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Russia’s Muslims at War (with Robert Crews)

September 18, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Since February 2022, the Russian state has attempted to mobilize its Muslim citizens—and Islam—as pivotal elements in support of the invasion of Ukraine. In turn, the war has confronted Muslim communities in Russia with a host of challenges. This talk explores the spectrum of responses that key Muslim elites have offered in adapting to the Kremlin’s agenda in Ukraine and assesses the role of Islam in shaping the course of the war and the politics of the region.

This event will be hosted in person and virtually on Zoom. Register for the Zoom meeting here. Non-NYU affiliates must RSVP for in-person campus access. 

Robert Crews is professor of history at Stanford U., where he writes and teaches about global history and politics, focusing on Russia, Afghanistan, Central Asia, South Asia, and Islam. He is the author of Afghan Modern: The History of a Global Nation (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2015) and  For Prophet and Tsar: Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia (Harvard University Press, 2006) and co-editor of Under the Drones: Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands (Harvard University Press, 2012) and The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan (Harvard University Press, 2008). His work has also appeared in Foreign AffairsForeign PolicyThe New York Times, and The Washington Post. He has served as Director of the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Afghanistan.

Details

Date:
September 18, 2023
Time:
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Organizer

The Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia

Venue

New York, NY + Google Map