemy issledovaniya etnichnosti, Doklady Natsionalânoi akademii Nauk Respubliki Kazakhstan (in Russian). 2005. 4.
- âEtnicheskii natsionalism i gosudarstvennoe stroitelâstvo v Kyrgyzstaneâ, Evraziyskoe soobshestvo: obshestvo, politika, kulâtura(in Russian). Institut razvitiya Kazakhstana. 2005. 3(51).
- ĚýâLanguage as a Factor of State Building in Kyrgyzstanâ (in English and Russian). Central Asia and the Caucasus. 2004. 2(32).
- âYazyk i etnichnostâ: po materialam sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniiaâ (in Russian). Materialy mezhdunarodnogo seminara 18-20 avgusta 2003 goda âEtnokulâturnoe mnogoobrazie. Potentsial razvitiya obshestva v stranakh TsA (Praktika, kontseptsii, modeli, perspektivy). Bishkek, 2004.
- âYazykovaya politika Kyrgyzstana: problemy i protivorechiiaâ (in Russian). Trudy Instituta Mirovoi Kultury. Vypusk 3. Bishkek- Leipzig, 2003.
- âIslam: religiya, traditsiia ili tsivilizatsiiaâ, Trudy Instituta Mirovoi Kultury(in Russian). Vypusk 3, Bishkek- Leipzig, 2003.
- âEthnic and National Identities of the Kyrgyzâ, Cultures and Historiography in Central Eurasia: Nations, Ethnicities and Societies (in English). The Center for Northeast Asian Studies. Tohoku University, 2003.
- âThe Role and Place of Islam in Socio-Political life of Kyrgyzstanâ, Central Asia and the Caucasus(in English and Russian). 2003. 6 (30).
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- History of Kyrgyzstan (in English). Scholarsâ Press, 2017
- Etnichnostâ i etnosy v Kyrgyzstane (in Russian). Bishkek, 2011.
- Istoriia mirovoi kulâtury (in Russian). Bishkek, 2008.
- Etnokulâturnye factory v istorii gosudarstvennogo stroitelâstva Kyrgyzstana (in Russian), Bishkek, 2005.
- Ethnicity, Language and Religion in Kyrgyzstan (in English). Tohoku University, 2004.
Brochures:
- Guide Manual on the Preparation for the State Exam on History of Kyrgyzstan (in English).Bishkek, 2012.Coauthored with Turdalieva Ch.
- Uchebno-metodicheskoe posobie po podgotovke i sdache gosudarstvennogo ekzamena po kursu âIstoriya Kyrgyzstanaâ(in Russian). Bishkek, 2012. Coauthored with Djanybekova Z.
- Sovremennaia mezhetnicheskaia situatsiia v Kyrgyzstane: po rezulâtatam sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniia 2011 goda (in Russian). Bishkek, 2011.
- Etnichnostâ i etnicheskii natsionalism (in Russian). Nauchno-teoreticheskie materialy k avtorskomu spetskursu âEtnichnostâ v sovremennom mireâ. Bishkek, 2005.
- Yazyk, etnichnostâ i religiia v Kyrgyzstane: po materialam sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniia 2003 goda (in Russian). Bishkek, 2005.
- Tsivliizatsiia i kulâtura.Nauchno-teoreticheskie materialy k uchebnomu kursu âIstoriia mirovoi kulâturyâ (in Russian). Bishkek, 2004.
- Language, Ethnicity and Religion in Kyrgyzstan(the results of the 2003 survey) (in English). MECAS TU, 2004.
- Language Policy and Language Situation in Kyrgyzstan (in English). MECAS TU, 2003.
- External and Internal Migration of the Kyrgyz People in Modern Kyrgyzstan(in English). MECAS TU, 2001.
- Restoration of Islamic Values and Cultural Traditions in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan(in English). MECAS TU, 2000.
Chapters:
- Topics I and IV. Upravlenie etnicheskim mnogoobraziem i mezhâetnicheskimi otnosheniyami (in Russian). Bishkek, 2012.
- âNatsionalânyi factor v usloviyakh globalizatsiiâ. Aktualânye problemy tsentralâno-aziatskogo regiona v uslobiyakh globalizatsii. Bishkek, 2005.
- âModeli perekhoda k demokratiiâ (in Russian). Politicheskaya transformatsiya: opyt Kyrgyzstana v mirovom kontekste. Bishkek, 2002.
- History of Kyrgyzstan
- Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
- Research Methods
- Senior Thesis Seminar