Dr Bhavna Davé
BA, MA (Bombay) MA, PhD (Syracuse, New York)
Overview
Department of Politics and International Studies
Senior Lecturer in Politics of Central Asia
Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus
Chair, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus
Centre on the Politics of Energy Security (CEPES)
CEPES Convenor
Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies
Member
London Middle East Institute (LMEI)
Member
- Name:
- Dr Bhavna Davé
- Email address:
- bd4@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4734
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 224
- Office Hours:
- 2-4pm Wednesdays
Teaching
Courses Taught
- Geopolitics and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
- Nationalism, ethnicity and state in Asia and Africa
- State and Society in Central Asia and the Caucasus
PhD Students supervised
- Ferah Contopoulos-Engin, The Role of the Media in Greek-Turkish Relations since 1999.
- Zeynel Abidin Besleney, Actors and Ideologies of Circassian Diaspora Politics in Turkey in the Era of Globalisation
Research
Ethnicity, migration, language and religion in Central Asia
Presidential regimes and political developments in Central Asia
Regional security: Islamic mobilization and opposition in Central Asia
Caspian region: oil and pipelines
Major political and social issues in Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan and Uzbekistan
Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- Central Asia
Country Expertise
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
Languages
- German
- Kazak
- Russian
Publications
Authored Books
Dave, Bhavna (2007) Kazakhstan. Ethnicity, Language and Power. Routledge.
Book Chapters
Dave, Bhavna (2004) '�The Shrinking Reach of the State: Language Policy and Implementation in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan,�.' In: Jones, Pauline, (ed.), The Transformation of Central Asia. Cornell University Press, pp. 120-155.
Dave, Bhavna (2004) 'Management of Ethnic Relations in Kazakhstan: Stability without Success.' In: Slater, W. and Wilson, A., (eds.), The Legacy of the Soviet Union. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 83-100.
Dave, Bhavna (2004) 'A Shrinking Reach of the State? Language Policy and Implementation in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.' In: Jones Luong, P., (ed.), The Transformation of Central Asia. States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence. Cornell University Press, pp. 120-157.
Dave, Bhavna (2003) '"Kazakhstan in 2002".' In: Karatnycki, A, (ed.), Nations in Transit 2003: Civil Society, Democracy, and Markets in East Central Europe and the Newly Independent States. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), pp. 308-326.
Dave, Bhavna (2002) 'Kazakhstan - report for 2002.' In: Karatnycki, A and Motyl, A and Schnetzer, A, (eds.), Nations in Transit. Freedom House (NY), pp. 210-223.
Articles
Dave, Bhavna (2005) '�September 2004 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan: Managing loyalty and Support to the Regime�.' Problems of Post-Communism, 51(1) . pp. 3-14.
Dave, Bhavna (2004) 'Entitlement Through Numbers: Nationality and Language Categories in the First Post-Soviet Census of Kazakhstan.' Nations and Nationalism, 10 (4). pp. 439-59.
Dave, Bhavna (2004) '�Entitlement through Numbers: Nationality and Language Categories in the First Post-Soviet Census of Kazakhstan�.' Nations and Nationalism, 10(4) . pp. 439-460.
Other
Dave, Bhavna (2005) 'annual review � (review for the year 2004).' In: Nations in Transit 2005: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia. Rowman & Littlefield (with Freedom House). pp. 304-331.
Dave, Bhavna (2004) 'annual review (review for the year 2003).' In: Nations in Transit 2004: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia. pp. 278-299.
Dave, Bhavna (2003) 'Analysis of Government Reforms in Kyrgyzstan.'
Dave, Bhavna (2003) 'Minorities in Kazakhstan.'
